The Chicago Bulls in front of them have an unprecedentedly strong lineup. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

At the center position, the Chicago Bulls have Bill Cartwright and Tim Duncan;

At the power forward position, the Chicago Bulls have Horace Grant and Rasheed Wallace;

At the small forward position, the Chicago Bulls have Scottie Pippen and Pete Meyers;

At the point guard position, the Chicago Bulls have Michael Jordan, Tony Kukoc, and Kerry Kittels;

At the point guard position, the Chicago Bulls have three people: Steve Nash, Jason Williams, and alien Sam Cassel.

The twelve players of the Chicago Bulls are all talented and powerful, none of them are unknown, and any of them are absolute main players in other teams.

Among them, Michael Jordan is the NBA's Most Valuable Player in the Finals for three consecutive seasons in the 90-91, 91-92 and 92-93 seasons, and the NBA's Most Valuable Player in the regular season in the 87-88, 90-91 and 91-92 seasons; Scottie Pippen was the NBA's Finals MVP for three consecutive seasons in 93-94, 94-95, and 95-96, and the NBA's regular season MVP in 93-94; Tim Duncan was the regular season MVP for the '96-97 season.

In addition to the two most valuable player honors of the Finals Most Valuable Player and the Most Valuable Player of the Regular Season, other player honors such as Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Best Coach, Most Improved Player, and Player of the Month are too numerous for the Chicago Bulls, who have won six consecutive championships.

Let's take the NBA 96-97 All-NBA Team of the Year just selected.

The five named to the All-NBA First Team are Tim Duncan, Steve Nash, Grant Hill, Karl Malone, and Ray Allen, and Tim Duncan at the center position and Steve Nash at the point guard position are all from the Chicago Bulls;

The five named to the second team of the All-Star team, Scottie Pippen, Rasheed Wallace, Hakiem Olajuwon, Aaron Iverson, Mitch Richmond, Scottie Pippen at the small forward position, and Rasheed Wallace at the power forward position are all from the Chicago Bulls;

The five members of the All-NBA Third Team are Paul Pearce, Glenn Rice, Patrick Ewing, Jason Williams and John Stockton, and Jason Williams at point guard is from the Chicago Bulls.

This is still the basketball god Michael Jordan did not return to the team during the regular season, otherwise he must have been a member of the All-Season team.

On the other hand, the Chicago Bulls' opponent in the first round of the playoffs, the Washington Bullets, no one on the entire team was selected to the NBA's All-NBA 96-97 team.

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At halftime, the TV stations that broadcast the game live all judged the trend of the second half of the game based on the strong lineup of the Chicago Bulls, and they were unanimously optimistic about the Chicago Bulls to win the final victory.

Basketball games are ever-changing, and there are many, many factors that determine the outcome of a game, and it's not just a simple comparison of the strengths of the two sides. If a simple comparison of the strengths of the two sides can determine the outcome of the game, then the basketball game is too boring.

At halftime, the game between the two teams continued.

The first unexpected defeat, at least that's what the Bulls players thought in their hearts, was still ten points behind the opponent in the middle of the second game, and after the game restarted, the mentality of the Bulls players was inevitably affected, not only Tim Duncan, Rashid Wallace, Kerry Kittels, Steve Nash These young players, but Michael Jordan, a basketball veteran, his mentality was also affected.

The mentality of the Bulls players has changed, and Long Zheng on the court can see it clearly. Under the signal of Long Zheng, the Washington Bullets decisively changed their defensive strategy to limit the opponent's breakthrough, and as for the opponent's distribution and outside selection, the Bullets players rarely interfered.

Happily, the Washington Bullets' defensive strategy has worked wonders, and the Bulls players who are unbalanced and eager to catch up with the score and prove themselves can't shoot.

The Bulls' outside shooting has dropped dramatically, but the Washington Bullets' outside shooting has not been affected.

Worried that the abnormal performance of other players will give the Bulls a chance to take advantage of the momentum, in the second two quarters of the game, Long Zheng basically controlled the ball, with the blessing of mental power after the sharp change, Long Zheng's shooting can be called a hundred shots, and the Bulls players who defend him are hit without temper.

Although the Chicago Bulls managed to regain their hot outside touch in the fourth quarter through multiple timeouts and substitutions, they still lost the important second game because of the huge gap in the third quarter.

At 135:122, the Washington Bullets won another game by 13 points to win their second playoff game, leaving only the Bulls players who "have the intention to kill thieves and have no power to return to the sky" to regret there.

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Center, George Muressan, born on February 14, 1971, is 231 cm tall and weighs 137 kg, was selected by the Washington Bullets with the third pick in the second round in 1993, and is now worth $2.36 million.

Forward, Juwan Howard, born on February 7, 1973, is 206 centimeters tall and weighs 109 kilograms, was drafted by the Washington Bullets with the fifth pick in the first round in 1994 and is now worth $9.76 million.

Forward, Chris Webb, born on March 1, 1973, is 206 cm tall and weighs 111 kilograms, was selected by the Orlando Magic with the first pick in the first round in 1993, and is now worth $8 million.

Forward, Harvey Grant, born on July 4, 1965, is 203 centimeters tall and weighs 88 kilograms, was selected by the Washington Bullets with the 12th pick in the first round in 1988, and is now worth $4.11 million.

Forward, Carlport Chaney, born on July 17, 1971, is 201 cm tall and weighs 95 kilograms, was selected by the Washington Bullets with the sixth pick in the first round in 1993 and is now worth $3.2 million.

Guard, Rod Strickland, born on July 11, 1966, is 191 cm tall, weighs 79 kg, was selected by the New York Knicks with the 19th pick in the first round in 1988, and is now worth $3.04 million.

Forward, Tracy Murray, born on July 25, 1971, is 201 cm tall and weighs 102 kilograms, was selected by the San Antonio Spurs with the 18th pick in the first round in 1992 and is now worth $1.7 million.

Center/forward, Lorenzo Williams, born on July 15, 1969, is 206 cm tall, weighs 91 kg, is a non-draft player, and is now worth 940,000 US dollars.

Defender, Tim Leegler, born on December 26, 1966, is 193 cm tall, weighs 91 kg, is a non-draft player, and is now worth $450,000.

Point guard, Li Xiaoyong, born on November 28, 1969, is 189 cm tall, weighs 85 kg, is a non-draft player, and is now worth $1 million.

Power forward, Wang Zhizhi, born on July 8, 1977, is 214 cm tall, weighs 125 kg, is a non-draft player, and is now worth $1 million.

With the addition of Long Zheng, these 12 are the entire roster of the Washington Bullets in the playoffs, and to add insult to injury, the main point guard Rod Strickland went off the court in the first game due to injury and will miss all the games in the playoffs.

Before the playoffs began, who would have thought that the Washington Bullets would be able to defeat the six-time champion Chicago Bulls on top of the playoff arena with such a weak roster, and it was two consecutive away games.

Stunned, when the newspaper printed with the Washington Bullets' two consecutive road victories over the Chicago Bulls went on sale, the people who got the newspaper were shocked.

Chicago, USA, where the Bulls are headquartered.

Chicago Bulls head coach Phil Jackson, Bulls management, and several executives from Rock Agents got together and were talking about something.

"The pressure from David Stern's side is gone."

Looking around, the general manager of the Bulls said happily.

Because the Chicago Bulls have won the NBA for six consecutive championships, and because the Chicago Bulls are a well-known player black hole in the league, David Stern, who pays attention to the balanced development of the league's teams, gathered the strength of multiple teams to jointly put pressure on the Chicago Bulls, forcing the Chicago Bulls to sell many stars in the team and eradicate the Chicago Bulls' monopoly on the championship from the source.

"yes, the Bulls have lost two games in a row, and there is no reason for David Stern to force us to sell our main players."

In front of everyone, Chicago Bulls head coach Phil Jackson said: "It's just that with the current trend of playoff games, the Bulls may have to be eliminated in the first round." ”

Speaking of this, Phil Jackson couldn't help but look bitter.

For the Chicago Bulls to lose two games in a row in the playoffs, Phil Jackson has not reacted until now.

"Phil, from the moment the owner bought the Washington Bullets, it was decided that the Bulls and Rockets would not be as easy as before, and they would meet in the Finals. At the end of this season, the Washington Bullets will inevitably make reinforcements, and our Bulls and Rockets are undoubtedly the source of reinforcements for the Bullets. Tomorrow's NBA will be even tougher for our Bulls. ”

In front of Phil Jackson, the general manager of the Bulls said slowly.

"Still, we don't have a chance." Suddenly thinking of something, Chicago Bulls head coach Phil Jackson explained: "In two consecutive games, I was forced to play the whole game, and Long Zheng's physical strength has reached the limit, even if he has two days of recuperation time, looking at the high-intensity games of the playoffs, two days of recovery and adjustment time is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket." The key now is whether Long Zheng can hold on to the third game. If Ryu-seong insists on playing the third game, then everything will be over; If Ryu-masa suffers a physical breakdown in the third game, then it will be very easy for us to win three games in a row. ”

Speaking of this, Chicago Bulls head coach Phil Jackson couldn't help but clench his fists and look solemn.

Good spirits do not work, bad spirits. Unexpectedly, Phil Jackson's prophecy turned out to come true.

On April 30, 1997, local time in the United States, the third game between the Chicago Bulls and the Washington Bullets was played on the home court of the Bullets.

In the first half of the game, the two teams went back and forth, each with a slight lead. The turning point of the game came in the sixth minute of the fourth quarter, when Long Zheng missed the shot.

Seeing this scene, the Bullets players were horrified, and the situation they were most worried about finally appeared, Long Zheng's physical strength was exhausted and had reached the limit.

Although the mental power after the sharp change can make Long Zheng exert extraordinarily, it cannot increase Long Zheng's physical strength, and after the physical strength is exhausted, Long Zheng stays on the field with only a deterrent effect. The Bulls took the opportunity to get up and unleashed a 12-0 wave of attack to set the game in one fell swoop.

At the end of the game, the Bulls took a 122-109 13-point lead and walked away from the Bullets' home court with a one-point victory.

Like dominoes collapsing, after losing this game, the Washington Bullets fell into a vicious circle, and Long Zheng, who ran out of energy in the third game, was no longer able to play the fourth game of the two teams.

At 128:110, the Bulls won another game at the home court of the Washington Bullets, chasing the overall score to a 2-2 tie.

After that, the two teams moved to Chicago for the fifth game of the tiebreaker. In the cheers of tens of thousands of live spectators, the Chicago Bulls, who won two games in a row, broke out completely, in contrast, Long Zheng, who was physically loaded, only lasted until the seventh minute of the third quarter, and was forced to sit on the bench due to physical exhaustion, watching the Washington Bullets' slight lead was soon tied by the opponent, and then the difference between the two teams became wider and wider, and the Washington Bullets finally ushered in a big rout in the playoffs.

At 126:85, in Game 5 of the playoffs, the Chicago Bulls finally justified their strong name and eliminated the Washington Bullets with a huge margin of 41 points and entered the second round of the playoffs with their heads held high.

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When the Chicago Bulls entered the next round of the playoffs with a 3-2 aggregate score, their opponents finally surfaced, knocking out the Hawks who the Pistons won 3-2 on aggregate.

Four-0, the Chicago Bulls defeated the Hawks in the Eastern Conference semifinals and stepped into the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Bulls' opponent at this time is a hard-fought 4-3 victory over the Knicks, and the team has a number of injuries.

In the first round against the Washington Bullets, the Bulls players have swallowed the bitter pill of defeat and faced a desperate situation.

Therefore, the heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically.

It has to be said that the game against the Washington Bullets has benefited a lot from the Bulls players, especially young players such as Tim Duncan, Rashid Wallace, Kerry Kittels, and Steve Nash, whose mentality has been greatly exercised.

After the game against the Washington Bullets, Bulls player Phoenix Nirvana; After the game against the Hawks, the Bulls players regained their confidence.

Now facing the opponent in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Bulls players who have grown up have completely exploded, and the Heat team, which has been plagued by injuries, has unfortunately become a tragic victim.

145:75，135:68，139:74，141:80。 The Chicago Bulls didn't give the Heat any chance, knocking out the Heat with a hearty four-game win and heading into the Finals.

In the Finals, the Chicago Bulls faced the Houston Rockets for the fourth time.

In the previous three years, the Chicago Bulls won the championship by defeating the Rockets three times in a row. In this fourth year, the Chicago Bulls, who have been joined by Michael Jordan, are even less likely to give the Rockets a chance.

With a 4-1 overall score, the Bulls defeated the Rockets for the fourth time to win the championship, which is already their seventh consecutive championship.

Michael Jordan, who only returned in the playoffs, made a good start to his comeback by winning the Most Valuable Player of the Finals with his perfect performance during the playoffs.

Although the Chicago Bulls won the final championship, everyone still clearly remembers that in the first round of the playoffs, Long Zheng almost eliminated the Chicago Bulls by himself. People can't help but wonder who will be their opponent if the Washington Bullets eliminate the Bulls to advance to the next round.

Unfortunately, due to Ryuzheng's physical problems, the Washington Bullets could only miss these beautiful reveries, unfortunately stopped in the first round of the playoffs, and watched the Chicago Bulls kill in the next game.

When the Bulls lifted the championship, the media was full of reports of the Bulls' seven-time champions, whether it was the Washington Bullets or the Houston Rockets, they were just stepping stones on the Bulls' road to success, and everyone couldn't help but suffer the pain of a defeat again. (To be continued.) )