Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 100 Wrestling and Fighting
At the end of the first quarter, the score was 32:26, ​​and the Bulls led by 6 points.

Both Li Weisi and Jordan played the first quarter, and the two were also tit-for-tat. Jordan scored 18 points and 3 assists alone, while Li Weisi did not give up much, scoring 12 points and 4 assists.

Although in the middle of the first quarter, Nelson was forced to replace Rodman, although Rodman still couldn't defend Jordan, and there was no operation to change his fate, but at least it ensured that the situation did not deteriorate further, giving the Warriors Dig a bigger hole.

At the beginning of the second quarter, both Li Weisi and Jordan went down to rest, and the lineups left on the court by both sides were mixed lineups of starters and substitutes.

For the Warriors, Price, Hornacek, Mullin, Ben Macdonald and Malone are on the field. Due to the rotation, they have lost two generals. As a last resort, Nelson will always be at the end of the bench for Macdonald Also came in handy.

On the Bulls side, without Jordan on the court, the lineup is even worse, John Paxson, Elster Turner, Charles Oakley, Brad Sellers and Duff Korsin.

Oakley still can't play power forward, because at this time, only him and Jordan can play small forward in the Bulls.

The Bulls' lineup is very strange. If they don't trade as soon as possible, it will definitely affect their record. In fact, the Bulls' general manager Jerry Krause has already started to act.

This man who has been a baseball scout for 16 years did not serve as the general manager of the Bulls until last year. Although he has not made many big moves so far, it does not mean that he has no big moves.

In fact, Krause had already said something, "When I took office, that (the Bulls) was Michael plus the other 11 guys I didn't want."

Yes, these 11 people, including Jordan's bodyguard Oakley.

So it is conceivable that the contradiction between Jordan and Klaus.

Of course, the contradiction between the two is not limited to this point. In fact, there have been conflicts since the first half of this year, and the reason is naturally because of Jordan's very serious foot injury. He tried every means to prevent Jordan from paying.

It stands to reason that this is also for the sake of Jordan's health, Jordan shouldn't be so ignorant of good and bad!

But in fact, in the process, Krause made two mistakes: one, he called Jordan an "asset" of the team; Instead, they want to play badly to ensure the team's draft position.

So for a highly competitive person like Jordan, these are unacceptable things, even if these things are beneficial to the team.

However, Jordan is just a player after all, and he can't stop Klaus at all, and Klaus has already started secretly operating for the championship team in his heart.

Just at this year's draft, Jordan was very dissatisfied with Klaus.

Both Jordan and the Bulls' coaching staff wanted to choose John Dawkins. Yes, it was Li Weisi's background board in the NCAA Finals. Unfortunately, Klaus chose Brad Sellers.

Cyrus, who is 213cm tall and weighs only 100kg, has a long range and doesn't like confrontation under the basket. It fits the setting of the fourth position in space, but unfortunately this concept is too advanced.

Jordan is very uncomfortable with Sellers playing too softly, and he is also worried about not choosing Dawkins. By the way, it is worth mentioning that Dawkins' agent is also David Falcao.

Back to the main story, the poor lineup of the Bulls was slammed by the Warriors as soon as they played.

Malone, who took a break inside and rested for a long time, was full of energy as soon as he came up, smashing the Bulls' inside into a sieve.

In just 2 minutes, the 6-point difference was evened out.

Collins saw the situation, immediately called a timeout, and then sent Jordan, who had rested for 2 minutes, to the field again.

As soon as Jordan came on the court, the effect was immediate, and he quickly stabilized the situation on the court. Although Malone was still unbeatable, Jordan could also score, so the point difference was always stalemate, and the Warriors did not lose ground. Turn the score over.

Li Weisi's treatment was not comparable to that of Jordan. He rested comfortably off the court for nearly 6 minutes before being put on the court again by Nelson.

Li Weisi was the last Warrior to start, so when Li Weisi played, it also marked the fierce fighting between the two sides again.

The movements of both sides became bigger and bigger, the smell of gunpowder became stronger, and the sound of hammering iron gradually increased. The score was not as easy as it was in the first quarter.

At this time, there are still 28 seconds before the end of the second quarter, and the score of the two teams is 48:48.

That's right, the Bulls scored only 16 points in the second quarter, and of course the Warriors were not much better.

The Bulls had Paxson on the ball, and yes, by the second half of the second quarter, Colt had been waived and Paxson came on.

Paxson performed very well in the second quarter, scoring 7 points and hitting a three-pointer, which opened up space for Jordan very well.

At this time, Jordan and Rodman were fighting for positions in the penalty area. Although Rodman and Jordan were a little thinner, the mad dog-like hard work really consumed Jordan's energy.

However, Jordan is Jordan after all, and he is not comparable to rookie Rodman. After a series of arm-wrapping and thigh-thigh fighting, Jordan finally grabbed the position one step inside the three-point line.

Paxson took the opportunity to quickly pass the ball to Jordan. Although Li Weisi predicted the pass, it was just that Paxson's passing route was very high, which did not allow Li Weisi to steal it.

After Jordan got the ball, Rodman pounced on him again, turned his body into a dog skin plaster, and stuck it on Jordan's body.

And Jordan was unambiguous, he used his head to open the way. At this time, Jordan still had hair, not the classic bald image later. The hair rubbed against the jersey vest violently, and even generated static electricity for a while.

Finally, Jordan looked at the right time and successfully broke through from Rodman's right with an accelerated speed.

The two stuck to the free throw line all the way, and Jordan was about to take off. Rodman saw that Malone's defense was not in place, and quickly reached out.

"Beep..." The referee's whistle sounded immediately, and he didn't even want to wait for half a second.

At this time, Jordan, who had already jumped up, took Rodman's arm, exerted strength on his waist in the air, and threw the ball out.

The basketball flew straight to the backboard, smashed the front board and bounced into the basket, a standard two plus one, and Rodman also received his third foul at this time.

Jordan hit the free throw steadily, which is already his 10th free throw in the field.

There are 4 seconds left in the time. As long as they hold these 4 seconds, the Bulls can enter the second half with a 3-point lead, but it is a pity that Li Weisi does not allow it.

When Jordan hit the free throw, Li Weisi winked, and Mullin immediately understood that the sideline free throw was thrown directly to Li Weisi who was close to the center line.

Li Weisi quickly dribbled the ball across the midfield, but he ran into Paxson who was defending him head-on, and Jordan was already galloping towards him behind him.

Facing the front and back attacks of the two, there was not much time left at this time.

Li Weisi changed direction one by one, passed Paxson, and then immediately shot a three-pointer.

My three-point arrow is the flames of hell!

When the time reset to zero, the basketball went into the hoop.

51:51, the two teams are still tied.

(End of this chapter)