Chapter 117: He Has a Big Heart

The game continued in the second quarter, and the Bulls replaced Pippen, who was more physically active, with the bench players, and Coach Harris also asked Robert Horry to come out to strengthen Pippen's defense.

The score has not been pulled away, and the two sides are still alternately leading.

In the second quarter, about 4 minutes into the game, the two sides successively replaced the main players, Jordan scored 7 points as soon as he came on the court, but the Lakers were not to be outdone, and Liu Han also hit two three-pointers in a row in the offense to bite the score tightly.

The Bulls attacked, Ron Harper dribbled across the halfcourt, Rodman came out to cover, Jordan ran to the weak side, and Pippen pulled the corner to open up space.

Liu Han was very clever to dodge Rodman's cover and continue to face Harper, the Bulls couldn't open the situation, Jordan was tough again, and Harper passed the ball to Jordan.

Jordan singled Kobe Bryant, Liu Han quickly ran up to cover Jordan, but Jordan suddenly started to break through Kobe's defense from the bottom line, Liu Han chased after the defense tightly, O'Neal also went to the bottom line to fill the position, and for a while the Lakers surrounded Jordan to death.

Jordan started from the bottom line, his right hand shook twice in the air in a row to bypass O'Neal's block, and then when his body was about to land, he hit the ball with a backhand lever, an air lever that is so extreme that it can no longer be limited, Jordan's ability to stay in the air is indeed very incomparable.

Liu Han was not discouraged by this ball, he dribbled the ball through the half court after O'Neal came out to cover, when Jordan tried to bypass O'Neal's ****** to chase Liu Han Liu Han suddenly changed direction and moved to the other side of O'Neal, Jordan couldn't catch up, Liu Han calmly shot to score three points.

Jordan's goal just now is not pretty, but after such a wonderful goal, Liu Han used a simple cover to get three points, which can't help but make Bulls fans feel a little depressed.

"While we were still immersed in Jordan's extreme pull, the Lakers had already used very simple tactics to tie the score again, and sometimes it was too complicated to be practical." Melf Albert couldn't help but sigh.

"Actually, Jordan's defense has tried his best, but Liu's three points are really terrible, as long as there is a chance, you can score, but have you found out, Liu's shot is very fast, his wrist feels very flexible, and it can provide faster rotation for the basket, which ensures that the basketball will bounce down when it hits the basket, so Liu's three points will be more accurate than others."

Rego Sagar is very respectful of Liu Han's three-point shooting, and he has studied Liu Han's shot in detail.

The momentum of the Bulls team that had just risen was pressed down again by Liu Han with three points.

The second quarter ended quickly in the midst of this back-and-forth, with the two teams tied at 46 at the end of the first half, with Jordan scoring 21 points in the first half and Liu Han scoring 13 points and seven assists.

The game has reached this point, both sides are very familiar with each other's offensive routines and methods, and now the competition is who can ensure that such a tense state continues to line as much as possible, and now as long as one side relaxes a little, it means that the previous efforts will be in vain.

At halftime, many Chicago fans ran to the bathroom, and the fierce game in the first half made everyone afraid to go easily, for fear of missing the highlights of the game.

As the second half continued, the two sides again fielded their starting lineups, with the Bulls slightly surprisingly replacing Rodman, who had little role in the offense, with Kukoc, who has three-point ability.

Phil Jackson felt it was time to step up the team's firepower and ensure the efficiency of the offense.

The Lakers attacked first, O'Neal was in a key position on the inside, Liu Han hung into the inside, and Kukoc wrapped O'Neal.

O'Neal showed his tough side and dragged Kukoc's defense to hit a two-point shot and added a free throw, but unfortunately the free throw didn't hit.

After Kukoc came on the court, the Bulls' interior defense dropped a notch, Rodman's defense was really good, and Kukoc was a little softer.

Harris replaces Byron Scott for Eddie Jones. After the Bulls brought on Kukoc, Byron Scott would be a hole in the court, so the faster Eddie Jones stepped up the breakout and kept the defensive pressure on Pippen.

Kukoc's presence allowed the Bulls to add firepower to their offense, and it could effectively open up space for Jordan and Pippen to break through and kill the Lakers' interior line.

Pippen and Jordan's alternate impact made the Lakers' defense start to be a little tight, these two can be said to be the best players in the league at the center guard, and for a while, the Lakers were in turmoil, and O'Neal was fouled twice in a row and had to go off the court.

After O'Neal left the court, the Lakers lacked an inside fulcrum in the offense, and Liu Han had to increase his shots on the outside, but the Bulls attached great importance to Liu Han, and they kept wrapping Liu Han, and the Lakers fell into passivity for a while.

Eight minutes into the third quarter, the Bulls stretched the gap to seven points, the Lakers did not replace the main players, and the Bulls let Jordan go to rest.

After Jordan got off the break, Liu Han's pressure suddenly decreased a lot.

The Lakers attacked, Liu Han dribbled and lowered the center of gravity to break through Ron Harper from the left side, the opponent's horizontal movement was very quick to block the route of Liu Han's breakthrough, but Liu Han broke through to the right again with his left hand behind the dribble, Harper moved horizontally again to block Liu Han's breakthrough, Liu Han once again dribbled with his right hand behind his back and turned to the left, at this time Harper's movement finally couldn't keep up, Liu Han moved a little space and immediately shot a three-point shot, narrowing the gap in the score to 4 points.

"Very nice dribbling and three-pointers, Harper is completely not deceived by Liu's movements." Rego Sagar said in due time.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers tied the score at 74.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Liu Han came off the court, Van Exel played, and the Bulls replaced Jordan.

Liu Han's departure made the Lakers' offense start to be less fluid, and he was used to Liu Han's fast and accurate passing like FedEx, and the somewhat loose Van Exel made the Lakers players a little uncomfortable.

The Bulls took the opportunity to open the gap again.

Three minutes into the fourth quarter, Liu Han had to play again, because the gap in the score was once again stretched to 8 points.

The Lakers attacked, and Ron Harper immediately defended after Liu Han dribbled past half court, and he knew very well how far Liu Han's three-point shooting range was.

Liu Han took advantage of the opportunity that Harper's center of gravity was still moving forward, and suddenly accelerated to bypass Harper from the right side, Jordan's defense was very in place, and he followed Liu Han as soon as possible, Liu Han was not greedy, but immediately transferred the ball to the vacant Kobe.

Kobe Bryant took the ball and immediately accelerated to the inside, just into the three-second area and flew up directly to prepare for a dunk, Luke Longley tried to block, but he underestimated Kobe's amazing bounce power, Kobe Bryant directly through Luke Longley to complete the shocking dunk, the Lakers' momentum instantly rose, this dunk is indeed very exciting.

"Wow, what's that, haha, this is definitely the best dunk since this Finals, and Kobe Bryant's physical talent is really outstanding." Bryant's dunk was also shocked.

As the game continued, the Bulls didn't score on the next offense, and the Lakers, who had already picked up, did a good job defensively, and Jordan's shot in the final moments bounced out.

O'Neal grabbed the rebound and passed directly to Liu Han, Liu Han had already run to the Bulls half court at this time, and after receiving the ball, he dribbled a step and directly pulled up the shot one meter outside the three-point line, and the basketball flew into the net with a violent spin. The Lakers closed the deficit to three points in less than three minutes.

The game was getting hot and the players on both teams were exerting a lot of energy, which was further exacerbated by the tense atmosphere of the game, and the shooting percentages of both sides began to drop. (To be continued.) )