"This game is becoming more and more interesting!" Zhang Weiping couldn't help laughing in the commentary booth.

Tonight's game was the most enjoyable one he had commented on since the first Yao-Shaq matchup.

In that game, when Yao Ming and O'Neal met, Yao Ming blocked O'Neal's shot three times in a row, almost killing him.

Tonight, Xu Yong dunked over James, stole the ball and then dunked with a change of hands, exactly the same!

"This is a world-class small forward." Yang Yi was also very happy and said directly what he had written.

With Xu Yong's explosive performance in his debut, not to mention tonight, Basketball Pioneer will have no trouble selling copies in the future.

What makes him even more excited is that Xu Yong is an outside player, which may have greater market potential than Yao Ming.

That is countless money that can’t be touched but can be seen.

Don't say anymore, he deserved it when Xu Yong rejected him, he never had the nerve to do so, from now on he will be the number one Xu Chui!

"We have to get to know Xu again. He is an incredible guy." Reggie Miller couldn't help but exclaimed in the commentary booth on the other side.

As a former superstar and current senior commentator, he has seen countless people, and Xu Yong's competitive temperament is absolutely rare even in his eyes.

The rookie directly challenged the second-best player in the league, and the key is that he succeeded twice. This is definitely not what the outside world says is a "fake second pick."

If this is a parallel imported product, then he hopes that there will be more such parallel imported products in the future.

Xu Yong's steal and dunk not only helped the Bulls to overtake the score in one fell swoop, but also reversed the momentum that the Bulls had been suppressed for a long time.

The Bulls took advantage of the momentum and went on a 6-0 run to stop the Cavaliers.

When the Bulls players left the court, there was thunderous cheers.

It was the first time since Jordan retired for the second time that they felt the Bulls were full of vitality again.

It is no exaggeration to say that the expectations for this Bulls team are even higher than those of three years ago.

Because the talents of the twin stars Rose and Xu Yong are much higher than those of Ben Gordon and Luol Deng.

Besides them, Noah and Deng are also very talented.

A team has four players like this, tell me if you are looking forward to it or not!

Of course, the game lasted 48 minutes, and this wave stopped the Cavaliers' offense, but it did not determine the outcome of the game, and the situation was still unclear.

Because after returning from the timeout, James changed his playing style.

He still played with the ball, but started calling for pick-and-rolls.

Each player has his or her own personality, and therefore will make completely different choices when faced with the same problem.

Xu Yong was showing off his skills with dunks and steals, so Kobe had to fight with Xu Yong for the entire game, face to face.

If someone gives him a pick-and-roll, he will probably say something like he did when he criticized Malone, "Put away your damn pick-and-roll, I want to go one-on-one with this guy."

Because Kobe is paranoid, so paranoid that he often gets carried away.

But James is different, he is smart.

After failing to gain an advantage over Xu Yong twice in a row, he gave up trying.

It's not Smart's fault for not using the pick-and-roll.

And the effect of this pick-and-roll is really good.

Especially the player Varejao, he is seriously underestimated.

He has excellent pick-and-roll ability, first-class pick-and-roll defense ability, excellent rebounding and defense, and is also very good at supporting. There is actually not much difference between him and Noah.

Even with a wingspan a few centimeters longer than Noah's, his stats in his peak season were even better than Noah's, averaging 14.1 points, 14.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game.

If he wasn't so fragile, he would have had a chance to have a career similar to Noah's.

At this time we have to mention Noah again. Noah is still too thin now. As a center, he has no advantage against James who uses pick-and-roll space to speed up. He is in a state of being completely undefended.

And contrary to what many people think, James' shooting was not bad during this period.

In six years, even if you are a blockhead, you will be trained.

Of course, although both James and Simmons have the word "S" in their names, they not only pose, but also really practice.

Or it can be said that James' overall shooting level at this time is better than when he was with the Heat.

It’s not that he stopped training after joining the Heat, but because he gained weight and muscle, just like when Xu Yonggang entered college, his shooting became unstable.

So when James used the Cavaliers' trump card tactic of pick-and-roll with Varejao, the Bulls really couldn't limit him.

As for double-teaming, this tactic is the most useless against James. Other things can be hacked, but James' passing ability cannot be hacked.

But apart from Embiid, which MVP is easy to restrict?

So under the leadership of James, the Cavaliers quickly regained the momentum of the game.

However, they also failed to win the game in one go.

Because of the Bulls, it played well tonight, too.

Although Noah was undefended, he really tried his best, as if he wanted to prove something tonight;

Rose is also venting himself on the offensive end. You know, he has already proved in the playoffs last season that even in NBA-level games, he can get whatever he wants just like in the NCAA.

Xu Yong became the soul of the Bulls tonight. Although James' choice of pick-and-roll prevented him from performing as well as before on the defensive end, when the Cavaliers were busy dealing with Rose's breakthrough on the defensive end, he could always come out from the side and give you a fatal blow.

And when Rose leaves the court, he can become a ball-handling forward-guard swingman like he did in the preseason and organize the Bulls' offense.

Of course, even Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown had to sigh that as a rookie, Xu Yong seemed to be too persistent.

The first half is almost over, and he seems to have not even seen Xu Yong take a break?

This approach can really motivate teammates.

For example, "The newcomers are working so hard, so why shouldn't we?", "Although we can't do as well as Xu Yong, at least we can't fall behind," etc.

Of course, most of them don’t know about Xu Yong’s perverted training methods, and how Sandek used Xu Yong during his two years in the NCAA.

In short, just like Xu Yong is not afraid of James, the Bulls did not show any timidity in front of the Cavaliers tonight, but instead played with full competitiveness.

Because it is inevitable to make mistakes when you are young, but also because you are young, you are fearless.

The game came to the final decisive moment as both sides took turns leading.

At this time, there were only 35 seconds left in the game, the score was tied at 96, the Bulls had the ball, and it was their timeout.

On the Bulls side, Xu Yong scored a team-high 22 points, Rose scored 20 points, and Deng had an average touch today and only scored 9 points.

De Nagro laid out a play for Ross.

After the timeout, the Bulls were unable to implement this tactic because defensive master Brown's defensive response was the master key.

In addition to O'Neal hiding under the basket, he chose to use two people to defend Xu Yong and Rose.

This move is really amazing, because Deng's touch was average today, and Songaila's offensive threat was also small.

Therefore, the Bulls' tactics eventually turned Noah into the future Draymond Green, who held the ball at the free throw line but had no chance to pass the ball for a long time.

In the end, there was no choice but to take a mid-range shot as Noah saw that there was not much time left to attack.

"when!"

Then, just as he had shown throughout the preseason, his mid-range shot hit the rim, the rebound was grabbed by O'Neal, and the Cavaliers called a timeout.

There were only 16 seconds left in the game.

Originally, the Bulls had a chance to end the game, but with the failure of this wave of offense, the opportunity now goes to the Cavaliers.

During the timeout, Noah looked extremely annoyed, and after sitting down, he suddenly slammed the bench next to him hard.

Although he played very hard, the Cavaliers had James and O'Neal, so he performed poorly tonight.

Not to mention the crucial move just now.

At this moment, Xu Yong noticed this scene and walked directly to Noah.

At this time, all the other teammates looked at Xu Yong with nervous expressions.

Noah had picked on the rookies before, and they played so badly tonight, so Xu Yong could have easily picked on him at this time.

However, Xu Yong's next move made everyone stand in awe.

Because before Xu Yong walked up to Noah, he first reached out and patted Noah on the shoulder: "Don't blame yourself, your shot choice is fine."

Then, after Noah looked up, he said in a very calm but very sure tone: "Don't worry, we won't lose."