Mutombo played his "best defensive player" style in this game, but the light still shrouded in Zhang Mao, which is also the norm for the Lakers.

Zhang Yu is also hard-working today, he contributed 40 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 steals and 1 block for the Lakers in 45 consecutive minutes of playing time, and almost got a big triple-double, which also made him undoubtedly the best of the game.

"Sit down, it's just a small scene!"

Zhang Wei came to the post-game press conference and said a rather inflated sentence in public, and it was not funny.

However, the reporters in the audience laughed very cooperatively, which was actually slightly embarrassing.

'The first fight was a game we had to win and we couldn't laugh easily until we didn't do everything in the first two games.

Zhang Zhu's B pretended to be a bit hateful, and the reporters felt that they had been tricked in their hearts, but they couldn't do anything about him, who let him win, at this time, whoever wins is awesome, whoever wins can pretend to be forced, and the loser can only keep a low profile.

The Bulls are really low-key right now, and the Zen master said at the press conference: "In the away game, we only need to get a win, and it is a satisfactory result. ”

It is difficult to sow discord with such a low-key statement, but it can find fault.

Soon, a reporter suggested that tonight's game was more like the Eastern Conference playoffs, actually ironically mocking the Bulls for not even playing well defensively.

The Zen master was slightly embarrassed and could only say: "The defense of both teams is good, this is a game where 80 points are enough to win, and we are no strangers." But what surprised us was that the Lakers used to be very fast-paced, and even though we knew the Finals were going to be different, they played better tonight, they had better control of the rebounds, and we lost six offensive rebounds, which equates to six offensive opportunities. We shot just 22 percent from three-point range, which allowed the Lakers to shrink their defense. We have a lot of things that we haven't done well, and we need to go back and think about it. ”

Jordan's face became more and more ugly, especially when the Zen master mentioned the words "three-point shot", his face was not ordinary ugly.

Tonight's leader is very sluggish in shooting, although he scored 31 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, which seems to be a good statistic, but his shooting rate is only 11 of 30, the efficiency is really not high, including 1 of 8 three-point shots, which makes his breakthrough very difficult, and the Lakers players have dared to take a big step away from him in the second half, which is a naked contempt for his three-point shot.

Pippen's face is not good-looking, and his three-point shot tonight is only 2 of 8 shots, in fact, he just scored one more than Jordan, and the two are really half a pound against eight taels.

Let's put it this way, all the players of the Bulls tonight mentioned the words "three-point shot", and their faces were basically the same. Even Kerr, who has always been accurate in three-point shooting, only shot 1-of-4 from three-point range against Kidd's defense tonight, and the Bulls made a total of 22 three-point shots, but only hit a pitiful 5, which should be the culprit of their loss.

"We need to work on our long-range shooting, and if our three-point shooting has been tonight, then we can throw in the towel."

This is what Jordan said after the game, and everyone can see that he is not only very angry, but also has a deep sense of self-blame.

Jordan was very dissatisfied with his cheating three-point shot, and now he can see that the Lakers' interior defense is strong, even if he is still 25 years old, he may not perform better than now.

The NBA's three-point line is 7.25 meters away, a distance in itself that is a way to deal with these interior defensive powerhouses. Conversely, in the face of this kind of opponent, if they can't throw the ball in from a long distance, they will definitely retreat in to defend, and no matter how good the breakthrough is, it will be a send-off.

In fact, if the 25-year-old Jordan really meets the current Lakers, then his performance may be even worse.

Don't look at Jordan's athleticism now, he is not at his peak, but now he has top-level back body ability, and today he also relied on the characteristics of back offense that is not easy to defend, so he can score 31 points. If the current Jordan still blindly breaks through, it will never be possible to score 31 points under the Lakers' defense.

The Bulls' flaws were already evident in the first game, their long-range shooting ability was too weak, especially the three-point shooting ability, this flaw actually began to show itself in the first round of the playoffs, and the further back on, it became more and more obvious.

There was nothing the Zen master could do about it, he had to rely on defense and star singles to solve the dilemma, and this is when the triangle attack came in handy, otherwise Jordan and Pippen would not have had so many singles opportunities.

It's a pity that the Lakers are no worse than defense; Compared with individual ability, the Lakers have a better performance than the Bulls in addition to having Zhang Fu, and they are equally dominant in singles.

The Zen master usually holds a better deck of cards than his opponent, and often the strong defeats the weak, which is why people say that he relies on Jordan to succeed.

Now it's different, Harris has a better deck of cards than him, and he needs to beat the strong with the weak.

But this is also the best moment to show the quality of a coach, whether the Bulls can beat the strong with the weak, this is the key for him to prove himself, otherwise he will have to sit down with his thighs.

Some media really disgusted Zen Master and Jordan the next day, saying nothing more than that although the Lakers are strong, the Bulls are not weak, and the gap between the two teams on the cards is not big, at most the gap between S and S-, which is still a competition between the same level.

At this time, the ability of the star and the coach is naturally tested the most, and this gap can completely rely on the personal ability of the star, or the coach's exquisite tactics, to defeat the strong with the weak and achieve victory.

These voices can be described as yin and yang, which means that Jordan and Pippen are incompetent and difficult to be in danger; The Zen master has a false name, and the on-the-spot arrangement is not subtle enough, and it is difficult to achieve tactical victory.

But the problem is that anyone can find faults, but only a few people can solve problems.

The problem of the Bulls is not the Zen master, the Lakers' defense is not difficult to analyze, and the weaknesses of the Bulls, everyone knows, but they know that it is easy to solve and difficult to solve.

Everyone knows that the three-point shot will be an increasingly important skill for NBA players, and it will also be an offensive means that teams rely on more and more.

However, most of the older generation of players don't have this technique, and many of them are in their thirties, so if you ask them to practice a new technique, they will naturally be resisted. In fact, in the final analysis, it is still two words "lazy". People are resistant to new knowledge, which is laziness and does not want to learn new things.

Of course, it's not just laziness, some of the biggest stars resist the three-point shot because they've honed their skills for years, such as the "mid-range shot," which could have been used to suppress these newcomers and get bigger contracts.

But the "three-point shot" is a new thing, everyone has the same starting line, but if the young players are better than them, then they can rely on the three-point shot to get a bigger contract than them, which will naturally be resisted by the old players.

Finally, there is the question of "talent".

Mid-range shooting, generally refers to the range of four or five meters away from the basket, not very far from the basket, even if your shooting talent is not good enough, but as long as you train hard, you can still practice a good mid-range shooting rate.

Three-point shooting is different, the distance of 7.25 meters is no longer something that can be practiced hard, even if you can still rely on hard work to make up for the lack of talent, but the price to pay here is too great.

Some players who don't feel very good, if they practice 500 mid-range shots a day, it is enough to make up for their clumsiness. But if it's a three-point shot, it takes a thousand more to have the same effect. But don't be in a hurry to rejoice, even if you're so hard, once you encounter the defensive intensity of the playoffs, you still can't shoot as well as those with more talent.

These are the reasons why the three-point shot was boycotted by many players, and they had to narrow the distance, and it took ten years before it began to be gradually implemented.

Black players are really not very good at shooting talent, and at the same time they are much worse in diligence, so they will naturally resist this kind of skill that relies on both talent and diligence.

The helplessness of the Zen master is here, Jordan has finally begun to practice hard for three points in the past two years, but it is inevitable to pay more attention to mid-range shooting and back play.

Others, apart from Kerr, you rarely see them actively practice their three-point shots, and even Kukoc is reluctant to practice their three-pointers, which is why the Bulls turn into when they get to the playoffs.

Now, they know that they regret it, especially when they see Zhang Fu's three-point threat, and they really realize that a player who breaks through the insoluble must have the ability to score three points to be the real insoluble.

The next day, Jordan took the lead in training a thousand three-pointers, and the rest of the players did the same, but can this kind of grinding gun have an effect?

The Zen master felt that it was useless in his heart, Jordan was usually already training for three points, but in the playoffs, it was not like?

This should be a defect in talent, it is by no means something that can be effective after a year or two of training, let alone a day or two of hard training, and it is too late to regret it.

It's the same with Pippen, who has been training for three-pointers this year for the highest season of his career, but it's still useless in the playoffs, indicating that the amount of training is still not enough.

However, even if he no longer has confidence, the Zen master is still very kingly, and the next day he said in an interview: "We will play better tomorrow, I am very sure of that." Yesterday we had a few chances and we didn't score a goal but it's a long series and we need to adjust it later and the bad hand won't last two games. ”

I don't know if this is poisoned milk, but the Bulls players are very accurate in training, even Jordan has a 50% three-point shooting rate, and he is still in defensive shooting training, which makes the Zen master worry a little less.

He knows that the current bull is just one "long-range shooting ability", which can be called incomprehensible. As long as the long-range shot can be made tomorrow night, the Lakers' solid interior defense will not be able to make the first game, and their offense will be able to open up.

In the entire training ground, only Rodman looked a little depressed, at the moment he was looking at "Slam Dunk", or the episode where Sakuragi was practicing shooting, which was what he needed most now.

"Big Worm" sighed, he had long abandoned such a thing as long-range shooting, and now even mid-range shooting basically doesn't have much power left.

Since leaving the Pistons, he has focused on defense and rebounding, and when he arrived with the Lakers, he developed a good ability to respond, but his offensive ability has been voluntarily abandoned.

Rodman never thought that a team with Jordan and Pippen would have a crisis of insufficient offensive firepower?

The Zen master also sighed in his heart when he saw Rodman's movements, he also hoped that this guy would have a stable mid-range shooting ability, and it would be best to suddenly score a few three-pointers like he did when he was playing high in the regular season, so that the Lakers would not be able to pile up defense in the middle and concentrate on sniping Jordan and Pippen's breakthroughs.

The Lakers didn't completely let Rodman go, although it was a bit too much to say that the "big bug" had a strong scoring ability, and if it was based on the average competitive level of the NBA, it would be more appropriate to say that he "had scoring ability".

But this refers to Rodman before the age of 30, and now this guy mainly focuses on making baskets and layups after catching the ball under the basket, occasionally shooting a few mid-range, and extremely occasionally putting a three-pointer, which is basically it.

Harris only defends Rodman within 10 feet, or only when he gets into the paint, then they will defend it, otherwise they can ignore it.

"Will they step up their long-range shooting, or will they continue to work on their breakouts?"

At the moment, the main discussion within the Lakers is how the Bulls will choose the direction of offense in the next game?

Harris is not worried that the Bulls will continue to charge under the basket, that is a dead end, even if Jordan and Pippen's athleticism is stuck at 25 years old, they can't break through the restricted area guarded by Mutombo + Mason + Zhang Qi, even if there are two Jordans.

Therefore, the Lakers began to strengthen the defense of long-range shooting, and the Bulls' tactics tomorrow night are likely to be more outside, using mid-range shots or three-pointers to open up the situation.

At this time, the Lakers' defense can't just shrink inward, and must make appropriate adjustments to prevent the Bulls from opening the outside basket.

In the training the day before the game, the Lakers are basically practicing defense, and there is no need to worry about offense, because as long as Zhang Zhu and Kidd are there, plus Mason on the inside, the Lakers can only rely on talent on the offensive end, but defense has to practice well, and they must be aware of it, so that they will not panic when they are on the court.

On June 5th, today is the second game of the Finals between the Lakers and the Bulls, and the "Great Western Forum Arena" has already flooded more than half of the fans two hours before the game, who knows why they came so early?

As soon as Zhang Wei arrived at the competition hall today, he first checked the attributes of the players of the two teams, and the attributes of the Bulls players made him feel a little bad, and today's game should not be good.

Bulls starters: Ron Harper (79), Michael Jordan (99), Scottie Pippen (93), Dennis Rodman (84), Luke Longley (79).

This is the Bulls' start today, Kukoc was taken down by the Zen master again, this is not a problem, the problem is that compared to the previous game, almost everyone's attribute value has increased.

Zhang Yu can guess with his ass that the feeling of the Bulls players should be revived today, and it seems that grinding the gun in the battle is not ineffective at all.

I won't mention the pre-game press conference, the Bulls are too low-key, and the score is still rampant, so it's really sick.

The Lakers are not high-profile, Zhang Qian saw that the opponent was in such a good state, so he didn't put away his mood and be cautious, and he was slapped in the face after the game.

That's what he's always done, and if you see him pre-match 13, it means that he sees that his opponent is not in good shape; On the contrary, it means that the opponent is in good shape, and if he is not low-key at this time, it is also a problem with his head.

Lakers players are not as good as they were in the last game, including himself, and most of them are on a downward trend.

Today's Lakers starters: Jason Kidd (85), John Starks (82), Zhang (95), Anthony Mason (86), Deacbe Mutombo (88).

Zhang Yu found that his own ability value had also dropped by 1 point, I don't know if it was because he was not restrained enough in the past two days, but judging from his abundant physical strength today, it should have nothing to do with this.

After two hours of waiting, the players from both teams finally started to enter the stadium.

The Lakers' entrance ceremony is still very cool, and Zhang's title has grown enough to turn a 5,000-word chapter into 6,000 words, which is almost as long as his 28.

Despite the fact that his opponent was in better shape than himself today, Zhang Zhu confidently performed his personal ritual of sprinkling magnesium powder after entering the venue.

At this moment, he still didn't know that a little kid far away in Akron had decided to imitate this domineering entrance in the future; And what he already knows is that Kobe Bryant's little boy has begun to imitate his "blow pistol" movements. and the "champion" Iverson, who also shamelessly copied his "listening down" action, these people are shameless plagiarists.

Jordan was too lazy to perform the pre-game ceremony, and he couldn't think of a more handsome move than Zhang Fu, so he wouldn't go to the pre-game ceremony when facing the Lakers.

Of course, he won't say why.

The old man has always thought that he is cool and handsome, and he is also a fighter among blacks in terms of appearance, but now he just disdains to compare with those little fresh meat.

After the start of the game, the Lakers' home court momentum was on par with the previous game, which should have allowed the Lakers players to play a better "location + people" advantage, but compared with the poor start of the first Finals, Jordan felt hot in the second game, especially in the face of the poor state of Starks, the helper performed very tough today, and kept attacking with his back as soon as he came up, but did not risk entering the basket, but shook out of a position and turned around and jumped.

Jordan's first game was mostly based on breakthrough offense, and although there were a lot of back-to-back attacks, the efficiency was not high, so there was no way to break through.

Today is different, Starks already has a height disadvantage, Jordan's shooting is very resolute from the beginning, and he doesn't reason with you at all, just to bully you for not being tall enough, and use this trick to blow you up!

In the first quarter of the game, Jordan hit 4 of the first 6 shots, whether it was a back-to-back single or a later catch-and-shoot shot, Jordan's offense was always resolute, and in addition to scoring 8 points himself, the helper also sent 2 assists in the first half of the quarter, in other words, all of the Bulls' first 12 points were related to Jordan.

Harris also began to scratch his head now, Jordan was more resolute in his back attack today, and he actually played without the ball.

In his first six attacks, none of them were broken through the frame, either with his back to attack, or after running without the ball, he found a shooting opportunity with the help of his teammates' cover.

Zhang Wei thought it was very interesting when he saw this, obviously he had been learning Jordan's style of play, but today it was more like Jordan was imitating his style of play.

He didn't know that Jordan was also very determined to do this.

Win or lose this style of play, which will make Zhang Fu's fame even more famous after the game, because he did imitate Zhang Fu's style of play today.

Zhang Qi learned Jordan's playing theory, but did not imitate the details, let alone imitate Jordan's technical movements. Strictly speaking, he is not imitating Jordan, he is only learning from the experience of his predecessors, and this experience does not include Jordan alone, so most fans watch him play, but they don't see much of Jordan's shadow.

But now Jordan's imitation of Zhang Zhu's first game is obvious, the first game of Zhang Qi is like this to use off-ball running to disrupt the Bulls' defense, supplemented by his strong singles ability, two-pronged, so that the Bulls' defense is difficult to affect him.

To be honest, Jordan usually plays like this, but he has too many offensive means, and the last game is too close, today's style of play is exactly the same as Zhang Fu's first game, and it is inevitable that people will complain after the game, Zhang Zhu's 60E's will not care so much.

In the first quarter, Zhang Mao's performance was not bad, with 9 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in a single quarter.

However, his teammates were far less effective on the offensive end today than in the previous game, which required Zhang to step up and score more, and instead played more like Jordan in the previous game.

If Jordan scored 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in the first quarter, which was close to perfection, then his play in the second quarter was definitely a "god". In addition to contributing 13 points in a single quarter and scoring 27 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in the first half, Jordan became the only lifesaver for the Bulls after Pippen went off the rest because of three fouls.

Today, Jordan can not only shoot a step-back jumper to the basket, but also rush to the basket and complete a pull-up layup in front of Mutombo...... The more he played, the better he became, and the 23rd, who was in full swing, finally made the Lakers' leaky defense gradually unable to cope with it.

In the last 4 minutes of the second quarter, Zhang Mao made a force to help the Lakers chase the difference to 2 points at 38:40, Jordan led the team to play a wave of 8:0 small climax, successfully stretched the score to 10 points, Jordan alone accounted for 6 of them, and it was his efforts alone that allowed the Bulls to lead by 10 points at halftime.

Zhang Mao's performance was compared to Jordan this time, especially in the minutes when the Bulls opened the gap, he shot 0 of 3, and only 3 of 11 in the entire first half, and he could score 16 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists in the half, relying on as many as 10 free throws.

Lakers home commentator Zike Hearn commented on Zhang's performance at halftime: "The Bulls' overall defense caused problems for Lyon, because the opponent pressed too hard, he struggled to pass good shots on the offensive end, and several jumpers were also deflected off the basket. At the end of the first half, he scored 16 points on 3-of-11 shooting, but the Lakers trailed by 10 points. Objectively speaking, Lyon's performance in the first half was disappointing, and he has to do better. ”