Chapter Thirteen: The Battle of Jojo
"Michael Jordan, he broke through the baseline, and Jony lost it. The space at the baseline is too narrow, but Ben Wallace came back to defend! He blocked Michael Jordan's dunk! A very beautiful block! Ben Wallace got a block in his first start in the second leg of his career! And the target of the block was Michael Jordan!"
Ben Wallace completed a beautiful block with a beautiful defense, and the ball was also taken by the Celtics. They immediately launched a fast attack. Jonny, who stood behind Michael Jordan, directly grabbed the basketball, and then threw a long throw. Teus Edney, who ran to the backcourt at high speed, received the basketball and completed an unguarded layup. The Celtics scored two more points!
Teuz Edney was originally the team's third point guard and he would only get playing time in garbage time. However, when Chauncey Billups was in a bad state, Teuz Edney was mentioned as the starting lineup. This fast veteran has a very good understanding of the team's tactics. This goal is the power of the Celtics' tactics after proficiency!
Fast attack means seizing every opportunity to attack quickly!
The Celtics led 4:2, the Bulls served again in the backcourt, Michael Jordan took the ball and pushed it into the frontcourt. This time, Michael Jordan did not rush into the penalty area. Da Ben's backup defense just now made him feel something was wrong. In this ball, Michael Jordan chose his signature move. He dribbled the ball against Jony and rushed to the near free throw line, and then suddenly pulled up a backward jump shot and successfully hit!
The two teams tied, but Joni was once again dissatisfied with his defense. Before this game, Rick Pitino was originally planning to arrange a double-team tactic to deal with Michael Jordan, but was rejected by Joni. Joni felt that he could limit Michael Jordan. ▲∴ However, after the opening, all three attacks were carried out by Michael Jordan, and two goals were scored in three attacks. The only one that failed was Ben Wallace's credit.
Joni decided to increase his energy on the defensive end, and on the offensive end, Joni looked at his teammates. He felt that if he wanted to win this game, he not only had to open his own offense, but also restrict Michael Jordan, and then helped his teammates open up the situation. The hero he is using now is Desert Butcher. The q skill breakthrough and pass-through of the Desert Butcher can help his teammates score well. Joni is very sure of this because his partner Anfenny Hardaway played this way last season.
The Celtics landed in the frontcourt, and Joni took the ball to face Michael Jordan's defense, while Ron Harper, who was defending Teus Edney, was slowly leaning towards Joni, obviously preparing to double-team Joni.
Jonny did not hesitate, and started directly from the three-point line and rushed into the three-point line. At this time, Ron Harper ran over quickly, and Michael Jordan also held Jonny tightly to delay Jonny's speed. When Ron Harper came over, Phil Jackson on the field was chewing gum faster. Phil Jackson's double-teaming tactic against Jonny was about to succeed.
"Jonny's breakthrough, oh! He's going to be double-teamed! Oh no! Pass! Pass out! Teuz Edney catches the ball! Ron Harper hurriedly rushed out of the three-point line. Pass again! Tim Thomas makes a three-pointer! No one defends in front of him! Jason Cafe has already run to Teuz Edney in the defense just now, hitting a three-pointer! He's in! The Celtics' beautiful offense, transferring the ball very quickly!" Hubi Brown kept marveling. The Magic's attack took a total of 13 seconds, which is still counting the time of halftime. The smooth attack looks very beautiful!
What made Huby Brown even more amazed was Joni's pass just now. Everyone thought that Joni was going to pass back and reorganize the attack. Editor Ron Harper and Michael Jordan double-team, so they didn't even think about continuing to attack. But Joni seemed to know that Teuz Edney was standing in that position and threw the ball over! Then Teuz Edney's second transfer resulted in a goal.
The Celtics' offense did not attract the Bulls' attention. Phil Jackson calmly sat on the bench, chewing gum, and then focused on the Bulls' offense.
Michael Jordan got the ball, and the Celtics continued to use Jorni to defend Jordan alone. In fact, Rick Pitino was also helpless. In this season, most of the Celtics' lineup were originally CBA-level players. The starting players were Teuce Edney, who was short, Tim Thomas had always had a bad defense. Walter McArty, who was in the interior, is also an offensive player. In the entire starting team, only Ben Wallace and Jorni had good defense.
So the Celtics either use Jony to defend Michael Jordan alone or they can only double-team, but double-teaming can easily cause defensive chaos in a team, especially teams like the Celtics that are new players.
So, when Joni wanted to defend Michael Jordan alone, Rick Pitino chose to agree.
In this goal, Michael Jordan chose to rush into the three-point line again. In order not to lose his position, Da Ben was still near the penalty area. So when Michael Jordan rushed to the free throw line, Joni was still alone in the fight against Michael Jordan.
"Michael Jordan rushed to the free throw line, he chose to shoot! Oh no, it was just a fake move, but Joni was not deceived. Michael continued to rush in, Ben Wallace made a defense, double shot, Michael forced a layup! It was Ben Wallace again! This was his second block in this game! Michael Jordan was humiliated, and an unknown player blocked him two consecutive goals!"
Just as the commentator was singing hymns to Ben Wallace loudly, the Celtics' fast attack came again!
"Running-! It's Teuz Edney again. He's very fast and is close to the basket. The ball is in! The Celtics' fast break is very firm and very beautiful! The Celtics lead by 5 points!"
Teuz Edney made a layup with a fast break again. Rick Pitino from the field excitedly waved his hands. The tactical effect he wanted to see had reached. He hit a fast break. After the opening, the Celtics had already made 4 attacks. Although two of them were fast breaks after blocking, the Celtics' offensive speed was still surprising. Each goal was as fast as lightning and neat.
"Michael Jordan received the ball, he rushed into the three-point line and made a jump shot backward! He made another jump shot in this game!"
Watching the basketball enter the net with a sound of sound again, Joni was a little helpless and entered again. Michael Jordan was still talking in his ears, and that was garbage.
"Look, you just can't defend me. Every time you ask your teammates to help you. Look at you, you're too weak..."
Joni didn't respond, and rushed to the frontcourt after taking the ball. Seeing Michael Jordan let him go, Joni rushed forward and made a three-pointer! Jordan was shocked. He didn't expect Joni to take action directly! Everyone knows that Joni is best at three-pointers, but Michael Jordan's carelessness just made Joni shoot this answer-ball!
With a swish, the ball entered! The difference between points reached 6 points!
Next, Michael Jordan got the ball. With a pick-and-roll made by Luke Longley, he threw away Jony's half of his body, and directly jumped from the middle distance, and the ball also made!
Joni didn't waste time, insisted on the team's purpose of fast-tracking and fast-breaking. After half the game, he got a chance and made a mid-range jump shot, and he also hit!
Mike Tirik shouted: "Michael Jordan and Joni Lee got into the state at the same time, and the score between the two began!"
On the field, the Bulls suddenly slowed down. Perhaps they saw the Celtics' conspiracy, Michael Jordan took the ball and wandered outside the three-point line.
The Bulls suddenly slowed down their offensive rhythm. However, the Celtics were not worried. After following the Celtics for two or three minutes of fast attack, it was obviously impossible to get the rhythm back with one wave of attack.
Michael Jordan beat outside the three-point line for about ten seconds, and then rushed to the free throw line just like the previous few attacks. At this position, Michael Jordan has hit 4 goals in a row!
But at this moment, Jony, who was already familiar with Michael Jordan's attacking routine, suddenly rushed up, stretched out his hands, and amid the screams of exclamations in the North Shore Garden of TD, directly blocked Michael Jordan's mid-range jump shot!
"It's blocked! This time it's Joni Lee's block, less than 4 minutes into the game! Michael Jordan has already taken 4 blocks!"
Everyone was surprised by Joni's block, and the Celtics' fast break had begun again. Although the running Bulls were still trying their best to defend, the Celtics' fast break that had been practiced for more than a month was in vain. After the opening, Teuz Edney, who performed well, made a layup again.
This time, the referee's whistle rang quickly and the Bulls paused.
16:8, the Celtics have already led by 8 points. What's more important is that the rhythm on the court has been taken away by the Celtics. The fast-fighting attack is also possible. Although the Bulls can also play, the Bulls' main style of playing is triangular attack, which is a positional battle. Once they fall into this fast-fighting attack rhythm, it will naturally be unfavorable for the Bulls.
In fact, the Celtics can control the rhythm on the field so easily after the opening. We must be glad that Scott Pippen in the Bulls Triangle did not play. Otherwise, even if the Celtics have mastered this fast-fighting and fast-breaking tactic, they would not have been able to get the rhythm so easily.
After 5 minutes of the first quarter, the Celtics led by 8 points. This result surprised many people. The worst team actually led by 8 points ahead of the strongest team. This was a fierce hit on those who looked down on the Celtics. In fact, the performance after the opening of the Celtics did make many people's eyes shine. In Hubi Brown's words: "This is not like a bad team in the mouth of everyone!"
Both sides entered the timeout, and Phil Jackson no longer calmed down at the beginning. After playing for 5 minutes, the fool could see the problem.
"We have been controlled by the Celtics. If we continue to play like this, we will definitely lose! Michael, don't rush to attack when you come on the court. I ask you to control every wave of attacks until 20 seconds, slow down your offense and suppress the rhythm! Also, don't do it alone, organize more offenses! The team cannot win by you alone!" Phil Jackson looked at Michael Jordan and said. After the opening, the Bulls' attack was almost done by Michael Jordan alone, which is obviously not conducive to the team's winning.
On the other hand, with the Magic, Joni has already started to organize the offense in a good manner. If this continues, the Bulls will definitely lose. For the Bulls who are determined to defend their title, losing this game is obviously difficult to forgive.
On the Celtics, Rick Pitino praised the players who played, and then let the players play again without any adjustments. For the Celtics, what they have to do now is to maintain the current rhythm, and naturally there is no need to adjust.
Both sides returned to the field, and the Bulls' offense, they slowed down and began to adjust the pace on the field.
Michael Jordan dragged it until 18 seconds before starting the attack. If Phil Jackson hadn't asked him to organize more attacks, Michael Jordan might have dragged it until 20 seconds and then did it himself.
The Bulls' attack was eventually driven to the penalty area by Michael Jordan, then passed the ball, and Luke Longley narrowly made a layup before the 24-second violation!
The Bulls deliberately slowed down the pace, and the Celtics naturally deliberately fired a fast attack. As a result, the two teams tied for the rest of the first quarter. The Celtics' fast attack success rate was average, while the Bulls deliberately slowed down the pace. Each attack only used the last few seconds, and the offense's success rate was average. At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics led by 7 points 27:20.
Although it was only the first quarter, the Celtics' performance was still surprising, after all, they were facing the Bulls! Although Scott Pippen failed to play, the Celtics made a surprisingly fast attack, and it seemed that the Celtics were not as bad as they imagined.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Joni, who had played the first quarter, was put off the court and rested by Rick Pitino, and Dana Barros, who was considered the second-rate figure of the Celtics, played. At the same time, Di Brown and Mark Blunt from the inside also got the chance to play. For the Celtics, the most difficult time was this period.
With Joni Lee not around, the Celtics will easily be defeated by the Bulls, and the situation on the field soon proves this. Although the Bulls also won Michael Jordan, the Bulls still have to defeat the Celtics in terms of substitutes and tacit understanding.
After playing for 5 minutes in the second quarter, the Celtics' advantages in the first quarter were all flattened by the Bulls. In this case, Rick Pitino had to replace Joni Lee again, but the outside world believed that the second character Dana Barros did not end up. He wanted to partner with Joni in the half-quarter. The Celtics will maintain this strongest lineup to play in the first half. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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