Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Chapter 215: Three-point record in the playoffs, advancing to the Eastern Conference semifinals

Indianapolis Conseco Arena, the Pacers faced the Bulls in Game 3 of the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Originally, the Pacers wanted to take advantage of their home court to get back a win as much as possible.

But the Bulls were so strong that they were overwhelmed throughout the game.

In the fourth quarter, when the Pacers were about to be overwhelmed, Peja finally acted tough and stepped up to score in two consecutive rounds.

Then O'Neal Jr. also stood up and helped the Pacers stabilize the situation.

However, at this moment, Duen took advantage of the screen to catch the ball and hit a three-pointer, his 10th three-pointer of the game.

In terms of point difference alone, it is only 14 points. There is still half of the fourth quarter. If the Pacers work hard, it is not impossible to narrow the point difference and turn defeat into victory.

However, Duan's three-pointer directly broke the record for the number of three-pointers made in a single game in the playoffs for more than ten years.

The pressure this puts on the Pacers players is naturally no small matter.

Not to mention, tonight Duan not only relied on three-pointers to score, breakthrough layups, emergency stops in the mid-range, but also free throws...

Duane, who hasn't finished the fourth quarter, has already scored 49 points!
Duan scored more points alone than the other Bulls players combined!

Watching Du En finish his three-pointer, he returned to defense as quickly as before.

The Pacers players and fans at the scene had to become discouraged, even desperate.

"Can't win, can't win at all!"

"Obviously our defense has been stretched to the limit, but we still can't stop Du En from scoring!"

"Dunn's scoring ability is so strong! He didn't win the scoring title simply because he is still the best passer in the league!"

Maybe it was because Duan played too hard, or maybe the Pacers faced up to the gap between them.

Not long after Dunn made this record-breaking three-pointer, Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle took the initiative to call a timeout, then withdrew the main players and surrendered.

On the Bulls side, Scott Skiles chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb in order to make Duane's data look better, and continued to keep Duane on the court after the timeout.

In the words of Scott Scales: "You should score 50 points tonight and celebrate with everyone!"

Duan has already scored 49 points, and it will definitely not be difficult to score one or two more points.

There is also a big gap between 50+ and 49 points in the playoffs.

Since Duane broke the single-game record for three-pointers in the playoffs tonight, it would be better to break Duane's own playoff scoring record as well.

Dunn did not reject Scott Scales' suggestion.

After re-entering the game, in less than half a minute, he scored the 50th and 51st points of the game with a ball from mid-range.

After scoring 50+ points, Duen quickly took the initiative to foul and went to rest.

Scott Skiles also took advantage of the Pacers' free throws to replace Baron Davis and Tyson Chandler with rotation players from the second and third lineups.

After the Bulls' main force left the field, the Pacers' Danny Granger seemed not to be ready to admit defeat, and relied on his talent to strike hard in the garbage time of the fourth quarter.

However, Danny Granger just broke out and was taught a lesson by Diaw.

Like Duan, Dior is also of the 03 Platinum Generation!Next year is Diaw's contract year, and the Bulls will most likely not be able to give Diaw the big contract he wants.

Therefore, if you want to increase your value and get a big contract after one year, then help the Bulls win the championship.

It is very important to become an important rotation player and championship piece with a championship ring.

As the Bulls' backup striker, Diaw didn't have much playing time before.

Having gained more time and more ball rights in garbage time tonight, Diaw naturally tried his best and then taught Danny Granger a lesson.

117 to 101, the Bulls finally won G16 with a huge advantage of 3 points.

As a result, the Bulls have already achieved match point in the first round of the playoffs.

Although they can't sit back and relax yet, at least the nervous Bulls players can breathe a sigh of relief and relax. “Duane, congratulations on winning tonight.

At the same time, congratulations to you for breaking the long-standing personal single-game three-point shooting record in the playoffs!

We all know that knocking down three-pointers in the playoffs is often more difficult than in the regular season.

Is there anything you want to say to the fans about tonight's performance? "

After the game, Dunn was immediately invited over by an ESPN reporter.

“I have to thank my teammates, they helped me a lot and made the game easier.

You know, I hit seven 7-pointers in the first half, but it kind of stalled out in the third quarter.

It was my teammates who helped me, who gave me full trust and put the ball in my hands.

I'm very happy to be able to regain my touch, and even more happy to win tonight's victory with my teammates.

And all of this is more meaningful than breaking records!
Because even if I can't break the record tonight, I'll have a chance to do it in the next few seasons.

In my opinion, hitting 9 three-pointers in a single game is not too difficult.

As long as you make more than two three-pointers in each quarter, you'll be fine!
There are many players in the league who have this ability.

But being able to score multiple three-pointers while also winning games and playoffs is a very rare thing. "

With the mission of 73 wins on his shoulders, Duan has accumulated a lot of pressure.

Just in time to break the three-point record in a single playoff game tonight, Versailles fans all over the United States have a wave of skin.

As expected, after finishing showing off, Du En felt much more relaxed.

After returning to the locker room, the situation was similar to when the record was broken in the regular season. Duan's teammates were already ready in the locker room.

As soon as Duan entered the door, he was baptized by overwhelming champagne bubbles.

Du En yelled excitedly with other teammates. After venting his emotions, he went to take a shower, change clothes, and attend a routine post-match interview before returning to the hotel.

Relatively speaking, this time's post-game interview with Duen was much more formal.

Dozens of media at the scene refused to let Du En go easily, but in the end they had no choice but to deal with Du En, who was speaking in official style.

Time flies so fast, May 5st arrives in a blink of an eye.

In order to keep the main players healthy and experiment with more possibilities in the playoffs, the Bulls adopted a five-up and five-down rotation plan.

Walkers also know that bulls have to be merciful and merciful.

Therefore, he no longer chose to compete defensively with the Bulls, but focused on offensive basketball, trying to establish as many leads as possible on the Bulls' second team.

However, the strength of the Bulls' second team cannot be underestimated. After the first half, the Pacers only established a 6-point lead.

When this happens, the bull has no choice but to play a long game to catch the big fish.

Scott Skiles first adopted a rotation plan in the third quarter where whoever feels better will go off.

The Pacers took this opportunity to slowly widen the point difference.

Immediately afterwards, the Bulls sent out young players in the starting lineup to cooperate with the second team players to put pressure on the Pacers.

Under the careful design of Scott Scales, although the Pacers deserved the victory in G4 in the first round of the playoffs, the main players played a lot of time, basically around 40 minutes.

It was also planned in advance. After the Bulls and the team returned to Chicago United, they immediately showed their fangs, or horns, and charged at the Pacers.

How can an old, weak and tired army of walkers defeat a bull that is waiting for work?

93 to 104, even if the main force clocked out in the third quarter, the Bulls still beat the Pacers by 11 points.

At this point, the Bulls successfully advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 4-1 score!
(End of this chapter)