() Before the jump ball, Chen Jie shook hands with the five starting players of the Spurs. Duncan, as always, did not change his expression when facing Chen Jie. He just nodded while shaking hands.
Parker had a smile on his face, and Ginobili also said a few polite words to Chen Jie.
Only what Bruce Bowen said after shaking hands made Chen Jie stunned.
"I will guard you in this game!"
Chen Jie, who originally planned to return to his seat, paused when he heard this. After a moment, he just nodded, without even looking at Bowen, and said lightly: "Maybe!"
After the players from both sides paid their respects, the game was about to start, and the cheers from the United Center were deafening.
Although Chandler bounced out, he still did not take advantage of Nesterovich, who was taller than himself. After the jump ball, the Spurs got the ball and began to organize the first attack of the game!
Seeing the defensive formation of the Bulls, Barkley in the studio smiled slightly and said: "Scales still takes good care of Jay. He handed over the difficult Ginobili to Griffin. It seems that Jay
Concentrate on performing on the offensive end!"
Smith curled his lips: "Are you trying to say that Jay has more hope of scoring thirty points?"
Barkley smiled without hiding it and said, "That's right! To be honest, I don't think the Bulls will win this game. I just care about Jay's score!"
While the two were talking, the Spurs' first offense had been completed. Duncan's rebound shot once again showed its power. Chandler could not stop it at all and could only watch the basketball enter the basket.
Duncan didn't celebrate after scoring, he just ran back to the backcourt silently. Among the many superstars in the league, he is the most low-key.
After Hinrich controlled the ball for half the game, Curry was the first to look for the inside as requested by Scales. Although Chen Jie scored 51 points in the last game, during the positional battle, Scales
Si still prefers to use Curry as the first choice for offense.
Curry didn't care that it was Duncan who was guarding him. He stuck his butt out a few times and took a position in the paint. After Hinrich's ball came in, Curry started playing singles on his own.
Skiles admires his character quite a bit. No matter who is guarding him, as long as he is given the ball, he will dare to play. The same was true against Garnett in the last game, and the same is true against Duncan in this game!
With a twist, Curry's hook shot actually went in.
He wasn't very flamboyant either. He smiled, waved his fist and ran back to the backcourt.
However, everyone knows that he ran back to the backcourt just for show, and there was no expectation that he would go back to defend. Maybe if he didn't feel too unique, he would have wanted to stay under the basket on the offensive end.
In the first four or five minutes, both sides were in the testing stage, neither using their full strength, and the game was a bit dull. At the fifth minute of the first quarter, the Spurs led by two points, 10-8.
Chen Jie has not performed well, and Bruce Bowen has done his best to defend him. Even when Chen Jie is not looking for the ball, Bruce Bowen does not leave him more than two meters away. It seems **
Vicki had deliberately warned him before the game.
Off the court, Luer Deng and Duhong had already been called up by Scales, and they seemed to be getting ready to play.
Now everyone in the league knows that when the two of them come on the court, it means that the Bulls will speed up the pace.
Smith, who saw this scene in the live broadcast room, laughed and said: "It seems that the Spurs are very satisfied with this situation, but the Bulls are not. Look, Skiles is ready to make a move!"
Barkley was also a little excited and said: "Hurry up and make a move. Now Jay has no desire to attack at all. He is covering for his teammates every time. It seems that he wants to save his energy and wait for the fast break. He will be reckless later."
With Er Deng and Du Hong on the field, the game will be great to watch!"
"But Charles, do you think the Spurs are not prepared? **This old fox is not a simple person!" Smith smiled.
After hearing what Smith said, Barkley also became interested: "Do you think the **Vitch will try to slow down the pace of the game like the previous teams, or will they just play fast breaks? After all, Tony and Ma
Nu's speed may not be slower than that of Jie and the others!"
"It would be okay if that's the case. So far, we haven't encountered a team that competes with the Bulls. If Vicky does this, it will be a first!" Smith smiled, with a look in his eyes.
Looking forward to it.
The two of them had been waiting for the Bulls to make a substitution when the ball was dead. However, although the rhythm on the court was not fast, it was smooth, with no out of bounds and no foul. Until one minute later, the Bulls had no chance to make a substitution.
In the sixth minute of the game, the game was officially suspended according to the rules. Parker brought the ball to the center circle and the game was finally suspended. Players from both teams returned to their respective benches.
Judging from the first six minutes, the Spurs really lived up to their reputation. Any game without them would not be pretty, and this game was no exception. Many spectators yawned.
If they hadn't seen that Luer Dengduhon was about to be replaced, I believe many people would have chosen to sleep first and then get up to watch the last quarter directly.
But simply, I guess this scene won't last long.
After returning from the timeout, Luer Deng and Duhong came on the court, replacing Hinrich and Griffin. On the Spurs' side, the five starting players were all there, unchanged.
The Spurs continued to attack after serving in the center circle. Facing Duhon's defense, Parker did not choose to use his speed to break through. Instead, he pulled to the strong side and passed the ball to Duncan inside. Duncan had already cut down the ball in the first quarter.
He scored eight of the Spurs' 12 points, and can be said to be the Spurs' number one scoring weapon so far.
Facing Chandler's defense, Duncan did not choose to post up, but faced Chandler. After several tests, he chose to break through.
An inside player can basically get by with one step ahead when breaking through. The same goes for Duncan. After taking a big step to the right, Duncan rushed to the basket and seemed to want to make a reverse layup.
When Chandler saw Duncan making a shooting move, he jumped up without thinking. However, unexpectedly, Duncan took the basketball back with one hand, pivoted with his right foot, turned his back, and completely dodged Chandler.
Putting the ball into the basket easily.
Duncan, who has always been a simple and unpretentious player, made such a move, which was somewhat exceptional. However, Chen Jie did not sigh and immediately rushed towards the frontcourt.
Chandler's baseline ball came out very quickly and found Du Hong. Du Hong took a few steps and threw it directly to Chen Jie who was about to hit the ball.
At this moment, Chen Jie was chasing after Bowen and Ginobili.
Ginobili saw the pass and wanted to steal it, but did not touch the basketball and was thrown away by Chen Jie.
After Chen Jie got the ball, there was only Bowen in front of him. At this moment, he had rushed outside the three-point line and could choose to break through or shoot.
Under the watchful eyes of the entire audience, Chen Jie did not pause and dribbled the ball to the bottom line.
In front of Bowen, Chen Jie took three steps with the ball in his arms. Bowen did not move away, but stepped back while keeping his hand pressed on the basketball in Chen Jie's hand.
In the final step of the three-step layup, Chen Jie was confident that he could complete the layup in front of Bowen. Chen Jie didn't care about the impact he had on Chen Jie.
But just when Chen Jie was about to take out the basketball from his arms for a layup, Bowen suddenly pulled Chen Jie's arm with one hand and used his other hand to hit the ball out of the baseline.
This action was so sudden that except for Chen Jie who felt it, even the referee didn't see it and just gave a baseline ball.
After landing, Chen Jie glanced at Bowen and saw his indifferent expression. He thought to himself, is this his legendary little move? It is indeed quite dirty. Just now, Chen Jie has not taken the initiative to attack, so this is his first time.
Experienced this time.
(I will take the train home tomorrow, so the update may be affected. Just to clarify, there should be one update. I will get home the day after tomorrow, and it will return to normal two updates.)
