Chapter 36 The third energy point
Michael Jordan never expected that Joni would spit out such a very lethal trash words. His face suddenly turned black and he rushed to the backcourt without saying a word. When Joni brought the ball to the frontcourt, Michael Jordan rushed up and directly wanted to grab the ball from Joni's hand.
Of course, Joni would not let Michael Jordan steal the ball so easily, so he naturally shrank his hand back a little. Unexpectedly, he was just hit by Michael Jordan's plan. Michael Jordan's hand slapped Joni's hand heavily, and Joni felt hot. His hand seemed to be not his own hand, so the ball was naturally lost.
At the same time, the referee's whistle also sounded, but Michael Jordan then showed an annoying smile. He looked at Joni, which was obviously a kind of ridicule, a kind of smug smile, as if saying: "Your hands hurt, right?"
That's right, Joni felt very painful. The right hand that had just held the ball was already numb. Joni kept rubbing it, but Michael Jordan had just used too much force and had not recovered yet. Because the number of fouls was enough, the referee urged Joni to go to the free throw line, and Joni had to bite the bullet.
He took the first free throw without panic, but he really didn't feel anything. The first free throw was not made! This made TD North Shore Garden Arena let out a huge scream. You should know that Joni's free throw shooting percentage this season is as high as 95%. The league's number one free throw shooting percentage actually lost the first free throw!
Then when Joni lost the second ball again, people were not surprised, but were shocked. When did Joni lose two free throws in a row? In fact, this has never happened since Joni entered the NBA, and his free throws have always been very accurate. However, this time Michael Jordan really played him too heavily, and two free throws were unexpectedly not hit.
The Bulls quickly grabbed the rebound, and Michael Jordan's tricks gave them a little advantage, but Joni was very angry. He knew that Michael Jordan's evil and dirty were dirty last season. Unexpectedly, this game made him lose his evil again. Because the Bulls must be attacking the position, Joni did not overly nervous about the Bulls' offense after returning to defense. He stood aside with his waist on his back and stared at Michael Jordan who was dribbling slowly in the backcourt.
"Jonny, why don't you let me deal with Michael Jordan." Bruce Bowen came over and Jonny shook his head. He didn't want to admit defeat.
Bruce Bowen didn't say anything anymore and retreated silently. The Bulls' attack took enough time and also played very quickly. Michael Jordan broke through and attracted double teams, and then passed the ball, Steve Cole hit a three-pointer.
Then, with the Celtics' offense, Joni was double-teamed again, Chauncey Billups was blocked by Dennis Rodman in the basket, and the Celtics' offense failed again, and they made serious mistakes in the subsequent defense. They directly missed Luckronley in the inside, and after Luckronley received the ball, no one defended the dunk. In this way, the Bulls slowly opened the gap.
Obviously, after returning from the second quarter, the Celtics' defense and offense had problems again. The offense was better. Now Chauncey Billups can still score some goals, but the success rate is lower, and the defense is much worse. Not only did Joni not be able to defend Michael Jordan as he wished. The defense in other positions of the team also showed chaos, which was obviously a manifestation of the team's lack of tacit understanding.
However, no one saw a deeper reason. Derek Coleman, who just joined, was this deeper reason. In the previous 76ers period, Derek Coleman was a player who was not defensive, and after coming to the Celtics, Derek Coleman still did not change his habit, which made Ben Wallace, who had done a good job in guarding the penalty area, felt very uncomfortable in this game, and always lost another player for Derek Coleman to make up for defense.
However, Derek Coleman's problem was not very obvious at this time. No one could see the Celtics yet, but Phil Jackson had already noticed it.
The continuous offense was not good, and the Celtics called a timeout again. On the one hand, Rick Pitino re-arranged the defense and asked Bruce Bowen to continue to guard Michael Jordan. On the other hand, he made a substitution and replaced Derek Coleman with new player Tri Cummings, allowing Derek Coleman, who was already a little unable to run, to rest.
During the suspension, Joni decided to use the third energy point to activate the R skill of the Spear of Revenge, speeding up his speed and explosive power. He had to find ways to break through the Bulls' blockade against him. After the suspension, Joni said a few more words to Chaunci Billups, asking Chaunci Billups not to forget to pass the ball to him, of course, the premise is that Joni ran to the open position.
After Joni used the third energy point and activated the R skill of the Spear of Revenge, he felt that the Bulls' blockade was a bit messy. When he returned to the first ball on the court, Joni chose to be out of the ball. He ran quickly, threw away Michael Jordan, and then quickly opened his hand to ask for the ball, and directly made a three-pointer and successfully hit!
However, the Bulls didn't care about Joni's attack. They picked up the ball and started attacking calmly. For the Bulls, they never thought of defending Joni to death. For them, they would defend Joni's one or two goals and then make perfect shots on the offensive end, so the Bulls could naturally establish their lead.
However, the Celtics who replaced Tri Cummings have made some progress on the defensive end. At least they will not have four people defending 5 people. Although the Celtics themselves do not know that there will be such a change, this change has indeed happened. Ben Wallace feels that his pressure has been reduced in an instant. As the person involved, Ben Wallace suddenly thought about why he had just been under such a great pressure on the defensive end and was often missed.
For this reason, he was scolded a few times. Now Ben Wallace feels particularly wronged. In this goal, Wallace tried his best to defend. After Michael Jordan broke through, Trickummings rushed to make up for defense. This low-height power forward was considered an inside player who actively defended in his career, especially for making up for defense, but his strength level was average.
After Michael Jordan encountered Tri Cummings' backup defense, Michael Jordan jumped up and made a three-step layup, directly passing Tri Cummings, who thought Michael Jordan was going to take a direct move. Michael Jordan also used these three layups to throw away Bruce Bowen, and he was about to complete the layup!
At this time, Ben Wallace rushed out and slapped a big hat! He directly covered the ball. At this time, Joni, who had three R skills bonuses, rushed up like a wind to grab the basketball, launched a fast attack, and directly threw away the Bulls' players who returned to defense with lightning speed. Joni made another powerful dunk this time! Turning around 360 degrees and adding hips - changing hands! This is one of Joni's classic dunks!
With a bang, Joni's dunk announced the Celtic counterattack! (To be continued, please search for Piaotianyi, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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