Chapter 289: One Word "Stable"!

Zhang Yu was very unhappy with the referee, but he was really wrong to blame others.

Now who dares to deliberately make things difficult for him, the eldest young master that the president is paying attention to, even the White House has become his fan, and it is said that he is wearing the No. 14 jersey in the White House to watch the finals.

Today, the referee actually intends to blow the home whistle, but he can't really be like a blind man, not even blowing such an obvious step.

Zhang Fu's four-step layup, which was not particularly coherent this time, was naturally punished by the referee with tears in his eyes.

The Bulls turned their heads and Jordan advanced with the ball, and it seemed that the big brothers on both sides were ready to complete their own team's first offense.

Many people say that Jordan is now old, and his frontal breakthrough is no longer sudden, and he can only rely on his back to attack to score points, and even three-point shooting has become an important means of scoring.

Of course, this is not the case, Jordan's explosiveness is indeed not as perverted as when he was young, but it is definitely not slow. And his ability to read defense is just as different as he was when he was younger, and with a small amount of athleticism in exchange for perfect technique, timing, and control of the big picture, Jordan's breakthrough is actually more dangerous than when he was younger.

Starks' defense was deceived by Jordan's duffle, and when the latter successfully entered the restricted area with the ball, the Lakers players found that no one could make up for it in time.

Mutombo happened to be wrapped around Langli in the weak side of the low post, the Australian center directly wrapped his hand around the arm of the old Mu, so that he could not withdraw to make up for the defense, and the rest of the people were also involved in their own alignment, and the timing of Jordan's breakthrough was extremely ingenious.

This can see the panorama more clearly from the perspective of TV viewers, Lang Li's entanglement is timely, but the timing of Jordan's breakthrough is more important.

Of course, you can say that he deliberately avoided Mutombo, but Zhang Mao would do the same, and if the outside player forcibly went to fight with the inside, then this person's brain must have convulsions.

Jordan scored the ball before Mutombo's defense was in front of Mutombo's defense, and the Bulls got off to a flying start on the road.

This caused a pause in the boos of the Lakers fans, but the home fans immediately disturbed the Bulls players with louder noise.

Zhang Qi is not very face-saving, everyone thinks that he will definitely find face in the future, but after that, he did not go to attack with the ball.

People now can't figure out when Zhang Qi will take the initiative to attack with the ball, and they can't figure out when he will suddenly look lively...... Zhang Qi played the ball as he wanted during this time, just like in the next five minutes, he only picked up the rebound in the front court once and made a rebound, and did not continue to attack with the ball, a task that was handed over to Kidd and Mason.

Kidd was a bit like Jordan's style of play from the beginning, not that he was so much smarter than Jordan, but because he didn't have the athleticism of Jordan and Zhang Qi from the beginning, so if he didn't play like that, how could he play?

Let's put it this way, if you don't learn to use your brain, Kidd will be deflated against many opponents.

But it's because of his brains that Kidd can become one of the most promising point guards in the younger generation.

Harper is also a player who can play with his brain, his athleticism at his peak was not very good, and now he is half-crippled against the young Kidd, and the restrained nature is Harper, and Kidd finally got rid of the shadow of facing Stockton in the last round.

In the first five minutes of the first quarter, Kidd used his flexible and agile breakthrough to disrupt the Bulls' defense, the Zen master did not expect Kidd's breakthrough threat to be so big, as long as the Bulls' formation was slightly chaotic, the basketball would inevitably be passed by him to an extremely dangerous place, which made the Chicagoans very passive.

But that's not all, the Lakers have three players on this roster who have top-level passing ability and passing vision - Kidd's balls are given to Mason or Zhang Mao, both of whom can make the already chaotic Bulls even more chaotic, and the Lakers can create good shooting opportunities with three passes and two passes, which makes the triangle tactics that the Bulls are proud of become dull.

"Triangle chicken!" Zhang Qian is very disdainful of this, he believes that no matter what tactics have to rely on the individual ability of the players, the Lakers have not been passed the triangular offense, but their ability to create shooting opportunities is no worse than the Bulls, which is the embodiment of individual ability.

The Zen master also knows what the problem is, the Bulls' defense is more inclined to Zhang Zhu, and Kidd's side is completely defended by Harper, but now it seems that Harper obviously can't prevent Kidd's breakthrough.

The Lakers' young point guard actually has a lot of options, and he has no problem attacking on his own, but this guy obviously chooses to pass-oriented.

At this time, Mason has become an important point of contact for the Lakers, and he can always appear in the weak points of the Bulls' defense, and there is also only one Kukoc defense around him......

Instead, Zhang became a decoy on the offensive end, and it was his off-ball runs that distracted the Bulls' defense, so that Kidd could take the opportunity to find a flaw, and Mason could turn Kidd's flaw into a score.

At 7:06 in the first quarter, the score was 10:6, and it was less than five minutes after playing, and the Lakers' 4-point advantage was not small.

Mason contributed six of those points and Kidd dished out two assists, and the duo were outstanding.

The Zen master knew he had to figure out something, but he could guess what would happen after he replaced Rodman, and the Lakers would inevitably strengthen their defense and start Zhang Fu's strong offensive mode.

There is one biggest difference between Zhang Qi and Jordan, that is, the former's "breakthrough ball" can become a set of efficient and upper-to-high offensive system, while Jordan's breakthrough does not have this effect.

"Bring your own offensive system", this is the reason why Zhang was able to bring the Lakers to the division finals in his first year.

Jordan's breakthrough when he was young was more lethal, but Zhang Mao's breakthrough threat was greater, he could not only score directly, but also split the ball and attract the defense more effectively, so this simple and rough style of play will have a more significant effect under the rules at this stage, whether it is the regular season or the playoffs.

In this way, as long as teammates can complete the task on the defensive end, the Lakers will not play too badly on the offensive end with this move alone, and will definitely surpass the offensive efficiency of the Bulls.

This is exactly what Harris wants, the Lakers are not afraid to fight with the Bulls defensively, if the two teams are similar in defense, then relying on Zhang Mao's own offensive system, and the Lakers' better role players, there will inevitably be a higher winning rate in the end.

Sure enough, the Bulls had to replace Rodman again after the timeout, and the Lakers immediately handed over the basketball to Zhang Fu, and the defensive intensity suddenly increased to 80%, and they instantly came up with a posture of fighting defense and personal ability.

The Bulls could only passively face each other, and the game began to form a star model in which the Bulls relied on Jordan and the Lakers relied on Zhang Zhu.

But in fact, at this time, it is not only the personal ability of the two giants, but also the ability of the role players on both sides.

Jordan's offense is certainly cunning, but Lang Li wants to rely on small movements and entanglements to always involve Mutombo, which is also a fool's dream.

Mutombo's small movements are not bad, how can the best defensive player be affected so easily?

Soon, when Jordan finally got a big hat from Mutombo in the restricted area, he was as strong as the gang and didn't dare to go to the basket easily, and his offensive position was forced near the free throw line.

But sorry, this is the defensive area of Zhang, Kidd and Starks.

The Lakers played against the Jazz in the last round, and the three-point shots of Stockton and Lao Huo were too terrifying, so the defense of this position could only be handed over to Zhang Yu alone, and at most, Big Ben occasionally came up to help him share his worries.

But this round is different, Harper's three-point shot has been bad, Pippen's three-point shot has been unstable, Jordan's three-point shot is okay in the regular season, but it has become terrifying in the playoffs!

So far, Jordan has only shot 18% of his three-point shooting rate in the first three rounds, which is simply a dream back to the rhythm of the three-point contest, and it also makes the Lakers' outside players feel at ease to let the Bulls players shoot three-pointers, and if you can shoot, you win.

The Zen master is really entangled, his own players' three-point shots are too stupid, which makes the Lakers' three excellent defensive perimeters have a large range of action, they can safely contain Jordan, guard the team's middle area, and continue to force the offensive position of the Bulls players outward.

Jordan knew that he couldn't go any further, his three-point shot was really not powerful in the playoff defensive intensity, and even if the defense in the middle was tight, he could only carry the defense to attack.

In this way, even Jordan's historical mid-range shooting and back-to-back play are still difficult to achieve too high efficiency.

Pippen is the same, his offense is not only Zhang Qiu alone to defend, there will always be a Kidd or Starks around him to sneak attack, it is really difficult to play consecutive scores, this is something Jordan can't do, and he naturally can't do anything.

That's why the Zen master wanted to use Kukoc, and the two of them needed the help of the third point of attack too much.

Although Rodman's passing is good and his defense is much better, his active offensive ability is too poor to compress the Lakers' defense, but it will make the Lakers more at ease on the defensive end, and even Mason can be distracted to take care of his teammates.

The offense on the Lakers' side is very simple, basically Zhang Mao's breakthrough + point, and occasionally a block + breakout point.

However, it was such a simple offense that the Bulls had to have someone to back up Pippen.

However, once there is someone to support, it means that there is a flaw in the defensive formation, and Kidd and Mason can catch this flaw and expand it, and in the end, no matter what the result is, it will definitely be a little more efficient than the Bulls.

To put it more simply, my defense has flaws, but your three-point shot is too rubbish to be used; But we can use your flaws to a large extent, so do you need to talk about the final result?

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 23:18, and the Lakers took advantage of their advantage and successfully grinded the lead to 5 points.

The Bulls players are feeling very bad at the moment, that feeling is like a 950 horsepower engine meets a 1000 horsepower engine, no matter how you step on the accelerator, it is a little worse, and the playing field is still a straight road, there are no corners for them to rely on technology to turn the tables, which is very depressing.

The Zen master knew that his task was to create such a bend, but that Harris was too cunning to play intrigue at all, let alone be clever to give him an opportunity, and all the arrangements were based on his own strengths and weaknesses, and never made mistakes to give you a chance.

Harris only seeks one "stable" word in this round, he believes that as long as the Lakers give full play to their strengths, there is no need to target your weaknesses everywhere, and they will win in the end.

In the second quarter, he directly opened the formation and let Zhang Yu go to singles, and he had already rubbed out the big move.

"What's going on with this?!"

The morale of the Bulls players began to slump, the Lakers' defense was stable, and the offense was rough, but it was helpless to score more points than them!

Soon, the Zen master was in even greater trouble than this.

Today, the Bulls players had a terrible outside shooting, Jordan's two three-pointers all hit the iron, Pippen and Harper also missed one each, and even Kerr, who was on the three-point shot in the regular season, was unsuccessful today.

Kerr's three-point shot has always been a weapon for the Bulls to involve the opponent's defense, but unfortunately the regular season is different from the playoffs after all, Kerr's performance in the first three rounds of the series was very average, only 38% three-point shooting rate, and he was even more out of shape after meeting Kidd today, and he was restrained by Kidd worse than Harper.

Once the Bulls' three-point shot can't be opened, the Lakers' defense will naturally slowly shrink inside, and at the same time transfer more troops to Jordan, which makes the Bulls' offense more difficult, forming a vicious circle.

The Lakers can even put three players in the restricted area in the second quarter to defend, so that the defense of the middle and high posts looks weak, but in fact, Zhang Zhu and Mutombo can make up for this area in time, with the super mobility of the two, the Lakers' mid-range defense will not become weak, and if you have the ability, you can go out and shoot three points!

"Bang bang bang ......!"

This voice gradually became the main theme of the game, when the Bulls found that their offense really couldn't penetrate the Lakers' defense, and the three-point shot really couldn't be shot, they could only put all their energy on the defensive end like they did against the Heat, trying to make the Lakers not score, so as to drag the game to the fourth quarter, and then rely on Jordan's personal ability to play the final quarter.

But the problem is that the Lakers are not comparable to the Heat, and the Miamis have tried their best and are unable to extend the margin to double digits in the first three quarters, which the Lakers can do.

No matter how strong you Jordan are, will you be able to pull back my double-digit lead in the final quarter?

Is it true that my baby koala got to this position by face, sassy talk and 28?

"If you can turn over my plate at the end of the day, I'll eat the of the young lady upside down."

Zhang Wei began to cheat again, but he really had confidence in himself, confident that Jordan could do it, and he could do it too. But what he can do, Jordan may not be able to do.

In fact, the difference between him and Jordan has been perfectly demonstrated in this first half.

Jordan could only play a strong attack from mid-to-long distance in the first half, and although he was more technically comprehensive, he could only dodge and play against the Lakers' defense.

Zhang Mao is different, he can use his body as a cover, directly to the threat area, and lead you to encircle me, at this time I want to pass or vote, that's all according to my heart.

In the last five minutes of the first half, the Zen master even came up with a way of hurting each other - he simply let the Bulls go back to the old way, let Jordan take the ball and hit it on one side, and the rest of the four were all watching the excitement on the other side.

This makes the fans excited, and this kind of finals is reduced to a heads-to-head game between two leading stars, which is really rare.

Harris laughed, and he only allowed the fake heads-up to last three rounds, making the match a real heads-up.

Fans were even more excited to find that Zhang Zhu actually faced Jordan on the defensive end, is this the rhythm of letting the "king" see the "king"?

Seeing this, the Zen master couldn't wait to pull out his gun and kill Harris, this trick was too vicious!

Zhang Zhu and Jordan, if they both met at the age of 25, then no one would be able to prevent anyone's rhythm, and the Zen master would not have any dissatisfaction.

But now, one of the two is 20 years old and the other is 34 years old, which is different, the age difference between the two is more than ten years!

Harris's move is really heart-wrenching, Jordan will definitely not be able to defend against Zhang Zhu alone, which is different from Iverson's heads-up in the regular season, the latter is fast, at most shake Jordan with speed, whether it is prevented or not, it is not easy to hurt the helper.

Zhang Qi is different, his breakthrough can really kill opponents, especially at Jordan's age, once he is close to 250 pounds of weight, he is really prone to car accidents!

The Zen master only allowed this fight to last for two rounds, and after seeing Jordan knocked four or five meters away by Zhang Mao's breakthrough and only got up from the floor for half a day, he knew he couldn't fight like this anymore.

That kid obviously wanted to be tough, and used the style of playing with a thousand enemies and eight hundred self-inflicted losses.

Everyone knows that Jordan's 220-pound weight is absolutely no match for Zhang Mao's 250-pound weight, and the 34-year-old man cannot be compared with young people in terms of recovery ability and ability to resist injuries.

Zhang Qi really wants to knock Jordan to death, this kind of heads-up is too powerful for him, at this moment his explosiveness, speed, agility are stronger than Jordan, and the confrontation ability is much higher, the gap is just that the technology is not as good as the other party, and the experience is also a lot lacking, but the heads-up fight is not only the technique, the body accounts for at least half of the proportion, no matter the offense or defense, he can use his body to bully the old Jordan, which is very cool.

He is confident that if the Zen master allows Jordan to play against him like this, then the latter will be at least sore the next day, and he will probably be injured by himself if he is not good, and then the Bulls will be able to play GG.

But as soon as Jordan retreated, the momentum was all on the side of the Lakers, and coupled with the home court advantage, the Zen master found that he had nothing to do with the Lakers, and even the defense began to fail.

In the last three minutes of the second quarter, the Lakers, under the morale of the people, launched an 11:2 attack wave in one go, directly turning the score into 51:35, and leading by as many as 16 points in only one half.

Especially in the last attack of the first half, Jordan faced Zhang Qiu and Starks' bag, and after a moment of entanglement, he could only choose to pass, but was stopped by Kidd.

Kidd broke off the ball and immediately launched a counterattack, with three seconds left in the first half......

I saw Zhang Yu riding to the front court, and the Bulls were left far behind him in an instant, and the koala baby began to jump at the free throw line after receiving the ball, and ended the offense with a wonderful two-handed dunk.

At this moment, with the figure of Jordan behind him, Zhang Zhu's buckle is undoubtedly a proper slap in the face!

Zhang Qi immediately made his own "listen" action after landing, he has scored 19 points after scoring this goal, and alone arranged 7 points for this attack wave, and cut 19 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block after halftime, which is a standard koala baby data!

"History will remember him, a man who died less than a feather............ King. ”

After halftime, Zhang Fu pretended to be 13 on the spot for a long time, and finally said such a sentence to the camera of the sideline interview.

To be honest, he pretended to be a little early, but Zhang Qian really couldn't bear it, his koala baby today just wants the world to know who is the first person in this alliance. 8910