The toughest man in the NBA

Chapter 129 Fishing for a Winner is Serious

The Sun's loss this time was too weird.

Losing to GDP is okay, but losing to a group of substitutes?
This is too ridiculous!

Referring to Tuman and Turkoglu, who beat the basket so hard in the last game, Tuman didn't play at all in this game.

what 's wrong?
"it's all my fault!"

At the press conference, Gentry learned from Brooks and took the big pot directly, without blaming the Suns for the bloody three-pointer...

He deeply analyzed his "tactical mistakes":
"Because of Hedo's absence, the coaching staff tried a new style of play. There is no doubt that this guess was a bit risky, and we were also punished by the Spurs. However, the downturn is temporary, Steve is healthy, and he will soon Adapt to the game, revitalize the team, just watch!"

Well, Nash also took the blame.

At the end of the day, he buried a thunderbolt, and said sadly:

"The team made more outside attempts, which made Tuman very uncomfortable. We all miss Hedo very much and hope he can recover as soon as possible..."

Some things cannot be said too thoroughly, leave some room for fantasy, and the other party will make up for it.

The speaker has the intention, the listener has the intention.

Since the last game, they have paid close attention to Sun’s Magic uniform team, and they really have a feeling of enlightenment:

No wonder the sun lost, so it was me, San Xidu, who didn't fight?

On April 4th, the Suns challenged the second place in the league in an away game——

Chicago Bulls.

This season, it is a miracle that the Bulls can ride on the heads of the Magic, Celtics and Heat to win the first place in the Eastern Conference and the second record in the league.

Because, so far, their starting center Joakim Noah has missed 34 games and starting power forward Carlos Boozer has missed 23 games. Almost half of the games are 38-year-old Kurt Thomas and second-year Taj Gibson tops the inside.

There is only one reason for the miracle——

Derek Rose!
Rose is very healthy this season, missing only one game, averaging:
25.0 points, 4.1 rebounds, 7.7 assists!
The gorgeous style of play and unparalleled ability to control the court made the fans in Chicago happy to put him and Michael Jordan together...

Moreover, Rose is only 22 years old!
He has improved dramatically each season since entering the league:
He averaged 16.8 points per game in his rookie season and won the Rookie of the Year award.

Last season, he reached 20.8 points and was selected to the Eastern Conference All-Star team.

This season Rose's progress is even more terrifying. While his data soars, his personal skills are more comprehensive, and he is more stable at critical moments. He is an undisputed super giant!
The Bulls roster made major changes last summer:

Tom Thibodeau took over, Boozer, Korver, Brewer, Kurt Thomas, Bogans and other new players joined...

Therefore, after the start of the new season, the team's chemical reaction was insufficient. Both Rose and the Bulls had ups and downs. The Bulls had only 17 wins and 9 losses in the first 8 games. Rose had 30+ performances in five games and scored in four games. A slump of less than 20 points.

However, starting from the match against the Rockets on December 12, the tacit understanding between Rose and his teammates has become better and better, and the Bulls' style of play has gradually taken shape, and they have started to conquer the league.

With 7 consecutive victories, 6 consecutive victories, and 8 consecutive victories, Rose and the Bulls began to shock the league, especially around the All-Star Weekend.
For Rose, this is a season of evolution from superstar to superstar.

If there are no injuries, an era belonging to Rose will come...

The Bulls are currently 57 wins and 20 losses, and they are still 3 wins away from the league's No. [-] Spurs. Obviously, neither Thibodeau nor Rose has given up their pursuit.

For the sun, they are bound to win!
One is willing to fight, the other is willing to suffer.

During this period of time, not only the Hornets were losing, but the Blazers also obviously lacked stamina. They lost several games in a row and sent the Suns to sixth in the Western Conference.

They can lose!

Bulls know nothing about it.

They still go all out, Derrick Rose is like a god, all kinds of unreasonable breakthroughs, all kinds of difficult layups...

Tu Man has been very serious about defending, but Rose is a bad guy today. He made 6 of 5 shots in the first quarter, 3 of 3 three-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, and scored:

18 points, 2 assists, [-] block.

And led the team to beat the Suns by 38 points at 22:16 in a single quarter!
Tu Man was still lackluster on the offensive end. He grabbed 7 rebounds, slapped two blocks, and only scored 4 points.

is this robin
Seeing that Tu Man has been making a living on the ground without even a decent dunk, Tom Thibodeau frowned and thought suspiciously:
Is this beast injured?
Take advantage of his illness and kill him!
In the second quarter, Rose did not rest, and scored 13 more points and 5 assists.

The half-time score becomes:

40:66
The second half went straight into garbage time, Tuman and Nash sat on the bench, watching Richardson, Hill, Channing Frye, Dudley and others crazy three-pointers...

However, the Bulls' perimeter defense is so tough.

The result of the strong three-point shot is obvious. The "boom bang bang" strike almost smashed the basket of the United Center——

32 of 8 shots!
Tom Thibodeau didn't expect that they would win so easily.

Are you sure it's the Suns and not the Minnesota Huskies?

Acting, Phoenix is ​​serious.

Except for the coaching staff, everyone thought they were acting for the potential opponents of the Spurs, Lakers, and Mavericks in the playoffs, so they worked hard...

What if he knew that the coaching staff was fishing for a winner?

Don't even think about it!
But the uniform team is rational, and to be precise, it is inhumane. Their ancestors were masters of black slave trafficking, but now they are just old wine in new bottles!
For example, Gentry.

At the press conference, Gentry expressed emotion again:

"It seems that our new tactics have failed. My Xidu is irreplaceable. When we have such a prehistoric beast as Tuman, Xidu is a well-deserved core of offense. We must thank the Magic, they have cultivated a great Point forward..."

Seeing this scene, the magic has been sore to the heel.

Especially World of Warcraft, he played very, very, very unhappy today. Against a weak chicken like the Bucks with 31 wins and 45 losses at home, the team actually lost 78:72?
What made him even more angry was that the Magic team only had 12 assists, and Arenas and Carter were the only duo who only had eyes for the basket and threw the ball when they got it!

Although Warcraft grabbed 17 rebounds, he only took 10 shots in the game, and 6 of them were dunks after he grabbed the offensive rebound...

Does Lao Tzu look like a blue collar?
After the game, an angry Warcraft nearly tore down the office of general manager Otis Smith.

He beat the table loudly, and said a cruel sentence:
"Either let that old fool Stan get out, or get Xido back to me, or send me away! I'm here to grab rebounds for you with $1600 million?"

(End of this chapter)