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Chapter 206 Four consecutive victories

After defeating the New Jersey Nets, the Phoenix Suns immediately headed to Chicago for an away game against the Chicago Bulls.

The Chicago Bulls have been at the bottom of the NBA in recent years, showing no signs of rising. Although their rookie picks are high and they seem to be full of talent, they have been caught in a vicious circle of losing games. Don't know how to win.

During the season, media reporters were not optimistic that the Bulls would win. Instead, they were optimistic that the Suns would beat the Bulls in an away game. They won a wave of four consecutive victories and scored more than 1 offensive points in three consecutive games. The current offensive power of the Phoenix Suns ranks first in the league. No.[-].

However, just looking at Chicago's starting lineup list, at first glance, it still looks very bluffing.

The point guard is Kirk Hinrich, the No. 03 pick in the first round of the 7 Platinum Generation. He averaged 12 points, 6.8 assists and 3.4 assists per game in his rookie season, which is a good performance.

In the first two games of this season, he has improved significantly and played steadily. He can score 16.3 points and 7.2 assists. Compared with Nash's data, he is not inferior to his opponent at all, and he is younger and physically gifted than Nash.

The shooting guard is played by the 2004 Tanhuaxiu Ben Gordon. This 191cm tall and 91kg scorer, although he made 8 of 0 shots in his debut, only relied on free throws to score three points, showing a state of dissatisfaction.

However, in the last game against the Pacers, he scored 17 points. His excellent scoring ability is still very eye-catching. As long as he adapts to the rhythm of the NBA arena, he is still very reliable in offense.

Compared with "Single Player Joe", although there is a certain distance now, the potential is still good, and there is no sign of water loss.

At the small forward, Andres Nocioni played. He was an undrafted player in 2004. He is 201cm tall and weighs 102kg. A titan with 13.5 rebounds, and Nocioni is a member of Argentina's golden generation. His outstanding performance in the Olympics gave him a lot of points. Compared with Richardson, he is also similar, and has the power to fight .

The Bulls' power forward is Eddie Curry, nicknamed "Little Shark", No. 2001 pick in 4. He is 213cm tall and weighs 134Kg. He is a heavy-duty insider with top low-post offense and poor defense. He only relies on his offense You can sign a big contract.

The offensive strength is good, and it is improving every year. In the 2003-04 season, he averaged 14.7 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. This season, he performed even better, scoring 18.4 points and 7.2 rebounds. With Marion, a star player with both offense and defense, There is a gap in defense, but, as far as offense is concerned, Eddie Curry is still above Marion, and the two have their own strengths.

The center is Tyson Chandler, a second-round pick in 2001, with a height of 216cm. Compared with Stoudemire, Chandler can only dunk under the basket at this point of offensive level, which is not Stadler at all. Meier's opponent.However, Chandler is not useless. His defensive blocks, frame protection and rebounding are still top-notch, but he belongs to the kind of player who has obvious effects but not obvious statistics. Untimely, dispensable existence.

Looking at the substitutes on both sides, the Bulls are sitting on the bench with an average of 21 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists per game. It is the No. 2004 pick in the first round in 7, Lool Deng, a swingman with a height of 206cm and a weight of 100kg. .

Loel Deng, who has a tough style of play, dared to fight hard. He scored 18 points in his first show. He performed even better in the second game, scoring 25 points. Compared with Luol Deng, the team's Barbosa is not at the same level at all.

At 2004:11 p.m. on November 9, 9, at the United Center Arena, the match between the Chicago Bulls and the Phoenix Suns officially started.

To everyone's surprise, the lineups of the two teams did not seem to be too outrageous in their strengths, and they were not the same thing when they played.

After the first quarter of the game, the Phoenix Suns could almost seal the victory, which was a really surprising start.

In the jump ball, Chandler relied on his height and excellent jumping ability to overwhelm Stoudemire and give the Bulls the first right to the ball.

The calm Hinrich also knows how to pass the basketball to the most threatening place. Facing Nash's main defense, he did not choose to break through, but dropped the ball to the left low post.

Eddie Curry played Marion with a back-up single. Relying on his excellent strength and height advantages, Eddie Curry rolled over Marion and hit the basket. He turned around and jumped up from the basket. It was a two-handed slam dunk and two points. Easy to get.

2 to 0! !
The Bulls implemented pre-match tactics, easily overwhelmed the Suns' inside defense, and took the lead.

However, the Suns didn't care about the situation where the inside defense was crushed and blown up. Instead, they immediately made a quick move from the bottom line and quickly switched from defense to offense. Immediately pass the ball to Joe Johnson on the right at halftime, facing Ben Gordon's defense.

Joe Johnson paused for a moment, and passed the basketball directly to the middle. Stoudemire caught the ball, dribbled it one step, and took off with a tomahawk-style snap.

2 to 2! !
In just a few seconds, the Suns quickly fought back in the offense, and it was center Stoudemire's basket attack that succeeded.

How can this be?

It hurts only if there is a comparison. Eddie Curry completed this wave of offense in the Suns and just passed the three-point line, while Chandler is light and only just passed the three-point line. Who can tell me?How did Stoudemire do it? His speed doesn't look like a center at all.

You must know that Stoudemire's body is very powerful, and the speed of his body movement is not much different than that of ordinary defenders. In defense, he can completely defend against defenders. If used in offense, it is also a sharp weapon.

Well, since you can't defend, let's try to attack and pay back!
Under the support and organization of Hinrich, the Bulls handed over the basketball to Eddie Curry. However, the Suns' defense line shrank. Richardson and Marion immediately double-teamed Curry.

Curry scored the ball to the point, Ben Gordon missed a three-pointer, and then Marion of the Suns grabbed the rebound and passed the ball to Nash for a quick counterattack.

The torrential running and bombing caught the Bulls by surprise, because every time the Suns counterattacked, it was always a small situation with more plays.

The two center forwards have completely become spectators, not because they are not working hard, but because of their tactics.

On defense, the twin-tower tactics face the run-and-bomb tactics. This is the situation. On offense, if the inside line is crushed, the outcome will be unpredictable. However, Marion has good strength. With the power of parrying, he was double-teamed by his teammates.

Curry's low-post offense also crippled [-]% of his power. If the outside shot is a bit more popular, the Suns' defense may be broken.

However, Hinrich, Nocioni, and Ben Gordon missed all three-pointers, and what was even worse was yet to come. When the Bulls switched to two-pointers, there were no two-pointers.

辛里奇3投1中，本戈登6投1中，诺西奥尼8投2中。

Unable to score from the inside and unable to shoot from the outside, the Bulls could only replace Luol Deng, who was in excellent form, but they were greeted with boos all over the sky again, and they fell down one after another.

In the first two games, he acted like an All-Star player, completely unlike a rookie Luol Deng, but when he was needed to stand up, he behaved like a rookie.

Directly came another 4 for 0 shots, very amateurish.

The Bulls had no choice. They continued to change shooters on offense, but they still couldn't shoot.

首节公牛队23投4中，三分球8中0，投篮命中率仅有17.4%，仅仅得到了9分。

Fortunately, the Suns' offensive firepower was not as violent as in the previous three games. Otherwise, the Bulls would have suffered an even worse loss. However, the Suns still scored 21 points, leading the Bulls by 12 points in a single quarter.

This is because the Bulls responded in a timely manner. After just 6 minutes of playing, they removed the heavy Eddie Curry, declaring the failure of the twin towers strategy. Otherwise, the Bulls would lose more points.

The Bulls played such an out-of-the-ordinary game in the first quarter, which caught everyone by surprise.

In the next three quarters, although the Bulls' shooting feeling improved, the Bulls' only winning advantage, the inside advantage, could not be played at all, and even their high center did not dare to put it on the court for a long time.

Not daring to speed up and compete with the Suns on offense, they could only slow down the tempo and lose sight of the other. Facing the Suns with stable offensive firepower, the Chicago Bulls could only lose. With a gap of 74 to 94, 20 points, Lost to the opponent and gave the Phoenix Suns a wave of four consecutive victories.

(End of this chapter)