super legend

Chapter 321 Ability more important than bugs!

There are no weak teams in the playoffs!
In fact, there is no weak team in the entire NBA. The Golden State Warriors achieved a record record of 73 wins and 9 losses, but lost to 9 completely different teams. A strong team that can compete with the Warriors this season can lose nearly 9 points against the Lakers.

The NBA has also been pursuing balance, such as allowing teams with poor strength to give priority to high-ranking and potential stars, setting up a salary cap, allowing teams without money to have their own living space, and so on.

Now James has not started his trip to Miami, and the phenomenon of alliance superstars has not yet happened. There is no super team like the Golden State Warriors in the 16-17 season. The teams in the playoffs should not be underestimated.

A group of young players like Sun Zhuo and Howard couldn't wait to get back the field they had played in the previous game, so that the Bulls could get out of the game and fight again, but they didn't think about the consequences if the pressure failed.

On the field, Sun Zhuo was still very excited, and once again forced his way to the basket, caused a foul by his opponent, and scored 2+1, which made the whole scene cheer again.

Sun Zhuo's desire to win this game, I'm afraid even people who don't know how to play can see it. If this is just an insignificant regular season, the Bulls may give up if the opponent wants to win so much , but this is the playoffs. Every game in the playoffs is never just a single game, but a whole series. The Bulls players know that Sun Zhuo doesn't want to win the current game at all, but wants to win Throughout the series, Sun Zhuo was so aggressive in this game precisely because he vowed to capture the Bulls to win this round of the series.

Sun Zhuo and the Magic were so strong that they wanted to turn this second game into a simple and suspenseless game. The Bulls players felt slighted and insulted, and several fires were ignited in everyone's hearts.

"Come on, if this continues, you won't have to fight in the second half!" Bulls coach Skiles kept reminding the young players that they can lose the second game, but they can't be punched to death. Defiance, such a loss is humiliating and inexperienced.

It's just that the Bulls really don't have a superstar, otherwise someone would have stood up to respond to Sun Zhuo.

Even so, the Bulls jointly stopped Sun Zhuo. With only 3 and a half minutes left in the second quarter, Sun Zhuo slid to the baseline for a layup, but was blocked by the Bulls. Finally, the Bulls forcibly kept the ball. Subsequently, the Bulls immediately launched a fast break!

Ben Gordon is extremely fast and wants to get to the magic basket as soon as possible, but Nelson has the mentality of making up for his mistakes. His speed is not weaker than Ben Gordon, and he has been staring at him to prevent him from succeeding.

Surprisingly, the other players of the Bulls, Nocioni at [-]m and Macri Allen at [-]m, are also as fast as lightning, and the other defensive players of the Magic can't keep up at all!

In the end, Ben Gordon passed a pass to Nocioni who followed up, and after receiving the ball, Nocioni directly dunked with both hands to complete the fast break.

"Good!" All the Bulls players in the Bulls' bench stood up and applauded their teammates on the court. Although they were all off the court at the moment, they felt the same as the five teammates on the court, and they couldn't wait to fight back.

Immediately afterwards, the Magic missed the attack, and Nocioni was in the same position as Sun Zhuo before, slid the bottom line to the basket and dunked successfully. Not only that, but also caused a foul by Howard who was defending.

"Beautiful!" The Bulls players once again applauded in unison.

Coach Hill, who had always been worried in his heart, looked a little serious, and secretly said: "Andres Nocioni, this guy had conflicts with Sun during the Olympics, and he is also the one who can't tolerate Sun the most, Sun's Defense alone is not good enough, this time, he may explode."

"Guys who like to copy the back door." Sun Zhuo glanced at Nocioni, and knew that this was Nocioni's forte.

Nocioni roared after he succeeded in dunking, and turned around to see Sun Zhuo. Nocioni had been bullied by Sun Zhuo in the regular season. Since then, he dared not speak when he met Sun Zhuo, but today, he He spoke again: "You can't win, we have to win two games in a row at your home court!"

"You can try it and see if you can stand up and beat me." Sun Zhuo said with some contempt. If Nocioni wanted to stand up against Sun Zhuo as the superstar of this team, Sun Zhuo would naturally dismiss it.

After Nocioni chased for a few points, the point difference narrowed again, which also stimulated Sun Zhuo. Sun Zhuo tried his best again, and at the end of the half, the point difference was pulled to double digits. , and at this time, Sun Zhuo has already scored 23 points in the halftime. If he can maintain this state in the second half, I am afraid that he will score 50+ points in this playoffs.

During the intermission, Coach Skiles of the Bulls yelled at his throat, not to reprimand the players for their poor performance, but to let them understand the meaning of this game. The Bulls are a playoff team , To maintain the reputation of the playoff team, if it is defeated by the opponent, what face do they have to tell the people in Chicago that they participate in the playoffs to compete for the championship?

And Magic's coach Hill is a little hesitant. He knows that Sun Zhuo and the team are playing too hastily, but the key is the guarantee for the team to win now. They are eager, excited, and fierce. If they calm down suddenly, I'm afraid they I don't know how to fight.

"May God bless them to keep winning like this." Coach Hill made a silent prayer.

But sometimes, praying doesn’t work, it’s not about whether you are a believer or not, whether you pray sincerely, sometimes, “there is something in the dark”, if this game will lose, then God may feel that Sun Zhuo And the Magic are not fit to win right now.

In the second half, Sun Zhuo wanted to continue chasing the Bulls as he did in the first half, and directly opened the point difference to 20 points, and then settled the game in three quarters, making the game lose suspense early and completing a 1:1 draw.

However, the Bulls in the second half were completely another team!

Kirksinrich suddenly exploded with a three-pointer from the outside. In this quarter, he made 5 of 3 three-pointers. As a result, the point difference not only did not widen, but got closer and closer!

Not only that, Chandler is also a rebounding monster. As long as there is a missed shot on the court, the rebounds are basically controlled by Chandler. Howard can't even grab Chandler's offensive rebounds. One of the most important things in the basketball game is that there is a saying that "he who can control the rebound will win the game". Under such circumstances, the Magic has been tied!

"Damn it, how did this happen?" Sun Zhuo has been working hard since the beginning, and he has already scored 30 points. He thought that the advantage would become more and more obvious, but he didn't expect that in the crucial third quarter, he was tied again!
The efforts of these three quarters seem not to win them, but to stalemate them.

"We forcibly forced our opponents into a strong team." Coach Hill sighed standing on the sidelines, "The Bulls were not that strong, but under our strong pressure, they were forced to play such a counterattack. In the second game at home, the away team will not play in this state. In the case of winning one game, they are already satisfied. Instead, they should use warm water to boil frogs, so that they will lose the game slowly without any psychological fluctuations, Sun is too anxious."

Coach Hill can only sigh, although he is already a very qualified coach, but in the team, his majesty is not big enough, not Pat Riley, Popovich who can suppress star players This season is thanks to Sun Zhuo's magic to achieve a good record. Coach Hill has to rely on Sun Zhuo to win the best coach. Therefore, it is more Sun Zhuo who controls the rhythm and style of play of the game. , not what Coach Hill requested.

On the court, after tying the score, the Bulls' momentum increased greatly. Everyone was motivated early on, and they quickly overtook the Magic!

"Oh my God, the Bulls are overtaking! They won't win two games in a row in the away game, right? Are they so strong?"

"It's really depressing. Sun played so well, but he was going to lose? How is this possible? Isn't Sun's teammates really bad?"

Magic fans were also worried at this time, but they could only be regarded as spectators who didn't know the truth, and didn't know where the Magic lost.

Sun Zhuo didn't want the efforts of the three quarters to come to naught, and he didn't want the Bulls to win two games in a row. He could only use the bug immediately to score again. Sun Zhuo's scoring was still unstoppable, but at this time, the Magic became the one to chase points One, it is conceivable how much the Bulls have completed in these three quarters.

Off the court, Coach Hill also said silently: "There is no turning back when you open the bow. Go up, Sun, just fight like this. If you can win like this, you are a great player comparable to Michael Jordan. If you can't win, you will be a great player." Learn your lesson."

Facts have proved that Sun Zhuo is not strong enough to support the audience alone. As far as his current ability is concerned, his dunks are not as good as the peak Carter, layups are far inferior to the peak Jordan, three-pointers are far inferior to the peak Curry, mid-range shots, and rebounds. , Blocking, defense, not to mention the strongest player in history, there are many people in the active league who are worse than Sun Zhuo.

And Sun Zhuo's BUG cannot be used all the time, but the Bulls' team offense has been running, and it is getting better and better.

In the fourth quarter, the Magic, who had been eager to win from the first minute of the game, began to get tired.

Sun Zhuo's condition was getting worse and worse, and Howard had five fouls. As a result, the game lost suspense in the last 2 minutes.

Magic, defeated again!
For the Bulls, Nocioni had 27 points, Ben Gordon had 19 points, Kirk Hinrich had 18 points, Malik Allen had 16 points, Chandler had 8 points and 16 rebounds, and forced the Magic to make 19 turnovers throughout the game. Absolutely strong and balanced strong team demeanor.

"We won, we won two games in a row!" After the game, Hinrich was extremely excited. He never expected to win two games in a row in the away game.

According to the NBA, winning an away game should be called "stealing". The home team should be the winner. The Magic is still the team with the better record, and the Bulls can be regarded as a weaker team than a strong team.

The Magic players were very depressed, as were the Magic fans at the scene, but they still believed that Sun Zhuo and the others were still cheering them on when they walked back to the locker room.

It's 0:2, and the next is the Bulls' home court. No matter how you look at it, the Magic are in danger.

Back in the locker room, Coach Hill also knew that the players must be depressed and negative, so he tried to say some words of encouragement. After all, in his opinion, 0:2 is not a chance. The Magic can come back, but if they want to come back , Sun Zhuo had to play smarter.

"Sun, do you have time later? Come to my house to have a meeting tonight, and I can ask my wife to cook you something you like." Coach Hill tried to invite Sun Zhuo to be a guest at home, and talk to him by the way If you want to change Sun Zhuo, you can't just say it directly. With Sun Zhuo's pride and current mood, he may not listen. In fact, Coach Hill doesn't know what to do. The age gap between him and Sun Zhuo is too big , have not been able to find a common language, and there is little communication in private life.

Sun Zhuo is in a bad mood, not only because the team is in trouble at 0:2 now, with Sun Zhuo's confidence and ability, he will not fall into despair now, he still has the confidence to lead the team to comeback, what really frustrates him is that playing It's hard for a small Bulls team to do this. Even if they come back and advance to the second round, how can they play against the Miami Heat and Detroit Pistons?How to compete with the Mavericks and Spurs in the West?
Sun Zhuo's goal is the championship, and now he clearly realizes that the current Magic is not a championship team at all, and he is inevitably a little disappointed.

Regarding Coach Hill's invitation, Sun Zhuo replied: "Coach, if you have any orders, I will stay with you on the court later, sorry, I want to rest early at night, so I won't bother you at home. "

Coach Hill was a little disappointed. He really wanted to take this opportunity to help Sun Zhuo grow up and build a relationship with Sun Zhuo, but Sun Zhuo was unwilling to talk to Hill when he needed someone to talk to.

Hill stood up, walked out of the locker room, and quietly called Lakers coach Phil Jackson.

"Bryan Hill? Oh man, I'm so surprised that you can call me, I still remember that we are two years apart, our birthdays are only two days apart, and the first meeting seems to be 30 years ago. Right?" Although Phil Jackson and Coach Hill have no personal relationship, both of them have been in this circle for many years, and they still value their friends at the same time.

"Sorry to bother you, I was mostly there for Eric Sun, we just lost the second game, I wanted to tell him something in a friend way, but Sun didn't feel like I had much to say Let’s talk, I know he has always respected you in his heart, so I want to learn from you.” Coach Hill said bluntly.

Phil Jackson laughed twice. Although Sun Zhuo and Zen Master have worked together for a short time, they have a good relationship. Phil Jackson said: "You also know that I have always refused to get too close to the players. It just happened naturally, it really can't be replicated."

The implication of the Zen master was to show that he was more attractive than Hill, and Hill said: "Then can you do me a favor, call him tonight and point out his current problems, he is alone this season for the first time. Leading the team, he doesn't know how to use his ability to control the game at all, he should learn this now, you should do something that Sun Zhuo didn't have time to do during the Lakers period."

"Oh, no, coach Hill, I'm the coach of the Lakers now, and he's a Magic player. We might meet in the Finals. How can I help you? However, this kind of thing doesn't have to come from someone he respects. The coach said that Sun has a strong comprehension ability, and you can ask the people around him to help you with some reminders and hints." The Zen master immediately rejected Hill, but gave Hill a suggestion.

"People around you?" Coach Hill hung up the phone, and indeed thought of a candidate, Carey Mulligan.

Hill had met Kerry before, and knew that she and Sun Zhuo would soon be a couple even if they weren't a couple. Now that Kerry was on the scene, Hill walked out of the locker room, wanting to go back to the court to find her. Unexpectedly, Kerry Ray was standing at the entrance of the player tunnel.

"Hey, Coach Hill, are you here to see me? How is Sun?" Seeing Hill walking towards him, Kerry waved again and asked proactively.

The audience was still leaving on a large scale, and there were a lot of people. Coach Hill asked Kerry: "Do you have time now?"

Carey nodded.

"Great, let's go out and find a place to chat while eating." Hill said excitedly.

Kerry froze for a moment and asked, "Excuse me, what did you just ask?"

"I asked if you had time."

"No."

(End of this chapter)