No.1 in basketball scoring-Chapter 894 - 382. A big shot from the Bobcats team!

In the evening, the Chicago Bulls and the Magic Team kicked off the second round first, this time Jack, Felton, and Okafor gathered at Okafor’s place to watch the live broadcast.

The game was intense, with a final score difference of 5 points, Yao Ming scored 10 out of 19 shots, plus 5 out of 6 free throws, netting 25 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, and 2 blocks, leading the Bulls to narrowly beat the Magic 84 to 79.

Felton: "2 steals and 4 blocks, Howard’s defense is getting better and better, it seems like you can see his progress every once in a while."

Okafor: "I hate to admit it, but Howard’s defensive talent is just as exaggerated as Jack’s offensive talent."

Jack: "I’m not that great... (Shin-chan scratches his head and laughs)" freewebnoveℓ.com

Okafor: "..."

Jack: "Ahem, Howard was stationed under the basket alone, he couldn’t guard Yao, but he defended all the other Bulls players entering the paint, Hinrich made only 3 out of 12 shots, missed all 3 shots when penetrating inside, and because he couldn’t score inside, he lost the threat of penetration, Nelson could focus on sticking to his outside shooting, during pick-and-roll, Lewis who switched on him didn’t need to worry about his penetration; Deng was only 2 out of 7, both successful shots were three-pointers, both attempts at attacking the basket were disrupted; Wallace didn’t even try to score again after grabbing offensive rebounds, Howard’s domination under the basket is truly strong!"

These two are always boosting others’ spirits? Felton said: "But Howard couldn’t handle Yao at all, only 2 out of 10 shots, and just 3 out of 7 free throws, he scored only 7 points, couldn’t grab rebounds, Yao blocked him, and he couldn’t get around him, only got 9 rebounds, with just 1 offensive rebound, without an assured rebound count, Magic Team’s outside shooting attempts decreased, they dared not shoot, his scoring and rebounding were worse than normal, Magic Team’s offense was also terrible."

Okafor: "Yao has always restrained Howard, has always defended him well, but such an exaggerated instance like this is rare, there’s the reason of increased leniency in playoff officiating, and the help from Wallace, their way of coordinating to defend Howard is worth learning for me and Kendrick."

Felton: "Emeka, are you going to say again..."

Okafor: "Magic Team’s core players are as young as we are, adding the peak Turkoglu and Lewis, in the coming years they are surely going to be a strong rival in our quest for the champ!"

Felton grimaced painfully: "I so want to refute you, but the Magic Team is tough indeed, and will be stronger in the future, Bulls, Hawks, Magic Team, and the teams of James and Wade might rise too, why are there suddenly so many potential teams in the East?"

Jack saw the situation and tried to comfort: "In the past few years, high draft picks were mostly in the East, like Emeka’s year, top three picks, Howard, Emeka, Gordon, all were in the East, since 2000, besides Yao and Oden, the other 6 first picks, Martin, Brown, James, Howard, Bogut, Bargnani, were all in the East, having many teams with potential growth is natural, only these few teams have hopes of rising, which is a very low probability, and even so, the competition environment in the East is already very relaxed, look at the situation in the West, that is truly exaggerated."

Felton thought and muttered: "Lakers, Kidd, Bryant, Garnett;

Spurs, Duncan, Ginobili, Bowen, Conley, and Guy are good too;

Hornets, Paul, Stojakovic, West, Chandler are okay, after Hornets got eliminated, news said he’s about to be traded;

Jazz Team, Williams, Boozer, Kirilenko;

Phoenix Suns, Nash, Stoudemire, originally had Marion, Bell, though I dislike him, his defense and threes are really good;

Mavericks, Nowitzki, Terry, Howard, Harris, Dampier... Warriors Team, Artest, Davis, Ellis, Jackson... both teams have a lot of players who can play;

Nuggets Team, Iverson, Allen, Anthony, Martin, if Nene recovers would be a strong inside too;

Grizzlies, Parker, Wallace, Gasol, just the role player lineup is a bit lacking, couldn’t make the playoffs even with 50 wins...

It’s still better in the East! Just a few opponents!"

Okafor was speechless, the boss at home, apart from being a boss, other aspects are hard to describe.

...

On the next day, May 7th, at 8:40 PM, in Tuhang Stadium, Pistons were the first to enter the court, boos filled the venue.

It was the third consecutive year encountering Pistons in the playoffs, over the past three seasons you can clearly feel the change in the fans’ attitudes, fans of Bobcats and opposing Pistons have already become deadly rivals.

Players influence the fans, for instance, when he was fouled harshly by Raja Bell, local fans grew extreme hatred towards Raja Bell and the Suns.

It works the other way too, influenced by the fans, Jack and his teammates get more eager to beat Pistons every time they meet on the court, not just for their dignity, but also to uphold the dignity of their supporting fans.

With Jack San, Xiao Fei, and Heavenly Venerate as the ’North Carolina alumni’ bond, most players from the two teams maintain good personal relationships, but once on the court, they are enemies.

At 9 PM, the game began, Rasheed Wallace narrowly won the jump ball against Okafor, Pistons attacked first.

Pistons fielded their starting lineup of Billups, Hamilton, Prince, Antonio McDyess, Rasheed Wallace.

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