After this tiout, the starting lineups of both teams returned.
The Knicks did not change their defensive strategy because of a three pointer, but on the Bulls side, his teammates scored and Michael Jordan began to share the ball more.
Longley took the ball with his back to the basket in the left blocking area.
Seeing Pippen cutting in, he imdiately passed the ball to Pippen, who made a layup with his right hand despite Larry Johnson's block!
The Knicks attacked, a local 2-on-2 situation.
After a quick pass, Ewing took the ball at the elbow on the left side of the free throw line.
Lee, who was sliding from right to left quickly, imdiately jumped out and was delayed by Longley just after receiving the hand-to-hand pass.
Before Kerr could co up from behind to defend, Lee, who was moving sideways on the free throw line, passed the ball with his right hand and hit the ground pass, instantly breaking through the defense.
Ewing caught the ball and made a one-handed slam dunk!
For several minutes, both sides started to score efficiently again, and there were no mistakes in the several tactical coordinations.
With 5 minutes and 13 seconds left in the first half, the Bulls attacked.
Kukoc made a dunk to attract a double-team.
After scoring, he missed an open jump shot on the right wing outside the three-point line!
The long rebound was picked up by Lee, who then continued to accelerate along the right sideline.
"oh!!"
A transition offense occurred and the New York fans, who had been silent for a while, began to cheer loudly again.
Kerr, who was chasing him, cursed inwardly, and when he saw Lee slowing down, he wanted to defend him and pull him up.
Near the three-point line, Lee, holding the ball in his right hand, dribbled quickly behind his back, misled his body to the right, and after a fake dribble, he accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his left hand.
After making a wrong defensive prediction, Kerr quickly adjusted his body center of gravity and kept sliding to the right rear.
Just as the two of them arrived near the paint area, Pippen of the Bulls had already retreated back to defense.
Lee glanced at the situation behind him, and without waiting to enter the paint area, he turned quickly, and while holding the ball, he leaned against Kerr's body and shot the ball towards the backboard with his right hand!
Instinctively pulling, Kerr turned around and wanted to return imdiately, but he was still a step too late.
He watched the basketball hit the backboard and was slapped away by Pippen.
"Squeak!"
The referee blew the whistle to indicate that the goal was valid, then pointed to the free throw line, indicating that Lee still had an extra penalty.
"Shit! Don't even think about scoring an easy goal again. I'll block your shot next ti!"
Just a little bit short of completing the defense, Pippen saw Lee standing on the free throw line and said sothing pretentiously next to the paint area.
On the free throw line, Lee patted the ball and didn't pay attention to Pippen's words.
Instead, he smiled and shouted to the Bulls:
"Hey! Co and talk trash to
with a high salary!"
The referee who just passed the ball almost couldn't hold it in, but Pippen on the side was very angry.
Lee made the free throw and when he retreated, Michael Jordan pulled a frown on his face and whispered as he ran toward half court:
"Don't try to provoke !"
Lee pretended to be surprised and didn't say much. He just asked teasingly:
"43:49?"
"Wow! Black Jesus lost by 6 points?"
With 3 minutes and 35 seconds left in the first half, Lee succeeded in fanning the flas, causing the Bulls' dual cores to miss shots one after another.
While Michael Jordan was leading the defense, he ca to the right wing and protected the ball sideways.
Clay Lee was still delivering:
"The party that is behind has no right to talk trash!"
Michael Jordan imdiately strengthened his defense and attacked directly.
Lee pushed his opponent away, and after the ball was deflected, he quickly picked up the ball with his left hand and accelerated with all his strength.
When he reached the three-point line, Lee imdiately stopped, took advantage of Michael Jordan's sliding step, dribbled quickly behind his back, switched to his right hand, and broke through with his shoulder.
The two of them struggled to the right blocking area.
Lee turned around again, approached the paint area, grabbed the ball with his left hand, and leaned forward to shoot!
"Snap! Squeak!"
It was a clean and neat move, with Michael Jordan fouling imdiately after he lost his position.
Lee shook his hands and walked towards the free throw line.
The old man was furious and his movents beca more and more violent.
"Boo!!"
While booing, the New York fans at the scene did not forget to curse at Jordan.
As the first half was about to end, the Bulls bench fell silent again as they watched the score gap widen.
Free throws are just giving away points, and Pippen couldn't stand the newbie showing off, so he just took the initiative to lead the defense.
The Bulls' offense started to go in and out again, and Kukoc hit a three-pointer.
But the Knicks responded quickly.
Alan Houston scored against Kerr with his back to the basket, and Larry Johnson broke into the basket and was called for a dunk foul again.
Lee pretended to be cool and then slacked off.
In the last mont, he kept passing the ball to Ewing in the interior.
Pippen had a sullen face and stopped talking.
The score difference was widened.
Longley was repeatedly tossed around in this quarter.
The gorilla went to the basket after the screen. The two were always competing with each other.
In the final monts, Longley still couldn't hold on, and Ewing, who was full of energy, successfully positioned himself several tis, helping the Knicks score points continuously.
Although the 1-point rain scene was not pretty, the effect was very good.
On the comntary stand, seeing Ewing's free throw, Walt Frazier said with a smile:
"Lee knows how to make the team score easily. We haven't missed a free throw tonight. It seems that coach Van Gundy is well prepared!"
Ewing, who scored points continuously, roared and pumped his fist in celebration.
On the Knicks bench, the atmosphere team threw towels again.
In the final monts, Michael Jordan finally hit a long two-pointer from the right wing, which saved so face.
48:55, halfti ended, the Knicks still led by 7 points.
Comntator Mike Breen looked at the technical statistics and said with so surprise:
"In the first half of the ga, both teams only had 2 turnovers. The Bulls really played an efficient offense tonight."
Walt Frazier had already noticed this, but at this mont the Knicks legend was full of confidence:
"Lee will continue to control the ga, and the Bulls' plan to get easy points through turnovers will not work."
During the halfti break, in the Bulls locker room, Phil Jackson tried his best to deliver chicken soup.
There was less than three minutes of rest in the first half of the ga.
The physical strength of several main players declined, and the defensive intensity dropped visibly.
They could only rely on fouls to complete the defense.
"After this ga, we will have two days to rest, and if we win an away ga, we will be able to get the match point at ho!"
Phil Jackson's big shot worked, and after looking at each other, the players made up their minds to fight hard in the second half.
In the third quarter, the tenacious Bulls used their usual tactics again: Give the ball to Michael Jordan!
After playing for more than two minutes, Lee completely understood the Bulls' tactical routine.
Be increased the screens and let Michael Jordan receive the ball and play one-on-one.
Rodman started in the second half.
The Bulls opened up the offensive space on the court, but the Knicks' defense kept shrinking.
During the Bulls' offense, Rodman moved on the free throw line, trying to attract Ewing, but the gorilla saw the crossover dunk in the right blocking area and rushed to the inside, sliding to the basket in the first possible mont.
Alan Houston gave a physical confrontation, Ewing blocked the basket, and with the two of them surrounding him, Michael Jordan passed the ball to Rodman on the free throw line.
The latter received the ball, with no one in front of him, and imdiately took a jump shot after taking a look!
"Bang!" The shot was a miss!
The rebound bounced out, and Lee, who was following Harper in the left corner, firmly trapped the opponent behind him, retreated to the paint area, and successfully protected the backcourt rebound.
The Bulls hadn't scored for more than two minutes.
At this ti, Lee was no longer in a hurry to advance and took 8 seconds to dribble across half court.
Harper did not dare to be careless.
Facing Lee, who was holding the ball with his left hand and protecting it sideways, he continued to press and defend on the left wing.
Without a pick-and-roll, Lee dribbled the ball hard, twisted his body backward, pretended to turn around, then picked up the ball with his left hand again, lowered his center of gravity and took a big step forward.
Harper slid quickly, and Lee imdiately crossed back and pretended to break through after switching to his right hand.
While the opponent moved to the left, he changed direction again.
Lee scooped up the ball with his left hand and successfully gained half a body position, then cut in 45 degrees from the left side.
Rodman imdiately ca up to assist and blocked the basket.
Ewing was left open at the free throw line.
After receiving the pass from Lee, he aid for a while and made a mid-range jump shot.
The one-point rain in the last minute of the first half allowed Ewing to find his touch.
Similar to the Bulls' positioning, the Knicks' two inside players also stood more in the elbow area at the beginning of the second half.
The New York fans continued to cheer after scoring so easily.
Victory was in sight!
Phil Jackson on the sidelines frowned.
Harper's defense could not limit Lee's one-on-one breakthrough.
He made a tactical gesture and loudly reminded the Bulls to switch defense.
The Bulls were on offense, and Michael Jordan finally hit a turnaround fadeaway jump shot in the left blocking zone.
Just as he retreated to half court, he found Larry Johnson asking for the ball with his back to the basket.
Facing Pippen's defense, Lee steadily crossed half court and ca to the left wing.
At this ti, Larry Johnson had been pushed to the blocking position by Michael Jordan.
The most common offensive routine, Lee quickly passed the ball to "Grandmama
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