Bulls attack.

Pippen failed to make two consecutive attacks and was a little afraid to make a shot, and after Harper passed the ball to him, he dribbled against Schramf and arched in twice, and then passed back to Harper.

At this time, Jordan on the right wing ran back inside and cut the ball outside, and Harper saw that Zhou Quan was one step behind and hurriedly passed over.

When Jordan received the ball, Zhou Quan had already chased in front of him, poked his right hand, and the sudden stabbing action interrupted his offensive rhythm and lost the opportunity to catch the ball and jump shot.

At this time, Zhou Quan completed the closeness, forcing him to immediately dribble and take a step back, and then immediately took a tentative step, and between dribbling, his right foot stepped to the right.

Zhou Quan was not worried about Jordan's tentative step breakthrough when dribbling, and as soon as his left foot moved, he first retreated to the left back side for a small step.

At this time, Michael Jordan came to a crotch dribble, and the right foot that took the step was to the left again, changing the direction of the breakthrough.

Just as Jordan was dribbling under his crotch, Zhou Quan quickly withdrew his left foot, and when Jordan's right foot changed direction to break through, he took a big step sideways in time and re-blocked Jordan's front.

As he moved sideways, his vision was locked on the basketball.

One moment Jordan was pressing the ball down, and the next, with his strong anticipation, the basketball would bounce off the floor when he completed the lateral movement.

So at this moment, he prepared for the next moment of tackle, and by the time he completed the lateral movement, the whole person had already turned into a leaning position, like a cheetah with a hipped back, about to pounce.

In an instant, the next moment came, the basketball that was pulled up from the floor was about to fall into Jordan's hand, Zhou Quan stabbed his left hand, and under the precise blow, the basketball was stabbed behind Jordan, and in the next moment, when his body was violent, he pounced like a cheetah.

"My balls?"

Jordan was about to rush over, but saw that Zhou Quan had blocked the front, and the next moment, Zhou Quan rushed from his left side, and he knew that something was wrong, and his ball was likely to be broken.

Sure enough, when Zhou Quan rushed past him, his ball disappeared, and he quickly turned around to chase it, but he was already several steps behind.

"Steal! Zhou Quan made a second steal, and this time the victim was Michael Jordan! Xu Jicheng roared excitedly.

"Bang!"

Amid the cheers of 2,000 away fans, Zhou Quan took the lead, whipped up to his left elbow, and flew up two steps later, blasting the Bulls' basket with a tomahawk slam.

"Tick!"

Phil Jackson had already called a long timeout early when Zhou was about to go down, and the referee blew the whistle.

"Now at 8-2, the Bulls failed for the third consecutive offense, one of which missed a jump shot and two steals." Elgin Baylor said.

"Oh, the state of the Iron Fist King tonight, 2 points, 3 assists and 2 steals in the opening game, it's terrifying!" Robertson said in an exaggerated tone.

"That's why Coach Phil Jackson called a timeout." Elgin Baylor said.

At this time, Robertson shouted: "Look, the replay of the broken ball just now...... Oh, Iron Fist's lateral movement and steal action are so coherent, and when he moves sideways, he has already completed the preparation of leaning over and preparing for the steal. ”

At this time, the on-site director of NBC TV froze the replay in the moment before the steal, and Elgin Baylor said in surprise: "See, what does Iron Fist look like at this time, I feel like a jaguar, a real meat eater, the momentum is terrible!" ”

"His eyes are so bright, I feel like he's going to eat Michael Jordan." Robertson exclaimed.

On the Bulls bench, there was a gasp.

In the first two minutes of the game, they were beaten eight to two, and the psychological pressure was too great, which caused the physical consumption of the players to double.

The start was not good, or the opponent started too well, and Phil Jackson also felt a boulder pressed on his heart.

After Jordan sat down, he leaned down in front of him and said: "Michael, although we lost the last game, the way we played the last game was actually right, you have to try to minimize the attack with the ball in front of the iron fist, there are no good chances, and the ball is out immediately." ”

Jordan glanced at Phil Jackson and nodded silently.

The ball was broken just now, and it made him realize once again the danger of attacking with the ball in front of the iron fist.

Phil Jackson told Pippen: "Be mindful when you pass the ball to Michael, try to be at the point when he just got out of the iron fist.

Tekken is a little faster than Michael, and if the pass is slow, Tekken will catch up with Michael again, so you must master the timing of the pass, don't pass the ball for the sake of passing, and pass the ball to Michael at the most opportune time. ”

These words made Jordan and Pippen have very mixed feelings.

Before Tekken didn't come along, the ultimate goal of the triangle was to create singles opportunities for Jordan, who could face anyone's defense and beat his opponent in singles.

But now, with Iron Fist's incredible tackling ability, he has changed that, and Jordan can't attack with the ball in front of Iron Fist.

This has a very huge psychological impact on Pippen and other Bulls players.

Of course, this shock has been going on for a few seasons, but now it's getting bigger and bigger as Jordan's fitness has gradually declined.

The decline in physical fitness, the first point will be reflected in the reaction speed, Jordan's reaction speed continues to slow down, and in the face of the strong steals of the iron fist, Jordan is more and more risky to hold the ball, which is why Phil Jackson has repeatedly emphasized that Jordan should reduce the offense with the ball.

For Jordan, he doesn't feel like he's getting old in front of other opponents, he's still very strong, stronger than any opponent.

But this opponent, not including Iron Fist, in front of Iron Fist, he felt that he was old.

This feeling of aging first made him very angry, and then disappointed and depressed.

It was precisely because of this feeling of being old in front of Iron Fist that he had the idea of retiring after winning this championship.

Phil Jackson repeatedly embarrassed Jordan by repeatedly asking Jordan to reduce his offense with the ball, even asking him not to attack with the ball in front of an iron fist.

But for the championship, he had to obey, and in the case of a bad relationship with Phil Jackson, this situation also made him very aggrieved.

"How could I possibly lose to him?"

Anger, unwillingness, frustration, etc., all the negative emotions, under his strong willpower, were transformed into a kind of motivation, the motivation to defeat the iron fist.

At this point, the timeout ends and the game resumes.

Jordan ran as hard as he could, and he felt like he was running faster, moving more agile, and reacting faster.

"This guy, go down and get a shot of chicken blood?"

Zhou Quan, who was marking, felt the most obvious, because his marking was more difficult than just now.

At this time, Pippen saw Michael running over the top of the arc and running towards him, and the iron fist was blocked by Harper, Hawkins hesitated and did not change the defense, Michael got a small space, he immediately seized the opportunity and passed the ball over.

At the top of the left arc, two steps and three meters away from the top of the positive arc, Jordan received the ball and made a three-point shot.

Zhou Quan got past Harper from the top of the arc and jumped up from two meters away to block the ball, probably a thirtieth of a second slower, and before his hand could arrive, the ball flew over.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and hit the three-pointer.

"Oh roar!"

The United Center was immediately detonated by this three-point shot, and a huge cheer surged like a tsunami, sweeping the audience.

"Beautiful! This three-point point gives us a glimpse of Michael Jordan's style in the G1 game of the '92 Finals. Elgin Baylor said excitedly.

"Yes, Jordan made six three-pointers in the half and shot 6-of-10 from three-point range in that game. But alas, yes, that record was broken by Tekken. Robertson said.

"In that Finals, Jordan shot 0 of 4 three-pointers in the G2 game, which was a big contrast to the performance in the G1 game, and I hope Jordan can play the performance in that G1 game in the Finals today." Elgin Baylor laughed.

When the supersonic switch between offense and defense, it was still fast-paced, but this time it was stopped by the bulls and entered the positional battle.

"Bang!"

Schramf took advantage of Leitner's pick-and-roll cover to get a small space on the left wing and missed a jumper after receiving a pass from Zhou.

Mutombo grabbed the rebound, Jordan received the ball in the backcourt, hit the chase ball, and hit the left wing three-point line.

"Three more points?"

Zhou Quan defended very quickly, and he was still running in front of Jordan, and at this time he also followed the emergency stop and turned around, but Jordan's rhythm was too fast, and before he could step up and jump to block, Jordan had already completed the shot.

"Brush!"

The next moment, there was a splash of water in the basket.

"Oh roar!"

The United Center is boiling again.

"Chasing three points? Pretty! Michael Jordan hit back-to-back three-pointers, and his form began to explode! Iron Fist has failed to defend continuously, how will he respond? Elgin Baylor shouted excitedly.

At 8:8, Jordan tied the score with two three-pointers. Now he's scoring eight points on 3-of-3 shooting. Robertson said excitedly.

George Karl didn't call a timeout, so he should have called a timeout to interrupt Jordan's rhythm. Once Jordan breaks out, no one can stop it! Zhang said urgently.

"Let's see how Zhou Quan fights." Xu Jicheng shouted.

When Jordan shot, Mutombo was at the top of the backcourt arc, and when Zhou Quan received the ball in the backcourt, the Bulls' defense was all in place, and the positional offensive and defensive battle began.

He came to the front court, and when he was close to the top of the arc, Jordan began to press him and not give him a chance to take his stride at the top of the arc.

In order to save energy, he didn't force the attack, and Lightner pulled to the bottom left corner, and he called for Rodman's block.

Mutombo stood one step ahead of the basket and didn't follow up to the high post.

The next moment, Rodman stood on Jordan's right side, and Zhou Quan moved a step to the left with bad luck, and then immediately shot a three-pointer.

Although Jordan has great strength, he can't squeeze Rodman, and he goes around to the right side of Zhou Quan in one step, and he is already a beat slower when he jumps and blocks.

"Can you get in?" Zhang Li shouted.

"Brush!"

There was a splash and a three-point shot.

"Beautiful! Zhou Quan's feel is not inferior to Jordan. Now he's scoring five points on 2-of-2 shooting. Xu Jicheng said excitedly.

"Is this going to be a three-point race?" Zhang Lili was also excited.

At 11:8, the Bulls attacked.

Jordan repeated his old trick, running from the right wing through the top of the arc to the left wing to receive the ball, and Harper blocked again.

"Three points again?"

Seeing Jordan catch the ball at the top of the left arc and jump, Elgin Baylor shouted excitedly.

But this time, Zhou Quan walked around in advance, bypassing Harper, only half a step behind Jordan, and when Jordan received the ball and shot, he also jumped up.

Jordan, who jumped up, was about to make a move, when a figure suddenly broke into his vision in the corner of his right eye, and he knew that it was an iron fist that was blocking him, so he didn't make a move, but fell backwards in the air, turning a jump shot into a backward jump shot.

However, this is a temporary change, so the amount of recline is limited.

The next moment, his ball was shot, and Zhou Quan's left hand also hit.

"Bu!"

With a soft sound, the basketball that was about to fly over was changed by the fingertips of Zhou Quan's left hand, but it still flew towards the basket.

"Rebounding!"

Zhou Quan and Jordan shouted at the same time.

"Mine!"

Under the basket, Rodman predicted that the ball was a three-way no, and immediately moved into place first, leaving Mutomboka behind, and the next moment, the basketball fell into his hands.

At this time, Zhou Quan and Jordan were both running towards the supersonic frontcourt, running in unison, Rodman pushed with both hands, and the basketball flew to Zhou Quan on the left.

However, the ball was a bit high, and Zhou Quan jumped after two steps to catch the ball, and Jordan took the opportunity to block the front.

"Squeak!"

With a kick under his feet, he changed to a strong burst Jordan, Jordan moved horizontally, the two touched their shoulders, Jordan was directly hit a step back, Zhou Quan's body was slightly stunned, and then he burst through.

"The confrontation of Zhou Quan prevails, and this is the role of confrontation." Zhang Li said loudly.

Jordan was half a step behind, still desperately chasing after him.

Under the motivation to defeat Zhou Quan, he broke out in an abnormal state, the adrenaline secretion accelerated, and he ran faster than usual, and even caught up with Zhou Quan, stuck to the left side, and then went to the confrontation, and there were also small movements of pulling the jersey with his hands.

When Zhou Quan rushed to the top of the arc, his speed had dropped under the strong confrontation, and then he suddenly closed the ball, and forced himself to jump up with force under his feet.

Jordan expected that Zhou Quan might make a pull-up jump shot at the top of the arc, but he didn't expect Zhou Quan to jump without slowing down, so he couldn't get up and block in time.

Zhou Quan glided forward, and when he jumped to the highest point, the basketball shot and flew to the basket.

"Brush!"

The next moment, the water splashed and the basketball hole went down.

"Oh!"

Enthusiastic cheers immediately rang out from the supersonic side.

"In! It's a three-pointer, it's a three-pointer, Zhou Quan completed a difficult gliding shot, he completed the shot without slowing down, it was so beautiful. Zhang Cheng shouted excitedly.

"Jordan threw two three-pointers, and Zhou Quan immediately returned two three-pointers, this is-for-tat!" Xu Jicheng smiled excitedly.

Zhang Li said with a smile: "It's 14:8 now, and the supersonic speed is once again leading by 6 points." Jordan scored 8 points on 3-of-4 shooting and had one turnover. Zhou Quan scored 8 points on 3-of-3 shooting, as well as 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. ”

"The two of them are really against each other!" Xu Jicheng said excitedly.

(End of chapter)