Chapter 814
Chapter 814
The fifth game between the Bulls and the Warriors was held on June 6, still the Bulls' home court, at the United Center Arena in Chicago.
This modern stadium was first established in 1992 by a joint venture between Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf and Chicago Blackhawks president William Walz in the NHL.
After two years, it was finally built in 1994. Unfortunately, Jordan had retired at that time, which led to the dismal market for the Bulls.
Fortunately, all this has been completely reversed with Jordan's comeback this year. As the arena that can accommodate the second largest number of spectators among all arenas in the league, since the entire playoffs, 21711 spectator seats have been almost full.
All the fans in Chicago are looking forward to Jordan's return as the king, and for this new arena, he will win a new championship that belongs to this new arena.
At this moment, the Bulls are only two victories away from winning the championship, and the game that is about to start is even more championship for both sides, because as long as this game can be won, it will mean that the winning team The team will be at least one position ahead of the opponent in the championship position.
As an unshakable TV commentator, Dick Stockton was surprised again when he was given the pre-game starting list again.
Because of the last game, Coach Jackson's hesitation... Well, it's prudence, prudence!As a result, the team was easily defeated by the Warriors, so Coach Jackson also came up with many other methods after the game.
After thinking twice, he adopted the same method as the Warriors, that is, replacing the big center and starting the small lineup as well.
In fact, Jackson is not willing to do this, because this is following in the footsteps of the Warriors, and it will be difficult to defeat it after all. Unfortunately, he has no better way now.
The starting five for the Bulls tonight are: Harper, Jordan, Pippen, Judd Buichler and Grant.
It can be seen that the team's two major centers, Longley and Perdo, were all pressed on the bench, but Grant was used to play the fifth position, and the swingman Judd Buichler was used to play the power forward. .
The reason why Buichler is used instead of Price is actually a special trade-off.
First of all, in order to limit Li Weisi as much as possible, the team will never let Price play. After all, the contribution made by Price on the offensive end is far less than that on the defensive end, and the damage caused by Li Weisi is great.
Secondly, the Warriors' power forward Rodman is only 201cm tall and has no offensive ability. Therefore, Buichler, who is 198cm tall, can fully undertake the important task of defending Rodman.
The reason why the taller Pippen is not used as a power forward is entirely because Pippen has a heavier offensive responsibility. As the team's offensive organizer, it is impossible for him to go inside and fight Rodman for rebounds. It's really too much talent.
Therefore, after repeated weighing by the Bulls coaching staff, they unanimously decided on the starting lineup of the Bulls. For this lineup, they are full of confidence and confident that they can compete with the small lineup of the Warriors. However, all of this requires actual games to test.
In this way, amidst much anticipation, the game that was about to determine the fate of the two teams officially kicked off.
The two sides of the jump ball tonight are Grant, who is 208cm tall, and Robert Horry, who is 206cm tall. It seems that the height of the two is not particularly short, but this does not prevent the two from being insulated from the big center.
The final result of the jump ball was that Grant, who was taller, had the last laugh. Although Horry was younger, he was far behind Grant in terms of physical fitness.
The Bulls who got the ball launched the first offense of the game.
The Warriors retreated quickly and did not give the Bulls a chance to play a fast break.
In this regard, the Bulls are not discouraged, they have long been psychologically prepared for this.
After Harper brought the ball to the frontcourt, he handed the ball to Pippen immediately, and he followed the team's tactics.
When Hubble started to run tactics, he clearly felt that compared with the previous game, the defensive area of the Warriors tonight has increased a lot, and the degree of congestion inside has also dropped by more than one grade.
Grant is an excellent mid-range shooter, and Buichler, who has been trained by the Warriors, can also stabilize at more than 35% of his three-pointers.
Therefore, when Jordan receives the ball, the defensive penalty area he faces is more than a star and a half wider than the defensive penalty area he encountered before.
Seeing this situation, how could Jordan miss it, he signaled other players to open up space for him, and then began to dribble and wait for an opportunity to break through, everything was so logical.
If you want to defend Jordan's offense in one-on-one, it is said to be Richmond. It is difficult to find someone in NBA history.
Therefore, without much effort, Jordan broke through Richmond with ease.
On weekdays, after breaking through Richmond, they would be blocked by other players. This time, although the other players had excellent defense awareness and their pace was not slow, due to the large distance, they even After realizing it, wanting to occupy a strong position to help defend Jordan as before has become a dream.
This offense was no exception. When Jordan broke through Richmond, the entire Warriors' restricted area opened wide, like a bus with both front and rear doors open, welcoming customers.
Whether it was Rodman or Horry, they were all one step too late. They could only watch Jordan drift to the basket at the fastest speed, hit a layup and hit the rebound, 2:0. The Bulls scored 2 points first at the beginning of the game.
Unlike the previous game where they were beaten up at the beginning, the Bulls made full preparations for this game. Even if Jordan took the lead, the other players would not be happy with things but not sad with themselves. Concentrate on the field.
Immediately afterwards, it was the Warriors' turn to attack.
Although the Warriors still move the ball as quickly as they did in the last game, the Bulls rely on their excellent footwork, speed and tacit understanding, whether it is marking or switching defenses, they can always put people on the way for the Warriors to attack.
In this way, the Warriors' first attack, after more than 20 seconds of passing, finally returned to Li Weisi's hands, and Li Weisi faced Hubble's defense and ended up missing the mid-range.
After that, Grant protected the backcourt rebound, and the Bulls quickly launched a fast break.
The Bulls' fast break was also much faster than in the previous games, especially Buichler, who obviously played the position of a power forward, ran faster than the Warriors small forward Mullin.
Of course, this is nothing to be proud of. After all, in the entire league, there are countless people who can outperform Mullin.
Pippen's pass was timely. He passed the ball to Buichler immediately, and the latter, who did not disappoint Pippen, used a dunk to rewrite the score to 4:0.
It seems that this time it is finally the Bulls' turn to make a strong start.
(End of this chapter)