Chapter 121: Season Opener! Reorganized New York Knicks!
At 7:30 p.m. ET on November 1, 1996, the United Center sold more than 2,000 non-seated tickets on that night, and they frantically flooded the stadium, which could only seat 18,771 people, into more than 21,000 fanatical fans!
And even though almost 2,500 more tickets were sold, the United Center's tickets for this night were still in short supply, and they were still sold out quickly by excited fans!
In the square outside the arena of the United Center, just like the finals, countless fans once again gathered, some still did not give up, holding signs hoping to get a ticket to the ball, and others were frantically shouting the slogan of the Bulls championship in the square, releasing their passion.
And 20 minutes before the start of the game, thousands of fans in the square finally reached a consensus, and they launched a uniform and unanimous slogan.
"Bulls Championship!"
"Bulls Championship!"
"Bulls Championship!"
If the fans outside the stadium are still so crazy, how can the fans inside the stadium be resigned? Long before the fans outside the stadium started to carnival, the more than 21,000 lucky people in the United Center had already used all their strength to let out huge cheers and shouts!
There is certainly only one reason why the fans are so excited and enthusiastic!
Tonight, it's the Bulls' home opener of the new season!
At the same time, on this night, the Bulls will also be on site for their championship flag-raising ceremony! The championship flag, which represents the highest glory of the NBA, will be raised high in the sky above the United Center this night!
Owner Rainsdorf will also present his players with a brand new championship ring tonight.
Even if it's the fourth time in six years that the Bulls have held such a ceremony.
But no one will be bored, no one will feel that tonight's ceremony will not matter.
After all, no matter how many champions there are, no one will be too many!
At 8 o'clock in the evening, with passionate and passionate music and a colorful and gorgeous light show, with the cheers of mascots and cheerleading girls, the flag of the 1995-1996 NBA championship finally slowly rose and climbed into the sky of the Chicago Union Arena.
The fans were even more crazy to let out bursts of enthusiastic and crazy shouts and cheers!
This night, for Chicago, this night, for the Bulls.
Everyone on the scene is crazy about this moment!
Well, it's not everyone, in the corner of the stadium, there are so many people who are very unhappy and indifferent to this scene at the scene.
"Isn't it the championship, a hillbilly who has never seen the world."
“FUXX! That damn Lin, if he dares to make trouble tonight, I don't care what tonight is the night of the champion, I should get him, I will do it like Lao Tzu! ”
"Last time, we were careless, this Lin, don't you really think he can be better than us, right?"
"This kid is still in the limelight in Rock Park this year, I suspect that this kid thinks he is the king of New York!"
"Just look at his fancy and impractical style of play, how can a normal person play like that? He's just floating! Brother a few tonight, let him know what toughness is! ”
"Give him some confrontation!"
"It's not just this Lin, it's Michael! Lao Tzu wants to make him look good tonight! stepped on the horse, Lao Tzu lost 15 million in the offseason! He actually released my pigeon, and he didn't come to New York? ”
"Don't worry, with a few of us joining this year, the Bulls don't want to win from us so easily!"
"Not bad! I'm here to clean up the Chicagoans! Kill them! ”
From these conversations, it can be seen that this group of people is the opponent of the Bulls tonight, and they are also the old enemies of the Bulls, the New York Knicks who have undergone a lot of changes this summer!
Just by looking at the opponents of the Bulls' new season opener, you can see how bad Stern and the league are!
Everyone knew that the Bulls' opener was going to raise the championship flag, and then Stern specifically looked for the Bulls' current number one rival and biggest challenger in the East as their opponent for the new season opener!
The Bulls don't want to lose at the championship ceremony, and the Knicks don't want to lose immediately after watching others raise the championship flag, so this game doesn't need to be thought about, it's definitely a wonderful game where Mars hits the earth and the sky is thundering!
Both sides are definitely brains for you to spell out!
Stern's logic for arranging the schedule and arranging the opponent is definitely a set!
The Knicks in the offseason can be said to have started happily and ended with great loss.
They originally thought that they could get Jordan, and showed unparalleled sincerity, and the star Ewing took the initiative to cut his salary by 15 million on the first day of the free market, and signed a one-year ultra-low-cost contract of 3 million with the team, in order to attract Jordan to join the team.
The Knicks boss was even more under tremendous pressure, openly testing the edge of the league rules, and at the same time gave Jordan two contracts: a 12 million one-year basketball contract, and a 12 million-year Sheraton Hotel endorsement contract!
It's a pity that such a huge sincerity only became Jordan's bargaining chip to raise the price, and in the end, Jordan still failed to come to the Big Apple, but stayed in Chicago.
Jordan's choice made many New Yorkers angry, feeling that they had been tricked, and the most angry, undoubtedly, was Ewing who lost $15 million in wages in vain!
That's 15 million on horseback!
And what made Ewing even more angry was that the owner of the Knicks wanted to give Ewing the Sheraton endorsement contract he had won for Jordan in order to compensate Ewing, and Ewing was of course very happy to accept it.
But......
Sheraton was unwilling, they felt that Ewing's image was completely inconsistent with their brand image, and no guest would choose Sheraton because of Ewing's endorsement, but many people would turn around and leave after seeing Ewing's face, and choose the Marriott next door to Sheraton......
This summer, Ewing is definitely a double disappointment for salary endorsements, and he is definitely the worst person in the NBA this offseason!
Of course, as the target championship, the Knicks, who are always tossing and never stopping, will never let Ewing's sacrifice this summer be in vain, and they did not let Ewing's salary space be wasted, because saving money has never been the style of the Knicks!
Not only did they not save money, but they also spent it very happily!
They first used a big contract of 5 years and 35 million to poach their second scorer from the Detroit Pistons, Alan Houston, who is known as the king of mid-range investment!
The annual salary of 7 million is indeed not very good in the 21st century, but if it is placed in the 90s, it is definitely a super preferential contract that cannot be refused!
After all, just last season, that is, in the 1995-1996 season, in addition to Ewing, the first highest salary with an annual salary of 18 million, Drexler, who ranked second on the salary list, only received $7.7 million a year!
Houston, definitely got an incredibly lucrative contract!
And in addition to giving Houston such a huge contract, they also used Anthony Mason Jr. and draft picks to trade the former champion Lang, the 'big mom' Larry Johnson from the Charlotte Hornets!
Johnson was also an All-Star in '95 and averaged 20 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists per game last season to lead the team to the playoffs.
Getting this all-round forward on the offensive end is undoubtedly another huge reinforcement for the Knicks' firepower.
In addition to the addition of these two leading scorers, the Knicks also signed Buck Williams, a former All-Star and the Nets' all-time top star, nicknamed the 'Bucks'.
Buck Williams, formerly known as Tsarsu Williams, was the league's premier defensive interior in the 80s, and 'Buck' is actually a transliteration of his nickname 'Bulls', purely because his nickname is too loud, which directly makes many fans forget his real name and call him Buck directly.
Nicknames replace real names, and even throughout the '80s, only Magician and Buck could do it.
From this alone, you can see how brilliant Buck Williams was in the past! And his tough style and ferocious style of play, combined with more than a decade of experience in the league, make him definitely able to fill the void on the defensive end of the team after Mason Jr.'s departure.
In addition, after failing to keep Derrick Hubble in the offseason, the Knicks brought in Chris Childs, the Nets' leading point guard from last season, from the Nets with a high salary.
Although Childes' resume is not as good-looking as the above-mentioned people, and he is even a draft loser, he was able to score 13 points and 7 assists in the Nets last season, and he may not be able to be the team's boss, but with a 38% three-point shooting rate, he is definitely enough as a supplement and fire support for the team!
It can be seen from the Knicks' summer signings and big spending that they are still ambitious for the new season! The team obviously felt that the reason for losing to the Bulls last season was the lack of offensive firepower and the team's over-biased defense, which caused Ewing to be alone on the offensive end, which was defeated in the face of Jordan and Lin Tian's terrifying firepower.
Therefore, they introduced Johnson, Houston, and Childs in one fell swoop in the new season to fill the team's missing firepower, and in the new season, they will fight with the Bulls to attack! And, in order to prevent a huge slippage in the team's defense, they also brought in Williams as the team's defensive support.
The strength of the Knicks in the new season should not be underestimated! The most intuitive point is that judging from the odds of the new season Eastern Conference championship given by Las Vegas, the Knicks are second! Many people regard them as the strongest team in the East outside of the Bulls!
With the Knicks' seven disagreeable and eight disgruntled eyes, the Bulls' championship ceremony finally ended under the frantic cheers of the fans.
After a series of opening ceremonies, the ten starters of both sides also took the field one after another, ready to start the first game of the new season!
The Bulls, for their part, are still their regular starting lineup from last season's playoffs.
And the starting lineup on the Knicks' side is very different from last season: except for Ewing and Oakley, the interior duo who are still starting side by side, their outside trio has all changed.
Organizing guard Childes, scoring guard Houston, small forward Johnson, the three of them lined up, at least in terms of momentum, and they did not lose to the Bulls' Lin Tian, Jordan and Pippen at all.
"Patrick, I heard that you lost your wallet in the summer, and it was 15 million when you lost it?" As soon as he walked onto the court, Lin Tian couldn't hold back, and opened his mouth to send a taunt at Ewing.
"Michael, take care of your little brother, don't let him talk nonsense!" Ewing was poked in the heart and immediately collapsed.
How can there be such a thing? Don't hit people in the face, scold people without revealing their shortcomings, it's good to be down, and when you come up, you shave your ears in the face?
Unfortunately, Ewing was clearly looking for the wrong person to turn to.
Who is Jordan? NBA's number one cautious eye!
"3000:300, Patrick, remember the number, 3000:300!"
Without even thinking about it, Jordan squirted the most unpretentious and heart-wrenching trash talk at Ewing with an expressionless face.
Who made Ewing shout 1800:300 last season? Jordan finally waited for his chance to take revenge, and it is conceivable that Jordan would definitely repeat this phrase at least a hundred times for the rest of the game!
Before the game even started, Ewing's face was so dark that he couldn't see any expression at all, and he made up his mind that he must make these Chicago bastards look good tonight!
As the referee walked onto the court, after a whistle, Ewing let out a loud shout, jumped high, and slapped the ball to Childs behind him.
"What a powerful momentum!" Lin Tian muttered, and then said in a voice that Ewing could hear, without hiding at all: "I don't know, I thought he had just thrown himself into the lore!" ”
"Boy!" Ewing's eyes widened and he looked at Lin Tian: "You guys are going to die today!" I'm going to blow you up! ”
Ewing scolded, all the way to the low post quickly, turned his back hard and fiercely, stuck Longley, and asked for the ball.
Childs was a newcomer, and of course he would not disobey the will of the team boss, and made a ground-hitting pass to Ewing.
"Bang! Boom! Boom! ”
Ewing, who was aggrieved, slammed into Longley behind him when he got the ball, and Longley was extremely miserable, and he was thrown all the way to the basket by Ewing, and then Ewing hit Longley directly in the chest with an elbow, and then pulled it up with a two-handed smashing buckle!
"Boom!"
Ewing, who was extremely excited, shook back and forth on the basket several times, and then landed arrogantly in the huge boos of the entire United Center, and returned to the defense with great momentum.
"Hold them down for me! Hold on! Our road to the championship starts today! Ewing quickly returned to the basket and shouted at his teammates.
But as soon as his words fell, Jordan had already run from the baseline to the wingman, and then with the help of Longley's cover, he turned around and received the basketball given by Lin Tian, and he shot at the middle distance!
Where can Houston catch Jordan? Not to mention that there are several covering barriers along the way, so I can only watch Jordan easily pull up and throw it in the middle distance, and hit it with 2 points!
"I don't have to dribble to hit you! You don't have to sweat! By the way, why don't you find someone to defend me? How can I not see a defender? After the goal, Jordan spread his hands and let out his trademark trash talk.
“FUXX! Defend it, Alain! Ewing had no choice but to warn Houston: "Communicate with your teammates in time, and shout out if you need help!" ”
"Got it." Houston nodded, and made up his mind that he wanted to return the same one! After all, Jordan's ball is his signature catch-and-catch jumper around the screen, which he is more familiar with than anyone else!
It's just that the Houston offensive hasn't come next.
Ewing has already stuck in the position again, and in a one-on-one situation, Longley is indeed completely unable to withstand this black and strong!
Ewing is indeed always said to be soft, and is said to be a kite man who plays on the fly, and he always does not have an advantage in the confrontation with the top inside.
But he is soft, and it depends on who he is right! Ewing is really soft against Olajuwon, against David Robinson, and even against juniors O'Neal and Mourning, and he really doesn't like to play inside.
But tonight on the Bulls' court, there is no Olajuwon or O'Neal, you are a Longley, not even Australian O'Neal, Ewing is of course as hard as a diamond!
"Bang! Boom! Boom! ”
After another clash of muscles, Ewing ran into the inside again, and this time he was just about to get stronger, and Rodman met in the help defense!
Rodman is not good at blocks and steals, and his defensive fundamentals are actually very poor, but what he is good at is being in the right place at the right time!
For example, this time, he appeared at the moment when Ewing had just turned around and was about to make a move, and he was in front of Ewing.
Caught off guard, Ewing's shooting action was inevitably deformed, and when he shot the basket, it was also a little crooked.
"Smack!"
Rodman reacted quickly, and after holding the rebound, the person was still in the air, so he found Lin Tian who opened his hand to ask for the ball, and quickly gave the ball over.
"Watch out for this kid!" Oakley was obviously prepared for Lin Tian's fast attack, and quickly rushed to Lin Tian's body, opening his hands and waving wildly, preventing Lin Tian from playing a fast attack.
But where will Lin Tian care about him? The basketball 'snapped' and skillfully drilled under Oakley's crotch, while Lin Tian turned around and flashed Oakley, caught the basketball behind him, and then only slapped again, and found his passing target!
"Whoosh!"
Many players on the court could only hear a burst of breaking air, and then they saw that Pippen had already got the basketball near the 3-second zone, and he jumped straight up!
"It's a beautiful forest!" After the goal, Pippen stretched out his hand and touched Lin Tian.
"It's mainly Charles' credit that his little brother is short and thin, so I can wear the crotch easily! Are you right, Charles? Lin Tian and Pippen high-fived, and immediately started to talk trash!
He's very inexperience-barred right now! Accumulating experience is something that you have to work on from the first game of the new season, and you can't relax at all!
Back to the Knicks' offense, Ewing, who had just been hit by Rodman, was much more careful this time, and took out his own step-back jumper, Longley's interference was still the same as nothing, just listen to the sound of 'swish', Ewing also scored another 2 points!
The Bulls' offense, Lin Tian, who originally wanted to play a fast break, did not choose to forcibly pass a dangerous beautiful ball after finding that Pippen and Jordan did not run out of the vacant position this time, but chose to advance slowly and play a positional battle.
Lin Tian's choice made Jackson off the court also breathe a sigh of relief.
This kid, that is, having fun in the preseason, will still pay attention to his mistakes in the regular season!
You must know that in the 5 preseason games, although Lin Tian has the most assists per game in the league, he also has the most mistakes, and Jackson is really worried that this somewhat radical and gorgeous style of play will be brought into the regular season by Lin Tian.
But looking at it now, it seems that there is none.
Well, can only be seen now.
Because less than 5 seconds after Jackson put his mind at ease, Lin Tian came again.
He was dribbling the ball at the top of the arc, and the last moment he was still looking at Jordan on the left, allowing Jordan to take two more steps to the periphery, and the next moment he had already lifted the ball with one hand and smashed it into the inside line!
Yes, smash!
The ball was incredibly fast, and it almost hit Johnson's head, and after the missile rushed into the inside line, Longley almost couldn't react, and trembled twice with the ball, before finally holding the ball steady, turning around and scoring 2 points!
"Hey, it's still not necessary!" Jackson sighed, Lin Tian's ball, obviously can use a more secure hand chest to pass the ball, comfortably to Longley, so that Langley can simply complete the hook.
But Lin Tian just used a one-handed pass that didn't look at people, and Langley almost made a mistake when he was scared.
This pass, really, has no merit at all except for being handsome.
But for Lin Tianhe and the audience who ignited the scene again, this ball is handsome enough!
Not handsome, he just has 100 advantages, and all of them are disadvantages!
On the Knicks' side, Ewing, who has attacked several times in a row, also began to look for opportunities to play with his teammates, he took the ball in the waist position and cooperated with Houston with a hand-to-hand cover, Houston flashed a trace of space, jumped out from mid-range, and hit 2 points!
How could Jordan, who was beaten by someone, just forget it, turned around and immediately asked for the ball in the low post, turned around and hit a jump shot to hit 2 points, and also colored!
Then the Knicks' new recruit Larry Johnson received the ball outside the 3-point line at the top of the arc, and in the face of Pippen's defense, he jumped directly outside the 3-point line to shoot, and the 3-point shot was also in response!
The offensive state of both sides is completely played in this quarter!
Throughout the first quarter of the game, the two sides are back and forth with each other, the feel is a good game, and the round is also fast!
At the end of the first quarter, Jordan and Rodman were the first to go down to rest on the Bulls' side, Kerr and Kukoc came off the bench, and on the Knicks' side, Childles and Oakley went down to replace Williams and Starks.
Seeing last season's old opponent, Lin Tian was also unrelenting, and in the first round when Starks came up, Lin Tian directly forced a breakthrough to the basket to challenge Ewing!
In the face of Ewing's block, Lin Tian first raised his hands high, and then turned a circle downward counterclockwise, and then bypassed Ewing's block with his left hand, pulled the rod to make a layup, and scored another 2 points!
Ewing, who was played by Lin Tian, immediately asked for the ball again in the low post.
This time, Longley was accidentally fooled and was tricked by Ewing into his second foul, and Phil Jackson immediately made a substitution and replaced Longley off the court.
Ewing hit all 2 free throws and continued to score points for the team!
In the next 2 minutes, the offensive efficiency of both sides was finally reduced, and there was no efficiency in the first half of the shot, but Rao was so, and when there were still 20 seconds left in the first quarter, the two sides were still 33:36.
Bulls, 3 points ahead of the Knicks!
After Starks dribbled the ball to the front court, he didn't entangle with Lin Tian too much, but directly gave the ball to Ewing in the low post!
Tonight's Ewing has already scored a full 18 points in the first quarter! His form was frighteningly good, and he also caused two fouls by Longley and one by Winnington.
Tonight's Ewing is definitely a super center performance!
This time, Ewing got the basketball and once again kicked out Winnington.
Rodman was not on the field, and his determination to play inside was extremely resolute!
After easily wiping Winnington, Ewing raised his hand and was about to make a violent buckle, but a black-red shadow suddenly appeared in front of him!
"Smack!"
With a crisp sound, the basketball in Ewing's hand was slapped and flew out!
"How is that possible!" Ewing's eyes widened.
Looking at this little man in front of me in disbelief!
Lin Tian!
When did this guy slip under the basket, and how could he have been so well timed to complete this block?
No matter how unreasonable it is, no matter how unexpectedly Ewing is, Ewing has no time to think about it at this time.
Because the ball that was taken out by Lin Tianmao was picked up by Winnington, and then given to Lin Tian as soon as possible.
"Run!"
Lin Tian once again shouted out the word that made countless players in the league scold their mothers in their hearts.
Run, run, run, run!
But when Lin Tian began to advance, no one dared to stand still.
Because Lin Tian's current propulsion ability has long been recognized and valued by the entire alliance, and now the guy who dares to underestimate Lin Tian's fast attack ability is either stupid or never trains.
"Ahh Iverson, who was far away in Philadelphia preparing for his season opener, suddenly sneezed.
Someone must be thinking about me!
I don't know if it's the blonde stripper from last night!
On the side of the United Center, Lin Tian had already dribbled the ball all the way to the frontcourt, this was the last attack in the first quarter, Lin Tian did not rush to attack, but after glancing at the time, he suddenly stopped again, stood still outside the 3-point line, and waited for the passage of time.
And here Ewing is tired and tired, and finally ran to the basket, and there are only 4 seconds left before the end of the first quarter.
Lin Tian has started!
He dribbled in a change of direction, relying on absolute speed, and in one step, he cleaned up Starks, who was even thinner than him! Rushed to the basket from the flanks!
"Boy, you're looking for death!" Ewing scolded loudly, even if his breath was not even, he took a step sideways and blocked in front of Lin Tian! He had just been capped by Lin Tian's blood, he didn't expect that his chance for revenge would come so soon!
In the face of Ewing, Lin Tian was not afraid at all, and forcibly accelerated all the way along the baseline from the flank, and then jumped up against Ewing at the edge of the 3-second zone.
"You're looking for death!"
In the midst of a loud scolding, Ewing also jumped up and collided with Lin Tian in the air!
But Ewing, who originally thought that he could easily block Lin Tian's shooting, saw in disbelief that the basketball in Lin Tian's hand was getting farther and farther away from him!
This kid turned sideways and floated towards the other side of the basket!
After a glide that was visible to the naked eye and almost suspended in the air, Lin Tian finally came to the other side of the basket, at this time, unless Ewing grew an extra pair of hands, it was impossible to interfere with Lin Tian's layup!
"Huh!"
As Lin Tian raised his hands lightly and flicked the basketball towards the basket, a pleasant sound of the basketball passing through the net sounded!
At the same time, the whistle buzzer that represented the end of the first quarter of the game also sounded!
"Oh! Oh! Oh! Forest! ”
"Oh God! What is it? Lin: Has this become a glider? ”
"Levitating! Levitate in the air! ”
"Through the soul! Lin can also pass people in the air! ”
"Patrick, is your soul alright? Your soul has been crossed by the forest, hasn't it? ”
"Top 10 balls! Absolute top 10 goals! ”
"He flew over Ewing! Flew over the entire 3-second zone! He's literally taking a leap through his life! ”
The cheers of the fans came and went, and the players of the Bulls also rushed forward to hug Lin Tian in celebration.
This ball is so freehand and amazing!
"That's it, I can make a layup like this with my eyes closed." Jordan pursed his lips, and when he saw Lin Tian coming, he hit Lin Tian mercilessly.
"Michael, if you tell me that at 25, I can still trust you." Lin Tian wiped his sweat with a towel and didn't look at Jordan at all: "But you're 40 years old this year, can you stop bragging here?" Can you still go to the basket like that? You can go to the basket like this now, I'll kick Ewing's head for you! ”
"Good! That's it! As soon as the gambler Jordan heard that he could gamble, he immediately became interested, but after agreeing, he realized that something was wrong: "Patrick's head, you have the final say?" ”
"I can hold him down like I did with Carl, lock him up and kick him however you want." Lin Tian raised his arms and showed off his muscles.
His strength at this time is much greater than his usual strength.
At the end of the first quarter, Lin Tian saw that Winnington couldn't withstand Ewing, and he didn't think much about it, so he directly gave his 'Shark Blood Cap (Half Court)' with O'Neal blocking ability in the 99-00 season, otherwise Lin Tian would not have been able to help defend in place so quickly and complete the big hat!
And the improvement brought by this 'shark blood cap' is obviously not only a cap, Lin Tian can feel that in order to match the due cap ability, his bounce and strength have also improved.
Otherwise, even if he had the skill of 'Flying Mamba', it would be absolutely difficult for him to complete such a large glide distance and rod pull.
After all, the 5% increase in the bounce ability of 'Flying Mamba' was really not enough for Lin Tian to challenge Ewing's basket protector.
O'Neill's bounce is definitely underestimated by many people! He can become the most terrifying underbelly overlord in history, relying on definitely not only strength and feel, but also his flexibility, agility, bounce and even speed, which are absolutely monster-level horrors!
33:38!
With Lin Tian's gliding pull, the Bulls took a five-point lead in the first quarter.
The highest score on the team is Jordan who scored 15 points, Lin Tian scored 6 points and 6 assists, plus Pippen's 6 points and Rodman's 2 points and 6 rebounds, the four stars of the Bulls are all performing well!
On the Knicks' side, it was basically Ewing's one-man show, he scored 18 points and 6 rebounds alone, if it wasn't for the last round of continuous deflated, then he really destroyed the entire defense of the Bulls alone!
It's just that in the last round, Lin Tian was continuously humiliated at both ends of the offense and defense, which immediately greatly reduced Ewing's original fierce first-quarter performance like the ancient King Kong.
In the second quarter of the game, Jordan and Rodman, the two main players who had rested for a while, continued to appear with Hubble and others, while Lin Tian and Pippen rested off the court first.
On the Knicks' side, Ewing, who played the entire first quarter, also had to take a break off the court first.
But without Ewing, the Knicks' offense will immediately become Starks playing alone with the ball to see the mood.
What tactics, teams, reasonable, Starks doesn't need to go up at all, he just needs to play, and he will forget all about it.
On those nights when he was in good shape, he could be the savior of New York and pull the Knicks out of the abyss, but there were also nights when he would be the most hated guy in all of New York City, and he would use one iron after another to make the Knicks fly behind.
Tonight, his opponent is Jordan, and all he can do is keep hitting the iron.
7:2!
After 2 minutes in the second quarter, the Bulls relied on a wave of 3 shots and 0 shots from Starks, and once again played a small climax, expanding the difference to 10 points!
Van Gundy Jr. dared to hesitate and immediately put Ewing and Houston on the court, and let Starks come down to calm down.
It's scary! In the blink of an eye, it's 10 points?
As soon as Ewing came on the court, the effect was immediate, and the lack of height and basket protection on the Bulls' interior line was once again exposed, after all, Rodman is just over 2 meters tall, and he has never had many methods against this kind of giant that is close to 220 cm.
After Ewing made another upside down on the inside, a mid-range and a basket hit 2+1 and scored 5 points in a row, the Knicks once again narrowed the gap to 5 points!
In tonight's game, the two sides played back and forth, at least from the perspective of the scene, it was not easy for the two sides to completely open the score!
With two minutes to go and seven minutes left before the end of the first half, Jackson made another substitution, with Lin Tian, Pippen and Winnington coming on to replace Longley, who had committed three fouls, as well as Hubble and Cole.
At this time, the score of the two sides is 44:49, and the Bulls are still leading by 5 points!
In the first round of coming back, Lin Tian unhurriedly dribbled the ball to the front court, he and Wen Nington made a look, this honest big man immediately stepped forward, and stubbornly withstood Childs's defense, Lin Tian cut into the inside line!
Ewing is also dancing with his teeth and claws, stepping forward to help defend, he will not let Lin Tian continue to do whatever he wants on the inside!
"Smack!"
But then there was a crisp sound, and the basketball in Lin Tian's hand drilled under Ewing's crotch again and flew into the hands of Rodman, who cut into the basket.
"Boom!"
After a crisp sound, Rodman scored two more points for his team.
And Lin Tian, since he had Williams's '101 kinds of passes', even if he has integrated his skills, he still has an irrepressible desire and desire for the crotch piercing.
As if the DNA engraved in his bones had been completely activated, Lin Tian now seized the opportunity to wear a crotch.
"Boy, where do you think this is, circus?" Ewing looked at Lin Tian, and he yelled at Lin Tian with a face that he couldn't hold: "If you attack with this method of stealing chickens and dogs again, I will definitely make you regret it!" ”
"How do you regret it? Get on your knees and beg me not to do this again? Lin Tian shrugged his shoulders and said: "If you have time to spray this kind of useless trash talk, you might as well hurry up and find a way to score another 2 points, you are 7 points behind!" ”
After Lin Tian finished speaking, he quickly retreated, found Jordan, and whispered to Jordan: "Michael, wait a minute, help me take care of my people!" That's it Childs! ”
"What are you going to do? Defend yourself with your own people! Why does Lao Tzu help you defend? "Jordan said you're crazy, aren't you?
How can the NBA have a reason for the team boss to help the younger brother defend? Lao Tzu himself attacked and defended himself, and took the initiative to defend against the arrow characters on the opposite side, how much trouble did you little brothers save me?
You didn't take the initiative to thank me, and you still let me defend for you?
"I'm going to help defend Patrick, I can't let him score easily, and besides, I can beat him, can you?" Lin Tian looked at Jordan with a look of course: "Moreover, now that the Knicks are playing one big and four small, Dennis is going to defend Johnson, who is stronger and more able to score, I can't let him help me defend, then it will be a big loss because of a small loss." ”
"You just capped him once!" Jordan gritted his teeth, Lin Tian is talking to this guy, why is he so badly beaten?
Why do you teach me how to play and command me how to defend?
"It's coming!" Lin Tian didn't say anything to Jordan, seeing that the Knicks' offense rushed over again, Lin Tian slapped his face directly and said, "Remember our plan!" ”
The Knicks' offense, after several conductions, the basketball was once again in Ewing's hands, and he once again relied on his strength and technical superiority to easily push away Winnington!
Just when Ewing was about to make a layup triumphantly, that nasty kid appeared in front of him again!
Lin Tian appeared in front of Ewing again, raised his hands high, and jumped high!
Caught off guard, Ewing, who had already jumped, didn't have time to dodge.
Almost delivered the ball to Lin Tian's hands with his own hands!
"Smack!"
There was another crisp sound, and Lin Tian helped defend for the second time in this game to cover Ewing's shot!
"Run!" When Jordan saw Lin Tian's block, he shouted, and he pulled his legs and ran towards the frontcourt.
"Run a chicken feather, you!"
Lin Tian shouted, but it was too late, Jordan and Pippen, the two comfortable guys who scored easily under the fast attack, had already run through the middle circle, but the basketball was held by the Knicks......
Lin Tian didn't grasp the strength of the block well, and he used a little too much force to slap the basketball into Houston's hand.
Jordan and Pippen, who had just run past half the court, saw this, so they could only reluctantly turn around, wanting to hurry up and return to defense.
But in the case of 3 to 5 in the half, how could the two of them have time to return to defense unless they put wings?
Before the two of them ran into the 3-point line, Houston had already seized a rare opportunity and hit a mid-range jumper!
Jordan and Pippen, who could only turn around a second time, were ready to participate in the offense.
"In the future, on the court, only I can say the word run!" Lin Tianyun scolded with the ball: "You two, can you have some team spirit?" Can you stop thinking about scoring points quickly, and also put some energy into the defensive end, so as not to let everyone's efforts to defend be in vain! ”
(End of chapter)