{A/N: Another chapter coming at 9:45 IST. ENJOY ??}
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The privilege of superstars is that they can play in so gas without following the plan arranged by the coaching staff before the ga.
Provoked, Michael Jordan found the ga of basketball interesting again.
Kicking away the triangle offense, Michael Jordan decided to teach the young players a lesson.
The Bulls were beaten 8:0 at the beginning.
Faced with this situation, the old guys did not panic at all.
They reduced Longley's back-to-the-basket singles in the offense, and Michael Jordan began to shoot frequently.
The boss's demands must naturally be t!
Alan Houston was a little panicked at first, and almost recalled the scene of being beaten by 55 points in the regular season.
But as the ga continued, the Knicks beca more and more confident:
"Michael Jordan, that's it?"
With 5 minutes and 11 seconds left in the first quarter, Clay Lee stood at the free throw line and the boos in the United Center beca louder and louder.
Hubie Brown, on the TNT comntary booth, took a look at the technical statistics and comnted tactfully:
"The Bulls played too many singles, and the results were not very good. The Knicks protected the backcourt rebounds. Perhaps head coach Phil Jackson should request another tiout."
Lee made two free throws steadily.
Seeing the score beco 18:10, Dick Stockton on the side also added:
"After the opening, 2 of 7 shots, Michael Jordan needs to adjust his state. He should give the ball to his teammates at this ti."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Jordan quickly slid from right to left, ca to the blocking area, and after receiving the ball, Michael Jordan jumped up, drifted to the right and completed a fadeaway jump shot!
"Swish!" The two-point shot went into the net.
The Bulls had no intention of slowing down the pace of the ga. When Michael Jordan wanted to shoot, no one could stop him!
Alan Houston, who was chasing and defending, encouraged himself again.
Lee just clapped his hands, quickly took the ball from the baseline, and faced Harper who was leading the defense, and quickly dribbled across half court.
"Shhh!!"
Once entering the positional offense, the Knicks' offensive tempo slowed down.
Rodman is very fast at switching defense in pick-and-roll situations, but Longley is too big, and his pick-and-roll defense would interfere with Lee's passes.
Oakley's screen failed to work, Alan Houston ca to the right elbow area and failed to escape Jordan's pursuit.
The first tactic failed to work, Larry Johnson hurried to the left blocking area to ask for the ball with his back to the basket.
After Lee passed the ball, he imdiately cut in quickly along the baseline and took away the defense.
Facing Pippen's top defense, "Grandmama" fought hard and pushed hard to the basket.
When he got close to the paint area, she imdiately turned towards the baseline and made a turnaround jump shot!
"Clang!"
The basketball hit the rim and bounced out, Longley grabbed the rebound, and the next second Oakley cut the ball hard.
The mont the ball was lost, there was a scramble under the basket, and the ball finally hit Rodman's feet and bounced out of the baseline.
"Hey! This is our ball!"
Seeing that the referee awarded a frontcourt ball, Rodman acted particularly innocent, jumping up and down and shouting, and the fans in the front row also began to curse the referee.
Lee hurriedly made a tactical gesture and quickly sent the ball to the left wing. Oakley received the ball, and then Lee moved quickly and imdiately stepped forward to complete the hand-to-hand pass.
Back to the top of the arc, Harper still stuck to Lee.
Tonight, the old guy didn't touch the ball many tis and was always focused on defense.
The Bulls team in front of them set up a solid defense, Rodman was hanging around the paint area, and Longley simply stayed inside and didn't co out.
"Grandmama" stood in the left corner, but Pippen moved near the left baseline.
Except for the two defenders on the line who pushed outward, the Bulls shrank very small.
After several pick-and-rolls with diocre results, Lee simply went for it.
He held the ball with his left hand, slowly raised his center of gravity, and slowly moved to the left wing.
Ignoring Harper's defense, Lee suddenly changed direction under his hips, switched to his right hand, and imdiately broke through with his shoulder.
Harper quickly slid to the right and back, and the two of them entangled to the free throw line.
Lee slipped and almost fell down. At the mont Harper reached out to cut the ball, he supported the ground with his left hand and quickly changed direction in front of his body.
Shaking off the defense, Lee quickly scooped up the ball with his left hand.
The Bulls fans at the scene exclaid again, and Harper quickly slid to the left and back.
Lee straightened his body and took a step.
Then he used his right foot as the axis and quickly turned backwards to shoot a fadeaway jump shot in the paint area!
"Swish!" The two-point ball went into the net!
"Shhh!!"
It was a difficult goal and boos rang out again in the United Center. Harper shrugged his shoulders helplessly this ti.
He had already blocked the ball in his face, but he still went and shot. What more could he do?
The atmosphere group jumped up and down and shouted. They withstood the Bulls' counterattack.
20:12, noting that with 4 minutes and 15 seconds left in the first quarter, Phil Jackson began to let Bison Dele and Toni Kukoc move their bodies.
The triangle offense couldn't be played, and Michael Jordan wanted to play one-on-one, so he changed to a higher position and continued to grab rebounds.
In the next few rounds, Lee and Pippen quickly missed shots until Michael Jordan forced a breakthrough to the basket, causing Oakley to commit a foul.
After running around, the old guys on the court began to breathe hard, and the Bulls took the opportunity to make substitutions, replacing Rodman and Longley with Bison Dele and Tony Kukoc.
"We should also make so adjustnts. Buck can't hold on any longer!"
Assistant coach Thibodeau reminded Jeff Van Gundy, but the bald young coach shook his head when he thought of the lateral speed of veteran Herb Williams.
There is still a lead, continue to fight the main force!
After making two free throws, Michael Jordan imdiately directed his teammates who had just replaced him to complete their defensive positions.
It was positional offense again. Lee quickly passed the ball to Larry Johnson at the top of the arc.
Larry Johnson made a quick outside shot near the left baseline.
Oakley's screen, coupled with quick vertical movent, still couldn't get rid of Michael Jordan's pursuit.
As soon as the left wing received the ball, Michael Jordan pounced on it and cut the ball hard.
Larry was blocked and couldn't score for a while. He could only turn back and forth on the spot.
Finally, he was forced to pass the ball back.
Jordan's successful defense made the Bulls fans shout with joy.
Larry Johnson was forced to pass the ball at the top of the arc, and he signaled Lee to receive the ball again.
The subsequent tactics failed to execute, Lee quickly ca to the right wing, received the ball, and Harper ca up again.
The old guy never stopped moving his hands, and on the defensive end he mostly used his body advantage to force Lee to change his breakthrough route.
Lee lowered his center of gravity and held the ball with his right hand outside the three-point line, observing the defensive movents behind him.
Oakley hurried to the three-point line on the right wing, preparing to set a screen.
Lee first threw the ball hard on the spot, then quickly pulled the ball back, shook his body quickly, and suddenly accelerated with the ball in his right hand.
Approaching the three-point line, Lee took advantage of Harper's sliding step to first dribble the ball behind his back, and the mont he scooped up the ball with his left hand, he imdiately moved the ball behind his back in a big way.
Harper almost collided with Oakley, and then he quickly slid to the left to block Lee's breakthrough route.
Bisson Dele, who had just replaced the ga, also moved and tried to delay the ga.
As soon as the big guy on the opposite side moved, Oakley imdiately moved down quickly to the blocking zone.
Lee didn't even look at anyone while moving. He shook his right wrist and the basketball passed between the two defenders.
After receiving the ground pass, Oakley went straight to the basket. Kukoc quickly assisted in defense, but was still fouled by the old guy.
"squeak!"
When the referee blew the whistle, the Bulls fans at the scene imdiately started cursing the referee.
Oakley didn't care and hurried to the free throw line, making several shooting gestures in a row.
Oakley breathed a sigh of relief after making both free throws.
When the Bulls attacked again, they finally couldn't hold on for rebounds.
Michael Jordan missed the shot, and the two substitutes rushed to grab the ball.
Finally, Kukoc successfully grabbed the frontcourt rebound and passed the ball to Pippen on the left wing outside the three-point line.
The latter received the ball and made an open three-point jump shot.
"At the end of the quarter, the Bulls finally took advantage of their height. The Knicks had to be careful. They couldn't lose any more rebounds."
Hubie Brown saw that the Knicks were on the verge of collapse and subconsciously gave a reminder.
Forced to launch another positional attack, Lee began to frown.
A lot of dribbling would consu his physical energy.
The old guy in front of him had been fighting against him, and his defense had never stopped since he received the ball.
Lee made a tactical gesture again.
Larry Johnson quickly ca to the top of the arc and set a fake screen. Lee, holding the ball in his right hand, moved sideways and pretended to break through on the right side.
After the fake screen, Larry Johnson imdiately moved down, taking away Pippen's defense and coming to the free throw line.
Alan Houston, who was outside, took the opportunity to set a screen to delay Pippen.
At this ti, Lee had already broken through the defense and reached the three-point line.
Pippen was delayed. Larry Johnson accelerated his cut and noticed that his teammates were out of position. Michael Jordan subconsciously followed him to the paint area to assist.
As a result, Pippen did not defend Alan Houston who quickly bounced to the top of the arc.
Lee broke through to the right elbow area and made a behind-the-back pass.
Harper wanted to make up for it, but it was too late.
He watched Alan Houston, who was in an open position, shoot a jump shot from outside the three-point line!
"Swish!" The three-pointer went into the net!
"It's an excellent collaboration. Jeff Van Gundy definitely deserves the title of Coach of the Year!"
"The Knicks' tactics were very successful several tis, and Alan Houston hit another three-pointer!"
The Knicks used StacK's tactical routine this ti, and Hubie Brown praised the bald young coach.
At 25:15, Alan Houston hit another three-pointer, which stimulated Michael Jordan to miss consecutive shots.
The Knicks began to lose backcourt rebounds. Bison Dele and Tony Kukoc missed their shots under the basket, but they managed to escape.
Lee had already realized that he was going to lose the rebounds, so he began to slow down the pace, trying to give Oakley and Buck Williams a break.
They started to miss shots on the offensive end again, but fortunately Michael Jordan, who was double-tead, also missed his shot.
It was not until the end of the first quarter that Michael Jordan made a turnaround jump shot near the left baseline.
25:17, the first quarter ended, and seeing that the ho team was still trailing by 8 points, the Bulls fans at the scene booed again.
In a single quarter, Michael Jordan, who was not in good form, scored 10 points with 4 of 11 shots.
He walked to the bench with a sullen face, feeling that he had lost face.
On the bench of the Knicks, the atmosphere team shouted happily and ca forward to high-five to celebrate.
8 points, this score difference is not small!
Lee, who played the whole first quarter, was defended so badly that he sat down in his seat, took the kettle and started to drink.
The Bulls' tactic was almost "four protecting one
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