Bulls coaches and players were interviewed after the game.
The reporter asked Lu Yu: "This year's Bulls have reached the finals again, and the format is completely different from last year. How do you feel now?"
"I feel that we are the best team in the league, and my teammates are also the best players in the league. Every player has put in a lot of effort to win the game."
Although Lu Yu was very excited, he still pretended to be calm and said it.
After all, we just won G1 now, it’s not time to celebrate yet.
The reporter asked: "You scored a double-double today with 29 points and 13 assists. Do you think the Spurs have the ability to guard you?"
"I'm very happy to get this data. As for whether the Spurs can guard me, this question can only be answered by the fans. Anyway, I try my best to play and lead the team to win the game. We are the league
The team with the highest winning rate will definitely win the championship, right?"
The reporter asked: "What do you think of Bruce Bowen's injury during the game?"
Lu Yu secretly sighed. He knew that this question would be asked by reporters sooner or later. After going in such a big circle, the question that reporters wanted to ask the most was this.
Lu Yu shook his head and smiled: "Unfortunately, Bruce was injured during the game. An accident during the game is a sad thing. I just hope that everyone can protect their opponents while being full of confrontation. After all,
No one knows whether the next injury will cost them their entire career. Again, if you get injured, please get off the court."
The reporters applauded Lu Yu's words.
Although some reporters have heard the implication of Lu Yu's statement, because the Spurs' Bowen first used a bad move against Lu Yu during the game.
Cartwright also applauded Lu Yu.
That's great. Saying it like this not only protects the Bulls' face, but also warns the Spurs not to use petty tricks again, otherwise it would be inappropriate for a player to lose his career because of something like this.
Lu Yu speaks from his heart. He hates injuries and sincerely hopes they will get out of the court. Without injuries, many players' careers would become more brilliant.
Originally these dirty moves were not part of basketball.
However, apart from injuries other than being tricked, they are an inevitable part of basketball and there is really nothing we can do about it.
After leaving the arena, Lu Yu did not go home. Instead, he went directly to the restaurant to meet his family and have some midnight snacks together.
Of course, that includes the Stewart family.
The main reason was that Jessica came during this time, and Lu Yu didn't have time to accompany her. It just so happened that Lu Chaoyang and Mark Foyou were both here this time, so everyone got together for a quick get-together.
Mark Foyou lamented that Lu Yu’s development was so fast that it simply exceeded his imagination.
Lu Chaoyang looked at the unfamiliar son in front of him and sighed slightly. Three years ago, Lu Yu was still a good boy who only knew how to study. He didn't expect that after three years of playing basketball, he would feel like a different person.
Lu Yu has not eaten Chinese food for a long time, but unfortunately he is destined to not be able to enjoy it today.
Halfway through the meal, Lu Yu told them that the team had to go out for something, and asked Jessica to send Lu Chaoyang and Mark Foyou home after the meal. The house they lived in now was big enough for them.
So many people.
As for Stewart and her family, Lu Yu arranged for bodyguards to send them to the hotel.
It took about two hours before Lu Yu returned home.
The first thing I did when I got home was to take a shower and change my clothes.
Lying on the bed, Lu Yu couldn't help but wonder how the time management master in his previous life managed to arrange his time so tightly. It was really a headache to deal with Monica and Scarlett for two hours at the same time.
After a day off, Game 2 of the Finals continued at the United Center. The scene was still one-sided, with the Bulls leading by 13 points in the first quarter.
The targeted arrangements Popovich made before the game failed. Without being able to guard against Lu Yu, the Bulls blossomed more and beat the Spurs as hard as they could.
Brad Miller made 10 of 15 shots, 5 of 7 free throws, and scored 25 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 block. He can also handle passes in the high post. It is really difficult for Robinson to guard him.
Robinson is really old and can't keep up with Brad Miller in terms of strength or speed.
Lu Yu made 9 of 13 shots, 2 of 4 three-pointers, and 6 of 6 free throws. He scored 26 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block. This block was blocked from behind Parker, filling up the data column.
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Hamilton scored 17 points and 4 assists, and Richardson scored 15 points and 6 assists.
Four members of the Lakers team scored in double figures, and the substitutes also performed well. In the end, they defeated the Spurs 112-89, and the total score came to 2-0.
The Spurs actually performed well in this game.
Duncan had 31 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists, Parker also had 16 points and 4 assists, and Ginobili had 13 points, 3 assists and 1 steal.
But others rarely perform well.
Zhang Weiping commented: "If no one else from the Spurs steps up, it would be a bit foolish to overthrow the powerful Bulls with just a few of them."
Sun Yiping also said: "The key problem for the Spurs now is that no one can guard Lu Yu. Lu Yu's current personal ability at the small forward position should be unique in the league, both in terms of scoring and organizational ability.
Much better than other players in the same position."
In these two games, since Bowen was injured, the Spurs' defense on Lu Yu has been a little weak, and no matter who comes in, it won't work.
After the game, the basketball experts who originally said the two teams were evenly matched changed their tune, and the commentator who said the Spurs had the ability to challenge the Bulls also shut up. Only a group of hackers on the Internet were still slandering Lu Yu.
"If Bowen hadn't been injured, how could Lu Yu have performed so well."
"Find someone to injure Bowen, then win the game and win the championship. The Bulls won a championship without any gold content at all."
"Lu Mi only knows how to brag about Lu Yu. With the Bulls' level of equipment, if my grandma were to lead the team, they would still be able to win the championship."
"Defenders win the playoffs. Now the Spurs' defensive expert is injured. Lu Yu is like an old silver coin."
Lu Mi and Lu Hei had a heated argument on the Internet.
The undeniable fact is that the Bulls did injure Bowen, and Artest was suspected of being intentional. However, many people have also seen that it was Bowen who attacked Lu Yu first, but Lu Yu reacted quickly and failed.
That's all.
No matter what Lu Hei says, the Bulls have already won two games.
On June 9, the G3 game between the Bulls and Spurs in the NBA Finals will be held in San Antonio.
The Spurs were formerly the Dallas Bushes. They moved to San Antonio in 1973 and changed their name to the Spurs. They joined the NBA in 1976.
The Spurs are one of the four teams in the original ABA League that remained intact after the merger of the ABA and the NBA in 1976. They are also the only team in the original ABA League to win the NBA championship.
In the 1980s, under the leadership of "Iceman" George Gervin, the Spurs reached the Western Conference Finals in 1982 and 1983. In the 1990s, the two No. 1 picks, "Admiral" David Robinson and "Big Fundamental Skills" Tee
Tim Duncan's "Twin Towers Strategy" brought the team its first NBA championship in 1999.
Now, Robinson is about to retire.
Duncan is alone.
All San Antonians hope that Duncan can support the Spurs and defeat the Chicago Bulls in the game.
When Lu Yu arrived in San Antonio, the local Texas Folk Festival was being held.
At the folk festival, you can buy various sculptures, wooden utensils, carpets and other handicrafts, and taste delicacies and snacks from all over the world. The variety is rich, including butter potato pancakes, grilled sausages, sausage gumbo, and even sesame balls.
Special Chinese delicacies.
While enjoying the delicious food, there are also many entertainment projects for visitors to watch, such as watermelon seed spitting competition, corn shucking, clog dance, hula dance, etc.
The Bulls players were very relaxed and went out to play on the first day in San Antonio.
Lu Yu didn't stop him. He knew that the more relaxed he was, the better he could perform in the away game. The reason why the away game was an away game was mainly because of the pressure brought by the away fans and atmosphere.
If the Bulls players don't relax but go to San Antonio to train, they may maintain a certain state, but it will have no effect on improving their level.
In the afternoon, Cartwright did not approve the players' suggestion to go out, but instead called everyone together to explain the tactical arrangements for that night's game.
This is followed by simple shooting drills.
During training, Lu Yu's hand was very smooth and he could shoot no matter what. The basket was as wide as the sea. When one-on-one, neither Artest nor Trenton Hassell could guard him.
Seeing Lu Yu's shooting form, his teammates became more confident.
When the teammates were discussing tactics in the visiting team's locker room in the evening, everyone suggested that Lu Yu take more shots in this game, maybe he could break the scoring record in the finals.
The NBA Finals single-game scoring record is held by Lakers legend Baylor. On April 14, 1962, he scored 61 points in a single game in the Finals.
Teammates all know that Lu Yu has a good touch and hope he will try it once.
Everyone knows that today is a good year for Lu Yu. If the Bulls can win the finals this year, Lu Yu will definitely win the Finals FMVP. Unfortunately, Lu Yu's scores in the first two games were not high. He scored 29 points in one game and 29 points in the other.
Scored 26 points. This statistic is definitely very good when compared to ordinary players, but when compared to Lu Yu, it seems a lot bleak.
Lu Yu won the regular season MVP, All-Star Game MVP, and Finals MVP this year. In the entire history of the NBA, only Willis Reed in the 1969-1970 season has achieved such honors.
Willis Reed averaged 21.7 points, 13.9 rebounds and 2.0 assists that season and became the regular season MVP, All-Star Game MVP, won the championship and was elected the Finals MVP.
He was also selected to the first team of the All-NBA Team and the first team of the All-Defensive Team.
This is almost the same as Lu Yu's honor this season.
Now there is no hope for the scoring champion and assist king Lu Yu. After all, the regular season is over. He can only find a breakthrough in the finals. The most familiar ones are two. One is the scoring average record in the finals, and the other is
The scoring record in a single game of the finals.
The scoring average record is set by Jordan in 1993 when he averaged 41 points per game.
Averaged more than 41 points per game. Based on the fact that he only played four games in the finals, Lu Yu will average more than 54.5 points per game in the remaining two games. As long as Lu Yu can break Baylor's single-game scoring record and score more than 61 points, next
Just score 48 points in a game.
Of course, it's a bit embarrassing to score such high scores two times in a row.
When the players came out, Lu Yu was booed by the audience. Now the fans in San Antonio hate Lu Yu. They blame Lu Yu for Bowen's injury.
CCTV 5 is also broadcasting this game.
Zhang Weiping said: "How much Spurs fans hate Lu Yu shows how dominant Lu Yu is now."
Sun Yiping said: "An away game under such circumstances is a test for both the Bulls and Lu Yu. I hope the Bulls can win at the Spurs' home court."
Zhang Weiping nodded: "As long as the Bulls win a victory, they will make money. Although the Bulls played very easily in the first two games, no one can guarantee the winning rate in the away game. After all, the away basket is not their own basket."
Lu Yu didn't care, he wasn't the only one being booed, the entire Bulls team would be booed no matter who played.
Didn’t you see that Artest was louder than when he was booed?
Silly Tai proudly waved his biceps at the home fans excitedly. Those who didn't know thought he was provoking. Well, he was provoking.
Lu Yu was a little worried. After all, although San Antonio and Auburn Hills were in the west and east, the quality of their fans was almost the same, so a fight was not impossible.
After Cartwright became familiar with the Spurs' style of play, he made adjustments to the starting lineup today.
Bulls five: Richardson, Hamilton, Lu Yu, Chandler and Brad Miller.
The Spurs' starting lineup is the same as in G2: Parker, Ginobili, Jackson, Duncan and Robinson.
Starting from G2, the Spurs have been in a dilemma of personnel shortage, and they can only move Ginobili from the bench to the starting position. This way, the starting offense will be fine, but the rotation of the bench will be more frequent, so as not to
There will be situations where the main force is controlled to death.
The reason why Cartwright put Chandler in the starting lineup is because Boozer is better at offense and Chandler is good at defense. Against Duncan, the first priority must be defense.
Of course, Boozer's playing time will not be much less than Chandler. After all, the Bulls also need his offensive firepower support.
As for Artest, Cartwright didn't plan to let him play for too long today, lest he get beaten. Fans had already thrown drinking bottles from the stands and hit Artest while the players were warming up. Of course that one
The fans were also falsely reprimanded by the security at the scene.
Chandler won the jump ball, but his hand turned the ball crooked, and it suddenly fell into Ginobili's hand.
Ginobili was stunned for a moment before he realized it was time to attack.
After dribbling the ball past halftime, Ginobili called a pick-and-roll in the middle because he found that the one guarding him had become Lu Yu. This was the Bulls' defensive tactic. Compared to Jackson, Ginobili's threat
It seems bigger.
After the pick-and-roll, Ginobili quickly dribbled past Chandler. Lu Yu bypassed Duncan and continued to pursue the defense, blocking Ginobili's breakthrough route.
There was only a chance to pass the ball in the middle, but Ginobili failed to seize it.
Ginobili's left-hand breakthrough failed to get past Lu Yu, and he followed up with a pull-back from behind to connect with a step-back shot.
Lu Yu immediately jumped to interfere, and the defense was already in place, but Ginobili shot quickly and slightly backward, and the basketball went hollow into the net.
0 to 2
The San Antonio fans cheered as if they hadn't just made the opening field goal, but as if they had won the game.
Lu Yu glanced sideways at the fans on the sidelines.
Suddenly, he saw Ginobili running towards the other half of the court at the same time as him, but they were just running. Why did it feel like Ginobili was running slower and slower, as if he was waiting to hit him?
Sure enough, the two people bumped into each other.
Lu Yu understood that Ginobili was about to dive.
How good is Ginobili at acting? In Lu Yu's previous life, "Bleacher Report" online said that Ginobili was the most flopping shooting guard in history, and also said that Ginobili's acting skills were the worst.
Of course, Ginobili doesn't agree with this view.
Ginobili said: "In the NBA, I am famous for diving, probably because of George Karl. That old guy really complained to the media countless times, probably because he was jealous of my long hair. Go and see what I have done in the past ten years.
The game video, maybe the acting was a bit exaggerated at the beginning, can I not fall when I hit O'Neal with the ball? It was really not intentional."
To be honest, the NBA slightly subverted Ginobili's outlook on life.
He played in Italy and found that the fans there loved watching flopping.
As soon as he fell, no matter the home team or the away team, the fans shouted and cheered him on.
After a collision, he lay down on his back, and the referee made sure to blow the whistle. The fans were overjoyed and loved watching him perform.
I suggest fans take a look at the throw he threw at Raja Bell. It was so exaggerated. Fortunately, I wasn't in the mood to make emoticons at that time, otherwise Ginobili might have become popular much earlier than Nick Young.
But flopping in the NBA did almost make him infamous, so let’s not mention it.
Well, now watching Harden play, he can feel the comfort of someone who will succeed him.
When Ginobili saw Lu Yu blocking his way back to defense, he immediately had an idea in his mind.
If I fell to the ground the moment Lu Yu collided with me, the referee would definitely give Lu Yu a foul. As long as Lu Yu dared to complain, the referee would directly give me a T!
Great, just do it!
As a result, just as Ginobili was about to stop, he suddenly found Lu Yu, who ran next to him, lying directly on the ground. His movements were so exaggerated that those who didn't know thought that Ginobili had punched him.
Seeing this, Ginobili quickly followed suit and stumbled, falling directly to the ground.
Three referees rushed over. You looked at me, I looked at you, and then asked: "What's wrong with you?"
Lu Yu quickly replied: "Sorry, maybe we accidentally bumped into each other while walking. No, the two of us fell down."
Ginobili also nodded repeatedly: "Yeah, we accidentally caused chaos in the game."
After the two people stood up, they both secretly said "What a dangerous situation" in their hearts. Fortunately, they reacted quickly, otherwise they would have been fooled by the other party.
The Bulls attacked. After receiving the ball, Lu Yu passed the ball to Hamilton in the middle. He stood at a 45-degree angle on the right and suddenly cut inside. Miller blocked Ginobili in the corner. Lu Yu
Rely on speed to get rid of the ball, pass Robinson, and pick the basket to score.
2 to 2
Except for flexible insiders like Garnett and Nowitzki, or top-notch rim-protecting centers like Yao Ming and Big Ben, other insiders who are slower and less rim-protecting want to prevent Lu Yu's air cuts.
It's a particularly difficult thing.
Lu Yu has height, bounce, and speed. Those who are taller than him are not as fast as him, those who are faster than him can't jump as well as him, and those who can jump as high as him are not as high as him.
Many Lu Hei on the Internet say that Lu Yu is actually average in ability and relies on his physical talent to misplace his opponents, but physical talent is also a type of talent.
Fortunately, Lu Hei didn't know about Lu Yu's cheating, otherwise Lu Yu would have been hacked out. Of course, no one would believe him if he said cheating.
The Spurs attack, Parker and Duncan play pick-and-roll, Chandler and Richardson directly flank Parker, Duncan is left open, Lu Yu cannot shrink, Ginobili is not Bowen, in addition to being able to shoot, Ginobili can also
He has good passing skills.
Duncan caught the ball in the middle and made a shot, 2-4.
The Bulls attacked, and the routine they just attacked was repeated again. Lu Yu relied on the screen to get rid of Ginobili's defense. Jackson chose to flank. Lu Yu passed through the gap and scored the ball with a high rebound, 4 to 4.
Zhang Weiping shouted: "Beautiful, Lu Yu made two consecutive breakthroughs at the beginning. Whether it was switching defenses or attacking from a flank, Lu Yu was able to do it with ease. It seems that he is in good condition today."
Sun Yiping continued: "The boos from Spurs fans did not affect Lu Yu's offense. He is a player with a big heart."
The Spurs, who were encouraged by the fans at home, played well offensively. Ginobili hit a three-pointer from the corner. Although his shot was unreasonable and Popovich didn't like his three-pointer, it was a good shot if he could hit it.
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The score came to 4 to 7.
Richardson received a pass from Lu Yu and responded in the same position, hitting a three-pointer 7-7.
Ginobili singled out Lu Yu, made continuous breakthroughs in different directions, and finally made a left-handed throw, and the rebound was grabbed by Miller.
Ginobili is a left-handed player, and his breakthrough looks very weird. Otherwise, he would be called a demon knife. Lu Yu will sometimes be passed by. It is not that easy to interfere with his shooting.
If he had been more accurate, the Bulls would have really struggled today.
Today's Spurs have obviously made a more targeted tactical deployment, obviously playing more pick-and-rolls. Whether it is between Ginobili and Parker, or who is picking and rolling with Duncan, it is difficult for the Bulls to make defensive choices.
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There was back and forth between the two sides. Ginobili also worked very hard when defending Lu Yu. This time he did not choose to let Jackson change defense. I guess Popovich scolded him last time when he changed defense. This time, even if he tried his best not to
, we must also guard against Lu Yu.
At 5 minutes, Ginobili hit a mid-range hit, the score was 17-18, and the Spurs led by one point. This is one of the few leads the Spurs have had so far in the series.
But the Spurs didn't expect that this might be their last lead.
