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Chapter 259
After six fierce battles, the Nets eliminated the Celtics 4-2 and advanced to the semifinals.

On the eve of the start of the semifinals, the league announced the awards for the regular season. Bai Jidong was selected for the first team and first defense at the same time, and McGrady was selected for the second team.

For the Nets, only Kidd was selected for the second team and second defense.

In the eyes of the outside world, the Bulls have a great chance of winning, and they are very likely to overthrow the Nets.

At the beginning of the game, Kidd used practical actions to show why the Nets can be among the best in the Eastern Conference.

"They don't have a star who dominates offense and defense, but they are single-minded and support each other. Under Kidd's leadership, the Nets have exploded with energy far stronger than themselves. Such an excellent chemical reaction is the so-called "one plus one is greater than two." "!" English teacher Alex English, who watched the whole game, commented: "Compared with New Jersey, Chicago has more talent than unity."

"Bye seems to want to twist everyone into a rope, but he has lost control." Up-and-coming pundit Bill Simmons said.

公牛在Game1以4分之差落败，白已冬空砍30分5篮板5助攻。

The loss hit the Bulls hard.

On the eve of Game 2, Bulls coach Floyd was ill, and assistant coach Bill Cartwright took over as head coach.

It's no secret that Cartwright likes Tracy McGrady.

Before the game, Cartwright said: "Our tactics lack new ideas, and it's time to change."

What is his change?It just transferred the ball from Bai Jidong to McGrady.

This is not just a simple "change", it is a new core.

Bai Jidong is already used to having the ball in his hands, let him use all his skills, throw him outside and do 3D?The matter caused an uproar, however, McGrady's performance has made these voices calmed down.

McGrady blew up the Nets' defense and smashed the Nets with all his abilities, scoring 45 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists.

On the offensive end, he is more aggressive than Bai Jidong, and his overall view and vision are also outstanding.

"Why should we look for the next MJ? T-mac is a combination of Pippen and MJ. I see MJ's attack power and Scott's connection ability in him!" Tracy McGrady's crowd once again appeared, occupying the In the headlines of the media, the battle for the Bulls' No. [-] player was once again provoked.

"The combination of MJ and Scott? Don't be kidding! Don't you look at the defense? Tracy doesn't have the defense of MJ and Scott at all. If Bye didn't lock New Jersey's wing, could Tracy play like this? Tracy did play a great game, but don't praise him to the sky just because of this!" Bai Jidong's supporters immediately jumped out to refute.

The Nets lose one game at home and travel to Chicago for two games.

Before the start of the game, Kidd said: "We were disrupted by them in the last game. That situation will not happen tonight. We are ready to beat them."

McGrady continued to hold the ball, and Bai Jidong's position was further weakened.

Although he was dissatisfied, Bai Jidong had no choice but to obey the arrangement.

Cartwright is just an acting coach, and he doesn't have to bear responsibility even if he loses.

Everyone can tell that Cartwright likes McGrady, and obviously, he doesn't like Bai Jidong.

Why doesn't he like Bai Jidong?Bai Jidong didn't know, he never offended Cartwright.

"Let me just do defense, right? That's ok! I'll show you the defense!" Usually Bai Jidong would not lose his mind, but this time he was overwhelmed by anger and decided not to attack once.

So people saw a strange Bai Jidong.

The defensive end is like a crazy wild dog biting the opponent, and the offensive end immediately passes the ball to the teammates around him like touching explosives.

McGrady was physically exhausted in the fourth quarter and his shooting percentage dropped.

Cartwright softened to Bai Jidong: "Bye, Tracy needs your support."

"Didn't I support him all the time? Who broke out in New Jersey? I'll defend." Bai Jidong pretended not to understand.

Cartwright forced a smile: "Our defense is fine, but the offense lacks explosive points."

"Give it to Tracy, Tracy's offense is much stronger than mine." Bai Weidong insisted on going his own way.

This game will become a black spot that accompanies Bai Jidong's entire career. He "passively" played in the playoffs and scored no points in the whole game, so that the black fans gave him the nickname Bai Bugong.

Because of Bai Jidong's "passivity", the Bulls narrowly lost to the Nets at home and missed a great situation.

"Bye, can you talk about your offense tonight? We want to know what got you down." The reporters wanted to know what happened.

Bai Jidong said indifferently: "New Jersey's defense is very good, I didn't get many chances."

"New Jersey's defense is so good that you, who averaged 28 points per game in the regular season, didn't even take a shot?" The reporter from Los Angeles asked jokingly.

"Yeah, that's why I said they defended well. They defended me to death. I want to praise their defense." Bai Jidong remained expressionless, not taking his statistics seriously at all.

His attitude made many reporters feel dissatisfied, and the problems became more and more acute. If the Bulls' press and public relations hadn't stopped in time, the press conference would have turned into a press conference.

That night, Jerry Krause invited Bai Jidong to the office for a conversation: "Bye, what do you think of Bill?"

"He is a good coach." But I hate him, Bai Jidong said in his heart.

Klaus asked with a smile: "He's so good that you don't listen to him? Bye, do you know we're playing in the playoffs? Do you know how important this game is?"

"Jerry, it's not that I don't want to attack, it's that Bill doesn't let me attack." Bai Jidong retorted, "You should talk to him about what happened tonight."

"He told me, you refused his attack order!" Klaus's eyes were bloodshot, staring at Bai Jidong like a ghost.

Bai Jidong sneered: "I was not allowed to attack until the fourth quarter? I didn't attack for the entire game. To be on the safe side, I didn't accept it. It was also for the sake of the game."

"Although Bill is the acting head coach, what he means is what Floyd means. Do you even want to resist Floyd?" Klaus asked.

Bai Jidong said in a deep voice: "Tim will not let me defend full-time, let alone take away my possession of the ball."

"Each coach has a different idea of ​​the game, you can't blame Bill for this!" Klaus was furious.

Bai Jidong said flatly: "I didn't blame him, I just followed his initial train of thought to the end."

The altercation ended with Klaus' blood pressure rising.

When Bai Jidong left Klaus' room, the anger in his heart didn't subside at all.

Cartwright didn't mind targeting him on the court, but even sued Klaus.

What angered Bai Jidong the most was that he didn't know when, where, and how he offended him.

"The previous changes stop here, and New Jersey has seen through our plan."

Before Game 4, Cartwright convened a meeting: "Our core is Bye, and all of you have to play around him. Tracy, when Bye is weak, I need you to replenish firepower in time."

"No problem." Maddie replied.

Cartwright looked at Bai Jidong: "Bye, I leave it to you."

Cartwright said it nicely, only Bai Jidong knew what happened.

If it wasn't for him to argue with Klaus, Cartwright would continue to use McGrady as the core and weaken him step by step.

If the Bulls can win the third game, Cartwright will have the confidence to continue to use McGrady as the core.

Now that they have lost, allowing the Nets to regain the initiative, Cartwright dare not take the risk.

McGrady is not yet good enough to compete with Bai Weidong for the top spot, but Cartwright believes that day will come sooner or later.

Cartwright believes that McGrady's talent is higher than that of Bai Jidong, not to mention that Bai Jidong is Jordan's designated successor.This is why Cartwright hates Bai Jidong, because of Jordan.

Many people only know that Cartwright is the hero of the Bulls' first three consecutive championships. Few people know that Cartwright and Jordan are in the same situation.

What Klaus loves, Jordan hates; what Jordan loves, Cartwright hates.This is the reason why Cartwright is dedicated to supporting McGrady. He has the ambition to be the Bulls coach, and McGrady is regarded by him as the core of the future.

Before that, he has to clear the way for McGrady. The biggest obstacle on this road is the current coach Floyd, followed by Bai Jidong.

At the beginning of the season, Floyd's stomach problems became more and more serious, and he was no longer able to coach normally.

Cartwright saw an opportunity, and he wanted to use this time to make his mark.

He knows Klaus, as long as he shows better coaching ability than Floyd, Klaus doesn't mind changing coaches.

Cartwright originally wanted to make McGrady the core, but he overestimated McGrady's immediate combat power.

Cartwright realized that if he did not reconcile with Bai Jidong, he would lose this round of the series, and at that time, he would lose the opportunity to coach the Bulls.

This is why Cartwright's attitude changed drastically.

Bai Jidong didn't want to know what Cartwright was thinking, what he wanted was to win, and on this point, he and Cartwright were considered "like-minded".

Bai Jidong, who was frozen for two games, exploded with endless desire to attack in the fourth game, and he put the organization behind him.

Bai Jidong killed all directions, like a god of war, his offensive momentum was unstoppable.The Nets are like a defeated army, in a panic.

The most classic scene happened at the buzzer in the third quarter.

Bai Weidong called Kidd for the pick-and-roll, and continuously changed direction with his right hand, pulling the ball vertically and horizontally. Kidd's center of gravity was shaken, and he supported the ground with one hand. Bai Weidong jumped up and shot a three-pointer.

"Who said that TMac's offense is better than Bye? I disagree, and no one who has watched this game will agree." Reeve Knight admired.

The Nets were defeated by Bai Weidong's epic personal performance.Kidd scored a triple-double with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. Standing opposite him, Bai Jidong scored 51 points, setting a new record high in scoring in the playoffs and leading the Bulls to publicly punish the Nets at the United Center.

"I've always liked Bye's way of playing, but he seems to be a different person tonight." Kidd said: "I will let him know that the team is always greater than the individual."

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