Chapter 269: The Bulls Who Broke the Boat

With 64 points in a single game, a shooting rate of more than eighty percent, a quasi-stunner at the end of the game and a desperate steal in the face of Jordan, Liu Han erected a monument to the league with his performance. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the increasingly competitive NBA, after entering the late nineties, there are few players who can defeat the enemy by themselves, although the league's promotion method is still relying on the attraction of superstars to gain the attention of fans, but with the development of players' physical fitness and basketball tactics, the role of role players began to become more and more prominent in important games, since Jordan's first retirement, Liu Han is the only player who can decide the outcome of a game with his personal ability.

The Bulls couldn't have worked hard in this game, Jordan could have said that he treated this game with 120% of his spirit, and even in the second half of the game, Jordan abandoned his style just to be able to walk away a win in Los Angeles, but in the end they could only leave Los Angeles with regrets.

The first half was a personal performance by Liu Han and Jordan, the Lakers role players were in a sluggish state in the second half, and the Bulls took the opportunity to play a wonderful team basketball.

At the post-game press conference, Jordan even preferred to pay the fine rather than attend, and Phil Jackson could only bring Pippen and Ron Harper to attend the press conference.

The Lakers attended the press conference here George Crent, Liu Han and O'Neal, won the game, all the words are very easy to say, and the reporter will not ask any very embarrassing questions to the winner at this time, except for the Chicago media reporter who asked Liu Han why he was reluctant to join the Chinese national team, the other questions are easy to answer, the Chicago media can only use such questions to fork the questions about this game, the Bulls really lost too much.

With two straight wins at home, the Lakers can be said to have a big advantage in the Finals, the Bulls' poor bench lineup makes them unable to cope with the game when the main players are not on the court, and as the main players such as Jordan and Pippen get older, their physical strength is not enough to ensure that they can play the whole game efficiently, it can be said that this is the inevitable trend of the development of a dynasty team. The annual salaries of key players are getting higher and higher, and role players are no longer willing to play supporting roles as they win championships, which makes it difficult for teams to keep suitable role players.

And the Lakers will definitely not have this problem in the current two or three years, O'Neal just signed a seven-year contract with the Lakers in 96 years before, and his annual salary in the next two to three years cannot exceed $20 million, and other young players are signed with the Lakers on three-to-four-year contracts, so to speak, the Lakers can ensure the team's combat effectiveness in the next three years as long as they get Liu Han's contract at the end of this season.

Lost two away games, the first game was said to be that the Bulls did not adapt to the Lakers' tactics or that the Lakers' players felt too hot, then the second game of the Bulls can be said to have lost very aggrieved. For Jordan, the second game hit him bigger than the first game, Liu Han not only surpassed his playoff single-game scoring record, but also completely played him at the last moment, which in Jordan's eyes was a shame in his life, and even he felt that Liu Han brought him a bigger blow than the "bad boy army" of the Pistons in the late eighties, when the Pistons under the leadership of Iseya Thomas made Jordan hate the Eastern Conference Finals for three consecutive years, But at that time, the Pistons relied on poor defensive means and dirty fouls to restrain Jordan, and now Jordan was defeated by Liu Han very cleanly, which made the conceited Jordan simply intolerable.

After leaving Los Angeles, where the Bulls were disappointed, the Bulls returned to Chicago to prepare for their next game at home, and the Bulls had to deal with a game they had to win.

Phil Jackson had a long discussion with his coaching staff about how to limit Liu Han's play in the next game, a young man who has only played in the NBA for two seasons and has now become a big problem for the Bulls, and if the Bulls want to win the next game, defending Liu Han will become the biggest problem.

"If Michael is allowed to defend Liu all the time, then he is likely to suffer physically in the attack, and even if Michael defends, that kid can still score, so you have to find other ways to defend against that kid." Phil Jackson's assistant coach Hardford said.

"It's hard to limit the opponent's play with a single defense, that kid's feel is really amazing, I wonder if he has some alien technology built into his body, otherwise it would be impossible to have such a high hit rate, several times in the last game, he was shot against the defense of three people, and he could still have a good hit rate. So, defense can't be a means to solve this problem, defense is too passive, if we want to defend we can only bet on the other players of the opposing team to feel bad or this kid has a bad hand. "Phil Jackson has been thinking about how to defend Liu Han for a long time and has never found a suitable solution.

"Then you can only fight with the other party to attack? The Lakers are the league's top scorers this year, and they have too many firepower. ”

"No, we still have to defend, we have to resolutely interrupt the rhythm of that kid, no matter what method we use, and at the same time we have to ensure the efficiency of the offense, in the next game Michael has to be more cautious, the role players have to play a role, what about Tony's psychological report, has he recovered, we need more shooters now, Steve is still too soft." Phil Jackson still has a good grasp of the situation of the game, but he really has no one available in his hands, and even Tony Kukoczy, who is still doing psychological counseling, is within his consideration.

"Then Michael, who will convince him, after the loss of this game, no one can guarantee that he will play like the second half in the next game." In addition to worrying about their opponents, the Bulls also have to worry about Jordan's mental state. (To be continued.) )