Chapter 178: Chicago, Here We Come (7)
The Bulls called a timeout again, Phil? Jackson's face is no longer iron-blue, but black, looking at the Bulls' players, I heard him say: "Let me say what are you guys about, you didn't score a point in 5 minutes, and you were beaten 14-0, I tell you, it's the last timeout, if you can't catch up with the score, this timeout will be the last, do you understand?" ”
The chill in his voice was already refreshing, and the Bulls' players understood that their head coach was really angry.
Phil? Jackson picked up the tactics board and began to explain the tactics used for the last six minutes or so.
On the rocket side, it is very relaxed, and everyone is joking with Big Ben.
Olajuwon stepped forward and hugged Big Ben and said, "Hey, man, how do you practice, we didn't pay attention to it, this mid-range shot is so good." ”
Big Ben smiled heartily and said: "That's there, it's really Meng, it feels good just now, and now you let me vote, I can't throw it in." ”
Lao Tang was on the side, and also said: "Boys, good job, I'm very proud of you, it's not that you lead by 14 points, it's you who let the Bulls not score a point in 5 minutes, this is the best you have done, you have to keep it, if you can keep it like this, I think we can celebrate our championship on the Bulls' home court." ”
The Rockets burst into laughter again.
Tiger behind them also said loudly: "Guys, play hard, I promise you, if you really win the championship on the Bulls' home court, there will be a lot of beautiful women." This was exchanged for a whistling.
Players from both sides took the court and the fourth quarter continued.
What people didn't expect was that the momentum of the new Bulls had changed a lot, and they released a huge amount of pressure, which made the Rockets' players a little out of breath.
Drexler, who was on the court, clearly felt this different atmosphere, and turned back to the Rockets players and reminded loudly: "Everyone be careful, Chicagoans are not right, pay more attention." ”
The Rockets nodded in understanding.
Jordan controlled the basketball steadily, loudly directing the movement of the players on the court.
At the last moment, Jordan once again focused all his energy on the court, Jordan looked at Drexler in front of him, didn't say anything, just pressed the basketball, and his body took the initiative to make contact with Drexler's body.
Jordan's strength is not very good, but his back skills are excellent, and the power point of his back hitting is very weird, so people can't grasp the real rhythm at all.
Jordan pushed his back a few times, and suddenly turned on the spot to shoot backwards, and with a "swish", the Bulls finally started scoring in the second half.
After the goal, Jordan was very excited, clenched his fists and shouted.
The Rockets don't think so, can you still let people score?
The Rockets began to organize the offense, Bodiroga steadily carried the half, and Harper followed after the half.
Phil? Jackson gives Harper a death order, which is to stare Bodi Roga.
If it doesn't work, then there will be a replacement for him, and from the end of the timeout, Harper has his eye on Bodi Roga, and he knows Phil? Jackson was very dissatisfied with himself, and if he couldn't get some results, then he would be in danger.
Bodi Roga watched the Bulls' tenacious defense, and his teammates didn't have a good position, so he decided to go it alone.
A cross-step against Harper began to break through, Harper endured Bodiroga's strange pace and power point when he broke through, but Harper still held back.
When Bodi Roga stepped into the paint, Bodi Roga made a quick stop to make a jumper, but Harper's perseverance defended and interfered with Bodi Roga's shooting stability, the basketball bounced out of the basket, and the rebound was protected by Rodman.
The Bulls completed a successful defense, and Phil on the sidelines? Jackson nodded with some satisfaction, it seems that he is still very satisfied with the Bulls' defense this time.
The Bulls began to attack, or handed over to Jordan for singles, this time when Jordan singled, Bodiroga began to come over to help defend, saw someone to help defend, Jordan did not play the ball alone, people in the air gave the ball directly to Kukoc, who had been empty, Kukoc, who got the ball, was very steady, a feint shook off Saullius, who came up to make up the defense, dribbled the ball, and hit three points.
The score was narrowed to 9 points, and seeing this situation, Lao Tang stood up and shouted on the sidelines: "Pay attention to the success rate, don't be in a hurry to shoot." ”
Bodiroga nodded, signaling that he understood.
Bodiroga continued to control the ball and began to attack, and when he advanced to the outside of the Bulls' three-point line, he made a gesture, Big Ben saw the gesture and immediately went up to block people, Bodiroga quickly got rid of Harper's defense, strode into the paint area, the Bulls' defensive formation was pulled a hole, Bodiroga saw this, and with a flick of his wrist, he handed the ball to Garnett, who got the ball, did not hesitate to turn over and play the board directly, and Kukoc, who was responsible for defending Kukoc, did not defend at all, and was directly pushed away.
The Rockets pulled the score away again.
Turning around, the Bulls continued to attack, Pippen controlled the basketball, and gestured outside the Rockets' three-point line to indicate tactics, Jordan saw the gesture and suddenly ran over, running around Pippen in a circle, Pippen blocked Drexler on one side, Jordan, who was already free, took Pippen's pass, and hit three points again when no one was marked.
The hit of this ball made Lao Tang feel the crisis, because during this time, the Bulls hit three balls in a row, and the shooting rate was 100%, if it continued like this, the rocket would be dangerous.
It was the Rocket's turn to attack, Bodiroga still commanded the Rocket's players to start running, suddenly invaded the inside Saulius, received Bodiroga's pass, Saulius, who received the ball, prepared an easy layup to end his offense, and Pippen, who defended Saulius, had already gone to make up for the empty position on the other side, and could only watch Saullius make an easy layup.
Just when Saullius thought that this ball would be a very stable goal, a black shadow suddenly jumped up beside Saulus, and a big hand accurately fanned the basketball, "snapping" very crisp.
Saulus, who was capped, was startled, and when he looked up, the red number 23 was shining beside him.
Harper, who won the basketball, quickly pushed forward, the rocket's return defense was really fast, Bodi Roga and Drexler had already followed back, and Pippen, who followed up in the middle, waved to Harper and signaled to pass to him.
Harper directly handed it to Pippen, who could go down quickly in the middle, and Pippen faced Bodi Roga, Pippen looked at the opponent, and with an unabated change of direction, he killed Bodi Roga directly.
Drexler, who had already defended to the basket, saw Pippen's attack, and took a big step to meet it, ready to resist Pippen's breakthrough.
However, I saw Pippen smile slightly, flick his wrist, and the basketball slammed into the rebound, and the person flashed to the side.
Just as Drexler was wondering, a colorful head raced past him, then jumped high, grabbed the basketball with both hands, and quickly dunked the ball into the basket before everyone had time to react.
It was Rodman, a wonderful dunk by Rodman that completely detonated the atmosphere of the United Center, and the Bulls fans were cheering, roaring, and boiling over this wonderful goal.
After landing on the ground, Rodman was also very excited, looking up to the sky and roaring to vent his feelings, Pippen stepped forward and punched Rodman and said, "Man, the buckle is so beautiful." ”
Rodman smiled and said, "Man, that's a beautiful story you passed on." ”
Seeing such a situation, Lao Tang quickly called a pause.
Lao Tang picked up the tactical board and said loudly: "It's still a matter of defense, pay attention to defense, expand the scope of defense, start the whole court to lead the defense, the basketball is sent from the opponent's bottom line, yours will be targeted by me, don't make any mistakes, although we are still ahead, but the momentum of the Bulls has risen, now I want to play their momentum for me, there are still 3 minutes left, the gap is six points, everyone must be careful." ”
The rocket people nodded heavily, signaling that they understood.
Phil? Jackson's face has eased, and everyone knows that the difference of 3 minutes and 6 points is really nothing.
Phil? Jackson said: "These few minutes are wrong, everyone continues to play like this, we still have to pay attention to defense, the game still has to look at the defense at the end, now our momentum has risen, but everyone has to remember that the Rockets are not so easy to knock down, now you must concentrate, okay, everyone plays." ”
The final game began, and the Rockets went on offense.
In this attack, the rocket profoundly implemented the tactics arranged by Lao Tang during the pause.
Bodiroga controlled the ball, Drexler cut in, and the player on the inside compressed inside to cover.
Bodiroga began to break through, attracting the defense, in the high post Saullius a reverse run, ran outside the three-point line, Bodiroga's pass accurately found Saulius, after receiving the ball Saulius did not hesitate to shoot.
Maybe God didn't take advantage of the Rockets in the last moments of the day, the basketball bounced out of the basket, and the basketball was firmly grasped by Jordan, who shrank to the interior defense.
launched a counterattack on the spot, and the speed of the counterattack was so fast that it made people's hearts palpitate.
Jordan controlled the ball to the halfway line, and Pippen had reached the Rockets' three-point line, beckoning.
Jordan's accurate pass, Pippen took two big strides, went directly to the basket, and a running dunk, narrowing the score of the two sides to 4 points.
At this moment, Lao Tang couldn't sit still, occupying the sidelines to direct the team's offense, and commanding loudly on the sidelines.
The Rockets players are also a bit out of breath right now, with 4 points left from a 14-point lead to being chased, which is a blow that no player can afford to withstand.
This goal has to be scored, otherwise there is no hope for the game.
Bodiroga took a deep breath and forced himself to steady, firmly controlling the basketball and starting this vital offense.
Very critical offense, outside the Bulls' three-point line, the Rockets began to run tactics, Big Ben raised people, Saullius blocked Rodman who ran back with Garnett at the corner, and when Garnett was already unguarded, Bodiroga passed.
Garnett, who received the ball, dribbled the ball, ignored Kukoc, who stepped forward to fill the position, and leaned on his body, ready to play the board.
Just as he was about to make a shot, one hand accurately covered the basketball.
It was still the number 23, and he appeared in the most crucial position and covered the most crucial ball.
After landing on the ground, Garnett looked at the red No. 23 with a shocked expression, and just when the Rockets players were still stunned, the Bulls' counterattack began.
Pippen, who controlled the ball, quickly put in the counterattack, and as soon as he arrived at halftime, he saw that Harper had appeared outside the Rockets' three-point line.
The basketball accurately found Harper, and Harper, who had no one within 3 meters around, did not hesitate to shoot.
With a "bang", the sound of the basketball and the net rubbing was transmitted throughout the court through the loudspeaker on the rebound.
The United Center erupted again, like the breath erupting from fire, and the heat was startling.
Now the score is 1 point apart, and the time is 1 minute and 10 seconds.
Who wins? Who loses?
(To be continued)