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With Duan's encouragement and help, Ibaka and Bai Bian did take practical actions and proved that they wanted to become All-Star players.

In the next game, the Bulls won three consecutive away games in the Eastern Conference with the help of both Ibaka and Whiteside going all out.

Of course, in order to win the game, the opponent deliberately narrowed the basket during the game and let the Bulls shoot from the outside.

Coincidentally, Duen's shooting touch has improved a lot after practicing in the previous month.

In the last three games, Duan has made 22 of 8 three-pointers, and he can make two three-pointers in each game.

Although the three-point shooting rate is not high, it can indeed relieve some of the pressure on the Bulls' outside scoring.

In addition, Duan's mid-range shooting percentage has also improved, shooting 20 of 9 in the last three games.

Although Duan's three-pointers and mid-range shots have not returned to the league's top level, they are still above the average!
Furthermore, in addition to shooting, Duan also has breakthrough and passing threats.

Nowadays, the shooting feel continues to recover, and he can make small bursts from time to time. This can already affect the opponent's defensive arrangement to a certain extent.

Duane is once again a shooting threat, which is undoubtedly excellent news for other Bulls players.

Ibaka and Whiteside are in hot form. To a certain extent, they also benefited from Duen's improved shooting touch, which helped them attract some defensive attention, and Duen's feed to the basket made it easier for them to score. .

It is precisely because of this, combined with Duane's support, the Bulls' winning streak, and outstanding personal data and other factors that when the first round of All-Star voting results were announced, both Ibaka and Whiteside were on the list.

Ibaka has experienced All-Star games before, and he was established as one of the core of the Bulls a few years ago, so his popularity is even stronger. He is currently ranked fourth among the Eastern Conference forwards, second only to James, Anthony, and Bosh. Three people.

Whiteside ranks sixth among Eastern Conference forwards. Sandwiched between Ibaka and Whiteside is Pacers star Roy Hibbert.

Judging from the All-Star voting alone, Ibaka and Whiteside are still very promising to participate in the next All-Star game as Eastern All-Star substitute forwards.

However, George is also seen in the 10th position of the Eastern Conference forward in the All-Star voting list.

Considering that George is about to return, it is not impossible for George to replace Ibaka and Whiteside and become the Bulls' third All-Star this season.

In order to ensure that they can become the Eastern All-Star forwards this season, Ibaka and Baibian can only gain the support of as many fans as possible and strive to participate in the next All-Star game as the Eastern Conference's starting forwards.

In this regard, Du En, as the boss of the team, also expressed his support for the first time and expressed his approval with both hands.

In the next game, Duan broke through the basket with the ball, almost passing the ball, and did not choose to finish it himself.

Even in protecting defensive rebounds, he was not as active as before. Instead, he occasionally helped Ibaka and Whiteside get stuck.

With Duen's support and encouragement, Ibaka and Bai Bian did have a good attitude.

On the court, I fly to the sky and escape from the earth, and off the court, I practice hard behind closed doors. I no longer sneak out in the middle of the night to have fun with the warblers.

Just like some stars have children BUFF, men who are not pressed by the best defensive players can often perform better.

However, the Bulls' winning streak did not last long, and the team's record and locker room atmosphere reached a turning point.

On December 12, after internal testing by the team, George, who had been unanimously approved by the team doctors, coaches, and management, returned to the court and started directly.

Obviously, George doesn't want to miss the next All-Star Game.

This is the first year that George's big contract comes into effect. Although George has no contract pressure, he still wants to prove his own strength and try to reach a higher status and win more honors.

There is another reason that is also very important, that is Du En is back.

Duen's comeback has brought a huge amount of traffic to the Bulls. If you play well next to Duen, you will undoubtedly gain more fame and attention, and gain more off-court benefits.

However, it is not that easy for others on Duen's team to get big contracts.

Over the years, so many stars have played their part alongside Duane, but how many of them can ultimately stay with the Bulls?

Everyone knows that if the Bulls re-establish their goal of winning the championship, dealing with big contracts is inevitable.

If the Bulls just want to eat Duan's traffic and don't want to win the championship, then it is extremely normal to clear their salary and reduce expenses.

Although George's personality is simple, he is not stupid either.

After getting advice from my agent, I became even more aware of the current situation - if I don't want to be like the previous stars who were kicked out by the Bulls, who soon disappeared after leaving the Bulls, I should take advantage of playing in the Bulls to get more honors. .

After all, George is still young. As long as he has more All-Stars and more All-NBA honors, even if he is traded to another team, he will still have the opportunity to be the boss or second boss of a weak team, and he will live a more prosperous life.

If you play in the Bulls and don't fight for anything, but just mess around, then when this big contract expires, the next one may only be in the middle class.

After all, in the NBA, even team executives known for their professionalism often look at data and honors to determine contract amounts.

George does not have the commercial value of a superstar and can only ensure that his data and honors do not shrink.

Under the guidance of his agent, the Bulls management did not want his contract to depreciate in the first year of his big contract.

Therefore, there will inevitably be pressure on the coach to let him play with the ball more and collect more data so that he can be sold at a good price in the future.

It was also George's first game back. He was a little impulsive, regardless of the content of the game and the overall interests of the team, and took random shots, which in turn damaged the Bulls' current chemical reaction and the atmosphere of the locker room to a certain extent.

After the Bulls lost, the extensive reports from outside media also put pressure on some players within the Bulls team.

Some people read some seemingly reasonable reports and slowly developed other ideas that were beneficial to them.

As time went on, more and more problems arose within the Bulls.

Losing is inherently prone to problems, and the Traffic Team has attracted widespread attention from the outside world.

Sometimes a player's subtle expression on the court can be gradually analyzed and analyzed by psychological experts among fans, and then a long speech is made to illustrate the problems within the team.

It was also because of some trivial things that were studied under magnifying glasses and microscopes by outsiders.

Bulls players who usually love to surf the Internet were naturally affected by these remarks, and their performance on the court became different.

As the saying goes, a thousand-mile embankment is destroyed by an ant nest.

Duan had insight into the small frictions during training, as well as the cooperation on the court becoming less and less tacit, the defense becoming more and more lax, the players even shirking responsibilities on the court, and some disputes continued to occur...

In order to prevent the situation from escalating further, Duen had to contact the management and coaching staff in advance to understand their true thoughts in advance, determine who could be beaten next, and determine who was protected by the management and coaching staff.

Sometimes, team battles occur between the management and coaching staff, with players supported by both factions.

If Duen doesn't understand the thinking of the management and coaching staff and starts it rashly, it will be all in vain in the end. Only by unifying the opinions of both parties and confirming that everyone supports Du En in holding a locker room meeting will Du En clear the team's current problems in the locker room.

I have to say that Duan's prestige in the Bulls is too high!
As soon as Du En came to the door, John Paxson and Scott Skiles immediately corrected their attitudes. They didn't have any personal thoughts at all. They simply stated that they would cooperate with Du En's work and that Du En would hit whoever he wanted. who.

It can only be said that the value contained in Du En is too great.

Scott Skiles wants to embrace Duan's thigh, continue to increase the value of famous NBA coaches, and then seek more head coaching salary, and even a higher team status.

As the general manager of the team, John Paxson also needs to flatter Du En and strive to complete the contract extension with Du En as soon as possible.

Duan is not so anxious. He will wait until he becomes a free agent in the offseason and then negotiate with the Bulls management. The Bulls management is also anxious.

It was also because Du En received unanimous support from the management and coaching staff. Du En, who was in charge of the situation, directed the coaching staff to edit some videos, and then asked the management to summon other teammates to come to the video room for a meeting.

Any player on the court will inevitably make some mistakes.

Not to mention, human physical strength and energy are limited. A game lasts 48 minutes, and the main players play for at least minutes, so it is impossible to stay focused and perform their best every minute and every second.

Now, Duane asked the coaching staff to analyze the problems of individual players on the court frame by frame...

In fact, if you have to find fault with Du En for this kind of thing, just one game can be edited for a minute or two.

However, facts speak louder than words!
When the highlights of mistakes, omissions, and random shots that lasted for more than ten minutes were played openly in the video room, the parties involved could not defend themselves at all.

After being publicly executed, George and others could only act like ostriches, lowering their heads and saying nothing.

However, Du En did not have the idea of ​​holding it up high and putting it down gently. He still adopted the method of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys and criticized George and others by name in public.

Of course, after the meeting in the video room, Du En spent money to win over people's hearts and invited everyone to his villa for a buffet barbecue with a lot of expensive ingredients.

Even George, who was in a bad mood, did not refuse in the end.

Speaking of NBA teams, there aren't that many things going on between them. As long as they can win, even if the players on the team punch each other, most of the conflicts will be resolved after a while.

After the Bulls held the video room meeting, they quickly got on the right track and started a winning streak.

Until December 12, Xiaoka officially returned from injury and returned to the team before the start of the Christmas game.

In this way, the bull finally returned to its full body.

It is worth mentioning that before Kawhi Kawhi returned to the Bulls, the Bulls, under the leadership of Duan, had achieved a record of 17 wins and 10 losses, temporarily ranking fourth in the Eastern Conference.

Although the Raptors, fifth in the Eastern Conference, also achieved 17 wins, they lost one more game than the Bulls. In other words, the current situation is that the Bulls are 0.5 games ahead of the Raptors.

If Kawhi loses in his comeback game, his record will be equal to that of the Raptors.

Fortunately, Kawhi was not in a hurry to prove himself. After returning to the team, he chose to start from defense honestly.

For this reason, Kawhi's comeback not only did not hinder the Bulls on the offensive end, but also relieved some pressure on Duan and Curry on the defensive end.

Of course, Kawhi has just returned, his physical condition is not adjusted to the best condition, and his defensive quality is not particularly high.

However, Kawhi has a good attitude and is not too involved in the offensive end. His performance on the court is generally positive.

The Bulls were already on a winning streak, and Kawhi's comeback did not damage the team's chemistry. Naturally, they would not mess up the game as soon as George came back like George did.

As a result, the Bulls quickly opened a one-win gap with the Raptors, temporarily consolidating their fourth place in the Eastern Conference.

However, the Raptors have a pair of garbage brothers DeRozan and Lowry, as well as a big center like Valanciunas, and a super sixth man like Lou Williams. Their competitiveness this season is also extraordinary.

On the night before Christmas, the Raptors won again, once again narrowing the winning gap with the Bulls to 0.5 games.

The Raptors are chasing too closely. The Bulls don't want to lose the top four seats in the Eastern Conference, so they can only try their best to win the next Christmas game.

"Hassan, tonight's Christmas game may be the key to your becoming an All-Star!"

Before the start of the Christmas War, Du En sharpened his gun before the battle and encouraged Bai Biandao.

Duan's words are not completely untrue, but because the Bulls' opponent in the Christmas game is the Miami Heat, last season's overall runner-up and now the number one in the Eastern Conference.

The Heat are the Bulls' biggest obstacle to advancing out of the Eastern Conference in the playoffs, and they also have two All-Star forwards on the team.

Perhaps the Heat's training methods are too torturous. Neither James nor Bosh have been in very good shape recently. They are basically playing on and off.

If Whiteside can beat James and Bosh in the paint on Christmas Day with the attention of fans across the United States.

So it will definitely be of great help to him becoming an Eastern Conference All-Star forward this season.

"Don't worry, boss, none of them can guard me!"

Hearing Bai Bian's confident answer, Du En suddenly thought of something and reminded: "You should take the game seriously, tonight is a Christmas battle!

The Heat's impact is very strong, and the penalties this season are relatively strict, and many whistles will not be blown.

To avoid accidents, I suggest you wear a bra. "

In the past two months, in order to avoid targeting the Bulls individually, the league has strengthened its overall whistleblowing.

This is undoubtedly helpful for stars who are good at opening the way with their elbows and relying on their bodies to play.

Therefore, the Heat's No. 1 position in the Eastern Conference this season is rock solid.

The Lakers in the Western Conference have also been struggling from a weak team to the edge of the playoffs.

Some people benefit from the rules, while others suffer from the rules.

The change in penalty undoubtedly tells players across the league that the league encourages confrontation!
Frequent confrontations and excessive movements on both offense and defense have also led to frequent injuries on the court.

The number of injuries that have occurred to Heat players this season has already caught up with the number from the previous season.

In the next stage, the Bulls will have to improve their record in order to obtain more All-Star spots for the season.

Therefore, in tonight's game, we not only have to win, but we also have to win health. (End of chapter)