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Due to the outrageous performance of the rest of the Wizards in the first quarter, Li Kaiming had to play the entire first quarter and try to choose his own shots in the second half as much as possible.

There is one thing to say, scoring 11 points in a single quarter is already full of strength, but it seems that it is not enough at present.

United Center commentator Adams Vernal said at the end of the first quarter, "Li Kaiming's offense is still sharp. He achieved the 8 points per quarter he said before, but his teammates did not give him enough support. The Bulls The team's defense is really strong."

Gus Jason nodded and said, "If there are no accidents, this game will become a game where Li Kaiming cuts empty, and there will be more and more scenes like this in future games."

It seems that the two commentators, Adams and Jason, recognized Li Kaiming's strength, but they were very pessimistic about the Wizards' strength.

This kind of thinking is also the cognition of most rational fans. Li Kaiming's current ability is obviously beyond the level of the team. Empty cutting will only be the most likely ending for the latter, just like Jordan back then. With 40 points, you can't always get past the hurdle of a round of tour.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Sanders finally let Li Kaiming rest. Of course, this rest is only temporary. Sanders will stand on the sidelines and observe carefully, always ready to let Li Kaiming go up to fight the fire.

Li Kaiming also took advantage of this hard-won rest time to drink water and wipe sweat on the bench, but his eyes never left the court.

He is afraid!He went down, and Arenas is naturally the one who dominates the ball now. If the latter plays like he did when he came back, then today's game can be declared over in advance.

Against a team as bad as the Cavaliers, Li Kaiming still has the confidence and stamina to pull back the point difference, but against a team like the Bulls in an away game, he would not dare to play like this if he had the guts!

With the starting lineup, he can only fight back and forth with the Bulls. If Arenas digs a hole after going up, then Li Kaiming will want to die!

But fortunately, after a few games, Arenas has gradually regained some of his form. When the top-paid Arenas encounters a substitute from another team, it is equivalent to a wolf entering the herd. With this excellent personal ability, he led the Wizards' bench and the Bulls' bench to play hard.

Of course, Arenas still deducted the pass button, and mainly focused on his own singles.

After the semi-substitute lineups of the two teams fought fiercely for half a quarter in the second quarter, Thibodeau took the lead in calling a timeout on the Bulls side, and the score between the two sides was fixed at 41 to 40.

Of course, this was a short timeout. After the timeout, Thibodeau switched to the full starting lineup. Sanders did the same. Originally, he wanted to try a five-out lineup, but when he thought that Li Kaiming was currently carrying two fouls , immediately dismissed the idea.

The combination of Li Kaiming and Yi Jianlian can't be said to have basically no defense, but it can also be said to be useless.

Such an inside combination is not bad in some games with low inside intensity. The main offensive area is on the outside, and the defense is mainly to protect the rebounds. But facing the inside combination of Noah and Gibson, Sanders doesn't even need to use this lineup. Putting it on the court, one can already imagine the tragedy after that.

So this time the Wizards are still all starters.

Thibodeau on the opposite side was obviously dissatisfied with the performance of the team's substitute, so he took the initiative to suspend and brought up the starter.

The Bulls in the first two seasons were still too immature, but this season's Bulls traded to get Boozer, coupled with the growth of Rose and Noah, the Bulls' goal is definitely not satisfied by entering the playoffs like before.

So with a team that has the lowest odds of winning and is defending tens of thousands of people, Thibodeau is very dissatisfied with this. He is as fat as a ball. The face looks like an inflated puffer fish.

"After going up, defend seriously. I don't want to see the opponent get an open chance easily. If anyone loses his mind on the defensive end, he will get out of my way! Do you understand? Defend!"

Thibodeau punched heavily on the tactical board. In fact, he was not so angry in his heart, but he did this to emphasize the importance of defense to the players.

In his Thibodeau team, you can only eat cakes on offense, but if you are distracted or unwilling to contribute on the defensive end, you will definitely be severely criticized!

The Bulls players also nodded with serious expressions, and then all clenched their fists and leaned together to complete the cheering activity before going on the field.

Before the timeout ended, the Wizards scored a goal, so after the timeout came back, the Bulls served. Rose quickly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. The basketball hit the rim and missed, but the Tony brothers on the sideline were extremely sharp-eyed, and found that Blatche hit Noah's forearm while defending, and immediately called a foul.

Brac received the second foul of the audience before the soles of his feet were warmed up!

In fact, if this wave is based on the standards of the Bulls' defensive wizards, this ball can be blown or not, but the Bulls and the two buffs of the Tony brothers at home successfully allowed Noah to stand on the free throw line again.

Noah made two free throws, 42 to 40.

The Wizards attacked. Before Li Kaiming reached the three-point line, Gibson posted it, and the trash talk in his mouth was still chattering, "Rookie, I will let you know what defense is! You can't score in front of me!"

Li Kaiming was almost amused by this guy. He scored 11 points in the first quarter under this guy's defense. This guy actually said that he couldn't score in front of him. This guy has really thick skin!

But after Li Kaiming thought about it carefully, he knew that Gibson might not be talking trash for the sake of talking trash, the latter was just to disturb his mood, and it would be best to make him restless and irritable.

While striding forward, Gibson put one hand on Li Kaiming's waist while staring at the latter, without stopping for a moment.

Seeing Li Kaiming's unhurried movements, Gibson gradually began to mutter in his heart, "This kid, why is he so calm? If it was someone else, he would have been furious and started to prove himself in singles! It's weird."

Hinrich then screened and broke through to the waist, and the rest of the Wizards ran without the ball. Li Kaiming clapped his hands to catch the ball at the free throw line, and then feinted, attracting the attention of Rose and Gibson, and then passed the ball from Gibson's At the foot, a hit ball passed to Hinrich's hands.

Hinrich shot directly after receiving the ball and hit the second ball since the opening.

42 flats!

Gibson patted his bald head with some regret, and then showed Ross his problem.

Li Kaiming retreated backwards towards his own backcourt, and at the same time stretched out his hands to Gibson with the big bald head, and made a gesture of shrugging his shoulders, the meaning was obvious, you seem to have nothing to do with me.

The on-site commentator Adams Vernal shook his head after seeing this scene, "Gibson shouldn't provoke Li Kaiming. Maybe Li doesn't care about it on the surface, but his actions have shown that he will eat Gibson alive tonight. !"

Gus Jason next to him said with emotion, "Lee's competitive spirit is not weak at all. He just seems to have chosen a more reasonable way of playing. Some people on the Internet say that he can only play low-intensity games, but obviously the truth is Compared with digesting shots by himself, Li prefers to drive his teammates. The evaluation of him on the Internet is embarrassing. Seeing Gibson today, I believe that if someone tries to challenge Li Kaiming in the next game, then I can only stand for that in my heart. There is a silent mourning!"

The Bulls are attacking. Rose holds the ball from the corner position. Luol Deng is running quickly with the help of other people's cover, but the players of the Wizards are also chasing after him. He hit 2 three-pointers in one game, the highest score of the Bulls team.

Luol Deng's running position attracted the Wizards' defensive focus, and the inside line began to become a little open, but Noah was still strictly guarded. Rose withdrew and gave the ball to Gibson, who was unguarded in the middle distance.

Li Kaiming is currently shrinking in the penalty area, helping Brac to prevent Noah from receiving the ball, and slightly letting Gibson take two steps.

Gibson belongs to the kind of player whose defense is greater than offense. He has a fierce face and looks very good defensively.

His offensive range is limited to the basket, and he can occasionally try mid-range open shots, and there are no three-pointers at all.

So when Gibson got the ball in the middle distance, he was very excited. He imagined the half-court singles and Li Kaiming proved himself, and it was finally coming!

Looking at Li Kaiming who rushed over, Gibson showed his white teeth, and then directly faced Li Kaiming for a three-step layup. This distance is still enough.

Li Kaiming ran over to estimate the distance, and under the watchful eyes of Gibson's face gradually changed, he kicked off the ground and took off!

Gibson underestimated him for his layup. Although his defense was not enough, his physical fitness is here. The ball was so casual that he didn't consider his sky-defying bounce at all.

So, in the next scene, the mouths of the entire United Center fans gradually opened to the maximum, and almost everyone could stuff two boiled eggs.

And Gibson, who was the person involved, was so frightened that he stood there in a daze, and could only lift his neck gradually following Li Kaiming's position...

Li Kaiming, who flew into the air, stretched out his hands amidst the sound of shit, stopped Gibson for a layup in mid-air, and then grabbed the basketball with both hands, confiscating the Bulls' offensive qualifications!

Adams Vernal and Gus Jason on the sidelines immediately stood up, "Oh! Li Kaiming, beautiful defense, he directly ended Taj Gibson's offense in the air! This is a five-best defense!"

Thibodeau, who was standing on the sidelines, was also dumbfounded by the ball, and even forgot to criticize Gibson for being so casual in attacking...

On the big screen in the United Center, the time passed by every minute...

Thibodeau's defensive strategy emphasized in the second quarter did not suppress Li Kaiming. After halftime, the two sides still played inextricably. The Bulls led 58 to 56 by 2 points.

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