Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

"No way? The Chicago Bulls advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals so soon?"

"What's going on? The Chicago Bulls are going to win the championship again?"

In this year's four rounds of the Eastern and Western Conference semifinals, except for the Bulls and Bucks who played faster, the other three groups were very close and tense.

At this time, the Bulls took the lead and advanced to the divisional finals. What does this mean?
For a time, fans of the other six teams in the Eastern and Western Conference semifinals were like frightened birds, constantly discussing online and offline the topic of the Bulls sweeping the Bucks and advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Fans of other teams, as well as the vast number of cloud fans, have also begun to refocus on the Bulls, this great and magical team, and the upcoming Eastern Conference Finals.

"Duan and his men have once again disrupted our plan."

"It doesn't matter, we still have the Boston Celtics!"

"From a ratings perspective, maybe it's a good scenario for the Chicago Bulls to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals."

“I hope there won’t be any surprises in the upcoming Eastern Conference Finals.”

“It’s not unacceptable.

If the Chicago Bulls advance to the finals again, everyone will think they can win the championship.

And the unexpected will attract viewers who don't watch the game much.

We will reap huge benefits then!"

“Having said that, it’s hard to control.

They have a lot of experience and they have always had the upper hand in previous matches against us.

Moreover, excessive influence on the finals will disgust the vast majority of fans.

The gradual loss of fairness will also cause the NBA to gradually lose fans.”

"Yes, we can write the script and design the plot, but we can't let them mess up the show!"

"Then help the Boston Celtics as much as possible so that they can better block the Chicago Bulls from entering the finals!"

The news that the Bulls defeated the Bucks and successfully advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals also made the league's top brass scratch their heads.

Some senior executives can actually accept the Bulls winning the championship again, but if the Bulls win the championship again, and once again build a dynasty with three consecutive championships, it will once again siphon the NBA's attention and the vast number of fans and cloud fans, which is not conducive to the development of the NBA.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the NBA has been on a downward spiral in recent years.

The core players of the Chicago Bulls, Duane and Curry, are also on the decline and no longer as strong as they used to be.

The league's top management urged the Bulls to sign two-year retirement contracts with Durant and Curry in order to ensure order of seniority and complete the inheritance between old and new stars.

I hope more young players will take over the torch of inheritance from Durant and Curry, and even perfectly inherit the fans of Durant and Curry.

Normally, the stars developed by the Bulls themselves are more likely to share the attention and fans of Durant and Curry.

However, if the Bulls want to win the championship in the future, they may have to make trades again and again, or give up the potential new stars they have cultivated.

In fact, batches of fans left home because of this, but in the past few years, those stars who left the Bulls are at most All-Stars or All-NBA players, while the Bulls are still the same Bulls that were in their heyday and dominated the entire league.

It is also because the Bulls were able to revive in a short period of time and because the Bulls have always been able to win, so the fans who ran away from home quickly returned to the Bulls banner.

Until now, this group of fans have basically become die-hard fans of the Bulls, unless they are unhappy with their lives and have no mood to watch the game, or they are injured, old, sick or die and have no chance to watch the game. It is difficult for other teams or other stars to shake them.

In the past two years, the Bulls have not cultivated any potential new stars.

Therefore, it is completely impossible to establish a league face from within the Bulls and retain this large number of loyal NBA viewers.

Some people may wonder, don't the Bulls have Jokic? Isn't the No. 1 player in the league enough to be the face of the league?
There is really nothing wrong with Jokic, but he just doesn't meet the appetite of the league's top management and some fans.

After all, Jokic is not a North American star, he is even just a migrant worker from a remote area of ​​a small European country.

Jokic conquered a large number of fans with his strength, but he could not conquer all fans.

Even among the Bulls fans, some are not impressed by Jokic.

The Bulls now have a very large fan base. Durant has Asian fans behind him, Curry has North American fans, and Jokic has some European fans.

Once Durant and Curry retire at the same time, a large number of current Bulls fans may stop watching the NBA.

The league officials also noticed this and began to take measures to limit and divert the Bulls' traffic a long time ago. Who would have thought that the Bulls would win championships again and again with their strength until they reached this point.

Since the team's inheritance cannot be continued, we can only hope that other teams in the league can attract a group of winning fans from the Bulls.

Especially the young stars, who showed amazing physical talents and dazzling basketball skills, and then won the recognition and appreciation of a group of Bulls fans in the big battle with the Bulls.

By then, the NBA will be able to retain its greatest asset, the fans, as much as possible.

This is to prevent the NBA's fan economy and overall market value from collapsing rapidly once Durant and Curry retire, and then no other measures can be taken to save or compensate for it.

It’s just that once you’ve seen the ocean, all other waters are but puddles; once you’ve seen Mount Wu, all other clouds are but mounds.

Bulls fans used to eat too well. They watched the games of Durant, Curry, and Jokic all year round. Even Kawhi Leonard, Harden, Butler, and George have become marginal players that they don't like. So how can they like the new generation of stars who have relied on the league's support in recent years to score points by serving dishes and bumping into people?

It is also because this group of stars are good-looking but useless that they repeatedly run into obstacles and suffer losses in the playoffs. They couldn't even win against the Bulls when they were eight against five.

As a result, the plan of the league's top management to have several young players who could defeat the Bulls head-on in the playoffs and feast on the Bulls' huge wreckage has never been realized.

Seeing that Duane and Curry are about to retire, and this year is another year when the Bulls' bench lineup is unprecedentedly empty, this undoubtedly makes the league's top management feel that the time is ripe.

The problem is that in this year's playoffs, the old Bulls played better and better in each round.

If this continues, the league's pre-designed plan will be abruptly broken by the Bulls.

Tired, let's destroy it! Since it's another year of slapping the face, it's better to help the Bulls win the game better.

That being said, this conservative strategy will only keep league executives happy for a few months.

When the new season starts, everyone will have to worry about the difficulties that Duane and Curry will face after they retire.

It is better to suffer a short pain than a long one! Launching the plan to support the league's image and preventing the Bulls from taking another step forward is undoubtedly a top priority!
As a result, the Celtics, who were originally in a stalemate with the fourth-placed Heat in the Eastern Conference, suddenly returned to form, and then defeated the Heat in two consecutive games, successfully advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals with a record of 4 to 2.

Facing a familiar opponent like the Celtics, Duane and others knew exactly what they would encounter next.

But it doesn’t matter. It’s not like we haven’t fought before and we haven’t won.

The Celtics' lineup this year has not changed much from last year. In other words, the Celtics can no longer further strengthen their team by adjusting their lineup!

The Celtics have been preparing for a season, and they can only tap into the potential of their star players and the two top picks.

It has to be said that the two top picks have grown to a certain extent compared to last season.

However, it seems that it is not enough to defeat the Bulls!

On the evening of May 5, the Eastern Conference Finals between the Bulls and the Celtics officially kicked off at the TD Garden in Boston.

According to Tyronn Lue's plan, Wiggins will definitely defend Brown and Durant will defend Tatum.

But Duane insisted on rewarding Tatum with Wiggins. As for Duane himself, he cooperated with Jokic to penetrate the Celtics' inside line during the most physical stage of the first quarter.

Duane still has prestige in the Bulls, and everyone quickly agreed to Duane's plan.

The game started quickly, and Tatum didn't care too much when he saw Wiggins coming to defend him.

After all, in the regular season this season, the Celtics' record against the Bulls is 3 to 1, and in these four games, Wiggins' performance has been relatively stable, basically 16 to 18 points, with no fluctuations.

As for the defensive end, Wiggins's jumping ability and wingspan do make it difficult to defend him sometimes.

But as long as he finds his shooting touch, Wiggins's not-so-aggressive defense won't interfere much with his shooting.

All in all, whether he can perform well tonight depends mainly on himself.

Tatum, who hadn't realized the problem at the moment, apparently didn't notice that Wiggins' eyes had become firm.

Wiggins' reputation as a basketball civil servant is not just a random comment from fans, it is actually true.

Whether on offense or defense, Wiggins can only be high-energy for a period of time, but cannot maintain it for a long time.

This results in Wiggins' points being scored piecemeal, with little impact on the game, and sometimes people don't even realize Wiggins is playing on the court.

On the defensive end, Wiggins blocked shots in the first few rounds, but in the next few rounds, he was suddenly dribbled past by someone or was cut back and slipped under the basket.

The problems Wiggins had during the regular season were quickly improved in the playoffs. They didn't disappear completely, but the frequency of his attacks was greatly reduced. In a game, he would only occasionally have three or five attacks.

This also makes Wiggins extremely reliable on both offense and defense in the playoffs.

He looks like an old-school star like Kobe and Leonard, who is impeccable in both offense and defense.

Having said that, at the beginning of the game, the Celtics let the two rookies open the scoring.

Tatum is tough, has plenty of stamina, and can produce a lot on the offensive end, so he took the ball first.

Who would have thought that the first shot attempt would be restricted by Wiggins's small steps and long arms.

Wiggins is very fast, and Tatum's three-threat cannot create much space. He tried to break through, but because of his average dribbling ability, he couldn't get past Wiggins in one step, and was instead strangled by Wiggins.

But after dribbling for almost five seconds, he passed the ball to Brown at the top of the arc.

Brown was decisive. He rushed to the inside as soon as he got the ball, but he was double-teamed by the Bulls and could only pass the ball to the bottom corner.

However, Dunn predicted the result and intercepted the ball in mid-air.

Immediately afterwards, the Bulls relied on Duane to give the ball a long pass, and Wiggins, who was running down the middle, received the ball, dribbled it, and then dunked in three steps.

2-0, the Bulls scored first with this muffled slam dunk, breaking through the Celtics' penalty area.

However, the TD Garden seemed to have pressed the pause button. The originally bustling and bustling arena suddenly became quiet. (End of this chapter)