At about 9:30 p.m., the second half of the G4 game started, and the Bulls attacked.
"Bang!" Pippen missed the jumper.
"Bang!"
Looking back, Wang Tiejun caught the ball under the basket, but his sideways hook missed.
"mine!"
As soon as he took the shot, he had a feeling that there was a high probability that the ball would miss. It was a little to the right. He immediately predicted the rebound, moved the position at the same time, and then grabbed the offensive rebound.
At this time, Perdo and Kerry ignored the risk of injury and both pressed against his body, and then Jordan also rushed to the side.
"Bang! Bang!"
Wang Tiejun didn't show any mercy. In a narrow position that was almost close to his body, he made two powerful series of blows, completely clearing away the defensive force around him.
"I x!"
Kerry fell to the ground, and Perdo was knocked back with a groan. He was about to get up and dunk, when Jordan slapped his hand hard, and with a bang, the ball was knocked away.
The hand is one with the ball, no foul.
Lao Wang also took a breath as the back of his hand hurt. Jordan was very cruel, it seemed he was really trying his best.
Jordan himself was so painful that his teeth were clenched, but he couldn't help it. Old K's hands were as big as his. Without any effort, it was impossible to knock the ball away with both hands holding the ball.
He took the opportunity to pick up the ball, then immediately turned around and launched a fast break. Two steps later, he saw that Pippen was already running in front of Drexler and quickly passed the ball.
Pippen caught the ball across the center line and entered the frontcourt.
"here!"
At this time, bj was coming down the middle, and Lightning was too tired to keep up. He raised his hand to Pippen while running.
Pippen quickly passed the ball, and BJ caught the ball and crossed the top of the arc, then made a three-step layup and easily hit the ball.
"It's tied at 54. The Suns should be careful. The Bulls' defense is still very hard and they haven't reduced their intensity. They are overdrawing their physical fitness." Zhang Lili reminded loudly.
"Be careful with their defensive counterattacks. The success rate is very high," Su Qun said.
"Bang!"
"Beep!"
As soon as the two finished speaking, Wang Tiejun caught the ball under the basket, knocked away the double-teamed Kerry, and dunked the ball under the pressure of Perdo behind him, which also caused a foul on the opponent's thug.
"11 of 16 shots, 5 of 9 free throws, Old K has scored 27 points." Su Qun said excitedly.
"This is Perdo's fourth foul. As long as Tiejun can hold on physically today, he will continue to attack the basket. I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to persevere until the end of the game and he will commit six fouls." Zhang Lili predicted.
"Kerry also committed three fouls, substitute Blount committed two fouls, and the three remaining insiders added up to nine fouls. As long as they are not injured, the three-person rotation should be able to last until the end of the game." Su Qun laughed.
Zhang Lijia looked pitiful and said: "After this finals, the Tiejun also committed a crime. One game was reimbursed. The Bulls had a total of six insiders, and one and a half were reimbursed.
Our analysis is analysis, saying that the Bulls have the possibility of a comeback, but from the inside situation, there should be no chance at all. The Tiejun are too lethal to them. Even if they cannot win today, in the next game, the Tiejun will
The lethality against them will also explode one by one."
"brush!"
At this time, Wang Tiejun hit an extra free throw and scored his 28th point of the day.
The Bulls attacked, Jordan held the ball on the right wing, and the Glider defended hard, not daring to relax.
"Zhizhizhi..."
Along with Jordan's various technical moves, Drexler's feet kept stopping and starting. The stress on his ankles and knees was so great that the soles of his shoes seemed to be smoking.
Jordan made several technical moves, but failed to get rid of Glider, who was also desperately defending, so he had no choice but to launch his ultimate move.
In his words, turning around and leaning back is an art.
While playing from behind, he arched his back slightly, then took the opportunity to turn around, jump, and shoot backwards. Drexler failed to keep up with the rhythm and could only watch him shoot.
"Crack!"
At this moment, Wang Tiejun, who had already rushed out from the basket, jumped from the side to block the shot, and slapped the ball towards the frontcourt.
"Damn it!"
Jordan was slapped on the head and was stunned. He was flying a glider on his back and failed to detect Wang Tiejun's assisting defense.
In the frontcourt of the Suns, Dan Marley ran hard and finally got the ball first. At this time, BJ returned to defense in time and jumped in front of him. He quickly passed the ball to Lightning in the middle. Lightning received the ball and rushed from the free throw line to the basket.
Down.
"Laupup!"
An on-site commentator shouted excitedly.
"careful!"
The next moment, another on-site commentator shouted urgently.
"Crack!"
Pippen rushed to the back, sent a fatal chasing shot, and also grabbed the ball.
At this time, Jordan had already rushed to the position two steps beyond the three-point line on the left wing. He quickly turned around and stepped down, then received Pippen's pass and entered the frontcourt again.
Wang Tiejun, who participated in the quick layoff, had just reached the midline position, quickly returned to defense from the middle, bypassed Perdo behind him, and like a bison, threw away his arms and ran as hard as he could.
When he rushed into the paint, Jordan had already charged in from the right wing, and one step later he soared into the air and transformed into a flying man.
"It's not that easy!"
With a sharp gleam in his eyes, he took off a step, crossed Jordan's head with his left arm in the air, and hit the basketball held high in the air by Jordan's right hand.
At this time, Jordan suddenly retracted his right hand, dodged his block, and then slid through the basket and pulled the lever with his backhand for a layup.
"brush!"
When Wang Tiejun landed, he looked back and saw that the ball hit the basket.
"Pa bang bang..."
This goal was so exciting and received a lot of applause from the audience.
"Boy, you are just a log to me!" Jordan immediately started talking trash after he succeeded.
"A wooden stake can beat you three to zero, and you are not even as good as a wooden stake." Lao Wang retorted sarcastically.
"..."
Jordan had the urge to vomit blood, and he vowed never to talk trash in front of Old K again.
56:57, Suns attack.
After Kevin Johnson pushed the ball past the midline, he immediately encountered Jordan's half-court pressing defense.
"Jordan really worked hard. Is there no limit to his physical ability?" Albert said in surprise.
"I just don't want to lose." Kevin Harlan shook his head and sighed.
"I know he even wants to drink water faster than others. Victory is too important to him." Albert nodded.
"Not only does he drink water, he also wants to pee faster than others." Kevin Harlan complained.
"Pfft, haha..." Albert laughed.
At this moment, on the court, Jordan suddenly stepped forward and knocked away the ball from Kevin Johnson. The latter fell to the ground to grab the ball, and the two rolled into a ball.
Subsequently, Jordan stood up, took the ball and started to drop quickly, but Kevin Johnson did not get up on the floor.
No one could care about him at this time, and the other four members of the Suns team fought back to defend.
Unfortunately, Jordan was positioned closest to the frontcourt, and the Suns didn't have time to return to defense, but he succeeded in a layup.
At 58:57, Jordan scored 28 points and the Bulls got one point back.
This point made all Bulls fans ecstatic, and they saw the hope of victory.
"It's not good, the lightning didn't rise, you won't be hurt, right?" Su Qun stood up from the commentator's seat.
"Oh, knee, left knee. He is covering his left knee. He must have been injured. He was pressed by Jordan just now." Zhang Lili shouted urgently.
"What should we do?" Su Qun became anxious and sweat broke out on his forehead.
Zhang Lili was also sweating on his head. Why was he injured at this critical moment?
On the field, Lao Wang squatted next to Kevin Johnson, keeping a calm look on his face, and asked casually: "Kevin, you think we won too easily, and we are going to take a break and watch the fun below.
?”
Kevin Johnson smiled bitterly and said: "Old K, be mentally prepared. I'm in a lot of pain and I probably won't be able to fight."
Lao Wang sighed secretly in his heart, patted Lightning's shoulder, pulled him up and said, "Don't worry, leave it to me. You sit down for a while and prepare to hold the O'Brien Cup later."
"It's up to you."
Kevin Johnson punched Lao Wang in the chest, and then, with the help of Dan Mulley and the glider, walked off the court limping with one leg.
"Pa bang bang..."
At this time, the American West Arena burst into warm applause, and countless Suns fans stood up to applaud the team's previous leader and core.
"Perry, use your physical strength to get rid of Jordan. Don't worry, your teammates will be there to pick you up." Westphal warned on the bench.
After replacing Perry, he replaced Dan Mulley and let rookie Wes Riperson play first, using his abundant physical strength to attack Jordan.
After doing this, he high-fived Kevin Johnson who was leaving the game and personally handed him a bottle of water.
Kevin Johnson sat with Danny Manning in a suit as the team doctor began to examine him.
Although Lightning was injured and left the game, the Suns' advantage was too great, so the mood of both the team and the fans was okay at this time, and there was no pessimism.
But everyone knows the importance of the Lightning. The team has encountered the biggest difficulty after entering the playoffs, so they are very serious.
The bulls were very excited at this time, as if they had been given a shot of cardiotonic.
Jordan was very excited. He felt an opportunity had come and he wanted to seize it.
"The Suns are in some trouble now," Dameng said.
"That's not necessarily true. In order to bite the score, Jordan and Pippen fought too hard in the first half. Can they continue to maintain the defensive intensity of the first half? Now as long as they stabilize the rhythm, the back line only needs to push the ball halfway.
Just leave it to Old K. I don’t think there’s a big problem.” Barkley shook his head.
Magic Johnson nodded and said: "With two new troops, although their strength is not very good, they are stronger than their physical fitness. The Suns may not necessarily suffer. The important thing is that they do not need their offense at all, or even their organizational skills."
, as long as you can pass the ball in."
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar reminded: "This also depends on Old K's physical fitness. Today's efficiency is not as good as the previous three games. If he is tired, the Suns will be in trouble."
O'Neal muttered: "An inside line like the Bulls can't put much defensive pressure on Old K. I think he still has room to spare. The opponent is too weak. If it were me, I would definitely be able to score 50 points today."
"I can do it too." Jabbar nodded.
Larry Bird laughed and said: "I can break Kim Baylor's single-game scoring record in the Finals on Pippen's head."
Sitting next to him was Chamberlain. Hearing this, he felt extremely depressed. Really, he shouldn't have come to watch the finals.
Unfortunately, his highest score in a single game in the Finals was only 44 points. These damn guys, this one is going to score 50, that one is going to break the record. This is the finals, do you think it's the regular season?
In the TNT commentary box, Albert said: "Elliot Perry, the Suns' only backup point guard, a second-round pick in 1991, a fringe player.
He is 183 centimeters tall and only weighs 72 kilograms, but his speed is pretty good. Now that he is playing, he has a physical advantage.
But the Lightning's injury is a blow to the Suns, there's no doubt about it."
Nodding, Kevin Harlan said: "The reason why the Suns' perimeter can compete with the strongest perimeter combination in history like Jordan and Pippen is because of the existence of Lightning and Drexler, and Lightning is the most important.
Now that he is injured, the Suns have lost their most important outside arm, which has a huge impact on the Suns.
It can be said with certainty that the Bulls' perimeter defense will skyrocket, the Suns' perimeter errors will increase, K's support in the low post will be severely affected, and the Suns' offense will also be severely affected."
Albert said thoughtfully: "Although the Bulls are now behind 0-3, this is the best opportunity. If the Bulls can seize the opportunity to come back, if the Lightning cannot come back, then the chance of comeback is not
No."
In the CCTV commentary box, Zhang Lili said: "The Suns have suffered from constant injuries this season. Kevin Johnson also missed more than 20 games, and Danny Manning was directly reimbursed for the season. There must be no problems in this last step!
"
"Injuries are as severe as tigers." Su Qun said while wiping sweat.
Zhang Lijia sighed: "Kevin Johnson had almost no rest in the first three finals. He was the front line against Jordan. Although he didn't attack much, facing a peerless player like Jordan took a lot of physical energy.
"
At this time the game restarted and the Suns attacked.
Phil Jackson was in high spirits. He stood on the sidelines and blew his hooligan whistle towards the court. Then he pointed at Perry, pinched him hard with both hands, and made a tactical gesture of pressing.
This is telling the players to tighten their defense against Perry, the ball holder, and create more mistakes for the Suns.
Of course, this action was not only understood by the Bulls players, but also by the Suns. Westphal yelled: "Pay attention to the backcourt and move the ball quickly."
Jordan did not switch to defend Perry this time because his physical energy consumption was too great, and although Perry has no strength, he has good physical ability and is too small. The effect of him switching defense will not be very good, so BJ still defends
.
Now the opportunity has come. He will use his remaining physical energy for offense. As long as he wins this game, he will have the chance to make a big comeback.
BJ originally retreated and defended, but then suddenly took a step forward and made a fierce press.
Fortunately, although Perry was weak in strength, he was not a rookie either. He turned around, directly hit the bj, and advanced forward quickly in long strides.
Pippen was ready to come over to defend, but when the glider pulled outwards and reversed, he didn't dare to come over and could only follow him.
"Bj's physical fitness is no longer good. He is injured himself. His playing time in the playoffs is only more than 20 minutes per game. There is nothing he can do in the finals. He averages more than 30 minutes per game. Now he is holding on." Al
Bert said quickly.
While Perry advanced forward very quickly, he observed the position of his teammates. The first target of observation was of course the position of the boss.
At this time, Wang Tiejun entered the paint area, but he was not close to the basket. Perdo was on top of the defense and Kerry was at arm's length, so he still played a regular pass.
AC Green is standing in the low position on the left wing, one step away from the sideline of the paint area, which is a small open position.
He did not pull out any more, and with Old K in the low post, even if he was open, he would not be the first passing option. The more efficient Old K would definitely have to attack.
"Perry, pass it in."
Danny Ainge saw BJ chasing behind Perry and immediately shouted loudly.
"Whoosh!"
As soon as Perry crossed the center line, he heard the shout and quickly passed the ball in.
"Crack!"
Wang Tiejun was two and a half meters away from the basket. He turned around and blocked Kerry with his left elbow. He used his thick and wide back to resist Perdo and caught the ball with his right hand.
"Old K!"
At this moment, AC Green started the inside cut.
"Bang!"
Wang Tiejun leaned over and prepared to hit. When he heard Green's voice behind him, he hit the ground pass with his backhand. The ball passed through his and Perdo's crotch behind him, and bounced into Green's hands.
"brush!"
Green stepped up and made a layup.
"Beautiful, this combination is good, very easy." Su Qun said excitedly.
Zhang Lijia smiled and said: "You will definitely have to pay a price for double-teaming the Tiejun in advance. When AC Green is pulled out, he can get open space on the outside when he is left open. However, the Bulls' outside defense is too strong, and his open shots are not efficient enough."
, so it must be closer to the basket.
Just like just now, Tiejun’s passing skills are good when playing inside tactics. This kind of pass-cutting coordination between the low post and the basket can be used more often. Don’t waste Tiejun’s ability to attract double-teams.”
Phil Jackson regretted a little, he should have replaced Ron Harper just now, bj's health is not good, and his physical fitness is not good anymore.
At this time, the bull attacks and bj advances.
"Perry! Person!"
Westphal shouted loudly, and made the same gesture as Phil Jackson just now, strangling him to death.
Zhang Lili laughed loudly and said: "This is like coming back without reciprocating. If you press me, I will press you. Anyway, Perry and Person have just come on the court and are full of energy, but BJ and Jordan are not. BJ still has
Injury, running ability is no longer as good as in the first half, let’s see who can hold on.”
Su Qun smiled and said: "Although Lightning is injured, the Suns can now have a physical battle to see who can endure until the end."
As Perry pressed on, the tired BJ was in a hurry and could only look for an opportunity to transfer the ball to Jordan, who came back to respond.
Jordan caught the ball, and rookie Person jumped in front of him and pushed it away with his left elbow. He dribbled the ball calmly, chewed two pieces of gum, and then spat trash talk, "Rookie, I can play with one hand."
Explode you."
However, the next second, the incomparably weak rookie in his eyes started to criticize him, which surprised him beyond measure.
"We are now three to zero." Person said coldly.
He is not afraid of Jordan now, because he has a boss named Lao K who specializes in beating up guys like Jordan and other superstars. After staying with Lao K for a long time, he is not afraid of these superstars at all.
"..."
Jordan was so angry at this trash talk that he shut his mouth, and then he jumped up the next second.
"brush!"
The water splashed and the three-pointer hit.
"I made 3 of 6 three-pointers and scored 31 points. It's really amazing!" Su Qun exclaimed.
Zhang Lili reminded: "Don't let him shoot smoothly. Although he is the god of mid-range shooting, but with the touch, he can also kill people with three-pointers. He holds the record for three-pointers in the half of the playoffs."
