Chapter 4: The Crazy Old Rascal
Steal Jalen Rose, block Jalen Rose, break through Jalen Rose, pull in front of Jaylen Rose, and dunk Jaylen Rose. The crazy Jordan gave Jalen Rose a brutal beating, and it's no wonder that more than 10 years later, fans call Jordan an old rascal every time they talk about his various performances.
The score quickly became 45:70, and there were only a few minutes left in the half. The old rascals have scored 36 points, 9 rebounds, 5 steals and 3 blocks, shooting a terrible 18-of-18 shooting. No assists, no three-pointers, no free throws, and one person can crumble a team's defensive system.
In the second half, Jalen Rose was already like a walking dead on the court and had to be replaced. The head coach of the Bulls is Bill Cartwright, the main center of the first dynasty of the Bulls. Beal is already surprised by Jordan's crazy moves, and the defenders who angered Jordan back then were similar to Jalen Rose's ends, although no one angered Jordan this time. Let's hope Jalen Rose doesn't leave a shadow from now on.
Beal was replaced by second-year small forward Trenton Hassell, who is known for his defense, and his defense was trusted at the Bulls' internal practice games.
Doug Collins, for the purpose of protecting Jordan, put Jordan on the bench in the second half. After all, the knee had just recovered, and Jordan showed too much force. Although Jordan disagreed, he finally respected the coach's opinion.
Without Jordan, the Wizards and Bulls are back on the same page. Stackhouse had an extremely bad hand today, and under Hassell's defense, he repeatedly hit the iron. And the Wizards' tactic is that the star plays alone, and the other players miss a three-point or layup. Now that there is no offensive strength, the Wizards have become the team that plays without discipline.
The Bulls took the opportunity to fight back, and the chaos masters Jamal Crawford and Jay Williams cooperated tacitly, and the Wizards' defense was in turmoil for a while. Poor Kwame Brown the Great was even eaten alive by the little shark Eddie Curry, and he didn't even dare to take the ball.
Jordan was extremely embarrassed to see, Kwame Brown was his handpicked champion. Even if the '98 champion Olovo Candi is there, Kwame Brown has been selected for the discussion of the most watery champion in history.
"Old rascal, your strength in the boss's chair is much inferior to that on the court," Hu Qingniu sat next to Jordan again.
"Doctor Hu, what are you talking about, rascal? Although Curry plays very rogue style, it is still because Brown is too soft. This kid really disappointed me. ”
almost said that he missed his mouth, Hu Qingniu was glad that Jordan had heard it. After all, Jordan doesn't think the old rascal is an honorific name for himself.
The situation on the court changed abruptly, and the third quarter ended, and the score was close to 80:82. The Bulls only scored 12 points in the third quarter, and Tyronn Lue and Leitner both lacked the ability to create offense on their own and needed stars to drive them. Larry Hughes hadn't grown up yet, and at this time he was mainly playmaking, and only Starkerhouse was shooting alone and shooting 2-of-9 in the quarter.
This kind of tactical system of star singles will not work once the superstar fails.
Hu Qingniu felt that the opportunity had come, and he offered to let Larry Hughes hold the ball to organize the offense, Tyronn Lue ambushed outside the three-point line, Leitner covered Stackhouse, and Kwame Brown waited for an opportunity to grab a rebound. It's a good set of tactics that fits the characteristics of the Wizards' on-court personnel right now.
It's a pity that Doug Collins just glanced at Hu Qingniu and drove him back to the bench. Doug Collins didn't think it was a tactical problem, and shouted at the players to be dynamic on the offensive end, and when the opportunity came out, he could shoot. After all, strong teams have always relied on the star system to win championships. Like the Bulls in the '90s, everyone else was in charge of defense and let Jordan shoot, and that won six championships.
Doug Collins had no choice but to put the old rascal back on the pitch and replace the exhausted Starkerhouse. After all, playing iron is much more tiring than scoring goals, and you don't see Kobe Bryant biting his clothes every time and replenishing his physical strength by absorbing sweat.
Under the expectant eyes of the audience, Jordan asked his teammates to open up space as soon as he came on the court, allowing him to single out Hassel. The old rascal hasn't enjoyed it today, and now he comes up as he wants.
The audience shouted, "Michael! “
"Michael!"
"Michael!"
Hassell was sweating and nervous, but his defensive qualities kept him focused on Jordan's shoulder. Many defensive masters rely on the opponent's shoulders to determine whether the opponent is feintting or penetrating.
The old rascal's swarthy face squeezed out a smile, this little guy worked hard. The old rascal dribbled quickly under his crotch. Hassel was still glued to Jordan's shoulder, holding his center of gravity.
The basketball shifted from his crotch to his left hand, and Jordan's shoulder shook a little. Hassel confidently lunged to the left, only to find that he had missed the mark.
Jordan has taken off in the air, and it's a pull-up jumper. The basketball obediently draws a graceful arc from the fingertips, and whew! Ball in!
The old rascal maintained the posture of shooting, and couldn't help but spew trash talk: "Little guy, it's useless to deal with me just by looking at the shoulder, that is only suitable for players other than me." ”
Hassel had nothing to say and silently picked up the basketball to serve. What did you ask him to say, he was also helpless.
The Bulls passed seven or eight handballs, but still didn't find a good opportunity.
Hu Qingniu found that as soon as the old rascal came on the field, the whole wizard became extremely aura. This is probably the legendary self-contained system.
"Smack", the old rascal used his ability to read the court to preemptively stand on the Bulls' passing route. The basketball flies to the other side. Tyronn Lue is incredibly fast, worthy of a man who can keep up with Iverson's speed. Jay Williams was still turning around, and Tyronn Lue had already entered the opposing half, riding the dust and scoring two points easily.
Oh no, Tyronn Lue's unguarded two-point layup jumped out of the basket, and that's his shortcoming, his hand work is too poor. A point guard with extreme speed can definitely become a star player if he has good finishing ability. So Tyronn Lue is not, and fortunately the Bulls have already given up on catching up. Tyronn Lue calmly picked up a rebound and hit the board into the basket.
After a long period of attack, the weakness of the Bulls as a youth army was exposed. The players began to be impatient, the turnovers increased, and the Wizards seized the opportunity to play defensive counterattacks, and the margin was quickly stretched to more than 10 points.
Doug then reassured himself to replace Jordan, this is a treasure, and it should be used with caution.
The Bulls gave up resistance, and the game was silent.
At the end of the game, the Wizards won 108-90 over the Bulls to get off to a good start to the season.
The best performance of the Bulls was Eddie Curry with 25 points and 6 rebounds, Jamal Crawford with 22 points and 5 assists, Jae Williams with 11 points and 8 assists, and the worst Jalen Rose with 5 points, 3 rebounds, 4 turnovers and 5 fouls.
Jordan, who returned from the king of the Wizards, had 40 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 steals and 3 blocks, shooting 20 of 20, unstoppable statistics. Others, Jerry Stark House had 16 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist on 5-of-17 shooting, Larry Hughes had 8 points and 6 assists, Tyronn Lue relied on a fast shot to score 18 points and 2 assists, Kristen Lightner had a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Kwame Brown the Great had 2 points and 8 rebounds
After the game, the media exclaimed, that all-powerful Jordan is back.
ESPN: "The best basketball player on the planet is back. ”
TNT: "Barkley has an exclusive reveal on his friend Jordan's physical condition. ”
Chinese media: "Jordan beats Huashan to lead today's top ten NBA balls." ”
Japan's Asahi Shimbun: "The peerless beast is out of the cage, tremble, human!" ”
South Korea: "Asiba, Asiba!" West Eight! ”