"Brother, congratulations on advancing to the Eastern Conference semifinals, let's work together!"
After getting his cell phone back, the latest set of text messages Du En received were from Wade.
It turns out that the Heat just finished Game 5 tonight and successfully advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Because Miami's game started earlier than Chicago's, it ended faster.
In fact, the Heat can sweep the Knicks.
However, because of Du En's matchmaking, Wade did not flirt with James, but instead admired each other with Anthony.
Therefore, Wade still saved some face for Anthony.
Of course, for Anthony, it was still a bolt from the blue and a snowy day. After all, Anthony's playoff journey also encountered another first-round trip...
After learning about the tragic experience that happened to Anthony, Dunn not only sent celebratory text messages to Wade and O'Neal.
I also sent a text message to Anthony, congratulating him on finishing work early, getting a vacation in advance, and being able to go fishing and be free and at ease.
All I can say is that brothers are here to gloat!
However, Anthony's mentality was okay, and he later had a phone call with Du En.
He said he would come to Chicago to watch Duane play in a few days, then go to Miami to watch Wade play, and stay in Miami for a few days of vacation.
As a good brother, Du En naturally agreed with this and welcomed Anthony to come to Chicago to watch him play. He even directly covered the tickets and air tickets, and also promised to arrange programs for Anthony.
As soon as Anthony heard this, he immediately flew to Chicago in a hurry.
However, after Du En picked up Anthony, he left Anthony in the villa and said that the TV at home had many programs on and Anthony could watch whatever he wanted.
Duan went to the United Center to practice by himself in preparation for the next battle with the Pistons.
As long as they win the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Bulls will basically have smooth sailing and go straight to the finals.
If the team coming out of the Western Conference suffers any injuries along the way, the Bulls may even win the championship in an upset under the leadership of Duan.
It is precisely because of this that Duan has not let down his guard for a moment. Recently, he has basically been spending all day in the training ground at the United Center.
No, Anthony really didn't treat Du En as an outsider.
During the time when Du En was not at home, Anthony quickly found a local black model in Chicago, and then brought him back to Du En's villa to do some mischief.
Fortunately, Du En's house had many bedrooms and also hired housekeepers and servants.
Anthony did agree to Wade that he would go to Miami to watch the game, so after the Bulls finished Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, Anthony left Chicago.
But this also reminded Du En that when he has a family in the future, he will not be able to bring his brothers home.
Who knows how far they will go?
Let’s get back to the subject, back to May 8th.
The Bulls and Pistons both swept their opponents 4-1 in the first round, so the Eastern Conference semifinals started relatively early.
Both teams have been carefully preparing for this battle for a long time.
At the beginning of the game, Tyson Chandler used his height to get the ball from Big Ben.
However, in just the first attack, Duan discovered that the Pistons' penalty area was not as easy to break into as the Pacers.
The Pistons have more defensive resources than the Pacers, and the Pistons' defensive arrangement against Duen is loose on the outside and tight on the inside. They only allow Duen to play singles on the outside and double-team as soon as he enters the elbow area.
In this way, Duen gets below the elbow area and either continues to hit the basket or distributes the ball to his teammates on the outside.
Duan first tried to give his teammates some opportunities. Ben Gordon took advantage of it at first and made 4 three-pointers in the first quarter. The Pistons really dared to let Ben Gordon continue to shoot.
Of course, the Pistons are not stupid, and they can't really keep shooting without taking other remedial measures.
In order to win tonight's game, Billups, apart from shooting 3 balls at the beginning, stopped attacking later on.
Starting directly from dribbling, he defended Ben Gordon, and through a lot of physical contact, Ben Gordon's shooting touch quickly became cold.
If the Bulls want to win, it's definitely not enough to just rely on Duan to hit the ball hard.
In fact, it's not that Duen doesn't have helpers around him. Ben Gordon, who averaged 17.2 points per game in the playoffs, is Duen's second-in-command.
However, Billups, now at his peak, can defend the Lakers Payton into the Lakers Westbrook. This defensive ability can be imagined.
After Ben Gordon lost his touch, Duan could only stand up and take over the game.
The old method, in addition to taking the initiative to choke Billups on the defensive end, Du En also went to the low post to cause trouble for the Roaring God on the offensive end.
The top defense of the Roaring God is quite good. Du En can't do anything against the Roaring God with only brute force when he is shot from behind.
But Du En was fast enough to break through this move by turning his back. The defense of Roaring Heavenly Lord was useless to Du En.
However, Big Ben's help defense is indeed very deterrent.
Duan can only pass the ball to Tyson Chandler under the basket, but the problem is that Ben still has the ability to defend one against two under the basket.
Tyson Chandler's offensive level is already limited, and he can't just rely on his height advantage to ravage the big players like Yao Ming.
But after Tyson Chandler was blocked by Big Ben, Tyson Chandler could only pass the ball to his teammates on the outside.
In fact, the first half was okay, with the Bulls leading by up to 12 points. Even after the first half, the Bulls still had an 8-point advantage.
However, in the second half, the Pistons relied on their still stable defense to continue to limit the Bulls' outside shooting percentage.
Dune could only force the offense with the Pistons and use transformation offense to defeat the Pistons before they could gain a stable foothold.
The problem is, Hamilton is in hot form tonight.
Due to the difficulty of his teammates scoring, Du En could only spend more energy on the offensive end.
As for the Bulls, neither rookie Josh Smith nor veteran Antonio Davis can guard Rasheed Wallace.
Larry Brown's on-field ability is not bad, after noticing that Hamilton and Rasheed Wallace have better offensive effects.
The ball rights of Billups and Prince were handed over to Hamilton and Roaring God respectively.
The Bulls failed to limit the Pistons' scoring, and the Pistons took the initiative to slow down the pace of the game, reduce the number of rounds, and focus on protecting rebounds.
By the end of the third quarter, the Bulls' lead was reduced to 3 points due to poor offense and poor defense.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the two sides began to fight directly, but Du En withstood the pressure.
However, because Duan touched the ball a lot and his teammates did not touch the ball, the outside shooter's touch was very poor.
In the middle of the fourth quarter, Duane had to take a rest. During the period before coming back to take over the game at the end of the fourth quarter, the Bulls had difficulty scoring, and were beaten by the Pistons with a 7-2 spurt. The point difference was suddenly reversed. .
Duen rested off the court for more than 2 minutes and had to return to the court early.
The Bulls can only use Duan to continue to hold the ball and work hard, and then use cost-cutting tactics to limit the Pistons' scoring.
The cost-cutting tactic did have some effect, and the Bulls once again turned defeat into victory and recovered the point difference.
However, Du En's physical exertion was also very high.
Larry Brown noticed that Ben was dragging down the team on the offensive end, and he also withdrew his favorite general to the bench in advance.
The Bulls lost the opportunity to chase the number of rounds and extend the game to give Duan a chance to breathe. The subsequent situation naturally became worse.
Duan was too tired and could only pass the ball to Ben Gordon, hoping that he could save the ball with his big shot.
However, the fact is that Ben Gordon is still too immature. After being stalked by Billups, Ben Gordon was mostly useless.
Two fists can't beat four hands, even though Duen scored 38 points personally.
But the final score was 94 to 91, and the Bulls still unfortunately lost G1 in the Eastern Conference semifinals by 3 points.
As a result, the next game will be difficult for the Bulls.
Once the Bulls cannot hold on to their second home court advantage, their morale will most likely collapse and they will be swept 4-0 by the Pistons.
Just when Du En was thinking about ways to defeat the enemy, on the morning of May 9, the league also announced the final winner of this year's regular season MVP early on.
(End of chapter)
