Chapter 299: I'm afraid I'm losing my mind
When the whistle blew at the end of the game, Zhang was too lazy to see how many points his team had won, the game had gone into garbage time three minutes earlier, and now he only cared about how many points he had scored.
"It's over, we don't have a chance again!"
This is the only thought on the minds of the Bulls players and fans at the moment, originally they were still thinking of winning at least two home courts, and it is better to hold all three home courts, so that they can still fight when they return to Los Angeles. But I didn't expect that they lost the first home game, which was a result that everyone didn't dare to think about before the game, and it was also the worst result, but it unfortunately came true.
The aggregate score is 0:3, which is a desperate score.
If there is still a glimmer of life at 0:2, then it is polite to describe it as nine deaths and a lifetime, everyone knows that the Bulls do not even have a chance of one percent now, this word can be used on whether they will be swept or not, maybe they still have a one percent chance to avoid a sweep.
"Looking at Michael's face, I guess he didn't expect this ending."
"3:0, how wild does it take to guess this outcome?"
"Hey, if I had bought the Lakers Sweep Bulls a week ago, even if it was only a thousand dollars, I would have paid off all the loans now."
"MVP Grand Slam? That honor alone would have put Leon in the top 10 of the Hall of Fame, right? ”
"Top ten? No kidding, after the regular season he was already in the top 10 and now he is good enough to finish in the top five. ”
"I agree! It is not difficult for him to go from the top 10 to the top 5, but it is difficult to go further. ”
"No, I don't think he's in the top five right now. In front of him, Wilt, Russell, Oscar, Abdul-Jabbar, Erwin, Bird, Michael, Olajuwon, the achievements of these eight people, Lyon can not be surpassed for the time being, he needs at least two or three MVPs and championships to qualify. ”
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The game is over, and various experts and media people began to discuss Zhang Mao's historical status happily, but whether he can enter the top five in history now, at least there are not many people who can stand in front of him.
It's going to be very immoral to broadcast on TV, and they deliberately shoot Zhang Mao, and then immediately go and shoot Jordan.
This made everyone discover that Jordan's mood after the game was very wrong, his face was so ugly that people didn't dare to approach, and even the Bulls players didn't dare to comfort him when they saw this.
Zhang Mao saw such a face that wanted to kill after the game, and hurriedly put away his smile, saving him a beating in the away game, how worthwhile it was!
The Lakers players didn't stay on the court long after the game, this is not their territory, and they should go back to the locker room to celebrate.
Zhang Qian was delayed by many reporters holding microphones on the road, he was the last Lakers player to return to the locker room, at least four or five bottles of champagne had been spilled in it at the moment, a group of black and hard people had already been wet, and these wet guys were extremely excited when they saw Zhang Fu, and they were immediately ready to let Zhang Qi join in this unsightly celebration.
Just kidding, he didn't want to get wet, these idiots always like to show the coded parts in the locker room, he didn't like to be so cool, and as soon as he walked into the locker room, he imitated Jordan's expression.
"Don't be in a hurry to celebrate, when someone comes to the locker room for an interview, they all put their pants on."
Zhang Fu reminded the gang that he had promised the CCTV film crew and the interview team of Dragonborn Sports to enter the Lakers' locker room after the game to shoot, and of course these too philosophical scenes could not be seen.
Lakers players are not interested in this kind of interview, because such interviews are all about Zhang Mao, and there is basically nothing to do with them.
Next, what made them even more disgusted was that Zhang Zhu's goods perfectly interpreted what it means to "only allow state officials to set fires, and not allow people to light lamps".
Zhang Yu just let them put on their clothes, but he turned around and took off his shirt, and accidentally got his pants wet, which is equivalent to missing two points and adding a light, which seems a bit excessive, right?
"The Lakers are the best team in the world because our win is a team basketball win."
When Zhang Wei was interviewed, it was even more hypocritical.
"The Lakers' basketball emphasizes selflessness, active running, timely passing, and shooting when the right opportunity arises...... We were a better team from the first game and that's why we were able to take a 3-0 lead. ”
Zhang Qi frantically packed himself in the locker room, and the Bulls were so miserable that Jordan didn't even attend the postgame press conference later, which would obviously have earned him a league fine.
But this move can see how unhappy the "flying man" is at the moment, and I don't know who this is fighting with.
In fact, from Jordan's 40 shots today, you can know that the "Flyer" is obviously competing. I just don't know if he's competing with his teammates, coach, himself, or both?
It's hard to find an answer to this question, anyway, I secretly invited a psychologist to analyze Jordan's Zen master in private, and many times I couldn't control this conceited and proud paranoia.
"We were never ready for such a moment," Phil Jackson thought to himself, never again instructing such elusive paranoia, but could only say, "It was certainly not what we expected." There's a void in our whole team right now, and it's like we know it's the end of the world in a day. ”
Later, when talking about why he suffered such a heavy defeat, the Zen master cursed in his heart, "Except for paranoia, all are stupid", and then said: "We can only admit that the Lakers are a better team now, and there is no doubt that our roster needs to be strengthened, and every position needs to be strengthened." But don't be discouraged, there are no winning generals in this world, everyone will face defeat, and we will see this defeat as motivation to work harder next season. ”
There was nothing wrong with that, but he said that every position should be strengthened, which made Jordan even more unhappy.
Doesn't this mean that the second position should also be strengthened? Isn't he happy with Jordan's performance either?
The Zen master is not dissatisfied with Jordan's performance, but he alone occupies a salary of 30 million, which obviously makes it much more difficult for the Bulls to recruit him, even if the Bulls will sign a big contract with him after the reinforcement is completed, it will also affect the salary structure of the entire team.
Of course, this kind of thing Zen Master doesn't really care about, spending money is a matter for the team management to worry about, and he is more concerned about taking the opportunity to reduce Jordan's prestige, so that he can improve his voice in the team. Moreover, he has always been dissatisfied with Jordan's abandonment of the triangle attack at critical moments, and likes to assert himself, which has indeed made the Zen master dissatisfied for a long time.
The Lakers' post-game press conference was not mentioned, Jordan did not attend here, and there was not much to see there.
In addition to pretending to be forced in the locker room, Zhang Yi was very perfunctory at the post-game press conference, he was looking forward to tomorrow, he wanted to see how the media would fall into the Bulls tomorrow?
At noon the next day, after Zhang Yu got up from the bed, he immediately asked Xiaolin's sister to bring him all the newspapers today, and at the same time opened his own website.
These media have lived up to his expectations and really interpreted reality into three points.
The first is its own "Dragonborn Sports", and the title alone is bloody enough.
"Legends fade! Jordan faltered, sleepwalked in the final, and lost his kingly appearance. ”
Zhang Yu was very happy when he saw this title, it seems that his own media is growing very fast, and this title is very interesting.
But it's not just a downfall, Jordan played really average yesterday, 40 shots in the game, but only hit 15 goals, and only 38 points were scored in the end.
Therefore, this report plays well -
Michael opened the scoring for the Bulls, but that stellar start didn't last, and most of his next shots were deflected.
On the other hand, after Lyon's stellar first-quarter furious show, the Bulls desperately needed the "flyer" to step up.
However, Michael's offense did not improve in the second quarter, but fell into excessive one-on-one play, which could not help the Bulls resist the Lakers' furious momentum, which directly led to the Lakers leading by 18 points at halftime and sealing the victory early.
In the second half, Michael still failed to regain his form from the previous game, and was also blocked by Lyon and Mutombo.
In the end, when Michael only shot 15 of 40 in Game 3, when the Bulls' fate hung by a thread, this was no longer the familiar "flying man".
Looking through history, in his entire career, Jordan has 4 40+ shots, and this is the fifth, but unfortunately the Bulls lost all five games.
This brutal result tells us that the 40+ shot looks spectacular, but the result is not so rosy.
This is the first time Zhang Wei knows that Jordan still has this black spot, so he might as well let his own media report it a few more times in the future.
If the coverage of Dragonborn Sports was mainly about attacking Jordan, then the Los Angeles Times coverage was even more insidious, and they made it clear that they wanted to take the opportunity to sow discord, although many media outlets are doing the same, but the Los Angeles media are particularly hard at doing this.
The headline of the Los Angeles Times is-
"The tragic sweep will cause the bull to disband, the right arm is no longer at its peak, and the flyer is afraid to run away."
The Bulls were bloodied by the Lakers in Game 3 of the Finals, and the 0:3 total score allowed the Bulls to bid farewell to their goal of winning consecutive championships. And heading into the summer of 1997, the team had to face an even more grim reality: Will Michael Jordan, the cornerstone of their dynasty, remain in Chicago?
If we beat the SuperSonics in the finals last year, it vividly showed their quality as a super strong team - both basketball talent and team spirit are the top performance. However, in the Finals a year later, the Bulls' trio showed a variety of shapes, leaving the team facing a dilemma of falling apart.
Michael has the right to exercise his player option this summer, will he choose to stay or leave?
This must be a very difficult decision for the "Flyer", but if he joins a younger and more energetic team, the possibility of His Majesty's return will be greater than that of staying.
For the Bulls, it is Michael who can really determine their overall strength, which is also the focus of the entire NBA, and if he chooses to jump out of the contract, it will immediately trigger the attention of all the strong teams in the entire NBA - because having him almost means being able to touch the championship.
If you don't look at the total score in this year's finals, it is still a perfect individual performance for Jordan, even if the shooting percentage is not good in the third game, but it is more due to the degradation of his teammates' state. And this obviously made him quite unhappy, because not only the role players were mediocre, but even Rodman and Pippen, the two most effective teammates, were sleepwalking and powerless in the Finals.
This may be what Jordan is most dissatisfied with the current situation of the Bulls, after all, his ultimate goal is to win the championship, which is the only purpose of his comeback, but if the Bulls are no longer the strongest team in the NBA, if the helpers can't provide enough assistance, Jordan's departure is not impossible.
ESPN's coverage is different from these two, and they have clearly taken a different path, with ESPN taking aim at Pippen.
"Pippen became an invisible man in the finals, and the offense and defense were abnormal and exhausted."
ESPN threw the pot directly to Pippen, a far cry from what the local Chicago media did.
Before this game, the Lakers led 2-0 on aggregate, and this game was another home game, and everyone thought that the Bulls would pull one back at home.
After the opening, the Bulls launched a frantic counterattack, but it was thunder and rain, on the other hand, Lyon single-handedly scored 15 points in the first quarter, and the No. 33 in front of him seemed to be transparent, and he did nothing at all.
This continued until the end of the first quarter, when Mr. Invisible Man flashed back with the help of Michael - when Michael was surrounded by three Lakers players under the basket and couldn't shoot, Michael had a quick move to pass the ball back from the slit to the Invisible Man, who made a layup, and then came into view, although he was invisible again.
Needless to say, the Bulls can't handle the Lakers with Jordan alone, and Pippen's play is crucial.
In the second half, the Bulls, who were behind by a large score, were ready to launch a counterattack, but the desperate situation did not force out a bloody Pippen, he lost the resoluteness of the first two games on the offensive end, and the defense was as weak as ever, Pippen disappeared decisively when the team needed him the most, and people could no longer see his strength in defending 8 times, and he could only be seen as a "background man" who scored crazy in Lyon, so the performance was too eye-catching for Bulls fans.
As one of the top stars, Pippen's poor performance in the Finals must have been an important factor in the Bulls' loss.
In the finals, Pippen averaged only 18.3 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, all of which were below average except for rebounds. Especially in the crucial third game, Pippen had serious problems on the offensive end, scoring only 11 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in the whole game, and also ate 5 fouls, playing the role of "invisible man" for most of the time.
It was Pippen's dumb fire that put Jordan under heavy pressure and finally crushed the flyer.
Coincidentally, the Chicago Tribune also put the pot on Pippen, who made him the second leader, and the performance of the third game was really sluggish, who would carry the blame if he didn't take the blame?
This Finals is Michael's solo journey, and the rest of the Bulls seem to have just bought tickets to get on the boat for sightseeing.
In the entire finals, Michael has almost played the most perfect performance, and in the face of the most perfect overall team, Michael's performance has been impeccable, but the "Flyer" who tried his best did not turn the tide in the end
In the second game, Jordan played a milestone performance, scoring 58 points alone. But except for Jordan, the whole Bulls team is on a dumb fire, although Jordan almost got the second 60+ in his career, but this game is still one person against the whole team for Jordan, and defeat is inevitable.
In this game, Jordan was still half a team, and he carried the Bulls on the edge of the cliff alone.
On the other hand, the Lakers have a better team, but the decline of the Bulls' No. 1 spot, the decline of Pippen and Rodman, and the slump of Kukic every playoff.
In the Lakers' perfect camp, Jordan is the only red in the ocean of purple and gold.
He didn't attend the post-match press conference yesterday, but we did interview "The Flyer" on the phone, and when we asked him about his 40 shots, his answer was even more regrettable, "I'd rather shoot 0-for-40 than stop when I'm 0-of-9, because stopping means you've been beaten by yourself and lost your confidence, and I won't do that."
That's why he made a crazy shot last night and kept hitting the iron, but he still wouldn't give up - because he still wants to win, and he won't admit defeat!
"If you don't admit defeat, do you still want to turn the tables around?"
Zhang Qi was not happy when he saw this sentence, now that the score is 0:3, he still doesn't admit defeat, and he still wants to win, but he is out of his mind!
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