The second quarter started, and the Bulls also sent their own substitute lineup. The substitute was led by the poor version of Grant Hill, the Sultan Prince Lorden. The former Lorden was overvalued by the Bulls after playing for him, resulting in refusing to use him as a bargaining chip for Kobe Bryant. Otherwise, Kobe would have flew to Windy City and put on Chicago's No. 24 jersey. ([] )

The Bulls' substitute is not bad, CJ Watson, Ronnie Brewer, Lorden, Cott Thomas, Omire Asik, and the Knicks' substitute lineup is not vegetarian. Under the leadership of Wesley Matthews, the Knicks' substitute lineup was well-organized, until the fourth minute of the second quarter, Derek Ross played again.

In the first quarter, although Li Feng had completely restrained Rose, he also consumed a lot of physical strength. After all, that kind of high-intensity confrontation also consumed his strength quite a lot. So now Li Feng is still sitting on the bench to rest. When Rose did not see Li Feng when he came on the court, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and started his plunder.

Seeing that Rose looked pretty good after he came on the court, the Bulls players were all motivated and began to attack and defend frantically.

In the first ball, Ross lacked the ties of Li Feng, and immediately controlled the ball from near the baseline to the frontcourt, and then he accelerated directly... Lori was not Li Feng after all. During Ross' attack, he was kicked by Ross. Then, Ross drove straight into the Knicks' inside line. In a short moment, he had already rushed to the depth of the inside line.

Several players who jumped up to defend were dodged by Ross in the sky. Ross finally came under the basket and directly used an extremely domineering one-handed buckle!

“oh……”

The cheers of the Bulls fans were soaring to the sky. Their Rose Boys never disappointed them. It is the same now. Everyone was amazed at Rose's detent, and Rose finally regained the confidence he had when he just stepped onto the court. It was the absolute confidence he had left Li Feng's shadow!

After Ross got such two points, he finally gradually got rid of the inner demon planted by Li Feng in his heart and began to lead the team to charge against the Knicks' inside line. This charge was orderly and under the leadership of Ross, the organizer, the Bulls began to counterattack in an orderly manner.

In the seventh minute, they scored the score gap to 8 points, and Li Feng reappeared.

After Li Feng reappeared, Ross found his nemesis again, but although he was persecuted by Li Feng's defense in the first quarter, this persecution also made him immune to many of Li Feng's defensive moves, and occasionally he could lead his team forward victoriously.

After nine minutes of the second quarter, the Knicks chased the score gap to ten. At this time, Ross also launched his own counterattack. Under the cover of his teammates, he hit a jump shot on the right wing of the three-point line, and then assisted Asik, who was in the inside, successfully deducted it. He helped the score catch up again, so at the end of the second quarter, the score status of both sides was: 5952. At this time, the Bulls fell behind by seven points and entered the second half.

When he returned to the bench, Li Feng was a little annoyed. After all, Ross' combat effectiveness was unquestionable. Although he could basically block Ross' offense, he did not have much strength to pass Ross. However, Ross' passing ability, overall view and vision would make many point guards sigh. Therefore, Li Feng could not completely lock Ross' help to the entire Bulls.

In this case, at the end of the second quarter, the score difference between the two sides was only 7 points left.

In the whole first half, Li Feng scored 28 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals. His score was still as high as ever, and he had already scored 28 points in just two quarters.

Ross only scored 14 points, 8 assists and 3 rebounds. This data is already quite good for other players, but for Ross, who has a bet with Li Feng, it is already very bad. After all, his opponent Li Feng scored 28 points and 7 rebounds, and Ross's score was completely pale in comparison.

However, Ross returned to the locker room without any unhappy expression. Instead, he attacked his teammates one by one, and then he stood in a relatively middle position in the locker room. He spoke:

"Hey guys! We just beat the New Yorkers hard. Let those arrogant guys taste the feeling of being caught up with by others! We have recovered a lot of scores, and in the next game we must continue to work hard and truly reach the level we want!"

"yes!"

Everyone made a uniform guarantee for Ross. At this time, their morale was also rising. After all, they not only did not lose hope in the second quarter, but on the contrary, they also started their own counterattack, especially the recovery of Ross' ability, which made everyone feel even more excited. At this time, there was no pessimism hidden in the Bulls.

The Knicks' locker room is a bit solemn, Taberdeau said:

"In the next game, what we have to do is limit the Bulls' performance. One of the more important things is to limit Derek's performance! He is very threatening! Forward, you must try your best to defend Derek. At the same time, we must try to cut Derek's passing route as much as possible. Do you understand?"

"Yes, boss."

Everyone's answers were quite uniform. Soon after, everyone stepped onto the court and the second half of the game officially began.

In the second half of the game, both sides had their own plans. The Bulls wanted to regain their morale and luck in one fell swoop, so that the Knicks would spit out the score that led them, while the Knicks was playing the idea to defeat their various counterattacks. At this time, it would be best to directly defeat the opponent in the third quarter!

Both sides had their own ulterior motives and then began their first confrontation.

The ball was controlled by the Bulls, and Ross came to Li Feng. The guy's defense was not ambiguous at all. He was still in the slightest state just now. He was a little tricky. He really didn't have many ways to do this state.

At this moment, Noah, who was inside, suddenly came to Ross, and Ross took the opportunity to penetrate Noah directly. Li Feng was blocked by Noah for a while and could not catch up with Ross, so he could only watch Ross break into the inside.

At this time, it was too late to catch up, so you could only rely on the inside defense.

However, there are very few in this league that can defend Ross's inside line, as long as he wants to break through, many times they are basically enemies of ten thousand people.

The Knicks' inside line was quickly scattered by him. He came directly to the front of the basket and went straight down, making an easy hand-changing lever. The basketball rotated on the rebound and hit the board into the frame.

Rose roared, and he even turned around and hammered his chest hard at Li Feng. Li Feng did not react much, but instead controlled the ball and stood outside the Bulls' three-point line after halftime.

Ross and Li Feng had already said enough in the past games and didn't want to talk nonsense anymore at this time, so they started a fight.

Li Feng chose a forced breakthrough. At least it seemed to be a forced breakthrough into the inside line. No one dared to underestimate his speed and strength, so Ross completely adjusted his defensive focus to the inside line and took a step back to block Li Feng.

But he was fooled, and Li Feng suddenly took a step back and directly retreated from Ross' encirclement, and then calmly jumped into the game.

This step back after the sudden breakthrough was used quite beautifully, and Li Feng had already retreated with his clothes flutteringly.

But, it’s a pity that the basketball didn’t hit at this time, and the Bulls’ Boozer grabbed the rebound and threw it towards his half.

The Bulls launched their own counterattack!

Boozer grabbed the rebound in his hand and immediately passed it to Ross not far away. Ross ran with the ball, and half passed in a blink of an eye.

Li Feng missed a jump shot, but Ross controlled Qiuquan, and he felt a little unhappy. He hurriedly chased after him.

After all, Ross cannot be as fast as Li Feng, basically not affected by ball control, so Li Feng will soon block Ross.

However, this time Li Feng miscalculated. Ross suddenly came straight away from the ball and pulled the ball horizontally in front of him. The basketball easily moved from his right hand to his left hand, and then Ross accelerated directly, and his body instantly broke through many obstacles and appeared directly at a place where Li Feng had a body position.

"Can't catch up!"

Li Feng looked at Ross with a change of direction and knew that things could not be done. Ross just now used the horizontal pull to disguise, and Li Feng caught up from behind, which was far from completely suppressing Ross' defensive courage, so Ross took the lead.

Ross controlled the ball and then rushed directly to the basket, like a white lightning bolt. After the last sprint, his body completely arrived at the front of the basket.

"oh……"

The Bulls fans shouted loudly, and some heart patients covered their chests. Ross took advantage of this time to let his body completely reach the basket, as if thunderous. With the fierce momentum of moving forward, Ross' hands also came to the basket.

"Bang!"

The sound of the whole basket being torn off was echoing in the arena. In people's sight, Rose fell from the sky, with anger roaring on his face, and opened his mouth, Rose roared heavily!

The Buddha wanted to vent all the accumulated energy in the first half. At this moment, Rose was as unpredictable as a God of War in the Nine Heavens, and was filled with a breath of surrender.

For this ball, Ross was filled with a sense of revenge from the beginning of receiving the rebound. Then he passed Li Feng in one step and entered the inside line instantly. The next one was a refreshing dunk. This dunk made Ross directly full of domineering aura, and at the same time he was in a good mood, as if he had controlled the world.

Li Feng passed the ball with halftime, at this time, Ross finally started to squirt about his trash words:

"Hey! Did you see it? I just had such an excellent attack... I don't think you can have any way to stop me, right?"

There was also a kind of pride on Ross' face. Of course, these expressions were not necessarily his true thoughts. After all, he just came up to use his own words to try his best to disturb Li Feng's mind.

Li Feng did not have any major fluctuations or reactions. Instead, he hung the basketball into the inside and passed it to Monroe. Monroe received a pass from Li Feng and also fought with his opponent.

"One step, two steps..."

Monroe found an angle to take action. Suddenly, the basketball left his hands and flew towards the sky.

"ah!"

At this time, Boozer, who was inside, suddenly roared and caught Monroe's entire shooting angle. Suddenly, Boozer's fat body, his body that had not been flying for a long time, kept flying up. He slapped heavily on the basketball!

"Rebound!"

Ross shouted loudly and immediately rushed into the inside. He hugged the rebound tightly in his arms, then controlled the basketball on his side, and then slowly prepared to advance through the half.

Li Feng also came to prepare to defend Ross. Ross was a strong enemy. Once he recovered his confidence, it would not be easy for Li Feng to defeat Ross. Ross used his various ball control techniques to control the ball and passed the half-court, and avoided Li Feng's steal and harassment. Ross's ball control level was also quite good. He was always at ease in the harassment of Li Feng, and the basketball was also obedient as always, shuttled under his crotch.

Not long after, Ross had arrived at the Knicks' half, and at this time he was facing Li Feng's defense.

Li Feng did not say a word of nonsense, but waited for Ross' attack to arrive. Ross threw the basketball on his right hand, and then faced Li Feng with his body sideways. The place where the two of them were physically in contact. Suddenly, a huge force came.

Of course, Ross did not dare to compete with Li Feng for strength, so he pushed Li Feng again, then his body jumped up directly into the sky, turned over in the air, and faced the basket in the distance with his own face. He had adjusted his posture in the sky, and faced the basket not far away, and he seemed to be full of complacent.

"You can't let you succeed!"

Li Feng also jumped into the sky, seeing that he could even block Ross directly. However, Ross' shot was just an action to attract the opponent's attention. Ross saw that his goal had been achieved. Suddenly, the direction of the basketball suddenly changed. He flew directly to the other side of the three-point line.

Ross' fake jump shot just now has deceived many people in the Knicks. Now everyone's eyes are attracted by Ross, so many people are ready to go to the inside to grab rebounds. Ross has indeed attracted their defensive attention.

So, when the basketball came to Luo Erden's hand not far away, everyone was surprised, and even a little confused about how the basketball suddenly appeared in his hand - wasn't Rose just jumping?

Luo Er Deng, who received the pass, did not think about it at all. He slowly stretched his body in the sky. After a while, he held the basketball with both hands and shook it gently in the direction of the basket. Soon, the basketball left his hands and flew directly towards the inside.

When Li Feng saw the trajectory of the ball, he lost interest in grabbing rebounds, but went to the bottom line to wait for the ball to catch the ball. Sure enough, the basketball easily penetrated into the net, and instantly, the Bulls scored two more points.

Li Feng received the pass again and then led it to the half-court. At this time, Ross had already come forward to defend.

If Li Feng wants to pass Rose, he has at least a hundred ways. The basketball jumps in his hands, and in a blink of an eye, Rose's center of gravity shifts. In a blink of an eye, the basketball completely passed under Li Feng's crotch. After a short moment, his body directly opened to the maximum firepower and suddenly passed through Rose!

Ross wanted to hold Li Feng away, but that was completely impossible. Li Feng passed through Ross' defense and went directly outside the three-point line.

“Too careless…”

Ross reflected on his actions just now. He just wanted to come to a place near the center line to snipe Li Feng, and then Li Feng passed by directly. Li Feng passed by Ross, and soon after, he had already arrived outside the three-point line. Then, Li Feng made a jump shot.

At this time, the Bulls' people had already returned. Seeing Li Feng make a jump shot, all of them rushed into the inside.

However, Li Feng did not hit the ball, so Ross quickly clapped his hands at his teammates, and they passed the basketball over. Ross also received the pass and then killed in the half.

Without Li Feng's block, the Knicks' defense line was still not difficult for Ross to a large extent. He rushed into the Knicks' inside line. After a short moment, he had already arrived at the depth of the inside line. Then, Ross used his speed to pass through the Knicks' last line of defense that Cousins ​​was back to defend, and then directly deducted points!

"It's deducted again!"

The Bulls fans began to cheer. Although Rose did not have the domineering aura of Li Feng, every dunk had a thrilling power. The basketball fell into the basket, causing a crazy tremor. The basket also made a whimpering sound under Rose, as if crying.

Ross started his formal state like this. In the next few minutes, Ross scored one jumper and sent two assists - Ross still basically had no way to break through Li Feng, but the barely shot outside the three-point line still made Li Feng a little difficult to defend. Ross's luck has returned now, and Li Feng could not stop Ross' luck from returning.

So Ross also led the Bulls to launch a counterattack. Unlike the Bulls' current morale, which is very exciting. The morale of the two teams on the basketball court is often the same. Now it is the same. The Bulls' morale has increased, and a group of people are in high spirits, but the Knicks' morale is problematic, and more importantly, their hit rate is also problematic.

Hit rate and morale are often two kinds of things that depend on good and bad luck. Now it has even become a vicious cycle for the Knicks. The Knicks cannot easily score, so the Knicks' leading advantage has also been eroded by the Bulls bit by bit.

Four minutes into the third quarter, the score between the two sides was 78:79. The Bulls were still one point behind, and the ball was still in the hands of the Knicks. The basketball passed through the outside and passed to Cousins ​​in the inside, and Cousins ​​received the pass. A better opportunity took action, and the basketball bounced out of the basket again.

"Damn it!"

Many Knicks players, including Cousins, cursed in their hearts. Because their current hit rate seems to be cursed by others. No matter what, they just can't get up, and they just can't shoot basketball. This damn state really bothers them. In particular, the Bulls' hit rate and their morale are very high, which makes the Knicks players even more annoyed.

The rebound was once again snatched by the Bulls, and then Ross took the ball through the half. Li Feng had no choice but to keep Ross' ball in control, so he could only try to keep up with Ross and not allow him to score easily. The two of them quickly met outside the three-point line. At this time, Ross also began his own breakthrough attempt. Many of Ross' skills were developed in actual combat. Therefore, when he met a player like Li Feng, who had unprecedented defense, Ross was also ready to find his own skills to make a breakthrough again. Therefore, Ross never stopped his attempt to break through Li Feng. The basketball was in front of him and behind him. At this time, Ross cooperated with his steps, plus his body, and made one breakthrough after another false action in front of Li Feng.
To be continued...