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"Duane led the Chicago Bulls to win Game 52 of the Eastern Conference Finals with 1 points!"

"One person destroyed a team! Dune scored 50+ points in the Eastern Conference finals, declaring that the Bulls dynasty is not over yet!"

"Raptors head coach Casey: We can't stop Duane!"

"Crazy personal performance in the playoffs! Duan worked alone and scored 52 points to lead the team to defeat the Raptors!"

"Duane doesn't believe the dynasty is over because he's always on the throne!"

"Youth Storm? The core players of the Raptors are too young and lack playoff experience. The Bulls may be able to advance to the finals again under the leadership of Du En!"

"A one-man dynasty! Duan defends the honor of the Bulls dynasty with force!"

"Brothers, things have changed! Bulls championship!"

After the Bulls won Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, domestic and foreign media immediately sprang into action, reporting and commenting one after another.

Before the Eastern Conference Finals started, the Raptors' youthful storm also brought some different surprises to many fans.

Although not many people were optimistic about the Raptors winning, they never thought that the Raptors would be beaten like this by the Bulls.

After playing G1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, most people have seen it clearly.

The youthful storm of the Raptors has no effect on the Bulls at all. If we simply compare youth and the overall vitality of the team, the Bulls are not bad.

If you take a closer look at this year's Bulls playoff lineup, you can't even find any other players over the age of 25 except for Duane and Hibbert.

In comparison, the Bulls players are not only young, but also have richer playoff resumes and playoff experience.

You know, people like Green and Middleton have received more than one championship ring.

Now, facing the Raptors in the Eastern Conference finals against the garbage brothers led by DeRozan and Lowry, it's naturally not a problem.

Looking back at the Raptors, the coaching staff did not set up a defense against Duen before the game. Duen was blindsided at the beginning of the game, and DeRozan and others did not know how to make adjustments on the court.

As a result, the coach and the players were confused, and they lost their mood and morale to play.

However, one learns from adversity.

Before the start of G2 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Raptors head coach Dwayne Casey said in a pre-game interview: “The reason we lost the last game was because I didn’t do my job properly.

In this game, we will focus on defending Duen and limiting Duen's scoring.

You know, defending Doon 1 on 1 is a very difficult task.

I'm afraid it would be difficult to limit Duan's scoring efficiency to below the average level if it were a perimeter defense gatekeeper from other eras.

What we can do is use a more team approach to limit Duen's offense as much as possible.

Of course, we believe that with Duan's personal ability, he will still get some shooting opportunities.

And our purpose is to make it more difficult for him in the game.

If Dun is a god, then our goal is to make the god bleed as much as possible! "

Dwayne Casey's speech was a bit like what Chuck Daly said thirty or forty years ago, "Go up and guard Jordan, I want to see blood."

However, they have reached the Eastern Conference Finals, and the next step is the Finals. After the G1 home defeat, the Raptors really need to fight for the bayonet.

Not long after, Duan also heard about Dwayne Casey's remarks through reporters.

After listening to Casey's speech, Duan just smiled slightly when facing reporters: "Thank you Coach Dwayne for the recognition!"

As early as after Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Du En had already guessed that the next game would definitely not be easy.

However, Duane doesn't think the current Raptors can replicate the Pistons' Bad Boy Legion-level defense.

Times have changed, and so have the rules.

Even if the referee allows large-scale actions and some unconventional actions, the Raptors still lack those vicious tough guys.

To put it bluntly, the Raptors are far from well prepared to win the championship.

There are no bad guys on the team who do dirty work, so Duan is not worried about being really injured by the Raptors.

As for Duen himself, his endurance and injury resistance attributes are full, so he is not worried about the next game at all.

Duen even vaguely expected that the Raptors would put more defensive resources on him in the next game.

In this way, Duane can help his teammates score better through his organizational skills.

"I can't score 52 points in every game, but under constant double-teaming by my opponents, I have the opportunity to cooperate with my teammates and score 52 points together!"

In this year's playoffs, Duan averaged only seven or eight assists per game, which converted into points, almost 20 points.

If the opponent keeps double-teaming him, Duen can pass the ball more to teammates who are in open positions. By then, he will have fifteen or six assists in a game, and his teammates will score thirty or forty points alone.

Duen himself scored about 52 points, and it was not difficult to get points.

The remaining points needed for the team to win will depend on other players on the team.

Green, Middleton, Fournier, Crowder, Bojan, Gobert, Hibbert, each can score five or six points independently, plus the team's free throws, it is almost enough.

Closer to home, G2 of the Eastern Conference Finals continues to be staged at the Canadian Route Center.

After the game started, the Raptors did what head coach Dwayne Casey said before the game. From the beginning of the game, they focused on Duan and attacked in advance.

It is worth mentioning that the scale of the whistleblowing tonight was obviously much looser than in the previous game.

As soon as Duan got the ball, DeMarre Carroll came up to stick with Duan, and even kept reaching out to touch Duan's waist and abdomen.

The referee turned a blind eye to this and had no intention of blowing the whistle.

Although Du En was a little unhappy about this, he did not show his dissatisfaction to the referee.

Nothing to complain about, it's just part of the game.

The strong must not only learn to adapt to the rules, but also become stronger as they fight under the rules, dancing on the tip of their swords.

However, if you really want to talk about it, although DeMarre Carroll's little moves are frequent, they are not insignificant.

DeRozan's flanking attack did not directly target Duan, but left a certain amount of space to try to predict Duan's pass or provide defense for DeMarre Carroll.

Pincer attack is not a closed door. Any pass can be effective immediately.

Double-teaming attaches great importance to the timing of double-teaming!

DeRozan will double attack early, and Duan will pass the ball. DeRozan returns to defense late, or other teammates make up for the defense in advance. The Bulls can move the ball in a wide range and easily score through four-on-three like they did in the last game. A few balls and then pull the score away.

It is precisely because of this that the Raptors will not rush to attack tonight, but will continue to send people up to consume Duan.

Originally facing only DeMarre Carroll, Duane could use his physical advantage to quickly pass DeMarre Carroll.

Now looking at someone next to him, he may be flanked at any time, or he may suddenly come forward to press him. This forces Du En not to dare to push the speed easily, but to be more careful when dribbling.

Duen's dribbling speed is slower, which gives DeMarre Carroll more time and opportunities to consume Duen.

And Du En consumes more physical energy in dribbling, so the physical energy that can be used in offense, organization, defense, and rebounding will undoubtedly become less.

From the perspective of the Raptors, the Bulls have only had Duan as the core of the team in this year's playoffs, and there is no second star who can step up and take over the ball and the game.

Moreover, the significance of consuming Duen is not only to limit Duen's scoring at critical moments, but also to affect the direction of this series.

When Du En saw this formation, he didn't feel much psychological pressure.

Don't worry about anything else, just do it first!

Duane quickly used his back to block DeMarre Carroll's probing moves with his back and shoulders. Then he used his footsteps and explosive power to go as far as possible to the side without defensive players to pass DeMarre Carroll.

However, DeRozan's defense came quickly. DeMarre Carroll was still turning around to chase Duen. DeRozan had already predicted Duen's breakthrough route and stopped in front of Duen.

Duen did not panic when he saw this, but continued to dribble forward until he was in front of DeRozan. Then he changed the direction of Sam Goad with a back-to-crotch dribble, which shook DeRozan's center of gravity.

DeRozan's lateral movement speed is relatively slow, and it is already too late to catch up with Duen.

However, after one level, there was another level. As soon as Duan reached the three-point line and before he went to the basket, Bismack Biyombo jumped out from the basket and tried to delay Duan.

At the same time, DeMarre Carroll used Bismack Biyombo to delay Duane and then applied it like a dog-skin plaster.

Duan was about to fall into a three-man team, so naturally he wouldn't play like Kobe. He immediately stood up and threw the ball in the crowd.

Although Duan also took off, he found Fournier in the left corner.

After receiving the ball, the latter did not choose to cut to the basket, but directly shot an open three-pointer.

Normally, air cuts to the basket are more stable. Even if you attack the basket yourself, you can attract the defense and help your teammates eat the pie.

However, Fournier's choice this time is not wrong, it can even be said to be just right.

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The ball goes in!

Fournier came up with a clean and open three-pointer, giving a preliminary warning to the Raptors for double-teaming Duane.

And once this kind of open three-point opportunity came, he seized it again and again.

So when they hit the back, the Raptors really didn't dare to continue like this, and they attacked too early from outside the three-point line.

Speaking of which, the Raptors seem to have completed their psychological construction and got out of the haze of the G1 defeat.

Perhaps, Raptors player DeRozan and others also know that once they are unable to win a victory in the first two home games, then they will be no match for the Bulls in the away game in Chicago.

This Eastern Conference finals series will also be a complete loss.

In order to defend the honor of his home court and to strive for the possibility of winning this series, DeRozan, as the head of the team, stood up immediately.

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DeRozan resisted Crowder's defense and forced a mid-range shot.

However, no matter how accurate the mid-range shot is, it is only two points.

Before the decisive moment arrives, 2-pointers are not more cost-effective than 3-pointers.

The Bulls continued to play their own game. Duan took the ball to attract the defense, and then watched his actions to see whether he would attack with the ball or pass the ball out.

The Raptors are also determined to go their own way. Once they have formulated a strategy, they will not change it and continue to consume Du En.

However, Duan didn't take many shots in the first quarter, only 4 times.

Three of them took advantage of defensive counterattacks to attack in transition. Because the Raptors couldn't keep up with his speed of breaking through with the ball, they went directly to the basket and scored.

Generally speaking, in the first quarter, Duan had a lot of ball rights, but he didn't take many shots. He mostly passed the ball to his teammates, allowing them to shoot at fixed spots or reorganize the offense.

The Bulls' role players have also practiced some things through the 20 or 30 regular season games after the All-Star Weekend, as well as the ten playoff games in the past month.

28 to 25, after the first quarter, the Bulls established a 3-point lead. It can be said that it was simply Fournier's open three-pointer in the opening game.

Of course, you can't say that, because the next 11 minutes will be in vain.

Overall, the Bulls played pretty well in the first quarter.

The role players took advantage of the opportunity of Du En being double-teamed and took bold shots. They scored 5 three-pointers in a single quarter, further helping the team consolidate their advantage in offensive space.

As for the basket and mid-range, the Bulls also tried a lot.

The effect is still there, but it's just not stable enough or outstanding enough.

It can only be said that the Raptors' defense was indeed well trained by Dwayne Casey.

Although the quality of the Bulls' role players is insufficient, the Raptors know how to rely on unlimited defense changes, 3 defense and 4 defense, and successfully limit the Bulls' offense.

But really speaking, Du En didn't make any moves in the first quarter!
The player that the Raptors care about most this year is Duen, and under the tight defense of the Raptors players, Duen was not completely guarded, but temporarily dormant.

Duan was able to keep his composure. In the second quarter, the Raptors relied on their advantage in whistle blowing to reverse the score and gradually build a lead.

Until the middle of the third quarter, the Raptors once led by 9 points and almost scored in double figures.

However, Dunn inadvertently exploded.

Duen changed his style of play and ran low to get the ball with his back.

Everyone in the Raptors knew that Duen would play like this, but the defensive end couldn't send two people to the bottom corner to surround Duen.

The adjustment of the Bulls' offensive personnel is that Duan attracts defense in the bottom corner, Green holds the ball at the top of the arc, and Jokic squats under the basket.

In order to defend Duan, the Raptors still set up a 23 zone defense.

But in this case, there will be no one on the outside.

When Green first did shooting training from the outside and made 4 of 2 three-pointers to open up the situation, the Raptors had to allocate manpower inside to reach the three-point line.

Not long after, Green faked a pass and passed the ball to Jokic.

Because Duan is also in the low post, Jokic is in a one-on-one situation under the basket.

Although Jokic's low-post offense has not been fully honed yet, relying on his height, weight, and size advantages, he still has no problem attacking the Raptors inside.

Although there is Valanciunas on the Raptors bench, Valanciunas himself is not an inside player who is good at protecting the frame.

Jokic is a European player, and what he is best at at this stage is playing big centers who are also European players and have relatively slow feet.

When the Bulls have two big men, they can blossom both inside and outside, constantly helping the Bulls score, but the Raptors can't prevent it.

At this time, the Raptors players on the court will inevitably help defend in order to win.

Both Green and Jokic like to use their brains when playing on the court.

The Raptors come to help defend, how can they stick to the ball?

When Green saw Duan in position with only one defensive player around him, he immediately passed the ball over.

When Jokic discovers that the Raptors players are shrinking to the basket, he will pass the ball to Duan as soon as possible.

Duan either uses his feet to finish at the basket, or takes advantage of the opportunity in the mid-range to take a mid-range shot.

After scoring three goals in a row, Doon suddenly narrowed the point difference to within two rounds.

Not long after, Duan, who had developed his touch in the mid-range, returned to the three-point line again.

The Raptors have just strengthened their interior defense, and now they need an outside defense to limit Duan's ball-handling offense.

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A three-pointer hit the net.

The Raptors players and Raptors fans at the scene began to sweat again.

In the first two and a half quarters, Duan was sweating profusely due to the physical confrontation, but as soon as he came out of the low post, he was able to hit a priceless three-pointer from outside the three-point line?
The Raptors players on the court also realized that Duan had found his touch.

It's as if he has mastered the scythe of death, ready to harvest their lives and win the victory of this game! (End of chapter)