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When the Wizards only scored 4 points in the first 5 minutes, while the Bulls on the opposite side scored 11 points, the fans and commentators on the Internet have already begun to sentence the Wizards to death, or to the Wizards this season. The team was sentenced to death.

"Look, it really is like this. The previous winning streak is just because other teams have not adapted to the intensity of the new season. Only people with no brains will release all their energy at the beginning of the season. Maybe it will be very fierce at the beginning. , but after all, it can't last long. At present, the Wizards have not improved much compared to last season. The previous 6-game winning streak is just luck..."

"It makes sense, the entire regular season can be played from October to the end of April next year, 4 regular season games, how to allocate physical strength obviously requires wisdom, but this group of guys on the Wizards don't seem to have such wisdom. If you win, you can stand to the end to be the winner.”

"Before this, you really thought that the Wizards could rise this season? Did you want to rise after picking the No. Jordan, in the first few seasons of his career, could barely make it to the playoffs, and then played in the first round. Although Duncan is also very strong, but the Spurs will deliberately play badly. The team's own strength is stronger than the record shows. Much more. Look at the current Wizards team, except for a No. [-] pick who can attack but is garbage defensively, there is nothing else. Arenas, the only player who can play, has conflicts with Li Kaiming. Tell me, what will the Wizards win? Is it possible to rely on ideas?"

"The main reason is that the winning momentum shown by the Wizards before was too vigorous. I didn't expect to be able to win both the Magic and the Eagles. What I didn't even expect was that after Arenas came back, the ball The strength of the team has actually declined..."

On the court of the United Center, the timeout time has passed, and Li Kaiming walked onto the court again with Sanders' expectation.

Thibodeau made a small rotation of the roster during this timeout, replacing starting shooting guard Boggs with backup Ronnie Brewer, who averaged 8 points and 3 rebounds last season. Compared with Boggs, who averaged 2 points and 4 rebounds per game, his offensive firepower has improved by a level. It seems that Thibodeau is not satisfied with the team's offense during this period.

After the Wizards came up to serve, Li Kaiming waited for Hinrich to dribble the ball in the frontcourt. After the pick-and-roll, he still couldn’t find a chance. Hinrich gave the ball to Li Kaiming. It was too fierce, and his teammates had no way to throw the ball in the face of the fleeting open opportunity.

Then only he came by himself, transformed into Arenas, and used his own offense to drive his teammates.

After Hinrich passed the ball to him, he took Rose and ran far away. The other teammates also lined up on both sides, standing outside the three-point line. He put the ball behind his head and observed the situation, and saw that no one else in the Bulls was intending to double-team, so he suddenly dropped the ball and broke through, pushing Gibson into the penalty area to kill!

Gibson is not tall, and there is not much space in the half-court, so he was only pushed to the side by Li Kaiming, and did not lose his defensive position. Facing Li Kaiming's breakthrough, he also had a serious face and swung his feet extremely fast. The body torso resisted the former, not giving Li Kaiming a chance to make an emergency stop and jump shot.

It took Li Kaiming less than 1 second to break through from beyond the three-point line to the free throw line. His breakthrough with the ball did not completely resolve Gibson's defense. Li Kaiming was a little surprised by the speed of this guy's lateral movement!

Seeing Li Kaiming's breakthrough, the rest of the Bulls subconsciously took a step back, but no one came up to double-team, which shows the teamwork of the Bulls' defense.

Joakim Noah at the basket is considered to be a relatively good frame protector among the centers in the entire league, so if Li Kaiming carries Gibson and breaks through to the basket, the ball is very likely to be blocked by Noah, and this is very important for the insiders. The combination did not leave room for Li Kaiming to pass the ball at all. Even if Li Kaiming could pass the ball, Noah or Gibson could quickly make up the defense and disrupt Brac's offense.

In the opening 4 minutes, Li Kaiming passed two balls to Brac, but the latter failed to score either. The former was blocked by Gibson, and the latter was blocked by Noah's defense.

So the ball has to be played from the middle distance. The Bulls' defense at the basket is too strong. If they face Gibson or Noah one-on-one, Li Kaiming is confident that they can blow them up, but the two of them can't do it. The main reason is that Li Kaiming doesn't like to increase the difficulty of his game. Relatively speaking, he prefers to deal with opponents from the tactical level.

When Li Kaiming dribbled near the free throw line, he stopped suddenly. Gibson thought he was going to shoot a jumper, but Li Kaiming changed his face and broke through to his back, and began to dribble sideways and push inward.

This is also the first time since the start of the regular season that Li Kaiming has shown a center forward skill that he hasn't used for a long time.

Gibson is a power forward who is small and fast, but his strength is relatively weak. Li Kaiming made two pushes with his feet and found it relatively easy. After entering the penalty area, Gibson was a little overwhelmed. He was about to call Noah over Double-teaming, but Li Kaiming suddenly turned around halfway, and then turned over and shot a jumper two meters away from the basket.

With a height of [-] meters and a wingspan of [-] meters, Li Kaiming's jumper Gibson could barely reach the former's elbow.

With a bang, the basketball hit the net, and Li Kaiming scored the second goal since the opening.

11 is better than 7!

The commentator Adams praised, "Li Kaiming played the center position in college. Although he mainly played power forward after entering the league, and he seldom made such shots from the middle distance, it can still be seen that his center skill package is very good. Rich."

Gus Jason next to him nodded in agreement, "His offensive skills have been polished very well, and I basically don't see any shortcomings in his offensive end."

The Bulls served the ball, and Rose tried to launch a fast break after receiving the ball, but the Wizards players were already in place. Seeing this, Rose made a pick-and-roll with Noah, broke through to the side of the free throw line, and suddenly turned the ball over the head to Noah, who was downswing.

Blatche has returned to the defense, and the Bulls' tactics are adaptable. Noah did not pass the ball out to reorganize, but directly dribbled the ball to the top, broke through to the basket and caused Bracche's thug foul, and Noah walked again. Got to the free throw line and made two free throws.

13 is better than 7!

Less than one quarter into the game, Noah not only blocked Brac, who had averaged a double-double, on the defensive end, but also caused a foul on the Wizards' two starters.

Sanders' expression on the sidelines was a bit ugly. Blanche could tell from this halftime that Noah was blown away. The most important thing is that the Wizards should not get into foul trouble inside.

If, like in the last game, Li Kaiming fouled out before half of the fourth quarter, then the Wizards are still playing!

In addition to Li Kaiming, Blatche is also very important. The substitute McGee can't stay on the court for a long time. If Blatche is beaten by the Bulls, Li Kaiming is the only one who can protect the frame on the defensive end. The heavy burden at the end is on the latter, and no one knows whether Li Kaiming's state can be guaranteed.

Sanders didn't dare to bet, so he directly signaled Blatche on the sidelines to pay attention to his defensive actions and not to foul too much.

The Wizards served, Li Kaiming stepped forward to pick and roll, Hinrich followed the screen and broke through a step inside, Gibson and Rose are both very fast horizontal players, Hinrich's route to the penalty area was blocked in the blink of an eye.

Li Kaiming waved for the ball at the top of the arc and cleared Hinrich. Gibson still didn't let Li Kaiming shoot from the outside. Blocking the referee's sight, he threw his elbow at Li Kaiming's body!

During the breakthrough, Li Kaiming immediately felt a thrust from his waist. He held his breath and exerted force in his core. At the same time, he calmly supported the elbow of the ball protector. Unexpectedly, he just raised his elbow and took a step forward. , Suddenly there was a whistle on the sideline!

beep!

Li Kaiming stopped and turned his head to look at the referee on the sideline. Unsurprisingly, he saw that annoying face and the offensive foul gesture made by Brother Tony!

Grass!What should come is finally here!

Although Li Kaiming felt very disgusted, he felt a sense of peace in his heart for no reason.

It's like you know that something bad will happen to you, but you don't know when it will happen. During this period, your most nervous time is not the moment when the thing comes, but waiting before it happens torment.

Brother Tony will disgust him sooner or later, but Li Kaiming has no idea when and in what form this guy will disgust himself, so when Brother Tony calls him an offensive foul, he feels a lot easier!

Although he had already fouled twice at this time, he was not worried at all.

On the other hand, Saunders, who was next to the Wizards' bench, saw that Li Kaiming had received two fouls in one quarter, and was so anxious that he almost jumped!

The commentator Adams prayed to the Wizards in his heart, "There are still 5 minutes before the end of the first quarter. Li Kaiming has already fouled twice. Will he leave the field with full fouls like the last game?"

Gus Jason shook his head and sighed, "The Wizards are in trouble. Li Kaiming is in foul trouble and will be taken down by Sanders to protect him for a while. During this time, with the Wizards lineup, he wants to start against the Bulls. I'm afraid it will be difficult to even maintain the point difference!"

Adams asked curiously, "Don't the Wizards have Arenas on the bench now? The 1700th man for 6 million, which team has such a card?"

Gus Jason laughed, "Brother, it's so funny that you are serious and joking. Arenas must be strong enough, but I mean he can't beat a Bulls team by himself!"

Adams turned his gaze back to the court, "It's really a headache, let's leave this problem to Coach Philip Sanders, let's see how Li Kaiming will arrange the lineup on the court after he leaves the court... Huh?"

Adams' words stopped abruptly, and Gus Jason quickly looked towards the court, and then a look of disbelief appeared on his face.

"Li Kaiming is still on the stage? Is Sanders crazy?"