The Bulls were a little confused in the first quarter. They were given up by the Trail Blazers for 33 points in the first quarter, and they only scored 18 points. Even though they lost by 15 points in the first quarter, Tom Thibodeau still

He told the team not to be anxious, because it seemed to him that although the Trail Blazers had a strong offense in the first quarter, they also had many problems.

There were 33 points in a single quarter, 24 of which came from Wang Zelin and Lillard. The former had 13 points and the latter had 11 points, accounting for more than two-thirds of the team’s points. Don’t forget that basketball is a team game, but a large number of players are concentrated.

In the hands of 1 or 2 people, if the remaining three people are just doing back and forth running on the court, it is inevitable that the hand will feel gradually cold.

"Defend well and don't be anxious. We attack steadily and steadily. The Trail Blazers are seeking death by playing like this!" Thibodeau said, "When Wang Zelin and Lillard go down, and others feel cold, the Trail Blazers themselves will be in chaos.

, let’s take advantage of the trend and overtake them to kill them, do you understand?”

In his words, Thibodeau was full of confidence in his control of the game.

In his opinion, Lillard can't beat them no matter how many points he scores. Only Wang Zelin has this kind of energy. However, Wang Zelin's average playing time this season is just over 30 points per game, which is 5 to 6 minutes less than last season.

And so far in the new season, Wang Zelin has not only failed to get a triple-double, but has also scored 50 and 40 in fewer games. Therefore, his inner view is different from the outside world. He believes that Wang Zelin is not actually doing much this season.

The team has improved, and may even have declined in strength. In addition, the Trail Blazers have been plagued by injuries recently, and Wang Zelin will definitely be timid in his performance.

In this way, the Bulls have defeated the Trail Blazers and ended the opponent's 22-game winning streak.

en...I don’t know where he came to this conclusion.

Due to many leading opponents, under Coach Terry's repeated insistence, Wang Zelin, Lillard, and Batum played less time. The three of them combined for less than 20 minutes.

Throughout the second quarter, the two sides fought back and forth.

During this period, the Bulls' offense was not weak, both inside and outside. They scored 25 points in 8 minutes. This is already a very high success rate.

The score difference on the court was also reduced to less than 10 points. At the end of the first half, the Bulls were only 5 points behind at 51:56.

Because they were playing consecutive away games, the Trail Blazers used substitutes for most of the second quarter. How could the substitutes maintain their firepower as well as the main force? The touch was colder than in the first two games. But even so, the Blazers

The Warriors still scored 23 points in the second quarter. To be honest, this performance was not too bad.

However, in the opinion of the opposite Bulls coach Thibodeau, the game went as he expected. As long as they keep up their efforts in the second half, the Bulls can definitely achieve a comeback.

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Intermission.

Coach Terry looked at Wang Zelin, and Wang Zelin nodded.

He only played 14 minutes in two quarters in the first half, not even a warm-up. He was holding a fire in his body and was just waiting to go on the court to vent it out.

Coach Terry responded and replaced all three main players, and also put Carter and Yi Jianlian on the court. Next, they had to attack.

The timeout ends and the two sides change sides and fight again.

After the big three returned, the Blazers' offensive performance was much better, but with Carter, Carter was a bit older after all and couldn't keep up with Kirk Hinrich's footsteps.

As one of the 2003 Platinum Generation, Hinrich has devoted more than 90% of his career to the Bulls. Hinrich, who returned to the Bulls in the summer of 2012 as the No. 2 position, is certainly not as good as his peak, but overall, he is still good.

passable.

The key is that he returned to his home team and the place where he started his career. His mentality is completely different from that of Carter who has been wandering for many years. His performance tonight was very impressive, hitting 3 three-pointers and scoring 9 points in the first half.

, facing Carter's defense at the beginning of the third quarter, he moved flexibly and caught the ball in the left corner, taking his fourth three-point shot of the game...

Swish——

With the three-pointer, Hinrich scored 12 points in a single game.

54:56, the Bulls are only 2 points away.

"Kirk~Hinrich!!!"

Nearly 10,000 Bulls fans at the scene responded quickly to Hinrich's goal. After veteran Hinrich scored, he first high-fived his teammates, then raised his head and waved gently to the surrounding fans.

"Kirk, great job! Keep it up!"

Coach Thibodeau was equally passionate. He stood up and applauded Hinrich, and then shouted, "Get back on defense! Get back on defense!"

It should be said that he is indeed a coach who advocates tough defense.

Trail Blazers offense.

In the frontcourt, Lillard gave the ball to Wang Zelin and worked with Carter and Batum to open up the space.

Wang Zelin received the ball and hit it high. When he saw Yi Jianlian running back from the baseline and throwing away Noah, the Bulls were empty inside and hurriedly hoisted the ball in.

When Yi Jianlian saw the pass, his eyes immediately lit up. After entering the three-second zone, he jumped, caught the pass in the air, and then slammed it with both hands~

boom!!!

Following Hinrich's three-pointer, the Trail Blazers quickly responded with an alley-oop dunk.

"Easy! Easy! Easy!"

The arena was once again reminded of the crazy shouting.

At 58:54, Yi Jianlian's dunk helped the team hit the opponent's rising morale.

"Qiao Jin, be careful and don't miss anyone."

Thibodeau immediately yelled and slapped a chair next to him angrily, expressing that he was dissatisfied with the team's defense at this time.

Facing the strong coach, the Frenchman on the field dared not speak out in anger, and quickly raised his hands to indicate that it was his fault.

In fact, this ball was faced by Noah last season. Yi Jianlian would definitely not get out of the open space so easily. However, under Thibodeau's coaching, even the iron man Butler couldn't hold it, let alone Noah.

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Injuries are always the biggest enemy of professional athletes. Injuries made Noah, a tough guy, no longer tough.

In transition, the Bulls attack.

Rose advanced to the frontcourt and saw Lillard in front of him. He did not always think about passing people with speed like before, but honestly played a pick-and-roll.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Little Lopez saw the gesture, obediently pulled it out, and raised the top of the three-point arc to cover Rose. Rose quickly accelerated and began to break through!

Rose, who started to break through, was suddenly tagged, and the confrontation he encountered was more intense than he imagined, but fortunately, it was still within his acceptance range.

He accelerated again, and just as Lillard was gritting his teeth and preparing to fight again, he found that Rose, who was facing him, had disappeared before his eyes.

Lillard's reaction was slower than Rose's, and he turned around to pass by him. After rushing to the reasonable area, facing Wang Zelin, Rose rushed into the air and collided with Wang Zelin.

"do not!"

"don't want!"

"Careful, Derek!"

The coaching staff, players and fans on the court were all frightened by Rose's hasty move. Rose's condition has improved recently, and they are happy for Rose from the bottom of their hearts;

But because many players have been injured recently, they are also silently worried about Rose, because they really don't want to see this rose suffer even the slightest injury on the court again.

Wang Zelin didn't think so much, but after the physical confrontation with Ross, he suddenly felt surprised in his heart, eh, the intensity was much lighter than expected.

After Rose collided with Wang Zelin, the strongest player on the Trail Blazers, he suddenly took the ball back from the air to his waist. Then he exerted force on his waist and abdomen, avoided the block, and passed the ball in.

Lopez, who was under the basket, caught the ball late and jumped up on the spot, pouring the ball into the net with both hands!

"Ahhhhhhhh!!!"

The suppressed mood that started from being beaten by Wang Zelin finally broke out. After landing, little Lopez couldn't help but roar to the sky.

Looking at the basketball falling on the ground, and looking at Lopez and Rose high-fiving to celebrate the successful attack, Wang Zelin walked out of bounds and prepared to serve.

He thought that Rose had just recovered from injury, Noah's defensive ability had plummeted due to injuries, and Lopez was not even a piece of cake in front of him. Even without Aldridge and Batum, he would

Still have absolute confidence to lead the team to defeat the Bulls and maintain the winning streak.

But I didn't expect that Rose seemed to have no sequelae of injuries after his comeback, and he didn't have any fear of injuries. He really dared to do difficult moves like the one before, which were very likely to cause injuries to come to him again!

mvp, indeed there has never been parallel import.

Rose's strength may not be what it once was, but his skills, mentality, and ability to withstand pressure are still at MVP level.

No, maybe even better than in his mvp season.

After all, only true warriors dare to face injuries head-on and finally get over the troubles of injuries.

Wang Zelin, who has never been a Rose fan in his past life or this life, couldn't help but feel sincere respect for Rose at this moment, because this guy is a real fighter!

In this case, you have to do your best!

The Trail Blazers continue to attack.

The referee threw the ball to Wang Zelin, and Wang Zelin passed the ball to Lillard, who slowly advanced from the backcourt with the ball.

The Bulls' defensive formation is not bad, and they will definitely not be able to hit the fast break and will have to fall back into position.

In the frontcourt, Wang Zelin provided support from the high post. After some movement without the ball, Wang Zelin passed back to Lillard who had given the opportunity. Lillard received the ball and faced Rose and missed a three-pointer...

Once again, there were bursts of cheers. Their MVP could not only provide offense but also defense, which made Bulls fans very excited.

At this moment, Wang Zelin took a step forward, rushed straight to the basket, saw the opportunity and leaped into the air, stretched out his long arms, and instantly took the rebound off the heads of Noah and Lopez Jr., then bounced twice and dunked with one hand.

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Seeing this scene, Rose couldn't help but shook his head secretly: The gap inside was too big, and Wang Zelin had no pressure at all when playing one versus two inside.

"Beautiful! Offensive rebound... the king grabbed it... second takeoff... dunk...nb!!!"
To be continued...