Chapter 585 Keeping Hope
Chapter 585 Keeping Hope
On the last attack of the Bulls in the first half, Pippen received Jordan's point and used his long arm to avoid Rodman's block and made a layup with the last 4 seconds left.
Li Weisi quickly dribbled the ball towards the frontcourt, but encountered all kinds of chasing and interception by the Bulls on the way, which made Li Weisi's speed still unable to fully display.
In this way, seeing that he could not pass the halftime before the time was up, Li Weisi immediately chose to make a sudden stop and change direction, throwing off the high-speed Bulls defender, and then shot immediately.
Since Li Weisi does not have the perverted upper body strength of Lao Zhan, when Li Weisi shoots a three-pointer in the half, he cannot maintain the same posture as the usual shooting action like a thirty-year-old man, but uses the method of pushing the ball .
Although such a shooting posture is ugly and easy to be blocked, fortunately, the defender has been thrown away at this time and he cannot be blocked, allowing Li Weisi to complete the shot calmly.
When the number on the scorer returned to zero, the basketball had already left Li Weisi's fingertips, drew a beautiful parabola in the air, and went straight into the basket.
Li Weisi scored a lot of ultra-long three-pointers at the buzzer like this, so the Bulls still defended him desperately under such circumstances.
And when Li Weisi hit such a three-pointer again, their mentality was very peaceful, as if they had already prepared for such a thing.
Alas, I've gotten used to it.
With the last three-pointer at the buzzer, the Warriors successfully beat the Bulls at 29:14 in the second quarter, successfully overtaking the Bulls by 5 points.
For the Bulls, the reason why the second quarter ended like this is mainly due to the problem of offensive failure. After all, the Warriors’ defense in this quarter is not much better than before. The key is the problem that the Bulls can’t make any shots. .
But this situation cannot last forever. It can be expected that the Bulls' offense will definitely rebound in the second half. What's more, even if it is so inaccurate, they only lost by 5 points.
In this regard, both sides of the game are well aware that the Bulls are not depressed, and the Warriors are not proud. The whole halftime break was very peaceful, and everything went step by step, just like the calm before the storm.
This kind of calm lasted until the beginning of the second half. As Li Weisi hit another opening three-pointer, the whole game exploded instantly.
Li Weisi scored 28 points in the first half, which is not a high score for him. After all, if Li Weisi feels good, he can get so much in one quarter.
But in the second half, it was very exciting for the Warriors fans to be able to continue the good state of the first half, because in their opinion, Li Weisi might be able to surpass Jordan's score in the previous game tonight.
Warriors fans are so greedy. In the contest with Jordan, they not only hope that Li Weisi can beat his opponent in terms of record, but also hope that Li Weisi can win in terms of statistics.
For the trend of the situation gradually collapsing, the Bulls will obviously not agree. Not only did Jordan stand up, Pippen and Price, who performed well in the first quarter, also stood up one after another. For a while, the original defensive battle suddenly became Offensive battle.
Pippen used the pick-and-roll to break through the corner and Price caught the ball and made a three-pointer.
Li Weisi broke through to attract the defense, and gave the ball to Mullin who slipped the baseline. Mullin made a layup.
Jordan singled Richmond, turned his back and followed a fadeaway jumper, and hit a mid-range hit.
Duckworth singled Cartwright on the inside. After missing the hook, Rodman grabbed the offensive rebound and made a tip-up.
For a while, the offense of the two teams was back and forth, very lively.
The fans watched it with great enthusiasm. Since the finals, most of the games between the two teams have been in various defensive battles. Such hearty offensive battles are really rare, even if it is Bulls fans, obviously, like watching offense more than defense.
Of course, this kind of offense is different from the offense of the later generations who face the defensive buttocks behind the hands. It is an offense that fights wits and courage with the defender and scores with difficulty by virtue of its own ability.
For such a game, some people like to hear and see it, but naturally some people are anxious.
Jackson looked at the situation on the field at this time. Although the point difference between the two teams was not that big, the anxiety in his heart did not diminish at all.
As a rookie coach, Jackson's performance is definitely beyond the expectations of many people. Although he has been criticized in terms of on-the-spot performance and basketball philosophy, he has performed very well in handling the relationship between players in the team. Only in this way can he lead the Bulls. Reached the finals after many years.
Don't underestimate the point of sorting out the relationship between players. Don't you see that Tyronn Lue, a well-known tactical genius in later generations, has become a rare rookie champion coach in the NBA by virtue of being a good player in the team. Disciple, it is very likely that his coaching style is learned from Jackson.
Of course, I don't know if he has learned the essence, but anyway, he won the championship in a crooked way, and Jackson may not be able to match this point.
Fortunately, at this time, Jackson has the opportunity to catch up with his disciple, coach Lu. As long as he wins this round of the series, he can become the third winner after Paul Westhead and Pat Riley. The title of rookie champion coach.
In order to win the game, Jackson made sufficient preparations before the start of the game, and decided to pull the Warriors into the Bulls' own rhythm. In his opinion, only in this way can there be hope of winning.
As far as the previous four games are concerned, this strategy seems to be working well, allowing the Bulls to draw 2:2 with the Warriors.
However, when it came to this game, Jackson felt a crisis from the very beginning of the game.
From the beginning of the game, the team has been in a very high rhythm, but during this time the Bulls are in an advantageous position, and the point difference is getting bigger and bigger, which makes Jackson unable to find a reason to convince the players.
But in the second quarter, the situation was reversed. Although Jackson has been making adjustments since then, the effect was not great, and he was easily brought into his own rhythm by the Warriors.
During the intermission, Jackson repeatedly emphasized the need to pull the game back, drop the position, and reduce the offensive rhythm, but after the start of the third quarter, the speed still did not slow down.
Therefore, even if the Bulls are playing well at this time, in Jackson's eyes, something will happen sooner or later.
In fact, the players of the Bulls also know the importance of rhythm, and they also want to press down to play. Unfortunately, the Warriors did not give them a chance, especially Li Weisi, who forced the rhythm.
What makes the Bulls even more helpless is that they can still score in the fast break. Once they really want to land, it becomes extremely difficult to score. Often you spend 20 seconds to play and cooperate, carrying explosives into the penalty area and scoring two goals. Points, looking back, the opponent made a shot at the beginning, and still made it, and everyone's mentality would collapse if he left it.
Therefore, this kind of game is also a helpless move. Although the original rhythm was abandoned, the score was not opened by the Warriors. The point difference between the two teams was always maintained within 5 points, which also allowed them to face victory and still retain hope. .
(End of this chapter)