In the first game of the Eastern Finals, Kobe Bryant shouted to play, but unfortunately both Lao Qiao and Lin Yu refused his request to appear.

The finger is broken like that, and you still want to play? Old Joe couldn't wait to take the belt and smoke Kobe.

"Tracy, Michael is over to you tonight."

"Prevent his mid-range shot as much as possible, and as for his breakaway, give it to Big Ben or Big Bus under the basket, you just need to follow Michael and look for a block."

In Kobe's absence, the burden of defending Jordan can only fall on Maddy.

After the start of the evening game, the starters of both sides began to take the field.

Lin Yu sent Nash, Maddy, Peja, Webb and Barba tonight, while the Bulls started Jordan, Pippen, Kukoc, Rodman and Luke Longlee.

The two sides met four times in the regular season, and the Zen master had already figured out the best starting lineup against the Wizards.

The Zen master is actually quite grateful to the Heat, if it weren't for Kobe's injury, he really wouldn't have been sure to win the Wizards at all.

After Kobe Bryant's injury, the Zen master's confidence skyrocketed, and he felt that this year's championship was stable again, but the Pacers scared him out of a cold sweat, and the Pacers had to grab seven to beat the Pacers, and the Bulls seemed to have lost the dominance of the previous two years.

The bus jumps and the Wizards attack.

After Nash controlled the ball to the frontcourt, he looked at Jordan who was marking him, and felt a little desperate in his heart, it was originally a misplaced defense, and Jordan was still one of the best outside defenders in NBA history, and the pressure was too great.

Jordan took the initiative to post up, using his all-round physical advantage to even make it impossible for Nash to dribble to the three-point line smoothly.

Strength, height, reach, speed, agility, and experience are all far better than Nash's, so you can imagine how difficult Nash's life is.

Nash had to wait with his back to his teammates to pick him up, and eventually passed the ball to Maddie.

After Maddie got the ball, Pippen stepped forward to mark, he did not use the sticker, because he was afraid of being passed by Maddie, but used the hand-check, this defensive method has many benefits, both hands touch the body of the opposing player, at any time insight into the opponent's position, whether the opponent wants to break through or want to be lazy, can respond at the first time.

This is only the benefit on the surface, the hands can touch the opposing player to secretly exert force, and those who are weak will have more difficulty in alignment against the strong player.

Later generations of fans said that the reason for the high intensity of outside defense in this era is because of the existence of hand-check, and the reason for the cancellation of hand-check in 2004 is to improve the spectacle of the game and improve the smoothness of the rhythm of the game.

Pippen pushed Maddie with both hands, and as long as it wasn't a sudden force, the referee wouldn't blow the whistle.

Maddie tried to break through, but unfortunately couldn't shake off Pippen, what a joke, if Pippen was really so easy to shake off, then he couldn't have won so many defensive honors.

"Pick-and-roll!"

"Pick-and-roll!"

Lin Yu shouted on the sidelines, usually playing those weak chicken teams, players can play singles, and now against the Bulls, it is definitely not the time to be a hero.

Webb hurriedly rushed out to block Maddie, but unfortunately he rushed out and brought Rodman over.

Maddie was ready to shoot with the help of a pick-and-roll, and was almost blocked by Rodman.

"Bang!" missed the shot, the bus under the basket grabbed the offensive rebound, just wanted to shoot, Rodman has gone straight to the restricted area, as long as the bus dares to play a second offense, it will inevitably suffer a big hat.

Webber could only hurry up to pick up the bus again, and after handing the ball to the bus, Webber wanted to find his teammates to pass the ball, but unfortunately his teammates were all killed by the opponent, and there was no passing space at all.

In desperation, Webb could only shoot in the step back, but failed to hit, and the rebound was grabbed by Rodman.

Lin Yu frowned, this offensive round was too difficult for the Wizards, Nash couldn't play a role at this point, and the Wizards' offensive fluency was greatly reduced.

It's no wonder that Nash's strength is not good, Penny's kind of point guard position is a dimensionality reduction blow, and Jordan is even more terrifying, the pressure he gives is at least a grade higher than Penny.

Not to mention Nash, except for Payton and Kidd, two tall and strong point guards in the league, everyone else can only be beaten in the face of Jordan.

When it came to the Bulls' offensive round, Maddy took the initiative to go to Jordan to match, and Nash went to play Pippen, which was particularly weird.

Nash certainly can't stop Jordan, but can he stop Pippen? Apparently it is also impossible.

Jordan assists Pippen's mid-range shot, and at this juncture, even Jordan has no personal heroism.

The opening offensive and defensive round is almost a portrayal of the whole game.

Nash's defense on the court is a loophole, and Lin Yu also thought about Billups, but unfortunately Billups's defense is not much stronger than Nash at the moment, and it is all decoration in front of Jordan or Pippen.

And Billups' offensive and organizational skills are far inferior to Nash, and replacing Billups is more than worth the loss.

Lin Yu even thought about letting Maddie play the No. 1 position, and used the goggle props originally bound to Kobe Bryant on Maddie to replace Jalen Ross with Nash, but unfortunately the effect was not ideal.

Of course, if it is adjusted like this, the effect will definitely be better than that of Nash, and Lin Yu has been using this lineup throughout the game.

Pippen went crazy tonight, scoring more points than Jordan.

By the end of the game, the home team Wizards lost to the Bulls by seven points with a score of 87-94.

The Wizards fans on the scene were worried, they lost, this is their Wizards' home court, the Wizards originally had an extra home court advantage, but now they lost the first home court, and the situation is extremely unfavorable to the Wizards.

It was not until this moment that fans found out how high Kobe's value was, in the previous games against the Bulls, Kobe's data has always been very inconspicuous, even if he killed the Bulls four times, no one felt that it was Kobe's credit.

However, now that Kobe Bryant is out, the Wizards are a little weak in the face of the Bulls, especially on the defensive end, which feels almost meaningless.

After returning to the locker room, Lin Yu was still full of sadness, the morale of the Wizards was low, especially Nash, his face was very ugly, he knew that losing this game had a lot to do with him.

"Boss, why don't you let that kid in my family go up and fight."

"Actually, that kid is right, it's just the fingers of his left hand, it won't affect his defense, maybe the offensive end will be affected."

Old Qiao whispered to Lin Yu.

Lin Yu nodded silently, now it seems that it can only be like this, in case the next home game loses, it will be a huge blow to the morale of the Wizards.

In the second game of the Eastern Finals two days later, Lin Yu took out the starting lineup of Daba, Webb, Peja, Maddie and Kobe.

Kobe Bryant looked excited and couldn't stop looking at Jordan before he came on the court.

The middle finger and index finger of his left hand were bandaged, which made Lin Yu quite worried when he looked at it, but unfortunately he could only let Kobe Bryant appear at the moment.

Otherwise, there is really no way to deal with Jordan.

After the game started, the situation was really much better than the last game, and the benefits of Kobe Bryant on the court were simply too many, first of all, his blocking effect was better than Nash's, and Maddie could play more comfortably.

The second is that Jordan can't easily lock the passing route of the Wizards' No. 1 position, and the Wizards' offensive rhythm is much smoother.

However, Kobe Bryant came on the court with an injury after all, and his contribution on the offensive end was limited, although the Wizards won in the end, but they also won extremely thrilling, if it wasn't for Peja's two three-pointers in the last half of the game, the Wizards might still lose.

In the first two games, Peja's performance has been very stable, and he is definitely the most stable output point on the Wizards' side.

Mainly because he faced the least defensive pressure, Kukoc's defense is comparable to Jordan and Pippen.

With a record of one win and one loss, Lin Yu led the Wizards to Chicago.

In the next two away games, the Wizards won one game and then lost another, and the two sides returned to the same running line and played a 2:2 draw.

Not to mention the fans, even Lin Yu can't see the situation clearly, he really doesn't have the slightest confidence that he can defeat the Bulls now.

After four games were played until Sunday, Lin Yu's random aura effect this week was limited, and Lin Yu is now pinning his hopes on the aura of the new week.

"Passive Aura (1): "Keen Speed", the effect is that after a player hits or assists, the speed attribute is increased by 5 points, and the duration is 20 seconds."

"Passive Aura (2): "Meditation", the effect is to restore 1% of physical energy every 5 seconds when your players on the field are stationary.

"Passive Aura (3): "Sniper", the effect is a player with a full friendship value, complete a sniper, the shot must be used, must be used in the last five seconds of the match, can only be used for one match."

Lin Yu frowned, the three auras this time were not particularly powerful, and the first two skills, one acceleration and one plus physical recovery, did not have a particularly big impact on the overall battle situation.

In particular, the skill of "Meditation" requires standing still for five seconds to be effective, and against a team like the Bulls, it is impossible to stay still for five seconds on the court, so it is very chicken.

The only skill with more characteristics is the third "Sniper", but the use of this thing is too restrictive, and it will only take effect in the last five seconds, in case you lose seven or eight points in the front, then this sniper will have no effect.

The next fifth game was the home court of the Wizards, and Peja hit another good shooting percentage to help the Wizards narrowly beat the Bulls.

If nothing else, Peja has definitely played for his worth in this series.

Under normal circumstances, Peja has always been criticized for his playoff performance, fierce as a tiger in the regular season and weak as a chicken in the playoffs, but with teammates like the Wizards around him, Peja's playoff performance is extremely bright.

Sometimes, whether a player performs well or not depends on his teammates, and his teammates are strong, which can help him pull the opponent's defense, if his teammates are weak, the opponents will all come to cover him, even Jordan has to be greatly affected.

The Wizards have won three games and have a match point, and if they can win Game 6, they will advance to the Finals.

Unfortunately, Kukoc also broke out in Game 6, just like he did in the Eastern Conference semifinals to kill the Pacers, taking 16 shots and shooting 6-of-11 three-pointers to score 26 points.

No one expected the Bulls and Wizards to hit a tie-break.

In the regular season, because the Wizards killed the Bulls four times, it was widely believed that the Wizards had the ability to take the Bulls in five games.

And when Kobe Bryant was injured, five games became six, but the ending became that the Bulls took the Wizards.

At present, after six games between the two sides, no one has been taken away, and they have entered the battle for seven.

Stern must be happy, this round of the East Finals is broadcast live in the Celestial Empire, one more game, you can earn one more advertising fee, especially the battle of the seventh, the attention is not daring to think.

The ratings on Lao Mei's side are also skyrocketing, and you must know that the next tie-break is related to whether the Bull can create a second dynasty.

Game 7 was the home of the Wizards.

"Brothers, you all know the meaning of this game, if we win, we have at least an eighty percent chance of winning the championship!"

"If you don't want to leave regrets in this life, rush me and show all your strength."

"After winning tonight, I'll give a Rolex to each person, and I'll do what I say!"

Lin Yu began to give the players crazy chicken blood before the game, counting the four games of the regular season, now both sides have played ten games, the details of both sides have been figured out, no tactics can work wonders, what Lin Yu can do now is to play chicken blood and stimulate the fighting spirit of the players.

"Rush!"

"Victory!"

"The championship is ours!"

The generals shouted one after another, and they also knew that as long as they could reach the finals, no matter whether the West was advanced by the Spurs or the Jazz, they would not be their opponents for the Wizards, and the championship would be nine out of ten!

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This is Jordan's twentieth game of the playoffs this season, playing three games in the first round and sweeping the Cavaliers, but the Pacers also swept the promotion, Jordan didn't rest long and began to play the Eastern Conference semifinals with the Pacers.

After playing a full seven games, he immediately ushered in the Washington Wizards again, and now he has played a tiebreaker.

Jordan appeared with a tired face, averaging 43 minutes per game so far in the playoffs, and even 46 minutes per game in the first six games against the Wizards.

Even if Lin Yu is an opponent, he also has respect for the old rascal, professional attitude, winning spirit, strength, leadership ability, no matter from which point of view, Jordan is worthy of the title of the god of basketball.

After the opening, the Wizards gradually played to the advantage, the Bulls were not only Jordan tired, Pippen was also tired, and Rodman was not young.

At the end of the first half, the Wizards had an eight-point lead, and the fans in the stadium had to open champagne in advance.

However, in the second half, Jordan began to explode and led the team to start chasing points.

With the last three minutes of the game, the score was officially tied with Jordan's mid-range shot.

The scene was silent, so quiet that he could hear the audience's breathing, Lin Yu felt a little suffocated, the strength and resilience of the bull were completely beyond his imagination.

When it came to the Wizards' offensive round, Bryant slowly advanced with the ball, and at such a juncture, anyone would be cautious, and a single mistake could be enough to cause a tragedy.

After arriving in the frontcourt, Kobe Bryant did not rush to the ball, but slowly looked for opportunities.

Webb has pulled out to the outside of the three-point line and wants to give the bus a chance to single Luke Longley.

The bus took two steps forward, walked to the free throw line, received a pass from Kobe, and began to hit Luke Longley with his back, but unfortunately the ball was not scored, and the rebound was collected by Luke Longley.

Turning his head, Jordan didn't rush to shoot, but paced slowly, and waited until almost twenty seconds of offensive time was consumed, and then he suddenly pulled out a back-to-back shot, and scored two more points.

The Bulls have already taken a two-point advantage.

The scene was as silent as a library, and the hearts of Wizards fans were already in their throats.

Luckily, Maddy made a mark on the next offensive round, hitting a three-pointer from the outside, and the balance of victory tipped in the Wizards' favor again.

However, the Bulls immediately returned the color, Kukoc hit a three-pointer, and the Bulls still led by one point.

After two offensive and defensive rounds, there is less than a minute and a half of game time left on the court, and both sides still have a chance.

Lin Yu and the Zen master, like ants on a hot pot, paced back and forth anxiously on the sidelines, they were also anxious, but unfortunately it was useless to be anxious, and in the end, this little time still depends on the performance of the players.

What made Lin Yu collapse was that the next Wizards offensive round failed to score, and Jordan scored another goal on the Bulls' side, and the difference had come to three points, and there were only 44 seconds left in the game.

Quite an unlucky number.

Lin Yu hurriedly called a timeout, he still had a long timeout and a short timeout left in his hand, this was a long timeout.

"The next ball is Peja's play, so you have to be fast, try to shoot in 10 seconds, so we can play another round."

"Big bus, you're going to pull it out for Peja to block, Chris, you pull Rodman farther away, don't let him interfere with Peja's shot."

"Remember, Kobe, pinched the time and passed the ball to Peja in about eight seconds."

Lin Yu arranged the tactics with a short breath, and the next goal was extremely crucial, if it could be scored, the Wizards' chances of winning would not be small, because Lin Yu still had the killer weapon of "Sniper" that he did not use.

But if they don't enter, the situation will be quite unfavorable for the Wizards.

"By the time we finish this round, the Bulls will definitely drag out the time, consume 24 seconds, be sure not to foul, not to let the opponent go to the free throw line."

Before the players came on the stage, Lin Yu instructed one after another.

Kobe Bryant controlled the ball to the front court, and according to Lin Yu's instructions, he gave the ball to Peja, and the bus rushed out of the penalty area at the moment of Kobe's pass.

made a perfect pick-and-roll, and Peja was also powerful enough, and the outside three-pointer got up and down and hit it successfully.

The tense nerves of the fans at the scene suddenly relaxed, and there was still drama in this game!

Jordan's brows tightened, and the Wizards' resilience was beyond his expectations, he thought that such a group of new melons and eggs would be helpless in the face of this disadvantage, and then the Wizards would behave extremely calmly.

The Wizards' offensive round just now consumed 8 seconds, and there are 36 seconds left in the game.

The Zen master also quickly called a timeout and began to arrange offensive tactics.

After returning to the court, the ball was still handled by Jordan, and Pippen and Kukic kept running without the ball, which involved the defensive attention of the Wizards players.

"Bang!"

Jordan was tired, and this backward shot was obviously not high enough, and was interfered with by Kobe Bryant and failed to hit.

The fans cheered loudly, the two sides were tied, and the next thing was the Wizards' possession, as long as the ball could go in, the winner would be the Wizards!

13 seconds of offensive time is enough to play a complete offensive tactic.

Kobe Bryant controlled the ball to the front court, waiting for an opportunity to find a passing object, and when there were still five seconds left, Lin Yugang wanted to call a timeout, but the change on the court was sudden, and Jordan made a gambling steal and snatched the ball from Kobe's hands.

Next, Jordan was like a dragon into the sea, rushing towards the front court alone, Kobe Bryant was already stunned, his face changed drastically, he knew that he was finished, and this mistake buried the Wizards' championship.

Jordan completed a shocking slam in the front court, and after landing on the ground, Jordan raised his arms and shouted, this scene will surely go down in history forever.

There are only 1.2 seconds left in the game, and this is a slam dunk!

Of course, if the Bulls can actually win this game.

Lin Yu immediately used a short timeout in his hand, 1.2 seconds? Enough is enough!

The Zen master smiled, he had been afraid of the wizards for a whole season, and now he had finally survived the difficulties.

Kobe Bryant went down in despair, and he felt that he was a sinner, an unpardonable sinner.

Old Joe looked at Kobe Bryant distressedly, and it was not easy to step forward to comfort him at this time, because Kobe's mistake was really bad.

"Coach, I'm sorry." Bryant even had a hint of crying.

It was probably the most desperate moment of his life.

"It's okay, man, we're still so young, we don't worry about the championship at all, and next season they're even older, how can they be our opponents."

Webb stepped forward and put his arm around Kobe's shoulders and said calmly.

"That's right, this year's tie-break, even if you win, you won't be happy, next year we sweep their bulls, that's called gold!"

Maddie usually talks to Kobe Bryant, but at this moment, he can't help but comfort Kobe.

Lin Yu laughed heartily directly, "What are you talking about?" Who told you you lost? ”

"We have 1.2 seconds left, which is enough to make a shot."

"Kobe, damn it, you raise your head for me, I'll hand over this last attack to you, and you will make up for the trouble you broke through!"

"It's a three-point thing, I believe in you, we all believe in you!"

Lin Yu's tone was full of trust in Kobe, although Kobe Bryant had an injury to his left hand, but this last ball must be hit, even if Kobe Bryant is really paralyzed on the court, he will definitely be able to score this three points.

Although the Bulls did not celebrate, the faces of the players were full of joy, and the chance of winning this game was at least 99.9%!

1.2 seconds, two points is not enough, three points are extremely reluctant to shoot even if they catch the ball, and their Bulls players are not stakes, how can they let Wizards players receive the ball smoothly.

Lin Yu's side began to arrange the tactics of this last attack, although it was a must, but the time of 1.2 seconds still needed some means to shoot smoothly.

After Lin Yu finished arranging, Kobe Bryant's face showed confidence again.

"Boss, I can't guarantee that I'll score, but I can promise that I'll be able to throw this ball."

"This tactic of yours is simply broken." Bryant laughed.

The Wizards laughed too.

When the players from both sides returned to the court, the bus was placed on the bench, and Lin Yu put Nash, Kobe, Peja, Maddie and Webb on the line.

It's clear that it's about hitting threes.

Kobe Bryant was ready to serve outside the line, and the Zen master didn't think much about it, after all, Kobe was injured, and in his opinion, Lin Yu couldn't be stupid enough to let Kobe perform this lore.

Nash and Maddy ran briskly towards Kobe.

Jordan and Pippen didn't look at Kobe Bryant at all, turned their backs to Kobe Bryant, and focused all their attention on their opposing players.

When the referee blew the whistle, Bryant made an unbelievable pass.

He threw the ball directly on the back of Pippen, who had his back to him, and after the basketball bounced back, Kobe Bryant entered the court with an arrow and raised his hand to shoot the basketball.

The moment the basketball was shot, the whistle sounded from the ceiling as the game ended.

Kobe Bryant's basketball shot was still flying towards the basket.

Everyone held their breath, and 20,000 pairs of eyes were all staring at the basketball in flight.

Only Lin Yu was an exception, he crossed his waist and laughed, ready to reap this hard-won victory.

The ball was shot at a very long distance, and the flight time was naturally long, and everyone realized what it means to be like a year.

"Huh!"

As the basketball hollow drilled into the net, the silence of the scene was broken, and nearly 20,000 fans roared, a miracle, this is definitely a miracle!

"0.2 second kill!"

"That's right, Kobe Bryant shot in the last 0.2 seconds and completed the stunner!"

"Finals, here we come!"

The live DJ shouted wildly, he actually didn't know how many seconds it was, anyway, this lore was so dangerous that it would definitely go down in history forever.