Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

On May 5, Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Bulls and the Magic came to an end at the United Center.

The result of Game 2 was no different from that of Game 1, both ended with the Bulls winning.

However, this was different from G1, where the Bulls turned the game into garbage time early in the fourth quarter.

In tonight's game, the Magic team gave their all and fought on equal terms with the Bulls.

After a tough overtime battle, the Bulls won the game with a slight advantage of 2 points.

The Bulls have four superstars, a group of veterans with rich playoff experience, and they are playing at home.

Despite having so many advantages, the game was won through overtime and hard fighting.

In tonight's game, the energy and will shown by the Magic players also made the Bulls take notice.

Don't underestimate the heart of a champion!
After all, Leonard is also a player with championship rings, and more than one.

Besides, the playoffs are the stage for stars.

With Leonard, a superstar player, leading the team, the Magic do have a chance of defeating all opponents and winning the championship!
“Kawhi is a great teammate and a great opponent.

His performance tonight was incredible to us, but fortunately we are united and strong enough.

We are confident that we can finish this series in five games!

I will show more energy and dominance in the future!"

Curry did not seem very happy during the post-match interview, but instead looked serious.

Obviously, during tonight's game, Curry was also shocked by the performance of Leonard and other Magic players.

Perhaps this is also a phenomenon unique to the small ball era!

Role players all have good shooting skills.

Although the three-point shooting percentage of role players in the playoffs is often lower than that in the regular season.

But if by chance, all the role players on the team have a good shooting touch, then in this game it is very likely that the weak team will unexpectedly defeat the strong team by relying on shooting and counterattack the strong team.

The Magic were a little short tonight. And this is ultimately because the Bulls are too strong overall!
Maybe the Bulls can't provide a top-five defense in the league, but who else can provide the best offense in the league?

The Bulls also relied on their own strong offensive firepower and the ability for players to step up and score at critical moments, which allowed them to win the game safely in overtime.

However, after winning the game, the Bulls players felt neither the joy of winning the game nor the relief of escaping a calamity.

After the game, the atmosphere in the Bulls locker room seemed a little dull.

Even when Curry returned to the locker room after the interview, everyone just looked up at Curry, and then continued to remain silent.

The strange silence in the locker room was not broken until Duan came in after taking a shower.

As someone who has been through this, Duen could naturally sense that something was not right with everyone's current state.

As the locker room boss of the Bulls, Duane needs to do something at this time.

Dunn clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, and then said encouragingly: "Guys, we won another game.

To celebrate, I suggested we go out for a meal at the hotel!
Happy hour is about to begin, have fun everyone! ”

“However, I hope everyone will not forget tonight’s game, everyone performed very well tonight, it was a wonderful game.

We beat a great team!

Yes, the opponent we didn't take seriously almost defeated us.

They are undoubtedly a strong team, a strong team that we must respect!

This is the playoffs. Every team we meet may give us a thrilling and powerful response at any time!

By the way, I also want to tell you that every game we play next may be difficult.

Nowadays, everyone still doesn’t take their opponents seriously. If we don’t respect our opponents, we may lose the game.

However, I believe we will be able to win in the end!
Don’t forget, our goal is to win the championship!
We must defeat all strong opponents and become the strongest team in the league!
No one can stop us, we are unstoppable!"

Duen first suggested treating everyone to a good meal, then gave a sermon and encouraged everyone.

As the saying goes, it is better to provoke an enemy than to please him.

People are mean most of the time. They won't be interested if you just give them sweet treats, but after you scold them twice, they will become more motivated.

Of course, the situation with the Bulls tonight was mainly because the players played well, then got scared by their opponents, and then got a little chickened out.

It’s not easy to talk about this kind of thing openly. After the game is over, you will feel ashamed and end up being angry with yourself.

Duen opened the lid a little, and everyone slowly let out some of their anger, and transformed their shame and grief into fighting spirit and appetite, and then everything was fine.

Not long after, Dunn led everyone to the hotel.

"Eat, eat, you know abalone and lobster can also make you full!" "Stephen, why don't you eat? Oh, you're full! Then go and pay the bill! You are the boss of the team now, you know?"

"Tyron, I toast to you. You are a genius! Passing the ball to the best player on the field is the most suitable playoff tactic I have ever seen!"

Duane kept moving between his teammates and coaches, making everyone happy.

Even though Duane treated Curry to the meal and paid the bill, Curry, who was tricked, was not unhappy.

Duane has treated his teammates to dinner so many times over the years, and even if Curry wanted to pay, he didn't have the opportunity or the qualifications to do so.

Now that he has the qualifications and the right to do so, Curry is too busy to care about spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a meal.

It is said that when a group of people get together to eat and drink, it can always improve their mood and solve some minor problems.

The Bulls' previous situation wasn't actually serious, they just didn't play well and were a little bit stimulated.

After tonight's celebratory banquet, everything will be fine.

Not long after, the Bulls moved to the South Coast and quickly began intensive preparations for the playoffs.

After Game 2, no one on the Bulls dared to underestimate the Magic anymore.

For the upcoming away game, the Bulls players have to be fully alert and devote themselves to the next game in the best condition.

Time quickly came to May 5th, and before the game, the Bulls players completed their training very seriously.

During the warm-up session before the game, the Bulls players also warmed up fully, striving to perform their best tonight.

The Bulls' pre-game preparations were indeed necessary, and they were hard-working and focused enough to give them some advantages in this game.

In fact, before the game started, the Bulls had already anticipated their opponent.

This is also because the Bulls players studied the Magic's tactics for several days under the guidance of the coaching staff and conducted targeted training.

Only starting players like Durant and Curry can build up a scoring advantage by exploiting weaknesses and running tactics at the beginning of the game.

But home games are like away games, and away games are like graveyards.

Now playing at the Magic's home court, the penalty standards are naturally more unfavorable to the Bulls.

The Magic players, who had the home whistle, accumulated a 16-point advantage throughout the game just by free throws.

The Bulls fought hard to win this game.

Curry played 44 minutes, Duane played 41 minutes, and Horford played 40 minutes.

On the contrary, the two rookies Murray and Jokic only played for 24 minutes and 31 minutes respectively.

As for the remaining Bulls' substitute rotation players, none of them played for more than 20 minutes.

The Bulls relied on their stars and main players to hold on, and only then were they able to exhaust the Magic led by Leonard.

Originally, in the last 4 minutes of the fourth quarter, the Magic still had a 5-point lead.

The referee was also willing to help. As long as someone from the Magic's outside line broke through with the ball and touched someone in the inside, he would give a free throw.

It's just that God's calculations are not as good as those of man.

The Magic's starting five and the Bulls' starting five were evenly matched, and both were exhausted by the fourth quarter.

This resulted in the player being basically exhausted of physical strength at the critical moment, and coupled with the great physical confrontation, he was unable to make any free throws that were given to him at the last moment.

On the contrary, the Bulls, although most of the players are no longer young, there are still several young players with outstanding physical fitness.

Relying on the defensive rebounds protected by free throws, the Bulls took the opportunity to launch a transition offense. At the last moment, Gordon saved Soldier Curry and evened the score difference.

In the last two minutes, Curry and Duane each dribbled the ball to the basket and scored, and also defeated the Magic players.

In this regard, Leonard could only watch the game time go by with regret and extreme loneliness.

106 to 103, the Magic lost to the Bulls again by 3 points.

The series ended in a 3-0 score, which proves that there is indeed a huge gap in strength between the two teams.

Although the scores of the two games were very close, the Magic just couldn't catch their breath and were suppressed by the Bulls.

This also means that the Magic do not have the ability or luck to defeat the Bulls.

"It's over, destroy it!"

Leonard knew that there was no hope of a comeback, so he played it safe from Game 4, conserving his energy and starting fishing mode in advance.

I have to say that some stars are truly noble and would rather not score bad points than do so.

The Bulls were originally planning to play another game with the Magic, but who knew they would take a day off early.

In this way, the Bulls swept the Magic 4-0 and successfully advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals. (End of this chapter)