Jordan missed the mid-range shot, Wang Tiejun protected the backcourt rebound, and the Suns attacked.
"Double team!"
On the sidelines, pointing to the low left wing, Phil Jackson made a strangulation gesture with both hands.
Wang Tiejun's hook just now made him realize that this rookie, who had caused the Bulls a lot of trouble, could still beat Williams alone even though he had lost his physical fitness.
When the Suns attacked, they looked for Wang Tiejun first. As soon as the ball was passed, Pippen immediately turned around and pounced towards the low post on the left wing.
The three-point line on the left wing was 45 degrees. Danny Ainge immediately moved down along the three-point line, widening the distance from the top of the arc while getting ready to catch the ball.
Sure enough, when he reached the 60-degree position on the left wing, Wang Tiejun's ball was passed over. There was no defender within three steps around him. He caught the ball, aimed at the basket, and took the shot calmly.
"brush!"
The water splashed and he hit a three-pointer.
"Beautiful! Old K's pass is fast and accurate." John Hanks laughed in the ABC live broadcast booth.
Bill Walton laughed and shook his head and said: "Coach Phil Jackson may have a headache, because the tactic the Suns played just now was his triangle tactic."
At this time, Zhang Lili smiled and said: "This is the left-wing low post tactic in the triangle tactic. The ball is given to the low post first. If the low post is not double-teamed, the low post can play singles. If there is a double team, the low post will distribute the ball.
This tactic requires a player who is strong in low-post singles and a pitcher who is very accurate in openings. Wang Tiejun and Danny Ainge are both suitable for this. Danny Ainge is old and did not play much tonight. He should be reserved for the last quarter.
He hit him."
Sun Zhenping smiled and said: "It is now 73:76. The Suns are still 3 points behind. I hope they can equalize the score."
"Whoa!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jordan threw in a mid-range shot, once again narrowing the point difference to five points.
The Suns attacked and the ball was given to Barkley who ran out of the open space, but Grant fouled and the Bulls took the opportunity to replace Williams and replaced him with another substitute center Wilperdo.
This is the bull's largest inside line, measuring 213 centimeters and 110 kilograms. It still adopts the most physically demanding top defense.
The Suns attacked again, opened up tactics, and Wang Tiejun received the ball again.
To double-team or not to double-team, Pippen was in a dilemma.
After hesitating for a moment, he gave Wang Tiejun a chance to take action.
As soon as he got the ball, his left foot didn't move and swayed up, shaking Perdo's center of gravity. Then he suddenly turned down and slid down, dribbled the ball once, and entered the paint area.
Grant, who was low on the right wing, hurriedly returned to defense, but how could he have time?
"Bang!"
Wang Tiejun stuffed the ball into the basket with one hand. In order to save physical energy, his movements were very small.
75:78, Bulls attack.
"Hurrah!"
Phil Jackson blew his hooligan whistle again, and then made a five-finger grab gesture at Jordan.
This was to ask him to strengthen his defense at the No. 1 position and prevent the Suns from passing the ball easily into the low post. Jordan took a deep breath and nodded.
There is no doubt that his physical fitness no longer supports his ultra-high-intensity defense in the first three quarters, but the Suns are starting to chase points and must persist even if they can't persist.
"Will, work harder, don't let him leave your side, he has no physical strength, you can do it." Phil Jackson shouted to Perdo who ran past him.
Perdo nodded quickly.
On the left wing, Pippen hit Danny Ainge out of position and missed the mid-range shot. Wang Tiejun grabbed the rebound and the Suns attacked.
"If they were defeated by the Suns today, the biggest reason why the Bulls would lose would definitely be rebounding." Bill Walton said with a smile.
"Yes, the Suns played poorly today, but they did a good job rebounding." John Hanks nodded.
In the next few rounds, Wang Tiejun had no chance. Perdo almost hung on him through entangled defense. The Bulls had many people rotating, and their physical fitness was far better than him.
He even had very few chances to catch the ball, because Jordan once again strengthened his defense of the No. 1 position and the ball could not be passed easily.
And Danny Ainge has a lot of height difference. Whether the ball is passed from him or he is allowed to hit Pippen alone, it will not work. Pippen will guard him to death.
At this point in the game, Kevin Johnson's physical fitness is no better than Jordan's. Since it is difficult to pass the ball on the left wing and in the low post, he can only turn to the right wing and pass the ball to Barkley and Dan Marley.
In the fourth minute of the final quarter, Wang Tiejun was replaced by Oliver Miller.
"Old K, hurry up and recover your physical fitness. You have to go up at the last moment and let's take another gamble." Paul Westphal said.
His idea is that the Bulls will continue to defend with high intensity throughout the game, but their physical fitness is limited. At the end of the game, their physical fitness has reached the limit. What he wants to bet on is to let Old K recover a little physical fitness and make a final push.
See if you can catch the bull off guard.
But as soon as Wang Tiejun came down, Jordan, who was lacking in physical fitness, immediately lost his defensive intensity at the No. 1 position.
Kevin Johnson passed the ball down, and Miller turned around and shot a jump shot. The height was not high enough. He was only 206 centimeters tall. Because of his large tonnage, he could not jump up despite his previous good bounce. He was almost blocked by Perdo.
Naturally, the ball missed and was taken by the Bulls.
Looking back, Jordan missed the mid-range shot and Barkley grabbed the rebound.
"Up to now, the physical fitness of both sides has seriously declined, and their touch has begun to decline." Bill Walton said.
"Rebounding is so important right now," John Hanks said.
In the 10th minute of the final quarter, with less than three minutes left, the Bulls called a timeout. After the timeout, Wang Tiejun went into battle again.
Although a game lasts only 12 minutes, it actually lasts about half an hour. He has been sitting on the bench for almost fifteen or six minutes, and has regained some of his physical fitness.
The score at this time was 85:90, the Suns were 5 points behind, and the Bulls attacked.
"brush!"
Jordan made a mid-range shot.
"85:92, the score difference has reached 7 points again. Time is running out. The Suns can't score this goal. If the Bulls score another goal, it will be difficult to beat. So the Suns' offense will be very difficult next.
It’s important, you must score, and only if you score can you have hope.” Zhang Lili analyzed nervously.
At this time, the Suns advanced to the frontcourt. At the last moment, Jordan took the initiative to strengthen the defense of the first position, forcing Kevin Johnson to move in a wide range.
He still wanted to find Wang Tiejun, so he moved to the left wing. The Bulls' defensive force immediately moved to the left wing, and the entire paint area was surrounded by people.
Danny Ainge made a pick-and-roll. He took the opportunity to break through and hit the left wing with the ball. After attracting Pippen's switch, he passed the ball to Wang Tiejun.
In the low position on the left wing, Lao Wang pushed Perdo with his left elbow and grabbed the ball with one hand with his right hand. Grant, one step away, had already jumped under him, making him lose the possibility of slipping to the bottom.
At the same time, Jordan above also jumped down, and in one step, a three-man double team was formed.
With his current physical condition, it is absolutely impossible to break through the three-man double-team. Tieshan probably won't be able to activate it by just hitting him. If he is forced to activate it, he may get cramps.
But at this moment, at the last moment of the three-man double-team, he suddenly took off and casually hooked the ball toward the basket without even looking at the basket.
No, it was near the basket, because he believed that when Grant double-teamed him, his teammate Barkley must be there.
The three Jordans jumped up in a hurry to block the shot, but they didn't have time. They didn't expect Wang Tiejun to take action suddenly. By the time they jumped up, the ball had already passed over their heads.
"brush!"
Under the basket, Barkley caught the ball and made a layup, easily hitting a goal.
"Old K, that's a great pass!" After he succeeded, he excitedly shouted to Lao Wang.
"This is called passing the ball without looking at anyone." Lao Wang said with a proud smile.
"The ball was passed beautifully and the timing was good. I passed the ball when three people were double-teaming me. Barkley was completely empty under the basket." Zhang Li said with a smile.
Sun Zhenping smiled and said: "That means Tiejun has long arms and big hands, and he has a strong ability to pass the ball with one hand."
"Yes, yes."
Zhang Liji nodded and said with a smile: "His hands are completely open, like a cattail leaf fan. This is his talent."
The Bulls are attacking, and BJ Armstrong is controlling the ball at the top of the arc. He is pressing the rhythm and consuming some time.
When there were 7 seconds left in the attack time, he was about to pass the ball to Jordan. When he saw Dan Malley was too close to Jordan, he hesitated and finally passed the ball.
But at this moment, Kevin Johnson suddenly cut into the passing lane, intercepted the ball, and then took advantage of the situation to hit a fast break and score another goal.
At 89:92, the Suns were only 3 points behind, with 110 seconds left.
"Beautiful. This is the most critical steal. BJ's pass was a bit sloppy." Bill Walton laughed.
"At the last moment, the defense must keep up. Now that both sides have very little physical energy left, it's time to compete in will." John Hanks said.
"Bj, your passing to the Suns is really good. You can continue to do this, you know? You can definitely compete for the sixth man on the court for the Suns. Are you helping the Suns compete for the championship?"
On the court, Jordan was furious and trash-talked BJ Armstrong. This was one of his best ways to inspire the morale of his teammates.
BJ Armstrong was so angry that he had no words to refute.
Bulls offense.
Jordan ran from the left wing to the right wing to get the ball. By this time, he had gotten rid of Dan Mulley. Barkley made up for it. He immediately turned around and played with his back. Just when Barkley was about to defend, he turned around.
Fallback jump shot.
"brush!"
The water splashed and the two-pointer hit.
"Charles, your defense is just as rubbish as your offense."
After he succeeded, he spat out trash talk at Barkley without any mercy.
"I really can't guard you by myself, so you are better than me. Just now the three of us almost guarded K again."
Barkley was not to be outdone. If he won this game, he would get the match point. He didn't care about the face of his old friend and immediately started to complain.
These words were too sharp and lethal. The sword pierced Jordan's heart. His face suddenly turned pale. He snorted angrily and sped up his defense.
Wang Tiejun entered the frontcourt, ran from the left elbow area to the low post, and when he stepped on the waist, he suddenly accelerated and bumped into Perdo, then took the opportunity to get rid of the opponent and rushed into the paint area.
Kevin Johnson saw the opportunity under the basket, but Jordan tightly blocked the passing space in front, and he had no chance to pass it in.
This made him so anxious that he immediately dribbled the ball and took a step back. When Jordan pounced on him, he quickly gathered the ball and then jumped to pass the ball.
Afraid of being blocked by Jordan, he used a lob pass.
Jordan did jump up and just missed blocking the ball.
When Wang Tiejun received the ball, Perdo was already behind him, and Grant on the right wing had already jumped one step away.
The first time he caught the ball, he jumped sideways and hit a hook under the basket.
"Bang! Brush!"
Perdo took off to block the shot, but the bounce speed was not high enough. The ball slipped through his fingertips, hit the basket, bounced, and then fell into the basket.
"Hook? Okay, hit! Tiejun hit a hook under the basket, 91:94, the Suns still have a chance. Now we have to defend well, try to prevent the Bulls from scoring a goal, and score another one."
Zhang Lidao said.
"There are 68 seconds left, come on, Suns." Sun Zhenping shouted.
The Bulls attacked, and Jordan took another shot, but this time under the double-teaming of Danmar and Barkley, he failed to hit. Wang Tiejun protected the backcourt rebound, and the Suns attacked.
"Opportunity, this goal must be scored." Zhang Liyi shouted.
Under Jordan's pressure, Kevin Johnson handed the ball to Dan Mulley in the backcourt.
Marley entered the frontcourt with the ball. Before the Bulls' defensive formation was fully in place, he suddenly accelerated. After getting rid of B.J. Armstrong, he launched an attack and burst into the paint area from the right wing.
After being breached on the outside, the Bulls' interior players could only immediately cover up the defense.
Grant took two steps forward and established the first line of defense at the right elbow, which was Dan Mulley's breakthrough direction.
Perdo quickly entered the basket, he was the second line of defense.
At this time, Wang Tiejun was not in position yet, he only ran to the left elbow area, and upon seeing this, he quickly moved towards the basket.
At this time, Dan Malley made a sudden change, passed Grant, and went to the basket. After attracting Perdo's defense, he suddenly threw the ball in the direction of Wang Tiejun.
"Bang!"
Wang Tiejun took off, grabbed the ball with both hands in the air, smashed it forward, and knocked the ball into the basket, knocking over Perdo under the basket.
"yeah!"
The players on the field, the 2,000 Suns fans and the bench instantly burst into joy.
"Okay! 93:94, only one point behind. Here's the opportunity, let's defend another goal!" Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.
"56 seconds, this attack only took 12 seconds." Sun Zhenping said with a smile.
Zhang Lili shouted: "Although the Tiejun didn't play much time in the final quarter, they made 4 of 4 shots, sent out two assists, and grabbed two rebounds. The efficiency was very high."
"Congratulations, bj, now you are the sixth man of the Suns."
On the court, an angry Jordan roared again, targeting point guard BJ, who was sprayed with a pale face.
Bulls offense.
Jordan hit another shot, two points away, bringing the point difference to three points.
93:96, Suns attack.
"Dan Marly still can't guard against Jordan!" Sun Zhenping sighed.
"If Jordan is so easy to defend, he is no longer Jordan." Zhang Li said with a smile.
The Suns attack, with 38 seconds left.
The Bulls did not call a timeout, but Westphal could not withstand the pressure and called the last timeout.
He arranged a three-point shot tactic, hoping to tie the score in one fell swoop and then go into overtime.
The opportunity to shoot was given to Dan Marley, and Barkley would do the pick-and-roll. If there was no chance, it would be given to Danny Ainge. The only two guys on the team who could shoot three-pointers, everyone else would do the covering work.
"Advance faster and try to seize the last opportunity to attack." He finally warned.
The timeout ends and the game restarts.
"Bang bang bang..."
Kevin Johnson gasped while holding the ball and advancing quickly.
Jordan retreated and defended to prevent his opponent from rushing forward. When he was approaching the midline, he suddenly took a step forward to press, forcing Kevin Johnson to turn around to protect the ball and stop in the backcourt.
Dan Malley on the right wing immediately went back to the backcourt to respond, but this time BJ Armstrong was chasing closely. He ran counterattack continuously before he had a chance to catch the ball. When he advanced to the frontcourt, he almost broke an eight-second violation.
.
At the same time, what was more serious was that under the pressure of BJ Armstrong, Jordan got the opportunity to double-team, but he did not find the opportunity to pass the ball. He was double-teamed outside the right-wing three-point line.
"here!"
Barkley ran to the right wing near the sideline to receive the ball, and Dan Malley quickly passed the ball over.
At this time, 19 seconds of attack time have passed.
Barkley caught the ball. He had no ability to shoot from outside the three-point line, but at this time he saw Wang Tiejun entering the basket, and Grant and Jordan had already pounced on him. He quickly pushed the ball forward regardless of the situation.
The basket.
When he saw Barkley receiving the ball, Wang Tiejun immediately entered the basket from the low post on the left wing. Perdo tried to block it, but was pushed away by him. He successfully entered the basket and the ball was passed over.
At the most critical moment, he no longer retained his physical strength.
"Crack!"
The ball was a bit far away from the basket. He caught the ball and landed on the ground, took a step towards the basket, rose up a second time, held Perdo with his left hand, and smashed the ball towards the basket with one hand in his right hand.
Perdo didn't block the shot. He didn't have such a long arm, so he blocked Wang Tiejun's right hand from the left. Instead, he directly grabbed the latter's left arm and pulled it down suddenly.
"Bang!"
The rim was banged, but the ball jumped up and was dunked.
"Beep!"
The referee blew his whistle and pointed at Perdo.
"Ouch, I didn't get in! Otherwise it would be two plus one." Zhang Lili sighed uncontrollably.
"Damn it!"
At this moment, Wang Tiejun was so sorry that his bullet speed and explosive power were not enough, otherwise his opponent might not have a chance to catch him.
"There are still 17 seconds left, and the Suns are still three points behind. The Bulls probably won't give the Suns much more time to attack, so these two free throws are likely to be the Suns' last chance to score. They all made free throws and are still one point behind.
” said John Hanks.
"Look at the defense. If you make a free throw, defend against the next goal, score a goal, and maybe go into overtime," Bill Walton said with a smile.
"Now the Bulls have another timeout and the sun is gone." John Hanks said.
Bill Walton was startled, nodded and said, "Okay then, the Suns' chance of making a comeback is basically gone."
At this time, Wang Tiejun stood on the free throw line, dribbled the ball six times, took a deep breath, and threw the ball.
"brush!"
The first free throw was made.
The pressure came on him with the second free throw, because based on the probability of hitting the ball, the possibility of making the second free throw was even smaller.
"Charles..."
94:96, still two points away, he thought for a moment and called Barkley. After the latter looked over, he looked at the basket, and the latter nodded slightly.
The next moment, he suddenly threw the ball in his hand towards the basket.
It was very sudden, because he made no preparations and did not have a fixed six dribbles. This made both sides unable to react, including Barkley.
"Bang!"
The basketball bounced off the basket, bounced very high, and missed the basket by several feet.
"mine."
After the ball hit the basket, he quickly moved to the landing point, picked off the rebound over Pippen's head, then took off a second time and hooked the ball to the basket five feet away.
"brush!"
The ball went through the basket and hit a two-pointer.
"Beep!"
The referee blew the whistle again.
"Shet!"
Pippen, who committed the foul, and Jordan, who was watching what happened behind him, both cursed in anger.
"oh!"
"yeah!"
The United Center was filled with exclamations from home fans and cheers from away fans.
"ah!"
After he succeeded, Wang Tiejun roared with excitement when he saw the referee pointing at Pippen, making a foul and adding a free throw.
"Beautiful! So beautiful! Wang Tiejun grabbed the rebound and hit the hook. He equalized the score. Now it's 96." Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.
Sun Zhenping smiled and said: "Did Wang Tiejun do it on purpose just now?"
Zhang Lili said with a smile: "It should be that it was a bit sudden. No one reacted, and the rebound was a beat slow."
Next, it's free throws again.
At this time, Phil Jackson called a timeout in advance to the scorer's table.
"Be careful, don't let that kid fool you again." Jordan shouted loudly.
This time, both the Bulls and Suns became nervous and prepared to grab rebounds when Wang Tiejun dribbled the ball.
However, this time Wang Tiejun did not repeat his old tricks, but took the ball safely and safely.
"brush!"
With the refreshing sound of water splashing, the ball passed through the basket and fell down.
"At the critical moment, Old K's free throws were really solid, and he had a big heart." Bill Walton praised.
"As a rookie, he has a 2010 performance in the finals. Of course he has a big heart." John Hanks laughed.
At 97:96, they were behind for a whole game. In the last ten seconds, the Suns overtook the score.
After the free throw, the timeout entered, which was the last timeout for both teams.
