Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Just when the media began to create a large-scale image for the Raptors that they would be able to defeat the Bulls one after another and become the favorite to win the championship this year.

The Bulls players returned to their home court and quickly responded to the media's doubts with a 27-point victory through the efforts of the entire team.

As it turns out, if the penalties were a little more normal, it would not be difficult for the Bulls to win.

Returning to their home court with the support of the fans, the Bulls players' morale was boosted, and they had basically laid the foundation for victory in just the first three quarters.

With the momentum of the big win in Game 3, the Bulls wanted to build on their momentum, pull back another level and win Game 4.

However, things are not that simple. Although the Raptors lost Game 3 very easily, it was mainly because they were tired in the first two games. This time, they were playing their first away game and were a little unadjusted.

But by G4, I wasn't so uncomfortable anymore.

Moreover, if you don't kill the snake, you will be bitten by it! If the Raptors want to make it to the Eastern Conference Finals, they must quickly get rid of the Bulls.

The Bulls just won a big victory. If the Raptors don't dare to fight, the Bulls will win four games in a row and come back from 2-0 to 4-1, and directly advance to the Eastern Conference Finals with an unstoppable winning streak.

The Raptors are all aware of this, so they gave it their all in Game 4.

The Bulls noticed that the Raptors were united and giving it their all, so they did not slack off. Instead, they gritted their teeth and fought the Raptors head-on from the first quarter to the end.

In the end, the Bulls relied on the constant support of the fans at the scene and had a stronger morale. They fought with the Raptors in overtime and narrowly won G2 with a slight advantage of 4 points.

After winning two home games, the Bulls and Raptors are once again on the same starting line.

However, for the next decisive battle, the Bulls and Raptors will have to fly again to Toronto to play.

If the Bulls want to win Game 5 on the road, they must overcome a lot of unfavorable factors.

Of course, this battle is not easy for the Raptors.

If the Bulls win, it will be three consecutive wins for the Bulls and three consecutive losses for the Raptors.

With the game reaching this point, the morale of the entire Raptors team is bound to plummet and collapse.

So in order to avoid this situation, the Raptors also used some off-the-board tactics early on.

On the night when the Bulls players stayed in the hotel, "firecrackers" were heard from time to time outside the hotel.

Fortunately, the Bulls players play in Chicago and have long been immune to this, so they can basically sleep peacefully.

On the day of Game 5, the Bulls players discovered that the height of the basket was a little wrong during the warm-up. After asking the on-site staff to test it, they found that the basket was indeed two centimeters higher.

By the time the basket height was readjusted and the Bulls players were warming up to adapt to the new height, there were only a dozen minutes left before the game.

The warm-up was not sufficient, the Raptors' home atmosphere was quite terrible, and the refereeing was as targeted as usual, which put the Bulls at a disadvantage in the first quarter.

During this period, Tyronn Lue, who had been promoted to the team's head coach, did not stand there in a daze, but took the initiative to request timeouts several times.

Tyronn Lue has a good ability to adapt on the spot, and most of the tactics he arranged were successful. The new players were also arranged according to the Raptors lineup, and achieved certain results.

However, the Raptors had a strong momentum that night and the entire team was in good form.

This resulted in the Bulls not being able to narrow the score, and the score difference was close to 20 points before the half was even over, looking like they were about to be defeated.

Fortunately, in the third quarter, the Bulls were a bit desperate, and they saved some face thanks to Curry's mindless three-pointers from the outside.

In the second half of the third quarter, Duane, who was traveling at a different time, scored 9 points in a row through a combination of sudden shots and free throws, helping the Bulls to narrow the gap to within 10 points.

The Bulls had a hope of reversing the score at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but DeRozan, who was in unparalleled at the beginning of the fourth quarter, made three consecutive goals with textbook mid-range shots and scored six points in a row, which suddenly brought the Bulls' momentum to a standstill.

As time in the fourth quarter got shorter, the Bulls could only further emphasize offense and play more resolutely.

I thought that with Curry's three-point threat, Durant's breakthrough points, and Jokic's low-post advantage, the Bulls players could cooperate with each other, score 2 points more stably at the basket, and slowly narrow the score gap.

However, the Raptors' highly disciplined and unlimited switching defense made the Bulls players frustrated!

The Bulls players, who had fought hard for three full quarters, were clearly running out of energy by the middle of the fourth quarter, but the Raptors' tough defense was forced through by the Raptors players who gritted their teeth and persevered.

This made every attack for the Bulls extremely difficult and every score extremely hard.

In the last few minutes of the game, the Bulls still failed to launch a desperate counterattack. Under the tight defense of the Raptors, the Bulls players made more mistakes due to their serious decline in physical strength, and their shooting accuracy also dropped sharply.

In the end, the score was 95 to 102, and the Bulls failed to score over points. The Raptors once again won the game with a single-digit advantage.

After the Raptors won the decisive battle, the morale of the whole team has improved significantly.

G6 was played again at the United Center in Chicago. Although the Bulls players were playing at home, they were a little discouraged.

On the one hand, we felt a little frustrated about the losses in the previous few games, and we had a lot of dissatisfaction and complaints about the unfair penalties.

On the other hand, because of the loss of the game, teammates blamed each other, accused and cursed each other, which made the atmosphere in the locker room become much worse.

In the past, at this time, Dunn would stand up and boost morale, but things are different now.

Considering that he has to return to his country to play in the Men's Basketball World Cup next summer, Duane is not in the mood to continue fighting.

There is indeed no plan to win the championship this year. The strength of the Eastern and Western Conference championship teams is stronger than in previous years. If the Bulls continue to fight for the championship, they may not be able to win five consecutive championships even if they are full of injured players.

So, considering the championship in the next two years, there is no need for the Bulls players to fight so hard this year.

To be honest, helping the rookies gain some playoff experience, helping the team increase some revenue, and selling one or two more tickets for the playoffs is enough.

So, there is nothing wrong with taking an early holiday to go fishing.

The players will have less work to do and can be reunited with their families sooner.

In addition, you don’t have to be targeted by the referee’s unfair whistle all day long and suffer the humiliation.

Everything will be settled by waiting until next year!

106 to 101, the series between the Bulls and the Raptors ended in Game 6.

Maybe if the Bulls tried harder, they still had a chance to win this series, but in the end, the Bulls breathed a sigh of relief in advance and did not grit their teeth and persevere.

The Bulls bid farewell to the playoff stage in the Eastern Conference semifinals and became another team preparing for the new season in advance.

"Brother, what a pity, you almost won!
I watched all of your games in this year's playoffs.

You're still as competitive as ever, and you're still the guy I know who can do it all on the court.

And Stephen Curry and Nikola Jokic, those two guys are unbelievably strong!

If the quality of your role players could be better, I believe no team can stop you!
Okay, brother! You should have guessed it... It's what we agreed on...

Yes, I'm here to keep my promise! I will help you... and you will help me too, right?"

On the night when Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals ended, Anthony was the first to call Durant's cell phone and excitedly comforted Durant at the first moment.

"Yeah, bro, are you ready?
I can't wait to fight alongside you!

We were so compatible back then, we won one NCAA championship after another together and won the much-anticipated NCAA championship!
Don't worry, I will take care of everything and I will inform the management of the good news immediately!

I will also tell Steph and Nikola that you will be playing with us next season.

Don't worry, maybe they won't welcome Cameron for 30 million, but they will definitely not reject Anthony for 3 million!

Well, don't worry, we will definitely win next season with you!"

Compared to Anthony's shyness and anxiety, Duane readily gave Anthony the answer he wanted.

When it comes to brotherly basketball, we always have to consider our brothers.

No matter what, there will be no problem for Anthony to join the Bulls next season and serve as a substitute for Duan.

It's the veteran's minimum salary anyway. At worst, Anthony can just play less time and have less ball possession.

As for leading Anthony to win the championship and get a ring, although Durant does not have this ability, don’t the Bulls still have Curry and Jokic?
With this core configuration, and if we can strengthen the team with one or two veterans next season, will it be difficult to win the championship?
The only difficulty lies in the penalty scale and the uncontrollable injury factors... (End of this chapter)