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The situation is getting worse.

The Chicago Bulls in the 1997-1998 season were already the bottom three in the Bulls' six championships, but for the young team led by Han Yi, it was still an insurmountable chasm!

The media and experts were also very honest. Although they were unanimously optimistic about the Celtics in the first round, they praised Han Yi as the only superstar in this round.

But when the Celtics' schedule against the Bulls was announced, all the experts turned against them:

The probability is 4:0, at most 4:1!

The powerful Chicago Bulls will slaughter the Boston Celtics!

At this point, Han Yi realized that the media in the 1990s was really too backward and could not make gimmicks at all!

Will the nonsense of saying that the Bulls have a better lineup than the Celtics, better star players, and more playoff experience than the Celtics really bring traffic?

Aren’t these all lice on a bald head, obvious things?

You said that these can’t bring any complaints at all. If you now take out the words that praised the Celtics in the first round of the Eastern Conference and praise them again, do you think the traffic will explode directly?

The newspaper will be sold out directly, right?

Of course, there are side effects, and the reputation of this newspaper will be directly ruined!

And this is also the difference between the paper media era and the future self-media era. Although they dare to make up and talk nonsense, the scale of nonsense is still different.

The paper media can only talk about the strange phenomenon in the sky when Zhu Yuanzhang was born, and so on, while the self-media dares to say that Zhu Chongba founded the country by selling hooks.

But the media keeps bragging about how invincible the Chicago Bulls are, which is indeed a good thing for the Celtics.

For example, the second-in-command of the Bulls, Scottie Pippen, did not take the small Celtics seriously:

"I admit that although our video analysts and editors have made the videos and technical characteristics of all Celtics players clear, I have not watched them yet, because the playoffs are a long journey. If I invest too much energy too early, it will affect my performance later."

"Facing a newcomer to the playoffs like the Celtics, I won't pay too much attention and just let it go."

But Jordan obviously brought the anger from the All-Star Game to the playoffs:

"I'm very happy that I can meet Han Yi before I retire. I will tell him what the playoffs are!"

Similar words are naturally different when spoken from Glen Rice or Michael Jordan!

Facing the Chicago Bulls, Han Yi also prepared a little trick early!

In the game against the Hornets, even when losing in G3, Han Yi did not show his improved three-point skills, because he knew that this would be a key trump card for him to attack the Bulls!

Although this Bulls team is very strong, since Han Yi is standing on the stage to compose the last dance with Michael Jordan, he is not here to be a spectator!

No excessive greetings!

The first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals kicked off at the United Center in Chicago!

Starting lineups of both sides:

Boston Celtics:

PG: Dana Barros, SG: Greg Minor, SF: Tracy McGrady, PF: Ben Wallace, C: Han Yi!

Chicago Bulls:

PG: Ron Harper, SG: Michael Jordan, SF: Scottie Pippen, PF: Dennis Rodman, C: Luke Longley

Although this is only the second round of the playoffs, for the media, the attention of this game is probably higher than that of the future Eastern Conference Finals!

Han Yi, a representative of the rare anti-McCaw rebels, will have the ultimate showdown with Michael Jordan, who has been enshrined here!

When the referee threw the basketball high into the air, Han Yi easily grabbed the first wave of ball possession from Luke Longley!

The game officially began!

In the first attack of the Eastern Conference semifinals, Han Yi chose the ultimate fast play that he is best at!

As soon as the jump ball fell, Han Yi stepped forward with his long legs and pierced into the heart of the Bulls, and then McGrady's familiar pass slipped into Han Yi's palm again, and then Han Yi grabbed the ball with one hand and completed a dunk!

"Bang!"

2:0!

Han Yi took the lead at the United Center, the home court of the Bulls!

At this time, Rodman ran behind Han Yi, and Luke Longley was still standing in the midfield. Seeing that Han Yi had scored a goal, he turned around and walked back.

From Phil Jackson on the sidelines to every Bulls player on the court, they all watched Han Yi complete the dunk calmly.

The only reaction was: Oh, it went in, then it's our turn to serve!

This is very different, very different.

In the past, when Han Yi completed the opening fast break dunk so easily, the opposing coach would definitely burst out with swear words, asking the players to cheer up and defend well.

But now, it doesn't matter, the Bulls don't care at all, isn't it just a goal? What's the fuss?

Han Yi's offense is simple, and the Bulls' offense is also very simple. For the Celtics, the best perimeter defender is Tracy McGrady, who is less than 20 years old!

McGrady has all the elements to become a historical perimeter defender, but he is facing the God of Basketball, even if this God of Basketball has begun to decline!

After Jordan got the ball, he made a fake move to startle McGrady, and then shot from mid-range!

2:2!

Confidence, this is the confidence of the Bulls who have won 5 championships!

Although the Celtics are in a strong momentum, they are not taken seriously by the arrogant Bulls.

After all, from the Bulls' point of view, the Celtics led by Han Yi have not won anything yet!

Although they look down on the Celtics, it does not mean that the Bulls are unprepared for this series!

Unlike the regular season matchup, the Bulls chose Luke Longley to guard Ben Wallace and let Rodman face Han Yi!

Although Luke Longley has better strength, his legs are too slow.

Han Yi not only has the highest ball possession rate in the league, but also has the highest chance of converting ball possession into points in the league!

Han Yi's offensive method is very simple, 80% of his points are scored in the restricted area, but this is different from most of the restricted area melee inside lines popular in the league today.

Han Yi's goals rarely come from one-on-one singles in the restricted area, but more from the combination of speed and strength to directly destroy the opponent before the enemy's formation is stable!

Just like the dunk that just opened the game!

At the same time, when Han Yi got the ball, the Celtics were always in a stable state of winning points, so if you want to defeat the Celtics, you have to defeat Han Yi!

The easiest way to defeat Han Yi is to use all means to disrupt his rhythm, making it more difficult for him to shoot, so that he has to give the ball to his teammates and let his teammates handle the ball.

Therefore, the Bulls did not intend to completely defend Han Yi from the beginning, but to reduce the frequency of the entire Celtics' fast break. As long as they pressed the ground to play positions, the Celtics would have no chance!

In fact, the Hornets have been using this method since the second game, but the problem is that ideas are ideas and abilities are abilities. The Hornets thought of how to limit Han Yi, but they did not have the resources to limit Han Yi at all!

The biggest difference between the Bulls and the Hornets is that the Bulls have Dennis Rodman.