At 7:30 p.m. on April 16, 2010, the first game of the Eastern Conference playoffs, the Cleveland Cavaliers' home game against the Chicago Bulls officially began.

The Quickloan Center Arena has long been surrounded by water, and every seat in it has been given an excited ass, not even more than one.

For the small city of Cleveland, tonight's game is no less important than the annual Super Bowl.

In fact, since yesterday, they have joined the carnival.

After careful evaluation, the coaching staff discussed it many times. In the end, the Bulls fielded the starting lineup: Eddie Curry, Joakim Noah, Rohr Deng, Snoodou and Derrick Rose.

The starting lineup on the Cleveland Magic side is: Shackle O'Neal, Antoine Jamison, LeBron James, Anthony Parker and More-Williams.

Snoopy leaped to his feet as the referee blew the whistle and threw the ball into the air, and he comfortably beat Shackel O'Neal, who didn't even stand on his toes. For the Sharks, it's past the time for him to fight for the right to tee. It doesn't mean anything, he's the one who got the four rings.

However, when the game starts.

He's showing other signs, claming about losing weight in the second half of the season, and having a very different mental outlook heading into the playoffs after slapping MVP-winning Kobe Bryant last offseason.

He resisted Eddie Curry from the moment he entered the paint area, and the two fat men stayed in the restricted area and even had a feeling of flooding with gold.

The Bulls' first offense was executed by Derrick Rose, and Snoopy completed the pick-and-roll with him, and he smashed into the paint zone. Then he was thrilled to make his playoff debut and tried to announce the arrival of the Windy City Roses with a slam dunk.

But when he basketball is exposed above the basket. LeBron James was already culling like a cheetah, and Snoopy tried to slide past to block. But his lateral movement was still a beat slower after all, and he could only watch James leap to his feet, covering the sky...... Bang!

He slapped the basketball on the rebound with both hands and bounced back.

Snoopy has a quick eye, he quickly picks up the basketball, and then jumps up and down to the basket...... Swish!

While cheering on their king at the Quickloan Center, Lord Duke quietly finished scoring. Then raise your hands alof.

He didn't even give the Cavaliers fans time to breathe and boo, and calmly walked to the frontcourt.

Back in the frontcourt, the Cleveland Cavaliers were very decisive in handing over the basketball to the physical Sharks.

The shark received the basketball almost without hesitation, and turned directly to play a deep back-to-back single.

At this moment, Snoopy was taken outside the three-point line by Anthony Parker, and Joakim Noah was also pulled high by Jamison, and neither of them could return to the paint to assist, and could only watch as Eddie Curry was eaten alive by Shackle O'Neal.

Swish!

With the shark hitting the basketball.

Snoopy turned his head, and he addressed Tom Thibodeau. He hoped that Mr. Thibodeau would make a quick substitution, and that using Eddie Curry to one-on-one with a fitted shark would be tantamount to chopping a pig into eight pieces and throwing it into the tiger park. No matter how old the locked tiger is, it won't stop it from having a full meal.

Switching sides, the Cavaliers played a contraction defense, and they squeezed the line inside because they knew the Bulls didn't have perimeter projection. As a result, the pick-and-roll between Snoopy and Derrick Rose became less effective, although Rose still got into the paint and drew fouls.

But after re-serving, Snoopy's assist on Rohr Deng's jumper failed to hit the basket accurately.

At this moment, whether it is Eddie Curry, Derrick Rose, Rohr Deng or even Joaquin Noah are full of inexplicable restlessness, they are not in a normal rhythm.

This made the game tough from the start.

Moreover, Tom Thibodeau ignored the signal released by Lord Duke.

Like his teacher, Jeff Van Gundy, Thibodeau focused on the tedious pre-match desk work rather than being on the pitch. be

So, until the first commercial moratorium came.

The Bulls were able to return to the bench to adjust, by which time Eddie Curry was already a little out of breath, and the high-intensity collision with the Sharks was a serious test for his poor physical fitness.

Snoopy made his suggestion to Tom Thibodeau, and he wanted the team to replace Eddie Curry with Quentin Richardson.

Tom Thibodeau frowned, he was a little unhappy, he thought the squad should be sent according to the pre-match regulations, and Eddie Curry had just hit two goals. He should have colluded with the sharks and finished the first quarter with a mutual explosion.

But eventually, when Derrick Rose made the same suggestion, he agreed.

At this point, the Bulls trailed the Cavaliers by four points.

"Don't be nervous, don't get excited, control your emotions, don't deliberately look for a whistle. The playoffs will be a little looser than the regular season. We do our best and leave the rest to God. ”

Snoopy actually said in his heart that he was going to God. But he had to soothe his nervous and restless teammates with such religious rhetoric.

He was afraid of being overwhelmed by the momentum of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first game. If the first playoff game is slaughtered, it will be extremely bad for the rest of the game, and Snoopy doesn't want it to happen.

Backbite!

The whistle blows and the game continues.

Mike Brown's brain seemed to have suddenly opened up tonight, and he actually replaced the excellent Shakel O'Neal after the first commercial pause, and replaced it with Brazilian actor Andrew Vallejo, and at the same time paired with JJ Hickson as an interior lineman.

"Such a bold substitution strategy is either not taking the Bulls seriously. Either that, or they've thoroughly studied all the characteristics of the Bulls. ”

ESPN's commentator McBrin emphasized on the commentary.

Hardly any surprises, Bill Wharton and Reggie Miller both chose the Cleveland Cavaliers to study the Chicago Bulls' style of play thoroughly. Even if Reggie Miller is a die-hard Duke fan, he has to admit that the Cavaliers are far superior to the Bulls in terms of substance. While the Bulls struggled to finish sixth in the second half of the season, the Cavaliers were half-rested and had plenty of time to study the Bulls' style of play and their vulnerabilities.

When the Cavaliers put so much energy into it, they rightfully took the initiative on the court.

Swish!

Mo Williams came on and used a long-range three-pointer to extend the deficit to seven points.

Back in the day, when Derrick Rose launched a lightning onslaught, Vallejo lay straight in the paint, and the whistle sounded as Rose tried to leap up and dunk. The referee on the baseline did not hesitate to give the judgment of the offensive foul.

This made Derrick Rose very aggrieved, and he glared at him helplessly, and he tried to ask for an explanation.

However, the referee only told that if there was an objection, he could file an appeal after the game.

At the same time, Valejo, who was beside him, had already clapped his palms happily. He deliberately made an annoying expression, and he wanted Derrick Rose to quickly lose his mind and immediately attack himself with his fist, and he was ready to fall to the ground in a beautiful position. It is guaranteed that the referee will give an expulsion decision immediately!!

However, Derrick Rose held back.

Moreover, the hateful Snoopy Dog glared at himself fiercely and warned him: I will play with you to the end.

This cold sentence made Vallejo's subconscious chills rise, but they quickly subsided.

Back in the half, Mo Williams was in charge of the ball, and he and LeBron made fake pick-and-rolls at the top of the arc with James, which looked like they were imitating Snoopy and Derrick Rose. Then Mo Williams also deliberately attacked the inside. Then it was passed to Anthony Parker in the bottom corner, and Anthony Parker made a false shot, clicked on the new Quentin Richardson, and made a jumper...... Swish!

The basketball fell into the nets again.

The atmosphere in the Quickloan Center Arena was very cheerful.

And Reggie Miller had to repeatedly emphasize: "The Bulls were beaten up!! They are woefully inexperienced in the playoffs, and the young lads are at a loss for what to do against a Cavaliers who have studied them thoroughly. ”

He felt a little sorry.

Looking at the game going so one-sided from the start, he didn't think the Bulls were ready.

The first quarter ended quickly.

15：28。

The Cavaliers took a comfortable 13-point lead, which filled the entire Quickloan Center arena with a cheerful atmosphere.

Snoopy, who was sitting in the middle of the bench wiping sweat, could even clearly hear the ridicule of the audience in the back row, and they proudly claimed that the Bulls had fallen to the dust before LeBron could exert his strength.

At this point, Tom Thibodeau was there with a tactical board to emphasize the coordination of the defensive end, and he told Derrick Rose to lower the tempo next, since the DDM tactics were not accurate because of the poor accuracy of the perimeter shooters, he would stop passing the ball and cut more inside to seek kills. At the same time, be patient and wait for the right moment.

It's very orthodox basketball thinking.

When the team is in a difficult situation, staying calm and waiting for the right moment is the least wrong way to deal with it.

However, Snoopy doesn't think so at all. He felt that since all the players were restless, nervous, and even restrained, why not completely light a fire and let them burn? Why wait for the right moment at the rhythm of lukewarm water?

It's a follow-up for the veteran players, but for this group of people with no playoff experience, it's not shy to sit back and wait.

Moreover, Snoopy sincerely believes that Derrick Rose's current mentality is not suitable for taking charge of the ball anymore.

So, he walked over. In a hurry, he didn't deliberately embellish his choice of words, but said bluntly: "Mr. coach, I think we should run like crazy now, we should let the rhythm burn to the extreme." I felt that the energy in all of our players was being pent up, and we didn't find the key to release it. ”

"So, why do we go and give it a go? Use constant impact to trial and error, what if they are really released? ”

"Also, I think Derek is a little bit constrained at the moment. He doesn't seem to be comfortable with the pace of the playoffs yet, so let me take charge of the ball. ”

Snoopy was serious.

Although the order of speech was a little out of order due to urgency, the content of what he said was agreed by all the players, including Derrick Rose. Because he's a player, he understands what the players are saying on the pitch in real time.

But Tom Thibodeau is different, he's not a player, he doesn't know what a player's state of mind is like on the pitch.

All he knew was that Snoopy was repeatedly challenging his authority.

So, for the first time, he maintained his personality. "We should follow the tactics that have been laid out," he said. If everyone changes their tactics on the fly, the discipline on the pitch will be a mess and the team will lose its fighting power!! ”

He said this very seriously.

There is some truth to it.

Snoopy thought about it, but finally didn't have the strength to carry it to the end.

Backbite!

The whistle blows and the game continues.

After the start of the second quarter of the game, the two sides changed to the starting lineup with a tacit understanding.

As soon as the sharks came up, they attacked Eddie Curry.

When he was about to go deep and was about to make a turnaround shot, Snoopy quickly wrapped it up. But... After all, O'Neal is a veteran who has been in the league for nearly 20 years, he changed hands and threw the basketball directly, Anthony Parker received the basketball, and the changed defense Rohr Deng failed to keep up in time, allowing Anthony Parker to get an open shot opportunity...... Swish!

The basketball was caught.

Thibodeau looked a little upset on the sidelines, and he shouted, "Snoopy, follow your own people." ”

The Duke pursed his lips, he did not speak, and ran to the front with a dull head. Derrick Rose took the initiative to pass the ball, and he knew that he was not in a good situation right now, so he chose to hand over the basketball to Snoopy.

This actually made Thibodeau frown a little.

He's a disciplined manager.

But Snoopy quickly won two free throws with a beautiful foul. He took out Anthony Parker's defense with a stride from beyond the three-point line, then cut straight into the paint area at the free-throw line with Joakin Noah's screen, and Shackle O'Neal quickly came to help.

While the Sharks assisted in the defense, he directly made a quick stop and made a shooting feint, and the Sharks were a smart defender, and he was not fooled.

But Snoopy is more cunning than he is.

He directly took advantage of the shark's slow movement, and after a slight pause, he forced himself under the ribs and forcibly touched a foul.

The referee couldn't help but blow. Because it was a textbook infescenity for shooting, even the caddie sitting on the sidelines knew it was Snoopy deliberately fouling.

But rules are rules.

No matter how violently the fans in the Quickloan Center Arena booed, they couldn't change the matter.

Swish!

Swish!

Two free throws and two hits, which can stabilize the decline.

In retrospect, LeBron James and the Sharks blocked in the high post, and James entered the paint area to force a foul on Joakim Noah's beater.

His anser-ball was cheered by the crowd.

But in the end, he only hit one free throw.

The second shot missed the basket and Snoopy jumped to his feet to get the rebound.

He pushed forward from the back, and due to Eddie Curry's presence, he couldn't pick up the pace quickly. He could only sort out the offense through the situation of the positional battle, and then seized the opportunity to make a wall-to-wall block with Joaquin Noah, and sent him to the basket with a ground-hitting pass to score a dunk.

Joaquin Noah, who finally got the score, finally gave vent to his revolutionary heroism, and he looked up to the sky and roared, ignoring the boos and invective of the 20,000 fans at the Quickloan Center.

This kid does have a bit of a mixed characteristic.

But he is different from Nate Robinson, a French bulldog who is small and easy to tame.

And he is a Chinese Tibetan mastiff, big and stupid. Only one master is recognized.

The race continues, and time keeps falling like sand in an hourglass.

The Cavaliers' offense is getting more and more relaxed, they always have the accuracy to catch the Bulls' holes, score easily, and change players very frequently.

The Bulls' substitutions on this side looked stagnant and became very difficult at the same time. The focus is on Snoopy getting to the basket and making fouls, as well as passing assists to Rohr Deng for a jumper or an air relay with Joaquin Noah.

When the first half of the game is over.

42：60.

The margin has widened to 18 points.

In fact, if it weren't for Snoopy's lonely courage in the second quarter to go deep into the penalty area to kill the enemy, the score would have exceeded 20 points long ago.

……

The atmosphere in the humble visiting locker room was even more dreary, and all the Bulls players came in with enthusiasm, and no one expected this to be the result. They have nowhere to go, and they feel that Spider-Man's spider silk is glued to their bodies, and they can't break free.

Stephen Marbury tried to get the players up in a hard speech in the locker room.

But halfway through that, Snoopy waved his hand and motioned for him to stop.

"We don't lack the courage to beat our opponents right now, we just need a way to unleash the restlessness in our hearts. I believe that no one will feel that the margin in the first half is irretrievable, and I believe that no one will throw away their weapons and raise their hands to surrender to the stupid Clevelands before they run out of ammunition! ”

The Duke stood in the middle of the field and said in a deep voice.

He spoke to every Bulls player. Now the team is like entering a strange circle, as if its power has been sealed.

After a moment of silence, Mr. Tom Thibodeau walked over to the tactics board and continued to announce discipline and tactics. He believes that the solution now is discipline, strict implementation of tactics, integration of oneself into tactics, and then exertion of the strength in one's body.

And he stressed: "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious. We're on track and we're going to play what we want! ”

He's like a calm elder who teaches the players in his way of life.

However, Snoopy has more and more arguments in his heart. Increasingly, he did not think that this steady and composed solution was the right one.

Just as he was about to speak, the team leader came over to remind the players to warm up and prepare for the next game.

The staff clapped vigorously and cheered on the Chicago Youth Army.

Snoopy clenched his fists to his chest before walking out of the locker room, and he silently asked himself, "Is this really the end of the game?" Like a restless block of ice silently melting in warm water, like a javelin-like warrior being scolded to a rickety amid the boos and laughter in the sky? ”

No!

Snoopy looked up, and he was like a dead soldier in armor, resolutely rushing to the battlefield.

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[Thank you, Alliance Leader!] 】

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