The Fifth Point Guard

Chapter 543: The flowers bloom again, and people never get young again

   "Hey, Shin, look, Scott Pippen is looking at me. He must think I did a great job at the small forward position."

   James, who was standing next to Shentong, whispered a little excitedly.

   "Oh, look, is that Steve Kerr? I think he and I are the same type of player, usually very low-key, but I can come forward at critical moments!"

   Wagner's words made the people around him sneer.

   Varejao, who has always talked a lot, lowered his head at the moment, with a shy expression on his face.

   Shen Tong couldn't help asking strangely: "Hey, Anderson, what's the matter with you? Could it be that which favorite beauty did you see?"

   Varejao lowered his head and grabbed the corner of the jersey, and said: "No, I saw my idol."

"Michael Jordan?"

   "No, Dennis Rodman."

   "Damn!"

  ......

   The Chicago Bulls, once a thriving league, are super powerful.

   Two consecutive championships under the leadership of Michael Jordan.

   Over the stadium, six championship flags were shining brightly.

   After Jordan retired, the Bulls fell into a lot of downturns.

   But last season, a group of young people under Scott Skiles led the Bulls to the Eastern Conference playoffs.

   They are also known as the most promising young guards after the New Jersey Nets and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

   Third-year point guard Kirk Hinrich has become the core figure of the team.

   In last season, young players such as Hinrich, Curry, Gordon, Deng and Nocioni set off a youth whirlwind in the league.

   With the blessings of Tyson Chandler and Antonio Davis, they almost reached the top four in the Eastern Conference.

   Hinrich averaged 15.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 1.6 steals and 0.3 blocks per game last season. This is a very good result for a second-year point guard.

   In the playoffs, Hinrich was even more unrelenting, showing his big heart and ability to fight tough battles.

   averaged 21.2 points, 3.7 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 2.0 steals, and 0.7 blocks per game. He made a staggering 51.5% of his three-pointers, which was even better than the regular season.

   People have reason to believe that they will become the third team to represent the youth storm in the East.

   Due to Eddie Curry’s growing weight and injury issues, the Bulls traded him to the New York Knicks before the start of the season.

   Tyson Chandler was righted and became the team's starting center.

   Michael Svetney, who was traded from New York for the No. 9 pick in 2003, became the team's starting power forward.

   In the second year of last season, this player averaged 8.4 points and 5.4 rebounds in 19.6 minutes, shooting 53.1% from the field, showing great potential.

  The outside trio is a combination that has been running in for two years.

   Hinrich + Gordon + Deng.

   These three have taken the top three of the team's scoring list, and they have continued to improve every season. They are a force that cannot be ignored.

In addition, the Bulls, which are determined to make a big vote this season, have introduced substitute players such as Darius Sangueira, Chris Duhon, Marek Allen, and the second team core Andres Nocio. Ni, the strength of the Bulls has continued to increase.

  ......

   Tonight, the Bulls will retire his No. 33 jersey for the team's meritorious player Pippen.

On this day, the owner of the No. 33 jersey first arrived on the court. Then, the head coach of the Bulls Dynasty era Phil Jackson also came, then the "Big Worm" Dennis Rodman, and finally the king who was not angry and majestic. The decent "flying man" Jordan.

   These feats are sitting on the sidelines of the field closest to the stadium, enjoying the warmest applause from the fans of the United Center.

   Before the start of the game, Shentong got a "difficult" task.

  {

   Main mission: The second trapeze

   Mission description: Looking at the entire league, there are very few players who have the mantle of successor in the post-Jordan era, Kobe, McGrady, Carter...and you. Looking at it now, you are at the forefront of the team after entering the league, but the advantage is not obvious. Kobe has won three championships. Tracy McGrady has 35 seconds and 13 minutes of the Tracy Moment. Carter is the "most flying" player in people's minds. You...need to work harder. On this high-profile day, let's fight the Conferred God, and bring all the topics to you, the second trapeze! As for Pippen, let him be Wang Feng.

   Mission requirements: break Jordan's home scoring record

  Quest props: Lingguangyu

  Main line reward: Jordan’s North Carolina Pants (Golden Legend)

   Task status: Pending

  }

   This task is not easy!

   What is Jordan's scoring record?

   69 points!

   It is too difficult to break the 69-point record in the Bulls' United Center.

   Shintong glanced at the golden legendary grade shorts and gritted his teeth.

   I have to fight it anyway!

   After receiving the mission, a brilliant blue energy ball appeared in front of Shen Tong.

  {

  Props: Lingguangyu

  Details: The profound meaning of Lingguang Wave Boxing can stimulate the human body's potential and achieve incredible effects.

   Improve the performance of the court, always in the best state of body and hand feeling.

   Effect: The performance of each attribute is close to the maximum value of the attribute

  }

  With "Lingguangyu", it means that I can meet the challenge in the strongest state in this game.

   If this is the case, there is no hope of breaking 69 points.

   At least last season, Shentong had scored 70 points in a single game!

   Following the hint of the small blue print that emerged, Shentong slowly put the Lingguang Jade into the closed palm with both hands...

   After a few sneezes so violently, Lingguangyu disappeared unexpectedly.

   Then...

   Shentong saw his extremely dazzling attribute panel!

  ......

   The starting lineups of the Cavaliers and Bulls in this game are as follows:

   Cavaliers: Big Z, Gooden, James, Shentong, Wagner;

   Bull: Chandler, Svetney, Deng, Gordon, Hinrich.

   Under the watchful eyes of Jordan, Pippen and others, the game officially started!

   Chandler, who is young and tall with long arms, reacts much faster than the big Z, and the Bulls won the jump ball.

   Hinrich's ball control is very steady and old. From the performance of the court, it is impossible to tell that he is only a third grader.

   In the Cavaliers, Hinrich's style of play is very similar to Eric Snow, but his offensive ability and desire are much stronger than Snow.

   After the Bulls passed from outside, Deng took the lead in making a jumper and hit the first goal.

   "Hey, LeBron, what's your defense, Scott can watch."

"Got it!"

   It was the Cavaliers' turn to attack, James broke through to the basket and scored the ball, but was blocked by Gordon.

   The Bulls took advantage of the trend to launch a fast break.

   Hinrich pushed forward quickly without watching people pass the ball, Gordon made a layup.

   The Bulls scored two goals in the opening game.

   Gooden missed a jumper, Chandler had a wide range of control under the basket, leaping across to get the rebound before the big Z.

   The Bulls' morale at first seemed to be influenced by the senior champions sitting on the sidelines.

   With Hinrich hit a three-pointer from the outside, the Bulls started 7-0.

   It seems that they can knock off the defending champion of last season at home.

   What a pity...

   There was a player who refused to agree and stood up.

  ......

   The Cavaliers shot the first three-pointer, hit, and opened the deadlock!

   Shin Tong raised his right hand and slowly backed up.

   Sure enough, today's basket is as wide as the sea.

  3-7

   Gordon broke through and missed the inside line, the ball was hit by Deng into Chandler's hands, the basket pulled up and put the ball in.

  3-9

   The knight once again presented the classic "elevator door" tactics.

   The striker combination of Gooden and James was blocked near the free throw line. Deng was caught in the middle and was very uncomfortable.

   Shentong slipped to the top of the arc, and Wagner quickly sent the ball out.

   One step from the three-point line, this is already Shentong's shooting category.

   Raise your hand and hit a third!

  6-9

   Pippen and Jordan on the sidelines smiled and whispered, as if to say that this kid's three-pointer was really good.

   Svetney hits Gooden at the basket, but the shot is blocked by the big Z.

   Sure enough, "long" is still more powerful than "rough"!

   The knight's defensive and offensive speed is also very fast.

   Wagner, Shentong and James served three arrows together, and the ball passed back and forth in the hands of the three.

Stepping into the opponent's half-time three-point line, Wagner passed the ball to Shen Tong, Shen Tong jumped up to grab the ball and attracted the attention of the Bulls defenders, then threw the ball to the other side, James clapped his horse and rushed to the ball and dunked the ball in the air relay. basket!

   8-9

   The point difference instantly narrowed from 7 points to only 1 point left.

   This time it was Jordan's turn to say something in Pippen's ear, and he kept pointing on the court, as if to say that this fast break was really a bit of the Lakers' show-time period.

   Deng forced a layup against James.

   8-11

   As a South Sudanese player, Deng is also a typical black and hard, solid muscle and sturdy figure, not much better than James.

   If James is a humanoid tank, then Deng is a giant land tortoise.

   The Bulls players have not yet secured their defensive position. Here, Shentong has already made a three-pointer against Gordon’s defense!

  11-11

   It was tied.

   As a shooting guard, Gordon's scoring ability is indeed good, but his height is a bit short in the second position.

   1.91 meters tall is okay against other players, but facing 2.01 meters Shentong, it is simply a big hole in defense.

   After the first quarter, the Cavaliers came from behind, leading the Bulls by 4 points 25-21.

   Shentong scored 16 points in the first quarter.

  ......

   In the second quarter, Shentong's outside shots were still sharp.

   Two consecutive shots in front of Gordon made Skyles have to make substitution adjustments.

   Argentine Nocioni came on, replaced Gordon, and defended Shentong.

   Nocioni, who is 2.01 meters tall, has no disadvantage in height, but his speed has slowed down again.

   Using Nocioni's defense during this period, Shentong made successive breakthroughs and layups.

   almost passed Nocioni in one step, and then took off early when he was still far from the basketball, forming a repressive attack.

   At this time, even if Chandler came up to defend, either he sent a foul, or he could only stand still and watch Shentong send the ball into the basket.

   Shentong in this section is still unstoppable, and another 15 points are scored.

   At the end of the first half, Shen Tong had scored 31 points and his performance was very impressive. Even during the intermission, Jordan also applauded Shen Tong's performance.

   But Shentong knew that 31 points in the half were already behind in the plan.

   During the intermission, Shen Tong held Wagner with one hand and Snow with the other, and said, "Pass as many **** as possible to me in the second half."

   Wagner and Snow looked at each other, nodded quickly and said, "No problem, boss."

  ......

   When the two teams were resting, the Bulls held the retirement ceremony of the Pippen No. 33 jersey at home.

Watching the flag with the No. 33 jersey slowly rising and staying beside the Jordan flag, Pippen’s tears burst into his eyes: “I see myself as a great player, one next to the greatest basketball player (Jordan) in the world. Players. For me, this is one of the many scenes that make me happy. I have never experienced the ceremony of retiring my jersey. This is really special, because I know that from now on, the Bulls will never Players can put on this jersey."

   Pippen played in the NBA for 17 seasons, 12 of which were spent with the Bulls. Together with Jordan, he won six championship trophies for the Bulls, was selected to the All-Star team seven times, was elected one of the 50 biggest players in history in 1996, and won the Olympic men's basketball gold medal twice with the US team. Pippen scored 18,940 points in his career, and his 2,307 steals ranked fifth in NBA history.

Former Bulls coach and current Lakers coach Phil Jackson: "For the coach, he is a great student; for the players, he is an outstanding leader. He is definitely an important factor in our six championships. ."

A generation of legendary "flying man" Jordan: "I know that someone (Pippen) has been staring at me from behind." Pippen then explained this intriguingly short sentence: "We have a very good relationship. Jordan understands that we both need each other, and we both know what we should do for the team. He has his responsibility, and I also have mine. No matter what we two are turned upside down by the media, we all know how to win. ."

"Cobra" Grant: "Winning the championship requires the effort of the whole team. Michael (Jordan) is Michael. You can't compare him with anyone. As long as we can win the championship, Pippen and I don't care about being underestimated. Jordan is also very Respect our ability."

   "Big Worm" Rodman thought for a while and said, "There are seven days a week, and a day has twenty-four hours. I can handle Karl at any time."

   Malone, who has retired, suddenly sneezed a big sneeze without warning...

  ......

   In the second half ~www.ltnovel.com~ Shentong's possession of the ball was simply overwhelmed.

   With the boss's order, Wagner and Snow Jing thought about how to put the ball into Shentong's arms.

   Of course, in front of Jordan and Pippen, the Bulls don't want to lose face.

   But even in the face of the Bulls' double double team, Shentong can still easily put the ball into the basket in various ways.

   postback singles, backward jumpers, dry draws...

  Even, Shentong can jump up and stop in the air, wait for the defender to fall, and then easily pick the ball into the basket.

   After seeing Shen Tong scored this goal, Jordan couldn't help feeling a little sad.

   This is simply the shadow of myself when I was young.

   Top-notch physical fitness, unstoppable offense, extremely powerful self-confidence, and kingly temperament.

   But at this moment, Jordan's helper has retired his No. 33 jersey.

   There is a re-opening day for flowers, and no one is young again.

   Jordan looked at Shen Tong's back and suddenly felt that he was the next Michael Jordan.

   Or, the next basketball god.

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