I'm really not a brush in basketball

Chapter 130 128. Luol Deng: My Four Years of Youth

The fire ignited, and the five starters of the Chicago Bulls appeared in sequence.

The live DJ called out the names of Chen Long and Derrick Rose in a tone of tribute to Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen.

"Aaron! Aaron! Aaron"

"Bear! Bear! Bear!"

The United Center arena immediately sounded like a tsunami of cheers!

The Twin Stars led the Chicago Bulls to a 15-year-old record, starting with a 17-[-] start, and the saga continues...  

The popularity of Chen Long and Rose directly killed the combination of scoring masters Ben Gordon and Luol Deng who won the best sixth man in their rookie season.

Seeing that Chen Long has completely replaced his starting position and popularity, Luoer Deng only has one word in his heart, sour!

For a player like Luol Deng who is still in the rising period of statistics, he is more eager for money than for honors such as championships.

So Bulls general manager Patterson is already operating a trading plan centered on Luol Deng.

The only question now is whether the Bulls need to form a Big Three like the Celtics.

The combination of Chen Long, Rose and Sean Marion has secured the No. [-] record in the league. Patterson is worried that such a deal will break the team's existing chemistry.

There is another plan before the Bulls' top management, which is to use Luol Deng in exchange for a sixth man with excellent organizational skills to solve the problem of lack of depth in the team's bench lineup and draft picks.

Morris Cheeks' expression was extremely serious. He had secretly decided that even if he beat the Bulls in an upset, he would resign as the head coach of the 76ers on the grounds of his health.

As a legendary star with a retired jersey, Morris is tired of factionalism within the 76ers.

In his eyes, the 76ers will enter the darkest moment sooner or later if they go on like this.

However, Morris' players were stimulated by the previous defeat, and Xiao AI and others decided to use a more resolute defense to face the league'leader'.

The 76ers gave up the high center in the starting lineup and used Marlis Speights, power forward Elton Brand, small forward Thaddeus Young, shooting guard Andre Iguodala and point guard Andre Mi Le.

Facing the Philadelphia 76ers who put on a confrontational posture, the Chicago Bulls sent point guard Derrick Rose, shooting guard Dae Quinn Cook, small forward Chen Long, power forward Sean Marion and center Joakim Noah.

As soon as the game started, Noah gave Chen Long a point. Facing Iguodala and Thaddeus Young's frontcourt pressure, Chen Long aimed at the lower frame and shot with his hands two steps away from the three-point line of the inning.

The basketball whized into the Nets.

The fans in Chicago instantly turned into waves of excitement.

Because the game had just started for more than two seconds, the referee hadn't realized that Iguodala made a dragging foul on Chen Long.

Seeing the line referee's signal, the referee made up a whistle.

The little AI hugged the referee very dissatisfied and complained, "I really didn't foul!"

The referee made a pulling gesture. Although his own sight was blocked by Noah and Speights, who were tall and fat, the meaning of the linesman's existence was to check for omissions and fill in the gaps.

"I just touched Chen Long and didn't use any force. And do you think Chen Long's outrageous shot selection is necessary to foul? Normal people would think they can't make it."

Little AI showed a stern smile.

The referee spread his hands and said that this is not my business, and Chen Long is not a normal person. Many of his shots are magical strokes, and Iguodala cannot fail to understand.

Opening 3+1, and it was a super long three-pointer, Chen Long's state is different from that of deliberately closing down when he was 7 consecutive away.

From this time on, whenever the Bulls come back from Lianke for the first home game, Chen Long will have a small explosion. People call this rule the Aaron rule.

Chen Long continued to maintain his epic performance of 100% free throws in the new season.

Morris took the initiative to cut off his retreat, so seeing Chen Long's wicked shooting was not as anxious as in the previous game. His mind was only on winning, and it didn't matter what method he used!
The 76ers' offense was very patient. Iguodala took the opportunity, Derrick Rose was attracted to his side, and the little AI found Andre Miller with a ground pass. Miller made an open three-pointer and made a steady hit.

"The tactics are completely different?" Vinidnagro was stunned for a moment, because Morris Cheeks showed the ability to adjust the lineup on the spot in the last game, but he didn't expect that the 76ers even changed their offensive thinking in this game.

Lost defensively, Rose's expression was a little annoyed.

But if Rose doesn't double-team, Iguodala will decisively single out Dai Quinn Cook. The confrontation ability of these two people is not in the same order, so the final result is also a loss of points.

The weakness of the Bulls' lineup is that the defense of the shooting guard is not strong enough, and the 76ers seized this weakness and let Iguodala initiate and organize the offense.

Of course, a small AI with a high golf quotient is capable of this task. In addition, he has to practice for the coach who has worked with him for four years, and Iguodala played extraordinarily hard.

"Aren't you pretending to be dead this time?" Chen Long mocked casually.

Iguodala couldn't help but rolled his eyes, and then replied with a smile, "Be careful, I'm very strong when I go all out..."

Hearing this, Chen Long did not object immediately.

After all, Andre Iguodala played dead in the regular season, practiced in the playoffs, and then grabbed the FMVP in the finals.

Chen Long's opponent is last year's No. 12 pick, Thaddeus Young.

Thaddeus averaged 8+4 per game last season with good efficiency. This season, he used nearly 15% of his field goals to raise the data to a qualified starting strength of 5+[-].

Although he has top-level static talent, it does not mean that Thaddeus Young's defense can meet the expectations of the 76ers.

Chen Long's change of direction was done neatly, and Thaddeus wanted to guard too much, so he was thrown a meter away, and was immediately embarrassed.

There were exclamations from the audience in the front row.

I saw Chen Long pressed his hand, indicating that I will shoot here, there is no need to aim at the frame and snipe the shot, the basketball passes by his heart steadily, and the abusive Thaddeus has no temper at all...

Larry Hughes and others began to wave the towel in a fancy way, but Luol Deng sat coldly on the sidelines and was indifferent to this.

"Deng, what are you thinking?" Tyrus Thomas asked suspiciously.

"I didn't think about anything..."

Whenever Chen Long plays small forward, Luol Deng feels uncomfortable.

In addition to being robbed of the starting position, Deng always felt that because of the arrival of Chen Long, the Bulls canceled the original maximum salary contract for him...

Chen Long's steal of Andre Miller set off a small climax of fast break and counterattack.

Luol Deng is so angry, because there are two paths in front of him. Complete a buyout with the Bulls before the trade deadline and become a free agent. The second is to seek a trade to a new club to regain his worth.

No matter which one it is, Luol Deng feels that his four years of youth have been spent by mistake...

(End of this chapter)