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After defeating the Houston Rockets, the Sonics set off overnight and rushed to the "Wind City" Chicago. When the team's special plane landed at O'Hare International Airport, as soon as they got off the plane, the bitter cold wind blowing from Lake Michigan was like It blew over like a knife, blew through the clothes, and blew through the skin, making people feel chills all over their bodies.

This is the origin of the Windy City. Before getting off the plane, Stephen glanced at the temperature reminder. The temperature outside was minus 24 degrees. It's solid, but it still makes people eager to get into the bus.

When we arrived at the hotel, the room was already ready to be harvested. After drinking a bowl of steaming vegetable soup, Stephen fell asleep very quickly.

In the morning of the next day, after completing the routine training, Stephen attended the coaching staff meeting to discuss how to deal with today's game. The intelligence data had been collected a long time ago, and now the game strategy is determined.

Now this Chicago Bulls is very different from last season. First, they selected Del Negro as their head coach, and then traded Ben Wallace from the Cleveland Cavaliers for Larry Hughes and Drew Gooden.

The most important thing is that they replaced their own core players. It turns out that the core of their team is Kirk Hinrich, but this summer, the Bulls chose Derrick Rose with the No. [-] pick. Both of them are No. [-] players. This means that the Bulls have given up Kirk Hinrich.

There are two reasons why the core that has been built for several years has to be replaced so quickly. On the one hand, Kirk Hinrich is limited by his talent, so he can only reach this height. After all, his physical fitness is placed there. Well, and after getting the contract extension, Hinrich's performance declined instead, which made the Bulls' management very vigilant, and no matter what the future holds, Derrick Rose at least now has a top body in the league, and Younger, more valuable for cultivation.

On the other hand, it is because Derrick Rose has greater commercial value, and Derrick Rose is a native of Chicago. Derrick Rose, nicknamed "Rose", has been very popular in the commercial market from the beginning because of his elegant appearance and hot style of play. After he was selected by the No. [-] pick, he quickly signed several endorsement contracts, and it is said that his sneaker endorsement manufacturer Adidas is going to give him a special sneaker.

A local player, even if he plays a little worse, will be very popular with local fans, not to mention that Derrick Rose has a mouth-watering top body, as proved by his performance at the University of Memphis He can lead a team forward.

And Derrick Rose's performance is also worthy of the love of the Chicago Bulls. He scored 26 points and [-] assists in the first game and scored [-] points in the third game. The team has reason to waive Kirk Hinrich.

Now that the game has been played, Kirk Hinrich has been squeezed and almost lost his position. What's more, in a simple training session, Kirk Hinrich was stepped on by his teammates and seriously injured his phalanx. It's really unfortunate that he has to rest for two months this time.

Apart from this, nothing else has changed. Ben Gordon and Luol Deng have a large group of scorers above the excellent outside line. If they can be supplemented with an excellent inside line, the Bulls will be a very scary team. Team.

There is nothing to say on offense. On defense, Carlesimo once again proposed to use Russell Westbrook to start instead of Earl Watson, and use his excellent body to restrain the opponent's Derrick Rose. Otherwise, Earl Watson Tetson should not be Derrick Rose's opponent.

Hearing this, Stephen frowned below. It's not like Watson has never encountered a similar opponent. Derrick Rose has an advantage in body, but no matter how superior he is, he can still beat Baron Twy. Go, it's not that Watson has never defended this type of player. Why didn't you think his defensive effect was not good last season.

Westbrook has basically had no problems on the offensive end since he played so far. His problem lies on the defensive end. Because zone defense is allowed in the college league, the requirements for the individual defensive ability of the players are not high, but in the league, The requirements for zone defense are not high, and what is more required is the player's personal defensive ability. Russell Westbrook has physical strength on the defensive end, but it is hard to say whether this experience is.

And defense relies more on experience than on body. Although Stephen is not optimistic, he didn't say anything. After all, Carlesimo is the head coach, and he is just a player, each doing his part.

Stephen was assigned to defend Ben Gordon, and he is also a very capable scorer, but judging from his height, he is only the height of a point guard, so it would be very uncomfortable for Stephen to defend.

This was indeed the case in the game. Ben Gordon led the University of Connecticut to win the national championship in the college league the year before Stephen, and then joined the Chicago Bulls as a No. [-] pick. He made Stephen very uncomfortable on the offensive end, but his defense It made Stephen very relaxed again.

In order to enhance the team's offensive strength, Del Negro gave up the defensive strategy that Scott Skiles has always insisted on. This is tantamount to putting Nocioni into limbo, because Nocioni lacks the offense of outside players Ability, but also lacks the footwork and toughness of inside players, put Luol Deng.Sent into the starting lineup.

In this way, no one will defend Stephen professionally. Ben Gordon is okay against the average second player, but it is really not good enough against Stephen. However, the Bulls also play very well on offense. Springsbrook's defensive effect is good, which surprised Stephen a bit, but the three outside players of the Bulls all have the ability to shoot, pass and break through. The three of them took turns to break through and score the ball. It's hard to handle.

However, this also aroused Stephen's competitive spirit. In terms of scoring, Stephen really didn't worry about anything. Since the opponent intends to take a big ax in front of Lu Ban, I don't mind letting them see what is called scoring. .

Stephen feels that he hasn't really scored for a long time. Since this season, Stephen has no desire to score, so his performance has declined. Is it true that many people have forgotten what kind of person they are, unless they are already The owner of the No. 23 jersey hanging on the stands returned to the stadium, and he was still in full health. Otherwise, Stephen really didn't scare anyone.

From the second quarter, Stephen began to score points, throwing all the tactics aside. Stephen felt like he was back to last season. Facing the basket, he had an endless desire to put the ball in.

Stephen stood in the middle of the half court to receive the ball, then turned around and suddenly accelerated. Ben Gordon never thought about stealing the ball from Stephen's hands. He had tried countless times in the last quarter, and there was no such possibility at all, so he He didn't even think about interrupting Stephen's dribble at all, but just followed Stephen from a distance.

After Stephen picked up his speed, he sprinted towards the basket, looking as if he was about to rush directly under the basket. Derrick Rose greeted him very proactively, seeing Derrick Rose coming to defend , Ben Gordon also speeded up, approaching from one side.

The two of them had just completed outflanking Stephen, and Stephen, who was advancing rapidly, stopped suddenly. He didn't even look at Derrick Rose in front of him, jumping high in the air as if he didn't exist at all, with his arms raised. High on the ground, with a slight flick of the wrist, under the twitch of the fingers, the ball spun and flew towards the basket, and plunged into it without any hesitation at all.

At [-] seconds, Stephen completed the attack, and it was a three-pointer. After coming back, Derrick Rose suddenly accelerated and left Westbrook behind. Durant came to defend, but Facing the dexterous mouse-like Derrick Rose, Durant's tall stature completely became a disadvantage, and he was easily shaken by him.

However, the Sonics' defense is not so easy to tear apart. He just flashed past Durant, and Kurt Thomas greeted him again, but although Derrick Rose does not have the unpredictable pass of Jason Kidd and Steve However, he is still very good at breaking through and splitting the ball with one hand, just like when he took a big stride and took off, when he raised his hand, it seemed to be a shot, but the ball flew to Luol Deng on the other side.

However, Stephen had been waiting there in advance, because Luol Deng's defender Durant used to defend Derrick Rose, and his side was naturally empty. When the offense was blocked, Derrick Rose's pass was the first The first choice was Luol Deng, but Stephen did not rush over to attract Derrick Rose's vigilance, but hid behind and waited quietly, and when he saw Driss Rose pass the ball, he immediately pounced like a tiger. past.

Stephen's sudden appearance startled Luol Deng, and within a moment of hesitation, Stephen had already grabbed the ball in his hand, and then rushed to his own half like lightning.

Although Derrick Rose has been following Stephen's side, but his strength is not enough to stop Stephen. Stephen seems to have no strength at all, just running with all his strength, but just like that makes Derrick Rose staggered, Almost fell to the ground.

At this time, Derrick Rose knew that Stephen's rumors were true. This guy was too powerful. When he felt that he could no longer stop Stephen's fast break layup, he planned to use a foul to stop it.

This exposed the weakness of young players. If Derrick Rose fouled earlier, it would be just an ordinary foul, not even a free throw. Not enough to stop Stephen, and after trying in vain, Stephen not only scored the ball, but also added a free throw.

After the ball was easily thrown in, the Bulls continued to serve. At this time, Derrick Rose still wanted to adopt the same strategy as before, but he did not expect how terrible Stephen was who was fully committed. The ball just flew out of his hands. A hand was in front of it.

The ball was blocked and flew back, fell behind the floor, and then bounced high again. At this time, that figure shot up into the sky and grabbed the ball in front of everyone. It was a three-point shot directly on the spot, and the ball slammed Passing through the frame, Stephen scored nine points by himself in less than 40 seconds, and also stunned the entire Bulls team. Del Negro saw the blank faces of the players on the field, Hastily called a timeout.