Terry's injury gave the Bulls management and players a wake-up call. The day after playing against the Mavericks, the Bulls came for a team-wide physical examination.
The Bulls are preparing to achieve results this season, and the players' physical condition is also very important!
You know, health wins the championship!
If the Bulls want to win the championship, Duane and Baron Davis must not miss the playoffs.
As long as either Duane or Baron Davis is injured, the Bulls will be severely weakened and unable to maintain the strength to compete for the championship.
In addition, Tyson Chandler also needs attention.
Although Clifford Robinson and Mickey Moore have strengthened the interior, the Bulls need a young, physical, and capable center like Tyson Chandler to compete with the center players of the strong teams in the playoffs.
At least in the East, the Bulls need Tyson Chandler to top O'Neal.
Only when Tyson Chandler can withstand O'Neal can the Bulls restrain the Heat in terms of style of play and tactics. Otherwise, they will be defeated by O'Neal, who can only play 20 or 30 minutes.
By the way, after the results of the physical examination came out, the Bulls and their team got on the plane to Orlando.
During the flight, the Bulls coaching staff also urgently formulated a new rest and rotation arrangement based on the players' physical examination reports.
Because the next opponent was the Eastern Conference underdog Magic, Baron Davis took a rest directly, thus avoiding a decline in average data per game.
The two forward lines of Luol Deng and Josh Smith were moved to the second team.
Strikers Andres Nocioni and Diaw, who usually play less time, and backup point guard Janello Pago were put into the starting lineup.
Ben Gordon continues to lead the bench, Duen temporarily guest-stars as point guard, and Pargo is actually the dribbling defender next to Duen, and the rest is basically the same as before.
On the night of December 7, the Bulls played against the Magic again.
Although Baron Davis is not playing, the Bulls lineup still has some advantages.
From the beginning of the first quarter, Duen continued to break through and score the ball, creating opportunities for other teammates.
Howard's defensive deterrence began to slowly emerge, but under Kukoc's training day after day, Diaw also began to slowly develop corresponding support and shooting abilities.
Howard is still a second-year rookie and doesn't have much game experience. He can defend his teammates, but he can't guard passes and cuts.
From the first quarter, the Bulls quickly gained the upper hand.
At the end of the first half, the Bulls had established a 17-point lead.
However, in the third quarter, Francis suddenly exploded and helped the Magic recover 7 points in a row.
Fortunately, Duan took the initiative to defend Francis, and coupled with the double-teaming of other Bulls players, Francis was still pressed down.
The other points of the Magic, Turkoglu and Stephenson are only at normal starting levels and cannot hit critical hits like Francis.
When the Bulls relied on defensive counterattacks to widen the point difference again, tonight's game came to a familiar stage for the Bulls.
In order to ensure that the Bulls' main players would have plenty of energy in the next game against the Lakers, Scott Skiles boldly held down all the main players at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
However, Howard, fed by Francis, ate 4 big pies in a row at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Even if Clifford Robinson and Mickey Moore teamed up to double-team Howard, they could not guard him. .
In the end, it was Duen who came back into the game and stabilized the situation by scoring.
Immediately afterwards, Scott Scales signaled the team to use the shark-cutting tactic against Howard to keep Howard on the free throw line to gain more ball rights.
However, the effect was not as good as expected.
Although Howard's free throw shooting is not very good, Howard doesn't have much technology now, and his arm muscles are not too exaggerated at the moment.
Therefore, Howard's free throw shooting was not as bad as it would be in his later prime.
After Howard made 4 of 6 free throws, the Bulls temporarily stopped executing the shark-cutting tactic against Howard.
Fortunately, after Duan came on the court, the point difference remained at around 7 points. It was not that easy for the Magic to overtake the score.
In order to be able to take a rest early and return to Chicago early to face the Lakers and Kobe Bryant, Duan was forced to explode.
As a result, in the fourth quarter, Duan made 4 of 5 shots and 3 of 4 free throws in a single quarter, scoring 11 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
Coupled with the data from the first three quarters, he scored a total of 35 points, 12 rebounds and 14 assists.
Under the leadership of Duan's 30+ triple-double, the Bulls successfully won their 17th victory of the season.
And this also means that the Bulls have the initiative to tie the team's winning record.
After playing against the Magic, Dunn participated in the post-game interview. The questions asked by reporters were basically about tying and refreshing the team's winning record and surpassing Jordan.
At times like this, Du En naturally couldn't keep a low profile.
"No one can stop us, we are unstoppable!"
After defeating the Magic, the Bulls were only one step away from winning 18 games in a row - the Lakers!
As early as half a month ago, the Bulls had defeated the Lakers.
Next is a home game, and the Bulls' main players have arranged their rotation in advance.
Regarding the next game, the Bulls have no reason to lose.
If so, it must be that Duen, the team leader, is not strong enough!
Du En took a look at the basketball achievement system.
[Basketball Achievement System: Duen, 21 years old]
[Player template: omitted]
[Physical fitness: omitted]
[Basketball skills: omitted]
[Strength evaluation: 98, omitted] (Omitted are in the author’s words)
Although he knew about his situation as early as summer, Du En once again confirmed that the situation was correct, and he still felt a little more confident out of thin air.
"Even if Kobe asks God to help him, he probably won't be able to compete with me."
Kobe can also hit critical hits and have super moments, but Duan doesn't believe that his luck is so bad, and it happens to be in the next game.
After the Bulls team returned to Chicago, the Bulls management also began to get busy.
After all, no matter whether you can win the next game or not, you must prepare for the celebration ceremony and celebration banquet in advance.
The time soon came to the evening of December 9th. It is worth mentioning that tonight’s battle between the Lakers and the Bulls is one of the Bulls’ 29 live broadcasts across the United States this season.
It is also because of this that fans across the United States are lucky enough to see the new Bulls led by Dunn, trying to tie or hit the team's winning streak and fail.
The Bulls' opponents happen to be the Lakers, who are currently in the spotlight in the Western Conference!
Therefore, tonight's battle is not a one-sided game without any suspense.
And this also makes tonight's game even more interesting.
Regardless of whether the Bulls led by Dunn can tie the team's winning streak set by the 1996 Bulls.
Just for the battle between the Lakers and the Bulls, and the battle between Kobe and Duane, tonight's game is worth watching!
"Guys, let's be part of history tonight!"
United Center, home locker room, Doon is waving high!
[Player template: Ma Jian, Terry, Maggette, Mason, Pippen, Jones, Barry, Kidd, Johnson, Worthy, Parker, Malone, Peja, Barkley, Thomas, Olajuwon, Hill , Payton]
【physical fitness:
Static: Height 203 cm, wingspan 212 cm, reach height 270 cm, weight 211 catties
Strength: Upper body 98, Core 98, Lower body 97
Speed: straight line 97, lateral 97, burst 96
Bounce: standing 98, run-up 98, bullet speed 96
Agility: Balance 98, Coordination 99, Flexibility 98
Recovery: physical strength 98, endurance 98, energy 97]
[Basketball skills:
Ball Control: Dribbling 98, Ball Protection 97, Passing 98, Ball Feeling 95
Without the ball: 97 catching, 95 running, 93 getting rid of, 97 cutting, 95 covering
Defense: 98 interference, 97 external defense, 98 internal defense, 96 assist defense, 93 steals, 94 blocks
Rebounds: 98 in frontcourt, 95 in backcourt, 91 in position, 92 in anticipation.
Face-up: 99 breakthrough, 98 dunk, 97 layup, 92 close shot, 93 mid-range shot, 90 three-pointer
Back to the basket: position 97, footwork 99, post play 96, hook 92
Others: 95 free throws, 89 tip-ins, 97 pick-and-rolls, 96 fast breaks, 97 fake moves, 96 fouls]
[Strength evaluation: 98, through the transformation of multiple player templates, you will be the most comprehensive player in the world.
The people who can beat you at present are not only opponents with incredible skills, but also your CBA teammates. 】
(End of chapter)
