This battle is no less than a quick-acting heart-saving pill for Lakers fans, but the fly in the ointment is that Zhang Qi did not excite the fans who expected him to make a big splash after the game, and the Lakers players looked very serious, and this victory could only allow them to continue for a second.

With a total score of 2:3, the Lakers must first recover the most important sixth game if they want to recover two match points, which will be their fork in the road to fishing and dynasty.

Now the Lakers and the Bulls know that the sixth game will be a key battle in the Finals, as long as the Lakers pull back one more game, the Bulls will come to the seventh game with a win rate of less than 30%, and even this is high, when the first Finals in NBA history 1:3 behind the team to complete the comeback will be born.

This is not arbitrary, the gap between the strength of the Lakers' complete lineup and the Bulls has narrowed, and the current Bulls are not enough for the Big Three to win with their individual ability, and this strongest shield is not without the ability to break the Bulls and the sharpest spear, and the next victory or defeat depends not only on strategic superiority and tactical execution, but even on some details can affect the outcome of the game.

At this time, the player's individual ability is particularly important, once Zhang Mao once again exerts the infinite destructive power of the first person in the current game, and the Bulls have no way to gather the strength of the Big Three to complete the counterattack, then the Lakers are likely to have the advantage in turn.

The Bulls themselves understand that they have a lot of prerequisites for winning, Hill and Barkley must play a satisfactory performance, and this "satisfaction" means playing at least their average level of statistics, and Jordan must also perform consistently, and no one in the Big Three can play sluggishly, otherwise they will not be able to play to the advantage of overall strength.

Although the hard power of the Lakers is not as good as that of the Bulls, as long as Mutombo, Zhang and Kidd play well on the defensive end, they can reduce the output firepower of the Bulls players to below their own level.

This year's finals began with the fifth battle, and the two sides officially entered the spear and shield duel.

It's just that the "spear" is strong in the first strike, the "shield" is strong in the second strike, and the last fight is their own resilience, but the Bulls have shown decline, and the only young Hill of the Big Three are showing fatigue, and this sixth battle is even more unfavorable to them.

After the fifth game, a mere day of rest is actually more beneficial to the Lakers, and the physical recovery ability of young people is better than that of thirty-five or sixteen-year-olds.

The Lakers players still don't pay attention to the media after the game, and from Game 5, they have decided to carry out the absolute defense until they are eliminated or eliminated from the opponent, otherwise they will no longer pay attention to what the media says about them, which also makes a guy unable to water anymore.

In fact, not only Lakers players do this, most playoff teams basically do not let players pay attention to the voice of the media except when their own side has a great advantage, whether the voice of the media or fans will only increase the psychological pressure on the players, and then putting all their energy into preparation and games is what a professional player should do.

The next day, the Lakers team went to Chicago, and when the Lakers checked into the hotel, it was already the afternoon of the day before the game.

The Bulls players didn't take advantage of anything, they were also tired, the flights of the two teams were just a few hours apart, and the fatigue level was the same, the difference was that the Bulls would be at home in this game.

The Lakers' tactical play will definitely not change, both teams have no time to change, the sixth game Mutombo still has to sit in the restricted area, Mason has to entangle Barkley, Kidd and Zhang Mao need to block their respective positions, Jones needs to participate in the defense when putting people into the basket, this is the Lakers' overall defensive strategy, on this basis, everyone is free to play.

On the offensive end, Zhang Qiu needs to continue to maintain his high efficiency and basic operation of breaking the formation alone, occasionally pumping and shaking the blue technique a few times, which is also essential. Mutombo and Mason try to pick up their outside teammates in the box and near the penalty line, and try to get the ball in as much space as possible, and then they are done with their tasks. Kidd has to burst Van Exel into a sieve, control the tempo on the pitch and try to shoot his own open positions, which is a hard demand on him. Jones continued to run all over the court, shooting those opportunities of his own and making Jordan unable to defend his teammates at will, which was also qualified. As for the substitutes, as long as they play at the level they deserve, that's the best contribution.

These are the requirements to ensure that the Lakers win away games, to be honest, it is really not high, the task of role players is their duty, only Zhang Zhu, Kidd and Mutombo need to bring out their best side, but that is also their duty!

After Zhang came to Chicago, he continued to take advantage of this time of not being able to train to discuss the details of the game with his teammates, which is also what he has been doing since the Western Conference Finals, whenever his teammates make mistakes in the game, he can point out and give suggestions to solve them.

It's hard for the Lakers' coaching staff to imagine how Zhang did it, but he was able to point out the mistakes that most of the players made, and in the end, everyone could only classify them as talented.

Needless to say, this is of course the experience that Zhang Zhu gained from the virtual competition in the virtual space, and he can even find some mistakes that his teammates have not made in the game, because they have made these mistakes in the simulation.

All the players on the Lakers are convinced by Zhang Mao's performance on the court, and anyone who has such a core and captain who is like a god and can really help them solve their mistakes must be treated with an almost worshipful attitude.

This is also the reason why Mason and the others are still willing to obey his dispatch although they have some estrangement from Zhang Yu outside the court.

In the limited time before the game, Zhang Yu simulated several decisive battles with the Bulls again, and after almost every simulation, he could find many problems that he had not encountered and discovered before, and after experiencing countless simulated games of hellish difficulty, his experience and combat power in reality had already surpassed Hill by a grade, the latter's body calculation was not excessively depleted, and Zhang Qi could also complete the crushing.

So, at the pre-game press conference, Zhang Fu said in a categorical tone: "Today, he still doesn't want to score double-digit points." ”

This is crazy enough, although Hill's performance in the last game was not good, is it too rampant to judge the performance of a superstar like this?

If it was the first four games, even if Zhang Fu was sure to beat Hill after dozens of simulations, he didn't dare to guarantee that the opponent would not be able to score in double digits.

But today is different, Hill's -3 state makes Zhang Wei dare to sentence him to death in advance, and deal with such a sluggish Hill by himself, if he can't crush it, then give the system to Iverson or Duncan.

The Chicago reporter was blown up when he heard this, but Zhang Zhu ignored it, and continued unashamedly: "This is a game that can end all the games, and their defeat is unquestionable." ”

"Are you so confident? Aren't you worried about bringing shame upon yourself? ”

The Chicago reporter is already mild-mannered, and Zhang Mao's trash talk is too arrogant.

"That's because I have a lot of ways to divert attention after a loss, and there are a lot of trolls who can throw the pot on my teammates." Zhang Wei told the truth in his heart, he was sure that he could withdraw after losing, and if he won, he would get all the rewards, so what scruples did he have?

But externally, of course, he couldn't tell the truth, and said with a slight smile: "My self-confidence is because no one is better than me, and my teammates will not lag behind, such a Laker will naturally not lose." ”

Zhang Wei didn't even believe what he said, and the Chicago media immediately slapped him in the face with the fact that he had lost three games in a row before.

"That's because that's the only way I'm going to be more legendary."

Zhang's answer once again made the Chicago reporters vomit blood with anger, they had never seen such a brazen person.

But Zhang Mao's words were still recognized by everyone, this is indeed a game that can end all the games.

What the Bulls don't know at the moment is that their starting form today doesn't look like they're sitting at home, and the Lakers aren't going away from home.

Lakers starters: Kidd (+1), Jones (-1), Zhang (+1), Mason (+0), Mutombo (+0).

Bulls starters: Van Exel (-1), Jordan (+1), Hill (-3), Barkley (-1), Langley (+1).

Today, the Bulls also returned to the starting lineup for the regular season, but there are clearly problems with the form of the players, two of them are in declining form, Van Exel's is not positive, and Langley is in the best form, but does it help?

Zhang Zhu dared to make a big statement before the game, of course, he also saw the poor state of the Bulls players, and the overall state of the Lakers today was better than the Bulls sitting at home, which was a situation that even he did not expect in advance.

"Michael, you're not in a good state today."

After Zhang Qi entered the court, he opened his mouth to tell the truth, the Bulls players were really not in good shape today.

"Are you scared? How can you say such nonsense? ”

Jordan naturally didn't believe it, he was in good shape today, his teammates had no injuries before the game, Hill and Barkley both said that they felt great today, they were at home again, how could they be in bad shape?

Hill did say before the game that he felt good, but this was obviously just a reckless word, he could hide it from others, but he couldn't hide it from Zhang Fu, who was more intelligent than the fiery eyes, and it was strange that the huge -3 was on his head, and he really felt good.

"Brother, are you really feeling good?"

When Zhang Qi heard this, he turned to stimulate Hill, and the latter's face suddenly became extremely ugly, especially Zhang Qiu's playful expression, which made Hill feel like a lie had been exposed on the spot.

"You're in worse shape today than you were last time, and now I'm confident you won't be able to score in double figures."

Zhang Zhu's trash talk came one after another, and Hill could only forcibly drop a cruel sentence: "You arrogant guy, today I will let you taste the pain of failure." ”

"Do you really think you've seen pain? But that's just a little trouble in my knees and ankles, and I'll show you what the real pain is in a moment. ”

Zhang Qian didn't know which part of Hill felt bad, but he guessed from the fact that his feet were slightly stiff in the last game, and it must be either ankle or knee problems, so he simply said it together.

Hill's brows tightened, Zhang Qi obviously hit the point, he did feel that his knees and ankles were more uncomfortable than the last game, and the team doctor also found that his physical condition was very bad after the examination, not only had slight injuries to his knees and ankles, but also had no less than five minor contusions all over his body, including the middle finger of his right hand was wrapped with a thick strap, but these injuries were not as obvious as the injuries at the joints.

Needless to say, these injuries are all hidden dangers accumulated in the first five battles with Zhang Zhu, but what makes Hill unwilling is that why Zhang Zhu looks like he is fine, and he doesn't even have any bruises on his body, is there any reason for this?

This is really unreasonable, until the finals, except for Zhang Zhu, which of the ten players on the field does not have a few injuries on his body, and which one does not carry one or two protective gear? The players who injured their fingers alone added up to three, except for Zhang Zhu, no one was not with a few bruises and soft tissue punctures, only the koala baby's body was clean, and the whole face was white.

Zhang Qian actually had bruises on his body, but a night or two after the game was enough to make these minor injuries subside, but it was true that the joints in his body did not have the slightest injury, which was also the key to opening up the gap between him and the other nine.

At this moment, these people on the field have more or less injuries, only Zhang Fu has no injuries at all, so everyone naturally can't generalize in terms of performance, and Zhang Fu's personal ability will undoubtedly be more reflected.

This is also what Zhang Yu is going to do after the opening, since he is the only one on the field who is brand new and factory-new, and the rest of the people are either slightly worn out or scarred, so if he doesn't stand up for justice, will he let Jordan show off for himself?

So, when today's game started, Zhang Yu came up with the momentum of ambition, and every shot was extremely decisive, 5 of 6 shots in the first 5 minutes of the first quarter, Hill couldn't stop him, Jordan couldn't stop him, Barkley couldn't stop him, no one in the Bulls team could stop the koala baby who wanted to play 10.

The Bulls called two timeouts in the first five minutes, but there was still no one to stop Zhang Zhu, who had entered a killing state at the beginning, and there was no way to calm him down at the moment except to use three people to wrap up.

Kidd gave Zhang Wei a "you can see it" look at this time, the koala baby has already involved the three defenses, and they can't say anything if they don't show it.

However, when Kidd missed two consecutive air guard shots, the Lakers fans in front of the TV covered their eyes, because this is the last thing they want to see, Kidd, a bastard, don't drop the chain at a critical moment!