Of course, the most depressed person at this moment must be James on the court.

When a player who aspires to surpass Jordan and become the GOAT finds himself helpless against a newcomer, the feeling of frustration is extremely strong.

About 9 minutes into the first quarter, the score was 9 to 24, and the Heat were already 15 points behind the Bulls.

When James scored 5 points in a row at the beginning, making people think he was going to bounce back from the bottom of the cliff, Xu Yong came over and kicked him down again.

And there is harm only when there is comparison. What the Heat presented in this game was far inferior to the previous one.

James has proved with practical actions that he is the one who is really holding the Heat back.

Spoelstra substituted James for a rest. James was so angry that he punched the bench hard before sitting down, but he ended up punching the iron bracket on the edge of the bench in anger, and he almost cried out in pain.

Enduring the pain, James sat down in the surprised eyes of his teammates, breathing heavily.

Xu Yongzhen is the nemesis he encountered in his life.

Of course, he could never have imagined at that time that by this year's draft, there would be another nemesis of his entering the league.

Xu Yong was still on the court and he played the entire first quarter.

Thibodeau has been increasing the playing time of his main players in the playoffs, which has made his time for off-peak travel scarce.

Fortunately, in the second quarter, Thibodeau finally let Xu Yong go down to rest.

Spoelstra immediately called James up and replaced him.

Although Spoelstra is disappointed with James, he is a principled man.

Since he has already promised Wade, no matter what the outcome of the game is, he will carry out the pre-game plan to the end.

James was furious, and as soon as he came on the court in the second quarter, he gave Hinrich a flying block.

And switching to the offensive end, he broke into the inside and scored a tough 2+1 on O'Neal.

It can be seen that the 5 points he scored at the beginning were not luck, and his condition tonight is definitely fine.

The key to the problem is Xu Yong, who restrained him too much on the defensive end.

He went to the free throw line to take the extra free throw, and at that moment, a short whistle came from the sidelines.

James was shocked, and when he turned around and saw that it was indeed Xu Yong who went into battle again, he couldn't help but swear.gif.

Thibodeau is simply a beast. Less than a minute into the second quarter, he actually substituted Xu Yong back on!

"when!"

James' mentality fluctuated greatly, and the free throw bounced out of the basket.

O'Neal protected the defensive rebound.

After the Bulls advanced to the frontcourt, Xu Yong held the ball in the frontcourt and played pick-and-roll with Gibson.

When he broke into the restricted area and saw James who was helping defend him, he jumped up and faked a pass to O'Neal. After James turned around, he drank a cup of coffee in the air, pulled the ball back and sent the ball into the basket with a low shot.

There were bursts of whistles at the scene.

Xu Yong is not only humiliating James on the defensive end, but he is also trying to create a golden background for him on the offensive end!

However, after scoring the goal, Xu Yong did not show any reaction and simply turned around and retreated.

As the saying goes, every failure makes you wiser. Last season, he was tripped by James. Although he was not injured, it was really painful when he landed on the ground.

Just like no one would really want to hurt themselves, he wouldn't be so extreme as to deliberately provoke James so that he could get tripped again.

The score difference is safe now, we just need to maintain it and win the game steadily.

As for the others, when you eliminate the Big Three who were at their peak in the Eastern Conference Finals and prevent them from even making it to the Finals, it will be enough to mark history.

Of course, this scene was completely different in James' eyes.

Xu Yong didn't even bother to talk trash to him!

A cruel look flashed across his lips. Since you don't want to give me that damn respect, then go to hell!

In the Heat's offense, James did not hold the ball and attack, but went to the weak side with his hands on his hips.

Xu Yong was a little surprised. Even though James was a little embarrassed by his defense in the first quarter, he shouldn't give up just because he saw him now, right?

The Heat gave him absolute trust tonight.

"Be tough, the game is not over yet, the game is not over yet!"

In fact, even Spoelstra on the Heat bench was dissatisfied with this ball. He stood up and turned around and roared at the bench.

This kind of scene is actually very common in basketball games. When the coach is dissatisfied with the players on the court but cannot scold them, he usually does this.

Everyone on the Heat bench was still very surprised, because Spoelstra has always been gentle and easy-going.

All I can say is that their head coach is extremely angry at this moment.

But just as Spoelstra sat down, he suddenly discovered something unexpected on the court.

James actually took the initiative to switch defense to Xu Yong!

You should know that because Wade was at a height disadvantage when defending Xu Yong, he wanted James to switch to defend, but was directly rejected by James.

I didn't expect that he would take the initiative to switch over at this moment.

Is the sun rising from the west?

Xu Yong was also a little surprised when he saw James. Could it be that James put his hands on his hips just to accumulate energy to defend himself?

But this is not right. James rested for more than three minutes in the first quarter. Given his physical fitness, he shouldn't have to sacrifice offense, right?

In doubt, Xu Yong did not attack with the ball, but ran without the ball.

Using O'Neal's big body to set up a pick-and-roll, he cut into the basket from the weak side.

However, the pass from Hinrich to him was directly intercepted by James.

Although James's first defense is a bit weak, given his physical condition, it is much easier for him to defend well than to attack well.

The Heat launched a defensive counterattack, and James performed his signature slam dunk in a fast break, finally allowing him to vent his emotions.

Although the score at this time was 20 to 35, the Heat were still 15 points behind the Bulls.

The Bulls have the ball, Xu Yong holds the ball and faces James.

Although he didn't know what James was up to, a 15-point difference was a hurdle in the NBA and the Heat couldn't afford to overcome it.

The other Bulls players also created space to give Xu Yong a hard chance to attack in singles.

James has good physical speed and confrontation, but he is heavy, so the effect of his back-to-the-basket technique is definitely not as good as facing the basket.

He held the ball with one hand in a three-threat situation, started with a drop step, and after seeing James moving backward, he dropped his step forward to complete the pass, and then took a direct three-point shot.

This is because you can't react fast enough.

James was indeed slow. When he tried his best to interfere, his fingertips only reached Xu Yong's nose.

Xu Yong easily completed a three-point shot over James' head.

However, just when he completed the move, Xu Yong suddenly felt something was wrong.

James' reaction seemed slower than he expected, even a little... clumsy?

Because of the experience of last season, he did not follow up after the shot, but subconsciously lowered his head and looked down.

Wow, it’s true!

When we saw the pair of big feet moving forward continuously, all the seemingly unreasonable situations were given reasonable explanations.

It turned out that James put his hands on his hips to let him relax his vigilance, and he actively switched defense to find an opportunity to attack.

Wow, he is worthy of being the idol of Antetokounmpo (Giannis Antetokounmpo).

Xu Yong didn't want to experience the pain of being tripped again, so he made a not-so-correct move.

However, this action is the most correct way to deal with being tripped.

He did not immediately retract his shooting hand, but instead elbowed James in the face below.

Then the fans saw that Xu Yong's shooting posture was a little slow, and then during the descent, he elbowed James to the ground.

Of course Xu Yong lost his balance in the air and fell to the ground.

Although both of them fell, their conditions after falling were completely different.

When Xu Yong landed, his arms had some cushioning effect and his whole body only had a brief contact with the floor.

James' face was covered in blood at this time.

Xu Yong's elbow just now accidentally hit the person's eyebrow bone.

The brow bone is very thin and can easily be bleed by elbows during basketball games.

For example, the picture of Battier's bloody face.jpg;

Another example is the horrifying look on Stewart’s face when he rushed at James.jpg.

These are actually caused by the brow bones being split by the elbow.

Although this is not a big deal in a place like the NBA, the visual impact is very strong.

Especially, the person who was elbowed was James.

His Majesty the King is worth a fortune, why did someone break his eyebrow? !

And what happened next on the field is even more interesting.

Generally speaking, no matter whether it is an accident or not, if the core player of your team has his eyebrow bone broken by someone else, there will always be teammates who will cause trouble for the other side.

But the actual situation was that when Xu Yong stood up from the ground unharmed, no player from the Heat team went to trouble him.

This scene is comparable to the time when Nick Young had a conflict with his opponent and the other Lakers players stood by and watched.

In fact, you know what, Xu Yong himself was ready to confront the Heat players.

After all, he had never received any training, so he didn't know whether his movements were concealed or not.

But when he really saw that no one was coming, he suddenly felt that the scene before him was quite darkly humorous.

I can only say that they are all my own choices!

If he stayed with the Cavaliers, he would still be the king of Cleveland. By now, the players on both sides of the court should roll up their sleeves and get to work.

As a result, now that you are an outsider and have such a bad relationship with the local gangs, it is very difficult to get others to help you.

The game entered a technical timeout, and James finally went to the bench holding a towel with a very painful expression on his face.

The team doctor then brought the medical kit.

Generally, for this kind of eyebrow injury, you just need to stop the bleeding and put on a Band-Aid and continue the game.

Of course, this also depends on the specific situation. If the situation is serious and requires stitches, you will need to leave first.

The team doctor checked James' wound and after confirming that the situation was not serious, he began to try to stop the bleeding.

At this time, the referee went to the technical desk to watch the replay of the previous ball to determine the penalty for this round.

At this time, Xu Yong also looked up at the large LED screen.

He is looking at his business capabilities.

The referees replayed the video over and over again, and Xu Yong couldn't help but nod.

Although it was his first time, I have to say that his level was quite good.

This is all thanks to his good air-staying ability, which gives him enough time to react and make moves in the air.

After watching the replay, the referees finally walked to the center of the court and made the final decision: James violated Xu Yong's shooting cylinder, committed a defensive foul, and Xu Yong made three free throws.

And then? Nothing.

That's the entire verdict.

The fans at the scene were stunned for a moment when they saw the penalty, and soon there were whistles and cheers in the United Center.

This penalty was quite fair!

At this time, James, who had been almost dealt with on the bench, had his wound burst open on the spot after seeing the referee's decision, and blood flowed all over his face again.

What’s even more interesting is that after the penalty was made, Spoelstra didn’t even go to the referee to protest, but his assistant coach Fizdale went to communicate with the referee.

The final result of the communication was naturally no change in the penalty.

In fact, after the referees discussed and determined that Xu Yong's action was unintentional, they had already made a subjective judgment based on the situation on the field.

Because James not only violated the cylinder, but also suspected of tripping.

If the final result was not that James was given a penalty kick, coupled with James' status in the league, this ball should have been called a technical foul.

When Xu Yong came back to shoot free throws, James entered the player tunnel accompanied by the team doctor. Judging from his appearance, he would need stitches first.

After James left the game, the Heat's morale has hit rock bottom.

Tonight's game lost its suspense early on.

In the end, the Bulls defeated the Heat 106-84 at home, changing the lead to 2-0.

Social media was abuzz with activity that night.

"Although the Heat are trailing 0-2, there are many teams that have reversed a 0-2 deficit in history. We have to believe that the Heat will be the next one."

Those new fans of the Bulls were also going crazy.

However, for Heat fans, these old rivals who have changed their identities are not the most troublesome ones at the moment.

What really made them lose their minds was what Xu Yong said in the post-match press conference.

In addition to the outcome and the big score of tonight's game, what also attracted attention was the fact that Xu Yong broke James' eyebrow in the middle of the game.

Although the referees finally called a defensive foul on James, the spectators are all result-oriented and will naturally be skeptical and seek the so-called "truth."

When facing the questions from reporters, Xu Yong's answers were quite calm, and there was even a hint of humor in his calmness.

"You know, James was trying to interfere with my shot, and I didn't know he was underneath me, so his face hit my elbow. If I could really hit him in the face with my elbow in mid-air, I would have to be a kung fu master."