The 20-minute break at halftime is a long time in the eyes of fans, but in the eyes of players and coaches, these 20 minutes are really not enough, and the Lakers have not thought of how to deal with the Bulls' onslaught on Jones, so the staff informed them that they were going to play and continue the game.

In the second half, the Bulls were not in a hurry to attack, they were patiently looking for the best time to attack, but the tactics of attacking Jones will not stop.

This calmness and patience made the Lakers even more unable to hide their weaknesses, when Hill twice forced Jones to complete the score, Mutombo and Zhang Zhu had to press out to support, the result was that the backyard began to catch fire, Jordan actually obscenely interspersed back and forth on the baseline, Van Exel and Hill kept attacking on the wings and in the middle, Barkley and Marshall rushed into the basket to respond, and the Lakers' entire defense line became rumored and was about to fall apart.

Zhang Yu finally experienced the feeling of powerlessness this time, of course he knew that when he couldn't prevent it, the best way was to attack, as long as he could score, it was not irretrievable.

However, the reality is usually very skinny, and this situation has always been that the side that can't be defended first is suppressed, because you are passively attacking, and the effect is naturally not the same, especially since the Lakers are originally a defense-oriented team, and after the best area is broken, it is not realistic to play an efficient offense.

6 minutes and 33 seconds in the third quarter, after Jordan turned around in the low post to expand the difference to 11 points, Zhang Yu began to be anxious, he couldn't think of any other way than to take the ball and attack, but after being brutally charged by Barkley during the layup, of course he had to complain about why the referee didn't give him a chance to make free throws.

The referee decisively gave him a "T" this time, and apparently there was no order for the Lakers to win today.

Zhang Qi realized that he was wrong, David Stern has been laying the groundwork for so long, and he has worked hard to raise so many strong teams to compete with the Lakers, of course, it is not for Zhang Zhu to brush up on experience, the league originally wanted to avoid a monopoly, if there is a team that can pull the Lakers down, the league does not care about the Lakers losing the championship, so that there will be continued suspense and highlights in the future season.

To put it mildly, the league may feel that the Lakers' triple championship comes as late as possible, and it is better for them to win the championship every one or two years, but it is never a good thing that the triple championship appears too early, there must be something to fish everyone in front, this is the best script.

Zhang Qi was in a hurry, and it was difficult for the Lakers players to calm down, Jordan immediately used another 2+1 to help the Bulls lead by 12 points at 58:44, and the Lakers only scored 4 points in the first half of the quarter.

"Hold on, they'll run out of strength!"

Zhang Qian can only encourage his teammates like this, Barkley's physical strength is indeed problematic, but Hill can hold on for a while, and Jordan has just started to perform, which is the last thing the Lakers have ever seen.

After entering the middle of the third quarter, Jordan no longer appeared intermittently like in the first half, the Bulls began to hand over the basketball frequently to the helpers, Hill quietly played support, and Barkley used his last breath to continue to pester.

The referee turned a blind eye to Barkley's stalking, as long as he didn't show his elbow and was not a too obvious foul, the three referees basically didn't blow the penalty.

Even so, Zhang can still score points, but he can't keep up with the speed of the Bulls in terms of efficiency.

Jordan began to step up his offense, and the Lakers' defense showed more holes.

Even if Starks tried his best, it would be difficult to limit the former NBA No. 1 who was only two years older than him, especially Jordan in the Finals.

After several offenses and defenses from both teams, Zhang and Jordan were scoring, but the difference widened to 13 points.

"An attack wave must be launched!"

Zhang now knows that he must play a string of points to boost the momentum, and he must let the team use this momentum to take both defense and offense to the next level, so that it is possible to keep the Bulls down. Therefore, it is up to him to break the situation with his personal ability, and he must replicate the performance of the last game.

But today it is not so easy to think of the Savior alone. In the 4th minute and 40 seconds, as soon as Zhang Zhu got the ball on the outside, Barkley pouted his ass and hung on him, and when he struggled to get rid of the bastard, Zhang Zhu found that Jones, who had lost confidence on the weak side, had another chance to shoot, and he had to pass Hill and Langley under the basket to attack strongly.

Lang Li is not useless, Don Nelson asked him to stand in the restricted area at this time and wait for Zhang Zhu to attack, even if he can't complete the block, his 216cm height can interfere with Zhang Zhu's shooting, which is enough.

Zhang Zhu is now facing a very tangled choice, Jones's side has a chance to shoot, but the results of the pass make him not believe that it will be good. In the end, he still attacked the ball by himself, but under the joint interference of Lang Li and Hill, the basketball rolled twice on the basket and fell out.

Mutombo grabbed the rebound under the basket this time to complete the rebound, but the Lakers will not always be so lucky, and the score difference will definitely open up more.

Harris also saw that Zhang Mo no longer trusted Jones, and it was useless to force him to stay on the court at this time, so he simply replaced Jones with Wilkins.

It was Wilkins' first appearance in the Finals, and Jordan went out of his way to say hello to his old rival.

Zhang Zhu also distrusted the former giant, but the Bulls did not dare to let Wilkins shoot easily, they chose a safe style of play, and only used Barkley + Langley to deal with Zhang Qi on the defensive end.

The Lakers players began to cover frantically for Zhang Zhu, Barkley will already grit his teeth and hold on, but he can't make himself more flexible if he cries his teeth, Zhang Zhu can get a one-on-one chance with Lang Li as long as he gets rid of Hill's bag without Hill's bag, which he is still sure of.

Zhang shot 3-of-6 in the last 4 minutes of the quarter, and finally used 50% shooting efficiency to help the Lakers maintain the score at 55:66, but the 11-point gap still made him a little breathless.

In this quarter, the Lakers only scored 13 points, of which 8 points were scored by Zhang Zhu, not only Jones disappeared, but even Kidd and Starks were invisible.

"Do I have too many singles?"

Zhang Wei is also reflecting, Kidd is obviously in good shape today, why did he suddenly disappear in the third quarter? Was he too impatient? Is he messing with his teammates again?

Zhang Qi doesn't have time to think about these problems now, he just feels that his teammates can't keep up with his rhythm in the finals, but he doesn't know how to change this situation. As for how to play in the fourth quarter, he didn't know how to play in his heart. But one thing is for sure, he will not easily hand over the basketball to his teammates, and it is not as simple as throwing the ball to his teammates, he has to find a way to solve the problem himself.

There is a depressing feeling in the Western Forum arena at the moment, these aristocratic fans can cheer when the wind is down, but they are not willing to shout and cheer for the team in adversity, and even many people are already scolding Jones and Kidd for cheating, especially Jones, who is only 5 of 15 shots, if the Lakers lose this game, he will definitely carry the pot.

Eddie Jones made his Lakers debut, and he knows exactly what the fans here are doing. Now it's just a pot for one game, if the Lakers can't win the championship this year, then he is afraid that even this cauldron will have to be on his back, who let him play in the aristocratic team.

At the start of the fourth quarter, Zhang found that Barkley was gone, and the goods were wearing ice packs on the sidelines.

Zhang Qian was not surprised, even he felt fatigue after the first three quarters, and Barkley was already considered a thick foundation if he didn't cramp.

But to his surprise, Van Exel hit two 3-pointers at the beginning of the final quarter, and Langley also responded to Jordan to complete a layup, which brought the Bulls' lead to 18 points in an instant, almost condemning the Lakers to death.

Zhang Zhu had nothing to do at this time, and Kidd made a move that surprised him again, this guy actually deceived the Bulls players and Zhang Zhu twice in a row with fake faxes, and went deep into the restricted area twice in a row to score 4 points.

The Bulls quickly stepped up their defense against Kidd, but Shota Jr. assisted Wilkins, who was not trusted by Zhang, to complete an outside three-pointer in the crowd, and Mutombo also got a close-range dunk under the basket, and the Lakers actually narrowed the gap to 11 points in less than two minutes.

This situation was not only surprising to the Bulls, Zhang Wei didn't expect Kidd to dare to play like this, he barely touched the basketball a few times in these two minutes, it was bold!

But Kidd didn't stop under Zhang Zhu's obscenity this time, and when the Bulls asked for a timeout, he actually hoped that Zhang Qi could cover for him, and the Bulls definitely didn't expect Zhang to help him.

Of course, the Bulls couldn't have imagined that Zhang Qi would help his teammates make the ball at such a critical moment, and in the second half of the third quarter, he couldn't play alone, who would have thought that Kidd, who usually looks like a, would dare to dictate to his boss at a critical moment?

Zhang Zhu couldn't accept this kind of thing in his heart, although he hoped that his teammates would give him more strength, but when his teammates really dared to make their own decisions, he was a little reluctant in his heart, because he hoped that his teammates would play hard with the help of his own command, rather than the younger brother commanding himself to complete a wonderful play, which is completely different.

After the game restarted, Zhang Mao, despite his reluctance, went to create space for Kidd to break through.

This time it was Starks who received Kidd's breakthrough point, but it was Jordan who defended him for a while, and the ball that was close was fanned out by Jordan with a big hat.

Zhang Zhu appeared in the most appropriate position at the critical moment, he still shines even if he plays a hand, and after picking up the basketball, he faces Lang Li is a one-handed slam dunk, and the Australian center has once again become the background.

8 points!

After Zhang Qi made a key 2+1 and hit a free throw, the Forum Arena finally sounded the loud shouts of Lakers fans.

But the good times didn't last long, the Lakers had Zhang Qi, and the Bulls also had Jordan.

After Starks almost made a mistake on the offensive end, he finally couldn't resist the pressure on the defensive end, and was deceived by Jordan's continuous feints, and reluctantly sent 2 free throws.

Zhang Yi took the initiative to encourage Starks this time, and losing two points did not prevent the Lakers from regrouping and launching a counterattack. However, when Jordan turned to Kidd on the defensive end, Zhang Yu immediately knew that it was not good, this bastard was serious but even Iverson could defend it, and Kidd's breakthrough was still far worse than Iverson.

Kidd didn't have a hard time today, and he finally took the courage to command Zhang Yu and prepare to be Mr. Key. But after encountering Jordan's personal defense, his self-confidence did not have time to bloom, and it was not surprising that it withered.

After two consecutive offenses, Kidd could no longer penetrate the Bulls' defense, and even Zhang Ji himself couldn't help Kidd create opportunities.

The Bulls' defense is not bad at the critical moment, Hill took over Barkley's mad dog-style defense, and it is not easy for Kidd and Zhang Zhu's blocking to break through Jordan and Hill, especially with Kidd as the attack arrow, his ability to break the defense is not on the same level as Zhang Yi after all.

The Lakers used to be most proud of their mismatch ability, but the Bulls are not bad in this regard, Jordan and Hill are both all-round players who can defend three positions, and Van Exel will have no problem dealing with Starks, and when Jordan came to Kidd, he had to end up in disgrace halfway through the performance.

Now the guards in the entire league who can penetrate Jordan's defense can basically be counted on one hand, anyway, Kidd is not among them, and his lack of mistakes is already a solid embodiment of basic skills.

Although Jordan does not use mad dog defense like Barkley and Hill, he will not be inferior to anyone else in terms of playfulness, and this kind of play has once again driven the momentum of the Bulls' whole team, and the offensive and defensive intensity of this team has actually risen again.

Zhang relied on his individual ability to score two more points on Hill's head, but Jordan and Van Exel made consecutive free throws, and Cookc, who has been criticized for being invisible in the playoffs, also hit a key three-pointer before being substituted, which made the Bulls have an 11-point lead at 79:68 when the fourth quarter enters the final five minutes.

Zhang Qi watched the tired Barkley return to the game, but he couldn't feel a trace of happiness in his heart, because he suddenly found an embarrassing thing, that is, he himself was a little unable to rush up?

In the past two seasons, Zhang Mao has hardly exhausted his physical strength in a regular time, but at this time, he feels that he has no strength to sprint again, and this kind of exhaustion he has not encountered for a long time.

Of course, Barkley and Hill's side were even worse, the former one was completely hard to come up and carry it for a few more minutes, but even the defense was already used up; The latter one is a little younger, but he can't rush up like Zhang Qi.

The Bulls are equivalent to fighting Zhang Zhu for 2 for 1, and if such an exchange is made in the first half, it may not be too much of a loss for the Lakers. But it was redeemed at a critical stage in the fourth quarter, which was a surefire deal for the Bulls, but the Lakers lost a lot.

In the last five minutes, Starks and Jones, who returned to the court, performed again, but Kidd and Zhang Fu fell silent, and when Jordan scored points on Starks and Jones in a row, there was no one on the Lakers side who could compete with them.

Jordan scored nine points in the final five minutes, while Zhang scored just four in the final five minutes. With the Koala Baby missing a three-pointer in the final 45 seconds, the Lakers completely lost the opportunity to turn the defeat into a victory, and finally lost to the Bulls 89-98, losing the second map that was crucial to them.