Chapter 237 Apply for a Rest [First Update]

The game started over and the Bulls' offense.

Derek Ross came straight to the Magic's half as soon as he received the ball. The speed was amazing. Roll Dunla came up to cover it, and Derek Ross took the opportunity to break into the Magic's basket and made a layup.

On the Magic, after Wu Feng missed an open jump shot, Dwight Howard grabbed the offensive rebound and handed it to Brandon Bass, who made a layup.

With a "clang", Kyle Korver missed a jump shot, Brandon Bass won the backcourt rebound and handed it to Wu Feng.

Wu Feng organized an offense, used his teammates' cover to get rid of Derek Ross' defense, and then went to the near the paint area of ​​the bottom line. He swung Derek Ross again, then gave the ball to Brandon Bass's hand and ran to the other side.

Curt Thomas opened his hands and pressed against Brandon Bass tightly. The latter had no choice but to see Wu Feng who was in an open position behind him, and quickly gave the ball to the opponent, then went over to provide a cover for Wu Feng and blocked Derek Ross behind him.

Wu Feng took a deep breath and jumped into the air. Unfortunately, another "clang" sounded over the Amway Center Arena.

Wu Feng shook his head helplessly and quickly retreated to defend. The rebound was grabbed by Roll Deng, and then dribbled to the frontcourt. After matching Derek Ross, he finally scored near the free throw line.

Wu Feng has been a bit confused recently, and both attempts were made in a free time. The other players of the Magic team are not in good condition. Since Vince Carter's timeout, his feel is not as hot as before.

The Magic's strength is similar to the Bulls. The Magic has "Warcraft" Howard, but the opponent has the hottest candidate for the most valuable player this year - Derek Ross.

The Magic have Gerald Wallace Bulls and Roll Deng; although the Magic have Wu Feng, a rookie with great potential, but the Bulls have power forwards like Carlos Boozer with an annual salary of tens of millions.

In addition, the Magic have been weak in strength recently, so the Magic have gradually been further pulled by the Bulls under the leadership of Roll and Deng.

Therefore, the game quickly fell into the Bulls' rhythm.

After the previous timeout, Stan Van Gundy noticed that Wu Feng was a little abnormal and was far from his previous performance.

But Stan Van Gundy did not substitute or call it a timeout. He wanted Wu Feng to make adjustments slowly.

However, Stan Van Gundy's plan was missed. The second quarter was already half over. As the first half was about to end, Wu Feng's performance still did not improve. Moreover, through observations during this period, Stan Van Gundy also realized that Wu Feng's problem was not in his condition, but in his body.

Stan Van Gundy was planning to replace Wu Feng with Chris Du Hong, and then asked carefully what the kid was doing, but before he could ask for a substitution, Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau called a timeout first.

Tom Thibodeau had no choice. Although the Magic's outside firepower point was not opened, the Magic's "Warcraft" Howard and Brandon Bass were extremely fierce, and during this period it brought a huge impact to the Bulls' inside.

Although Roll Deng and Derek Ross continued to increase points for the Bulls, the opponent's inside line immediately narrowed the score again, and even had a vague trend of overtaking the score.

At no cost, Tom Thibodeau could only call a timeout, hoping to interrupt the Magic's inside offense.

During the suspension, Stan Van Gundy did not make any arrangements, but just found Wu Feng and asked what was wrong with Wu Feng.

"Wu, what's wrong with you? Why are you not in the state? Is there any physical strength problem?" Stan Van Gundy asked Wu Feng seriously.

Wu Feng nodded, without avoiding Stan Van Gundy, and replied directly: "Boss, you are right. I feel a little tired, so I'm not in a good state. I think I need a rest."

"Well, okay, then let Chris replace you for the time being!" Stan Van Gundy said to Wu Feng.

After listening to Stan Van Gundy's arrangement, Wu Feng nodded without any objection, and then continued to say to Stan Van Gundy: "Boss, I want to take a little longer, is that okay?"

When Stan Van Gundy heard this, he frowned and said, "But if the team has not been there for a long time, it will probably be difficult to hold on."

"But I think if I hold on, it will have a great impact on my performance in the last quarter. This was the case in the previous game." Wu Feng's expression on his face was very serious, which made Stan Van Gundy a little worried.

After a moment of silence, Stan Van Gundy had to nod helplessly and said to Wu Feng: "Okay, you should rest most of the third quarter! During this period, you should rest well, and the last quarter will depend on you."

Hearing Stan Van Gundy's words full of expectations, Wu Feng nodded vigorously and said, "No problem."

So, Stan Van Gundy greeted Chris Du Hong and asked him to replace Wu Feng.

After the timeout, the Bulls did not make adjustments to the lineup. Instead, the Magic, which was gradually approaching the score, replaced Chris Du Hong with Wu Feng, who was not in good shape in the second quarter.

Stan Van Gundy was worried that Vince Carter would have physical problems, so he replaced Vince Carter with Gerald Wallace.

With less than five minutes left, the game continues.

After this timeout, the Magic's defense still couldn't stop the Bulls' bombardment from the outside, but the Magic did improve on the offense on the outside, and the pick-and-roll running became more active, not as chaotic as before.

However, after the timeout, the Magic's insiders were no longer as powerful as before, but they could barely cause trouble to their opponents.

However, there is still a considerable gap in strength between the two teams. One side has an orderly offense and defense, while the other side has an offense but no defense. In this way, the Magic team has not been able to recover the behind score. Now they are just barely holding on to the score and prevent the gap from widening.

Dwight Howard is in very good shape today. Whether it is Joe King Noah who has not left the court with an injury or replace Joe King Noah, Curt Thomas on the court at this moment, he cannot limit Dwight Howard.

Even Carlos Boozer came up to make up for defense, it was basically useless.

For defense of Dwight Howard, Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau could not come up with a good idea even if he thought hard. Before, he wanted to implement the beast-cutting tactic.

But unexpectedly, the free throw shooting percentage of 'Warcraft' today was also very stable, not as bad as before. Therefore, the Bulls never found a good solution to Dwight Howard.

However, what made Tom Thibodeau feel a little better was that in the first half, Dwight Howard, the Magic performed better, and the other players did not cause much trouble to the Bulls.

On his side, Derek Ross and Roll Deng both performed very well, and the initiative on the field is now in his side.

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In a blink of an eye, the first half ended, and the Bulls led the Magic by 61:50 with 11 points.

Roll Deng, the second leader of the Bulls, scored 17 points in the first half, and the team's boss Derek Ross also performed amazingly, scoring 16 and sending 6 assists.

The Magic's best performance is Dwight Howard, the team's absolute core "Warcraft" and at the end of the first half, he frantically scored a double-double - 15 points and 11 rebounds, and used the half-time game to get a double-double, which was astonishing.

Tom Thibodeau was also quite helpless about this, after all, he could not defend Dwight Howard at all.

In the first half, Wu Feng played for about 16 minutes, scored 6 points in the first quarter, and performed well. However, in the second quarter, Wu Feng failed to score a single point and lost all three shots.

Such a performance is difficult to satisfy head coach Stan Van Gundy and the fans on the scene.

However, Wu Feng was not without contributions. He passed many wonderful balls in the first half. During his time on the court, he scored a total of 9 assists, only one left, and he was in double digits.

His assists were also the highest in the game. Because of this, the fans at the scene were still working hard to cheer Wu Feng.

Fifteen minutes later, the second half began. Wu Feng did not play, but was still sitting on the bench, holding his chin with both hands, watching the game on the court with some depression.

Home team: Dwight Howard, Ryan Anderson, Gerard Wallace, Vince Carter and Chris Duhon; Visiting teams: Curt Thomas, Carlos Boozer, Roll Down, Keith Bogans and Derek Ross.

After the start of the second half, the Bulls once expanded their advantage under the leadership of Carlos Boozer and Derek Ross. Although Keith Bogans and Roll Deng have maintained good efficiency since then, "Warcraft" Dwight Howard and Gerrard Wallace began to lead the Magic to narrow the gap. The two teamed up to score 11 points. The Magic, who was once 16 points behind, were able to fall behind by only 8 points 65-73 in the middle of the third quarter.

In the second half of the third quarter, the Magic continued to chase points.

Although Carlos Boozer and Derek Ross' internal and external offenses demonstrated the stability of the Bulls, Gerald Wallace and Dwight Howard, two players in good shape, scored 8 points in a row, and became the Magic's rescuers after scoring 11 points in a row.

Before the third quarter ended, Howard and Wallace scored 19 points together, narrowing the gap to 7 points, which made Stan Van Gundy, who was sitting on the sidelines, excited.
Chapter completed!