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In the end, after 48 minutes of competition, the Bulls defeated the Heat 106-86 at home, giving the opponent a bad start to the season.
Six players from the Bulls scored in double figures, and it was a hearty game.
Rose had 25 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, Xu Yong had 23 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Yao Ming had 18 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Artest had 11 points and 6 rebounds, Hinrich had 12 points, O'Neal had 10 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks. Allen had 7 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals.
For the Heat, Wade scored a team-high 21 points, but only made 6 of 16 shots. Bosh scored 17 points and 8 rebounds on 7 of 13 shots. James scored 13 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists on 5 of 15 shots. , Ilgauskas scored 10 points and 3 rebounds, and no one else scored in double figures.
Before the game ended, James left the player tunnel early again.
Yes, since the game lasts 48 minutes, leaving a little earlier would perfectly solve the problem.
Wade and Bosh stayed for the postgame handshake.
At this time, the reaction of the two people was somewhat unexpected.
Although losing tonight's game was a bit temperamental, they didn't look frustrated.
"We will be stronger next time we meet."
These were Wade's exact words, and Bosh's expression was the same as Kobe's after losing, full of energy.
Although they were very close to joining the Bulls, at this time they did not have the idea of "what would have happened if we had joined the Bulls".
According to Grover's classification, Wade and Bosh should belong to the category of competitors.
It was at this time that Xu Yong broke the inherent impression and split the three giants who had always been regarded as a whole.
And this split will bring something different to the competition between the two teams in the future.
After the handshake ceremony, Xu Yong was preparing to return to the locker room.
But at this moment, a familiar figure blocked his way.
"Hey!" The other person said with an enthusiastic face, and his optimistic and outgoing personality was revealed in his every move.
"I'm Taylor, and you're great at basketball." Swift looked at Xu Yong with eyes full of love.
Of course, Xu Yong was not the only one who played well tonight, but Xu Yong was the most handsome among them.
Of course handsome people can be eaten.
"I know you. I have listened to your songs. They have beautiful melodies and are sincere and moving." Xu Yong replied with a smile.
How could he not recognize Swift? She was the most famous female singer in the country before he was reborn, one of the best.
Even now, people are popular pop queens.
Therefore, this wave of business exchanges is just random.
When Swift heard what he said, she first showed a surprised expression, and then immediately smiled like a water lily.
gorgeous.
The Taylor in front of her is only 21 years old, the same age as Xu Yong. She is cute, fair and tender, and is at her most juicy.
"Can I take a photo with you?" After laughing, Swift blinked and looked at Xu Yong.
"Of course." Xu Yong nodded.
Upon seeing this, Swift immediately moved closer to Xu Yong, her face directly touching his chest.
Actresses are generally on the short side, but Swift is an exception. With a height of 1.8 meters, she stands out among other actresses.
However, standing with this height and playing basketball for a while, the height difference looks the most harmonious.
Swift is really open-minded, and she can still pose vigorously if one picture is not enough.
After the photo was taken, Swift remembered something and asked her assistant to bring her bag, and then she took out a brand new CD from it.
"This is my new album that I just released." Swift said, handing the CD to Xu Yong.
Xu Yong picked it up and looked at it, "", it's really hot. It was only released a month ago, but now it's probably not possible to buy it.
But it may be because of this that Swift keeps a few of them with him.
Moreover, the CD is signed by Swift, which makes it even more unique.
Xu Yong has lived in the United States for many years and knows that it is impolite to refuse things given by others here, so he accepted them with a smile.
But this gift was a bit expensive, and he didn't know when he would see Swift next time. After thinking about it, he took off his jersey directly, and then asked the staff aside for a pen to sign on it.
At this moment, Swift looked at Xu Yong and his eyes widened.
Of course, it is impossible for Xu Yong to be naked without taking off his jersey. He is also wearing a tight vest underneath, the kind that can quickly absorb sweat.
But obviously, such tight clothes cannot hide his strong figure. His well-developed chest muscles and abdominal muscles are tightly wrapped, and the visual impact is very strong.
Especially when paired with that face, the look is full of hormones.
Otherwise, if you go to a bodybuilding competition with a fake body, you have to find an athlete to get the real body.
After Xu Yong signed his name, he handed the jersey to Swift. He smiled awkwardly after noticing the other person's eyes, then said hello and entered the player tunnel.
Thibodeau should still be waiting for him to attend a press conference.
Because they almost defeated the Heat in a one-sided defeat, tonight's press conference is bound to be lively.
In fact, before Xu Yong went to the press conference, fans on social media had already started an intense "meeting".
"Don't be discouraged. The Heat still have 8 games to lose. They can definitely break Jordan's 72-win record!" A comment from "KBfnas".
"What the hell, 72 wins. These three giants don't match up at all. This is the most hyped and worst team I've ever seen!"
"Nonsense, you are talking! LeBron said he wants to bring more than 7 championships to Miami!" A comment from "Lakers Nation".
"One debate? Isn't it enough to watch one? Just like when you see a cockroach leg when you are eating porridge, you will continue until you turn out a whole cockroach?"
"LeBron also said he won't leave Cleveland! It's just the opening game. Even if he were replaced by Danny Granger, the Heat wouldn't be like this."
"Hey, don't say it. I really think Granger is more suitable for this Heat than LeBron. His 3D attributes match Wade very well. Granger is even cheaper, and the Heat can strengthen their inside line."
"The team was dismantled after just one game? This was just restrained! As you all look at it, the Heat are still number one in the league at the end of the season!"
"Really? We'll see."
"We'll see +1."
"We'll see +10086."
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"Yao, how does it feel to play in a Bulls jersey for the first time?"
Fans are still debating on social media, but the Bulls' postgame press conference was entertaining.
"Something special, but also a little familiar." Yao Ming replied with a smile.
"Familiar?" The reporter was a little confused.
"Xu is my national team teammate. We just played together all summer." Yao Ming turned to look at Xu Yong and then said back.
This also caused a burst of nodding from the reporters in the audience, which was indeed familiar.
But Yao Ming then continued, "And the jersey he is wearing is very similar to the jersey he wore in Houston. They are both white at home and red on the away."
After he said this, the reporters in the audience burst into laughter, and even Xu Yong also laughed.
Yao Ming is really one of the few Chinese people with a natural sense of humor.
So even though it was only his first press conference, he seemed to be getting along well with the Chicago media reporters.
After asking about Yao Ming, who received the most attention, the reporters then turned to other people.
"Do you think tonight's game was an unexpected victory?" Windhorst raised his hand and asked Xu Yong.
Even on a pleasant night, there are always people who like to cause trouble.
However, Xu Yong has long been accustomed to James's royal reporter, so he calmly smiled and replied: "Yes, we have once again completed the Black Eight Miracle."
When he said this, the reporters in the audience burst into laughter.
ESPN ranked the Bulls eighth. Essentially, it wanted to suppress the Bulls and create some buzz. Unexpectedly, Xu Yong's words caused them to shoot themselves in the foot.
"Is the Bulls' goal this season just to complete another black eight?" Windhorst sarcastically said angrily.
"No, our goal is the championship." Xu Yong put away his smile and said with certainty.
The Black Eight is just a process, and there won't really be any Black Eight awards. Only the overall championship is truly meaningful.
Not to mention the black eight, as Jordan said: Even if you get 73 wins, it will be meaningless if you don't win the championship in the end.
So everything they do this season is just for that ultimate goal.
However, Xu Yong's words caused a commotion in the audience.
Although the Bulls played well against the Heat in the first game, they also exposed many problems and are still far behind the championship.
Windhorst also showed a successful smile. Xu Yong's wave can be regarded as a good transfer of firepower for the Heat.
But Xu Yong didn't seem to care.
After this summer's World Championships, he understood a truth: there is only one way to win the championship, and that is to defeat all opponents he encounters.
So if you really set your goal to win the championship, it doesn’t mean that you have a greater chance of exposing this idea later.
It may even be the opposite. If problems are exposed in the regular season and then solved, the team's strength will actually be improved.
After the press conference, Xu Yong and Yao Ming returned to the locker room together.
The two were talking and laughing, which is always a pleasant way to start a new season.
"Do you think the Heat will always be this weak?" Yao Ming turned around and asked.
"No." Xu Yong shook his head, but said with a smile, "But it's not much stronger."
Because the Heat's history has not changed, he can open his eyes.
This Heat is not the Mavericks they lost to by accident. Their winning rate at the beginning of the season was not high, and they even suffered three consecutive defeats, making a lot of news such as "roundtable meetings" and "airplane meetings."
It was only after a long period of running-in that they found their respective division of labor and then achieved some winning streaks.
But even then, they only won 58 wins in the end, which is obviously unqualified for a team with the top three Big Three and located in the Eastern Conference.
"Are you so sure?" Yao Ming asked with a smile. He did not have the prophetic ability like Xu Yong.
"Their problem is role positioning. If James can be Pippen, organize the team's offense, and let Wade be Jordan, with Wade's off-ball ability and Bosh, they will be difficult to deal with." Xu Yong opened his mouth and analyzed.
Yao Ming laughed directly after hearing this.
Tonight's game, the Heat's positional battle was all about taking turns in singles, with no coordination at all.
Basketball is a team sport, let alone they don't have shooting, they can't win even if they have shooting.
Then could James be Pippen for Wade?
The answer is obvious, so the possibility Xu Yong mentioned does not hold true.
Then the Heat really won't be much stronger.
"Let's focus on the next game. If we want to win the championship, just defeating them is not enough." Xu Yong continued. On paper, there are seven or eight teams that can compete for the championship this season. The winner was not the Heat but the Mavericks.
Yao Ming nodded.
After Xu Yong said the slogan of the championship, many things will indeed become different. The first is pressure.
As everyone knows, their early season schedule is a big challenge.
Their next opponents are: Pacers, Rockets, Mavericks, Spurs, Lakers.
Let’s not talk about the rest. If they don’t play this part well, the outside world will be ridiculing them overwhelmingly.
After resting for a while, Xu Yong went to the training hall to practice more.
Grover couldn't always be by his side, but he couldn't let go of his training, especially after he tasted some benefits from playing in the heat. He was sure that Grover's theory was effective.
What he didn't expect was that when he arrived at the training hall, he found that Thibodeau was there again. The difference was that this time he did not move the desktop computer over, but used a laptop to work there.
"Practice your own." Because of his previous experience, Thibodeau just said hello to him and continued to work on his own.
Xu Yong nodded, and then continued to practice on his own.
When the 90-minute high-intensity training was over, he saw Thibodeau still busy and couldn't help but walk aside and sit down.
At this time, he saw that Thibodeau was editing videos of the night's game, and they were all related to Bosh.
"Our size disadvantage in the fourth position is a bit big." Xu Yong said.
A detail that will be overlooked in victory is that Bosh made 7 of 13 shots tonight, which was quite efficient.
If he is given more shots, the outcome of the game is still uncertain.
Upon hearing this, Thibodeau turned to look at Xu Yong and said with a smile: "You are so young but you can observe so carefully. No wonder you can play so well in the game."
Xu Yong smiled. It was very satisfying to be praised by someone as obsessed with basketball as Thibodeau.
"Any tactic has its advantages and disadvantages. The advantage of one large and four small is the mobility on the defensive end, but the defensive pressure at the fourth position is very high." Perhaps Xu Yong's words just won Thibodeau's approval, and he stopped what he was doing. Chatted with Xu Yong.
Xu Yong nodded thoughtfully.
There are still too many top power forwards in this era. Not to mention the top four forwards like Duncan, Garnett, and Nowitzki who have not yet retired, but Gasol, Stoudemire, and Aldridge are all good enough. Tester drinks a pot.
Moreover, these power forwards have stable outside shooting, and the effect of Yao Ming's switching defense will not be good in the past. The play style of one player and four small players is theoretically good, but the challenges encountered are not small.
(End of chapter)
