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"Michael's expression is very embarrassing. What happened? It seems that the Orlando fans around him said something to him." Kenny Smith said with a smile.

"Hey Kenny, I don't need my brain to know what they will say to MJ, like 'Thank you for giving Wood to us.', 'We wouldn't have Wood without your vision.' You said I guessed right ? I bet this is not the most embarrassing moment for him tonight, there will be more later." Charles Barkley smiled exaggeratedly.

At this time, the referee blew the whistle in his mouth, and the starting players of both sides appeared on the stage.

"The game is finally about to start. Orlando's lineup has changed a bit compared to before. Chris did not appear in the starting lineup. On the contrary, Grant, who played the role of the team's sixth man for most of the season, reappeared in the starting lineup. Hedo has moved to the power forward position, which may be a test for Chicago, but Orlando's position has not changed, and the backcourt is the rookie combination Kelanner and Wood." Kenny Smith looked at the Magic players Said.

The Bulls' starting lineup is center Ben Wallace, power forward Nocioni, small forward Luol Deng backcourt double guns Ben Gordon and Kirk Hinrich.

Scott Skiles didn't expect Stan Van Gundy to change his lineup. Of course he knew that Turkoglu's existence was to let Nocionie pull out to defend and open up space for Howard. Skiles glanced at Looking at Stan Van Gundy standing on the field: "Are you so confident that Howard can handle Ben alone?"

A disdainful smile flashed at the corner of Skiles' mouth. In his opinion, Stan Van Gundy's formation this time would be a self-defeating business. Nocioni was able to fight out and defend at all. No problem, and it must be no problem for Ben Wallace to handle Howard alone.

And Skiles' self-confidence is incomprehensible to many people, and Barkley disagrees even more.

"To be honest, I don't understand why Stan made such an arrangement. Does he think that Dwight, who can score 20 points this season, can beat Big-Ben? This adjustment of the starting lineup is a stupid idea in my opinion.

Does Stan currently hope that Dwight will evolve into Hakeem, and equip him with four shooters to win the O'Brien Cup?It goes without saying that Dwight will never be able to be Hakeem, just now.

Looking at Michael's expression, it is obvious that he is very grateful to Stan for this arrangement, but Stan is not a fool, once Dwight is at a disadvantage, he will not be stingy to adjust the lineup. " Barkley said.

Needless to say, Barkley looks down on the current Howard, and even Howard's own fans have little confidence in Stan Van Gundy's arrangement this time.

With a whistle, the on-duty referee Bavita threw the ball in his hand.

There was no suspense about the jump ball. Howard gave the ball to Lin Sen. After Lin Sen received the ball, Kirk Hinrich quickly pushed forward.

At the beginning of this season, the Chicago Bulls solved the internal defensive problems that plagued the team in the past two seasons, and signed Ben Wallace with a four-year contract of 6000 million. .

Before the start of the season, it is generally believed that there is no big problem in being among the top three in the Eastern Conference. They all believe that as long as the Bulls have no problem running in, they will break into the semifinals and become a strong contender for the Eastern Conference championship.

And that's exactly the case, defense has become the label of the Bulls, and the Bulls' opponents averaged only 93.3 points per game.

The Magic played against the Bulls four times in the regular season, two of which happened after Lin Sen joined. The Magic and the Bulls scored 1:1, and Hinrich was unable to play in these two games due to injury, so this is still Lin Sen. First time against Hinrich.

And these two times Howard's performance was very bad, and he was completely guarded by Ben Wallace.

Lin Sen watched as Hinrich pushed forward, and dribbled the ball behind his back while Hinrich dodged out of the way.

Hinrich, as Stan Van Gundy reminded Linsen, was a grossly underrated defender. Linsen just got out of the way of Hinrich, and Hinrich regained his position as quickly as possible.

The quick reaction and the strong defensive ability are just an opening Lin Sen knows.

Lin Sen was not in a hurry, and patiently waited for his teammates to take their positions. Just as everyone saw the starting lineup of the Magic, Turkoglula went to a place one step away from the three-point line in the bottom corner, and Nocioni was responsible for defending him. was also taken out.

Grant Hill stands at a high position of about [-] degrees to the left, very close to Turkoglu, while Lin Sen is about [-] degrees to the right of the top of the arc, and Azubuike is pulled to the bottom of the right near the corner.

This kind of positioning made the Bulls' defense all pulled out. Only Howard and Ben Wallace existed in the interior, and the entire interior seemed extraordinarily empty.

The distance between Hinrich and Lin Sen was very small. He knew that Lin Sen's three-pointers, especially those inexplicable three-pointers, were particularly powerful, so Hinrich did not dare to let Lin Sen relax too much.

Howard on the inside line ran towards Lin Sen. Ben Wallace just pulled out of the three-second zone and ignored Howard.

Lin Sen dribbled the ball quickly when Howard came out, leaned forward suddenly, then turned half and half and took the ball directly to the top of the arc.

Hinrich quickly turned around to pursue the defense, and at this time Howard, who was running towards Lin Sen's original position, suddenly turned around and ran towards the middle, looking like he was still preparing to cover for Lin Sen.

Ben Wallace didn't think much about it, but at this moment, Lin Sen dribbled the ball with his left hand, and the ball flew directly over Lin Sen's head and Hinrich's head, to be exact Hinrich hadn't even realized the ball was flying from Linsen and his head.

Howard, who was running to the middle, suddenly turned back. Only then did Ben Wallace realize that Lin Sen and Howard were going to catch an alley, but Howard had jumped up when Ben Wallace turned around.

"Oh, Wood's sudden pass, it really came too suddenly, Dwight's chance, easy goal!" Kenny Smith shouted.

Howard in the air grabbed the ball coming in front of him with both hands, turned sideways to face the basket, pulled the ball down with his right hand and swung it towards the basket again.

Bang!

Howard turned sideways, holding the basket with his right hand, and his whole body formed an arch.

The fans in the center of the water house who had just reacted immediately cheered.

"A beautiful alley-oop, and Dwight's dunk is also very exciting, without missing those front players." Kenny Smith praised.

Barkley next to Kenny Smith said with a smile: "Obviously, this ball was planned by Wood. Respond in a moment."

Skiles didn't care. After all, Howard's alley-oop was only two points. If it was a critical moment, it might affect morale, but the game has just begun at this moment.

Ben Wallace sends the ball to Hinrich, who quickly dribbles forward.

Going back to the Bulls on the offensive end, the two most powerful points are undoubtedly Luol Deng and Ben Gordon.

Ben Gordon has even increased his scoring average to 21 points this season. As a junior, he has convinced countless people of his abilities at least on the offensive end, especially his pair of convulsive hands that made him and jr Smith also bears the name of the nerve knife on his back. Of course, once Ben Gordon enters the state, the opponent is undoubtedly the most unlucky.

And another point is Luol Deng. He and Ben Gordon are full-time players for the Bulls in the regular season this season, averaging 19 points per game for the Bulls.

Defeating the Toronto Raptors in the first round of the playoffs was due to him and Ben Gordon playing so well that the Bulls were able to defeat the Raptors and advance.

Hinrich, who came to the frontcourt, also handed the ball directly to Luol Deng, and Grant Hill was in charge of defending Luol Deng.

Height and weight, Loel Deng is the same as Grant Hill, the only difference is that there is a full 13-year age difference between the two. Facing the young and energetic Loel Deng, Hill's defense is still in the middle despite his efforts. disadvantage.

Just when Azubuike wanted to go up to help defend, Ben Gordon suddenly turned around and started, and the ball in Luol Deng's hand flew over immediately.

Azubuike immediately turned around to pursue the defense, and Ben Gordon didn't stop at all after receiving the ball and turned around and shot.

However, Ben Gordon's touch was not good this time, and it was the first time he hit the basket with his shot.

Howard and Ben Wallace are competing for positions. Although Howard is younger and has better physical fitness, he can't take advantage of Ben Wallace.

Just when Ben Wallace was about to take the rebound, Azubuike, who rushed inside, flicked the ball out.

Lin Sen accelerated and got the ball from Azubuike.

"Dwight is obviously not as good as Ben in rebounding, even if Ben's age is there, but rebounding not only depends on physical fitness." Kenny Smith said.

Howard, who missed a defensive rebound, shook his head and strode forward.

Although the Bulls' defense is very good, but there is a weakness over there is Ben Gordon, which directly led to Skiles putting Ben Gordon on the bench for the team's defense in the last 25 games of the regular season until the playoffs It was only then that Ben Gordon was put into the starting lineup again.

More is to rely on Ben Gordon's offensive ability to keep the Bulls from being passively behind at the beginning, but this arrangement also allows the Bulls' defense to give opponents an opportunity.

And this time Linsen took advantage of Ben Gordon's poor defense to tear apart the Bulls' defense.

"Oh, Ben Gordon's defense was out of position, and Kelanna easily tore through the defense." Kenny Smith shouted, and the ball in Lin Sen's hand flew over in Kenny Smith's voice.

The moment the ball was passed, Lin Sen started running to the other side at the same time.

Hinrich did not defend Azubuike but chose to chase Linsen. The inside Howard came out and stood directly on the right side of the top of the arc. He just made an off-ball screen for Linsen. At this time, Azubu Ke also attracted Ben Wallace's supplementary defense.

Azubuike did not directly challenge Ben Wallace's defense but directly passed the ball to Turkoglu, who quickly passed the ball to Lin Sen, who temporarily threw off Hinrich with the help of Howard's screen .

After Lin Sen received the ball, he went straight down, and Nocioni, who was defending Turkoglu, immediately dropped Turkoglu to make up the defense, but the Bulls rotated quickly outside.

Lin Sen was not surprised to see this scene, because Lin Sen discovered this when studying the Bulls video these days.

"Dwight!" Lin Sen yelled, and Howard, who covered him last night, immediately knew what Lin Sen was thinking.

Lin Sen threw the ball with his right hand before Nocioni's defense came up.

"Wood passed the ball again!" Kenny Smith shouted loudly, and saw the ball leave Lin Sen's finger and fly directly to the backboard.

Boom!

The ball hit the backboard and bounced directly to Howard's side who turned and went down. Howard jumped up to face the ball while the ball bounced.

Charles Barkley looked at Howard who was jumping up towards the ball and said: "I have a very bad description. Dwight is like a very hungry dog ​​at the moment, and the ball thrown by Wood is like a very tempting tree. Like the bones of a bone, look how well Dwight gnawed."

After Barkley's voice fell, Howard slammed the ball into the basket with both hands.

"Wood, get some more!" Howard let go of the basket and jumped off, yelling directly at Lin Sen.

"Did I say no again?" Lin Sen pulled Howard to the frontcourt and said softly, "As we said before, you see the timing."

Hearing Lin Sen's words, Howard was naturally very happy: "Of course, I can catch the ball no matter how high it is."

Two consecutive alley-oops were won, and this time it was even more entertaining to play the alley-oop, which made the fans in the center of the water house cheer louder and louder.

Scales still didn't pay much attention to it. After all, it wasn't Lin Sen who scored the goal. Lin Sen was the one he valued the most, and Ben Gordon's defensive misalignment was something he had expected a long time ago when he put Ben Gordon in the starting lineup. Now The most important thing for the Bulls is offense.

The biggest problem for the Bulls today is still that they can't solve the problem of inside offense. They rely more on the outside, transition between offense and defense, and Hinrich's continuous cross-step dribble.

Faced with Hinrich's realistic fake moves, Lin Sen almost lost control of his footsteps twice, but fortunately, Hinrich's first step was not fast enough and Lin Sen blocked Hinrich again.

But soon, Ben Wallace pulled out from the inside, and Hinrich used Ben Wallace's cover to throw off Lin Sen's defense and rushed to the inside.

Facing Howard's supplementary defense inside, Hinrich chose a ground pass, and the ball was given to Ben Wallace who finished the screen and slid down.

After receiving the ball, Wallace sent the ball into the basket with a low hand layup before the defensive player came up.

When Lin Sen saw Ben Wallace's layup, he didn't think of the "little person layup" action of Hanamichi Sakuragi's layup in his favorite Japanese anime "Slam Dunk".

"Split the ball in time, and both teams scored the goal with the worst offensive ability at the beginning." Barkley said with a smile.

After receiving Howard's serve, Lin Sen did not quickly dribble the ball forward, but walked forward together with Howard.

"Wood seems to be chatting with Dwight. Are they going to do it again? I think if that's the case, Skiles will definitely not be as calm as the previous two times." Kenny Smith looked at Lin who was talking with Howard. Sen said.

When Lin Sen came to the frontcourt, Howard entered the three-point line, but Howard did not get into the inside but stood directly at the high position.

Facing Hinrich's defense, Lin Sen pulled the ball horizontally, and then directly accelerated unreasonably.

With Howard's perfect cover, Lin Sen easily threw away Kirk Hinrich who was defending him.

After throwing Hinrich away, Lin Sen cut directly from the left to the inside line. Lin Sen's speed was not considered fast. Loel Deng threw away Grant Hill who was defending him and rushed towards Lin Sen, while the defense Lin Sen's Hinrich ran directly to Hill.

Howard, who screened for Lin Sen, slid down again, and Lin Sen faced Ben Wallace, who came up to defend, and directly pushed the ball with both hands to Howard, who slid down from the middle.

Seeing Howard receiving the ball, Ben Wallace immediately threw away Lin Sen and turned to Howard. Loel Deng, who came up to defend, also relaxed his defense against Lin Sen.

"Whoa, is Dwight going to throw a heavy dunk right over Ben's head?" Kenny Smith asked expectantly.

However, Howard did not let Kenny. Smith's expectations come true, Howard directly passed the ball back to Linsen.

After receiving the ball again, Lin Sen rushed to the inside. This change forced Ben Wallace to move his feet and focus on Lin Sen.

Loel Deng behind him hesitated for a moment and immediately accelerated to chase Lin Sen. If Lin Sen dared to shoot or layup, he would definitely not mind giving Lin Sen a hot pot.

At this time, Howard, who originally cut in from the middle, ran directly to the right, but at the same time Lin Sen threw the ball out of his hand.

Ben Wallace jumped up subconsciously, but the ball flew far above his fingertips and flew to the other side of the basket.

Howard also jumped up at this time, but instead of facing the ball, he jumped with the ball behind his back.

"Wood passed the ball this time..." Kenny Smith hadn't finished speaking when he saw the ball that just flew over the basket was firmly caught by a pair of big hands.

And these big hands are Howard with his back to the ball and his back to the basket.

Howard grabbed the ball firmly with both hands, and his whole body just slid over the basket.

Legs bent back, chest thrust forward, arms wide open and hands slamming the ball into the hoop behind his head.

Howard, who didn't look at the basket at all, smashed the ball to the basket completely by feeling.

The fans in the audience watched Howard in the air, and watched Howard smash the ball heavily into the basket with both hands.

Howard, with his back to the basket, kicked his legs, and the basket shook violently.

Pulling hard with both hands, he let go of the basket and jumped down, causing the basket to shake even more violently.

The entire center of the water house fell into madness, and the cheers pierced the bulls' eardrums.

"It's Wood and Dwight's cooperation again, it's their cooperation again, this is another difficult alley-oop, the tacit understanding between them is really terrifying." Kenny Smith couldn't help admiring.

"Wood threw the bone again, and Dwight bit the bone again, and the cooperation was beautiful! Three consecutive alley-oops, if Chicago doesn't make corresponding changes, I have no doubt that their beef bones will be disassembled by Wood little by little and thrown to Dwight the hungry dog!" Barkley laughed loudly. (To be continued.)