Link's shooting percentage was very high when he warmed up, and it seemed that his shooting felt good today. But in Chicago, no one cared about Link. And the fans here were relieved about the Bulls' defense.

Indeed, the Bulls Five Tigers stood up, just like the Grizzlies, almost everyone could defend themselves.

Jokin Noah, the rookie No. 9 in 2007, averaged double-double since the third grade. Noah is known for his defense and was selected into the second team of the best defensive team last season, which is enough to show his skills.

Carlos Boozer, one of the representatives of the Jazz's "Iron Blood Legion" period, switched to Chicago with a 5-year and 75 million contract last season. Although he is a scoring power forward, his defense is not a loophole.

Small forward "British Jordan" Lore Deng, on the defensive end, is considered one of the best wing defensive players in the league.

Scoring guard Ronnie Brewer, an old Grizzlies player. He was traded to the team by the Grizzlies at the beginning of last season because of his excellent defense. As a result, he was reimbursed for the season for the first time that year and did not play for the Grizzlies. It is precisely because of this that the Grizzlies are more urgently needed to sign a substitute with the third position, which led to Link. This offseason, Brewer signed the Chicago Bulls.

As for No. 1 pick Derek Ross, an MVP athlete, is fast and strong in the defender range, which gives Ross the basic conditions for doing a good job in defense. Although Ross is not known for defense, he has never been criticized for defense except for his rookie season.

This set, coupled with the Thibodeau on the bench who looks like the penguin in the Batman comics, makes the Grizzlies' defense indestructible.

Last season, the Bulls averaged only 88.2 points per game. In this era, it was really not easy to limit the opponent's score of 90. Without excellent defensive skills, it is impossible to do so.

Hollins stood on the sidelines with his hands and chests on his chest very seriously before the game started. The Grizzlies have always been better at defense than offense, and today they face the Bulls who have excellent defense. It seems that both sides have to keep the defense to the end.

Link kept staring at Ross before the game started. Looking at the super star who is now extremely glorious, Link couldn't help but think of Ross's loneliness afterwards.

But at least now, Ross is still the omnipotent super warrior. Link needs to prove that even in front of Ross, he is not worthless!

The referee whistle blew, and Jokin Noah competed for basketball from the "Spanish homeless man" Mark Gasol with his better athletic ability to fight for the ball. The Bulls attacked first, and the fans in the United Center immediately stood up and cheered because their "Contemporary Jordan" was in control of the ball!

Ross looked serious. He had no personal grudges with Grizzlies and Link, so he didn't need to talk much and just do it.

Thibodeau's offense relies heavily on Ross' singles ability. The Bulls' offensive tactics are not complicated. Most of them use Ross' breakthroughs to gain opportunities.

This time is no exception. As a point guard, Ross did not hand over the ball after halftime, but instead directed his teammates to pick-and-roll and prepare to break through in person!

Ross is very healthy now, and not everyone can stop his breakthrough. Although Conley, who just recovered from injury, defended very hard, when the Bulls picked and rolled up and Ross accelerated, with a "swoosh", the guy wearing the white No. 1 jersey "disappeared" from Conley's eyes!

"It's so fucking fast!" Although this is not the first time Link has seen Rose break through with his own eyes, every time he sees, Link will sigh. His acceleration ability is enough to make all players in the league extremely envious.

Ross broke into the penalty area, and Gasol came to block it. But the Wind City Rose still did not slow down, but headed straight for the Spaniard!

After experiencing outstanding performance last season and three games this year, Marc Gasol has been considered one of the best defense players in the league. Most guards are so straightforward to challenge Gasol Jr.'s authority, and the ending is usually caused by blood.

But Ross is not within the "most" range.

He jumped head-on, and Gasol also actively jumped up to block it. But in the air, Ross curled up and made a pulling rod!

What's even more exaggerated is that after avoiding Gasol's block, Ross glided for a short distance before stretching his body again and hitting the ball!

One move fully demonstrates Ross' terrifying waist and abdomen strength and ability to stagnate the air.

Although this was just an ordinary layup, it definitely made many fans excited! Rose's folding lever is still very attractive! Although it is only 2 points, the difficulty of the movement is really not low!

"So beautiful, this is the MVP's playing style! He avoided the blocking with Gasol, the Bulls took the lead first, and Rose was unstoppable!" Although he was praising Rose, in fact, Kevin Harlan still wanted to see if Link's magic could continue.

How will the Grizzlies deal with the "contemporary Jordan" who is fully fired?

Both the No. 10-year top scorer and the No. 2009 top scorer were defeated by Link. Now let’s see if the No. 2008 top scorer can save face.

"Stay calm, the strategy just now is right. We continue to defend so much that they can't score a difficult goal every time!" Hollins clapped his hands to stabilize the morale of the players.

Fans may only see goals, but Hollins saw that it was more than that. Gasol Jr. defended the defense just now in a timely manner, but in fact he had blocked the opportunity. However, Ross' personal ability is indeed too strong.

But no matter how strong a person is, he cannot make a big round of layups every time. Hollins hopes that the Grizzlies' defense will be tough, not just for movement and physical, but for mental! Therefore, he did not make any criticism, but instead encouraged the players.

But after listening to Hollins' arrangement, Link was still a little uneasy. Ross couldn't hit those difficult goals every time? Maybe he could really do it.

When the Grizzlies are replaced, Link doesn't have to control the ball and advance today, nor does he have to think about which tactic to play later. It can be said that he is relaxed.

The Bulls' defense is very smart, and they do not have the silence of toughness or pressing. Instead, they maintain a defensive formation, and each point is in charge of each other.

Link Dou came out to receive the basketball. Ronnie Brewer, who was defending him, used to be extremely athletic. However, after the season was reimbursed last season, his ability in this area dropped rapidly. At the same time, his lateral movement speed on the defensive end was also his defensive end.

Link did not entangle with Brewerdo, but made a breakthrough immediately and bullied Brewer's horizontal movement speed that was not fast enough now!

During the breakthrough, Brewer wanted to use physical contact to force Link to stop. However, Link was not affected too seriously. He carried Brewer and continued to move forward. More than once the hard work this summer has proved that it has not been wasted.

Seeing this, Lore Deng immediately made up for defense. Link found that "Deng Yingqiao" had moved, so he sent the ball to Rudy Guy!

Guy, who had a stubborn face, received the ball and moved it in and made a jump shot! This was originally an open position, but after seeing Link passing the ball, Lore Deng made up for defense and returned to Guy!

Luo Er Deng is 2.06 meters tall, with long arms, and interfering with shooting is his strength, which is why his defense has always been praised.

Under severe interference, Guy made a shot again!

Although the Grizzlies won in the Thunder, Guy's shooting percentage failed. Although he lost in the last game against the Spurs, Guy's performance with 19 points and 10 rebounds was pretty good.

Today, Guy originally thought he had a good harvest of personal performance and game victory. But this first shot at the opening game seemed to be about to kneel down!

Sure enough, one second after Guy took action, the basketball hit the frame and the Bulls defended the Grizzlies' first attack!

"With a beautiful defense, the Bulls players shrink freely on the defensive end. Like last season, the Bulls' defense seems too strong for the Grizzlies. However, the Grizzlies' defense seems to be unable to imprison Derek Ross. Could it be that the final outcome of this game will be the same as last season?"

Kevin Harlan shook his head. Although the Grizzlies counterattacked the Spurs as the No. 1 in the West last season, this does not mean that they can handle the No. 1 in the West.

This round is just a microcosm of the Bulls' first quarter game on the defensive end.

In the subsequent games, the Bulls' defense made the Grizzlies miserable. Their timely replacement of defense and excellent defensive awareness made the Grizzlies play the worst start since the beginning of the season!

Gasol was so defensive that he frequently made blacksmiths. Randolph had few chances under the care of Noah and Boozer. Guy stopped talking and continued to do his blacksmith career at mid-range.

Conley focused too much energy on how to defend Ross, so the offense was as plain as water. As for Link, under Ronnie Brewer's defense, Link didn't have many opportunities. He only scored 4 points on 2 of 3 shots. It seemed that he played well, but the reason why Link only took three shots was because the Bulls' defense was so tight that Link had to choose to pass the ball several times.

So strictly speaking, Link's attack was not made.

In this way, after the first quarter, Gasol made 1 of 4, Guy made 1 of 5, Randolph said he was following one, so he also made 1 of 5. Conley made 1 of 3, Tony Allen made 0 of 1 of 1. In the whole first quarter, the Grizzlies' offense was completely defensive!

After the first quarter, the Grizzlies' overall shooting percentage was only 21.7%!

25 to 12, the Grizzlies scored only 12 points in a single quarter and fell behind by 13 points in a single quarter! How ugly the data is. When the Bulls faced the same strong defense, they relied on Rose's personal ability to tear a gap.

Although Rose's breakthrough pass was simple and crude, it was really effective. By breaking through and passing alone, the Grizzlies' defense was torn apart.

Don't doubt it, this is the power of MVP players.

Tom Thibodeau proudly put his hands on his chest as the players left the court, proudly exposing his double chin to the camera.

Before the game, Thibodeau saw the media saying that the magic of the Grizzlies and Link was insignificant in front of the Bulls. Thibodeau still retained his attitude and once thought that the Grizzlies would be difficult to deal with.
Chapter completed!