Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Chapter 226: Belief in winning, two consecutive home wins
Duen made a plan to shoot immediately after catching the ball and gamble on his touch.

But the Heat didn't give Duan any chance to catch the ball.

Wade and James Posey flanked Duan one after another. Duan kept running without the ball, but there was always someone in front of him.

After all, except for a very few stars such as Duane, Kobe, and Nowitzki, who are somewhat sure to make this kind of half-court three-pointer in today's league, no matter how many other players try to make it, they may not be able to make it even if they make it a hundred times. once.

This also means that as long as Duan is guarded, the Bulls will not be able to use the remaining three seconds to score.

It was also because Duan was guarded to death. In the end, Luol Deng caught the ball in the frontcourt and tried to turn over and shoot a jumper to end the ball.

But because the intention of the long pass from the baseline is more obvious, and in order to save time, the force when launching is relatively high, the ball is passed with too much force, and the ball flies very fast.

Luol Deng was interfered by Antoine Walker when receiving the ball in the frontcourt, and ultimately failed to stabilize the ball. The ball flew out of bounds after hitting his hand, and the game time just ran out.

57 to 63, the Bulls entered the second half with a 6-point lead.

However, against a championship contending team like the Heat, a 6-point lead is really not much.

After halftime, the Bulls and Heat coincidentally sent out their main players at the beginning of the third quarter.

The Heat replaced James Posey with Antoine Walker. There is no doubt that the Heat are going all out to win tonight's game in the third quarter.

Although the Bulls were still in the starting lineup, as soon as the third quarter started, Duan was asking for the ball in the low post.

The Heat knew that Duen was full of energy after the halftime break, so they naturally did not dare to let Duen play in singles.

Therefore, the Heat could only attack Duan in the low post.

Baron Davis and Tyson Chandler took this opportunity to play pick-and-rolls in the high post, while Luol Deng and Josh Smith on the wings kept looking for opportunities to cut through the air or receive the ball from the outside to continue scoring.

In fact, after adapting in the first half, the Heat's defense in the second half was pretty good.

Wade can retract to the basket at any time. Even if Luol Deng is left open, it will be difficult to effectively complete the shot from beyond the three-point line.

However, the Bulls relied on Du Yougong to patiently play pick-and-rolls and passes. The Heat defensive players had to run back and forth, and then fell into a situation where they were exhausted and their physical strength was rapidly exhausted.

It is precisely because of this that O'Neal still had the energy to play in the low post at the beginning of the third quarter, helping the Heat even the point difference.

However, after more than 5 minutes of the third quarter, the Heat felt poorly on the outside, and Antoine Walker failed to regain the good touch he had in the first half.

Seeing that no one in the Heat could hit a three-pointer, the Bulls simply set up a zone defense and huddled under the basket in order to limit Wade's scoring.

In this situation, no matter how strong Wade's personal ability is, he can't rely on pick-and-roll and speed to penetrate the Bulls' inside line.

Many times I have to pass the ball to Antoine Walker, or pass it to O'Neal, unless there is little shot time left, then I will make a mid-range shot.

In other words, although Wade is a physical monster, the decline in physical strength will inevitably lead to a decline in his shooting touch.

Wade is self-aware. Although he has practiced mid-range shooting, it is not enough to be used as a regular skill.

Once the physical strength declines and the hand feel is not good, blindly throwing hard will inevitably lead to the situation of four-legged and three-iron.

The Heat lacked the scoring of Wade and O'Neal, and their offensive performance naturally stagnated.

At this time, Duan relied on his excellent game reading ability to realize that the time was ripe for the game.

So he started running without the ball, making a circle from the low post to the wing or high post, catching the ball and shooting one or two balls, which caused some interference to the Heat players' concentration on the game when defending.

At the same time, Duane stepped up to score, which undoubtedly put pressure on the Heat players.

However, when the pressure of the game was not overwhelming, the physical strength of the game was almost exhausted.

More than 7 minutes into the third quarter, O'Neal was caught by the Bulls due to lack of physical strength and unstable free throws. He shot 2 free throws in just 6 minutes, but only made 2 of them.

Van Gundy also realized that keeping O'Neal on the court would seriously hinder the Heat's offensive and defensive ends, so he withdrew O'Neal.

After O'Neal came off the court, Duan ran to the high post again and attacked with the ball.

At the same time, against the Heat's weak inside line, Tyson Chandler and Josh Smith, who can hang on for a while before they get off the court, have a very big physical advantage.

In order to free Duan, the Bulls also replaced Ben Gordon and Andres Nocioni in advance.

The Heat chose to use Jordan's Law on Duen at the beginning, restricting Duen's offense with the ball.

But after Andres Nocioni received passes from Duan one after another and made consecutive three-pointers, the Heat had to make a choice.

Either be killed by Du En alone, or be killed by a group of bull shooters!

Before the collective decline of the Bulls' outside shooters, it would be difficult for the Heat to use conventional means to overtake the score and gain hope of winning.

After facing such a choice, the Heat could only choose to let Duan play in singles with the ball.

The Eastern Conference Finals is more than just one game. In the series, there is nothing wrong with consuming the strength of the opponent's boss.

"Killing like crazy, killing like crazy, Duen's offensive state is simply incredible!"

"This is the strength of the second consecutive MVP. No one can stop Du En from scoring tonight, not even the referee or the head coach!"

"Dunn wants to end the game early! Good night, Miami Heat!"

"Only when you really go all out to defend Du En can you know how terrifying Du En's strength is!"

In the final minutes of the third quarter, Duane made 7 of 5 shots and 4 of 3 free throws, scoring 13 points in a row, and the game gap suddenly widened.

The Bulls fans at the scene saw that the Bulls, under the leadership of Duen, had great hopes of winning G1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Naturally, they did not hesitate to give any words of praise and offered their loyalty and knees to Duen.

And the more than 2 fans at the scene were not the only ones kneeling to watch the game. Tonight, there were millions of Yun fans in the Chicago area who didn't usually watch the game but just came to join in the fun. They were also impressed by Duan's explosive performance.

"Isn't basketball just a game of raising the ball high and throwing it into the basket to compete with who can shoot the most? How can it be compared with the fierce competition of rugby?"

"Oh my God, is the basketball game so good? Who is this gringo No. 31? I want to know his name!"

"Isn't this No. 31 too strong? Why is he so fast, why can he jump so high, and how come no one can stop him?"

"Why is the Chicago Bulls' best player a foreigner? But he is so strong that others look like amateurs in front of him."

As the game progressed, more and more Yun fans saw how powerful Du En was.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Duan continued to attack the Heat's bench. In just 3 minutes, Duan scored 6 points to help the Bulls consolidate their advantage.Because the point difference was firmly in double digits, the Heat had to send out all their main players again to try to recover the score.

However, the Bulls sought a steady win and chose to take the initiative to slow down the pace of the game.

At the same time, in order to ensure that everything was safe and secure tonight's victory, Duan had no intention of taking a rest after playing in the fourth quarter.

As Barkley said - don't end up in my place, I will have more time to rest after I die!

It's not that Du En is not tired. Although his physical attributes are almost maxed out, Du En is also a human being and will get tired after playing on the court for a long time.

However, Du En knew very well that the Heat's main players were not tired.
Looking at Wade and O'Neal, each of them looked like they were fished out of the water. Wiggins was sweating when he saw them.

In important games like the Eastern Conference Finals, evenly matched teams basically compete in willpower and basic skills until the fourth quarter.

Duan's physical and technical deficiencies have long been gone. Now that he has supplemented his mental skills, he is a real superstar who can fight hard in the playoffs!

Duane will not use his reputation as a star player to score single-digit points in key games and then be too scared to fight again.

用科比的话说——我宁愿30投0中，也不愿意9投0中。一旦以9投0中收尾，就意味着你被自己内心的懦弱给击败了！
Duan has reached the Eastern Conference finals, so naturally he will not stand still.

In order to reach the finals and win the first boss championship in his career, Du En also entered the state in advance and went all out!

Under Duan's insistence, the Bulls players also showed a stronger desire to win and a better level of competition.

With the Bulls' sincere unity and all-out efforts, the Heat failed to mount an effective counterattack.

The fourth quarter lasted for more than 7 minutes, and the score difference on the field was still around 15 points.

O'Neal, who had played 32 minutes tonight, said he was exhausted. Van Gundy had no choice but to remove O'Neal early for the sake of the next series.

Wade and other main players played 2 more minutes on the court, but still could not narrow the score difference.

For the sake of the next game, Van Gundy could only surrender in advance. After calling a timeout, he withdrew Wade and others.

When Scott Scales saw this, he immediately withdrew Du En and others.

The main players of the Bulls are very exhausted tonight, and Duen and others are in urgent need of rest!

In fact, in this round of the Eastern Conference finals, the Bulls must consider a problem.

Is it worth it to do everything possible to reach the finals, but at the expense of injuring one or two key players?

It’s definitely worth it for other teams! Almost half of the teams in the NBA have not won the championship, and the division championship is also an honor for them.

Even if the Chicago Bulls win an Eastern Conference championship, they are eligible to hold a championship flag-raising ceremony.

However, for the Bulls, who have won 73 games in the regular season this year, if they are unable to win the championship, the gains will outweigh the losses!

After all, once you become the runner-up with 73 wins in the finals, under the attention of tens of millions of fans across the United States, it will naturally be a big loss.

In particular, the 72 championship wins were also achieved by the seniors in the history of the Bulls!
Fans will inevitably compare the Chicago Bulls from the two eras.

The team that fails to win the championship will undoubtedly become the biggest loser.

Closer to home, G1 of the Eastern Conference finals, 103 to 115, the Bulls defeated the Heat by 12 points at home.

It was also because the Bulls were in the lead at the beginning of the second quarter. The Bulls showed sufficient strength against a defending champion like the Heat.

This is also in line with the expectations of fans across the United States for the 73-win Bulls. Therefore, after G1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, more and more uninformed Yun fans focused their attention on this year's Eastern Conference Finals.

Subsequently, the number of Dun's fans also skyrocketed, but the sales of jerseys and sneakers did not show a sudden increase.

If you want to transform cloud fans who can only talk about it into winning fans with financial strength, it obviously needs to be catalyzed and processed by the championship.

Although Du En already has a championship, there is still a big difference between the third champion and the oldest champion.

Not to mention, this time this year, Doon not only wants to win the championship, but also makes history!
However, the Heat also know this, so they want to stop Duan and the Bulls even more!

"Before you came, we were already champions!"

Some Heat fans were unwilling to lose and still showed pride in defending the championship.

In their view, before Dunn led the team to the Eastern Conference Finals, their home team had already won the championship by virtue of being an Eastern Conference team.

If we can defeat the 73-win Bulls and reach the finals this year, then the second consecutive championship will basically be guaranteed.

The Bulls are ranked first in the regular season, so if they have the strength to defeat the Bulls in the Eastern Conference finals, what is it if it's not this year's championship?
In other words, after you leave, we are still the championship!
Being able to say such words to the second consecutive MVP Du En and Du En fans, and slap the nose on the face, the Heat fans think they will definitely be very happy.

However, Du En quickly told them with practical actions: "Stop daydreaming!"

On May 5, G25 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Bulls and the Heat started again.

The Heat clearly attached great importance to Duen in G1 and tried every means to limit Duen almost all the time, but in the end, Duen scored 47 points by himself!
In just two days, the Heat coaching staff thought a lot, but they still couldn't think of how to restrict Duan.

Because Duen has no shortcomings technically, nor does he have any shortcomings in physical talent.

In other words, there is no way to defend with conventional means and no way to target it.

Just like how bad Jordan played, he was just like Kobe when he was defended.

If you want to prevent Jordan from winning the championship, you have to either resort to dirty tricks like the bad boys of the Pistons, or rely on referees to collect dirty money and blow whistles.

Du En is a Chinese player, and he is also the prince and shareholder of Nike. Let alone encountering black whistles, it is already considered good that he has not been questioned by his opponents.

As for being raped and crippled by opponents?Duen's competition experience accumulated from dozens of templates is not just a decoration.

Not to mention, there are also veteran football ruffians like Malone and Barkley among them.So, how could Duan suffer on the court?

Because of this, Du En couldn't be restricted at all.

And after acquiring Curry's template, Duane, who has no shortcomings in offensive skills, will be more stable in today's playoffs than in the previous regular season!
94 to 103. After the G1 battle, the Heat and Bulls were very exhausted, so the scoring in G2 declined to a certain extent.

But in the end, the Bulls relied on their home court advantage and Duan once again scored 40+ points to win G2!
By the way, after reaching the Eastern Conference finals with 73 wins and attention, the Bulls players are still a little bit stressed.

However, with the first two home games firmly won, the two teams moved to Miami, and the pressure of the Eastern Conference finals also shifted to the Heat.

(End of this chapter)