king of defenders

Chapter 1394 The first triple-double in the new season

"I thought we had become stronger, but I didn't expect it." LaVine looked at the scoreboard, a little unwilling, "We lost ten points in the first quarter, what's next?"

With Paul joining this season, LaVine no longer needs to play the No. 1 position, and his scoring ability has been completely released. Moreover, Paul has experience and a golf intelligence, and he can always make the right choice and guide them in the direction. LaVine played very well. Comfortable, I feel that the team has also become stronger.

Even though their winning percentage was only [-]% in the previous few games, LaVine believes that as the season progresses, they will definitely get better and better.

But after one quarter of the game, LaVine found that he seemed too optimistic.

The Nets have just completed their rebuilding. Meng Yun and other new players have joined. Everyone knows that they have many problems. However, when the two sides faced each other, the Bulls lost by 10 points in the first quarter.

This made LaVine a little disappointed with the team.

Paul patted LaVine on the shoulder and didn't say anything, but his heart was actually very complicated. The Bulls were too young. LaVine was a rookie in 14 years, but he was only 24 years old, but he was already very mature in the Bulls.

If such a team wants to complete the transformation, become a strong team, and go for the championship, not to mention whether it will be possible in the future, but it is probably unlikely for at least two or three years.

"After two or three years, I may still play in the NBA, but the decline in strength will be even worse." Paul frowned slightly as he looked at Markkanen and several young players.

Paul is in his thirties, and he is almost at the same stage as Wade, James, and Anthony. Now that Wade has retired, Anthony’s state has declined sharply. Before that, he almost couldn’t even find a team willing to sign him. James is the same as before. He is so strong that he is worthy of being the chosen one.

And himself. He can obviously feel that his body is not as good as before, and the injuries he suffered before will be very uncomfortable after intense competition.

Maybe in a few years, he will retire too.

However, I haven't won a championship yet!

Both Anthony and Paul have the same regret. They don't have a championship ring, which is why they can't retire calmly like Wade.

Paul wanted to join a championship team and get a championship ring, but unfortunately he didn't succeed with the Rockets. He was later traded and then went to the Bulls.

It's not that Paul is willing to come to the Bulls, it's just that his competitive status is also declining rapidly. The Thunder are rebuilding and don't want to keep him. They are more willing to use him in exchange for rebuilding chips, so they traded Paul to the Bulls.

The Bulls, headed by LaVine, expressed great enthusiasm for Paul, which made Paul feel pretty good, and he is a very serious player, no matter what team he is in, he will play well.

But what about his dream of a championship?

"Next year, my contract will expire next year." Paul said in his heart, "At that time, I will make the last choice in my NBA career."

The holiday break is over soon.

The game continues.

Entering the second quarter, the Nets still had the advantage, but then Paul began to break out, using pick-and-roll substitutions in succession to form a misplaced defense and then singled out Noel, playing a textbook-like small game, which made Noel very depressed. If he dares to go forward too much, he will be passed by, but he defends a little farther, and Paul immediately makes a fallback jumper. Paul's jumper is very accurate within the three-point line.

But the Nets also have a trump card-Meng Yun.

Meng Yun turned on the "scoring mode", and no one on the Bulls could stop him. It was easy to score points, whether it was a breakthrough or a jumper, and he scored 25 points in the first half.

After entering the second half, Meng Yun continued his scoring performance, holding the ball in the backcourt and advancing to the frontcourt. Before the defender came up, he made a three-point shot directly two meters away from the three-point line.

Swish!
With a soft sound, the basketball was hollowed into the net.

In terms of scoring ability, Paul is still not as good as Meng Yun after all. Under the leadership of Meng Yun, the Nets always have the upper hand.

In addition, the Nets played very well today except for Anthony who has been not feeling very good, Harris, Dinwiddie, Belica and so on.

The Nets can have the upper hand when Meng Yun is on the court, and the Nets can also have the upper hand when Meng Yun is not on the court, making it difficult for the Bulls to catch up.

Until the end of the fourth quarter, both Paul and LaVine performed well. Paul even hit two consecutive three-pointers at the critical moment, but whenever he scored, Meng Yun would return the color when he turned around. Also scored one, which made Bulls fans very helpless.

After Meng Yun continued to fight back, Paul knew that today's game could not be won.

"Our strength is still worse than that of the Nets." Paul sighed secretly, "The depth of the Nets' lineup is still very good, Harris, Dinwiddie, LeVille, Noel, Carroll, Players like Belica are not top-notch players, but they are enough as role players. They also have Meng Yun, a player of Meng Yun’s level is completely incomprehensible. What they lack is a No. It’s close to that level.”

Paul can see clearly that the depth of the Nets' lineup is good, much stronger than the Bulls. Under Meng Yun's leadership, it is almost no difficulty for them to enter the playoffs. As long as there are no accidents, it is a certainty.

It's just that it's a bit difficult to hit the championship, because they lack someone who can share the pressure for Meng Yun at critical moments.

This is the same as the original Rockets. After entering the playoffs, the team relied heavily on Harden. However, Harden is not omnipotent and omnipotent. When he has no touch, the team is blind.

Later, the Rockets improved a lot after Paul joined, but it was a pity that Paul was injured in the playoffs, and the Rockets fell into the previous vicious circle again, and finally ended in failure.

Now the Nets lack a person who can share the pressure for Meng Yun, just like Paul of the Rockets, if there is such a person, they are fully qualified to compete for the championship.

"Can I?" Paul thought in his heart, showing a wry smile, "It's a pity, if it was okay two or three years ago, but now... hey, people will still lose to time after all."

The game time is getting shorter and shorter, and the game has gradually lost its suspense.

At the end of the game, the Nets defeated the Bulls 117:109 and won a victory in the away game.

Meng Yun scored 35 points today, plus 10 rebounds and 12 assists in a triple-double. This is his first triple-double this season.

The Bulls' LaVine scored 28 points and Paul 24 points, but the rest of the Bulls played too poorly, and they still lost after all.

(End of this chapter)