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Chapter 178 Regular season MVP bonus, 20+ in a single quarter and 40+ in a single game in the playoffs!

May 5th is the day when G10 between the Bulls and Pistons is about to begin.

After sleeping all night, instead of feeling refreshed when he got up, Du En looked extremely tired.

"Trouble!"

Du En rubbed his hair and stayed in bed for a while, then slowly got up, preparing to have breakfast first, and then find a chance to rest and make up for his mental deficit.

It can only be said that the schedule is too urgent, and Du En's mentality is a bit anxious.

After obtaining the Olajuwon template, Duan gained a lot of game experience in the evening as before, but he generally did not get a good rest.

There are actually no physical problems, but the mental burden is a bit heavy.

For this reason, Du En could only adjust himself, use meditation and naps, and try his best to get back into the game before the big battle in the evening.

Perhaps because he was too tired, Du En accidentally overslept during his nap, thus wasting some time that was originally used to warm up.

Other players in the Bulls youth team were also quite worried when they saw that Duan was more than an hour late for warm-up and seemed to be in bad shape during the game.

However, when the game officially started in the evening, Du En found that the game was not as bad as he thought.

The Pistons' early defensive focus was still on Duane, while Ben Gordon and Andres Nocioni's outside shots were pretty good.

即便第一节杜恩只有5投2中，三分3投1中，仅仅得到5分1篮板3助攻的数据。

The Bulls still relied on the efforts of the whole team to lead the Pistons by 3 points.

After the second quarter of the game started, Duen also relied on the first quarter to warm up and finally regained some form.

打出了7投3中，罚球2投2中，8分2篮板2助攻的数据。

Unfortunately, as time goes by, the outside shooting percentage and stability of Ben Gordon and Andres Nocioni began to decline.

In order to make up for the firepower of outside shooting, Scott Skiles could only use a dead horse as a live horse doctor and sent the rotation marginal player Joan Barry to the court to give it a try.

Fortunately, he hit a three-pointer right away, helping the Bulls stabilize the score.

It is worth mentioning that Diaw, who also came on as a substitute, was very effective as a setter on the court when he was in danger.

On the Bulls side, apart from Duane who can provide assists to his teammates, Diaw got 2 assists in the second quarter.

In fact, in addition to direct assists, Diaw also contributed two indirect assists, but this is not what the data can show.

The role of Duen is that even if he did not perform well in the first half, the Pistons still focused on guarding Duen, which gave other teammates more offensive opportunities.

49 to 53, after the first half, the Bulls still maintained the lead, but the advantage was very small.

Even compared to the previous game, the advantage is not that obvious.

But the problem is, if the Pistons show intensity in the third quarter, the Bulls may not be able to withstand it.

In order to be able to defend this home victory, Duen could only exert his strength in advance.

The Pistons also slightly adjusted their defense against Duen because Duen only scored 13 points in the first half, but sent 5 assists.

The Pistons no longer frequently flanked Duane at the elbow, but instead chose to shrink the basket, forcing Duen to finish with more inefficient mid-range shots.

The Pistons bet that Duane had no touch tonight and would not be able to stabilize the score in the second half just by shooting.

When Du En saw this, he played into his heart and didn't say anything to the Pistons. He just shot the ball as soon as he got it.

"Don't worry, Duane's shooting won't kill the game!"

When Duan made two consecutive mid-range shots, Larry Brown on the sidelines remained calm.

Indeed, Duan has just received the Olajuwon template, and his mid-range shooting attributes have not been further improved. Under the heavy physical contact of the Pistons, his mid-range shooting is not that stable.

However, when the Pistons relax their mid-range defense, it is not difficult to shoot more than [-]% of the field goal percentage and bite the score.

In the first half of the third quarter, Duan shot 7 of 4 from mid-range and gave two assists to his teammates, thus helping the Bulls consolidate their advantage.

In fact, the Pistons' own offense is not very strong. When they can't rely on offense to break the game, the Pistons can only use defense to restrict Duan, the Bulls boss.

Unexpectedly, it was the Pistons' double team that gave Duen the key to winning tonight.

Duan also didn't expect that after a double-teamed mid-range shot, he actually got two free throw opportunities.

The penalty scale was suddenly adjusted, which made Du En realize that this might be the official regular season MVP bonus from the league.

Although the regular season MVP is selected by media reporters, if NBA officials do not agree, Duan will definitely not get it.

Since he won the regular season MVP, this also proves that he has been officially recognized by the league.

Therefore, it is impossible for league officials to slap themselves in the face and watch the player who just won the regular season MVP lose in the next game.

The on-site referees and league officials saw that Duen's performance in the first half was average, and they came up with the idea of ​​​​giving Duen some superstar whistles.

Duen mainly made jump shots at the beginning of the third quarter. On the one hand, the Pistons' tactical arrangement was to let Duen shoot. On the other hand, it was also to save energy, so they could hit hard at the critical moment in the fourth quarter.

However, now in the third quarter, he realized that the penalty scale tonight was different, and the referee's call was in his favor.Then, there is no need for Duan to keep shooting outside jumpers like a wimp.

Duan has the ability to break through, and he can cause damage without taking more than a few steps when he hits the basket.

What's more, as long as Duen draws a big foul in advance, he can easily penetrate the Pistons' penalty area.

"Fake, isn't he afraid of me?"

Ben felt a little nervous when he saw Duen using the pick-and-roll to get into the three-point line and running straight towards him.

This is not the first time that Ben has played against Duen tonight. He knows that to defend Duen, he must stand on the defensive line head-on, defend Duen's shots, and prevent Duen from hitting the penalty area!
At the same time, because of Duen's excellent organization and passing ability, you must also pay attention to whether Duen wants to feed his teammates inside, or whether he wants to score to his teammates on the outside so that they can shoot open three-pointers.

Because Duen's sudden throws and passes are too threatening, the defense of Duen needs to pay [-] points of attention.

However, Big Ben expected that Duen would break through, shoot, and pass, but he didn't expect that Duen was here to draw fouls.

I saw Du En making a sudden stop in front of Ben. Because Du En's mid-range shot in the third quarter was a bit accurate, Ben subconsciously blocked the shot in advance.

Who would have thought that Duen deliberately committed a foul. If it were G1, the referee might not call it, but tonight, in this third quarter, the referee would definitely give Duen some slack.

Beep beep——

Duan missed the shot after the physical confrontation, but got another chance to stand on the free throw line.

In two consecutive rounds, Duan scored 4 points efficiently by scoring point by point.

Ben, who had already accumulated three fouls in the first half, also accumulated his fourth foul.

Larry Brown didn't realize this at first.

But less than 2 minutes later, Ben was fouled by Duen again.

After the Pistons assistant coaches learned about this, they had to stand up and remind Larry Brown that something big had happened!
With more than 3 minutes left in the third quarter, Daben was beaten by Duen for a total of five fouls.

In fact, the point difference between the two sides is not big. The Bulls only relied on the superstar whistle to expand their advantage to 7 points.

But after Ben stepped down, the situation immediately changed dramatically.

Ben was the DPOY before he met Larry Brown, and Larry Brown built the Pistons' defensive system around Ben, which undoubtedly greatly increased Ben's overall defensive influence on the Pistons.

Now that the Pistons' defensive core is out, there will naturally be problems with the Pistons' defense.

In particular, Duen's offense is one of the best in the current league.

Without Ben, although Duan was sweating profusely and took the initiative to pant on the wing on the defensive end, Duan still took the trouble in the Bulls' offensive round and happily used the pick-and-roll to drive to the basket.

The penalty area guarded by Roaring God and Antonio McDyess obviously couldn't limit Duan's breakthrough.

Two points, two points, then two plus one!

Duen penetrated the Pistons' inside line!
Larry Brown and Ben on the sidelines turned pale when they saw this!

The third quarter wasn't over yet, and just 2 minutes after Ben came off the court, the point difference widened from single digits to double digits.

"Don't you feel tired even Du En?"

"If he plays like this, will he still have energy in the fourth quarter?"

"You can't play like this in the fourth quarter, can you?"

The Pistons players and coaching staff became more and more thrilling as they watched, and then slowly became numb.

By the end of the third quarter, 67 to 80, the Bulls suddenly established a 13-point lead.

As the Bulls maintained the lead and expanded their advantage in the third quarter, Duan was the biggest contributor.

Also relying on shooting, breakthroughs and free throws, he broke his personal playoff single-quarter scoring record for the first time.

Overall, Duan made 12 of 8 shots and 7 of 7 free throws in the third quarter, scoring 23 points!
Although a bit opportunistic, Duan's 23 points in a single quarter in the playoffs were still explosive.

You know, the single-quarter scoring records in the playoffs this year are Floyd's 29 points, Barkley's 27 points, Iverson's 26 points, the Smiling Assassin's 25 points, and Jordan's 24 points.

Duan relied on the regular season MVP bonus to directly land in the sixth place in single-quarter scoring in the playoffs.

It can be said that Duan's explosive personal scoring performance in this quarter has solidified his status as the regular season MVP, making this honor more worthy of the name.

Of course, tonight's game is destined to become a highlight of Duan's career.

Relying on a 13-point lead in the first three quarters, Duan took the initiative to lower the pace of the game in the fourth quarter and led the Bulls' youth team to play steadily.

They also used cost-cutting tactics to greatly weaken the Pistons' offensive capabilities.

In the fourth quarter, Duan made 12 of 5 shots in a single quarter and scored 10 points again. Although he did not score many points, he still maintained the home victory.

88 to 94, the Bulls won G6 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals with a 2-point advantage.

And Duan also relied on his superb performance of 36 of 18 shots, 3 of 1 three-pointers, 9 of 9 free throws, and scored 46 points, setting a new personal playoff scoring record.

(End of this chapter)