Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Logically speaking, in a game of the level of the Eastern Conference Finals, the strength of the two participating teams should be basically equal.

Unfortunately, the Celtics were defeated cleanly by the Bulls even though their main players were not injured, and the Bulls' main players were eliminated in the third quarter.

After this battle, the gap in strength between the two teams has become very obvious.

If this series goes on normally, the outcome will be no surprise.

However, this situation is not in the interests of league officials and gaming companies, one of the NBA's financial backers.

On June 6, Game 27 of the Eastern Conference Finals was once again held at TD Garden in Boston.

The atmosphere and momentum of the Celtics' devilish home court can make even the home fans feel suffocated.

Even the battle-hardened Bulls players felt a little hot after entering the stadium.

"The air conditioner is not on?"

"I think they are preparing to make the old man last!"

After entering the visiting team's locker room, Duane noticed that the temperature was a little off.

After I asked the staff to confirm that the air conditioner in the visiting team's locker room was broken, I became even more speechless.

If you can’t win on the field, then fight outside the field!

Obviously, in order to win back a game, the Celtics have been using their home advantage as much as possible.

The Bulls' overall lineup is relatively old, and they already have some defects and shortcomings in their physical fitness.

Not only Duane, but Curry also needs to consider this issue.

Not to mention the main rotation players such as Anthony, Howard, and Iguodala who are already old and whose competitive form has declined.

Originally, the Bulls needed to rely on the game experience of veterans to enhance their overall stability during the game.

But now, in June and July when the temperature is highest, after playing half a game and returning to the locker room to rest, I found myself entering a "furnace".

Especially when the stadium has central air conditioning but the locker room does not, the temperature difference between the two places will make the players' perception of heat more obvious.

Anyone who has played ball knows that after a few shuttle runs, you will start to sweat. If there is a high-intensity confrontation, the amount of sweating will increase further.

When playing on the court, the Bulls players would quickly lose strength due to excessive sweating.

Therefore, if you want to play the full four quarters and ensure a high level of performance, you need to rotate off the court to rest, replenish water, and recover your strength during inter-quarter and halftime breaks.

But during the all-important halftime break, the venue for restoring strength is a "furnace". What will happen?
If the symptoms are mild, a large amount of sweat will be lost, physical strength will further decline, and the competitive state in the second half will also decline.

If the individual's condition is more serious, symptoms of electrolyte imbalance such as heatstroke, wind-heat cold, etc. may occur.

If this is true, it may affect the direction of the entire series.

I have to say that the Celtics' move was really sinister.

Of course, it did hit the Bulls' weak spot.

After the Eastern Conference Finals Game 2 started, the Bulls established some scoring leads early in the first quarter.

However, with the referee favoring the Bulls, the lead they gained was not that big.

Even with a lot of physical confrontation, physical exhaustion is quite serious.

Knowing that there is no air conditioning in the away locker room, Tyronn Lue can only increase the number of players in the team's rotation, reduce the playing time of the main players, and reduce the physical exertion of the main players.

In the second quarter, the Bulls' main players were under pressure to score in the second half, so they had to go all out early in the second quarter to try to widen the score.

It was at this critical moment that the referee frequently called black whistles in the first half of the second quarter, mainly after the Bulls players scored a goal, and then quickly called the whistle for the Celtics defensive players' big moves.

However, the penalty result was not 2+1, but a foul before the shot, which resulted in the Bulls player's goal being invalid and the ball had to be re-served from the sideline.

The Bulls had 4 good shots blown off, which resulted in a loss of more than just 8 points, including two three-pointers.

Moreover, good shots that should have scored or even resulted in free throws were constantly called off.

This made the Bulls players more anxious, more dissatisfied, and more frustrated.

Anyone who has played ball knows that playing ball requires a certain level of mental quality.

Especially when it comes to shooting, if your mentality is a little off, no matter how strong your shooting is or how hot your touch is, your shooting will be unstable.

Many teams, when they win consecutive games, feel good all of a sudden and their shooting percentages rise.

The players on the bad team have different ideas, and their overall shooting percentage will decline.

Tonight, the Bulls had unfavorable penalties and the Celtics players were able to exert a lot of physical confrontation, so they relied more on shooting to score, especially open shots.

Before the game started, the Bulls players had already faced the pressure of a halftime "sauna" break, lack of energy and unfavorable situation in the second half.

In this situation, the team felt mixed emotions and hard to swallow after being treated unfairly by the referee in the first half and being bullied by the Celtics players.

The Bulls players' inner balance gradually tilted, and the trajectory of their shots also deviated.

Duang! Duang! Duang!

On the Bulls side, even the same player was scoring goals in the first half of the second quarter, but started to miss shots in the second half.

It was the combination of various bad factors that caused the Bulls to go from leading at the end of the first quarter to lagging behind at the end of the second quarter.

The score difference was not big, and after the second quarter, the score was 49 to 53. The Celtics, who took advantage of all kinds of opportunities, only established a 4-point lead in the first half.

Under normal circumstances, this score difference is not noticeable at all for the Bulls.

But in tonight's situation, it seemed as if the outcome had been determined before the second half even started.

During the halftime break, the Bulls players walked into the player tunnel dejectedly.

They were supposed to rest and replenish water and sugar in the locker room, but in the end they did it in the corridor outside the locker room.

With the help of Bulls staff, Bulls players sat on benches, each at a distance from each other to allow for better ventilation and heat dissipation.

Then he wiped his body with a towel dipped in ice water, drank glucose and saline, and took a quick rest.

However, compared with the past, my condition and mood have not adjusted to normal levels.

After the third quarter started, the Bulls players, who were in average form, still failed to reverse the score and change the status quo.

Fortunately, the score gap has not widened, and the Bulls players still have hope of winning.

Until the fourth quarter, the Bulls players, who had not been able to get a good rest, finally exposed the problem of physical exhaustion.

In the fourth quarter, Duane, who made 3 of 1 shots, and Curry, who made 4 of 1 shots, both became drags.

Even the team's boss Jokic only made 5 of 2 shots, but fortunately he still had 2 free throws.

But the problem is that a big center like Jokic only had 6 free throws in the whole game.

I can only say that the referee is not a human being and the NBA officials have no face left.

No matter how famous Duane and others are, they are ultimately just stars who cooperate with the NBA in performances and cannot do much in the true sense.

With more than 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Bulls saw that they had no way to catch up with the 10-point gap, so they withdrew their main players in advance and gave up.

93 to 109, the Bulls eventually lost the away game by a huge margin of 16 points.

After the game, Jokic seemed a little angry, but Duane was okay.

After all, if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight! Du En had experienced this kind of thing more than ten years ago!
Having said that, leaving TD Garden with a win is not bad for the Bulls.

After returning to the United Center, the Bulls at least no longer have to check the floor of the arena in advance, nor do they have to worry about encountering a bad locker room environment.

Without the influence of external factors, the Bulls players quickly performed at their expected level.

Even though the penalty standards did not change because of the home game, the Bulls still easily won two consecutive home games and pushed the series score to 3-1.

After Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Bulls received a lot of complaints.

This time, the Bulls players returned to TD Garden to play, but they did not enter the sauna again.

The Celtics' ancestral floor is still decorated in a fancy way, but the Bulls players have already cleared the minefields in advance.

Even though the warm-up time seemed a bit rushed, we still managed to establish a 4-point advantage in the first quarter.

Then in the second and third quarters, they slowly applied pressure and methodically pushed the score to 89 to 78 before the start of the fourth quarter, establishing an 11-point lead early on.

They are teams of two different levels, and this G5 game once again proved this point.

The Bulls entered the fourth quarter with a double-digit lead. They didn't relax at all, nor did they try too hard. In short, they just played normally, and then they defeated the Celtics, who were becoming more and more anxious and chaotic.

120 to 101, the Bulls won G20 with a huge advantage of nearly 5 points.

At this point, the Bulls once again defeated their opponents in the Eastern Conference Finals and successfully entered the finals.

"Change of plans, prepare to win the championship!"

Even Duane did not expect the Bulls to reach this point this season.

I had originally thought about giving up, taking a vacation, and playing health-preserving basketball.

As a result, in order to help Jokic raise his historical status, the team gave Jokic the All-Star MVP and the regular season MVP. Then the Bulls won the Eastern Conference playoffs in one round and made it to the finals again.

You know, Duane has never been the runner-up before, and he doesn't know what it feels like to fail.

Now that I’m about to retire… I don’t really want to make up for this regret.

"Forget it, forget it. Let's just prepare to win the trophy and get the ring! It's not a bad thing to do it a year early."

Duen prepared himself mentally and was ready to talk to some people.

“I saw your performance in this year’s playoffs, and it was better than I expected.

I feel relieved that you are in the team.

I will be retiring in two years, and the team will be handed over to you."

Not only did Durant confront Jokic, Curry and others, he also had someone spread the word that he was planning to retire.

After all, the momentum of the Bulls' impending championship was so great that Duane was a little scared.

At times like this, other voices are needed to suppress them.

There was a vice president who wished to remain anonymous, who used the gimmick of retirement to steal the limelight from Jokic's championship. Duane reluctantly sacrificed himself and let Jokic keep a low profile for the time being.

Anyway, after he wins the championship, Jokic will have all three MVPs in his hands in the same year. By then, it will be his honor and his reputation, and no one can take it away! (End of this chapter)