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Du En usually doesn't say harsh words before a game. Since he said trash talk in public this time, he is naturally confident.

In this year's playoffs, the Bulls have been treated unfairly. They fought 5 on 8 all the way, so they are not afraid of anything going wrong in the Eastern Conference finals.

By the way, after Duan spoke out, fans and basketball commentators also talked about it.

Many people complained that Duane failed to win the regular season MVP. Of course, some people said that James was indeed qualified to win the regular season MVP.

As the two sides competed, this year's Eastern Conference Finals became a hot topic without a fight. Both the ticket price and the attention of the game were far higher than in previous years.

The management of the Bulls and Cavaliers took the opportunity to make a fortune in silence. Ticket sales were booming, and they could also use this opportunity to expand their contacts and make friends with a large number of big shots who were ready to come to watch the game.

The time soon came to May 5th at Quicken Loans Center in Cleveland.

This is also the first time this season for Bulls players that G1 starts on the road.

Considering that the Bulls are now being treated like an away team at home and a graveyard on the road, Duane and others were mentally prepared before the start of the game that tonight's game would be difficult.

However, after the game officially started, the seriousness of the game situation also surprised the Bulls players.

In the previous two series, Duane was not treated like other Bulls players, but tonight he was treated the same.

After Garnett helped the Bulls win the ball, James came to Duan early and guarded Duan tightly.

Duan also didn't expect that the star whistle on his body would suddenly disappear. When he first picked up the ball at the top of the arc, he was directly pushed by James.

"What the hell is happening?"

James obviously committed a foul. Duan lost his balance briefly, but quickly stabilized, but the ball rolled out of the baseline.

"Isn't this a foul? Did you say you couldn't do it?"

When Duan saw the sideline referee, he signaled that it was a backcourt ball, not a frontcourt ball, which meant that Duan touched the ball to the sideline and James did not commit a foul.

Du En argued with reason, and the referee knew what was going on, but he had no intention of enforcing the law impartially.

"Home whistle, this is how you play, right?" Du En generally understood.

The No. 1 pick selected by Stern himself and the regular season MVP assigned by him must not be slapped in the face by Duen.

Or maybe the on-site referee's attitude towards the players from the 03 class prefers James, the chosen one, so he wants to suppress Duan.

All in all, tonight was a tough fight, there is no doubt about it.

Du En knew that the referee would blatantly double standard and blow a black whistle next, but Du En also strengthened the referee in public.

As we all know, James loves to hold the ball.

And when Maurice Williams dribbled the ball across half court and handed the ball to James, Duan also followed James' previous example and pretended to destroy the pass, but actually reached out and pushed James.

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Sure enough, the referee blew the whistle.

It's just that James cooperated with the referee's performance and fell to the ground.

In the past, Du En knew exactly how the referee would make the penalty, and at most he would just shrug with his hands, but tonight Du En was not used to it and started scolding him directly!

"Are you blind? LeBron pushed me, but there was no foul! In order to grab the ball, I blew the whistle as soon as I touched him!"

Facing Duan's stern questioning, the referee pointed to James on the ground and defended: "You pushed LeBron down, what you just did was unnecessary.

Please keep playing and don't get in the way of my work.

If you continue with such sentiments, I will issue you a warning. "

Facing the referee's threat, Duen continued to curse and received a technical foul as he wished.

But Du En did not give up and continued to scold the referee.

The Cavaliers fans at the scene watched and continued to boo, calling for the referee to send Duane out of the arena.

However, the referee who blew the whistle knew that he was in the wrong and did not dare to call Duen out for two technical fouls in less than one minute of the Eastern Conference Finals.

In order to avoid trouble, the referee took the initiative to avoid Du En and went to the technical table to report his work.

When Garnett and others saw that Du En had achieved a stage victory, they immediately stepped forward to separate Du En and pulled Du En aside.

If the referee gets involved and kicks out Duane, the Bulls will suffer a big loss if they lose a game first in the Eastern Conference finals.

As James stood on the free throw line and executed a technical foul free throw, the next more dramatic scene occurred.

The Cavaliers did not use Morris, a guard who shot over 90% of his free throws and is known for his shooting, to perform technical free throws. This was already a bit of a problem.

It's not a good choice to choose, but James is not known for his shooting, and his career free throw shooting percentage is just over 70%.

Now James is shooting free throws despite a controversial penalty. It seems that his mental quality has not passed the test. His hands shook a little. It can be seen from the trajectory of the shot that the ball missed a little.

When the basketball came to the top of the basket, there was a duang sound, and the iron bounced out of the frame.

"Basketball doesn't lie!"

"Basketball doesn't lie!"

"Basketball doesn't lie!"

The Bulls players on the field shouted the mantra of "Roaring God" one after another.

However, after executing the technical foul free throw, the Cavaliers still had the ball.

As the Cavaliers served from the sideline, the game resumed.

It was also because of Duan's pressure on the referee just now that the Bulls players tentatively used aggressive defense to limit the performance of the Cavaliers players.

Originally, if the Bulls defended like this, the whistle would probably have been blown, but because Duan received a technical foul early, the Bulls players were a blessing in disguise and were allowed to use the current intensity of defense.

Morris was under a lot of pressure holding the ball. After his initial singles attempt failed, he could only serve as a dribbling defender.

However, it is Duane who will face James tonight. As soon as James gets the ball, he will immediately be attacked by Duen's aggressive defense.

The referee who was being chased by Du En retaliated and called another foul on Du En. If it had been anyone else, he might have relented.

But Du En knew that if he wanted to win tonight's game, he had to be tougher.

The situation of the Bulls is different from that of other teams. Seeing this scene, the head coaches of other teams took the initiative to move players off the court to protect them, but everything for the Bulls revolved around Duan.

If Du En is not ready to leave, then only the referee or the game is suspended or ended can allow Du En to go off.

Obviously, the accumulation of premature fouls cannot make Duan submit.

The three referees on the scene noticed that Du En had accumulated three fouls in the first three minutes of the first quarter, but had no intention of leaving the game. Instead, they put their arms on their hips and prepared to spray the referee, so they stopped as soon as possible. As Duan's aggressive defense unfolded against James, James's originally unstable shooting was completely useless.

But if every ball has to go to the basket to challenge Garnett, or Josh Smith, Milicic and others, it will be too difficult to score.

Really speaking, James still likes to play simple ball, even in the playoffs.

After trying a jump shot and failing to score on Duan's head, James could only hand over the ball and sit back and let his teammates try to play first.

This season the Cavaliers are able to reach first place in the Eastern Conference, naturally not because James has evolved again, but because the Cavaliers boss has spent a lot of money to equip James with enough and reliable manpower to compete for the championship.

It's a pity that James won the regular season MVP with the help of this group of people, but he has not yet achieved the strength to match the regular season MVP.

You know, the regular season MVP is already one of the best players in the league!

But if such a player doesn't even know how to shoot and post-up, the most common offensive methods in basketball games, and doesn't have the ability to make hard tackles at critical moments, then what qualifications do he have to be called a regular season MVP?

But for James, since he doesn't have the ability to solve it hard, he can just let his teammates solve it hard.

After being deathly entangled by Duane, James immediately passed the ball to Morris, and in addition to Delonte West.

It's a pity that Garnett's help defense cannot be blocked.

Although Morris and West can shoot, they cannot score solely by shooting.

The Bulls mainly focus on man-to-man defense. In one-on-one situations on the outside, Ben Gordon is basically a bit worse at defense, but he is much taller than Morris. His defensive enthusiasm can keep up with him, and he can also interfere with Morris's shooting.

With Morris and West frequently hitting the iron, Big Z and Varejao are not as athletic as Garnett and Josh Smith. Not only did the Cavaliers miss their shots, but their rebounds were also blown out by the Bulls.

In this case, even if the on-site referee wanted to pull the side, he was a little unable to do so.

There is no way, Morris and West can't find the touch and can't open up the situation. The situation on the court is becoming more and more unfavorable to the Cavaliers. At this time, the fans on site are also chanting for LeBron.

James still pays more attention to his personal image. When the fans are calling for him, he cannot remain indifferent.

When he called for a pick-and-roll early in the high post, trying to bypass Duan and pick the weak persimmon, Garnett, who was delayed in advance, said: "I'm here to play with you!"

Facing Garnett, who has long arms and legs, James tried to use his elbow to clear the way to resolve the crisis.

However, Garnett has personally fought against O'Neal, Yao Ming, Duncan, and Malone in singles, and he still has no problem withstanding James' impact.

Just when James was trying to use his footsteps and move one after another to shake Garnett away, Duan suddenly chased behind James.

Being flanked from both sides, James, who is known for his passing, failed to find his teammates in time. In desperation, he could only reach out and pinch Garnett's arm in an attempt to draw a foul.

However, at this time, Duan took the ball out of James' hand while James was not paying attention.

"It's a big loop, right? How can you draw a foul without the ball?"

Not to mention, the referee actually blew the whistle. If there was no ball, it would be an active foul, which would still cause damage.

It is worth mentioning that in the replay on the big screen in the dome, you can also see James' footsteps after joining the ball, which seems to have explained a few more steps.

Then, after Duen took out the ball, he reached out to hook Garnett's hand, and then took the initiative to bump into it.

"Walk, walk, walk! LeBron walked before he committed the foul!"

"LeBron lost his balance. He didn't have the ball in his hands before he pinched his hands."

"If you really don't understand, go watch the replay! Look above your head, the big screen is playing this scene!"

When the on-site referee pretended to be blind and signaled James to stand on the free throw line, Duan started spraying again and led his teammates to put pressure on the referee.

What's more outrageous is that Garnett asked the on-site reporter for a DV to save his face, and was going to discuss the matter with the referee.

However, the referee did not accept Garnett's "unreasonable" behavior.

In response, Garnett had no choice but to shrug, spread his hands, and then return the DV to the reporter.

However, as a person involved, James was still affected somewhat and only made one of two free throws.

Fortunately, the free throw was the second goal, which gave the Bulls no chance to counterattack.

But soon, Duan took the ball and named James, and he made two direct changes to get past James and reach the basket.

Big Z's defense was too slow. Duen made an emergency jump shot and scored from close range in the penalty area.

James knew he couldn't guard Duan, but now the Cavaliers were many points behind the Bulls, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to attack with the ball.

James continued to call pick-and-rolls, but noticed that Garnett had already planned to help defend, so he could only pull out again, call a few more pick-and-rolls, see if his teammates could take Garnett away, and then rush inside.

However, Duen's defense was too tight, and he was much taller and taller than James. James dribbled a little unsteadily, and at the same time he failed to get rid of Duen in time, so he could only turn his back to protect the ball.

Just when James was about to find his teammates, Ben Gordon suddenly came out and took the ball out of James' hand.

James noticed that he lost the ball and quickly chased back, but Ben Gordon passed the ball to Duan. Duan took advantage of James' mistake to convert the fast break and completed the score through dunks.

James realized that the situation was not good for him, so he changed his style of play and started dribbling at the top of the arc for more than ten seconds, and finally gave it to Morris and others to solve the problem in a few seconds.

Because there was not much time left, Morris and others could only take action immediately after taking over the pot.

And if you keep taking the blame and take difficult shots under pressure, the hit rate will naturally be more difficult to guarantee.

It is also because no one in the Cavaliers can stand up and score, and there is no chance to make some simple goals. The score difference on the court is getting wider and wider.

In fact, the strength gap between the starting lineups of the two teams is not huge. In addition, the Cavaliers have the referee to help, so they should be the more advantageous side.

But the Cavaliers just failed to seize the opportunity and produce the desired effect, and were completely at a disadvantage from the beginning of the game.

After the first quarter, the score was 28-17, and the Bulls had an 11-point deficit.

However, in the second quarter, the Bulls' bench was led by Duan and Luol Deng, giving James no chance to travel at the wrong time.

That is to say, the referee helped, giving James some opportunities to cause damage and get to the free throw line, creating the illusion that Duan and James were competing against each other.

But it was still to no avail. Under the leadership of Duan, the Bulls still widened the point difference in the first three quarters. Until the end of the game, the Cavaliers did not seize the opportunity to turn defeat into victory.

101 to 90, the Bulls laid the foundation for victory with a score difference in the first quarter.

全场比赛下来，杜恩即便从比赛开始就遭到了裁判的针对，却还是打满全场砍下了34分8篮板6助攻3抢断1盖帽的全面数据。

James scored a lot, scoring 26 points, but he took 24 shots and 14 free throws.

It is worth mentioning that the Cavaliers only took 19 free throws. Looking at the team's overall free throws, the Bulls got 20 free throws, which is actually the dominant side.

However, with an 11-point difference, the Bulls won fair and square. (End of chapter)