Chapter 9: The First Battle of My Career (2)
Unlike Liu Ming's expectations, the Celtics did not give up the game, and the "good start" Celtics did not want to let go. At the end www.biquge.info of the first quarter of the game, the Celtics stubbornly led the Bulls, 27-28, and the Bulls trailed by one point.
Liu Ming feels that today's script is a little wrong: "I may not be able to play today, and today's game is so anxious," however, Liu Ming felt that he had to relax, and Kobe Bryant of the Lakers would not be able to play. There is a game between the Lakers and the Suns today, the game has not been played yet, but Liu Ming knows that Kobe Bryant will not play today, Liu Ming knows that Kobe Bryant is the Lakers' second game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, but although Kobe Bryant played in this game, he didn't score 1 point within 6 minutes.
Liu Ming thought about it and put it down, after the first quarter, the Bulls' faces were not good-looking, Jordan refused the replacement of the "Zen Master", Jordan felt that he was not in a very good state today, and all the three-point shots were off, Pippen, Rodman also wanted to win the first win for the team today, so Rodman, Pippen didn't rest for a few minutes and also put on the battle. The morale of the Celtics is good, "three military lives, generals can be won" Today's Celtics team played its own characteristics, played its own prestige, played a very team, the team players felt good, and the second quarter beat the Bulls a little blindly, 21:31. The Bulls lost by 10 points in the first quarter and trailed by 11 points at halftime with the score at 48:59 at halftime. Now even the color of the "Zen Master" has changed for thousands of years, the "Zen Master" did not arrange any special tactics, the "Zen Master" just looked at Jordan, and Jordan seemed very confident,
"Look at me, don't worry, leave it to me!" Jordan made a relaxed look.
"Okay, Michael, we all believe in you," Pippen said.
"Okay, guys, we've got to win tonight's opener to set the stage for the next game, and remember last season we were the kings with a record 72 wins. We gave them too many points in the first half and the Bostonian scored too easily. Let's take a look at the defending champions' defense. Come on, guys! After Jordan finished speaking, Liu Ming felt that his blood was boiling, and he had an urge to fight with the Celtics, Liu Ming finally calmed down this thought, but the Bulls on the court did not extinguish the flame of the battle.
"Toot", the second half of the game began. As soon as he got on the court, Jordan made a trademark mid-range shot, and after throwing Jordan, he went to the backcourt to defend without looking back. The Celtics dribbled the ball to the front court and handed it to team boss David Wesley.
David Wesley is a young player born in 1970 and an undrafted player in '93, he can be said to be an inspirational player. He is only 1.83 tall, and now he is the boss of the Celtics, he wants to win tonight, Hubble was not successful in his defense in the first half, and Jordan gave the order in the second half, Hubble began to use his best, Hubble is 1.98 tall, which is 6 feet 6 inches, this altitude is the golden height of a shooting guard (of course, I personally feel that it is because of Jordan, Kobe Bryant is 1.98), but it is not the height of a point guard, so it is a bit of a loss for him to defend David Wesley in speed, Hubble has also been a little old in recent years, and the speed really can't keep up.
David Wesley faced Hubble's defense, a cross-step change of direction, direct acceleration, Hubble had no choice, Hubble tried to keep up, watching David Wesley's pull-up jumper, Hubble tried hard to reach forward with his hand, Hubble's efforts were not in vain, "bang", David Wesley hit the iron. The Bulls Rodman got the rebound, the Bulls got the ball and Pippen dribbled across the halfcourt.
"Defens, defens," the Celtics home fans shouted in unison.
In the third quarter, the Bulls showed the momentum of the defending champions, defending with all their strength, and suddenly the Celtics were a little uncomfortable, 32:18. The Bulls showed their strength in one quarter, the Celtics didn't have very good offensive players, and the real genius of the Celtics would not come to the NBA for two years.
At the end of the third quarter, the "80:77" Bulls came back in one quarter and led by 3 points, and the Celtics were a little frustrated, "Is this the strength of the defending champion Bulls?" "Fathead" Walker was a little frustrated, it was his first NBA game, Walker felt a deep gap, Walker clenched his fists.
In the 4th quarter, the Bulls didn't give the Celtics a chance, and the new "Big Three" Jordan, Pippen, and Rodman of the newly formed Bulls dynasty last year continued to play directly and successfully suppressed the Celtics' counterattack. Section 4 "27:21". The Bulls scored another 6 points, and the score was "107:98". The Bulls won the Celtics, and the Celtics' desire to get off to a good start was miscalculated.
At the end of the game, tonight's Celtics almost killed the Bulls with three points, the Bulls' three-point shooting tonight was miserable 1 of 13, the only one was still "Batman" Pippen hit, 3 of 1 This is Pippen's three-point shooting rate. The others Jordan was 0 of 5, Cookic was 0 of 3, Hubble was 0 of 1, and the last Judbuicino was 0 of 1.
Jordan had 30 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists tonight. Pippen had 18 points, eight rebounds and six assists. Rodman had 13 points, 13 rebounds and three assists. Hubble had 7 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists. Cookic had 20 points, four rebounds and seven assists. Tonight, "Old Chief" Parrish made 3 of 3 shots and scored 6 points.
Tonight, Celtics David Wesley had 19 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists. Eric Williams had 14 points, three rebounds and one assist. Antoine Walker had 12 points and three rebounds. Rick Fox had 10 points, nine rebounds and three assists. Peggis Ellison had seven points and 10 rebounds. Dana Barros fully played the role of "bench bandit" tonight, slashing 24 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists tonight.
Kerr played 21 minutes tonight and swiped two assists before coming down. This made the "Zen Master" Phil Jackson a little angry, what is the situation of a three-point shooter not shooting, and what the Bulls want to say is missing is the three-point from the outside. Jordan, Pippen, and Hubble can all shoot three-pointers, but their shooting percentage is far behind, Kerr's shooting rate is high, last season's three-point shooting rate was 51.5%, but he only shot less than 3 times, of course, this is also the trend of the league now, three-point shots are generally less, (of course, this is the main reason why I think Kobe's career shooting rate is lower than Jordan). "Zen Master" Phil Jackson thought about it and decided to give Liu Ming some playing time, and as the league developed, Phil Jackson also discovered that the three-point shot may have a big place in the future.
In the next game, the Philadelphia 76ers, Phil Jackson decided to let Liu Ming try the next game.
PS
The next battle is the first battle between Liu Ming and Iverson.