After the game restarted, Hardaway took a break, but Chen Jie was still on the court.
He also needs to rest, but the current situation of the Bulls determines that he cannot rest!
Without Chen Jie, it can be said that the Bulls have simply lost their offensive ability.
Alan Houston came to the small forward position, Crawford finally played his accustomed shooting guard position, Kurt Thomas came on the court and played power forward, Steve Marbury was still the point guard, and the center position
, Bruno Sandov replaced Mohammed, who had already committed two fouls.
It can be said that the current Knicks' defense line is definitely the best in the league.
Crawford is a veteran of the Bulls. Before coming to the New York Knicks this year, Crawford played for the Bulls for four years. It can be said that, except for Duhong, Chenjie and Luol Deng, and several other Bulls players
, the relationship with Crawford is still very good.
You can see the enthusiasm when he greeted Chandler and others at the beginning.
His special move is the Butterfly Dance. Although he is not as famous as when he won the Sixth Man of the Year Award in the future, his strength is not much different from that time.
It can be said that from the beginning of this season, Crawford has entered the peak period of his career.
Facing this year's hot rookie Chen Jie, Crawford is very competitive.
Just now at the power forward position, Crawford was very out of shape. Now that he is at the shooting guard position that he is familiar with, Crawford also wants to perform well.
At the beginning of the game, Marbury's ball passed to Crawford. And Crawford immediately took off and shot. Under the interference of Chen Jie, Crawford steadily made the two-pointer.
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This is Crawford's first shot since the start of the game.
It can be seen that after scoring the goal, Crawford seemed very excited and kept waving his fists.
In fact, he was just venting his frustration at not scoring for six minutes, but in the eyes of Chen Jie and the Bulls players, this was actually a form of teasing.
"Jie. Teach this traitor a lesson!"
"Don't let him be arrogant, Jay, tell him that you are the best!"
"Jay, kick his ass and show him Chicago is no pushover!"
In the stands, the voices of the fans echoed one after another.
Chen Jie looked at the scoreboard and found that the Bulls were already eight points behind. He was already feeling very uncomfortable. In addition, Crawford's move seemed provocative to him. Chen Jie also felt something in his heart.
There was a fire.
Although Frank Williams no longer has the drive and physical strength he had when he was young. But as a veteran, his organizational skills are still better than Duhong's.
Skiles replaced him on the field after the timeout, also to share the pressure with Chen Jie.
After dribbling the ball past half-time, Frank Williams did not immediately hand the ball to Chen Jie like Duhong did and then take care of it himself. He dribbled the ball to the left side of the three-point line, facing Mabou.
While controlling the ball, Li was observing the movements of his teammates on the field.
Seeing that Frank Williams wanted to organize the attack, Chen Jie quickly moved.
Using Chandler's pick-and-roll on the weak side to get rid of Crawford, Chen Jie originally thought of catching the ball on the baseline and shooting a three-pointer, but unexpectedly, Alan Houston dropped Chandler directly and came over to defend.
Facing the king of mid-range shooters, Chen Jie was obviously short of height, and Frank Williams did not dare to pass the ball.
However, because of the switch of defense by Alan Houston and Crawford, Chandler did have an opportunity to make a big difference in this position.
Frank took a few steps with the ball, deliberately opened up a little space for Chandler, and then wanted to hand the ball to Chandler.
But at this moment, Chen Jie moved again. He came to the bottom three-point line and saw that Frank did not pass the ball to him. After waiting for a second, he directly reversed and ran around Alan Houston.
Came in front of Chandler and Crawford, about one step left of the free throw line.
When Crawford saw Chen Jie running back again, he quickly dropped Chandler to cover again. Alan Houston naturally came to Chandler's side again.
When Chen Jie saw that Frank was still hesitant, as if he wanted to wait until his back was against Crawford before passing the ball, he became anxious and shouted: "Damn it, pass the ball to me!"
Now, as Chen Jie plays better and better, and led the Bulls to defeat the Hornets with 22 points in that game, he can be said to have gained some prestige in the Bulls.
Hearing that Chen Jie was swearing at this moment, Frank immediately handed the ball to Chen Jie without thinking.
He knew that if he didn't pass the ball, this awesome rookie would be angry!
After Chen Jie received the ball, Crawford had not yet reached him.
Chen Jie quickly turned his back and rushed towards the basket.
Crawford was running forward, and when he saw Chen Jie suddenly turning around, he had no time to react.
Just like that, Chen Jie shook off Crawford.
When Crawford hurriedly chased back, he was already a step away from Chen Jie.
From Chandler's tight end, Alan Houston's position, Chen Jie broke through to the basket, all the way unimpeded.
Crawford stretched out his hand to stop him, but could only touch Chen Jie's shorts.
At this time, he could only watch Chen Jie take off, hit the board with his left hand for a layup.
This goal, although the final goal was not that beautiful.
But that turn around was not only very fast, but also very clean, catching people off guard.
Many fans and Chicago players on the bench stood up and applauded!
It can be said that this ball fully demonstrated Chen Jie's agility and physical coordination.
Crawford, even at that last step, was staggered.
For a player who has played in the NBA for five years, this is very embarrassing!
However, he did not expect that this was just the beginning.
In the next few attacks, Chen Jie seemed to specifically want to beat Crawford. There were no shots, but breakthroughs after passing people.
Chen Jie performed all kinds of moves very skillfully, and Crawford even felt a little pain in his ankle from being shaken.
By the end of the first quarter, Crawford finally woke up from his nightmare.
Yes, for him, the first quarter of the game was a nightmare.
In the first six minutes, he didn't score and missed all kinds of shots.
Although he scored in the last six minutes, he was unable to resist Chen Jie's aggressive moves and was even embarrassed many times!
Now, he no longer wants to challenge Chen Jie. He feels that the rookie in front of him is a devil!
In the studio, seeing the helpless look on Crawford's face after being beaten up by Chen Jie, Buckley thought in a rage: "I don't know what Hardaway thinks. It seems that Jie is showing mercy to him."
It’s over!”
Kenny Smith curled his lips and wanted to refute, but he was afraid that Chen Jie would really use the same method to beat Hardaway in the second quarter, which would be a slap in the face! (To be continued...)
ps: I ran 1000 in the afternoon. Then I started sneezing and running my nose all the time, and I was dying!
