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Chapter 294 The whole world is embarrassing me, Big Ross

On the Portland side, Wang Zelin and Lillard set off some turbulent waves, and in the other corner of the league, a turbulent competition also began.

If there is one thing that fans are most looking forward to this season, the first thing to recommend is whether the omnipotent Big Three can achieve three consecutive championships in three years and establish a dynasty.

If you want to select a player who is most anticipated by fans this season, it is undoubtedly Windy Rose Derrick Rose who has been away from the court for 18 months due to injury.

On October 10th, US time, the NBA season officially started. When the Bulls announced that Derrick Rose was re-listed to the roster, all Bulls fans couldn't help but burst into tears:
Their MVP~ is back!

The youngest MVP in history~ is finally back!

Even fans of other teams, before the start of the new season, can't help feeling a little bit of sympathy for what happened to Rose.

So ever!
The biggest suspense came out: Rose, who has not played for a long time, how much success in the MVP season is left?

On the afternoon of October 10, Rose's comeback battle after 6 days became the biggest focus of the game.

Facing the Eastern Conference Pacers, Rose played 20 minutes and scored 13 points, 3 assists and 2 steals, plus 4 turnovers.

On the Pacers side, star Paul George was sent off for 6 fouls and became one of the highlights of the day.

As far as Bulls fans are concerned, they have seen Rose's still sharp performance, which has satisfied them.

In the Bulls' 6 preseason games, their opponents are the Pacers, Grizzlies, Wizards, Pistons, Pacers and Bucks.

In the end, the Bulls won 6 games and became the only 6 teams in the league that won all preseason games. The other 4 teams were the Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks.

Judging from his performance in the preseason, Rose performed the same as before. He brought explosive power, speed and creativity back to the court. Therefore, many American experts are optimistic that he can compete for the MVP of the new season and that the Bulls can hit the championship.

But there must be a prerequisite for all this, that is, can Rose survive the devastation of the regular season?
Due to the emergence of the Portland Trail Blazers, a dark polo team last season, occupying one of the 8 places in the Western Conference playoffs, the Los Angeles Lakers did not make the playoffs like the original time and space hunters.

So here comes the biggest variable.

The King of Los Angeles ~ Black Mamba ~ Kobe Bryant's Achilles tendon did not suffer a rupture like the original time and space.

The Los Angeles Lakers also became one of the six opening teams in the 2013-2014 season. Their opponent is the New York Knicks, which is also located in a world-renowned big city.

The Chicago Bulls naturally lost their qualifications for the opener.

This game can be seen as a contest between the team in the most luxurious city in the east of the United States and the team in the most luxurious city in the west.

Another major focus of the game is naturally the offensive battle between the league's new scoring champion Carmelo Anthony, who ranked No. 1 in last season's scoring leaderboard, and Kobe Bryant, who ranked No. 2.

Originally, the experts agreed that the Lakers had just left a general Dwight Howard, and their strength would inevitably decline. The Lakers only had Kobe, Nash and Gasol, who were all a year old. Compared with the Knicks led by Anthony in the peak period, they should be on the weaker side.

The result surprised everyone.

The Lakers led the Big Three in this group, and the Knicks won their first win of the new season at 101:95.

Compared with last season, Kobe's game style can be said to have changed 180 degrees, completely tending to play without the ball, and his scoring in the paint area has decreased by more than half compared with last season, most of which came from mid-range shots and three-pointers.

全场22投13中，三分球7投3中，罚球2罚2中，以全队最高的效率得到了28分4篮板3助攻。

In addition, Nash's old tree blossomed and scored 8 points and 14 assists. Pau Gasol didn't have to take the lead like the original time and space. In addition, the negative impact brought by the strength of the plantar fascia was much better. He scored 20 points and 13 rebounds.

Anyone who has watched the game can find that without Howard's singles that are out of touch with the game, the tacit understanding between the Lakers players in the new season has become stronger. Kobe, Nash, and Pau Gasol have shown strong complementary styles.

The Lakers won the Knicks, but Mosaic lost the opening game, which caused many radical Lakers fans to flood Howard's personal Twitter, instantly causing the entire comment area to fall.

Howard has been troubled by these bad things recently!

On November 11st, the long-awaited began to come out.

The Bulls ushered in the first game of the new season, and the opponent was the same as the original time and space, the Miami Heat, the only difference was that the confrontation between the two was postponed for a day.

It was so exciting at the beginning, and all Bulls fans began to worry about Rose's performance in the first regular season after being reimbursed last season.

It turns out that they were right to be worried.

Compared with the preseason, the challenge of the regular season is more difficult.

In the last game, the Miami Heat just held a championship ring awarding ceremony at home, showing off in front of last year's final runner-up, the San Antonio Spurs.

到了比赛，热火球员接着这股劲打得气势如虹，全队7名球员得分上双，詹姆斯17分，6篮板8助攻，韦德13分4篮板3助攻，波什16分六篮板，查莫斯13分4助攻5抢断，雷阿伦11分7助攻、诺里斯科尔11分7篮板3助攻、肖恩巴蒂尔14分……

With a perfect performance off the bench, he finally defeated the Spurs 107:95 and got off to a good start.

Two days later, the Heat drove the Bulls crazy with championship-level defense at home. After the start of the game, the Heat's defense was quite active, forcing the Bulls to make mistakes in a row.

It can be seen that they have attached great importance to the opponents in this battle and Derrick Rose.

And Ross?

His performance was undoubtedly disappointing.

He only made 15 of 4 shots in the game, only scored 12 points and 4 assists, and also had a fatal 5 turnovers. The assists and turnovers were worse than the support.

You could tell that Rose was playing hard, trying to get back to who he was.

But today, in the face of the actual Miami Heat, he gradually started to play timidly. If he was wearing a red No. 1 jersey, people even wondered if the guy playing on the field was Rose?
Perhaps it was because of the fear of injury, the fear of leaving the field and the fans who supported him again, so he did not show his sharp breakthrough today, but made jump shots again and again from the outside world.

7 three-pointers in a single game and only 1 hit... In Rose's MVP season, it is simply unimaginable.

Rose is actually afraid of physical confrontation?

No matter how poignant Rose's situation was, no one cared now.

After the game, compared to this, other team managements care more about James' ability to play low post in this game, and the success rate is quite high.

Before the season, James had made a high-profile statement that the goal of this season was to help the Heat complete their three consecutive championships. At the same time, he also knew very well that the Bulls after Rose's comeback are very likely to be one of their main rivals in the East.

There was even a survey before the game that the Bulls were second only to the Heat in the probability of winning the championship!

This shows that the outside world has high expectations for Rose's comeback.

And on the night of the match against the Bulls, the Heat had a bad start, didn't feel good, and did an excellent job defensively, but they were unable to score for a long time...

At this time, James stood up and showed his low-post skills that he had practiced hard in the summer. Facing Hinrich's defense, he turned over and hit a jumper, becoming the key man for the Heat to get out of the lagging quagmire.

James, evolved again!

As soon as this point of view came out, it instantly made other strong teams aiming for the championship restless.

This summer, in the trading market, everyone has repeatedly obstructed the Heat's reinforcement plan, but James can't help himself to become stronger!
While the management of each team was trying their best to study James, Rose, who had just played a sluggish performance in the first game of the regular season, staged a supernatural moment in the second regular season matchup.

On November 11, this is the first home game of Rose's comeback. The Bulls will face the New York Knicks back-to-back at home.

Knicks star "Melo" Carmelo Anthony just won the first heavyweight honor of his career last season-the regular season scoring champion, when the limelight was at its peak.

In the first quarter of the game, Anthony seemed to want to prove that he was not only good at offense, but played an amazing quarter on the defensive end.

First, when the official timeout came back, he slapped Rose's layup, and when there were 2 minutes before the start, he successfully grabbed Rose's hand and succeeded in a one-stop dunk.

In the second quarter, Rose did not score a single point!
Such Rose, I don't know how many Bulls fans feel sad.

However, all the foreplay seems to be for the final orgasm...

4.7 seconds before the end of the game, the Bulls temporarily trailed the Knicks by 82 point at home at 81:1. Who will handle the key ball?

No need to guess, it must be Ross!

The Knicks did the same, with two defenders always following Rose.

But the MVP has never been "parallel imports". Rose made a high throw in front of two defensive players. With this ball, the Bulls finally defeated the Knicks at home 82:81 and won their first victory of the new season!

Although he missed 22 of the first 16 shots, Rose made the last key shot!Bulls won!

Rose was elected the best player in the game without any suspense!
When the deafening cheers of "MVP" resounded throughout the Bulls' home court, people realized in a trance that even during the period of absence due to injury, the Windy City Rose was crying. At this time, two lines of tears had been left on the resolute face.

this day,
Waited too long!
Thinking about it for too long!
It's been suppressed for too long!
A victory, a quasi-lore, made all the fans who were looking forward to Rose's comeback ecstatic, and also made all the stars of other teams who were just preparing for a huge rock in Panasonic's heart start to worry again.

Roses are tricky after all!
In the end, Rose was sought after by the fans in the center of the court. In this game, he proved himself with a quasi-lore, and he felt a lot better in an instant.

"Congratulations, Derek! You contributed a quasi-lore in the second game. It seems that your condition is starting to pick up! But..."

Ross, who was beaming, immediately became vigilant when he heard the reporter say "but".

"However, just now, Damian Lillard scored 35 points and 8 assists in the Rose Garden Arena, including a career-high 9 three-pointers in a single game."

"There is another Wang Zelin who just scored 33 points and 21 rebounds in the opening game against the Mosaic team. The Portland Trail Blazers led by the two of them is one of the absolute league powerhouses. Your opponent will be them in the next game. What do you want to say about this?"

What the reporter said made Rose lose all smiles.

In two consecutive games, someone from the Trail Blazers has performed superbly. It seems that this youth team is going to show their tough attitude from the first day of the new season!

They contributed an astonishing 7 consecutive victories at the beginning of last season, once topping the record list in the regular season. In the playoffs, they broke the prejudice and reached the big stage of the Western Conference finals.

It should be noted that some stars have never been touched so far!
This youth army is not just as simple as unlimited potential, their current combat effectiveness is also at the top of the league.

As a result, this year, the momentum shown by the Trail Blazers was even better than last season. They were not willing to simply win two consecutive victories, but chose an extremely powerful posture to win two consecutive victories by overwhelming their opponents by a big score!
In the current latest team strength list, the Portland Trail Blazers averaged 129.5 points per game and overwhelmed all the league's powerful firepower, successfully dominating the list.

Even though everyone knew that as the regular season progressed, the Blazers' scoring average would definitely drop, but they were still terrified.

It was Wang Zelin who broke out in the mosaic in the opening game, and Lillard broke out in the second game against the Suns, so what about the next game against the Bulls?
Who knows whose turn it is to explode!
Aldridge, Nicolas Batum... even Garnett and Mo Williams on the bench have become the subject of speculation.

As one of the focus of the Bulls, their coaching staff began to study the Portland Trail Blazers overnight.

There is a saying that you are not afraid of ten thousand, just in case!

Whoever lets the Trail Blazers come up will start the game with a bang, even if they don't know what cards are behind them, but the combat effectiveness displayed at the moment has already made many teams feel scared.

"They're playing great, but it's a long season, we'll see."

Rose said politely, turned and left the court.

Bull No. 1 licked his lips subconsciously, and the joy after winning his first victory was swept away in an instant.

If I remember correctly, in ESPN's new season player rankings, he ranked himself 6th, Dwight Howard was 7th, and the 8th was No. 36 of the Portland Trail Blazers. As for the No. 0 of the Trail Blazers, he couldn't even make it into the top 30...

The Mosaics led by Howard have already lost. If Rose leads the Bulls and loses to the Trail Blazers, I don't know how much controversy will be caused among the fan groups.

Ask yourself, Rose really wants to win, but he looked at the team's schedule, there are several strong teams waiting for the Bulls at the beginning of the season...

From the Heat to the Knicks, and then to the Trail Blazers, Rose instantly felt that the whole world was against him.

Yali Mountain is big!

(End of this chapter)