Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

On May 5, G2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Bulls and Hawks started at the United Center in Chicago.

In the first round of the playoffs in G1, the Bulls did not control the home court and played relatively slowly at the beginning of the series, but now they have no such problem.

After the game started, Duen took the lead in the charge and combined with sudden shots, making 4 of 3 shots and scoring 6 points.

The Hawks have obviously learned the lesson from the Pacers' loss to the Bulls in the last round.

Seeing that Millsap couldn't guard Duen, he immediately changed his defensive strategy and attacked Duen from a double attack.

When Du En saw this, instead of frowning, a smile appeared on his lips, feeling that he was getting what he wanted.

As a top playmaker in the league, Duen is naturally not afraid of being double-teamed on the court.

Now that the Bulls are missing Curry, a second-in-command who can hold the ball in isolation, attract defenses without the ball, and carry the offensive banner, Duan is afraid that his opponents will cut off the connection between him and other teammates.

Then he relied on guarding Du En's teammates, allowing Du En to score high points and lose the game.

The Hawks adjusted their defensive strategy, which gave the Bulls some local four-on-three opportunities.

Of course, sometimes when Duane hands the ball over, it may not be a good thing for the Bulls.

However, after the baptism in the first round of the playoffs, the Bulls' overall strength has been significantly improved.

In addition, the fourth-year rookies all want big contracts and want to prove themselves in this year's playoffs, so they play very hard on the court.

In this situation, Duane used his ability to attract defense to continuously create better offensive opportunities for Middleton, Green, Crowder and others.

They did not disappoint Duan, and were able to seize scoring opportunities most of the time.

After the first quarter, no one on the Bulls scored in double figures, but there were 5 players who scored 5 points or more!
In addition to Duan's 8 points, Green, Middleton, and Gobert scored 6, 5, and 5 points respectively.

Among them, Green had a dumpling meal and hit two open three-pointers in the first quarter.

Middleton has a bit of practice holding the ball, but more often he plays in singles with the ball.

As for Gobert, the main thing is that Duen feeds him cakes.

Overall, the Bulls scored nearly 30 points in the first quarter just relying on the starting lineup, and their scoring efficiency was very high.

Of course, there are some places worth noting.

The Bulls' outside touch was good in the first quarter, and they also took advantage of opportunities.

However, we failed to seize the goals that required physical strength, such as some 2+1 opportunities, and ended up with a score of 0+0 or 0+1.

If this kind of ball is also grasped, the Bulls will easily defeat the Hawks in the series and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals again.

But even if the Bulls still have some problems to improve, at least in G1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Hawks did not put too much pressure on the Bulls.

The Hawks' starting lineup includes Jeff Teague, Bazemore, Korver, Millsap, Horford, and a sixth man Schroeder on the bench.

It can be said that they are all puzzle pieces to win the championship, but none of them can carry the banner.

Teams that focus on civilian basketball have a limited upper limit for their strength in the playoffs, and you can basically see the edge at a glance.

The Bulls don't need to play a strong offense, as long as they defend well, it will be enough for the Eagles to drink.

Of course, in tonight's G1, the Bulls' touch has been explosive since the first quarter.

The reason for this situation is also very simple. It is not just that Duan, as the ruler of the league, is too able to attract the attention of defensive players!
It's because the Hawks play a five-small lineup, their overall size is not as good as the Bulls, and they don't have an advantage in speed.

The Bulls have plenty of opportunities to go big and small, especially in the paint.

Gobert can score consecutively under Duane's feeding, and he will stand on the free throw line from time to time.

In order to protect the basket, the Eagles' wing players often have to run into the penalty area to help defend.

In this way, wing three-pointers and corner three-pointers are easily missed.

Once the Hawks strengthen their defense on the wings, the Bulls players can break through with the ball from the top of the arc and use their speed to directly rush to the basket to score.

The Hawks lack height and have no advantage in speed. Against the Bulls, the lineup's style of play is naturally restrained.

Duan didn't make much effort, and the Bulls established a 23-point lead in the first half.

In the third quarter, Duen began to exert his strength early, and the Eagles had nothing to do with Duen.

By the time Duane clocked in the third quarter and scored a near-triple-double with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists, the Bulls had already established a 28-point lead.

In the next garbage time, Mike Brown handed over the tactical board and let Tyronn Lue give the orders.

Tyronn Lue passionately explained tactics to the first and second-year rookies in the team and encouraged them how to play better on the court.

As a result, fourth-year rookies who want to get more data in the playoffs and fight for the next big contract will have their playing time and ball rights limited.

Jokic, Portis, Rooney and others have received more and better training opportunities.

102 to 111, although in G1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Bulls only won the game by 9 points.

However, the team's fringe rotation players still succeeded in gaining more rest time for the main players.

And with the help of this game, the Eagles' main players played more time on the court, which had a certain consumption effect and gained hope for more victories in the following series.

“Six teammates scoring in double figures is more meaningful than me scoring 6 by myself.

Don't always say that I don't have helpers around me. My teammates are playing great.

I enjoyed the way we won tonight!

I believe I can work with my teammates to go further in the playoffs. "

In the post-match interview, Duen continued to encourage his teammates and hoped that they could continue to play hard like tonight.

People are not salty fish, dreams must be had after all.

What if the core players of the top teams in the Western Conference are injured one after another this year?

Maybe Du En can get lucky and lead this group of relatively unknown rookies on the team to the finals, and then be lucky enough to win a single-core championship.

We have already reached the playoffs anyway, and we have won one round of the playoffs anyway, so why not continue to win?

At this point, Du En also wanted to see if he could really unintentionally pick up a championship this year during the rebuilding season.

However, it is still early to think about this.

The Bulls haven't defeated the Hawks yet and reached the Eastern Conference Finals!

Time soon came to May 5, and the G4 game between the Bulls and the Hawks quickly began.

Tonight, the Hawks double-teamed and restricted Duan from the beginning, and even restricted Duan from dribbling past half court.

A lot of flanking attacks and a lot of physical contact also caused Du En to consume a lot of extra energy.

Duane could only give up part of the ball to Middleton and Green.

However, Middleton and Green, who shined in G1, did not continue the magic of the previous game. Under the targeted defense of the Eagles, Middleton felt bad and hit the ball frequently not long after the game started.

And Green came up to try his hand. After hitting the three-pointer, he no longer made strong shots against others. He mostly found teammates to play pick-and-rolls and score at the basket.

The problem is that tonight, the Hawks kept experiencing big delays inside, limiting Green's ability to get to the basket.

Although Green's control level is good and is better than most forward players, his speed is not an advantage after all due to his excessive weight.

And when facing Millsap and Horford with the ball, Green has no advantage in strength and cannot rely on his body to fight hard.

Without Green and Middleton's ball-handling and scoring, the Bulls' overall offense was somewhat unable to perform.

Fortunately, in the last few playoff games, Jokic has been trained.

Jokic runs outside and plays a pick-and-roll with Duen, and Duen can hand over part of the ball to Jokic.

Of course, this is mainly because Horford is much shorter than Jokic.

Horford thought he could rely on defense and footwork to restrict Jokic from taking the ball to the basket.

But who knew that Jokic, facing the interference of Horford's long arms, would unreasonably raise his hand and shoot without even taking off.

It just so happened that Jokic's touch was pretty good tonight, shooting 5 of 2 three-pointers, which was 6 points.

And for a big center who can both shoot and deal from the outside, it's even more unsolvable.

The Hawks also don't know that Jokic has such a transcendent status in the Bulls and can dominate a lot of the ball while Duan is on the court.

The Hawks did not expect in advance that even though there was a playmaker like Duan in charge, the Bulls were willing to let Jokic pass the ball to connect the team.

It was a calculated calculation without intention, and the eagle was not prepared for this at all.

The Bulls rely on Jokic to continuously pass the ball to teammates who are cutting through the basket in progress, or to move the ball in a wide range and pass the ball to the open shooter in the bottom corner.

Then he slowly recovered the lagging points difference, and then widened the point difference again, consolidating the advantage bit by bit.

It was also because of Jokic and other players who stepped up in time to fill the scoring gaps of Middleton and Green. The Bulls once again put game pressure on the opponent Hawks.

The Eagles lack stars with enough weight, and no one can stand up at critical moments, digest the ball through singles, and score difficult goals one after another.

Just relying on Jeff Teague to dribble steadily and keep running circles along the three-point line and the baseline, although he didn't miss the ball, when the shot time ran out, no one could score.

The same goes for Schroeder. He can occasionally make a few breakthroughs with his speed, and occasionally score one or two goals with his touch. But if you want him to score steadily, that won't work.

As for Millsap, the nominal boss of the Hawks, his key ball ability is also very average. It can even be said that scoring is not a job he is good at.

As a result, the Eagles, like the original king, were always short of breath at critical moments.

In the last four minutes of G2, the score was actually quite tense.

But Duen was able to hit a fatal mid-range shot from time to time even when he was low on physical strength, helping the team stabilize the situation.

In the last two minutes or so, the Bulls replaced Gobert again to strengthen the frame protection, limiting the Hawks' scoring in the penalty area and protecting more rebounds.

Even though the Hawks resorted to foul tactics and kept putting Gobert on the free throw line, Gobert was tough and did not embarrass himself in front of the home fans.

Also relying on their advantages in size and height inside, as well as their advantages in defense and rebounding, the Bulls relied on the Hawks to continuously send Gobert to the free throw line in the last 2 minutes, and then Gobert hit free throws one after another, and finally won the game. The victory of the game.

98 to 104, the Bulls once again defeated the Hawks at home with a 6-point advantage.

The Eastern Conference semifinals series has already been won by two points, and the Bulls will naturally not have stage fright when they play away games.

The Bulls will head to Atlanta with full confidence and face the next two consecutive away challenges with full spirit.

"Boss, where is the box where you made money?"

"Yes, boss, when we get to the hotel later, we should be treated to a big meal, right?"

"Boss, I just lost a lot of money and I urgently need your money to comfort me!"

On the plane, everyone was talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was relaxed and happy.

Most of the role players are looking forward to whether Duen will be like G1, giving everyone money and treating everyone to a delicious meal as soon as they come to the away game.

"Of course there will be bread, there will be milk, there will be everything."

Du En was not short of this little money, so he naturally made a promise quickly.

If he can gain an advantage in the away game and advance to the Eastern Conference finals more easily, why would Duen care about spending some money?

Hundreds of thousands of dollars can be earned by podcasting in one night!
After the Bulls and the team arrived in Atlanta, Dunn once again used his own money to treat his teammates to dinner, and divided the money between them, giving them allowances for playing away games.

Inspired by Duen, most of the Bulls players did not go out and mess around, but stayed in the hotel to train, maintain their condition, and prepare for the next game.

Money can make all the difference. Under Duen's money offensive, the overall morale of the Bulls is very high.

On May 5, although the atmosphere at the Hawks' home court was very enthusiastic, and Atlanta fans used various methods to put pressure on the Bulls players before and during the game, and even put pressure on the referees, the Bulls players were not affected by this.

It is true that at the beginning of the game, the Bulls players were a little slow to warm up and still encountered some difficulties.

However, inspired by Du En to lead the charge, other role players quickly adjusted their state, and then played steadily and slowly recovered the point difference.

Similar to the previous two games, the Eagles did not relax their defense against Duen, and Duen was still heavily targeted by the Eagles.

However, the Bulls have more and more people who can attack with the ball in the playoffs.

There are also more and more people who can score independently without relying on Dune to attract defensive opportunities.

Of course, Duen still has a great influence on the court. With his own shooting threat, his teammates' pick-and-roll cooperation, and his excellent passing skills, Duen has created many simple scoring opportunities for his teammates.

Other Bulls players also performed very well under the leadership of Duan.

Middleton and Green regained their form in G3 and gave the team a lot of support on the offensive end.

It is also because Middleton and Green are more powerful, Jokic's playing time and ball rights have been relatively reduced.

Despite this, Jokic still got a certain amount of playing time, controlled some ball rights, and fully demonstrated his personal strength and basketball IQ on the court.

When Horford faced Jokic, he often lamented that Jokic was not only better at scoring than him, but also better at passing the ball. He really couldn't beat this monster at all.

107比99，公牛再度赢下东部半决赛G3，系列赛比分推进到了3比0。

Seeing that the Hawks had no way to defeat the Bulls, league officials had no choice but to intervene and extend this series.

The Bulls lost G4 despite the black whistle, but the morale within the Bulls team was still high.

After playing G4 and returning to Chicago, the Bulls shared the same hatred. Before the G5 game officially started, fans at the scene put pressure on the referee early, "Referee sucks!"

The referee was angry, but the Eagle did not dare to be tough on the Bull.

In the end, with the efforts of the entire Bulls team, they defeated the Hawks by 27 points at home, ending this series and successfully advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals! (End of chapter)