() After Tracy McGrady and Francis swapped clubs, the Magic have now clearly become Ford's team.
The Bulls are full of young players, and although the older ones like Antonio Davis can be leaders in the locker room, their ability to lead the team to victory on the court is still lacking.
Because Chandler's offensive methods are too single, although he is considered a senior starter, he cannot assume the responsibility of a leader.
Eddie Curry has no leadership qualities at all. He plays like a job and does his own thing step by step.
To say that the most promising leader of the Bulls team is this year's No. 3 pick Jay Sean, because he played this role when he was at Duke University. But after all, he has just entered the league, so although
When introducing the players at the beginning, the Bulls deliberately placed him last, but it remains to be seen whether the teammates on the court will convince him or whether he is really strong enough to compete with the opponent's No. 1 star.
And know.
This also means that, in fact, the Bulls currently have five players on the court without a core at all.
And this was also clearly reflected in the game.
After Howard scored the hook, Grant Hill and Francis started firing, hitting consecutive shots. Francis even went inside several times and even dunked one over Chandler's head.
At this time, no one on the Bulls team could stand up.
Chen Jie wanted to stand up, but Hinrich seemed to trust Eddie Curry more. Several balls were given to Little Shark for him to play singles in the paint. However, although Howard was still a rookie, when facing Curry,
There is no physical disadvantage, and Chandler's offensive ability is average, and Cato is also capable enough to attack from a flank, so the conditions for Curry's singles are actually not good.
But, what can be done?
Hinrich knows that Griffin and Chandler are not good at scoring. Although Chen Jie is very talented, it is the first game after all. Hinrich does not believe that giving the ball to him will have immediate results. Now,
We can only hope that Curry can perform.
Only three minutes into the game, the Magic led 12-4 by eight points.
Curry made nearly his 39th offense, but only made two hits despite the Magic's heavy defense.
Of course, you can't really blame him for this. Maybe because they saw that the Bulls only have one move on offense, the Magic are now boldly attacking Curry with a double or even triple attack.
Originally, Van Gundy thought he would spend a lot of defensive energy on Chen Jie, but from this minute, it seems that he was overthinking it. So far, Chen Jie has only gotten the ball a handful of times. Mobu
Only one person can guard him.
Until now, Chen Jie was very impatient. Although it had only lasted three minutes, there was no way he could continue like this.
Off the court, Coach Scales obviously couldn't stand it anymore and was about to call a timeout.
Griffin had no effect on Hill's defense. The glass man seemed particularly excited today and performed particularly well.
Hinrich's defense against Francis is even more terrible, and now he is basically being beaten.
On the offensive end, his organization has also fallen into monotony. In fact, Coach Scales is still very relieved about Hinrich's organizational ability, but for some reason today, he just kept believing that Eddie Curry refused to pass the ball to Chen Jie.
, which made Scales a little annoyed.
There are a few point guards sitting off the court.
But Chris Duharn can't defend Francis at all. As for the other Chris Duharn, although judging from his performance in the NCAA, his performance on the defensive end is pretty good, but after all, he has not played in the NBA.
He has never challenged a player like Francis, and it is still unknown how effective the defense will be after he takes the field.
Of course, one advantage of letting him play is that he and Chen Jie have a tacit understanding. If he controls the ball, Chen Jie's offensive ability may be able to be used.
But, do we really have to rely on two rookies to change the situation so early in the first game?
Scales hesitated.
In fact, Xinrich is in trouble right now. It's not that he doesn't want to pass the ball to Chen Jie, he is also very aware of Chen Jie's offensive performance.
It's just that he also knows that this is the NBA, and the defensive intensity is not at the same level as the NCAA. If Chen Jie continues to use the same methods as in the NCAA to score, the result will definitely not be good.
He wanted Chen Jie to use his movement to open up space and then assist him in shooting, but now Chen Jie stood outside the three-point line and attempted to beat Mobley in isolation.
This made Hinrich afraid to pass the ball to him.
While Griffin and Chandler basically have negligible scoring methods except for open shots and alley-oops, Hinrich can only hand the ball to Curry for singles.
And seeing Curry being attacked heavily, Hinrich had no choice.
Finally, when Mobley of the Magic took the ball and wanted to break through, Chen Jie quickly destroyed the ball out of the baseline and entered the dead ball. Coach Scales requested a timeout.
The score on the court was now 18 to 6, and the gap had widened even further.
The Magic players happily high-fived their teammates on the bench, while the Bulls players all shook their heads and sighed in despair.
As soon as he got off the field, coach Skiles pulled Hinrich over and asked loudly: "Why don't you pass the ball to Jay Sean?"
Hinrich also looked helpless and spread his hands, meaning how to pass? He wanted to play singles without moving. Did he think he was Kobe or Tracy McGrady?
Coach Skiles looked at him coldly and said nothing. He shouted to several teammates: "Defense! Defense! Guys, where is the defense of you guys? It was so easy for Grant and Steve to score.
Just like a piece of shit!"
In his excitement, Scales cursed and used the word **.
Griffin and Hinrich had bright expressions. Although they did not criticize by name, it was almost enough.
"Please show some energy, Eddie, don't always think about attacking. When you are double-teamed, you can pass the ball. Jay and Hinrich on the outside can break through!"
Speaking of this, Skiles became even more angry and continued to yell: "The defense is just bad, the offense is like a piece of shit, besides Eddie's back, what else is there? Shooting? Can it be a little lethal?
?What about the breakthrough? What about the foul? Do you think this is an exhibition game or a shooting practice?"
This is a lesson to the entire team. It can be said that none of the Bulls' five starters is a big-name superstar. They could only bow their heads after hearing Scales' reprimand. No one dared to refute.
"After you get up there, move your feet and start running."
Scales used three runs in a row to reinforce this tone. He felt that in fact, none of the five people had problems, not to mention each other. They ran too little, provided too little support, and defended too slowly. These were all underfoot.
There was no need to run away, so in the last sentence, he specially emphasized this point.
It seems that the opponent has entered the state earlier than his own team!
Scales squinted and stared at the opponent's bench, wondering what he was thinking. After a moment, he turned his head, and this time his tone was very calm: "Give the ball to Jay and let him break through."
Xinrich nodded. Since the coach said so, even if he didn't trust Chen Jie, he could only do it.
I hope you can break this deadlock for me. After the timeout, Skiles looked at Chen Jie's back and said silently in his heart. He knew that the Bulls need to be excited now, and these players on the field have technical characteristics and
Chen Jie is the only one whose playing style can inspire the team's morale. Therefore, he plans to entrust this rookie with the important task in the first quarter of the first game of the season!
