Michael Jordan's shooting was inaccurate again, which was not expected by everyone at the beginning, and in today's game with the Timberwolves, Jordan's performance in the first three quarters has almost made people forget that Jordan is actually 34 years old.

The NBA can be said to be the highest temple of basketball, and the more talent is valued in competitive sports, the shorter the life cycle of professional athletes.

In a league like the NBA, the requirements for players are even higher, and in a high-level league, your opponent is also a talented player in a million, and once the physical function begins to decline, the player's dominance will inevitably decline.

Jordan's successive misses were not "accidental" shots as the audience thought, but because the game was played to this point, Jordan's physical fitness also decreased significantly, and the shooting rate decreased, which is really a normal thing.

After all, not everyone is Mitsui Kotobuki, are they!?

And Jordan is under the heavy pressure of martial arts, Jordan's play is not as easy as the audience sees, as imagined.

The Timberwolves pushed back the fast break, although Jordan's physical fitness declined, but that will only be reflected in the shooting rate on the offensive end, after all, the accuracy of the action when attacking the shooting will be directly linked to the shooting rate, and the decline in physical fitness is the most likely factor to affect the shooting rate.

But the defense is different, as long as it is not a situation where the physical strength is bottoming out, as long as Jordan can still run, it is impossible not to even chase such a quick push counterattack.

As soon as the martial arts got up, Jordan's figure quickly appeared behind the side of the martial arts, Jordan was firmly attached to the martial arts, and at the same time looked slightly sideways at Marbury, who was holding the ball and pushing quickly, and his face was very ugly.

The continuous shooting made Jordan realize that his physical fitness began to decline, and his physical fitness declined, and even his concentration also declined.

In this case, many people must have a similar experience, when a lot of physical energy is consumed, even the head will become groggy.

Although the situation Jordan is facing now does not mean that his head will become dizzy, the feeling of fatigue coming from his body also makes Jordan's attention begin to drift.

Jordan could feel his abnormality, and as his opponent's martial arts, of course, he could also feel it.

Sometimes, your opponents know yourself better than you do.

Takedo accelerated abruptly after crossing the halfway line, and Marbury noticed that Takeshi was nearly two positions ahead of Jordan, and he no longer hesitated, and quickly threw the ball in front of Takemi.

Jordan saw Marbury come out of the ball, and he also sped up his pace, trying to catch up with the martial arts in front of him, but no matter how he accelerated his pace, there was no way to close the distance between him and martial arts.

It wasn't until the basketball in the air began to fall and Takeshi changed his running rhythm in order to catch the ball, that Jordan successfully narrowed the distance between him and Takemi.

With the basketball in hand, Jordan also came behind Wu Dao, silently watching Wu Dao who quickly crossed the three-point line with the ball, and at the moment when Wu Dao combined the ball, he wanted to reach out and steal the basketball in Wu Dao's hand.

It's just that the speed of martial arts is too fast, and he is also quite hard when he combines the ball, the moment Jordan points to the basketball in his hand martial arts, a huge force is on Jordan's body, making his body unstable and his steps chaotic.

The center of gravity is unstable, people just subconsciously grasp something to maintain balance, Jordan naturally can't ignore the laws of nature, the hand that was originally on the basketball in the hands of the martial arts grasped the arms of the martial arts.

However, Jordan's pulling action did not affect the next move of the martial arts at all, and the martial arts of the ball had already taken a step, and at the same time that Jordan pulled his body, the martial arts also quickly took the second step, and then jumped up.

Wu Dao's original intention was to make a split, but Jordan's pulling action still affected him after all, and the jumping Wu Dao grabbed the ball with his left hand, and put the ball into the basket with a light licking basket.

"Beep-"

A sharp whistle sounded, and the spectators in the stands also cast their eyes on Jordan after seeing this scene, and at this moment, Jordan had already stood firm.

After the referee's whistle blew, Jordan also tried to hold his breath and looked at the referee.

There was no surprise, when Jordan fouled, the martial arts had already started, and after the referee made an effective gesture for a goal and gave Jordan a foul decision, Jordan silently raised his hand.

The goal is valid, plus one penalty kick.

Martial Arts Jordan got a 2+1 chance on his head.

“oh——”

As the stands erupted in amazing cheers, Wu Dao also clenched his right fist, and his heart was full of excitement.

Wu Dao can clearly feel that Jordan's state has declined, and if this 2+1 is successfully completed, it will not only be able to hit Jordan, but also hit the morale of the Bulls.

Under the gaze of everyone, Takedo executed the free throw.

When he stood at the free throw line, Wu Dao didn't make too many adjustments as before, so he shot directly. Wu Dao, who was standing at the free throw line, was still five or six centimeters away from the free throw line, and after dribbling on the spot and adjusting it slightly, Wu Dao exhaled heavily and then shot a shot.

"!!Shh

With a crisp sound of entering the net, the stadium in the target center was once again filled with cheers from the fans.

Outside the three-point line, the Timberwolves players understood that Wu Dao executed the free throw and scored the ball, and they also cheered happily.

When Martial Arts returned, Marbury and Garnett leaned in one after another and high-fived Martial Arts in celebration.

Defeating Jordan and his Bulls is not just Wu Dao alone, young people like Marbury and Garnett both regard Jordan as a superstar idol and regard Jordan as an opponent they need to cross!

“.”

Looking at the back of Wu Dao and his teammates leaving together, Jordan took steps and ran quickly towards the Timberwolves' half, although his face was tired, but his eyes were bright and determined.

Challenger?!

Over the years, I don't know how many young boys have tried to challenge his position, but none of them have succeeded.

Martial Arts wasn't the first young man to challenge him.

He will let Martial Dao sweep Martial Arts into the garbage heap of losers, just like those challengers!

The ups and downs of Jordan's form will not make Jordan change his style of play, and in Pippen's absence, Jordan has to take on the important task of finishing the ball, but also has to take on the task of attacking the central axis.

In the Zen master's triangular offensive system, the meaning of Pippen's existence is actually the offensive axis, and the main role is to pass the ball, and at the same time shoulder a certain number of attacking balls.

The main task that Jordan needs to take on is to run and then be responsible for executing the finishing shot.

Pippen is nominally the central axis of the triangle offensive strategy, but the most essential core task of this strategy is to get Jordan in a comfortable position to receive the basketball.

Then use Jordan's personal inexplicable one-on-one ability to train the defenders.

In the eyes of fans, the most dazzling thing in the triangle offensive system is undoubtedly Jordan who executes the finishing ball, and of course, this is indeed the case.

But does that mean that Pippen's role isn't important?

Of course not, Pippen's role is actually much more important than fans think, it is precisely because Pippen has excellent independent offensive ability that he can contain defenders, and it is because Pippen has excellent passing skills that he can become the core axis of the triangle offensive strategy.

Without Pippen, the pressure on Jordan would have increased exponentially.

Not only will he have to take on the role of the team's central axis, but he will also need to move more to get rid of the defenders.

Jordan will be so tired and tired so fast in today's game, and it is precisely because of this reason.

Bulls Triangle of three players.

In this era, not only Jordan is irreplaceable, but Pippen is actually irreplaceable.

You may not believe it when you say it, Jordan led the team in one round, and Uncle Pi led the team to grab seven in the second round.

There is still a big gap between today's Bulls and the Champion Bulls, which Jordan understands very well in his heart, of course, he understands it in his heart.

"Bell—"

With a crisp iron sound, the basketball collapsed into the basket.

With the Bulls' attack, Michael Jordan still chose to believe in himself and went on his own.

One thing superstars always have in common is that they are too confident.

Jordan, like most superstars, doesn't believe in the "long night" and feels like the torch is in his own hands.

Martial arts this defense is very good, not to mention that he is not out of position, and at the moment of Jordan's projection, he also quickly jumps and blocks it, although he was not able to complete the block on Jordan, but his interference is "enough".

Jordan was able to score the ball, and that was the amazing thing.

The rebound was held by Garnett, and although KG is a "soft knife" on the offensive end, he is a real iron-blooded tough guy on the defensive end and grabbing rebounds.

His defensive skills, while helping the Timberwolves as a team, are also influencing the big Ben who is also on the court.

Big Ben is a "grassroots" player in the true sense of the word, he has not played in the NCAA, only played in the second league of community colleges, he was able to go from a grassroots to the NBA stage, relying on his "spring man" attributes, as well as his professional attitude of humbly studying and training hard.

Every game of the Timberwolves, Big Ben is absorbing nutrients both on and off the court.

And Garnett, a player who integrates "system" and "talent", is the best object for Big Ben to learn. If you find your own route, you will quickly become stronger in the competition.

Now, he has a very keen nose for the rebounding position, even against the Bulls' tall white center Luke Longley, Big Ben can use the card position to create a rebound opportunity for his teammates.

Big Ben's brain is quite smart, and he doesn't put all his mind on combing his explosive head.

Offense and defense alternated, the Bulls' return speed was fast, and the Timberwolves had no chance to break fast this time.

The Bulls' players are finally starting to re-adapt to "Iron Joe", Jordan's "God Joe" experience card seems to have expired, and it seems that he has not renewed his fee.

One god, one ghost.

This is actually the norm for old Jordan, not only Jordan in the Wizards period, but also Jordan at the end of the dynasty.

But Jordan is the kind of playoff player.

In the '97-98 season, for example, Jordan averaged 28.7 points per game during the regular season, but in the playoffs, he was able to average a terrifying 32.4 points per game.

This is also when the intensity of the playoffs is much greater than that of the regular season

The Qiao gang leader in the state of "Heavenly God" has seen it with his own eyes, and to be honest, he really can't prevent it.

But the martial arts of "Qiaozi", who is good at striking iron, have also seen it

Bulls halftime.

The basketball came to Wu Dao's hands after several transmissions, and as soon as he got the ball, Wu Dao's right foot was slightly raised, and he moved and swayed.

Jordan's attention was all on Wu Dao's body, and he didn't notice that Garnett, who was on the inside, had quickly moved up and came up to cover Wu Dao.

In the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves' tactical tactics were obviously adjusted, and Coach Philip did not intend to rely entirely on Wudao's individual ability, so before going on the court, he pulled Garnett and asked Garnett to cover Wudao more and work down.

Garnett's cover quality is not comparable to Wallace's, Wallace's small height, small physique, and pitiful range of cover, and the most important thing is that his downward quality is very stretched, Wallace is on the offensive end, which is completely negligible for martial arts.

For Wallace, who is smooth, it is better for Wu Dao to make a strong shot against Jordan's defense.

The success rate is even a little higher in martial arts singles.

Therefore, in the third quarter, the Timberwolves' skills and tactics were very simple - martial arts singles.

But that's where Garnett and Big Ben differ, Garnett's offensive ability is quite good, especially when he's 1-3 feet away from the basket.

And Garnett's height and size are also much better than Big Ben, and his blocking quality is far beyond Big Ben by a level.

At the same time, Garnett's quality is far beyond the capital.

With Garnett's blocking, martial arts will become more abundant in terms of choices, and martial arts that truly have the "triple threat" will become more difficult to defend.

Jordan didn't have a very good way to take martial arts in his one-on-one offense and defense with martial arts, and now Garnett suddenly blocked and dismantled, which also caught Jordan off guard.

Wudao quickly accelerated through Garnett's blocking, Garnett also quickly went down after blocking Jordan, and the Bulls' defenders were still the same old ideas, and they didn't care about Garnett, but went up with Jordan towards Wudao.

There is no way, Wu Dao's performance today is too explosive, so that the bull has to defend.

The assault Wudao did not choose to play by himself after encountering the Bulls' bag, the basketball flew out of his hand, and as Garnett's figure took off, he received the ball in the air to complete the violent dunk, and the Timberwolves' scoreboard added two more points.

Bull, defeat has been revealed!

(End of chapter)