Chapter 82: The Price of Arrogance (10,000-word chapter)

The privilege that Superstars have is that they don't have to play according to the pre-game plan set out by the coaching staff.

Michael Jordan, who was provoked, felt that the basketball game was getting fun again.

Kicking the triangle out of the way, Mai decided to teach the young players a lesson.

The opening game was beaten 8-0, and in this case, the old guys of the Bulls did not panic at all, and reduced the back-to-back singles of Longley's advantage point in the offense, and Michael Jordan began to shoot frequently.

The boss's requirements must naturally be met!

Alan Houston was a little flustered at first, almost recalling the scene of being fucked by 55 points in the regular season.

It's just that as the game continues, the Knicks are getting more and more confident:

"Maikou, that's it?"

With 5:11 left in the first quarter, Lee Woo stepped to the free throw line, and the boos at the United Center Arena grew louder.

On the TNT commentary seat, Hubby Brown glanced at the technical statistics and commented euphemistically:

"The Bulls have too many singles and it doesn't work very well, the Knicks are protecting the backcourt rebounds, and perhaps, head coach Phil Jackson should ask for another timeout."

Li You hit two free throws steadily, and when he saw the score become 18:10, Dick Stockton on the side also added:

"After opening the game, 2 of 7, Mai Buckle needs to adjust his condition, and then he should give the ball to his teammates."

As soon as the words fell, from right to left, he quickly slipped to the bottom line and came to the blocking position, Michael Jordan rose from the ground after receiving the ball, drifted to the right and completed a backward jumper!

"Huh!" The two-point ball hollows into the net.

The Bulls have no intention of slowing down the pace of the game, and Michael Jordan wants to make a shot, but no one can stop him!

Alan Houston, who was chasing the defense, cheered himself up again, and Li You just clapped his hands, quickly received the baseline ball, faced Harper, who led the defense, and quickly dribbled through the half.

"Shhhhh

Once they got into positional offense, the Knicks' offensive tempo slowed down.

Rodman's pick-and-roll is fast, while Longley's body is too big, and the pick-and-roll will also interfere with Lee's passing.

Oakley's undercover didn't work, and Alan Houston came to the right elbow zone and couldn't get away from Jordan's pursuit.

The first set of tactics didn't work, Larry Johnson hurried to the left blocking area to ask for the ball with his back, and after Li You sent a pass, he immediately went to the baseline and quickly cut in to take away the defense.

In the face of Pippen's top defense, "Big Mom" slammed and slammed into the basket, approached the paint area, immediately turned around in the direction of the bottom line, turned over and jumped to shoot!

"Bang!"

The basketball knocked out of the frame, Longley grabbed the rebound, and the next second was Oakley vigorously cut the ball, and the moment he lost the ball, the basket was snatched up, and finally smashed into Rodman's foot and popped off the bottom line.

"Hey! This is our ball! ”

Seeing that the referee awarded a frontcourt ball, Rodman behaved exceptionally innocent, jumping to his feet and shouting, and the front-row fans also began to curse the referee.

Li You hurriedly made a tactical gesture, quickly sent the ball out, left flank, Oakley received the ball, and then Li You moved quickly and immediately stepped forward to complete the handover.

Back at the top of the arc, Harper was still glued to Li You, and tonight, the old guy didn't touch the ball a few times, and he was focused on defense.

The Bulls in front of him set up a bucket formation, Rodman dangled around the paint area, and Longley simply pestled in it and didn't come out.

"Big Mom" stood in the bottom left corner, but Pippen moved around near the baseline on the left side, and the Bulls shrunk down to the bottom of the line except for two defenders on the line.

Several blocking and dismantling effects were average, Li You simply did it directly, holding the ball in his left hand, slowly raising the center of gravity of his body, and at the same time slowly moving to the left flank.

Regardless of Harper's defense, Li You suddenly changed direction under his crotch, switched to his right hand, and immediately pressed his shoulder to break through.

Harper quickly slid to the right back, the two were entangled to the free throw line, Li You slipped under his feet, almost fell directly, and at the moment when Harper reached out to cut the ball, he supported the ground with his left hand and quickly completed the change of direction in front of the body.

Shaking off the defense, Li You quickly fished the ball with his left hand, and the Bulls fans on the scene exclaimed again, and Harper hurriedly slid to the left back.

Li You straightened up and took a step, then used his right foot as the axis, quickly turned back, and threw a backward jump shot in the paint area!

"Huh!" Two-point shot hollow into the net!

"Shhhhh

The difficult goal, the United Center Arena sounded boos again, Harper shrugged helplessly this time, he had already sealed his face, and the result was still in

On the Knicks' bench, the atmosphere group jumped up and down and screamed, and they withstood the Bulls' counterattack.

At 20:12, noting that with 4:15 left in the first quarter, Phil Jackson began to get Byson Dele and Tony Cookch moving.

The triangle offense can't be played, and if you want to play singles, then change to height and continue to grab rebounds.

In the next few rounds, Lee and Pippen hit a quick iron until Michael Jordan forced a basket and caused a foul on Oakley's beater.

After a mess, the old guys on the court also began to gasp, and the Bulls took the opportunity to make substitutions, replacing Rodman and Longley, and Bison Dele and Tony Cookage came on.

"We should adjust it too, Buck is going to be unbearable!"

Assistant coach Thibodeau reminded Jeff Van Gundy, only to think of the speed of veteran Herb Williams' lateral movement, and the bald young marshal shook his head.

There is also a lead, continue to fight the main force!

After hitting both free throws, Michael Jordan immediately commanded his teammate who had just been replaced to complete the defensive position.

It was time for the positional offense again, Lee Yoo exchanged the ball quickly, Larry Johnson received the ball at the top of the arc, and Alan Houston bounced quickly outside the left near the baseline.

Oakley's cover, coupled with quick vertical movement, still did not get rid of Michael Jordan's pursuit, and as soon as the left wing received the ball, Mai Dunk pounced on it and sliced the ball hard.

Alan Houston was unable to get off the ball for a while, so he had to turn back and forth on the spot, and was finally forced to pass the ball back

The successful defense, which made the Bulls fans scream with joy and was forced to deal cards at the top of the arc, Larry Johnson once again motioned for Lee Yo to receive the ball.

The follow-up tactics failed to run again, Li You quickly came to the right flank, and after receiving the ball, Harper posted it again.

The old guy's movements never stopped, and most of the defensive ends took advantage of their body size, so that Li You was forced to change the breakthrough route.

Pouting outside the three-point line to protect the ball, Li You lowered his center of gravity, held the ball in his right hand, and observed the defensive movement behind him.

Oakley hurriedly came to the three-point line on the right wing and prepared to cover, Li You first blew the ball vigorously on the spot, then quickly pulled the ball back, shook and then quickly twisted, and the ball in his right hand suddenly accelerated.

Approaching the three-point line, taking advantage of Harper's sliding step, Li You first quickly dribbled the ball behind his back, and the moment he caught the ball with his left hand, he immediately wrapped the ball around his back sharply.

Harper almost crashed into Oakley and then slid to the left to block Lee's breakaway, and Bison Delle, who had just been substituted, followed suit to try to complete the delay.

As soon as the big man on the opposite side moved, Oakley immediately quickly went down, blocking the position, Li You, who was moving, did not look at anyone, his right wrist flicked, and the basketball passed between the two defenders.

After receiving a ground-hitting pass, Oakley went straight to the basket, and Cookic quickly assisted the defense, but was still fouled by the old guy.

"Squeak!"

When the referee blew the whistle, the Bulls fans on the scene immediately began to curse the referee, and Oakley didn't care, hurriedly stood on the free throw line, and made a few consecutive shots.

Oakley made both free throws, Oakley let out a sigh of relief, and when the Bulls attacked again, the rebounds finally couldn't stand it, Michael Jordan hit the iron, and the two who came off the bench were a fierce rush.

In the end, Cooke managed to grab the rebound and flicked the ball to Pippen on the left wing outside the three-point line, who received the ball and made an open three-point jumper.

"By the end of the quarter, the Bulls had finally played to their height advantage, and the Knicks had to be careful, they couldn't drop rebounds anymore"

Hubby Brown saw that the Knicks had a tendency to collapse, and subconsciously reminded him.

Forced to play another positional attack, Li You also began to frown, a lot of dribbling, will consume his physical energy.

The old guy in front of him has been fighting against him, and the defense has not stopped since the beginning of receiving the ball, and Li You once again made a tactical gesture.

Larry Johnson quickly came to the top of the arc to make a false cover, and Lee You, who was holding the ball in his right hand, moved laterally at this time, feigning to break through on the right side.

After the fake screen, Larry Johnson immediately went down, took Pippen's defense, and came to the free throw line, where Alan Houston, who played outside, took advantage of the situation to cover Pippen and delay Pippen.

At this time, Li You had already defended and broke through to the three-point line, Pippen was delayed, Larry Johnson accelerated to cut in, sensing that his teammates were out of position, and Michael Jordan subconsciously followed the defense to the paint area.

As a result, Pippen did not follow Alan Houston, who quickly bounced to the top of the arc, and Li You, who broke through to the right elbow area, sent a behind-the-back pass.

Harper wanted to make up for it, but it was too late, and he saw Alan Houston's jumper from beyond the three-point line!

"Huh!" Three-point shot hollow into the net!

"Brilliant cooperation, Jeff Van Gundy deserves to be the best coach!"

"The Knicks have been very successful on several occasions, and Alan Houston hit another three-pointer!"

The Knicks played a StacK playoff this time, and Hubby Brown was full of praise for the bald young marshal.

At 25:15, Alan Houston hit another three-pointer, and the exciting Michael Jordan hit the iron in a row.

The Knicks started throwing away backcourt rebounds, and Bison Dele and Tony Cooke missed baskets and escaped with baskets.

Already sensing that the rebounding was going to be unbearable, Lee began to slow down the tempo and try to give Oakley and Buck Williams a breath of relief.

The offensive end began to play iron again, but fortunately, Michael Jordan also missed the shot after being trapped, and it was not until the end of the first quarter that McDunk hit a turnaround jumper on the left near baseline position.

At 25:17, the first quarter of the game ended, watching the home team still trail by 8 points, the Bulls fans on the scene were booing wildly.

4 of 11 in a single quarter, Mai Dunk, who had a bad hand, scored 10 points, walked to the bench, pulled a face, and felt that he had lost face.

On the bench of the Knicks, the atmosphere group shouted happily and came forward to high-five in celebration, 8 points, this point difference is not small!

Li You, who played the first quarter, was choked enough, sat down on his seat with his butt, took the kettle and began to tons and tons.

The Bulls' tactics are almost "four to one", with Michael Jordan playing alone and the others waiting for the pie.

Harper's offensive end is to pass and catch the pot, and the defensive end is to punch hard, and tonight it has become a pendant, and it is dead on the defense.

Jeff Van Gundy was very satisfied with the team's performance, and the 8-point lead made the bald young coach particularly excited:

"John, Chris, continue to speed up the pace of the game after coming on the court, there are opportunities, and make decisive shots!"

"We are the leading side, attack boldly and seize the opportunity to switch attacks!"

When it comes to positional battles, the Knicks have difficulty scoring, which is visible to the naked eye, if you want to win, you have to continue to throw, and you can't expect the veteran Herb to attack in the low post

Trying hard to deliver chicken soup, the new John Wallace was thrilled with milk, and he got playing time again tonight!

Chris Childs and Starks are paired at the back, with John Wallace and Larry Johnson up front and Herb Williams at center.

Jeff Van Gundy hoped that the rotation would last three minutes, accompanied by the Bulls players on the court, and was immediately dumbfounded when he saw that Michael Jordan was still there.

"You're really him off! Mai Buckle doesn't even rest! ”

Alan Houston also looked stupid, according to the regular rotation, the Bulls would not let Jordan play early, and he had to rest for 3 minutes

Li You thought of the first section of Mai Buckle Bang Bang iron, and immediately comforted:

"Maybe he just doesn't feel it tonight, John has a lot of defensive experience!"

“.”

The Bulls took Steve Kerr, Jason Caffey, Rodman, and Cookc, and obviously, this lineup is still the main Michael Jordan.

On the Knicks bench, everyone was nervous at first, and then Li You began to throw up the towel.

Cooke and Mai dunk are still playing iron, and "Big Mom" is like a drug, protecting rebounds on the defensive end and scoring goals on the offensive end.

At 29:19, after Cookc's free throws and 8 minutes and 23 seconds left in the second quarter, Jeff Van Gundy rushed to get back the main force.

Phil Jackson didn't immediately switch to Harper, and the Knicks' bag was getting more and more aggressive, and someone had to respond from the outside.

Pippen and Longley returned to the court, and the Bulls' defense turned into a bucket formation again.

At the top of the arc, Steve Kerr tried hard to defend Li You, the two were about the same size, and the little yellow-haired Cole showed great enthusiasm after coming on the court.

“Defense! Defense! Defense! ”

The home team clanged the iron, and the Bulls fans at the scene were so anxious that they could only shout loudly.

Coming to the right wing and stepping on the three-point line, Kerr noticed that Oakley was moving forward behind him, and immediately turned sideways, ready to squeeze past the cover.

At the same time, Rodman also quickly followed, and with the cooperation of the two, they just waited for Li You to break through.

Oakley's fake cover on the three-point line, Li You, who held the ball in his left hand, quickly dribbled behind his back, switched to his right hand, and immediately accelerated to cut.

Bypassing the screen, Kerr immediately chased after him, and Rodman quickly met him, and in the middle of the process, Li You, who was holding the ball in his right hand, suddenly sent the ball forward.

Rodman pounced, Li You pulled the ball with his left hand, Cole behind him squeezed up, followed by the next hand to cut the ball, Li You instantly completed the change of direction in front of the body.

"Oh!!"

The fans at the scene didn't see the specific action clearly, but they just felt that in the blink of an eye, Li You passed between the two, and after stepping forward, he approached the paint area and easily completed the throw!

The basketball went past the fingertips of Rodman, who twisted and blocked, and hollowed into the net after hitting the high board!

“ClayGod! What a move! ”

On the commentary seat, Dick Stockton shouted, feeling that it was not enough, and continued to say loudly:

"It's incredible, it's unbelievable, how Lee managed to complete the attack between the two!"

Alan Houston only felt that the X had made Lee You, who shook his head and retreated, pretend, and Michael Jordan next to him seemed to be glaring at him again.

Sure enough, in the next round, Michael Jordan picked up the ball in the left blocking area and hit it, and Larry Johnson quickly packed it from the top of the arc.

Immediately turned to the bottom line, and finally against the defense of the two, Michael Jordan made a sharp stop on the left side of the penalty line, and made a drift back jumper!

At 31:21, the Bulls also scored in the athletic battle.

Blocked to the bottom line, you can still score, Alan Houston's scalp is numb, Li You took the bottom line ball, and continued to encourage:

"The old guy is dying! Run a few more times and try to get out of the defense! ”

Alan Houston, who was hot, tossed back and forth horizontally and vertically on the offensive end, but Michael Jordan, who was already energetic, desperately chased the defense, and the offensive time was more than halfway through, and there was no chance to connect the ball.

In the end, the usual tactics were played, with Rodman again making a quick delay, and Lee Woo quickly feeding the ball to Oakley in the right elbow area.

The unguarded long two-point iron, Longley grabbed the rebound, Pippen answered, Li You immediately stepped forward and pulled it, and the referee followed the whistle

"Shhhhh

Tactical foul, the Bulls' transition offense was not successful, Li You hurriedly beckoned his teammates to retreat, and the fans at the scene were booing wildly.

After playing more than a quarter of the game, the Bulls also figured out the situation and fell into the position to attack, Longley only needed to squat to defend, and it was difficult for the Knicks to score in the paint area.

seemed to calm down, this time in the face of the three-man encirclement, the left blocking area, Michael Jordan threw the ball to Kerr at the top of the arc for the first time.

It didn't take much to adjust, and Kerr hit a solid three-pointer from the open position.

Li You scolded secretly, he participated in the bag, and the other party scored.

At 31:24, the margin returned to single digits.

The pace of the game was slowed down by the Bulls' defense, and it became difficult to deal cards at the top of the arc.

Michael Jordan and Pippen were prepared, which made the pass delayed every time Lee Woo crossed the line.

Just cut to the left flank, Li You didn't receive the pass at the first time, and was a beat slower, Alan Houston at the top of the arc sent a pass, and Steve Kerr had already posted it.

Attacking time was running out, and Li You, who received the ball, always maintained a three-threat posture, and made tentative steps with his right foot in front of the left continuously.

Noticing that it was almost 24 seconds, Kerr continued to move, not giving Li You space to break through, and tried to step again, Li You suddenly released the ball with his left hand, and quickly retreated after blowing the ball vigorously, and then quickly jumped outside the three-point line!

"Bang!"

Cole's subconscious jump to block made a difference, and the ball slammed into the frame.

The Bulls wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to launch a transition offense, but the long rebound just fell into Alan Houston's arms.

The free-throw line got the rebound in the frontcourt, and Alan Houston didn't stop the ball and immediately threw the ball into the left bottom corner.

Steve Cole scolded secretly, and in the blink of an eye, Li You slipped away to the bottom corner.

After receiving the ball, he raised the ball and shook it, and saw Kerr flying in front of him, and Li You made a steady jump shot outside the three-point line!

"Huh!" Three-point shot hollow into the net!

"Lee finally hit the first three-pointer of the game, and the rebounding ball will decide the outcome of the game, and the Bulls underestimated the resilience of the Knicks!"

Huby Brown happily watched the Knicks 5 high-fives on the court in celebration, the Bulls do have a height advantage, but the Knicks are also fighting hard.

At 34:24, with 6 minutes and 29 seconds left in the first half, the margin returned to double digits again.

Phil Jackson called a timeout at this point, and he had to give Jack a breather and interrupt the Knicks' rhythm by the way.

"Shhhhh

Feeling that the situation on the court was wrong, the Bulls fans on the scene finally couldn't hold back, shouting and scolding more and more, no one expected that the home team would fall behind.

Back on the bench, Michael Jordan was not in a beautiful mood, pulled his face and didn't speak, but Phil Jackson didn't care about the team falling behind, and simply encouraged:

"Don't be fooled by the opponent's difficult goals, we just need to rebound well and win the game!"

The core players want to play singles, and Phil Jackson is also happy to support it, and by the way, tell everyone that the grab is over.

On the other side, Jeff Van Gundy didn't say much, just kept emphasizing the game time:

"With six minutes left in the second quarter, hold on and take the lead into the second half and we'll get an away win!"

The head coach excitedly sent out chicken soup, and the atmosphere team also screamed, and everyone wanted the game to end immediately, and then celebrate the victory.

In the last 6 minutes of the first half, the main lineup of the Bulls all returned, and after Harper came on the court, he began to act as a pendant again.

Lee Yoo was so entangled by the old guy that he lost his temper, and unlike Tim Hardaway, who was both playmaking and offensive, the old guy got to the offensive end and waited for Michael Jordan to be caught and then catch the ball.

Either regrouping, or picking up the pot, Harper even threw the job of dribbling over half court to Pippen, and tonight he was completely incarnated as a tool man

Michael Jordan's touch is starting to return, and Larry Johnson's overabundance of bags also gives Pippen a couple of easy scoring opportunities.

On the Knicks' side, Oakley also responded from mid-range, and Larry Johnson followed suit with a three-pointer.

For a while, the Bulls couldn't narrow the score, and everyone on the Knicks team worked hard.

With 1 minute 06 seconds left in the first half, Li You's breakthrough rubbed against Harper's foul, and in the boos of the audience, two free throws were hit steadily.

Entering the state of adding penalties, the old guy didn't collect his defensive moves, and he didn't care about the free throws, which was completely consumed tonight.

In the final moments of the first half, Michael Jordan took advantage of the cover of Cookc, who came off the bench, to get rid of the defense vertically, to the right wing, and hit a long two-point catch-and-shoot jumper!

As Lee Yoo missed a three-point shot in the half, the halftime was completely over, and the boos in the United Center Arena became louder and louder, and everyone on the Knicks ran to the players' tunnel with a smile.

At 48:38, the Knicks entered the second half with a 10-point lead.

"Mai dunk should have shared the ball more, 8-of-19 in the half, 4-of-4 from the free-throw line, and got 20 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, but that's not the rhythm of the Bulls' game!"

"With the constant rush for rebounds and too much physical confrontation, it was difficult for the rest of the Bulls players to find offensive form when they rarely touched the ball."

On the TNT commentary bench, Hubby Brown was not polite, and directly pointed out the reason why the Bulls fell behind, which was caused by Michael Jordan's blind chicken.

"Lee played well, shooting 4-of-10 from the half, 1-of-3 from beyond the three-point line, and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line, finishing with 13 points, 1 rebound, 5 assists and 1 turnover."

Alan Houston was 5-of-11, 3-of-5 from beyond the three-point line, and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, contributing 15 points!"

"The Knicks are under pressure in the backcourt!"

Dick Stockton blew up the Knicks' performance, and seeing that his partner next to him still had something to say, he immediately spoke up again:

"We can start by predicting what the second half of the game will look like."

"Note that the Bulls have grabbed 29 rebounds in the half, including eight in the frontcourt! The Knicks have to solve the rebounding problem. ”

“.”

In the locker room, Jeff Van Gundy didn't mention the tactical arrangement at all at this time, and sent out chicken soup one by one.

Of course, he knew that the veteran Buck Williams couldn't stand it, but on the bench, there was only the older Herb Williams, and as for the new McCarty, he had long been forgotten by the bald young marshal.

"Hold on for another 24 minutes and we'll have a valuable away win!"

"Think about it, win this game, go back to New York, and if we protect our home stadium, we can get match points!"

Jeff Van Gundy took off his coat and loudly encouraged everyone, and the atmosphere team followed suit:

"Michael Jordan was off the mark, our defense worked!"

The painted pie still worked, and Oakley was completely refreshed, and the old guy began to cheer himself up:

"We're going to win the game!"

Li You watched his teammates recover their vitality again, and he could be regarded as experiencing the effect of chicken soup.

Sometimes it's really useless to talk about tactics, so you have to "Let's go!" ”.

At the beginning of the second half, the United Center arena went berserk, and the Bulls fans couldn't stand the home team falling behind, and the game started with a wild boo.

The Knicks took the lead in attacking, and Li You was not polite, quickly dribbling through the halfcourt, at the top of the arc, and Buck Williams faked cover and went down.

Langley cooperated with Harper's Lee Woo, who delayed the ball with his left hand to accelerate the breakthrough, and the two were encircled, and Lee Woo was in the left blocking area, drifting back to shoot a jumper.

At this time, Larry Johnson, Oakley, and Buck Williams all rushed into the paint area, plus Pippen and Rodman, the basketball slammed out of the basket, and everyone below slammed it up!

In the end, Rodman grabbed two and protected the backcourt rebound and posed for a photo, which caused the front-row fans to cheer loudly

The Knicks' tactics are getting simpler, shooting!

When it came to the defensive round, several people on the outside began to take turns to wrap Michael Jordan, as long as they received the ball in the blocking area, within 2 seconds, they would be directly surrounded.

Michael Jordan then hit the iron to protect the rebound, and the Knicks launched a transition offense, and Lee Yoo was defended by Harper after half the court, and converted three-pointers and then iron.

The pace of the game was getting faster and the scores of both sides began to slowly rise, and within three minutes, Phil Jackson immediately called a timeout.

Take Bison Dele, take the initiative to lower the height, replace Longley, who can't keep up with the rhythm, and the Bulls rely on a highly mobile defense to slow down the pace of the game.

Jeff Van Gundy naturally saw that the situation was wrong, and the bag paid the price, Pippen scored two three-pointers in a row, and the United Center Arena was instantly fried, and the Knicks were forced to ask for a timeout.

"Oh!!"

The Bulls fans cheered loudly, and after the timeout, the Knicks began to lose rebounds again, and the transition offense was completely gone

Buck Williams was forced off the field and replaced with veteran Herb Williams, and the situation still didn't improve, and Jeff Van Gundy jumped to his feet in a hurry.

With 4 minutes and 46 seconds left in the third quarter, Pippen's horizontal pass was stealed by Lee You, and the Knicks played a transition offense again, and Lee Woo quickly counterattacked and scored an easy layup.

As the game progressed, Rodman also made a turnover, and then was beaten by the Knicks for a transition offense, and Alan Houston stepped to the free throw line.

Two easy points finally relieved some of the scoring pressure, but with Michael Jordan frequently hitting the basket, the Knicks were still chased back some points by the Bulls.

17:23 in the single quarter, the third quarter was over, 65:61, and the difference was only 4 points.

Lee, like Michael Jordan, was substituted with a minute left in the third quarter:

"Mai Dunk is tired, and he lost free throws, he can't stand it, hold on for a while!"

Hearing Li You's words, Alan Houston nodded with straight eyes, and spent a lot of energy on the defensive end, and the game became more and more iron in the third quarter, and at this time he could only use the mental victory method.

In the final quarter, the Knicks had to make a change in the backcourt, and Lee Yo and Alan Houston had to rest.

Michael Jordan didn't play right away, everyone is human and there is a limit to physical fitness.

Seeing the hope of turning the game around, the Bulls fans began to shout loudly again at the United Center Arena.

Jeff Van Gundy made the right choice, and with his team in the lead, the energetic Starks helped the Knicks score back-to-back points in the final quarter.

With 9:01 left in the game, Michael Jordan returned to the court to help the Bulls score points.

With Longley on the free-throw line, Jeff Van Gundy also got back to the main lineup.

Phil Jackson took advantage of this opportunity to replace Longley, who made both free throws, and took Cookc, once again taking the initiative to make the lineup smaller.

At 72:68, the margin is still 4 points.

In the final quarter of the game, both sides slowed down, and for several rounds in a row, it was Bang Bang Bang again, and seeing that his teammates really couldn't shoot, Michael Jordan, who had slowed down for a few minutes, began to ask for the ball with his back again.

Alan Houston quickly returned to the defense after hitting the iron, and at this time he couldn't stand the back single in the face of Michael Jordan, and after receiving the ball, he leaned on and hit it, and it was directly erased.

Seeing Michael Jordan rushing into the paint zone, Oakley immediately rushed up and slapped his head and face with a big hat.

The ball didn't hit at all, and after the buckle landed, he covered his nose and slapped all the faces.

"Shhhhh

Seeing that the referee blew for two ordinary free throws, the boos immediately turned into shouting.

Seeing Michael Jordan hit one of two free throws, the Knicks bench was about to cheer, but the rebound was pointed into the basket by Rodman.

At 72:71, the United Center arena was boiling again, and the Bulls fans watched Rodman raise his hands under the basket and immediately cheered loudly.

After conceding another rebound, Jeff Van Gundy could only shout a shout to remind his players to focus.

Li You struck iron in the third quarter, returned to the court in the fourth quarter, and the feeling was not continued, Harper was still hanging on his side, and the old guy was basically the same as him.

Quickly receiving the baseline ball, Harper continued to lead the defense, Li You quickly wrapped the ball behind his back, and accelerated with all his strength after switching to his right hand.

“Defense! Defense! Defense! ”

The Bulls fans at the scene shouted more and more, and the team was about to overtake the score.

Coming to the top of the arc, Harper took a small step back, and Li You waved his hand, signaling everyone to pull away and sink to the bottom line.

At the last moment of the game, there was no need for any complicated tactics, Li You, who was holding the ball in his right hand, jumped and dribbled, and then suddenly lowered the center of gravity of his body, and while his body shook to the right, he changed direction sharply in front of his body.

After switching to the left hand, he immediately accelerated with all his might, Harper was prepared, followed by Li You's quick slide to the right rear, and the old guy defended with a free step, just waiting for Li You to break through.

In the blink of an eye, the two came to the right elbow area of the free throw line, and Li You suddenly made a sharp stop and quickly changed direction in front of the body.

Changed to the right hand and immediately dribbled the ball behind his back, while Harper was still sliding backwards, Li You immediately closed the ball, the free throw line, and quickly jumped to shoot!

"Huh!" Steady hit from mid-range!

"Unreasonable goal! Lee helped the Knicks open up the gap again! ”

The defensive cheering came to an abrupt end, and Dick Stockton shouted excitedly on the commentary bench.

"Shhhhh

Seeing Li You, who was returning to defense, raised his index finger with his left hand, the fans on the scene booed and spat fragrantly.

At 74:71, everyone on the Knicks knew that in the next round, it would definitely be Michael Jordan who hit the ball.

Sure enough, the left blocking area asked for the back, Pippen sent a pass, Larry Johnson just slid to chase the defense, Michael Jordan leaned on Alan Houston, turned around immediately after receiving the ball, and completed the back-to-back jumper!

"Huh!" Respond to the goal scored!

At 74:73, the Bulls responded quickly.

A large number of shots, which finally evoked the touch of Michael Jordan, and after the goal, Mai dunked angrily at the babbling atmosphere on the Knicks' bench

The Bulls stepped up their defense again, Harper stuck to the defense, Lee Yoo made quick passes over the half, Larry Johnson arced up, and then, several screens, failed to get out of the defense.

Oakley simply waved his hand and signaled to throw everyone to grab it again, but this time Li You broke through to the left near baseline position and made a quick stop jump shot

There was another rush under the basket, and Cookic finally protected the rebound.

With such a simple and crude tactic, the Bulls didn't have a good way, Li You shot close to the basket, and when he hit the iron, the rebound would not bounce too far.

This makes the Bulls can only follow the brainless scramble, and at the critical moment, as long as Li You does not make mistakes, the Knicks will not make mistakes, and the ball is in the hands of one person.

Under the three-man package, Michael Jordan's response ball also failed to score, and Phil Jackson also stood on the sidelines at this time, shouting loudly and signaling to play tactics.

In the final few minutes, the Knicks struggled to score, relying on free throws from Oakley and Larry Johnson to slowly build up the score.

The old guy desperately rushed to grab the rebounds in the frontcourt, and the defense also spared no effort to protect the rebounds.

But Cooke's rebound and Pippen's breakthrough still made the Bulls bite the score.

At 78:77, with the last 56 seconds left in the game, the front-row fans all stood up, and the Bulls fans on the scene shouted in unison:

“Defense! Defense! Defense! ”

After the quick dribble in the half, Li You did not rush to attack, but continued to control the time, and the atmosphere group on the sidelines covered his mouth nervously, and scored, and the Knicks may be able to win the game.

In the last few rounds, Harper didn't lead the defense, and at halftime, Michael Jordan took the initiative to change the defense, and when it came to the stage of harvesting the game, Mai dunk was about to hit hard.

As the game ticked, everyone on the court pulled away, the fans shouted excitedly, and Michael Jordan lowered his weight and stared at Li You's movements.

With 13 seconds left in the offensive time, Li You, who was holding the ball in his left hand, suddenly leaned over and accelerated, approached the three-point line, quickly crossed and pulled back, and the moment he switched to his right hand, he dribbled twice in a row extremely fast.

Michael Jordan was shaken and moved, and Li You, who completed the dribble behind his back, suddenly blew up the ball on the spot, grabbed the ball again with his right hand, and immediately turned around and accelerated.

Under the change of rhythm, Li You successfully led the small half a body and went straight to the basket against Michael Jordan's defense.

Sliding quickly to the left back, Michael Jordan knew he hadn't lost his defensive position yet, and he didn't cut the ball lightly.

The two came to the paint area almost instantly, and during the march, Li You suddenly turned around, then quickly closed the ball, switched to his left hand, tilted his body, leaned on Michael Jordan, and threw the ball to the basket!

After twisting and quickly making a block, the basketball flew past his fingertips, and Michael Jordan's eyes subconsciously widened.

Perhaps it was the physical confrontation that played a role, and the basketball bounced twice on the basket before finally falling out of the basket.

The Union Center Arena, which had just almost turned into the Chicago Library, burst into loud cheers:

“Wow!!”

The rebound was held by Rodman, and with 34 seconds left in the game, the initiative returned to the Bulls' side.

Michael Jordan glared at the Knicks' atmosphere group, who was all covering their mouths and not making a sound.

Losing the key ball, Li You didn't have much expression, just quickly returned to defense, and the Knicks still had time.

After Pippen received the ball, he dribbled steadily across the half, and all the fans in the stadium couldn't sit still, got up and shouted.

is also pressing time, on the right wing, Michael Jordan did not receive the ball at the first time, and Alan Houston could only follow the instinctive reaction of his body at this time and hang next to McDunk.

The Bulls all sank to the baseline, and Lee Yoo followed Harper in the left corner, and when there were 10 seconds left on the offensive time, Michael Jordan suddenly activated.

Pippen immediately turned around, made a hand-to-hand at the top of the arc, and then ran quickly to the left flank.

The moment he received the ball, he sensed that Larry Johnson followed up with the defense, and Michael Jordan did not choose to pass the ball, but quickly turned at the top of the arc, grabbed the ball with his right hand, and accelerated the breakthrough.

Alan Houston slid desperately to give a physical confrontation, and Larry Johnson chased after him.

The three of them came to the right near baseline position, Michael Jordan suddenly made a sharp stop, rose from the ground, drifted to the right rear in the air, hovered for a short time, and waited for the jump to block the two of them to start falling, and then calmly jumped and threw his hand!

"Huh!" Two-point shot hollow into the net!

"Oh!!"

The United Center arena exploded instantly, the Bulls fans began to scream wildly, and Michael Jordan looked around the crowd expressionlessly after landing, and Alan Houston and Larry Johnson were completely numb.

78:79, in the final moments, the Bulls overtook the score.

Jeff Van Gundy hurriedly called a timeout, and on the Bulls bench, the atmosphere group cheered, and everyone stepped forward to high-five Michael Jordan in celebration.

"What a beautiful goal, Michael Jordan has shown his killer nature again!"

Hubby Brown didn't say much, and the old man seemed to have gotten used to the key ball performance of the dunk.

"Just one point away, Lee can finish the game, and of course, 12 seconds, the Knicks still have a chance!"

On the commentary bench, Dick Stockton also smiled and waited to watch the play, no matter what the result is, neutral fans will definitely not lose!

On the Knicks bench, Jeff Van Gundy hurriedly pulled out the tactical board and drew a sideline ball tactic, everyone was gasping for air, and everyone was silent.

"Give me the ball, I'll hit the shot, we'll win the game!"

In the final round, Li You breathed a big sigh of relief on the court, and at this time he could not count on his other teammates, Alan Houston and Larry Johnson were almost vomiting

Jeff Van Gundy, who was about to explain the tactics, was stunned for a moment, and Li You made two strokes on the tactical board, turned his head and reminded Alan Houston loudly:

"Serve backwards, we have plenty of time!"

Alan Houston subconsciously nodded, everyone stood up again, and when the timeout time came, the United Center Arena was completely boiling.

“Defense! Defense! Defense! ”

The audience stood up and shouted loudly, victory was at hand!

Jeff Van Gundy, who was standing on the sidelines, nervously tugged at the hem of his suit at this time, and then shouted loudly to remind the players to concentrate.

12 seconds, enough to complete an attack, the left side near the baseline, with the help of Oakley's cover, Li You quickly bulleted.

On the left wing, he received the touchline ball from Alan Houston, put the ball with his right hand, and Li You quickly moved to the top of the arc.

Everyone pulled away again, and the Bulls were symbolically defensive, and in the final moments of the game, the core players would not pass the ball.

Without anyone to help defend, Michael Jordan once again lowered his center of gravity and did not rush up, but moved slowly under his feet.

As the clock ticked by, the defensive cheers in the arena at the Union Center were getting louder and louder, and the Bulls fans couldn't hold back

With 5 seconds left in the game, Li You suddenly started, at the top of the arc, holding the ball in his right hand, pretending to lean out to accelerate, and then quickly completed the crotch dribble.

Lower the center of gravity of the body, the body sways to the left, and take advantage of Michael Jordan's move to the right, instantly completing a large change of direction in front of the body.

The basketball grazed Michael Jordan's fingertips and came to Li You's right hand, realizing that he had been deceived, and Michael Jordan quickly slid his steps.

Li You took advantage of the situation with a small amount of In and Out, his body shook in confusion, and he noticed that Michael Jordan moved backwards with his body, quickly completed the dribble behind his back, and at the same time exerted force under his feet and retreated sharply.

Instantly returned to the three-point line, without any hesitation, Li You drifted slightly to the right rear and made a quick jump shot!

Michael Jordan was shaken to the spot, and before he could make a blocking move, he saw Li You in front of him turn around confidently and raise his hands high!

The basketball draws a graceful arc and eventually falls straight into the net.

"Huh!" Three-pointers hollow into the net.

The ball lights on, and so does the hum of the end.

“OH——!!”

“He got it!”

The United Center arena was instantly silent, and it seemed that only Dick Sterton in the commentary box was shouting excitedly.

Bulls fans first looked at Li You, who turned around confidently and raised his hands early, and then the noise almost lifted the roof directly

"Shh

No one cared about the boos, and everyone on the Knicks team ran to the court, holding Li You, who was still posing for X, and yelled wildly.

"Ahh

Jeff Van Gundy jumped around twice before reining in a smile and walking to the tech desk to shake hands with Phil Jackson.

Michael Jordan crossed his back to look at the scoreboard, then took one last look at the Knicks who were still celebrating wildly, pursed his lips, and turned his head to walk to the players' tunnel.

"Crazy game, crazy stunner, the Knicks got the away win!"

"The arrogant Bulls paid the price in the end! Lee showed his big heart attributes, 19 years old? Incredible performance! ”

Hubby Brown happily watched the crowd of Knicks huddled together.

8 of 21, 2 of 7 from beyond the three-point line, 4 of 6 free throws, and technically statistically, Li You only had 22 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal and 1 turnover, but at this moment, no one cared about this.

Dick Stockton also only glanced at the technical statistics, and then said with a smile:

"The series is 1-0, the Knicks have accomplished their goal, G2 Patrick Ewing is back, and the series is getting more and more interesting!"

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