Before the game, Olajuwon and Jordan hugged again.

Neither of them said anything.

Because both of them know that there is no need for language at this time.

Practical action is needed now.

The game began with a tsunami of shouts from the Bulls fans.

There is no need for the two sides to be tempted, as the two teams have nothing to hide by now.

From the start, both sides were at their best.

Today's Jordan was particularly excited, breaking through the Rockets' defense again and again and scoring inside.

Pippen is no slouch, with subtle organization, elusive assists, and accurate three-point shots, which completely shows the demeanor of a superstar.

Rodman also had a strong performance on both ends of the floor.

The rocket, on the other hand, is silently biting the bull tightly.

The tenacious fighting spirit shown from the first second of the opening is admirable.

This match is a confrontation between the strong, and both sides rarely keep their mouths shut.

Because both of them know that a trash talk at this time is not as effective as a card position.

Jordan leaned against Drexler, made a sudden turn, and burrowed into the paint area from the left side.

In the face of Olajuwon's defense, the ball was not passed out as before.

Instead, he jumped straight up, and in the face of Olajuwon's defense, Jordan tried his best to pull his arms apart.

When he reached the highest point, he almost rode on the big dream and smashed the ball in.

Looking at Jordan who roared after landing on the ground, a thought crossed Olajuwon's heart: "I'm on the top ten balls in TMD." ”

Immediately after the retaliation of the rocket, it was imminent.

Mark Jackson moves the ball inside and Longley is behind Olajuwon.

Da Meng's eyes swept away, and Jordan was secretly moving towards him, preparing to wrap himself up when he was making a move.

At the moment, take the right foot as the central foot, and shake the body.

Jordan, who had long been ready to assist in defense, quickly grabbed it, but unfortunately saw a flower in front of him.

Olajuwon turned back and faced Jordan head-on.

Just when Jordan was stunned, Olajuwon jumped directly in front of Jordan.

With a "bang", the big dream pressed on Jordan's body and dunked the ball very violently.

After landing, Big Dream smiled and handed the ball to Jordan.

Then he turned and walked away.

In such a white-hot game, the first quarter of the game ended.

The Rockets took a one-point lead.

"Brother, the rocket hit very well today." Trill, who was in the box, asked his brother.

"It's not bad, both sides have come up with the last thing today, and they are already fighting hard." Tiger leisurely took the wine glass, took a sip of red wine and said.

"Mr. Tiger, do you like basketball?" Amy Adams, who was on the side, asked.

"Yes, I'm a basketball fan, especially a Rockets fan. What about you, Miss Amy, do you like basketball too? "Actually, it's a good feeling to look at beautiful women, and that's how Tiger feels now.

"Hehe, I don't know much about basketball, I'm Italian and I prefer football, like Baggio, like Maldini." Amy Adams smiled quietly.

"Well, I don't really like football very much, and my knowledge of football is limited to Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Italy, etc., maybe it's a cultural gap." Tiger felt as if he enjoyed chatting with this classical beauty.

Tril, who was watching coldly from the sidelines, snickered to herself

"Hehe, it looks like there's hope again."

(Spring of pig's feet, hehe, it's almost here)

The second quarter begins.

The situation is as scorching as ever.

Pippen breaks through and Horry shrinks inside to defend.

Pippen pulls up a jumper and hits.

Drexler brushed Jordan's defense.

Rodman fills in and Garnett is open.

Drexler passes, Garnett jumps and hits.

Jordan breaks through and splits the ball to the outside.

Cole was three of his threes.

Mark Jackson pouted and arched under the basket to draw the defense, and Horry was let go.

The ball goes to Horry, shoots, hits.

Both sides hit high percentages in the second quarter.

The Rockets have 52 percent and the Bulls have 50 percent.

With such a high shooting percentage, the second quarter of the game ended.

51:49 The Rockets won another point in the second quarter.

After the half-time break, the game started again.

In the third quarter, although the shooting percentages of both sides were not as high, both sides kept the other under tremendous pressure.

In this way, the two sides played all the way to the end of the third quarter of the game.

The Rockets won by one more point, leading by just three points at 75:72.

In front of the Bulls, who are the best at playing the final quarter, this advantage of the Rockets is nothing at all.

With the start of the final quarter of the game, the ownership of the championship has reached the most critical moment.

Time flies.

By the last four minutes of the game.

The Bulls relied on Pippen's free throws to narrow the score to 2 points.

In the last moments, what will happen.

Another 1.1 seconds, Olajuwon didn't dare to think.

All he could do was pull the score up.

Catch the ball and shake, step back to shoot.

However, at the moment of the shot, a red figure pounced.

Number 33, is Pippen.

Pippen's hand just touched the basketball.

The basketball, which had changed its trajectory, was clutched by Rodman.

A fatal closure.

Pippen, who had fallen, leapt from the ground and roared.

A turning point was choked by the bull like this.

Turning around, the Bulls organized the offense steadily.

Pippen continued his breakout, and Horry continued to be squeezed inside.

Kerr, who had already used the cover to shake off Mark Jackson, was already vacant.

Pippen, who was quick and quick-witted, made a horizontal pass to Cole's hand.

Catch the ball and shoot, hit.

Kerr has already made his fourth three-pointer of the game.

88：87

The Bulls put the score up by one point.

There are 2 minutes left in the time.

Mark Jackson motioned for everyone to hold on, and after taking the ball, he took it and took it steadily across the half.

Once again, it was handed over to Olajuwon.

Such an important ball will definitely go to Olajuwon.

Longley couldn't take care of anything at this time, and resisted Olajuwon to the death.

Olajuwon was careful this time after getting the ball.

Out of the corner of his eye, he searched the surroundings.

I saw Rodman approaching him little by little.

After seeing the situation clearly, Olajuwon suddenly took a step forward and took the initiative to meet Rodman, who was ready to help defend him.

This surprised Rodman.

I thought to myself: What is this for?

Subconsciously raised his hand.

Honk.

The whistle sounds, foul.

Looking at Dameng, who held his hands high, Rodman knew that he had been fooled.

Big Dream walked to the free throw line and hit two free throws.

89：88

The Rockets once again took a one-point lead.

There is about 1 minute and 30 seconds left.

Bulls attack.

Pippen delivered a brilliant assist, and Kukoc slipped to the bottom for a backhand dunk.

The Bulls overtake.

90：89

There is still a minute left in the clock.

Rocket offensive.

Unfortunately, Garnett missed the shot under the sandwich of Rodman and Pippen.

The rebound was taken by Kukoc.

Kerr has already started to play the fast break.

Kerr, who had already reached the halfway line, picked up Kukoc's pass and began to rush forward with the ball.

Looking at Drexler, who had already caught up, a pull-up jump shot.

Hit.

92：89

The Bulls put the score up by three points.

The last 28.8 seconds.

Once again, the rocket was on the edge of the cliff.

It can be said that this finals are the most classic.

Lore.

Kill each other.

When lore kills have become commonplace, such games have become timeless classics.

A few years later, Jordan was interviewed.

Ask him about the time when that team put the most pressure on him in the Finals.

Jordan didn't hesitate to say the Houston Rockets.

Let's go back to the last 28.8 seconds.

This decided the series by 28.8 seconds.

Rockets steadily attacked.

At a time when the Bulls are putting all their attention on the Rockets' perimeter shooter group.

The ball is passed inside the line.

Continue to hand over to the big dream.

Big Dream leaned on Rodman and adjusted his shooting rhythm.

Rodman is also experienced, just stuck in position.

There was no movement under his feet.

But a big dream is a big dream after all, a fake action that is really to the extreme, and the shaking Rodman subconsciously moved a step.

It was such a simple step that made the game legendary.

At the moment of Rodman's movement, Da Meng's right hand hung on Rodman's arm, and his wrist shook gently.

The ball goes in, the whistle blows, and Rodman fouls.

The bench of the Rockets boiled over it.

Olajuwon scored the ball safely.

92：92

The Rockets leveled the score with 16.4 seconds left in the final clock.

From the moment on, the two sides stood on the same starting line again.

All eyes in the United Center arena were on one person.

Michael jordan.

The league's greatest emperor superstar has faced the biggest challenge right now.

See such a situation.

Jordan took a deep breath.

"The last moment has come," he thought. ”

The Bulls serve sideline after a timeout.

Kukoc, who served the sideline, may have been too tired or under too much pressure.

He hesitated a little when he served.

It's just a little hesitation.

Gave the rocket a chance to win.

It's Olajuwon again.

The 213cm Olajuwon sprang out like a defender.

Desperately cut off the ball, Olajuwon, who had fallen to the ground and had no time to stand up, pushed the ball to Drexler, who was inserted from the back row.

Drexler runs and dunks to score.

94：92

At the last moment, the rocket firmly grasped the hope of victory in his own hands.

There are still 6.3 seconds left in the clock.

The Bulls still have a chance to strike one last blow.

Kukoc, who had just made a mistake, was substituted and Haber was substituted.

"Guys, it's the last moment, this year's finals are the toughest opponents we've ever faced, they have the quality to win the championship, but I don't want to lose, only by beating the strongest opponents can we prove that we're strong, we have one last chance, let God bless us, guys." After listening to Phil Jackson's final tactics, Jordan said what became known as the "Final Declaration."

Then, the last few seconds, arguably the most classic moment of the season, arrived.

Rodman serves.

Jordan holds the ball and is caught by three people.

Jordan jumps, but not shots.

It's passing.

Cole is Cole again.

The fifth three-pointer of the game.

By the time the ball is in the air, the time has come.

At the same time as the red light is on.

The ball went in.

95：94

The magical scene is happening again.

The overall champion of the '96-97 season was the Chicago Bulls.

They defended their championship.

Seeing this scene, the Rockets players sat in pain one by one.

Watching a group of tall men suffering there made Tiger feel bad.

He felt like his tears were going to come out.

Worked hard for a season, hundreds of games.

All shattered by the last ball.

Watch the Chicago players celebrate wildly on the field.

The players of the Rockets looked solemn one by one.

At this time, Jordan left the celebratory crowd and walked towards Olajuwon, who was sitting on the ground.

Reach out and pull him up.

He stepped forward and hugged him and said, "Man, you guys are really good, we were just lucky today." ”

Olajuwon tried to calm himself down and said, "Michael, sometimes luck is part of strength. I'm going to comfort my teammates, thank you for your comfort. After saying that, he patted Jordan on the back and turned to comfort his teammates.

Pull them up one by one, comfort them one by one.

Chicago fans who saw this scene couldn't help but applaud their opponents.

And just like that, the Houstonians left their sad place with tears in their eyes.

However, Big Dream has achieved its own honor.

Became the second player to win the "MVP" of the finals after losing the championship.

The first man has become an NBA icon.

In the playoffs, he averaged 32.8 points, 13.6 rebounds, and 9.2 assists per game, and such a quasi-triple-double is not buried if he loses the championship.

And this series is regarded as a classic among the classics.

Seven games, five strikes, and one extra time.

After the game, ESPN had such a report, which basically said the essence of this series.

It's a strong-for-strong showdown, it's a great series, and it's the most thrilling grand finale in 10 years. The Bulls' performance was convincing, and the Rockets' will was even more admirable. Jordan's average of 32.3 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 1.2 steals per game in seven games could not hide Olajuwon's achievements. Averaged 32.8 points, 13.6 rebounds, 9.2 assists, 3.2 blocks, and 0.8 steals per game in 7 games, undisputedly beating Jordan to become the "MVP". The Flyers' game of 38 points in Game 5 and shooting a stunner should be remembered. Big Dream's 4 long passes in the final moments of the game are also classics and cannot be replicated. In the '96-97 season, the Bulls finally met their strongest opponent, and the Rockets dominated most of the seven games in a way that was unthinkable and never happened before — whether it was the Lakers playing flashy basketball, the united Trail Blazers, the whirlwind Suns or the supersonic running like the wind - the Bulls were always able to keep the pace of the game firmly in their hands for most of the time. But this time in the face of the experienced and not lacking impact of the Rockets, the competition for the rhythm of the game could not gain the upper hand, which shows that Rudy's years of operation in the Rockets and the background of the championship are awe-inspiring. While we talk about the Chicago Bulls, the champion of the '97 season, don't forget to give a round of applause to the Houston Rockets who have the proud temperament of the rockets on their jerseys and the 'big dream' Hakeem Olajuwon with magical steps, he has proven his worth, even the presence of Jordan can't suppress its brilliance, he didn't build a dynasty, he just lacked helpers.

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