On May 30, 20,590 spectators poured into the Western Forum arena in Los Angeles, and the shouts of "champion" and "MVP" resounded throughout the arena, and even the fans who couldn't buy tickets outside the door but didn't want to leave for a long time could hear the shock, and the roar of Lakers fans finally reached a deafening level in the Finals.

Of course, the stars and tycoons who sat in the front row still applauded the players with elegant smiles, but regardless of the identity of these fans, they are all Lakers fans today, waiting for a victory to happen in front of them.

When the Lakers players entered the court, the entire Forum Arena was paying homage to Prince Koala, and those stars in the front row naturally had to follow the heat of public opinion, and the world was still crazy about Zhang Mao's new identity.

The Bulls players witnessed all this when they entered the court, and in addition to feeling cool and powerful, they basically only had envy left, and they couldn't have too much jealousy. It can't be helped, this is how people behave when the class gap is too large, and those feelings of envy and hatred usually only appear in groups of the same class or status.

The starting lineups of the two teams today did not exceed their expectations, the smoke bombs released by the Lakers did not confuse the Bulls, and Don Nelson guessed early on that even if Mutombo recovered from his injury, the Lakers would probably not risk letting a player who hadn't played for a month and a half play.

Bulls starters: Van Exel (84), Jordan (97), Hill (92), Barkley (87), Langley (80).

Lakers starters: Kidd (89), Starks (84), Jones (86), Big Ben (81), Zhang (99).

Zhang Qi can see the reason why the Bulls are dominant in the East from the ability value of the starters on both sides, and their lineup can compete with the Jazz for second place in the brutal West, and the winning chance is still great.

This year, Jordan's ability value has dropped from 98 last year to 97, which proves that the laws of nature will not fail, and the increase in age still makes Joe's competitive level decline. But in good conscience, this kind of speed of dropping only a little stat a year is already very perverted, and Olajuwon and Drexler over there can drop 35 stats a year.

Barkley's state also surprised Zhang Mao, the competitive state of this product is not down but rising compared to last year, this year's playoffs he can cut an average of 18 + 12 + 3 All-Star data per game, and the shooting rate is also 52%, which shows that the efficiency of the fat man is not low, it can be seen that ordinary level of hard work can make this talented fat man maintain the All-Star level at the age of 35, who knows if he works harder, will he win the championship early?

Hill's water code is similar to last season, but it's hard for him to get too much praise, as in his second season, Hill has already surpassed 90 stats. But since then, Hill's progress has been consistent with Jordan's decline, increasing by 1 stat in a year. This is obviously different from other superstars who have risen one step a year in the first three or four seasons, and Hill is clearly a player who is at the peak of his rookie season, but this evaluation has been mixed for him.

Van Exel belongs to the X factor in Zhang Mao's eyes, this product is by no means more than 84 ability points, he is obviously a victim of the Big Three. In this regard, the Lakers actually know best that as a prodigal offensive point guard, Fan Maniac is suitable for the Bulls, but not for the Big Three, because this team does not lack firepower. However, Don Nelson's system is very suitable for Fan Maniac, if the Lakers underestimate him, they will inevitably suffer the bitter fruit, this thing can play close to 90 ability points, as long as the team gives him enough ball and fire.

Lang Li didn't bother to pay attention to it, this thing could adapt to the rhythm of the NBA in the past few years, but now the NBA is constantly speeding up the pace of offense and defense, and Lang Li's slow movement speed not only drags down the defense, but also can't find the beat with the offense.

This season, Langley is a fake center in the Bulls, the Lakers' interior combination is more Barkley + Marshall, and Kukoc is moving back and forth between the three and four positions, and they are also playing a small lineup and small ball tactics.

Zhang Zhu hopes that he is facing Lang Li, this kind of big white bear looks tall and big, but most of the lower plates are unstable, one word: strong outside and dry in the middle.

Before the game, the atmosphere was quite friendly when the players of the two teams greeted each other, even when Jordan and Zhang Mao faced each other, the two also exchanged a few polite words.

In fact, this made the koala baby a little surprised, he thought that Jordan would ask him for debts again, but people didn't mention this stubble at all?

Of course Jordan won't mention it at this time, isn't that his own fun?

Even if you want to mention it, you have to win this bastard before mentioning it.

Today, the desire to win is still very high, although Pippen is rough, in exchange for a Hill who makes him not very satisfied, the strength of the bulls has decreased a little. But the good news is that the arrival of Barkley and Van Exel is enough to make up for Pippen's departure, especially since Barkley's veteran way has satisfied him in his heart, this guy is the second leader he can trust, and Hill is only the Bulls' nominal second brother.

When Zhang Qi was greeting the actual second leader of the Bulls, Barkley also deliberately stretched out his hand, I don't know if this is mocking Zhang Qi or sarcastic Malone?

There was no smile in the heart of the koala baby, Harris came up with a strategy of 1 attack and 4 defense today not out of his intention, but it was difficult for anyone other than him to break through the Chicagoans' defense.

This strategy is a helpless move, which is equivalent to putting the burden of winning on Zhang Qi alone, but no matter how well you defend, who would dare to say that you can win against the Bulls without 100 points?

Starks and Eddie Jones can still score some points against the Jazz, but after facing Jordan and Hill, these two are afraid that they will not have a chance to perform, Mason will have a hard time getting past Barkley, and Kidd is notoriously inconsistent.

In this way, Harris is almost desperate, and West will run to fool Webb for the same reason, the Lakers' current problem is not defense at all, but the lack of firepower on the offensive end, especially against these all-round offensive and defensive teams, the Lakers will have the embarrassment of more than enough defense and insufficient offense.

However, blind defense is absolutely life-or-death, and the Lakers did not focus on defense in the opening stage, but went all out to attack, or to go all out.

There is not much suspense about Lang Li and Zhang Fu's jump ball, the two are a few beats behind in the reaction, when Zhang Li jumped up and touched the basketball, Lang Li had just jumped to the height of moving bricks, although it was not too far from the basketball, the height advantage should not be underestimated, if it was replaced by Mutombo, Zhang Zhu would not be able to earn the ball.

The Lakers took the lead in attacking when they got the ball, and Zhang Fu was still responsible for the Lakers' first offense after the opening as usual amid the cheers of the fans in the audience.

Don Nelson's team has been criticized for not being good at defense, but he is also recognized as the coach who can bring out the best potential of the ball, and he is also the pioneer of the times, and some people even speculate that the Lakers and Harris's use of Zhang Fu's "playmaking forward" is also based on an interview after Don Nelson was swept away by the Knicks.

After being swept away, this guy revealed his optimism about Zhang Fu on TV, and also confided in a lot of bold and advanced use of Zhang Fu, many of which were copied by Harris, and it is hard to say whether he borrowed these bold ideas that were criticized as whimsical three years ago.

This year coincides with the biggest change in NBA history, and Don Nelson, a scientist, was able to be spotted by the Bulls in the hope that he can use his expertise to help the Bulls become king again.

The old Nelson also lived up to expectations after taking office, for the new rules and new situation of the new season, he emphasized a word "freedom", and according to the Bulls players, Don Nelson's most common words in the team are: "Don't hesitate, play your talent", and this naturally emphasizes "fast", so to summarize Don Nelson's coaching style is these two words - "free", "fast".

To put it simply, "speed" can be unguardable, and the faster the speed, the more the player's talent is tested. Players can develop impeccable fundamentals on the basis of the day after tomorrow, but if it is a split-second battle, the shorter the moment, the more the player's talent will be tested. "Freedom" is even simpler, many people say that the Lakers play the same small-ball tactics, and there are also a lot of fast-break counterattacks, but absolutely no one says that the Lakers are as "free" as the Bulls, this is the difference.

A commentator in China has already divided the two very much during the commentary, once the Lakers hit a fast break, he explained like this: Zhang Zhu took the ball to advance, XX fell to the wing, ouch, this ball is divided, not bad! Alas, didn't get in. This shot is a little bigger, although it didn't go in, but this kind of ball is very reasonable, and the Lakers should stick to playing like this; But as soon as the Bulls played a fast break, this commentator explained like this: The Bulls players are fast, XX casually found a vacancy, Huo Huo, really dare to shoot...... Oops, it's going to be bad...... Huo Huo, you really dare to enter! Although it was scored, it was a fluke that this goal was scored, and this goal can't be played like this.

If the Lakers sometimes play a few blind shots, then the Bulls have been blind a few times this year, as long as they pull the line apart, as long as you have the ability and talent to play alone, then you can play well here. However, the disadvantage is that sometimes the fight will be too messy, so the fight is very lively, but the stability will be slightly lacking.

Van Exel shouldn't think so, he is not very comfortable playing, but it is not that there is no room for him to play, but a basketball of four people, it is really too much, and no matter how free the playing style is shared by three big guys, there are not many opportunities for you to perform.

Zhang Zhu's offense reflects the difference between the Lakers and the Bulls, Kidd and Jones and others can not follow a fixed route to run, but their final position is still traceable, Zhang Zhu turned around and passed Lang Li and then entered the basket and was surrounded by three people, as long as the corner of the eye swept to know where someone was about to respond, and directly and vigorously distributed the ball.

Kidd received the pass this time, which was a deliberately open space for the Bulls, and they wanted to see how Kidd felt?

I only heard a "bang", and this result obviously did not very much satisfy Lakers fans.

There must be people here who will say that the Lakers play such a fixed routine, isn't it easy to be targeted?

Of course it will, but the reason why the routine often works is that even if you know how to fight, you have to take the move first - as soon as Zhang Yu breaks through, you have to surround him to stop him, and you can not send so many people to defend, it will make it easier for him to score, this is his own system.

Jordan doesn't have that ability now, and the Bulls have to be more holistic on the offensive end, with both Hill and Barkley having to be released to be enough for the Bulls to win.

This is also Van Exel's helplessness, no matter how free the system is, no one can do the dirty work, someone has to be a green leaf, even the dream team will have a few defense-oriented stars, and when it comes to the Bulls, of course, this role has to be played by him and a certain insider, and Jordan, Hill and Barkley can't be allowed to act as green leaves, right?

The Bulls' first offense was in some ways integral, the three big brothers in the team all touched the ball and showed their faces, and the last one to shoot was definitely not negotiated in advance.

Jordan got the ball first as soon as he crossed the midfield, and next to him, like a mad dog, was an old face, nicknamed "Crazy Man", Starks.

Speaking of Starks, he's also an old rival to the gang leader, who was barely able to limit the gang to a little above average when he was in New York a few years ago. Don't laugh yet, this is already very bullish, otherwise Jordan in another time and space would not have specifically mentioned this person in his Hall of Fame speech, which is enough to say that Starks's defense of him back then made a deep impression on the gang leader.

Jordan is now past the stage where he has to rub all the unconvinced opponents on the ground, only to see him shake the ball twice before giving it to Hill.

Hill wasn't a player who had to score offense when he got the ball from the start, and he was a good fit to partner Jordan in that regard, but today he had a lot of work, and he had to take half of the Bulls' breakaways, and who made him the youngest of the Big Three, and he had to do it.

Eddie Jones is under a lot of pressure, Hill's impact and lethality in the breakthrough are not as good as Zhang Zhu, but he is better at rhythm and unpredictable, and although it is unfair to compare the impact with Zhang Zhu, Hill is actually the superior side in the confrontation compared with most of the other second and third positions, especially his thin outside line, I am afraid that he will be pressed to the ground and rubbed hard.

He guessed right, Hill also has a tonnage of 230 pounds, and his 205-pound stature is a misplaced defense, but the embarrassment is that in addition to the agility advantage, he is a weak side in terms of explosiveness and speed, which is destined to be blown up by Hill.

The Bulls' targeting is obvious, their most advantageous point against the Lakers is not Jordan, Starks will have attribute bonuses when he meets a star guard, and his dogskin plaster and mad dog-like defense will make Jordan very uncomfortable, but Hill can beat Jones with an all-round advantage.

However, Hill's strengths and weaknesses came into play again, and he had already shook Jones past to break into the box, but the final attack still chose to pass.

Barkley used his big ass to block Big Ben in the low post at the moment, and after receiving the basketball, he turned around, Big Ben felt a majestic force coming, and the whole body stumbled involuntarily, and then looked back at Sir Ba flew up and made a dashing layup, helping the Bulls get off to a good start easily.

Zhang Wei watched helplessly from the sidelines, he used the virtual system to simulate the game with the Jazz before, and Big Ben's performance exceeded his expectations. But after simulating the game with the Bulls this time, the entire series ended in only 5 games, Big Ben's performance was a mess, the Lakers lost to the Bulls with a score of 1:4 without Mutombo, and Barkley was able to cut 20+15 superstar data on Big Himself every game, almost completely bursting the blue-collar who let Coach Sloan praise afterwards.

Barkley couldn't fly two years ago, and now he even fell to the point where he can't create a lot of opportunities to lead the whole team, but his pair of unsolved butts is still very incomprehensible, and he doesn't need to create opportunities by himself in the Bulls, he just needs to use that pair of big butts to get to a comfortable position, wait for Jordan and Hill to pass the ball to him, and then use his big ass to squeeze the opponent away to complete the shot, which is why he averaged 18 points per game this season and was very efficient.

This offense has given the Bulls the confidence of the whole team, and it seems that the Lakers have no threat to their attack at the third or fourth position?

Jordan showed his maturity at this time, since his teammates have an advantage, then he can play without the ball to help open up space, anyway, these two guys are losers, both are losers who come to hug his thighs, and no matter how successful he is in the future, it will not affect his status.

The idea is realistic, but it's also the most beneficial for the bulls.

The Lakers' side missed the first shot, Zhang Mao still didn't shoot himself, and the second and third offenses continued to pass the ball for his teammates.

But here's the problem, Van Exel's defense is very effective, he doesn't completely let Kidd shoot the open spot, and the Bulls will still find a way to interfere with a certain level, and this level is enough to make Kidd's long-range shooting unstable.

There is no need to doubt this, Zhang Zhu, the little brother, is so ineffective on the offensive end, and the pure vacancy is quite a spectrum, but the semi-vacancy really depends on the feel and character, and the finals are the moment when the stability and big heart are most tested, otherwise the strong psychological pressure alone is enough to make most players tremble.

Kidd's heart is definitely big enough, but his shooting talent is really catchy, and it is not impossible to expect him to explode on his own in the Finals, but even if he plays seven games, two of them are considered to be his character explosion.

In the five games that Zhang Yu simulated in private, this bastard only exploded once, which was the only one the Lakers won.

It's the same with Starks, who was a typical missing player in the tournament in New York back then, and he must play Infernal Affairs every time he goes to the finals, and last year it was estimated that the Lakers had too much advantage to play, but this year is obviously a good opportunity for him to recover his true colors.

In the first quarter, Zhang Mao saw the signs of this, no matter how hard Starks worked on the defensive end, he just couldn't shoot on offense, and Jordan's defense against him was much stronger than Van Exel's, and it was obviously an extravagant hope to expect him to explode on his own.

Neither guard scored, Eddie Jones at the No. 3 position was equally helpless, and Hill was equally overwhelmed by the pressure he put on him on the defensive end.

Harris had expected this situation before the game, to put it mildly, the Lakers' lineup could be attacked, even if Mutombo was not injured, their lineup still had to play this strategy, at most it was a little better defensively.

It's a pity that the Lakers' defense started very badly today, after Barkley scored, Jordan also received a jump shot on the weak side and scored 4 points in a row, and the Bulls' three consecutive shots were all made by Hill, and the Lakers' defensive front was completely pinned down by Hill's breakthrough.

Of course, it didn't work like this, Harris called a timeout in the opening two minutes, and after a little hesitation, he directly changed Big Ben to the third position and Mason to the fourth position.

Harris's substitution was full of helplessness, which was tantamount to voluntarily abandoning the interior lineup and strategy against the Jazz before.

But it can't be helped, if the team is beaten into scum on the outside, then don't expect the defense on the inside to save the situation.

The game restarted, and Zhang finally began to take the initiative to attack, this time he made it difficult for the aging Barkley to parry with a series of false swings, and a long-range shot blasted the Lakers away from the Bulls' defense.

Zhang Wei can only rely on himself now, since Jones prevents Hill from being uncomfortable, then he makes Barkley even more uncomfortable, and his side is also misplaced, but to see how the Bulls will solve the trouble they have caused?

"I didn't see anything, the big guy went on the offensive and it's a game of who scores more," Don Nelson said.

Well, the Bulls weren't prepared to defend against Zhang Zhu from the beginning, and Don Nelson had already made it clear that if the Big Three didn't score as much as Zhang Zhu in the future, then he was already invincible, so what's the use of defending well?

Although Zhang Qi scored, it was still a little short of 1-3, but the Bulls were like a rainbow, Hill and Barkley hit shots one after another, and the Lakers' timeout was useless, and the gap was quickly opened up by 9 points.

But on the offensive end, Mason actually had a little effect after he came on the court, at least he could hold the ball and distribute the ball, Zhang Zhu hit a three-pointer under Mason's ball, and made a defensive foul by Lang Li.

Don Nelson didn't say a word, and immediately replaced Lang Li, who was out of place with the team, and he chose to use Tony Cooke, a two-way forward, to deal with Zhang Mao, and Barkley simply went to play center.

Cookic has played well this season, Don Nelson's offensive philosophy has sparked his potential on the offensive end, and although he is still not reliable in tough games, he has three big brothers around him to attract firepower, and Kukic has performed much better in tough games.

But no matter how good his performance on the offensive end is, it doesn't mean that he is reliable on the defensive end, the mistake of this substitution is that although Barkley can't prevent Zhang Mao's breakthrough, he can still resist on the inside with a pair of butts, and as long as he stands in the position on the outside and delays a little, his teammates can dare to help defend the bag.

But now that it has been replaced by Kukoc, the Bulls can no longer restrain Zhang Mao, and they really can't do it at all!

Back to the offensive end, the Bulls were full of momentum on offense, and they built a 10-point lead at 18-8 after only half of the first quarter, but this also forced Zhang Fu to turn on his personal scoring mode, otherwise the point difference would be even more outrageous.

Lakers fans haven't given up at the moment, the roar of the entire Forum arena is deafening, and the stars sitting in the front row are still smiling, they know that the koala baby will solve them, they just have to wait and shout 666.

Sure enough, the plot soon ushered in a change - Zhang Qi stood up after the Bull substitution.

The name of the Koala Baby's active No. 1 man is not blown, and he began to rely on consecutive breakthroughs to score points from Kukoc in the middle of the first quarter, even though the Bulls assembled a three-man defense on the inside, but showed the same helpless expression when facing the Koala Baby's throws and dry pulls in the emergency stop.

To be honest, if you want to suddenly stop shooting in a high-speed breakthrough, this difficulty is not ordinary, and the demand for physical fitness is much higher than imagined, but it is more difficult to have excellent efficiency, which requires players to have extremely high shooting talent and physical fitness, in addition to luck and opponents are also an essential link, otherwise you really want to dominate the world.

Zhang Zhu usually has to have such a good form every four or five games, but even if he has such a state, he will not always play like this, because he is not a guard in his early 200 pounds, he is a monster weighing 250 pounds, and he has to feel sorry for his knees to use such a technique with such a figure.

So, as long as you see him play like this, it means that he can't win the game if he doesn't do that.

Today's situation is like this, the Bulls Big Three Lakers can't defend against any of them, the conditions for winning by the tactics formulated before have disappeared, if he can't explode to drive the whole team, the Lakers will be dead today!

However, Zhang Zhu's explosive breed is thanks to the opponent, Kukoc, who has no small action to defend and is soft, fed his hand as soon as he came up, and it was too late for the Bulls to make a substitution at this time, and the murderous koala baby cut down 21 points in the first quarter that shocked the Bulls Big Three.

At this time, whether it was Barkley, Kukoc, or Hill to defend, Zhang Mao, who was already in form, couldn't stop it.

After the first quarter, the score was 27:29, and the Lakers had narrowed the gap from 12 points at the peak to 2 points.

But that's not the end, Don Nelson and Harris suddenly found that all their plans couldn't catch up with the change, Zhang Zhu continued to incarnate the invincible god of war in the second quarter, he completely dominated the game, the Bulls' defenders were half a beat slower in front of him, and no one could keep up with his rhythm, neither the Lakers players nor the Bulls players, and he was the only shining point on the court at the moment.

Don Nelson really couldn't help it in the end, so he actually replaced both Hill and Jordan and tried it again.

The two were able to keep up with Zhang, but with Zhang's sheer power and amazing touch, Jordan and Hill still couldn't limit him from scoring.

Zhang Qi became frantic on the court, the home fans naturally cheered, and the gradually frenzied home atmosphere finally drove the state of the Lakers players.

Back then, Jordan almost beat the Celtics with 63 points, and the final reason for the defeat was not only that the Green Army was too strong at that time, but also because the Bulls were too weak at that time.

The current Lakers are different, despite their offensive problems, this team is still much stronger than the Bulls team at the time, and once they are forced out of the offensive state, this team will be difficult to beat, because they just lack a little offensive power.

Kidd made a three-pointer on 3-of-4 shooting in the second quarter to show that he was just as short of a three-pointer as the all-time point guard.

Jones also countered at the speed of light a couple of times to tell people that he was one step away from a true All-Star with this consistent play.

Starks also used his two three-pointers to tell those who hacked him that as long as he can shoot those shots, he's the golden puzzle for any championship team.

That's true, but without Zhang's stunning performance of 33 points in the first half, the Bulls would never have been forced to give up space for these three to play.

In the first half, the ferocious koala scored 33 points, and he used his cheating device to force Don Nelson to cancel the defensive strategy of limiting the bag against him before the game.

There is no way to do this, although one person can't kill the game most of the time, but there will be very few exceptions after all, and occasionally there will be a situation where one person solves everything.

The Bulls' Big Three all have this ability at their peak, but when your opponent is more terrifying, your form will naturally be suppressed.

As the first person on active duty, Zhang Qi has such an ability.

If it is replaced by the peak Jordan, it may be a mutual explosion game.

But Jordan at that time would not have such teammates, and Jordan now does not have this ability.

At this moment, if Zhang Qi is allowed to score wantonly, this koala may really score 100 points on the Bulls.

In the first half, under the leadership of Zhang Mao, the Lakers not only overtook the score, but also overwhelmed the Bulls in momentum.

In the third quarter, the Lakers' offense slowed down slightly as they already led the Bulls by as much as double digits.

But if the Bulls were so easy to beat, they wouldn't have crushed the eastern powers.

Jordan still took the lead in launching a counterattack, the NBA's "predecessor" first scored 15 points in the third quarter, Hill also scored 10 points, and Barkley grabbed three rebounding opportunities for the Bulls, and the Bulls used their hard power to close the double-digit gap to one point into the fourth quarter.

However, Zhang still scored 18 points in this quarter, and his total score has come to 51 points, which is close to Jordan's playoff record of 63 points.

Everyone knows that if Zhang Fu continues to play at this pace, it will be appropriate to score 12 points in the final quarter.

Don Nelson also found that it was difficult to prevent Zhang Zhu with conventional means today, in addition to not using Van Exel and Langli to defend in these three quarters, he basically used the players in the second, third and fourth positions, and he had to make a surprise move in the last quarter.

So, in the fourth quarter, the "inventor" waved the flag, of course, he would not let Kerr defend Zhang Zhu or anything, but was ready to let the five players on the court take turns to play, hoping that each of them would use a different defensive style to affect Zhang Zhu's rhythm.

The Chicago generals were shocked when they heard this, and said secretly: "Could it be that this is the legendary rhythm?" ”