June 13, 1997, Great Western Forum Coliseum, Los Angeles.

Finals G6, the game went in a direction that no one expected.

Lakers starting lineup – Kobe, Eddie, Bowen, Horry, O'Neal. A decent lineup, good both offensively and defensively.

Bulls starting lineup – Harper, Jordan, Pippen, Cooke, Longley. After Cooke's replacement of Rodman, the Bulls' overall offensive ability increased, but defense and rebounding dropped a notch.

From this point of view, the one-for-one exchange between Big Ben and Rodman is actually a slight advantage for the Lakers.

The referee of this match was replaced by Crawford.

Stern didn't want a repeat of the events of Rodman in the last game, which was simply too savage and ugly.

The cautious president of the alliance has already made up his mind to sanction Rodman. This guy still plays this trick in the finals, and he simply doesn't take the league seriously.

"Put away your little moves! I'm going to keep an eye on you guys for this game! ”

The bald Crawford made a vicious gesture before standing in the midfield and throwing the ball aloft.

In the cheers of the Zijin fans of the Great Western Forum, and under the attention of countless big-name stars, the finals G6 began.

"Oops." O'Neill didn't react immediately and jumped slowly.

The basketball was stabbed by Longley to the Bulls' halfcourt, and this was the first time in this series that the Bulls won the jump ball.

Harper advanced with the ball and commanded the Bulls players to run and play a triangle offense at halftime.

It's still Bowen defending Jordan.

Jordan falls to the elbow zone and catches the ball.

Bowen stumbled on his feet.

Didn't move!?

Looking at the pale Jordan, Bowen was stunned for a moment, and then showed an evil smile.

Pounce on it!

Old rascal, let me wait until this day!

Seeing that there is not much time, I can only make a move.

"Bang!"

Hit the iron!

O'Neal rebounds, thrown to Kobe.

Kobe Bryant tried to push the fast attack, but Pippen was still clever enough to slow down Kobe's advancement.

Pass the ball to O'Neill.

Then cross with Horry.

Cooke switches to Kobe!

O'Neill passes the ball out.

Kobe Bryant singles out Kukchi!

"Small fights big ones! Kobe Bryant singles out Kukchi! ”

"Kobe Bryant's dribbling doesn't look like a big problem anymore, and it doesn't look like he's suffering a serious hand injury."

"A nine-ten-ten-win offense, Kobe rarely gets this kind of opportunity, and this situation is a point for Kobe!"

Bryant simply shook twice, and Cookic swayed left and right.

Hit to the middle distance, unguarded, jump, mid-shot.

"Bang!"

Iron too.

Shoot iron in unguarded midfield.

This hasn't happened a few times in Kobe's career either.

In the next situation, two of the top basketball players and two superstars who went down in history coincidentally started to play iron.

If it was an ordinary game, they might not continue to shoot too much if they didn't feel good.

One is that the feel and condition of teammates are not good, they can't score, and teammates can't score.

Coupled with the fact that this is the Finals G6, players with personalities like Jordan and Kobe Bryant, their competitiveness makes them keep shooting.

"Again, iron again."

"I feel sorry for the basket."

"Maybe it has something to do with the defensive quality of the Bulls and Lakers in this game. They did a very good job defensively in this game. ”

At the end of the first quarter, the Bulls 17:16 Lakers.

Both teams shot less than 30 percent from the field.

Kobe Bryant and Jordan also hit the iron like crazy.

Bryant scored five points on 2-of-9 shooting.

Jordan scored seven points on 3-of-11 shooting.

O'Neal scored four points on 2-of-5 shooting.

Other players have even more impressive shooting percentages.

Kobe Bryant rubbed his right wrist, but it was still sore and swollen, which affected his feel very much, and he could only try his best to hit it inside.

But he doesn't have a second bottle of 'Gatorade' anymore, and Kobe Bryant is not fit enough to play like he did in the last game.

It's a bit awkward.

Jordan and Kobe Bryant glanced at each other, this iron battle was a little speechless.

"It seems that Kobe Bryant and Michael are not in good shape in this game."

"But their teammates can't step up and score, and both teams are now stronger defensively than offensively."

"The Lakers and Bulls have the best defense in the league, but it's still a little bit worse than their all-time offense. When Jordan and Kobe couldn't shoot, their offense couldn't match their defense. ”

"This game may be a game where the defense will decide the outcome of the game."

"One question, did Michael break his own record in the finals?" Chuck Daly was excited.

The magician laughed, and it was so cool to work with Mr. Chuck Daley to explain Black Jordan.

The current Finals record is 24 times, and in Game 3 of the 1993 Finals, Jordan scored 44 points on 19-of-43 shooting.

The second-place finisher, who was also a member of the Bulls, scored 26 points on 12-of-35 shooting in Game 3 of the 1993 Finals.

In the same game, Jordan and Pippen shot 78 times and hit 47 times!

This game with the Suns is too classic, and the two sides are simply flying against each other.

All Bulls players made a total of 130 shots!

You must know that in this era, the average shot in a game is 80!

In the era of running and bombing in later generations, there were only about 100 times.

What is the concept of 130 shots?

It's just a matter of taking it and throwing it.

Jordan had 8 irons in the first quarter.

Bryant harvested 7 iron.

They are still some distance from 24 iron.

The game quickly entered the second quarter.

The bench lineups of both sides crackled and exchanged blows.

Regardless of the winner or loser, the substitute group who also had a poor hand was still deadlocked.

The two sides started the game, and the Bulls 25:24 Lakers.

The two blacksmiths continue to fight each other!

"Ding-dong, ding-dong!"

"Let the staff look at the basket and see if it has been smashed."

"I feel sorry for the basket."

'The pace of the game was getting faster and higher, and there were a lot of counter-attacks because there were no goals.

"But these defensive counter-attacks also missed."

"Vicious circle! Keep fighting back! Keep running! Keep shooting. ”

"It's so iron, and the two sides seem to turn the game of basketball into a running game."

"Interesting, I thought that after the series between the Bulls and Suns, there wouldn't be such a fun Finals."

Halftime Bulls 46:43 Lakers.

Bryant finished with 14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal on 4-of-16 shooting.

Jordan finished with 18 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist on 7-of-22 shooting.

O'Neal finished with 12 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks on 4-of-11 shooting.

Iron!

Iron striking became the main theme of this game.

A skewer.

A hand twist.

The two historical blacksmiths made the relationship between the winners and losers of this game unclear.

Can you break the iron record in the finals?