There is no need to go into detail about how important the game was in the fourth quarter, and the five-point gap is only a matter that can be resolved in two or three rounds.

The Zen master watched the Lakers still keep Zhang Yu on the court, and he had to keep Jordan and Pippen, and even Rodman, who has been out of shape since the injury, must stay on the court with the two, otherwise it will be difficult for the Bulls to compete with the Lakers.

The Lakers didn't send a full lineup, and Harris sent a five-man lineup consisting of Starks, Finley, Zhang Zhu, Big Ben, and Mutombo, which is the advantage of having more cards.

The Bulls are short of available people, not only are they facing the problem of excessive physical consumption of core players at the moment, Pippen and Rodman have already committed four fouls, Zhang Mao only took three quarters to stand on the free throw line 14 times, plus Kidd and Starks, although they have a bad hand, have been trying to break through and create damage, even Jordan and Harper have already carried three fouls, and too many fouls are also the trouble faced by the Bulls.

The referee stepped up at a critical moment, and in the fourth quarter, the referee's scale was more inclined to the Bulls, and the whistle suddenly loosened, making it clear that he didn't want the two sides to make the lineup incomplete.

The Lakers' foul-making tactics failed before they even started, as long as the referee's side didn't want to blow it, it would be difficult for the Lakers to make fouls on Rodman and Pippen again, and the biggest enemy of the lethal tactics was the referee.

But the Bulls also failed to extend the lead, although the referee's whistle was loose, but there was no direction, to loosen the two teams is to loosen together, which made the Lakers' defense also began to become more aggressive, reflected in the court is that the players of the two teams fell to the ground and screamed more and more, and the score rose but slowed down.

Both teams are scoring at a reduced rate, but not by the same amount. Jordan and Pippen are constrained by physical strength, and their efficiency is undoubtedly a little more reduced. Zhang Fu's strong offense has a higher success rate, which is the advantage brought by his stronger body, and the essence of the NBA lies in this - confrontation!

International basketball also needs "confrontation" and "athleticism", but "technique" and "coordination" are equally important.

The NBA is different, here is more emphasis on "athleticism" and "confrontation ability", more emphasis on the individual ability of players, because fans like individual heroism, like to watch stars play, then the rules should highlight these things that affect the ratings the most, and at the same time have to ignore some competitiveness.

Zhang Qi felt the benefits, and his physical fitness was able to be fully displayed in this high-confrontation environment. A lot of times, he doesn't have to think too much about it, he just knocks defenders over. At the moment, the lenient punishment made this kind of behavior even more officially allowed, and he used this brutal method to achieve higher efficiency than Jordan.

In fact, to put it bluntly, the NBA can sometimes play without brains, especially in the regular season, as long as you are in good health.

At 9 minutes and 02 seconds, all the fans saw how Zhang Fu relied on his body to do things, only to see that he used brute force to knock Pippen to the ground first, and then faced Rodman who came in a hurry.

Rodman was able to resist Zhang Qi in a static confrontation, and even resist Ma Long's collision. But this time both of them were in a state of marching, no matter how solid the chassis of the "big worm" was, it couldn't withstand such an impact, and they didn't even have time to perform a fake fall, so they were directly hit by Zhang Yu and flew out, and fell straight into the arms of Jordan, who had just arrived from the side.

Well, the Bulls are all looking like they are staggering.

Lang Li was even more panicked on the inside, coupled with the drag of his bulky body, he could only use a frightened look to watch Zhang Mao rush to the basket and send the ball into the basket.

"He can still hold his body?"

"This bastard's balance is too much, isn't it?"

"This ball is ugly!"

“…………”

Zhang Zhu's goal caused a lot of repercussions among fans, this kind of rugby-like brutal play was extremely rare in the previous NBA, or even never seen at all, because such a perverted outside player has not yet appeared.

Most fans thought that after he knocked out two top defensive players in a row, he should be unsustainable, how could he shoot again?

But Zhang Yu did it, he forcibly jumped in the crooked breakthrough, and actually relied on his core strength against the sky, and stabilized his body in the air, although the whole action was no longer beautiful when shooting, but the basketball was still thrown by him.

At this moment, everyone who witnessed this ball was in a state of disbelief, this kind of play was too violent!

As soon as the camera turned, Jordan also wanted to return the ball, but it turned out to be a little embarrassing - the helper lost his balance in the fierce physical confrontation!

In this ball, Jordan also relied on brute force to knock Finley away, but unlike the previous deal with Starks, Finley is much stronger than Starks physically, although Jordan barely completed the breakthrough with this ball, but the follow-up action is really unsustainable, the body is crooked and falling, the foot slips, and finally has a close contact with the floor, almost knocking off the front teeth!

"Our number 23...... I'm finally getting old! ”

"Bastard! If Michael had been three years younger, he would have been able to hit this ball! ”

"Isn't this ball a foul? Isn't this ball a foul! ”

“…………”

The fans were outraged, and Jordan was embarrassed!

He didn't know what people were talking about him, but he could guess it.

Jordan got up and wanted to commit a foul, but the referee ignored it, and he didn't receive any other orders in this series except to try to keep the game suspenseful, so the punishment that was too partial would not appear for the time being.

Zhang Zhu's goal just now could have been 2+1, but since he didn't give it, Jordan will definitely not be a foul this time.

The basketball that Jordan lost was taken by Kidd, and Kerr couldn't take advantage of Kidd at all, and it is estimated that after today's game, a new backstabber will be born again.

The Bulls' two No. 1 positions, all of which were blown up in the last game, could not take advantage of Kidd's poor form today, and it was inevitable to take the blame.

Zhang Zhu deliberately took a strategy position this time for the fast attack, and Kidd knew as soon as he saw the position of his boss that Zhang Qi wanted him to play this ball by himself.

Kidd hurriedly glanced at Pippen, who was defending next to him, and wisely took advantage of the time difference to shake off the Bulls' second-in-command under the basket, relying on skillful basic skills to score the ball.

"Whew!"

Kidd breathed a sigh of relief, although this basic operation of a point guard should also score the ball no matter who he was facing, but today is the Finals, and he is still a little nervous before the basketball falls into the frame.

Lakers fans cheered for Kidd, and at the same time, they also found that the opposite Bulls seemed to have not scored for a long time?

The most morale-boosting part of Kidd's goal was that they finally tied the score.

The Bulls have indeed not scored for a long time, starting from the last three black minutes of the third quarter until the eighth minute of the final quarter, the Bulls still failed to score, which is an extremely long scoring drought.

The score was 79-79, and the Lakers equalized in one fell swoop, and the Bulls had to ask for a timeout.

Jordan and Pippen haven't heard for a long time, are they running out of energy?

Zhang Wei didn't think that the physical fitness of these two people was so poor, but they had just reached a critical point of physical strength during this time, and with the referee's lenient punishment, it took some adjustments to make the two throw the ball in under this intensity of confrontation.

Jordan didn't like the lenient penalty, and he has returned to form this year, but this means that on a technical level, his physical condition has struggled to return to the first consecutive championship.

Now let him play a few like Zhang Zhu, this is no longer what he is good at, it is too difficult for him.

At this time, Jordan is best at one-on-one, he walks the technical flow, and it is not impossible to charge, but he can no longer be as careless as he was when he was young, let alone break through a defense line like the Lakers.

But that's how the game is played now, although the lenient penalty saved the Bulls from a foul crisis, but it also allowed the Lakers' impact to be reflected, but the Bulls were a little impulsive.

Harris will also have his own difficulties, that is, whether to let Zhang Mao go to singles?

Now that Kidd's form is starting to recover, and Finley's form is also good, if this guard combination can provide Zhang Yu with enough help, he doesn't actually need to play unlimited singles on one side, and it seems more important to dig out the abilities of the other four at this moment.

This choice is not easy to do, Zhang Mao's singles will be more stable, even if the koala baby feels average today's shooting, but it can also produce some output, his own system belongs to the tactics with a high lower limit and a lower ceiling.

But if the other four are allowed to show their skills, the Lakers will become a team with a higher ceiling than the Bulls, and it will be difficult to lose.

Harris quickly weighed up the gains and losses, and now that Kidd and Finley are in good shape, they could use Zhang's singles tactics as a backup plan, and the priority is to activate the rest of the players, which is obviously a wiser decision.

Also, Zhang has just let Kidd attack on his own is proof that their core also wants their teammates to step up and help them.

Harris made up his mind, and when the game restarted, the Lakers received good news that was not too unexpected.

Jordan and Pippen could still hold on, but Rodman made a mistake on the defensive end, and he was actually squeezed down under close contact with Mason?

Kidd made a quick pass and Mason scored in blue over the box as the Lakers took the lead.

Mason himself didn't seem surprised at all, Rodman was entangled with him for more than three quarters today, almost all of them were supported by small movements and semi-foul grappling, but as long as it was a real confrontation and collision, it was basically Rodman who was squeezed aside by him, and the two were a lot worse in strength and confrontation ability.

Needless to say, Rodman's physical strength is a bit lower than when he was younger, but playing a full high-intensity playoff game is still not a problem. But today, he felt a wave of fatigue in the fourth quarter, enough to see the effect of Mason's terrifying power on him.

Today's showdown between the two teams in the No. 4 position is actually very interesting, and the intensity is no less than the finals of another time and space.

It's a pity that Mason is not Malone, and no matter how passionate he is, he can't attract too much attention. So many people laughed at the wrestling of these two people, ignoring that Mason's poor performance today was caused by Rodman's grappling. Rodman, on the other hand, was tired in the fourth quarter, and he was also putting too much effort into defending Mason, after all, he was fighting a guy of similar height who weighed up to 270 pounds.

After careful analysis, Rodman should be easier to deal with Malone than against Mason, because Malone must focus on offense, but Mason will fight with Rodman on both offensive and defensive ends.

Today, the Bulls' triangle tactics can't play, and Jordan's persistent singles are also related to Rodman's entanglement by Mason.

These two blue-collar workers have killed each other's blue-collar workers, which is also painful.

Rodman and Mason can't help it, their skills are not for each other, they should have been used on fourth-rank superstars like Malone and Moning, but the dog skin plaster met the big meat shield, so they could only hurt each other.

As a result, Rodman suffered in strength, age and injury, and lost in the fourth quarter.

Rodman did not complain about the loss, Mason was at his peak physically and technically in the past two years, but the 36-year-old Rodman has already passed the peak of his body.

Two historic blue-collar matchups, a five-year gap is enough to decide the winner.

Zhang Wei felt in his heart that if the 30-year-old two were to face off, then it should be Mason who would lose.

Now it's 36 vs. 31, and Rodman has been injured in nearly 30 games late in the regular season, and his performance in the playoffs has been a bit sluggish this year.

When the Zen master arrived in the playoffs, he only let him play for more than 20 minutes per game, knowing that he was not at his best, but he could still compete with Mason in the first three quarters, which was enough to prove his strength.

After Kidd and Finley opened it up, Mason finally relied on his young body to clean up Rodman, and continuously used brute force to stumble the "big worm", making a lot of noise on the inside.

How difficult Rodman is to deal with, the Lakers players all know it, and now that Mason can get him, the Lakers have a lot of momentum for a while. In turn, the bull naturally withered, and this scoring drought was unexpectedly unbearable.

Jordan wants to use his individual ability to help the team tide over the difficulties, but the Lakers' defense has never been sluggish, and it will only be stronger at this time.

The Lakers began to retract their defense in the fourth quarter, and they knew that it would be foolish for the Bulls players not to shrink back in the fourth quarter when their physical strength was declining and morale was low.

The Zen master had to make a substitution, and Rodman's physical strength could still hold on, but judging from his retreat, it was obvious that he had an old injury in the process of fighting with Mason, otherwise his character would not have collapsed so easily!

After Kukoc came up, the Lakers' defense didn't dare to shrink so much, and this guy really helped the Bulls break the scoring drought.

But on the other hand, Kukoc's defense is much worse than Rodman's, not to mention Zhang Mao's breakthrough, the Bulls are even difficult to stop Kidd's breakthrough, the two white interior lines are too soft in this era, and Zhang Qi even treats these two as meat pads.

In the 5th minute 06 seconds, when Mason crashed into Kukoc, and then rushed into Lang Li's arms to score the ball, the Zen master fell on the sidelines and sighed: "Big things are going on", he knew that this game was going away again.

The Bulls have been able to get to this point this year, relying on an indestructible defense all the way, but now that the defense is gone, and the offense can't beat the Lakers, what else can they rely on to win?

Bulls fans also know in their hearts that they are afraid that they will be cold again today. Their own interior line is not as good as the Lakers, Rodman is old and injured and not in the best condition, Lang Li is soft and slow, and they have to rely on the Lakers' abandoned Byson Dele to save the game many times.

No, after Lang Li was dumped by the Zen master, he actually had to use Bi Sen to take the center position.

It's a shame, and there's nothing to expect from what happens when Bison meets Mutombo.

Bulls lineup: Kerr, Jordan, Pippen, Kukoc, Bison Dele.

Lakers lineup: Kidd, Finley, Zhang Zhu, Mason, Mutombo.

In this lineup, Mason actually can't defend Kukoc, and this soft egg scored as soon as he came up, as evidence.

Harris originally wanted to replace Ben Wallace to keep an eye on Kukoc, which should be the most suitable arrangement in theory, Big Ben is not only far superior to Kukocchi in strength, but also explosive and footwork, almost the existence of the other party.

But after thinking about it, Harris still doesn't worry about the first-year book, theory is theory after all, once something goes wrong on the court, it will be difficult to do, and there is no need for the Lakers to take risks at this time.

It turns out that Mason can't defend the flexible inside, and for a while, Kukoc has become the most sure scoring point for the Bulls, and even Jordan will be a little unable to attack, and this soft egg has made many achievements.

The Zen master still didn't hold out hope, and the bull was now starting to score, which was a bit like a long drought and nectar. It's a pity that all they encountered was a light rain, and it couldn't quench their thirst. But looking at the loss of points, at this moment, it is like opening the floodgates and releasing water, and it can't stop the Lakers' attack at all. If you take two points of effort on your side, it will be enough to cut four or five points on the other side.

At 3 minutes and 51 seconds in the fourth quarter, Pippen's long-range shot missed, although Bison played at a super level to push the basketball outside, Kerr wanted to shoot again after receiving the ball, but what he got was a big hat from Kidd!

Pippen immediately threw himself at the basketball, Zhang Qi was next to him, and the two of them rushed out together......

At this time, you can see the gap in the explosiveness of the two, Zhang Zhu's distance and speed are obviously farther and faster than Pippen's step, only one step ahead of a small half a body, and then a reasonable collision, Pippen fell aside in response and hit the street!

The Bulls players had no one to defend back, and this situation was taken to basketball by Zhang Yu, and even Jordan didn't bother to chase it.

Everyone knows that once Zhang is in the lead and launches a fast attack, after two steps, no one can catch up, and Iverson can't either.

Zhang Qi broke the ball and attacked quickly, and found that no one was chasing after halftime, so he easily made a layup and scored two points.

Jordan pinched his waist behind him, and the helper at this time completely lost the state of the first three quarters, and it was really not good to be unconvinced.

Now he can't break through, there is a defensive line composed of Mutombo and Mason in the penalty area, and there is also a Zhang Zhu and Finley sneaking up from behind at any time, he really can't break this kind of defense. Now Jordan needs two people to step up and attract some firepower, and one Pippen alone is no longer enough, he needs two reliable assistants to beat the Lakers.

Harris looked at Finley and began to please, this guy played an unexpected role at the end of the third quarter and the fourth quarter, Finley's athleticism and height complemented Jordan's defense very well, Harris gave him the task of not defending Jordan's breakthrough, but finding a way to defend a second after being broken through, and cooperate with his interior teammates to complete the encirclement of Jordan.

Starks didn't do a good job with this task, mainly because he had a serious flaw in height and wasn't as athletic as Finley, so his secondary defense was not efficient and he was a limited threat to Jordan.

Finley is different, this product is not much better than Zhang Qi in terms of explosiveness and speed, and he is not inferior to Jordan in terms of confrontation ability, in fact, he is the height and confrontation ability of the third position, and the explosiveness and speed of the second position. Therefore, Finley went to cooperate with Mutombo to defend Jordan twice, this task has no physical constraints for him, as long as he rehearses Zhang Zhu beforehand, he can know what to do.

The Zen master used Jordan to simulate Zhang Qi in his tactics class before the game, so that the Bulls players knew how to defend Zhang Qi.

Harris is not stupid, he also used Zhang Zhu to simulate Jordan, so Finley did not rush when he came on the court. Instead, he knew it was his chance, and if he took it, he could regain the starting line-up and not let Starks regain it.

Although Finley was unhappy that he was taken away from the starter by Starks, he didn't want to really leave the Lakers.

The Lakers are now about to lead the Bulls 2:0, and the championship is already beckoning to them not far away, and the Lakers' lineup is obviously not just a year or two so little, and now the "dynasty" has an outline, and no one wants to get off at this time.

Now the Lakers players have similar thoughts in their heads, and now it's "the championship is imminent, the dynasty is expected", who the wants to get off!

But to stay in this car, you have to have a worthy seat value, otherwise it is not a matter of not getting off, but being thrown off.

Finley hit a three-pointer from 25 feet out shortly after receiving a split from Zhang, which completely pierced the Bulls' resistance.

In the last 2 minutes and 32 seconds, the score came to 95:89, and the Lakers led by 6 points, which was really a huge advantage.

The Lakers guys, once they play with a feeling, it's hard for any team to stop them.

All the Bulls can do during their time is to call a timeout to consume the Lakers' momentum, but this is the Lakers' home court, and this kind of attrition is obviously not as efficient as the shouts of the home fans.

The Zen master was also helpless at this time, he had been replaced by Rodman again, and the Bulls' inside combination was Rodman + Bison.

But this inside combination is too catchy in height, and Zhang Qian suddenly became the tallest existence on the field, so he is not like a tiger who has escaped the gate and swallows a bull in one bite!?

In the final two minutes of the game, Zhang Qian first performed a breakthrough with a lot of suspicion of walking, knocking over three players in a row, including Mutombo, and successfully scoring the ball on Bisen's head.

Next, he made Jordan lose face again as he hit another shot from beyond the three-point line.

It was a heart-wrenching shot, and the helper, who didn't even get a shot from 20 feet out in the final quarter, didn't want to stay on the court at the moment, he knew the game was over......

So after 20 seconds, the Zen master replaced Jordan and Pippen with a blank face.

There is still 1 minute left in the game, but Zhang Mao's two goals have brought the difference to 12 points, and the Lakers' momentum is almost pressed to Chicago, any struggle is meaningless, and the Bulls are already hard.

At 106:94, the Lakers completed a 14-point comeback in the second half, successfully defended their home court, and got a 2:0 that allowed the Bulls to challenge history, and no team had ever overturned such a total score in the Finals before.

"This kingdom is going to be destroyed, and a new order will be born from the ruins, and that is a Purple Gold Dynasty that is far more powerful than before!" After the game, Zhang Yi said these words with a bit of a bad character. Fortunately, he soon realized that this was not the right thing to do, and immediately added: "Of course, we had better not ignore the past, but learn some lessons from it, otherwise history will repeat itself." ”

Well, don't ask what the lesson is, Zhang Yi will not bring it up again......