After Xu Yong, Songaila, Noah, and Deng were the last to appear, and Rose was the last to appear.

The order of appearance in the NBA is also very important. For a normal team, the leader is definitely the last one to appear, and the first one to appear is usually the team's number two.

In that Bulls dynasty, Jordan was the last one and Pippen was the first.

This also further shows the management's positioning of Xu Yong. They now list Xu Yong as the second most important person after Ross, higher than Deng.

Of course, so far, whether in the summer league or the preseason, Xu Yong fully deserves such treatment.

For such a competition, CCTV-5 also had to explain it. Zhang Weiping and Yang Yi were partners, and after the opening ceremony, they had already started explaining it.

"Coach Zhang, how do you think Xu Yong can perform in his debut?" Yang Yi asked.

“It’s hard to say.”

"Coach Zhang, just make a random guess. You are a professional in prediction." Yang Yi is the same as Green. He has been bad since he was young.

Everyone knows that Zhang Weiping's commentary and prediction are always wrong. He can throw the ball in one second while saying it won't go in.

"I am analyzing this from a professional perspective." Zhang Weiping first gave himself a rough idea, then stroked his chin and analyzed, "Although our Xiao Xu played well in the preseason, Rose didn't play at that time, right?"

"Yes, there was no fight." Yang Yi did his best to be the supporting actor.

"But now that Rose is back, the Bulls' offense will definitely be centered around him, and our Xiao Xu will play a supporting role, so my guess is 12 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, and so on... 2 steals and 1 block." Zhang Weiping said after weighing it.

"12 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block. Coach Zhang, you have filled up the stat column for Xu Yong." Yang Yi said with a smile.

Zhang Weiping laughed loudly upon hearing this, but then said seriously: "This is just a prediction. For details, we still have to see how the game goes tonight. After all, they are going to play against the 'little emperor' James, the strongest Cavaliers team in the East. Moreover, it's their debut, Yao Ming scored 0 points, Yi Jianlian scored 9 points, and Xu Xin is an outside shooter. There is still a great chance of breaking the record tonight."

Yang Yi nodded vigorously. With Zhang Weiping's words, he felt that tonight was a safe night.

"Beep~"

A short whistle sounded on the sidelines. After the coaches of both sides completed the final pre-match arrangements, the starting players of both sides began to appear on the field one after another.

When Xu Yong walked to the technical desk, he saw James coming over.

James found the magnesium powder on the technical table, poured it into his hands, then walked to the most conspicuous position of the technical table, found the right position for the lens, and after the photographers were in place, he threw handfuls of magnesium powder into the air and put on an expression as if he was dominating the world.

Xu Yong frowned awkwardly, then picked up the magnesium powder, rubbed his hands, and walked onto the court.

Noah and O'Neal jump ball in the center circle.

Xu Yong looked towards the midfield and saw a sharp contrast in the size of the two players. If O'Neal was a shark, then Noah was at most a ribbon fish.

As soon as the whistle sounded, O'Neal swung his long arms and pushed the ball back to the Cavaliers' half.

Although the Big Shark is old, his height of 2.16 meters and his exaggerated wingspan of 2.31 meters will never age.

And Xu Yong could feel that O'Neal was very excited tonight.

Soon, his feeling was fulfilled.

After reaching the frontcourt, O'Neal sank to the low post and leaned against Noah to ask for the ball.

Noah arched his body and barely held on to O'Neal.

O'Neal did a back-to-back shot, and while doing so he glanced back, then suddenly turned around.

It can be seen that due to his age, his transformation is not as rapid as when he was young.

But, that's enough.

The difference in size made it impossible for Noah to exert any strength, and by the time he stood up, O'Neal had already moved to the basket.

Alarm bells are ringing, a giant shark is on the scene.

“Bang!”

O'Neal dribbles the ball with both hands!

After the dunk, O'Neal turned around and opened his arms, making threatening gestures towards Noah.

Xu Yong was stunned for a moment.

He did not have a very accurate understanding of O'Neal's strength during this period.

But, is this the O'Neal that those James fans said was completely useless before his rebirth? !

It's not just on the offensive end. Once they retreat to the defensive end and O'Neal stands under the basket, the Bulls' breakthrough is basically useless.

The Cavaliers' inside line this season is definitely the strongest in the league. You have to know that in addition to O'Neal, they also have "Big Z" Ilgauskas and Varejao sitting on the bench, who were their starting players when they won 66 games last season.

Rose chose to play pick-and-roll with Noah, and after the breakup, he took a step forward and made a quick stop and jump shot from mid-range.

The Cavaliers did not switch defense, but instead let O'Neal move back and Parker go around to defend.

Rose underestimated Parker's speed in returning to defense, and Parker touched the ball when he shot.

This ball was blocked directly.

The ball fell into the hands of James at the baseline, and James raised his hand and made a long pass from the backcourt.

Mo Williams had already rushed out of the three-point line at this time. After receiving the ball, he broke away from the defense and made a fast break layup to score two more points.

After the two of them worked together last season, he and James have developed very good chemistry.

The Cavaliers started the game with a 4-0 lead over the Bulls.

The fans at the scene were very agitated.

James hasn't even started to play yet, but O'Neal has already left the Bulls helpless.

The camera turned to De Nagro on the sidelines, and De Nagro did not make any adjustments.

Xu Yong: Well, I’m starting to miss Sandek.

Of course, despite his complaints, he was not idle. He made a tactical gesture to Ross as he walked forward.

Ross nodded.

If we make a list of the best players to get along with in the NBA during this period, Rose would definitely be at the top.

"Rose is a superstar, but the most humble teammate," this is Noah's evaluation of the "Windy City Rose" in the future.

Rose reached out to organize the offense in the frontcourt. This play was the most common tactic used by the Bulls in this year's preseason, the pindown tactic [Note 10].

After moving on the weak side, Xu Yong suddenly cut along the baseline. Noah made a pick-and-roll in the low post on the right side to block Mo Williams who was chasing him.

This tactic was extremely simple, it could be described as a "math problem of addition and subtraction within ten" in a basketball game, but it worked instantly this time.

Just because O'Neal cannot be replaced.

Rose's pass arrived quickly, and Xu Yong took the ball and made a jump shot.

His shot was fast and high, and the other Cavaliers players had no time to help defend.

“Swish!”

This kind of shot without any defensive pressure was easy for Xu Yong.

This goal also allowed the Bulls to finally score points.

There was a burst of cheers at the scene.

However, before the fans' cheers had died down, the Cavaliers immediately responded with a shot.

After being double-teamed under the basket, O'Neal turned around and passed the ball to James on the outside. James took a step forward and passed the ball to Parker, who made a three-pointer.

The offense in this round was characterized by fluidity.

The team that the Cavaliers built for James in the new season has top-notch components in all aspects.

7 to 2.

The Cavaliers continued to widen the gap.

However, the Bulls did not panic and still used the same tactics.

Williams tried to get around early this time, but Noah was smart and gave up O'Neal to block him.

The result was that O'Neal still couldn't get out, and Xu Yong received the ball and raised his hand.

“Swish!”

Another pull-up shot that went in steadily.

He scored 4 points in a row at the start!

[The pull-up shot is inaccurate] is a rumor spread by fans. In fact, as a two-stage shot, the pull-up shot is not inherently less stable than other two-stage shots.

The reason for this impression is that the correct way to describe this matter should be [highly difficult pull-up shot is inaccurate], which is also the biggest impression McGrady gave people in the later period of the Rockets.

Because of the decrease in explosiveness and speed caused by injuries, it is difficult for McGrady to use this technique to get rid of the defense, and this is the natural effect.

But who can make a difficult shot accurately, let alone a pull-up shot?

In comparison, although both of them use the pull-up technique, Durant's technique gives people a more intuitive feeling and he never misses a shot.

Xu Yong personally witnessed that the Olympic champion of the US team in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics was won by Durant's pull-up shots.

Xu Yong made consecutive shots, which posed a difficult problem for Cavaliers head coach "Bread" Mike Brown.

If he didn't replace O'Neal, Xu Yong could really use this simple and rough method to make the Cavaliers lose their temper.

This was something he didn't expect.

Although this game attracted a lot of attention from the outside world, due to the huge gap in strength between the two teams, the Cavaliers coaching staff did not take it as seriously as imagined.

They did design tactics against Rose, and Parker's block at the beginning of the game was the result.

Rose is good at breaking through but not good at shooting. With O'Neal sitting in the inside, Rose dare not break through the inside easily, and he will definitely hesitate to shoot.

As a defensive master among coaches, Brown's arrangement can be said to be very appropriate.

But this is the focus of their arrangement, Xu Yong is not on their list.

In the transition from offense to defense, Noah went around to defend and James chose to lob the ball inside.

James chose a good passing angle, but Noah showed excellent defensive judgment this time and successfully interfered with O'Neal's receiving the ball.

The basketball went straight out of bounds, and the Cavaliers' attack ended in a turnover.

"beep!"

A short whistle sounded from the sidelines.

Varejao came on to replace O'Neal.

Mike Brown finally made his choice.

With O'Neal off the court, the Cavaliers' defensive deterrence in the interior has obviously declined, but Varejao is a mobile interior player who is very good at defending pick-and-rolls.

If he plays, it will be difficult for Xu Yong to get easy chances to shoot like before.

In the Bulls' offense, Xu Yong went straight to the three-point line and did not run the pindown tactic.

His goal was to get O'Neal off the court so that Rose could break through the inside.

Now that his goal has been achieved, he will naturally leave without hesitation, hiding his achievements and fame.

Noah pulled Varejao out from the free throw line, and Rose broke directly under the basket.

His ankle injury has basically healed after a whole preseason rest, and now he is breaking through at a very fast speed.

It was just a change of direction, and Parker, who had blocked him before, was passed by him like a main road in the early morning.

In the blink of an eye, Rose had already broken into the three-second zone.

But James has already appeared on his breakthrough route.

James in the 1.0 period, especially since the beginning of this season, has officially entered the first team and first defense, a superstar who can do both offense and defense.

Rose didn't have a very good shooting angle, so he chose to pass the ball out.

Xu Yong received the ball and Parker quickly came over to defend him.

After seeing this, he made a fake shot to shake Parker off, then bent down and rushed directly to the inside.

His steps were big and fast, and after two steps he had already broken through the penalty area.

And he didn't hesitate at all, he jumped into the air in one step.

At this moment, James, who had originally taken two steps out because of Rose's movement, retreated early after seeing Xu Yong's breakthrough. At this time, he saw the opportunity, jumped diagonally, and stretched out his hand to block Xu Yong directly.

Where did this young boy come from and dare to act wild in the Cavaliers' penalty area!

The two men crossed each other in the air, and James soon found that he had underestimated Xu Yong's bounce and his determination to dunk.

His hand brushed against Xu Yong's hand and hit Xu Yong's arm directly.

Then, he discovered that Xu Yong's core strength was much stronger than he had imagined.

The palm strike that he had gained through twenty-five years of practice was unable to stop Xu Yong!

And then, nothing happened.

“Bang!”

Xu Yong's right biceps bulged, and he slammed the ball into the basket through James.jpg!

There was silence.

"God!"

Then, amid the exclamation of commentator Shiblin, the entire United Center erupted in thunderous cheers.

Xu Yong, their No. 2 pick, dunked over "Little Emperor" James in the first game of his professional career!

At this time, Yang Yi, who was listening to Zhang Weiping talking about how good James's assist defense was, covered his mouth and shouted excitedly into the microphone, "King slayer!"