In fact, the voice of passing the ball to Jay that fills the United Center is somewhat unnecessary.
Because, even without their shouts, according to the tactical arrangement of Bulls coach Skiles, as long as Chen Jie is on the court, Chris Duhon will pass the basketball to Chen Jie after dribbling the ball through half court.
This time, of course, there will be no exception.
After dribbling the ball past half court, Chris Duhon stopped dribbling and passed the basketball to Chen Jie.
Seeing this scene, the fans at the United Center had their wish come true and burst into warm applause and cheers.
After Chen Jie got the ball, he did not immediately choose to attack.
The one guarding Chen Jie is Kobe Bryant.
In the Bulls, Chen Jie usually does not defend the opponent's arrow figures. His main task is to attack. The one who defends the opponent's arrow figures is Griffin.
In fact, almost every team has a player who specializes in defending the opponent's arrow.
For example, Bruce Bowen of the Spurs, Shane Battier of the Grizzlies, Kirilenko of the Jazz, Artest of the Kings.
Moreover, in almost all NBA teams, the offensive arrow figures will not face the opponent's offensive arrow figures when defending.
This scene that often appeared in the 1990s and 1980s has almost disappeared in today's alliances.
Therefore, in the current league, it is rare to see superstars face to face.
Players like Iverson, James, and Tracy McGrady will not defend players like Kobe Wade and Ray Allen when they are defending. Even if they do, it will only be temporary.
Almost all the superstars of all teams are like this, with one exception!
This exception is the Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe Bryant.
Kobe is undoubtedly the best scoring player on the Lakers. He can even be said to be the best scoring player in the league. However, don't ignore Kobe's defensive ability because of this.
You know, Kobe was selected to the league's best defensive team for seven consecutive seasons.
Like the superstars of Michael Jordan's era, Kobe never believed that if he could score, he didn't have to defend.
On the contrary, on the defensive end, Kobe worked harder than anyone else.
To a certain extent, Kobe's defensive enthusiasm can be said to be unique in the league.
Many people are saying that in terms of defensive skills, Kobe is not as good as Tracy McGrady.
McGrady has height, speed, and bounce. In his first season in the league, he ranked second only to Carter in blocks in the guard position. Compared to Kobe, McGrady seems to have a better chance of becoming an excellent defender.
players.
However, until now, McGrady still has not entered the league's best defensive team.
No one has ever said that McGrady's defense is better than Kobe's.
There is only one reason, and that is on the defensive end. In terms of motivation, McGrady is stretched several blocks compared to Kobe.
There is no superstar in the league who has invested so much energy on the defensive end like Kobe.
It seems that Kobe has regarded defense as a kind of fun.
When Chen Jie attacks, the defenders he faces are basically Kobe Bryant.
In the two games against the Lakers, other players really didn't defend Chen Jie very well.
Of course, not many people were surprised to see Kobe defending Chen Jie, because for many people, it was commonplace for Kobe to do such a thing.
Just now, Chen Jie successfully defended Kobe Bryant. Now, how should Kobe Bryant deal with Chen Jie?
Unlike Kobe, Chen Jie didn't make so many fake moves when attacking.
It's not that Chen Jie can't do fake moves, but Chen Jie's fake moves usually only happen once.
He relies more on his own speed or ball-dripping skills.
For example, when Kobe Bryant faked five shots in a row, Chen Jie would generally not do it.
He may click on the defensive player, but if he cannot click on it, Chen Jie will not continue to do so.
He will switch to other tricks.
The same is true when dribbling the ball to break through. If a fake move doesn't work, Chen Jie will use other tricks.
But generally, Chen Jie's fake moves are very effective.
First of all, Chen Jie can do it all whether it is shooting or breaking through. He is very comprehensive and defensive players have to take it into consideration.
Secondly, like his idol Tracy McGrady, Chen Jie's fake moves pursue realism, but Kobe's pursuit is fast, leaving the defender no time to judge.
Seeing Kobe defending himself, Chen Jie still clicked, but of course he had no hope of being able to point out Kobe. Generally, defensive players of this level would not be fooled so easily.
Sure enough, Chen Jie clicked, and Kobe just raised his hand, without taking off or raising his center of gravity.
Chen Jie didn't think anything of it. He looked at Kobe and continued to look for other opportunities.
At this moment, Noccioni ran into an open space on the baseline.
The position is not very good, but at this time, Chen Jie passed the ball over and Noccioni should have a chance to shoot.
Normally, no other superstar player would choose to pass the ball when this happens.
The fans at the United Center did not want Chen Jie to choose to pass the ball at this time.
The game is already won anyway, they no longer care if they can win more points.
They still want to see Chen Jie score.
But it seems that Chen Jie is not so active in scoring**.
Kobe stood in front of him, defending very actively and in a very good position. He didn't have much confidence in his singles success, but Nocchione had a chance. At this time, how should he choose?
Chen Jie made a choice without even thinking about it.
In front of Kobe Bryant, Chen Jie jumped up and threw the ball towards Noccioni.
Seeing Chen Jie make this move, the fans at the United Center let out a sigh.
After Noccioni received the ball, he jumped up and shot, and the basketball scored. Chen Jie's assist count came to eight.
Career. Of course, Chen Jie's career only lasted three months. But he has already set many records, and Chen Jie's career assist record is 13.
Today, with half-time left, Chen Jie's assists reached eight.
And looking at Chen Jie's current appearance, he seems to be more inclined to pass the ball to his teammates.
Does that mean that by the end of the game, he can set a new high in assists in his career?
This is also a point of view.
It is also a point of expectation.
But obviously, scoring is Chen Jie's characteristic. Regarding Chen Jie's assist data, although he is a point guard, this data is very important, but not many people pay attention to it.
Fans at the United Center are still looking forward to Chen Jie scoring, scoring again, striving to reach 30 in this game, and then breaking Tracy McGrady's record.
But Chen Jie's heart really doesn't seem to be about scoring.
Kobe Bryant faced Chen Jie's defense. After missing another shot, the Bulls attacked again. This time, Chen Jie chose to break through.
Facing Kobe's defense, Chen Jie broke through from the left side of Kobe's body. Using his speed and change of direction while dribbling, Chen Jie got away from Kobe, but Kobe kept following Chen Jie and stretched out his hand to block the ball.
The direction of Chen Jie's layup.
Facing Kobe's entangled defense, Chen Jie took three steps and it looked like he was about to force a layup.
Seeing Chen Jie's action, the fans at the United Center burst into enthusiastic cheers. This was what they expected to see.
But the next moment, they were disappointed again.
Chen Jie broke through to the basket, and Divac also came to help defend.
In normal times, Chen Jie would not be intimidated by an interior defensive player of Divac's level. He could even layup through Divac. He has many ways to put the ball in the basket.
But this time, Chen Jie did not choose to do this.
Seeing that Divac left Chandler behind and there was no one to defend Chandler under the basket, Chen Jie handed the basketball to Chandler with a hand-to-hand pass. Chandler naturally would not waste this opportunity.
, a powerful dunk, which received applause from countless fans!
However, no matter how beautiful Chandler's dunk is, it still cannot satisfy the fans.
What they want is Chen Jie's score, Chen Jie's thirty!
Chen Jie had no way of knowing what they were thinking.
And even if Chen Jie knew it, he probably wouldn't waste his energy to score.
The game has been won, and Chen Jie doesn't need to work hard anymore.
If the score with the Lakers is stalemate now, Chen Jie will probably score.
But now, they are already leading by almost 40 points.
Chen Jie is not the kind of person who values records, so at this time, he will no longer score impulsively.
Of course, if given the opportunity, Chen Jie would not let it go.
Such as this time.
Kobe finally succeeded in one-on-one against Chen Jie and switched hands for a layup, finally breaking the deadlock for the Lakers in the second half.
But when it came to the defensive end, Kobe still couldn't guard Chen Jie.
In fact, Kobe has done this defense perfectly.
It's a pity that my teammates didn't live up to expectations.
Chandler set a pick-and-roll for Chen Jie, completely blocking Kobe.
Divac didn't dare to force out, giving Chen Jie an open shot.
Chen Jie would not be too pretentious to miss such an opportunity.
Chen Jie took off his shot in one go, and Chen Jie's three-pointer hit the net.
The United Center erupted in violent cheers, almost tearing off the roof of the arena.
Chen Jie's score reached nine points.
This data is somewhat incredible when it comes to Chen Jie.
However, Chen Jie, who has assisted nine times, still hopes to get a double-double.
The double-double came a minute later, belatedly.
In this minute, both teams each had two attacks.
During the Lakers' offense, Divac grabbed a rebound and made a tip-in for two points.
Kobe Bryant took a three-pointer in front of Chen Jie and hit it directly.
I don't blame Chen Jie for this ball. His defense was already in place. It's a pity that Kobe's personal ability is too strong. Such a ball is completely unreasonable. No one can do anything about it.
As for the Bulls' two attacks, in the first one, Chen Jie got the ball from the left three-point line. He was originally planning to play in singles, but when he saw Du Hong making a beautiful air cut, Chen Jie directly gave the ball to Du Hong.
Hong did not waste Chen Jie's assist and scored two points for the Bulls with a beautiful layup.
Chen Jie's assist count reached ten.
And immediately, in another attack, Chen Jie faced Kobe. After dribbling the ball through, he made a sudden shot. Although Kobe's block had already reached Chen Jie's eyes, Chen Jie still hit the ball steadily.
Then, his score reached 11 points.
Chen Jie is still 19 points away from the 30 points that the United Center fans are looking forward to. It is close to two quarters. If Chen Jie is willing, this matter is not difficult.
And Chen Jie is still three times away from breaking his career assist count.
This is also not a problem for Chen Jie.
Which record will come first?
The answer was revealed seven minutes into the second half, and it was the latter.
The first thing Chen Jie broke was his career assist record.
At this time, Kwame Brown had already come to the court. An alley-oop dunk between Chen Jie and Kwame Brown brought his assist count to 14, breaking his career high record.
In this dunk, Chen Jie's pass was very beautiful, but Kwame Brown's running was also very beautiful. His dunk finally received applause from the United Center fans.
Of course, the staff at the United Center will not forget Chen Jie's record. After Kwame Brown hit the dunk, a line of big words appeared on the big screen.
Jayshawn set a new high in assists in his career.
The fans at the United Center naturally stood up and applauded when they saw Chen Jie breaking such a record.
Many members of the media, including the players on the Chicago bench and members of the coaching staff, stood up and applauded at this time.
They witnessed a historic moment.
Of course, many people don't think this is a big deal.
After all, Chen Jie has just started on the road, and there will be many more moments like this in the future.
At this time, many United Center fans thought about why Chen Jie was unwilling to score. It turned out that he was interested in this record.
So, after breaking this record, will Chen Jie focus on scoring?
Many United Center fans are starting to look forward to it.
However, immediately, their expectations were dashed again, because Scales directly replaced Chen Jie.
There is no doubt about Skiles' substitution.
The Bulls' lead has reached 40 points. The Lakers have no fighting spirit and seem to have given up. Except for Kobe, there is no chance of counterattack.
Of course Skiles wants to rest his star player.
Chen Jie came off the field with 14 points and 14 assists.
Although they didn't see Chen Jie score thirty points, the fans at the United Center still stood up and applauded their star player.
After all, the game was won beautifully.
Record, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.
Chen Jie also bowed to the fans and thanked them for their support.
If nothing else happens, Chen Jie will not play again in the fourth quarter.
He played a total of less than twenty minutes today, which is the least he has played in recent times.
When he came off the field, Chen Jie also high-fived his coaches and teammates one by one. (To be continued...)
