pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 437
The Chicago Bulls selected Barrett with the third overall pick seven years ago. Barrett has been playing for the team for the next six years. He also gave back to the Bulls with his amazing personal performance.

In his six-year career, Barrett was selected to the All-Star five times, the All-NBA Team three times, and the All-Defensive Team three times. It can be described as a personal honor.

But the Bulls seem to have spent all their luck on Barrett. In recent years, the Bulls have won good draft picks many times. However, fate seems to be joking with them. They have passed by outstanding rookies many times, and none of the rookies selected by the Bulls have played. This makes the Bulls have to use Barrett as a single-core team. light.

During the offseason of last season, Barrett finally decided to leave the team he played for six years and brought his talents to the South Coast, where he met the best teammates.

However, Barrett was labeled a traitor for this. Chicagoans believed that Barrett's transfer was ungrateful, and some fans even burned his jersey.

It is not uncommon to burn jerseys in the league. Many stars have encountered such a situation when transferring. Once upon a time, this kind of behavior of burning jerseys became "exclusive to stars". Only players who have reached a certain status in the team and the league will have such treatment.

Barrett was undoubtedly everything to that Bulls team, so when Barrett left, the team quickly entered a rebuilding period and completed 5 signings overnight in the free agent market.

The Bulls seem to have no glory after experiencing the "Bull Dynasty". There is no shortage of stars in the team, but they are all single-core. There has never been a situation where two superstars lead the team at the same time.

After Barrett left, the Bulls were completely reduced to a civilian team without a star in the team.

However, it is such a team that has achieved a 50% game winning rate this season, including a few tough battles, which is impressive.

The Bulls regarded the game against the Heat as a "battle of revenge" to avenge Barrett's abandonment.

At the press conference before the game, the head coach of the Bulls said that Barrett’s scoring should be controlled within 10 points in this game. There are also some defensive champions emerging, so it's not impossible for them to limit Barrett's scoring.

Barrett also accepted the Bulls' "challenge" from a distance, "I can easily score 30 points in this game."

The smell of gunpowder is already strong before the battle between the two sides, but today's home game is in Miami, and the fans will give Barrett great support. The Heat's teammates are also Barrett's strongest backing. The Bulls have no players who can completely match up with Wade and Mu Chenfeng. These two points will largely determine the direction of the game.

The head coach of the Bulls did not break his promise. He double-teamed Barrett from the very beginning of the game, leaving Barrett without a chance to touch the ball.

The change in defensive tactics did not reduce the intensity of defense Barrett faced. They adopted the tactic of one man marking and one man covering defense at any time, which still restricted Barrett from moving. In the entire quarter, Barrett only got two shot opportunities, hit one of the goals, and only scored a poor 2 points.

The head coach of the Bulls didn't seem to be very satisfied with this situation. They could have let Barrett swallow the egg directly in the first quarter, so they "taught" the defensive players during the break, and strengthened their defense against Barrett in the second quarter.

This is the most frustrating quarter Barrett has played since joining the NBA. The reason for the aggravation is not the poor scoring, but the fact that his opponents kept using words like "traitor" to stimulate him while he was already under strict marking. This made him suffer a great mental blow.

The reason why Bulls players have such trash talk is obviously "ordered" by the head coach, which has an impact on Barrett both on the field and psychologically.

Fortunately, the other members of the Heat team felt good in this game. They shot 70% of the shots in the first quarter, allowing the Heat to lead their opponents by 10 points.

However, this 10-point lead does not seem to have much to do with Barrett. He blames himself for not being able to contribute to the team.

"You're not useless." Wade walked up to Barrett and comforted him, "If you hadn't attracted the double-team, we wouldn't have had so many easy shots."

Among the 13 sports goals scored by the Heat in the first quarter, 6 were absolutely open. The reason for being able to get so many open is that Barrett attracted most of the opponent's defensive attention. Although Barrett's role is not proudly reflected in the statistics, it can be clearly seen by anyone with a discerning eye on the scene.

"But." Barrett's mood eased a little bit, but before the game, he uttered harsh words to the Bulls to score 30 points, but now he only scored 2 points, not to mention shooting, even getting the ball is very difficult.

His teammates all know what his concerns are. For a star like Barrett, face is very important, and the Flag he set must be completed.

"I have a way." Mu Chenfeng said slowly, "It allows you to touch the ball and score, but it may consume a lot of energy."

"It's okay," Barrett responded, "I'm fine with playing the entire game."

"That's good, I'll organize the attack later." Mu Chenfeng nodded, and explained his plan to his teammates in detail.

After the game, the Bulls' defense against Barrett remained unchanged, but Barrett's position was gradually compressed from the outside to the penalty area.

Mu Chenfeng glanced at the basket, and then shot directly.

"Your teammate seems to have given up on you, and even chose to shoot by himself. You are not in his consideration." The Bulls players continued to spam Barrett with trash talk.

"That's not necessarily the case!" Barrett's tone was very cold, and then he jumped high with both feet under the basket, forcing the defender under him.

"What?" The other party was inconceivable to Barrett's vacation. This is not the height that can be achieved by jumping from the spot. His head is almost level with the basket, and his elbow has already surpassed the basket.

"It's not a shot, it's a pass!!!"

By the time the opponent reacted, Barrett had already caught the ball firmly, turned around in the air, and poured the ball into the basket with both hands!

"Alley-oop slam dunk!" The Bulls' players and coaching staff were dumbfounded. They never thought that the opponent would use this method to break their defense against Barrett. What is even more unbelievable is that Barrett's amazing physical fitness is even more perverted than in the Bulls.

(End of this chapter)