Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Under the operation of the league, the Bulls are indeed a good catfish.

For a time, the entire league was full of vitality.

Even some relatively ordinary games that have nothing to do with the Bulls have become extremely competitive and exciting because of the battle for the Eastern and Western Conference playoff rankings.

The ratings for the games between the Eastern and Western playoff teams and the Bulls soared to two or three times the level before the All-Star Weekend.

In this tense and exciting atmosphere, each team strives to be the first and the best.

On the one hand, it is to ensure better seats and rounds in the upcoming playoffs, try to avoid some unnecessary strong enemies, and reduce unnecessary troubles.

Then, with a healthier and more complete lineup, we will strive to win the biggest victory this year - the championship.

On the other hand, the regular season is about to end, and it is also necessary for the current stars to strive for the king of various data, best lineup, best defense and many other honors.

In recent years, the off-court income of NBA stars has been increasing day by day, and the stars are no longer dependent on the fixed salaries given by NBA teams.

However, if you want to earn more off-field income, you must have more honors and more support from fans.

But because of the existence of Duane and the Bulls, the greatest honor of all, the championship, is out of their reach.

Of course, some people have thought about joining the Bulls and winning the second or third championship.

But the problem is that the Bulls established a plan to train their own stars early on and achieved remarkable results.

There are exceptions. Every two or three years, the Bulls will indeed introduce a star and complete the great achievements of the Bulls dynasty.

But there are too few spots. For the stars of other teams who are hungry for the championship, it is undoubtedly a situation where there are too many people and too few places, which is out of reach.

Therefore, there is no other way and everyone can only settle for the second best and think of more ways to improve their personal honor.

Some stars have backgrounds and backers, their level may not be that high, but they have never fallen behind in marketing and the best lineups.

Some basketball stars are in small markets, where neither their grandmas nor their uncles love them, so they can only take unconventional approaches to save themselves.

But it’s true, although his reputation is a bit bad, his statistics and honors are real, and the US dollars are also increasing visibly, making other stars envious and allowing his fans to hold their chests high with pride.

As the saying goes, the timid will die of starvation, and the bold will die of gluttony!
In today's age where people laugh at poverty but not at prostitution, this situation has gradually become a routine operation and normal phenomenon.

Just check the data, there will be more data, more income, and more fans.

Since there are such obvious benefits to inflating stats, the stars naturally cannot remain indifferent.

Therefore, at the end of the regular season, even the stars of the bad teams got involved.

Some role players in their contract years also need to make some preparations for their new contracts in the summer.

Therefore, the impact of the Bulls' rise is not limited to the Bulls and the Eastern and Western Conference playoff teams, but has spread to all aspects of the league.

The players performed more and more bravely, and the audience felt that the game was better and more exciting than before. Naturally, their enthusiasm was high and they flocked into the stadium to watch the game.

Sometimes, some fans go to the stadium to watch the game not just for the fun of it, but some wealthy people are also willing to go just to join in the fun.

Therefore, the closer it gets to the end of the regular season, the more fans who come after hearing the news like to squeeze into the stadium, making most teams fill their seats and make a lot of money.

The Bulls are no exception!

As the team with the highest market value, ratings and attendance in the league, the Bulls' ticket prices are not cheap.

In other words, the Bulls had made plans to play badly at the beginning of the season, and their fans had very low expectations for the new season's results.

Some fans were no longer interested in the content of the game, so the Bulls' ticket prices dropped a lot, which was no longer in line with the image of the second largest team in the league after just establishing a four-peat dynasty.

However, the Bulls' outstanding performance recently has immediately attracted a lot of attention from the media and fans.

The media reacted faster, reporting on every recent game of the Bulls, analyzing the Bulls' changes and the performances of Duane, Curry, Jokic and others.

This also caused some fans who had not been paying attention to the Bulls games to immediately put aside the trivialities and troubles in their work and lives after seeing the news and resume watching the Bulls games on a daily basis.

Not only local fans in Chicago, as the Bulls' record rises rapidly, more and more Bulls fans are flying to Chicago from all over the world just to watch one or two games.

This has also led to a situation in which air tickets at Chicago International Airport, like tickets to the United Center, have been in short supply and have skyrocketed in price in recent times.

In order to live up to the fans' expectations and prepare for the playoffs in advance, Durant, Curry, Jokic and others have increased their playing time recently.

As a result, the fans enjoyed the game, but the Bulls rookies had fewer opportunities to be trained.

However, the Bulls' performance in the second half of the regular season has become increasingly stable.

All I can say is that the present and the future cannot be taken into account at the same time. If you want the team to have a stable record, you must reduce the use of rookies and instead use more reliable veterans.

As time went on to enter early April, the Bulls' record had already entered the Eastern Conference playoff sequence, temporarily ranking eighth in the East, and had opened up a gap of 1.5 wins over the Cavaliers, who were originally ranked eighth in the East.

If they continue like this, the Bulls should be able to secure a spot in the playoffs as the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference.

Of course, we can also continue to work hard and end the next regular season games with seven consecutive wins, strive to break into seventh and sixth, and go further.

However, the last few games of the regular season were not that easy.

As strong as the Bulls are, they only achieved a record of 6 wins and 1 loss.

In the end, they made it to this year's playoffs with a record of 45 wins and 37 losses, ranking eighth in the Eastern Conference.

"The Chicago Bulls are going to win the eighth place?"

"Black eight, five consecutive championships, can the Chicago Bulls create another miracle?"

"The Eastern Conference nightmare! The Chicago Bulls make the playoffs again!"

In the last few games of the regular season, the Hawks, ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference, and the Bucks, ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference, fought hard to win the games, securing their own playoff spots, and then left the Celtics, the toughest team in the Eastern Conference this year, to play against the Bulls.

But for the Celtics, when they meet the Bulls, who are ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference, the message is - don't come over!
In the past few years, the Celtics have repeatedly tried to gain something in the playoffs, but they always fell to the Bulls.

This year they even met in the first round of the playoffs!
Shuang Tanhua: What the hell is this hatred and grudge?

The Celtics made a lot of reinforcements last summer, and judging from their regular season record, the Celtics did quite well, otherwise they would not have been able to reach first place in the Eastern Conference.

The problem is that the two top picks are still a little young, and they have been losing over and over again in the past few years, so they have more or less some psychological demons.

As strong as Jordan was, he didn't have to face and overcome the two huge obstacles during his rookie period, the Celtics and the Pistons. By the time he had the strength to break through the doubts and end the nightmare, he found that time had passed and things had changed.

There is a gap between the third picks! The Celtics' two third picks obviously cannot be compared with Jordan.

So, if you want to follow the path that Jordan has taken, prove your truth with strength, and become a god in one battle!
Cross the Bulls, the tallest mountain in the league today, and enjoy the most beautiful scenery in the league from the top of the mountain...

For the Celtics' two rookies, it is clear that they still lack some strength and effort.

Perhaps, the Celtics' two rookies don't think so.

However, most people inside and outside the league are not optimistic about the Celtics. Instead, they think the Bulls have a chance to start from the eighth place and make a comeback to the finals again. To be honest, the league's top management also thinks so.

The first round of the playoffs has not yet begun, but league executives have already begun paying close attention to the upcoming game between the Bulls and the Celtics.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is April 4th.

Boston's TD Garden was packed with people and bustling with activity.

All I saw was a sea of ​​emerald green dotted with patches of bright red, like flowers blooming against the backdrop of green leaves!
The players from both sides have finished warming up and the game is about to begin.

As the buzzer sounded for the first time, the basketball was thrown high into the air by the referee in the center circle.

Jokic helped the Bulls grab the ball. Curry took the ball and advanced, accelerating and changing direction in the center circle to pass Smart, and immediately fired from one step before the three-point line.

Smart turned around and chased Curry, subconsciously thinking that the penalty standards for Curry would be the same as in the regular season, so he didn't dare to chase him.

So no one was defending Curry's wide-open three-pointer, just like the one he made during the warm-up.

brush--

The warm-up was very thorough and my hands felt slightly warm!
Curry made a quick shot and scored a three-pointer.

Turning back to defense, seeing Smart's surprised look on his face, Curry ran proudly while shaking his shoulders with a frivolous look on his face.

Smart immediately felt insulted. He waited for his teammate to pass the ball, advanced across half court, and then went straight to play against Curry.

Tatum, who was standing at the top of the arc, and Brown, who was standing at a 45-degree angle, looked at Smart with an expression that said, "Why the hell don't you pass the ball yet?"

Smart, who was now fully focused on the one-on-one game, immediately played against Curry with his back to the basket.

Normally, using strong physical confrontations to consume a super scorer who mainly scores by shooting is a good way to win.

However, after two back hits, Smart found that he could not gain the upper hand through physical confrontation alone, but instead found it very strenuous.

"Curry, you're a sharpshooter, why do you need to train so many muscles?" Smart was also puzzled after failing to gain an advantage with his strength.

However, not being able to back down Curry doesn't mean you can't score in this round.

As a player known for his basketball IQ, Smart cleverly found an angle and first nudged Curry with his butt, then bent his waist without actively exerting force, but instead put his ball-protecting hand on Curry's waist.

Curry tried to fight back, but Smart took the initiative to lie on the ground and pulled Curry with his hand, trying to make Curry stagger and take a step forward.

Beep beep——

Sure enough, the whistle sounded just as Smart expected.

"I didn't use any force, he was faking a fall, and he even pulled my clothes with his hands!" Seeing the referee's whistle, Curry first spread his hands, and then jumped up and down.

This fake fall can buy food? The house must be mortgaged!
Obviously, this is not the standard for penalties in the playoffs, not to mention that during the regular season, the Bulls took too many advantages with their penalties.

It stands to reason that by the playoffs, the scale should be adjusted back, but it is impossible to go too far.

All we can say is that the alliance’s top brass had already made some arrangements.

The Bulls' mission this season has been accomplished, and the benefits given by the league will naturally end here.

Next, if the Bulls want to change their fate and go further in the playoffs.

Not only do you have to deal with the five opponents in front of you, but you also have to overcome the three referees standing on the sidelines!

To be honest, this is not the first time the Bulls have seen such a scene.

The problem is that it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

The Bulls enjoyed star players for half a season, but when the playoffs started, all the BUFFs turned into DEBUFFs. Who the hell can stand this? Who the hell can adapt to it all at once?

Fortunately, the Bulls' opponent now is the Celtics, who are not as strong as everyone imagines.

Smart's flopping only resulted in Currydo being charged with a few fouls, but the Celtics didn't have many substantive free throws.

This means that if the Celtics want to win, they must score more points in open play.

As we all know, the difficulty of scoring in the playoffs is completely different from that in the regular season.

Some stars can score more than 20 points per game with a high hit rate in the regular season, but in the playoffs, their hit rate is less than 40%, and it is very difficult to score more than 20 points.

Now, the Celtics' two rookies, who are not up to standard, have encountered such trouble.

Admittedly, both of them played very hard and desperately, but the third pick is still the third pick, and his talent is still a little bit short of the top.

Having said that, although the Bulls don’t have a No. 1 or No. 2 pick, their three core players all possess historical talent.

In terms of scoring ability alone, the Bulls' three core players are much more reliable than the Celtics' two rookies.

Smart, the Celtics' proud outside star, defended Curry alone tonight and repeatedly performed exciting scenes of running on the floor and lying on the ground with punches.

It can only be said that no one loves TD Garden more than Smart. Even if there is a grain of dust or a drop of sweat on the floor, he will wipe it clean.

It was also because no one on the Celtics could limit Curry's scoring, and the two rookies were not that strong, that the Bulls took the lead with an 8-point advantage and won G1.

In G2, the situation changed slightly. Smart no longer held the ball for a long time, and the two rookies got more opportunities to show their talents.

Also, because the Celtics have lost to the Bulls many times in the past few seasons, the two rookies now know shame and are brave enough to put everything aside for the time being and choose to cooperate sincerely and cooperate tacitly to win this series.

Thanks to the two rookies playing at full power, the Celtics managed to hold on to a home court, win Game 2, and pull back a game.

The Bulls didn't take it too seriously and returned to Chicago with a score of 1-1.

Home games and away games are completely different things. With the help of home fans, the referee on the scene also has to take into account the voice of the people.

It was also because Smart's ground punch was not so effective in G3, so Curry played more easily and with ease.

Jokic had the advantage in the interior as always, scoring 3 points in the first half of Game 19 alone.

In the third quarter, Curry and Jokic both scored more than 20 points. Duane showed an attitude of taking advantage of the situation and cooperated with Curry and Jokic to beat the Celtics in the third quarter and lock in the victory in advance.

After Game 3, the Bulls had two wins, and the Celtics' overall momentum did drop a bit.

In Game 4, until the last 3 minutes, the difference between the two teams was within 5 points, which could be considered equal.

But the Bulls were the hurdle that the Celtics could not overcome. The two rookies didn't know how to break the impasse, and the Celtics' other role players were unable to step up.

In the end, the Bulls relied on their previous winning experience, gritted their teeth at the critical moment, held their breath, and relied on individual singles from Curry, Durant, and Jokic to stabilize the situation. In the end, they won the game with a slight advantage of 3 points.

3 to 1, although the first round series between the Bulls and the Celtics has not yet ended, the Bulls can already start studying the next round opponent in advance.

There is not much suspense. Unless a miracle happens, the Bulls are destined to complete the black eight miracle!
It has to be said that this is the foundation of the second largest team in the league, the current four-time champion dynasty, and the defending champion! (End of this chapter)