At this time, Zhou Quan was breaking through, but Jordan stuck to his right side, and Tony Kukoc, who came to help the defense, blocked his left side, and the passing angles on both wings were cut off, and he only had two options, pass the ball to Matt Geiger inside, or make a pull-and-go jump shot himself.

"Squeak!"

The next moment, he made a sharp stop half a step below the free throw line, dribbled the ball under his crotch, pulled the ball up from behind with his left hand, and turned to close the ball to protect it.

Jordan reacted very quickly, stopped and turned around, blocking Zhou Quan's right front side, which continued to lock Zhou Quan's passing angle to the right wing and locked the forward shooting angle.

He has already prepared, because he and Kukoc have already completed the packing, and Zhou Quan will break down again, and there will be Wilpeldo inside, who will only be sandwiched by three people, and Zhou Quan will definitely stop and shoot jumpers.

The next moment, Zhou Quan turned around and threw a backward jumper.

"Leaning back?"

Jordan and Kukoc jumped up and blocked at the same time, but found that the distance between them and Zhou Quan was instantly widened.

Zhou Quan's spiritual willpower is as high as the full level, even if he encounters a double block, he can't shake his willpower, and his shots are very stable.

"Brush!"

The ball flew over Jordan's palm and the hollow fell into the basket.

"Oh roar!"

The supersonic side immediately cheered.

"Beautiful! Turning around and stepping back for a jumper, Zhou Quan has never used this technique before? Oops, that's a good use! Zhang Lili said excitedly and surprised.

"There's a step-back jumper up front, but a turn-back jumper really doesn't work." Xu Jicheng was also excited.

"Iron Fist's back-body technique has also been improved." Larry Bird shook his head in admiration.

"I'm more capable of attacking with the ball, and I'm more capable of breaking bags." There was some surprise in Magic Johnson's eyes.

"This kid, the technology is becoming more and more mature and comprehensive." On the court, Jordan was surprised by Zhou Quan's turnaround and back-to-back jumper.

By the fourth minute of the third quarter, 60:58, the SuperSonics led by two points.

Matt Geiger is off, Gilliam is down, and the SuperSonics are all starters.

The Bulls still executed the defensive tactics of the box, but Gilliam's mid-range shot made the Bulls' box-and-bag tactics pay the price.

Even though Jordan and Kukoc frequently formed a trap on Zhou Quan and cut off the passing angle to the left and right wings, Zhou Quan could still pass good balls, and Gilliam, who was released by Kukoc, frequently got open jump shots, scoring 8 points on 4-of-6 shooting in eight minutes.

At the end of the third quarter, 82:76, the SuperSonics led by 6 points.

Zhou Quan did not shoot desperately in the bag, but he handed out 6 assists in a single quarter and 13 assists in the third quarter, which is the key reason for the supersonic lead.

Phil Jackson has a little scalp tingling, and the double bag can't lock Zhou Quan's pass button, how can he lock it?

At the intermission, Zhang said happily: "It turns out that two defenders can't lock up a top playmaker's pass, but the Bulls can try and let Pippen wrap Zhou Quan." ”

Xu Jicheng said with a smile: "It's okay to be able to prevent it, but if you can't prevent it, the bull will lose, Schramf's empty three points are very good." ”

Zhang Reasonable said: "Jordan shot 10 of 18 in the first three quarters, 4 of 6 in the third quarter, no free throws, a total of 23 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, Zhou Quan 18 points, 13 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, in terms of data, Zhou Quan's performance was even better." ”

"So the lead is supersonic." Xu Jicheng said with a smile.

On the Bulls bench, Phil Jackson is laying out defensive tactics.

Since the previous package tactics failed, the last quarter must not be used, and if he continues to play like this, he will definitely lose, so he can only change his tactics.

"Michael, I can only trust your defense." He said, staring at Jordan.

Jordan would love to smash it with one punch, and if I could have defended the iron fist, I wouldn't have lost in the second round in '93, and my three-in-a-row championship would have been achieved long ago.

Seeing Jordan's expressionless face, Phil Jackson sighed secretly.

Two people can limit Tekken's offense, but they can't limit his passing, and Tekken's passing and offense are equally too threatening to limit just one end.

He can't come up with any other way, the true meaning of the triangle offense is to create open spots and singles opportunities for Jordan, that's his move, to maximize the superstar's singles ability, and now it's time to activate Michael Jordan's singles ability.

"Michael, it's useless to wrap up, you try to limit him, and at the same time you go all out on the offensive end, we fight to attack, and I believe that your individual offensive ability is still ahead of him." Finally, he said.

He also ignored Jordan after saying that, and instead asked Pippen and Kukoc to lock Schramf and Gilliam with all their might, which was the second and third scoring points for the SuperSonics.

Restricting them, both to reduce the supersonic's offensive efficiency and to limit Tekken's passing, is his last resort against Tekken's passing ability.

This is when the last quarter begins.

Supersonic offense.

Zhou Quan held the ball to the top of the arc, leaned over to test the step, and then suddenly pulled back and shot three-pointed.

Jordan, who was shaken, slowed down by half a beat and didn't keep up with the rhythm.

"Bang!"

Unfortunately, it didn't hit.

Tony Kukoc grabbed the rebound and the Bulls attacked.

Jordan received the ball outside the three-point line on the right wing and began to single Zhou Quan.

"Oh, heads-up, Michael is finally starting to attack with the ball." Magic Johnson immediately became excited.

"Tekken, the fight is only starting now."

Stepping back and forth, with his right foot behind, Jordan with his left elbow in front of him, grabbed the ball with one hand with his right hand, and swept backwards.

His eyes lit up frighteningly, because of tactical reasons, although he had 18 shots in the first three quarters, but in fact, he has been suppressing the desire to attack, and now the desire to attack has exploded.

"Come on!"

Zhou Quan felt the difference in Jordan and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

At this time, Jordan's right foot suddenly stepped forward to the right, and as Zhou Quan moved, he immediately retracted, and then rose from the ground while closing the ball.

"Three points?"

Zhou Quan was stunned in his heart, Jordan didn't shoot a single three-point shot today, which really paralyzed him.

"Three points!" Magic Johnson shouted.

"Brush!"

The water splashed, and the basketball pierced the heart.

At 82:79, the Bulls trailed by three points.

Zhou Quan received the ball on the right wing and advanced quickly, Jordan followed very closely, until he crossed the three-point line, he came to a deceleration ball, and when Jordan also stopped sharply, he suddenly accelerated, took a step forward and flew up, completing attitude adjustments such as the basket in the air.

"Not good!"

This time, Jordan didn't keep up, and watched Zhou Quan slide away from his side.

"Brush!"

In the drift to the bottom line, Zhou Quan made a shot, and the basketball was hollowed into the basket.

"Beautiful, drift shot, another difficult shot." Zhang Cheng praised excitedly.

84:79, Bulls attack.

"Bang!"

"Tick!"

Jordan faked a real shot and went to the basket from the wing, which was a violent dunk and caused Rodman's fourth foul.

"Be careful, the end of the quarter just starts, Rodman fouls need to be controlled." Xu Jicheng couldn't help reminding.

At the critical moment, Jordan made two free throws, 84:82, and the SuperSonics still led by 2 points.

"It's Jordan's ball-handling offense, good, two offenses, and Iron Fist didn't find a chance to steal." Larry Bird laughed.

Magic Johnson said helplessly: "No matter how strong Iron Fist's ability to break the ball is, it is impossible to steal once in two defenses, if he is invincible, he doesn't have to fight at all."

He has three steals and triple-doubles, and in these three games, he only made one steal in the last 8 defensive times per game, which is already very magical, very terrifying, and a rare state. ”

"Haha......"

Larry Bird laughed, and he had to admit that he would love to see Iron Fist steal Jordan eight times out of ten in a single game, and that scene must have been funny, and Jordan's face must have been wonderful at that time.

In the final quarter, Jordan attacked with the ball with all his might, and had already scored 15 points, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block in a single quarter, and when there was one minute left, 100:100, it was tied.

Zhou Quan's shooting touch was slightly worse in the last quarter, only scoring 10 points and 2 assists, stealing Jordan once, but being robbed by Jordan once and being capped once.

And Schramf, Kendall Gill, and Gilliam's shooting touch also declined under the desperate defense of the Bulls, and many small open spots did not hit.

Seeing that he couldn't pull the score away, George Karl called a timeout a lot, and after being tied for a tie, called a third timeout of the quarter, leaving a long timeout in his hand.

The Bulls were trailing in the final quarter, but Phil Jackson was able to hold his breath and only called two timeouts, with two more in his hand, one long and one short.

After the timeout, the game began, and the supersonic attacked.

Zhou Quan attacked, and after breaking through with the ball, he still hit the jump shot after Jordan's best efforts to block, and once again exceeded the score.

Then the Bulls attacked, Jordan missed a pull-up jump shot, but at the critical moment, Rodman did not grab this backcourt rebound, and was snatched away by Tony Kukoc, and then scored on the second offense, and the two sides tied again.

102 draws, supersonic attack again, with 29 seconds left, George Karl called a final timeout.

He rearranged his tactics, and Zhou Quan had been attacking at the top of the arc today, and this time in pursuit of change, he asked Zhou Quan to attack from the left flank.

In addition, he asked Zhou Quan to control the offensive time and leave as little time for the bulls as possible.

After the timeout, Zhou Quan pressed on the outside for some time before pulling the ball on the left flank to attack, and Schramf went to the top of the arc.

Kendall Gill cut inside on the weak side, received a pass from Zhou Quan and made a layup, but it was blocked by Pippen under the high post back to the basket, and the offense failed, and Verperdo grabbed the rebound, and after passing to the frontcourt, the Bulls called a timeout.

"Ouch, there's only 4 seconds left, and the Bulls won't give the supersonic offense another chance." Zhang said anxiously.

Xu Jicheng wiped his sweat and said: "The last ball must be Jordan's shot." ”

In front of the Bulls bench, Phil Jackson laid out the final shot.

His tactic was to get Jordan to draw the attention of the defense, then let Tony Kukoc catch the ball and attack, and Pippen serves.

Pippen was annoyed, anyway, I'm the second in charge, I can't shoot Michael at the end, I have to vote, why let me serve, let Kukoc, this kid shoot?

But he didn't dare to squeak because Jordan was on the side.

At the end of the timeout, the Bulls serve on the left touchline of the frontcourt.

Jordan continued to run outside the three-point line, and Tony Kukoc quietly ambushed in the bottom left corner, at which point Jordan ran from the top of the arc to the left wing, and suddenly changed direction and cut in.

Pippen seized the opportunity to pass the ball in time, when Jordan received the ball, Zhou Quan stuck to the right side, the action was very big, the defense was not soft at the critical moment, the referee could not blow the whistle at this time, under his confrontation, Jordan suddenly moved.

At this time, Rodman, who was defending Tony Kukoc, suddenly pounced on Jordan and made a ferocious pinch.

"Not good!"

Zhou Quan faced the left wing, just in time to see that Tony Kukoc in the bottom left corner was completely empty, and his heart was stunned, and the next moment, Jordan's pass let him know that it was bad.

"Bang!"

Jordan combined the ball, and when Rodman pounced on him, he suddenly hit the ground and passed, and the basketball smashed at Rodman's feet and bounced into Tony Kukoc's hands.

"Not good!"

At this moment, Zhang Lili and Xu Jicheng changed color.

The next moment, Tony Kukoc's three-point shot.

Everyone looked at the orange basketball that flew to the basket, and the lights on the rebound came on.

"Brush!"

There was a splash and a three-point shot.

"Oh roar!"

At this moment, the audience was boiling, and 20,000 Bull fans collectively stood up and cheered.

"Tick!"

The referee made a three-point valid gesture for the end of the game.

"Ahh

Jordan, who finally delivered a key assist, jumped up excitedly and threw his fist and roared.

"Damn!"

Although the lead was small, it did lead the first three quarters, but was killed in the end, and Zhou Quan couldn't help but explode in anger.

He hated this kind of lore the most, so that people had no chance to get it back.

"Iron Fist, you've lost!" Jordan said proudly to Zhou Quan.

"The last person to win wins, see you in the next game."

Zhou Quan snorted coldly, glanced at Tony Kukoc, who was running towards Jordan excitedly, turned around and left.

Rodman also followed with some frustration, and his pinch shot failed at the critical moment, but gave the Bulls a chance to kill.

He doesn't really care about the championship, there are three of them, but he knows that Iron Fist and Jordan are fighting hard, because he lost this game because of his reasons, and he feels a little sorry for Iron Fist.

Zhou Quan felt that Rodman was very quiet, which did not fit his personality, and when he looked back and saw the big worm hanging his head, he couldn't help but comfort: "It's okay, Dennis, it's just a loss of away games." Remember, we need to be ready to tie seven. ”

"Okay."

Rodman immediately said in good spirits.

At this time, Larry Bird read with the stats: "Michael Jordan shot 15 of 30, shooting 50%, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 7 of 7 free throws, a total of 38 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.

Iron Fist shot 11-of-23 from the field, shooting 47.8 percent, 2-of-4 from three-point range, 6-of-6 from the free-throw line, 30 points, 5 rebounds, 15 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, 3 turnovers and 4 fouls. ”

Magic Johnson continued: "The rest of the players on both teams, Pippen, the Bulls' No. 2 scorer, scored 24 points, and Jordan combined for 62 points, and the team has a total of three players scoring in double figures.

In the supersonics, Schramf scored 18 points, Gilliam 17 points, Kendall Gill 10 points, and four scored double-doubles. ”

Larry Bird laughed: "Neither side has any obvious advantage, but in the final quarter, Michael Jordan scored 15 points, Iron Fist 12 points, and Iron Fist's shooting percentage was not as good as Michael's, and the Bulls won by three points in the end."

But the Bulls shouldn't underestimate the supersounds, this is the home of the Bulls, and the final win is cool, but it's too difficult to win, and it's not a good thing from that point of view. ”

The magician nodded and said: "The lore is always exciting, but the chances of the lore are always rare, so if the bulls want to win the championship, they must play more consistently and try to play to a greater advantage."

And the next home court is very important, if the Bulls lose and let the SuperSonics win one away road, then the SuperSonics will have three home games next, and the situation is likely to be more unfavorable for the Bulls. ”

(End of chapter)