The Bulls sent Jordan back to the court halfway through the second quarter, and Jordan returned to the court to improve the Bulls' offensive power by another dimension.

After the second quarter, Jordan, who only played for a little more than half a quarter, scored 13 points under Garnett's defense, and at the same time, the score of the Bulls and the Timberwolves in the second quarter also came to 33:24, and the score of the two teams also came to 64:57, and the Bulls successfully completed the comeback, leading the Timberwolves by 7 points.

Jordan's personal score has come to 29 points, and he has cut nearly 30 points in just half a game, and no one will doubt that in today's game, Michael can get more than 50 points, or even more than 60 points.

Today's Jordan is on track to beat his own record of 69 points in a single game set in 1990.

While watching Jordan's performance, the audience at the target center also looked towards the Timberwolves' bench from time to time. Like the doubts in the Zen master's mind, Timberwolves fans don't understand why Philip chose to press a player like Budo to the bench.

Although Wu Dao didn't guard Jordan when he was on the court, and it was right for Jordan to score 16 points in a single quarter on his head, Garnett couldn't prevent Michael either, right?

In the minds of today's fans, isn't it a normal thing to not be able to guard against Jordan? And judging from the second quarter of the game, when facing Garnett's defense, Jordan played more easily, scoring 13 points in a little more than half a quarter.

If Jordan played the whole quarter, it would not be impossible to have 20+ in a single quarter.

This kind of offensive efficiency is much higher than that of the previous martial arts defense.

What's more, although the martial arts can't guard Jordan, the Bulls' Cookchi also didn't guard against the martial arts, right!?

Wudao scored 19 points in the first quarter, which was better than Jordan today.

Therefore, when the fans were wondering why Coach Philip did not send martial arts to continue the game, they also began to secretly speculate about the reason in their hearts.

In the vacant section of the martial arts game, his presence was much stronger than when he played on the court.

The reporters also smelled the unusual smell from the Timberwolves' strange performance, and a strong desire to explore arose in their hearts.

At halftime, Coach Philip faced the underperforming players with a lot less smile on his face. Being stretched out by the Bulls is enough to prove that his adjustment to the Timberwolves has failed.

Or rather, in front of Jordan, his adjustment was a failure.

But falling behind in the first quarter of the game is unlikely to change Philip's deep-rooted thinking, and he is absolutely unwilling to become the incompetent coach who is coerced and become a star pendant.

But reality also forced him to make a substitution decision.

Chris Kyle, who thought he would be off, still stayed on the court, on the other hand, Wu Dao replaced Marbury and rotated on the court, while Sam Mitchell also replaced Tom, who played two quarters in a row, and on the inside, Stanley Roberts also replaced Garnett.

In the third quarter of the Timberwolves, Wu Dao actually needed to lead a group of bench players to continue playing.

And when Coach Philip told the players about his adjustment, almost all the players focused on Coach Philip.

Even Wu Dao, after hearing such an arrangement, couldn't help but look at Philip.

Chris Kyle, Sam Mitchell, Ben Wallace, Stanley Roberts and Takedo himself made up the Timberwolves' lineup for the third quarter.

Admittedly, whether it is Tom or Marbury or Garnett, they have played a lot of time, and it is normal to rotate and rest, but rotational rest is not such a rotation.

Jordan on the Bulls' side only played half of the second quarter and will inevitably continue to play in the third quarter, and Kukic has been resting for a while and should be back on the court in the third quarter.

Luke Longley played a lot of time and should find time to rest, most likely in the middle of the third quarter, or at the beginning of the third quarter.

For the Timberwolves, the third quarter of Wudao's presence is actually an opportunity to chase points, and their Timberwolves can borrow Garnett's terrifying physical energy, and in turn suppress the Bulls' interior line, complete the control of the interior line, and assist Martial Arts' offense to chase points.

But isn't Philip's adjustment a clear "transition"?

It's not uncommon for NBA-level games to be intense and rotate with multiple players, but it shouldn't happen when the players are still hungry and the situation is still unstable.

This "transition" is most likely to result in a situation where the Timberwolves are pulled away by the Bulls early and directly transition to garbage time.

All the players present were professional players, and everyone was aware that there was a huge problem with Coach Philip's substitution this time.

It's just that in the face of Philip's substitution adjustment, none of the other assistant coaches expressed their opinions, and Wu Dao didn't say anything after looking at Coach Philip a few times.

For him, although Chris and they are all substitute players, they will probably help him more than Marbury and Tom.

Their lineup is a little weaker defensively, as for the offensive end.

Then it depends on Martial Arts' own performance!

The break passed quickly, and the players of both teams returned to the pitch.

As expected, the Bulls have a seven-point lead, so the Zen master has enough "room to operate" to allow the main players to rest.

The center on the Bulls' side was replaced by veteran Bill Winnington (213cm/111kg, 16th pick in the first round in 1985), a white player from Canada, who has been playing off the bench most of the time since entering the league, and has good playmaking and passing skills.

Although the offensive ability is relatively stretched, in the Bulls, Bill Winnington, as a backup center, does not need much strong interior offensive ability!

Rodman was also substituted, replaced by Joe Klein (211cm/116kg, first round in 1985), also a veteran, but compared to the perennial substitute Bill Winnington, Joe Klein is better, he was often able to play as a starter in the early days of other teams, with good passing ability and mid-range shooting.

Of course, Joe Klein is primarily willing to work hard when defending.

Aside from a few adjustments made by the interior players, the Bulls didn't make much of a change on the outside.

Ron Harper, who is not under much offensive and defensive pressure, still stayed on the court, and Scott Burrle was also replaced by Cooke, with Jordan, although the Bulls bench players have been on a lot, but in terms of offensive firepower, it has not decreased compared to before.

The two interior lines that were replaced at the same time can still protect the Bulls' interior lines, and Wallace and Stanley Roberts may not have the ability to penetrate the defense of those two experienced veterans.

The players of the two teams entered the court, and there was a buzzing discussion in the stands, and the Timberwolves' group of players on the court seemed a little empty to the Timberwolves fans.

Once upon a time, Timberwolves fans were no longer accustomed to the Timberwolves, which were two or three big cats and kittens, and had no background.

Seeing the martial arts of "leading the team alone", the fans felt more or less dissatisfied.

On the Bulls' side, Jordan at least has Cookch and Ron Harper as "helpers"!

It was still the Timberwolves who kicked off in the third quarter, and Chris Kyle began to slowly advance with the ball after receiving a pass from Martial Arts in the backcourt.

When playing with Wu Dao, Chris knew too well what he needed to do, and because he knew exactly how he should play, Chris's mentality became extremely relaxed.

When the martial arts in the baseline position crossed Chris and entered the front court, Chris began to speed up and keep up with the pace of martial arts.

On the Bulls' side, a relatively standard defense method of 2 inside and 3 outside is adopted, which is inaccurate to say that people are marking, but if you want to talk about joint defense, it is not counted, it can be regarded as regional joint defense.

Defending the martial arts, it is Kukchi who has returned to the field, and he has also rested a lot of time, this is the time when he is full of energy, when the martial arts enter the front court, Kukeqi is also quickly pasted, compared to the previous game, Kukchi's defensive strategy has obviously changed.

Holding the ball becomes holding the ball in the defense of the martial arts.

"Boy, why have you been sitting on the bench for so long?!"

"Is it a lack of physical fitness? So need to take more time off? ”

Kukchi also speculated about the vacancy in the second quarter of the martial arts, thinking that the first quarter of the martial arts was too fierce, which led to problems in the distribution of physical fitness and needed some time to rest.

This is actually the norm in the NBA, when many superstars are on the court, in the first half of the game, they will always conserve their physical energy, and use the ball and a small number of ball-holding singles to assist the offense, and in the second half, it will only break out when it needs to be really decided.

Mature players tend to allocate more physical strength than younger players.

After all, physical monsters like Jordan and Kobe Bryant are in the minority after all.

And Kukchi also recalled the previous games of Martial Arts during the break, and found that Martial Arts' playing time was basically in the early thirties of the early thirties, so he thought of a lot of "reasons" for Martial Arts in his mind.

"Not enough fitness?"

Hearing Kukchi's words, Wu Dao couldn't help but glance at the other party.

Is this guy thinking about himself like this in his head? Do you take your defense too seriously? Facing an opponent of this level, will you have fitness problems?

Wu Dao quickly leaned to the side, leaned sideways on Kukchi's body, and then turned around without the ball against Kukqi, and quickly crossed the opponent.

Under the confrontation of Martial Dao's power, Kukchi was half a beat slower when he pursued, and the moment he turned around, it was not Martial Dao that collided, but Ben Wallace's solid chest.

I don't know when, Wallace, who was supposed to go to the inside line, actually came up and made a no-ball block.

At the moment when Kukchi was delayed, there was also a vacancy in the martial arts.

Chris, who was at the top of the arc, couldn't get the ball out of the first time Budo was open under Ron Harper's defense, but he also sent the ball towards Budo in a high way.

It's just that when Takeshi received the basketball in the middle distance, Cookcic was already in pursuit, and at the same time, Bill Winnington of the Bulls' inside line also quickly rushed towards Takemi, and it seemed that he wanted to wrap Takedo with Cookc.

In this day and age, there is still illegal defense, that is, no joint defense is allowed in the semi-zone, which is a policy to encourage offense and improve the spectacle of the game.

However, in the actual game blowing penalty, the blowing penalty scale of illegal defense is quite relaxed, because in the actual game, illegal defense is difficult to define, and blowing strictly will seriously affect the fluency of the game, but it does not help the spectacle of the game.

Therefore, when watching early basketball games, you can see a lot of one-on-one singles, but at the same time, there are also a lot of scenes where the ball is scored against the defense of several people.

In many media brochures about Jordan, he is always surrounded by people

Chase and Cookch and Bill Winnington, who stepped forward to fill in the position, soon came to Budo's side, and the moment the basketball fell into Budo's hands, both of them also completed their positions, blocking Budo's path with one left and one right.

However, in the face of the defense of the two, Wu Dao, who took the ball, directly leaned back on the spot and pulled out his hand, without even the idea of making a feint.

Bill Winnington and Cooke both reached out to intercept in unison, but the excellent explosiveness and terrifying bounce of the martial arts allowed him to still get plenty of room to shoot in the face of the two blocking.

The basketball leaped past the fingertips of Bill Winnington and Cooke, and then landed firmly into the net with a crisp thud.

As the basketball entered the net, there was also a burst of cheers from the stands, and Wu Dao sent the ball into the net against the defense of two people, which was really easy to ignite the enthusiasm of the audience.

"F**K, you softass!"

"Always evade defense with shots like this!"

"Young man, can you be tougher?"

Kukchi heard a soft sound behind him, glanced back at the basket, turned his head, and cursed towards Wu Dao.

He has some small resentment against Martial Arts itself, and when he sees Martial Arts scoring again, he can't control his temper, of course, he will say such things, not entirely because he is angry, but more often, it is to provoke Martial Arts and try to use this way to stimulate Martial Arts to change his playing style.

"Tough?"

"Neither of you can prevent my soft style of play, isn't it even more difficult to prevent if it's hard?"

"When you can stop me, I'll fight harder."

In the face of Kukchi's provocation, Wu Dao only smiled and said sarcastically.

He's not one of those street-born black players, and this kind of agitation is useless for him.

But having said that, Wu Dao's gaze at Kukchi also changed slightly.

It's not impossible for people to satisfy each other's little wishes!

What's more.

After thinking about it, Wu Dao, who was returning to defense, also looked at the rest area of the Timberwolves, and glanced at Philip, who was sitting on the bench at this time, and Wu Dao's face also showed some smiles.

"More importantly, let them realize that I, a newcomer, are different from other newcomers!"

The Bulls have already given martial arts superstar treatment, and as soon as they get the ball, the bag comes up, but the Timberwolves themselves don't seem to recognize the difference between martial arts and other rookies.

(End of chapter)