"Charles, who do you think will win tonight?"
"I will always support Du En, and I believe Du En's team can win!"
"Okay, then I'll support the San Antonio Spurs!
They have completed reinforcements in the summer, I am optimistic about them!
By the way, what shall we bet on tonight? Kiss a donkey's ass? "
Chicago's United Center, TNT's temporary live broadcast commentary stage.
Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley have already started the process, each choosing a team to bet on, trying to add more interest to winning or losing the game.
Tonight, two retired NBA stars and big names in basketball commentary are present in person, naturally because this is a game that is broadcast live across the United States.
The No. 1 team in the East vs. the No. 1 team in the West. Although the new season has just begun, such a high-quality game has already attracted the attention of a large number of fans.
It is worth mentioning that the Chicago Bulls have a total of 29 live games in the United States in the new season, compared with 19 last season and only 11 before Duane came.
This is enough to show that Duan's popularity and the improvement of the Bulls' record have been recognized by more and more media.
These days, games are full of confrontation and competition, and stars don’t take breaks easily. The games are more enjoyable to watch, and the ratings are not bad.
Therefore, the number of live broadcasts across the United States is not like in the future, which is basically concentrated on super teams with superstars. The top traffic teams can have more than 40 live broadcasts across the United States.
Nowadays, even the most popular Lakers only have 34 live broadcast games across the United States, and the defending champion Heat only have 27 games, which is less than the Bulls.
Of course, a team that only knows how to play but doesn't look good won't have many live broadcasts across the United States.
For example, the Bulls' opponent tonight, the Spurs, is undoubtedly one of the best teams in the league in the past few seasons, but there are only a dozen live broadcasts in the United States.
And this is also the reason why Duncan, the Spurs star, suffers in terms of historical status and honor.
The smell of wine is also afraid of the deep alley. Passerby fans don't watch Duncan play much, so they don't know how good Duncan is.
Some more extreme fans don't even watch the home team's games, so it's common for them to be confused about the strength of a star.
Tonight is the most direct collision between Duan and Duncan, the two major stars, the arena where they will compete!
In terms of honor alone, it's a bit early for Du En to touch Duncan.
However, Duane has already won the regular season MVP and championship rings, tickets to such a historical superstar.
Coupled with the fact that Duen is still young and has unlimited potential, fans and basketball commentators have high expectations for Duen, which makes Duen qualified to challenge Duncan now.
"Duen, are you going to play the fourth position?"
“Scott, I will continue to guard perimeter players, but when I attack, I hope to find trouble for Tim Duncan in the low post!
The San Antonio Spurs are one of the strongest teams in the Western Conference, and if we want to win the championship, we have to understand where the gap is.
Therefore, I want to try to see if I can lead the team to win with my strength. "
Before the game started, Duan discussed with Bulls head coach Scott Scales in advance how to play tonight.
Regardless of whether it is the Mavericks or another team that makes it out of the Western Conference this season, Duane must first treat the Spurs as their imaginary enemy.
The Bulls and Spurs only play two games a year.
In order to be able to study the Spurs thoroughly in advance and give teammates a certain degree of confidence in winning.
So Dunn decided to play the fourth position on the offensive end to make up for the Bulls' lack of interior offense.
Duan even wanted to use his own offense to consume Duncan's physical strength, thereby reducing Duncan's influence on the game.
As for the defensive end, Tyson Chandler and Josh Smith are not just freeloaders, and they still have to do some work.
Not to mention, the Spurs strengthened their perimeter in the offseason.
Especially the Mavericks, a big enemy. In order to give Michael Finley a chance to pursue his dream of winning the championship, they used the Alan Houston clause on Finley.
As a result, Finley regained his free agency, and then joined the Spurs with a basic salary of 8.4 million for three years, hoping to win the championship with Duncan's thigh.
In fact, for the next two years, Finley continued to receive the tens of millions of dollars in salary provided by the Mavericks.
The most outrageous thing is that the Spurs and Mavericks are both located in Texas and in the Southwest Division.
Mavericks spends a lot of money to raise people, but it is strengthening its direct competitors.
This also makes many strong teams in the east and west wonder: Why can’t we encounter such a good thing?
It was also because Finley was so proactive that Nick Van Exel, the crazy fan, also chose to join the Spurs with a veteran's minimum salary.
In this way, the Spurs bench attacked and defended, making the lineup more perfect.
In the starting lineup, Parker and Ginobili, two breakthrough masters, also encountered a new no handcheck version that was more suitable for performance.
Although the league introduced no handcheck last year, at the beginning of this year's regular season, the referees have become relatively strict on this issue.
One of the backgrounds is the 6-year 4 billion broadcast contract in 2002.
With Jordan's retirement and the booming development of new media and other sports leagues, NBA TV ratings have declined to a certain extent.
In order for broadcasting fees to hit a new high in 2008, NBA officials must support more new stars, especially outside stars like Jordan who play well and attract fans easily.
It is for this reason that since last year, Stern has also begun to preside over the promotion of teams in big markets such as the Bulls and Knicks to play the Christmas game together in the opening game, focusing on a traffic team.
Rising outside stars like Duane and Wade, who received 03 platinum awards, also received more relaxed star whistles, occupying a huge advantage on the playing field.
Therefore, the no handcheck rule, which is conducive to star creation and outside stars, will naturally be implemented more strictly this season.
As for those role players who lack offensive ability, they have suffered major cuts in the version and are about to slowly withdraw from the stage of NBA history.
"Okay, just go ahead and do it, I will let other teammates cooperate with you."
Although Scott Skiles doesn't have much ability, he still knows what the Bulls rely on to win.
If Doc Rivers hadn't been able to find a job, Scott Skiles would have wanted to incorporate Rivers into the assistant coaching staff.
After a while, Scott Skiles had his other players' work in order.
With the starting players of both teams taking the field, tonight's game started quickly.
"Are you planning to launch an attack here? This is my defensive area!"
Duncan saw Du En take the initiative to run to the low post and ask for the ball with his back, and he also took the initiative to defend Du En's back.
As the No. 21 pick who has played in the NBA for so many years, Duncan will naturally not be unclear about the intention of Duan's move.
I've seen people challenging Jordan and O'Neal, but I didn't expect anyone to take the initiative to trouble him.
Duncan is also a bit novel about this. After all, although he plays relatively low-key, his defensive strength is not weak.
Just like when others challenged O'Neal, it was also because Fatty didn't like to defend. It was easier to score against Fatty alone than against other blue-collar insiders.
However, few people take the initiative to provoke stars like Ben and Garnett who are good at defense.
Duncan rarely encounters a stupid young man like Du En.
It is precisely because of this that Du En's actions attracted Duncan's attention even more.
"I really want to slap him!"
Duncan was quite excited when he saw the dark and bushy back of Duan's head.
At this time, Du En got the ball, so naturally he didn't know Duncan's evil thoughts inside.
But after leaning back for a moment, he immediately used dreamy footsteps and shoulder shaking fake movements to shake Duncan's center of gravity.
Duncan's static talents are full, and his dynamic talents were originally very strong, but after all, the rookie suffered a serious knee injury in his third year, and his lateral speed and agility have dropped a lot.
In addition, Duan is a famous shooter in the league, and Duncan cannot let Duan shoot.
Therefore, Duncan was still thrown into the air by Du En.
Duan slid to the bottom of the basket and performed a two-hand folding back dunk directly to the Bulls fans and the American audience in front of the TV.
There must be some differences in the playing attitude and style between home games and away games, not to mention that tonight is a nationally broadcast game.
No one thinks he is famous, and so is Duen.
"MVP, MVP, MVP!"
The Bulls fans at the scene were also very sensible. They cheered immediately when they saw him perform a back dunk.
Duncan grinned when he saw Du En's back quickly returning to defense.
Fortunately, no referee will eject Duncan from the court tonight because he loves to laugh.
However, just when Duncan ran to the frontcourt, preparing to play a pick-and-roll with Parker.
However, he found that Duan did not come to his side, but switched with Baron Davis and took the initiative to defend Parker who was holding the ball.
Because Duncan's range of movement is limited, the Spurs' pick-and-rolls tend to start from inside the three-point line rather than outside the three-point line.
Originally, relying on the no handcheck rule, Parker and Duncan, Ginobili and Duncan, could play very comfortably in pick-and-rolls.
Now Duen is standing directly on the three-point line, blocking Parker, which also makes Parker a little unable to play.
Duen did not reach out to touch him, but Duen's current height and wingspan were too great a threat to interfere with his shooting and passing.
Du En took the initiative to take a step to defend him, which basically blocked his breakthrough route.
Parker was worried that the dribbling would be interfered by Dunn and then intercepted. So before Duncan could step forward in the pick-and-roll, he passed the ball to Ginobili on the other side.
Ginobili didn't ask Duncan to pick and roll, and directly accelerated the breakthrough against Baron Davis.
Baron Davis is not slow in lateral movement and is very good in physical confrontation, but he has not established the habit of serious defense since he was a child.
He also lacks defensive experience and prefers to spend his energy on offense, so his defense is relatively poor.
However, after Baron Davis was passed by Ginobili in two steps, Josh Smith immediately stepped forward to help defend.
But every mountain is even higher. Ginobili relied on the European step and super agility and flexibility to wrap around Josh Smith's body and squeeze into the inside.
Then he took off for a left-handed layup, avoiding Josh Smith's turn and jump to block the shot.
As Ginobili scored a layup, the score came to 2-2.
At this time, Tyson Chandler was a bit ungrateful and slipped out of the baseline to grab the serve.
Because in order to avoid the basket, Ginobili failed to control his body well after taking off and threw himself directly into the sky. When he landed, he naturally fell to the ground.
It will definitely take some time for Ginobili to get up from the ground.
The Bulls outside players are all faster, and the Bulls youth team is not lacking in athletic talent at all.
Therefore, when Baron Davis gets the ball, he immediately rushes down the line.
"Cool!"
Baron Davis dunked with both hands and stayed on the rim for a moment.
Fortunately, the Spurs are not good at switching offenses, so the Spurs did not take this opportunity and beat the Bulls in turn.
But soon, the ball fell into Parker's hands again, and Duan appeared in front of Parker again.
This time Parker did not choose to pass the ball, but took the initiative to step back a certain distance and observe the defensive position of the Bulls players.
Then, before Du En could catch up, he turned to the right and broke through. Du En immediately moved laterally to follow up, but Bowen moved up to cover Parker.
When Duan approached Bowen, Bowen turned sideways and moved slightly backward to prevent Duan from pursuing Parker.
Seeing this, Du En could only stretch out his hand to push Bowen away, squeeze through and continue to pursue Parker.
Luol Deng, who was defending Bowen, also helped Duen make up the position in time.
Unexpectedly, Parker was very fast and turned his back directly to the top and continued to hit the basket.
Luol Deng failed to guard Parker. When Dunn passed Bowen and chased to the basket, Parker had already taken off and shot.
Duang
The basketball bounced off the rim, but eventually stumbled into the basket.
In order to prevent the Bulls from switching offense, the Spurs' defense speed is still very fast.
"Brother, are you coming or am I coming?"
When Baron Davis dribbled the ball across half court, he first asked Duan for instructions on how to play the ball.
"I'll hit a few more!" Duen didn't refuse and continued to trouble Duncan in the low post.
Having been beaten into pieces by Du En before, Duncan was naturally extremely cautious.
However, after Duen caught the ball, he was turned around and swayed toward the basket, then turned around and walked to the middle.
Duncan couldn't keep up with his lateral movement speed, so he could only pursue Du En as much as possible.
At this time, Bowen came out again and wanted to do something.
Duen ignored Bowen's help and rushed directly to the basket. Rasu Nesterovich took off to block the shot, but was dodged by Duen's lever, and then hit the board for a layup.
In fact, when Duan made his final layup, Duncan also chased to the basket and took off.
However, Du En wisely chose to hit the board, and Duncan had no choice.
"I knew that Tim couldn't guard against Du En! If this continues, Du En will definitely win tonight!"
Watching Duen beat Duncan one after another, Duncan was sweating profusely as he chased Duen, but couldn't even touch Duen's jersey. Barkley in the commentary box suddenly became excited.
"Keep looking, don't be too happy. The San Antonio Spurs' lineup is far deeper than the Chicago Bulls' lineup!"
Kenny Smith certainly doesn't want to give in so quickly.
Even though he saw that Duan could easily become Duncan in a single, Kenny Smith also felt that the Spurs were in trouble tonight.
However, whether it is for your own face or the effect of the show, you need to be tough-talking once or twice.
“I once said that since Tim won his first championship, he has been the number one power forward.
Neither I nor Karl can compare with him.
Even if Karl gets a championship ring, I still have to say that Tim is the better power forward.
But now I may have to change my tune!
If Dunn is willing to play power forward all the time, I don't think anyone can do it better than him.
Of course, Tim is the better one now.
Only by winning his second championship can Duane rejoin the discussion of the No. 1 power forward. "
Once Buckley opened his big mouth, he kept blowing, but this time, watching Du En continue to single out Duncan, he brought his own feelings into it...
(End of chapter)
