Chapter 222: The Final Battle (Three Changes, 400 Equals and Changes)
"Ladies and gentlemen, evening! Here is the live broadcast of the American professional basketball team brought by NBC, the Lakers play the Bulls at home! β
"The game went into the most crucial final quarter! Chicago Bulls 72:76 Los Angeles Lakers! β
"In the last section, whose hand will the deer die?"
"Michael didn't take a break, and Kobe Bryant didn't take a break!"
"It looks like the main force of both sides is going to play the second half!"
"In this way, the main players of both sides will play for almost 40 minutes! Who's going to have the last laugh? Is it the young Lakers? Or is it an old spicy bull? β
It's coming, the final showdown!
Lakers ball possession! Kobe Bryant advances with the ball!
Press! Michael Jordan and Pippen switched defenses and returned to the position of defending Kobe Bryant again!
Again launched the suppression of Kobe Bryant like in the first quarter!
From offense to defense, I'll crush you!
This is Michael Jordan's mindset every time he faces a superstar!
With this mentality, he tore the magician Big Bird in the 1980s and destroyed the Smiling Assassin and the glider in the 1990s!
Today, he blocks this kind of god to kill God, and Buddha blocks the killing intent of killing Buddha! Put it on Kobe!
Dribble hard!
Bryant struggled to dribble the ball past half court, and he sensed Jordan's more fighting spirit.
Extreme traverse speed! Exaggeratedly armband! Steal with precision!
The current Jordan is more powerful than in the first quarter!
Kobe Bryant and Pippen fought for a whole quarter, although they had the upper hand, but they also consumed a lot of physical energy, and Batman's defense was not so simple to break up.
And now it's Jordan, who has a stronger defense!
If Pippen's defense ranks in the top 10 in the history of small forwards!
Then Jordan's offense and defense! Both are the 10th number one on scoring guards!
If it was Kobe Bryant at the beginning of the season, he wouldn't even be able to control the ball in front of Jordan, who was in the strongest form!
No, you have to find a teammate.
Kobe passed to Campbell, who played bravely in this game! He has scored 23 points and 7 rebounds in the third quarter! He blew up Longley!
"Woo Woo!" Rodman let out a strange scream, and the whole person stuck to Campbell!
Phil made Rodman and Longley switch guards!
Longley goes to defend with no offensive ability, only rebounding and defensive big book!
Rodman went to block Campbell, who was in good form.
God strikes!
Phil Jackson's defensive dispatch directly abolished the Lakers' second offensive point, the interior pillar.
It's so fierce! Rodman's bloody defense put an end to Campbell's offense.
"Fight back!" Pippen leaps high and squeezes Bowen for the rebound.
Throw the ball to the front court as soon as possible! Michael Jordan had a heart and went straight to the Lakers halfcourt!
Kobe Bryant chases back!
Jordan in front! Kobe Bryant is behind!
The ball flew over!
Kobe Bryant jumped up and tried to intercept!
The ball slides off your fingertips.
Jordan grabbed the ball.
Empty!
The Lakers three-point line is the stage for Flyer Jordan!
Fly!
Jordan jumps from the free-throw line!
Legs spread! Grab the ball with your right hand and swing your left hand to the back.
He's really flying.
After gliding for a full two seconds, Jordan dunked the ball in a dashing manner.
Bulls 74:76 Lakers!
Damn, Kobe Bryant hated and blamed himself, jumped a little higher, and his arms were longer, and he grabbed this ball!
Just a little bit!
"Kobe, I'll help you dribble through half the court." Eddie Jones saw that Kobe Bryant's difficulty in facing Jordan's advancement was completely unnecessary, and he was determined to help Kobe bear it.
Bryant nodded.
Jordan didn't defend Eddie Jones, and he still stuck with Kobe.
Harper defends Eddie, and Harper's defense is also an extremely good player at the peak, but the 33-year-old is not like Jordan, he is still at the peak, and his physical fitness has declined a lot.
Harper, who was worried about being passed by Eddie Jones, returned to his own half.
Kobe Bryant is looking for a pick-and-roll!
Campbell and Ben Wallace continue to create shooting space for Kobe!
And after Campbell lost his lethality under the basket, the Bulls directly put the entire defensive pressure on Kobe!
Even if there is a leak under the basket!
Even if the bottom corner is empty!
There is always one person besides Jordan, who is ready to break the ball if he is out of nowhere!
Desperate! Kobe Bryant is in a desperate situation!
"The Bulls are up defensively! This intensity is even more terrifying than the first section! β
"Jordan deftly ran and avoided all the pick-and-rolls of the Lakers! Ben Wallace and Campbell want to clamp Michael with an elevator! It's still cracked by him running in advance! β
"When Michael is focused on defense, his dominance is as good as his offense!"
"Bryant was pushed into the corner! Michael and Scotty both flanked it! β
"Kobe Bryant has no way back! Is the ball going to be broken? β
"No breaks! Kobe Bryant jumped up! Under the strict defense of Jordan and Pippen! Step-back jumper! β
"Drop back from the bottom corner outside the three-point line!"
"Bryant's lean back more than usual! In this way, you can avoid being blocked by Michael, who jumps high! β
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"Kobe Bryant struck the iron! The difficulty of this ball is too high! β
Damn it! Kobe Bryant got up from the ground and threw a super large three-pointer back, but still didn't hit. Even though it was Jordan and Pippen who defended him, Bryant still felt that this shot should be scored.
"My board!" Rodman pulls onions on the dry ground and presses Campbell to pick up the rebound!
Counterattack!
It's a counterattack again!
Jordan and Pippen rushed to the Lakers half at the same time.
Pippen receives a powerful pass from Rodman and tosses the ball high!
Relay in the air!
Jordan grabbed the basketball in the air with one hand, hovered for a second with his waist straight, and then smashed the ball into the basket.
"Toot!" The referee blew the whistle and Harris opted for a timeout.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Bulls used two counterattacks to catch up with the score!
Unbelievable defensive pressing, exaggerated counter-attacking speed.
The Bulls relied on the Jordan Pippen duo to form a defensive counterattack system, which was too strong!
Bulls 76:76 Lakers.
"Hold on! Suppress the rhythm of the game, and you can't let the Bulls fight back! Harris pulled out the tactical board and circled it.
However, the brains of the players on the Lakers court fell into a blank, except for Kobe, the other players felt that they couldn't hear the coach's voice clearly.
This is the result of both physical and mental fatigue, and the suppressive force of the fourth quarter of the Bulls made them feel fear!
That's right, it's the fear of Jordan and Pippen!
In the starter, Eddie Jones is in his third season! Bowen and Big Ben are both rookies! Campbell is a seven-year veteran, and he only met Jordan in the regular season.
When the Bulls came up with the intensity of the playoffs and even the Finals, every player except Kobe Bryant felt unimaginable pressure.
They feel that they and their opponents are not of the same rank.
When Kobe Bryant can still dominate the game, they still have the confidence to fight.
However, now Kobe Bryant has also fallen into the double strangulation of Pippen and Jordan, and the inner pillar of the Lakers players has fallen.