When Pippen broke through, Jordan went to the top arc and no one cared about it!

It is said that the Lakers began to despise Jordan's defense, but it is definitely not. Doug Christie's performance from the outside shooting tonight was not good, because whenever the Bulls started attacking, he would fight against Jordan to life. This is part of the defense and a war of attrition.

However, Jordan has been responsible for restraining and his execution is beyond expectations. At the back, Doug Christie was still the same as before when he first defended. However, when the Bulls' offense began to unfold and someone needed to make up for it, Doug Christie's defense behind him unconsciously went to assist in the breakthrough Pippen and Longley who had pulled to the middle distance. Jordan seized the opportunity and made a three-pointer!

When Jordan made this three-pointer, Zhang Hao realized what the strange and awkward feeling came from before.

When fighting with the Bulls in the regular season, Jordan always showed his strength and wanted to try hard to prove that he is the strongest player at all times. This is Jordan's second move tonight. Before taking the initiative to find an opportunity, Jordan had only taken the blame and shot once. Before he made a move, he was playing, and he was so dazzling that he actually hid himself in the offense!

For a moment, Zhang Hao remembered Kobe after 2008 in the original time and space. At that time, Kobe had Gasol and won two consecutive championships. This is how he played!

Carefully hide yourself in the regular stage, and show your hideous fangs when needed!

It is said that Kobe is like Jordan, not only his body shape, appearance, and skills, but also his details in this style of playing are also very similar!

Jordan seized a good open three-pointer opportunity and made a shot, and the Lakers' defense was immediately affected.

Jordan's three-pointer was defeated, but the top three-pointer was so good. Who shortened the top three-pointer area so much?

The bosses of other teams in the league have jointly proposed to the league to restore the original three-point line, and this proposal has also entered the league review stage. Votes will be held in the preparation meeting for the new season after the end of the season, and it will be basically confirmed that they will be approved.

The purpose is that there is only one limit to Jordan's performance.

Jordan has made 42.7% three-point shooting percentage in the past two years, and averaged 1.4 three-pointers per game. This season, he made 105 three-pointers in the top arc area within 45 degrees on both sides. He only made 9 three-pointers outside the top arc area this season. He made 101 three-pointers in the top arc area last season, and 13 three-pointers outside the top arc area. Including the 17 games played in the 94-95 season, he made a total of 17 three-pointers. In the past two years after his comeback, his three-pointers almost caught up with the sum of the three-point shootings in the first nine years of his career!

This must be limited.

Now, after Jordan hit a three-pointer, the Lakers' defense fluctuated greatly. In the next 1 minute and 37 seconds, the Bulls successfully cut and scored in close range two times.

After playing 6 minutes and 51 seconds in the first quarter, the Lakers called a timeout, and were 4 points behind!

...

The game has entered the official pause phase.

Back at the bench, Zhang Hao felt his head hurt...

As stable and powerful as the Jazz, as well as the Jazz's super explosive power, the Jazz's lack, the God of Basketball... is really the God of Basketball!

The changes in the Bulls all occurred in Jordan's point, and Jordan's powerful strength allowed the superstars of the opposite charlatan to use their means to always play a role.

It's a good thing that O'Neal, otherwise they might have started miserably. He encountered Rodman better in defense than Malone, which was very difficult, but his performance was also OK. He seized a counterattack opportunity and a second offense turnover jump shot, and scored, scoring 4 points and 1 rebound, one more point than Jordan, who only scored 3 points.

O'Neal has shown his characteristics of dragging the Lakers down from the second round, and he also showed off his start, but he was also very tired of playing.

Luke Longley is often booed by Bulls fans, but it works very well. Otherwise, so many centers in the summer will be swept at the Bulls, the Bulls will have already replaced them. Zen master knows the best of what kind of players are useful.

The silver fox was knocking on the tactical board... and he grabbed it tightly with his left hand. For some reason, he just wanted to hold it tighter.

After thinking about it, I didn’t adjust my playing style. I had already arranged how to play the rotation stage before the game, but I just made some adjustments in the rotation.

...

After the timeout, the two teams rotated their teams to play.

The Bulls sent a combination of Ron Harper, Steve Cole, Jordan, Rodman and Kukoc.

The Lakers sent a combination of Kenny Anderson, Doug Christie, George Lynch, Barkley and Zhang Hao.

Only one person has been changed! Only Barkley has been replaced by O'Neal?

The Zen master watched the other party's rotation and fell into deep thought... It didn't seem to change much, and he often squinted his eyes on the sidelines.

Who made his shooting guards often play very irritatingly, causing the team to fall into crisis?

Fortunately, the shooting guards under their hands created the difficulty themselves and most of the time they could solve the problem themselves later, otherwise they would be really angry.

The Lakers are attacking, and Kukoc is ready to be beaten by Zhang Hao on the back. He is ready to use the four-character true tips to deal with Zhang Hao. It doesn’t matter whether he can prevent it or not. As long as he can cause trouble, this is Rodman taught him to defend, so he can do whatever he wants.

But Zhang Hao did not go back and chose to continue pick-and-roll with Kenny Anderson!

The Lakers played team attack, and the Bulls defended better. Zhang Hao broke through to the free throw line and changed direction to the middle distance on the left. The space for feeding cakes was cut off. Zhang Hao pulled horizontally to the left side of the three-second zone, attracting Steve Cole's backup defense, passing the bottom corner on the left, Doug Christie received the ball and then shot... Still missed!

Rodman's rebounding ability is the strongest in history. Although he cannot break Chamberlain's 11 rebounding king rule, he has surpassed Moses Malone's five consecutive rebounding kings. He has won the rebounding king for six consecutive years and has been tied for Chamberlain as the strongest rebounding master in history.

Rodman predicted Zhang Hao's pass, predicted Doug Christie's move, started moving in advance, and judged Doug Christie's iron and the direction of the bounce after hitting the iron. He moved in place at the earliest, jumped high, and extended the ball towards the ball that popped out from the right side of the basket...

"Bang"

"Clang"

"Bang"

With three consecutive collisions, Barkley took a step from the bottom line and directly jumped, knocked Rodman away, and dunked the ball into the basket!

The top-level bullet speed, strong explosive power, and a large tonnage of more than 120 kilograms... This patch is simply brutal!

Barkley rushed up, and unless a big meat shield came, he would not be able to stop him at all!

The Lakers' tactics are still mainly used to play at the basket. The Zen Master's prediction is not wrong, but the Zen Master did not expect the specific play of the Lakers.

Kenny Anderson and Zhang Hao's pick-and-roll combination is a mid-range and long-range shot that allows Barkley to snatch!

They all have to consume physical strength in confrontation. Since that's the case, it will consume Barkley's physical strength, so that Zhang Hao can consume less offensively in the regular stage.

This is the intention of the Silver Fox.

The main game of Barkley, the opponent uses Rodman's defense, which is difficult to play. Rodman is good not to mention Barkley, but O'Neal is good. In the series between the Bulls and Magic last year's playoffs, O'Neal was furious by Rodman.

Since you have chosen to "sacrifice" Barkley, you have to use your energy to the best. The rushing and snatching style is the idea that Silver Fox came up with.

However, even Silver Fox didn't expect that Barkley was so fierce, even more powerful than the Western Conference Finals, the second round, and the first round!

He is 34 years old!

Three-quarters of the regular season was paddling, and half of the remaining quarter of the time was not done too much. Just the time when O'Neal was injured after the All-Star Weekend... it was all for this moment!

Not only on the offensive end, but when the Bulls attacked, Barkley was also particularly active in defense, with the effect... Generally, but the Silver Fox's strategic intention was achieved. Using this lineup's swift movement, the 2-4 position was super strong to fight against the Bulls' pitchers!

Cukkochi and Steve Cole played very uncomfortable. In the finals, there was no need to do anything. The referee's phishing standard was very loose. Unless it was a clear foul, they basically didn't want to whistle. For example, the dunk that Barkley knocked Rodman before was actually Barkley jumped first. In terms of rebounding prediction, although Barkley was not as good as Rodman, it was only a first-line difference. Barkley was ready to rush to grab the ball, and that goal would jump earlier, so he had the look of a back-off. If it was a regular season, it was equivalent to Rodman jumping up to block Barkley's rebound and confrontation. Rodman would be prone to be fouled, but in the finals, the kind of thing that can be played or not will not be hyped.

In the first quarter, the Lakers scored two goals in the Bulls' three consecutive misses to overtake the Bulls by one point.

Jordan realized this, adjusted quickly, executed decisively, and was once again defended by Barkley. Kukoc did not pass when he got a two-pointer chance at the bottom line, so he chose a mid-range shot with a cross-step and pulled a step... hit!

The main team in the first half of the first quarter, playing leisurely is one of the ways to distribute physical strength for Jordan. The energy saved is to use this time!

Barkley came up and led the team to a rapid 10-5 wave. If it were the Jazz, they could only bite the bullet at this time, but the Bulls, they have Jordan!

The coach fought wits, the players fought bravely, and the fans in front of the TV were already watching the first quarter of the finals!

Although Bill Walton, a commentator of Time Warner Cable Sports, did not like the Lakers and the Bulls, he still said that this was the highest level of the playoffs this year. Barkley's performance was surprising. While Zhang Hao and Kenny Anderson maintained their level, Barkley led the Lakers' offensive rhythm, and Jordan's performance was even more impeccable.

After the first quarter, the Bulls once again overtook the Lakers and took a 1-point lead to the end of the first quarter.

...

It seemed that the Bulls still held on in the second half of the first quarter, and won 1 point in the whole quarter. The fans on the scene were very excited and had an advantage!

But in the Bulls players and coaching staff, this is not the case. When there is enough time, the team that plays the advantage first does not actually have the advantage later.

Barkley's performance in the finals was indeed beyond the Bulls' expectations!

Barkley performed well in the regular season when he played against the Bulls, both of which were 20+ in a single game. However, at that time, Barkley was more of a strong ability to seize opportunities and performed well. At that time, Zhang Hao, O'Neal, Kenny Anderson and even Doug Christie, and the Magic were all creating opportunities. It is not surprising that Barkley could seize those opportunities, within the expectations of the Bulls.

In this year's Western Conference playoffs, Barkley was almost the same. Even in the Western Conference Finals, except for G5, they actually played the same way.

But in the second half of tonight's first quarter, Barkley is a leader!

To be honest, Silver Fox himself didn't expect Barkley to play so hard. O'Neal was not there. Barkley led the team to score in the half-quarter, if Jordan had not scored 6 points in the second half of the quarter and finally made the buzzer-beating throw, the Lakers would be the one who led the lead.

The Silver Fox didn't expect it, and the Bulls didn't expect it.

It's really because Barkley was put on the bench, and his data was the lowest in all aspects of his career...

Sure enough, in the first half of the second quarter, the Bulls players had a bad premonition.

Barkley's performance in the first quarter was already very strong, using his super offensive rebound to drive the team to cooperate, and helped the team consume Bulls pitchers on the defensive end. At the beginning of the second quarter, when Rodman went down to rest, Barkley started his personal scoring mode. He scored 7 points in a row, made 3 of 3 shots, leading the Lakers to a 11-5 wave!

Barkley assumed the main offense. Brian Xiao and the Magicians cooperated with each other after they came on the bench. Zhang Hao, who went to the back line to defend, did not steal the limelight with Barkley... Because Barkley's main offense is indeed the strongest in their Lakers except O'Neal. As for their performance tonight, Barkley and O'Neal led the team alone in the interior, Barkley performed better and had more choices to make.

The Lakers made a climax to overtake and lead the Bulls by 5 points. At this time, the Lakers were ready to break the gap in one go... but they didn't do it.

Jordan scored a three-pointer and a steal from Zhang Hao to catch the ball. Zhang Hao was hit by a 2+1 rush, scoring 6 points in a row, and scored 6-0 alone, and overtook the score again!

This is why the Bulls' record is 6 wins higher than both the Lakers and Jazz!

The key ball is that when the superstars need to stand up at all times, the Bulls are not losing to the Lakers, and their stability is even better than the Lakers.

With regular combat power and stable performance, the Bulls are not inferior to the Jazz, but their explosive ability is stronger than the Jazz.
Chapter completed!