Chapter 111: What is the rain like three points?
At the beginning of the game, the Lakers still won the jump ball, and O'Neal was the best among the active centers in terms of bounce speed and bounce height.
Liu Han retreated to receive the ball, and then slowly advanced to the frontcourt. O'Neill ran out as soon as possible to cover Liu Han.
The Bulls still started Jordan to defend Liu Han, O'Neal's huge body blocked Jordan to death, Liu Han took the ball around O'Neal and then suddenly stepped back and jumped, Luke Longley, who made up for the defense, and Jordan after bypassing O'Neal were out of reach, and the basketball flew into the net in the same arc in the air. 3 to 0.
The Bulls weren't too surprised by Liu Han's three-point goal, and now everyone in the league knows how accurate Liu Han's three-point goal is, so they will invest more troops in the outside defense.
The Bulls attacked, Liu Han defended Ron Harper, and Jordan's defense was handed over to Kobe Bryant, who made his first Finals start. This is a decision made by Harris after thinking about it for a long time, Kobe Bryant is not weaker than Jordan in terms of physical fitness, and he is younger, although he is obviously inexperienced, but young means working harder on the court and more yearning for victory, so Coach Harris feels that instead of letting Liu Han waste his energy on defense, it is better to let Kobe try it, and Kobe Bryant will be an instant hit if he defends well, and if he doesn't defend well, it's just like that, with Liu Han who is attacking with all his might, Harris doesn't worry about scoring.
Pippen's defense was handed over to Robert Horry, and Byron Scott was only responsible for Rodman with little offensive ability in defense, and if Rodman forced the inside, then there was O'Neal to make up for it, and he didn't worry about how strong Rodman's offense would be. Robert Horry is a lot tougher than Pippen in terms of height and weight, and although the speed is not dominant, the defense is enough for Pippen, who is mainly on the break.
Ron Harper dribbled the ball past half court and handed the ball to Jordan, who had been tangling with Bryant for a long time to get to the position. The young and vigorous Kobe Bryant has been trying to prove himself in the game, and he has been ignored because he hesitated about the existence of Liu Han before, and now the opportunity has finally come, so Kobe Bryant played very hard.
After receiving the ball, Jordan carried Kobe Bryant twice with his back, and then made a simple turnaround and backward jumper, Kobe Bryant struggled to jump, but could only watch the ball fly in front of his eyes and fly into the net. 3 to 2. Kobe Bryant finally knew why Liu Han was almost tired and collapsed after the first two games, and he was completely different from the field and on the court, and every time he played with Jordan, he had to consume a lot of physical strength.
The Lakers continued to attack, and Liu Han did not advance to the front court very quickly, but waited for O'Neal to advance slowly. As soon as he reached the top of the arc, O'Neal immediately covered Liu Han, Liu Han scored from the right side, and the Bulls players immediately filled in the position, they were all afraid of Liu Han's three points, but Liu Han passed the ball to Byron Scott in the empty right corner after the player who made up the defense just pounced, and the veteran didn't seem to have the slightest nervousness, and after taking the ball, he adjusted slightly and then shot a three-point shot.
The Lakers' opening two three-pointers stunned the Bulls, and it looked as if the opponent had no intention of getting inside.
"Beautiful three-pointer, Byron Scott deserves to be a veteran, and his shots are very stable." The Lakers hit two three-pointers in a row, allowing Rego Saagle to praise veteran Byron Scott, who started his first game today.
The Bulls continued to attack, and they continued to play a triangle offense, with each time the tactical players standing in a triangle position with the core players, opening up space for the core players to play alone.
The veteran Jordan taught the young Kobe a good lesson, and it was another simple step-back jumper, but Kobe just couldn't prevent it.
When the Bulls' players were still slowly returning to defense, the Lakers suddenly launched a counterattack, Liu Han ran directly to the front court without the ball, O'Neal who served in the backcourt directly threw a long throw, and the ball rushed to Liu Han, Liu Han barely received the pass on the left side of the front court near the sideline, and then faced Ron Harper, who had returned to the defense in place, Liu Han made the opponent's center of gravity out of position with a simple move, and then Liu Han shot three points directly from a distance of one meter from the three-point line, and the ball hit again.
Three consecutive three-pointers made the Bulls players completely rejuvenated, and it seems that the Lakers are planning to use three-pointers as the main offensive means today.
Phil Jackson didn't call a timeout because of the Lakers' three three-pointers, and he's not been a player who likes to call a timeout.
The Bulls' on-court players understand what the Lakers mean, and they all know what they need to do next.
The Bulls found that the Lakers' defense was much stronger today, and there were great changes from the previous two games, and the very targeted defensive strategy made the Bulls' offense spend more effort every time, although Jordan was not good at Kobe's defense, but he still consumed a lot of Jordan's physical strength.
And on the Lakers' side, today is determined to shoot three points, and what makes the Bulls feel a little worried is that the Lakers feel very good today, not to mention Liu Han, the veteran Byron Scott feels hot today, and there is almost no missing hair outside the three-point line, Kobe Bryant also found an opportunity to hit a three-pointer, and O'Neal is mainly covering and responding on the inside.
At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers scored highly, and they led the Bulls by eight points at 37-29. Liu Han made 4 of 4 three-pointers and scored 12 points and 5 assists in a single quarter.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Liu Han went to rest, and Van Axel and Eddie Jones led the bench.
The Lakers continued their previous tactics, and although Van Exel has been criticized for his poor shooting selection, he can score some amazing shots when he feels good, and he feels good today. Eddie Jones is mainly on the breakaway, but he can also shoot more than 30% from three-point range in open positions.
Not to be outdone, the Bulls bench is not to be outdone, Kukoc and Steve Kerr also have very good three-point ability, but the Lakers feel really good today, the score of the two teams came to 55-42 in the eighth quarter of the game, and the Lakers have a 13-point lead.
Harris felt that the substitute played well, so he let Liu Han rest for a few more minutes.
In the second half of the second quarter, the Bulls changed their main players one after another, and Phil Jackson was not very happy with the players' defense on the outside, and today they allowed the Lakers to score too many three-pointers.
After strengthening the outside defense, the Lakers' bench shooting percentage began to decline, and Harris made a timely substitution to the main player.
After Liu Han came on the court, he dribbled the ball over the half court, O'Neal still came out to cover Liu Han, Liu Han broke through to the right side in the direction of O'Neal's cover, Luke Langli was afraid that Liu Han would shoot three more points so he hurried to make up the defense, but at this time Liu Han suddenly hit the ball and passed it to O'Neal, who had already started to speed up O'Neal received the ball and flew directly to dunk, and the basket shook violently under O'Neal's brute force.
This goal put the Bulls in a dilemma, the Lakers are obviously hot on the outside today, so they must strengthen their outside defense, but now that O'Neal is starting to explode, the Bulls will really be difficult.
Phil Jackson couldn't wait any longer and had to call a timeout to make adjustments, or the team could be pulled more by half-time.
Phil Jackson made adjustments, Jordan no longer defended Liu Han, but let Ron Harper go to defend Liu Han alone, strengthen the defense of other players, and cut off Liu Han's passing route to others, as for Liu Han personally, if he breaks through, try his best to make up for the defense, and let Ron Harper interfere with the three-point shot. (To be continued.) )