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"Darko, are you confident that you will start tonight? Relax, I will pass the ball to you just like in the regular season."

During the pre-match warm-up session, Duan revealed tonight's playing situation and rotation arrangements to Milicic in advance.

Although Milicic is not interested in beating his former team, he is still very concerned about getting playing time in the playoffs, especially the opportunity to start.

After all, this is his contract year, and before he could only average 8 or [-] minutes of playing time per game.

If Milicic wants to make more money, then the playoff stage must be what he needs to strive for.

"Boss, don't worry, I won't get stage fright."

"Very good, very spirited."

Duan's expectations for Milicic are not only because of Milicic's talent, but also for his own interests and the team's considerations in the next few seasons.

Because of his new contract next season, the Bulls' salary space will be much larger. At the same time, the team will face the issue of contract extensions for Ben Gordon and others.

Anyone who knows football knows that the basis for winning the championship is a reasonable and excellent player configuration, the essence of which is sufficient salary space.

Next season, the Bulls' salary structure is no longer so reasonable, and may even be somewhat stretched due to Duan's big contract.

However, the rookie bonus is about to expire, and if you want to retain people, you must take further big contracts.

Then the Bulls' already existing big contracts - Baron Davis and Tyson Chandler's two tens of millions of annual salary contracts, will inevitably be replaced and cleaned up.

Du En knows very well that if he wants to continue to win the championship, it is impossible to perform meritorious basketball without anyone taking the initiative to cut his salary.

The main players have been replaced and more fresh blood has been injected into the team.

Even after winning the championship, it is normal for the team to lie dormant for two years, wait for the rookies to develop, and reopen the next window to win the championship.

Therefore, no matter how reluctant you are to part with the cheap and easy-to-use Tyson Chandler, you still have to prepare the next replacement in advance.

And with Milicic's talent, not to mention perfectly replacing Tyson Chandler in the next two years, he can at least fill Tyson Chandler's vacancy.

However, if you want to ensure that you are still competitive to win the championship next year, it is necessary to train Milicic in advance, especially to give him the ability to play in the playoffs or even start.

Perhaps it was because of the contract year, or because he had participated in the playoffs before with the Pistons, but Milicic did not have stage fright after the game officially started.

It's true that Howard can jump very well, but Milicic used his height and wingspan to steal the ball from Howard.

In the most direct talent collision with the No. [-] player, Milicic proved that he also has No. [-] talent!

Speaking of which, the Bulls' first attack was initiated by Baron Davis and Milicic's pick-and-roll.

As the team leader, Du En is preparing to catch the ball and play in the low post.

After all, this season, Du En is more of a cover-up worker, and only exerts his strength in the fourth quarter.

In the playoffs, it is impossible for Duen to get the ball only in the fourth quarter. He must play more in the first three quarters to help the team build an advantage. However, Duen might as well let his teammates find their touch first.

Therefore, Du En's role was to act as a bait in the beginning.

The core of the Magic's defense is Howard, but Howard has to guard the penalty area and cannot defend Duan alone.

Then, after Duan runs into the low post, the only one who comes to defend is Turkoglu, a power forward.

Turkoglu's defense is not bad, but when it comes to defending Duen, it can only be considered unlucky for him.

Baron Davis used the screen to rush to the free throw line. Howard immediately came out from the basket to help defend, and Turkoglu was also distracted.

Du En originally didn't get the ball so early, but now that the opportunity came up, he couldn't miss it.

Duane took the opportunity to get rid of Turkoglu and slipped to the bottom of the basket.

Baron Davis passed the ball over, and Howard just turned around and saw Duane rushing to the basket.

Others might have given up, but Howard wanted to give it a try.

Howard immediately returned to the basket and jumped to block the shot.

When Duan saw this, he was not afraid. Instead, he took off, pressed Howard with his left hand, swung the ball in a semicircle with his right hand, and then completed a dunk over Howard's shoulder.

"MVP, MVP, MVP!"

Duan completed the dunk on Howard as soon as he came up!How could the Chicago fans at the scene not be excited and cheer loudly for Duane?
However, in Duane's view, the credit for this ball to score at least six goals is due to Baron Davis.

After all, with Du En's ability, as long as the ball is passed, even if he doesn't force a dunk, he can use other techniques to score.

Therefore, Du En didn't pay too much attention to the cheers of the fans at the scene.Dune had heard too much over the years.

And we are playing in the playoffs tonight, so we can't be careless for a moment.

When Duan returned to the backcourt, the Magic players also rushed over and took their positions.

Perhaps Howard was not willing to simply act as a blue-collar insider, but wanted to score some scoring data. Howard actually asked for the ball in the low post on the left.

"I was bullied by you in Magic. Can I still be bullied by you in Bulls?"

Milicic used his height and wingspan to cover Howard. Howard wanted to slip to the baseline, but Milicic blocked the breakthrough route, so he could only turn around and go to the line.

However, Howard's dribbling skills were so poor that in the face of physical confrontation, he looked like he was about to lose the dribble after two steps.

Du En saw the opportunity and stepped forward to press. Howard seemed to be frightened by Du En who came to attack. He lost his mind and lost the ball with his butter hands.

Du En chased the ball, quickly caught the ball, and then immediately played it down.

At the same time, Milicic's fast break speed and Howard's return speed are not slow either.

All the Magic players were attracted by Duan to the left wing. Duan noticed Milicic's position and directly threw a high pass.

Milicic did not disappoint Duan. He jumped directly from the free throw line and caught the ball on the right side of the basket.

boom--

I saw Milicic raising the ball to the sky, and then pressed the ball into the basket with both hands.

In this way, a perfect alley-oop cooperation is formed!

"Good job, keep up the good work."

Noticing that Milicic returned directly to defense after dunking, Duan immediately encouraged Milicic who was coming towards him.

I have to say that Milicic did play well when he came up, and performed well on both offense and defense.

Seeing that Milicic was playing quite maturely, Duen stopped taking care of Milicic too much on the court.

Next, Duan continued to act as a bait in the low post, allowing Baron Davis and Luol Deng to play first on the outside.

More than four minutes into the game, the Magic called a timeout first, and Milicic was replaced after the timeout.

Yes, Milicic is a false starter.

The Bulls have to practice tonight, but they also have to win.

Of course, as long as enough advantages can be accumulated in the front, Milicic, the starting player, will not be unable to get more playing time and ball rights in the second half.

After Tyson Chandler came on the court, Howard still felt uncomfortable playing.

Milicic relied purely on talent to compete with Howard, while Tyson Chandler not only had talent but also experience.

At the same time, Duan also began to exert force in the low post.

Howard's agility can defend defenders, but when Duan faces Howard, he does not need to rely solely on speed and agility to dodge, but directly relies on strength and physical confrontation to defeat Howard.

Perhaps he was humiliated by Duen. After a two-plus-one layup after a confrontation, Howard immediately got angry and yelled at the referee at the bottom line, saying that the referee's call made it impossible for him to defend.

Howard is the crown prince of Addy and is a popular star player. He will definitely enjoy some star whistles during the regular season.

Sometimes, Howard's pressure on referees can also help the Magic obtain some convenience in penalty decisions and help the Magic win.

But today is different from the past. It is the playoffs now. Naturally, the referee will not tolerate Howard, so he directly whistled a technical foul.

Howard was furious and naturally continued to chatter to the bottom line referee.

At this time, the referee took the initiative to avoid it and did not immediately call Howard a second technical foul.

Perhaps it was Howard who relied on taking T and putting pressure on the referee to succeed. Then Duan hit hard under the basket and missed some free throws that could have been obtained.

However, this did not affect the trend of the game. The Bulls relied on their hard power to take an 11-point lead early in the first quarter.

Duan also relied on taking the ball in the low post and constantly attacking the basket, and had an outstanding performance of 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

If this continues, it will not be difficult for Duen to clock in three quarters tonight and score 30+10+5. (End of chapter)