Chapter 177: Chicago, Here We Come (6)
In the face of Jordan's provocation, Drexler did not respond verbally, but only responded to Jordan's provocation in actual actions.
Turning around, Drexler singled Jordan with the ball of his own, a beautiful cross step, shook off Jordan's center of gravity, and hit a pull-up jump shot.
The Rockets overtook the score again, and Drexler glanced at Jordan silently and walked away without saying a word.
Jordan also saw that his heart was on fire, but the lesson of the first half was still vivid, and the interests of the team did not allow him to do so.
In retrospect, the Bulls attacked again, this time with Pippen controlling the ball, and it was a counterattack.
The Rockets continue to strengthen their defense and don't give their opponents any chance.
Looking at the Rockets' strong defense, Pippen, who had been searching for a long time, did not find any good loopholes.
Just as Pippen decided to go on his own, Kukoc quickly ran out of the interior and ran to the outside in a few big steps.
And when he was in the high position, Jordan blocked Garnett who was defending Kukoc, and Kukoc just stood outside the three-point line, Pippen's pass arrived, and Kukoc, who received the ball, did not hesitate to shoot.
With a "bang", the basketball hit accurately.
In this way, after Jordan came on the court, the Bulls' powerful offensive power broke out again, and around the fire Jordan, the Bulls played wonderful cooperation many times, making the Rockets have no achievements in defense, and Lao Tang on the sidelines shook his head.
But on the offensive end, the Rockets' firepower is not inferior to that of the Bulls, and Olajuwon on the inside is full of firepower, and one person withstands the defense of Rodman and Pippen, and cuts points continuously.
And the outside of the mark? The outside combination of Jackson and Drexler is also a headache for the Bulls. Jackson's singles can be said to have exhausted the Bulls' defense.
With the addition of Saurius as a shooter, the Rockets are not at all behind the Bulls on the offensive end.
This made the coaches of both sides not expect that the third quarter would be a defensive battle, which was really the case at the beginning, but after the substitution, the two sides started an offensive battle.
And it's still a game without winning or losing, and the head coaches of both sides really have no choice, but they don't dare to make any changes, if they don't change well, it will be a real tragedy to put their team in trouble.
The Rockets and Bulls did not make any adjustments in the second half of the third quarter, and the players on both sides also played an offensive battle for a quarter and a half very happily.
Tiger on the sidelines was very enjoyable, shouting there, not at all like the owner of the Rockets, but no different from the fans of the Rockets.
Looking at the end of the third quarter of the game, the double serve was tied at 80:80, and the attack power of both sides in the third quarter of the game was obvious.
The Rockets players who returned to the sidelines watched Lao Tang pick up the tactical board and continue to say to them: "I really don't know what to say to you, I let you defend, you attack, and the offense is still so enjoyable." Fortunately, the Bulls' defense is also very bad, and they didn't do a targeted defense against your offense, but in the last quarter of the game, you don't want to be on such an offense, the Bulls will definitely strengthen the defense, then we must also strengthen the defense, we can't hope that we always have this kind of touch, if your touch is gone, then our game is over, so you have to strengthen the defense in the last quarter, I still ask for that, that is defense, defense, defense. ”
The Rockets' players all nodded, signaling that they understood.
It's the same with the Bulls, Phil? Jackson was also reprimanding the Bulls for their defensive strength, and he heard Phil? Jackson said: "In the third quarter of the game, the defense in the first half of the game, went there in the second half, and the Rockets scored so easily, fortunately, you had a good offensive touch in the third quarter, and you were not left behind, but what if your touch disappeared in the last quarter, what else can you do, without defense, you are like a little girl who has taken off her clothes, and the Rockets will transform into a strong man, and they will not pity you at all, remember defense, defense, defense, if I see whose defense is not satisfactory, I've got you all to look at. ”
The Bulls players really don't dare say anything now, Phil? Jackson was furious like this, but it wasn't very common.
At the urging of the referees, the Rockets and Bulls players appeared on the court and began the final quarter of the game.
In the final quarter, both sides strengthened their defense, and for a while the two sides did not score a point in the first two minutes of the game.
It can be seen that the defense of both sides is strong, even Jordan also missed two balls under the collective defense of the Rockets.
And the same is true of the Rockets, Olajuwon is suffering on the inside of the Bulls, as long as he gets the ball, then he will face the Bulls on the inside.
Looking at the situation on the court, the Rockets immediately replaced Bodi Roga and Big Ben, and the Rockets were about to speed up again.
The two came on to replace Olajuwon and Mark? Jackson, the rocket began to accelerate abruptly.
The sudden acceleration of speed made the Bulls suddenly feel a little uncomfortable, and Bodi Roga's long pass was extremely powerful for a while.
Saullius and Drexler suddenly began to break out, first of all, Saullius, after receiving a long pass from Bodiroga outside the Bulls' three-point line, he looked at Pippen in front of him a little far away from him, intending to prevent his own pass, but what Pippen didn't expect was that Saulius shot directly outside the three-point line.
"Whew", Saullius hit three points, looking at this goal, Saullius shook his hand, and said deliberately beside Pippen: "It's okay, it's really hit, it's so far away from me, I thought I wouldn't shoot." ”
Pippen listened to it and hung his nose and lost his breath, isn't this obviously looking for trouble.
Pippen went straight to the basket with a stomach full of anger, but unfortunately the ball didn't score under Big Ben's interference, and the rebound was protected by Garnett.
This time, he didn't even pass through Bodi Roga's hand, and passed directly to Saulius in front, still outside the three-point line, but this time the defender was replaced by Harper, because Pippen hadn't returned to the defense yet.
Looking at the defender in front of him, Saullius smiled, and threw the basketball behind Harper with both hands.
Looking back, Drexler had jumped high, grabbed the basketball in his hand, stretched out his body in the air, and slammed the basketball into the hoop.
Looking at this dunk, Lao Tang couldn't help but turn around and ask Tiger, and said, "Boss, are you sure that kid on the court is the one who is going to retire this year, is he really 36 years old." ”
Tiger also replied a little stunned: "Yes, is Clyde really 36 years old?" ”
Just when Old Tang and Tiger were discussing Drexler's age on the sidelines, the Rockets broke the ball, it was Bodi Roga who broke the ball, and the basketball in Kukoc's hand was broken.
After breaking the ball, Bodiroga rushed forward with the ball at high speed, and was stopped by Jordan and Pippen outside the Bulls' three-point line, looking at the defense of the two, Bodiroga directly sent the ball to the hands of Sauris at a 45-degree angle, and Sauris, who had no one to defend, hit a three-point shot again.
The Rockets scored eight straight points in one and a half minutes, and the Bulls were forced to call a timeout.
Phil? Jackson said loudly: "Didn't I tell you, how to defend the rocket's small-ball tactics, how do you defend, this situation has been told to you many times, but you still play really badly, how can I say you are good." Now, I'm going to say it again about how to defend the opponent's ball. ”
As he spoke, he picked up the tactical board and began to explain how to defend against the rocket's fast attack.
Lao Tang's side is very calm, watching the game for 3 and a half minutes, the Rockets have a lead of 8 points, and if they continue to play like this, it is not good that the Rockets can celebrate the birth of the championship on the home court of the Bulls.
Lao Tang said loudly: "Everyone sits well, do a good job, the defense is done, the offense can be opened, everyone remember to defend, we must pay attention to the changes in the opponent's position, run more, don't stand still, this kind of defense is not able to prevent people, especially the Bulls are good at 'triangle offense' team, when attacking, the rhythm must change, when it should be fast, when it should be slow, it should be slow, Deyang pay attention to master the rhythm." Okay, let's play hard, if we win today's game, we will be very close to the championship. ”
After speaking, he motioned for everyone to play.
Sure enough, after the game began, the two fast attacks launched by the Rockets were stopped by the Bulls, no no positional warfare, but when it came to the positional battle, Big Ben left the basket and had no offensive power The shortcomings have been mastered by the Bulls, but the most unexpected thing happened, after Big Ben pulled to the high position, no one defended him, which made Big Ben really angry, this person is going to be angry, maybe he can do something, Big Ben saw that no one defended himself, and he shot directly, watching Big Ben shoot Garnett had the urge to cover his eyes.
However, what people didn't expect was that this ball actually went in, although it knocked a few times in the basket, but it still went in.
Everyone was saying that this was shit luck, and everyone didn't take it seriously, but when the rockets who came back to attack passed the ball to Big Ben again, Big Ben made another shot and scored again, and this time it was very simple.
Now everyone is dumbfounded, if this muscular man can shoot, who can stop him.
Rodman has no choice but to come out with you and start defending Ben.
Big Ben also believed it a little, and muttered to himself in his heart: What's wrong today, it feels so good.
As if to verify something, the Rockets' offense found Big Ben again, and in the face of Rodman's defense, Big Ben made a jump shot, and it was still when someone was defending.
"Wow", hit again, three consecutive shots, the fans, coaches and referees were a little stupid, the referee awarded the ball, until the ball was scored for 3 seconds, the whistle sounded.
The Rockets relied on Big Ben's three mid-range shots to stretch the score of the two sides by 14 points, and in the opening 5 minutes, the Bulls did not score a point, and the Rockets scored 14 points in a row.
Such a score almost drove the Bulls into the abyss.
For a while, all the Bulls fans and players present have been deeply defeated, and the victory of the Rockets is not far away, and the Rockets players have already smelled the championship trophy.
But is it that easy?
(To be continued)