Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 212 Responding to Three Points
How competitive is Jordan?
This is difficult to describe directly, and can only be reflected from the side through a few examples.

In later generations, Pippen once broke the news that the Bulls will hold quiz activities at home, in the form of betting on which hat the ball will be in. The gambler Jordan will naturally not be absent. He and the team's security guards have to bet $100 per game.

However, no one expected that for such a small bet, he would not hesitate to cheat to win. Every time he would quietly ask the staff to tell him which hat the ball was in. I don't know what the security guard would think ?
And Will Smith once broke the news that he joked to Jordan after drinking water at a dinner party that he could beat Jordan in drinking water, but who knew that Jordan immediately went to buy two bottles of water and asked for another match. once.

It can be seen that for such trivial matters, he has to win, not to mention his main business, basketball?

Facing the Warriors' tide-like offense, the Bulls then completely entered the mode of Jordan taking over the game.

First, he broke through Rodman's defense in one step, rushed inside, threw himself in the air, and then shook people.

That's right, it's just jumping up and shaking people in the air, that's how outrageous it is!
After dodging Malone's supplementary defense, he changed hands and made a layup.

Subsequently, Jordan took another step to take off and shoot again, avoiding Rodman's block in the air, and only after Rodman began to fall, did he take the shot.

Jordan's unreserved style of play is not only very entertaining, but also able to score. Later, Rodman's single defense alone could not stop Jordan. In desperation, the Warriors even had to double-team. to stop Jordan from scoring.

However, this gave the Bulls other players a chance, and the Warriors are not a strong defensive team, so even so, they failed to completely prevent the Bulls from scoring.

For the Warriors, if they want to beat the Bulls, they still have to rely on offense.

Tonight, Li Weisi's touch is actually very average. After trying a three-pointer from the outside, he felt that his touch was not good. Therefore, in the previous offense, Li Weisi used more mid-range or half-block baskets. Score.

However, this does not mean that the Bulls dare to let Li Weisi shoot an open three-pointer. They dare not bet on whether Li Weisi can make the next three-pointer. After all, they are not Yan Shuangying.

Therefore, when they pay too much attention to Li Weisi, they create good opportunities for their teammates. In addition, Li Weisi's own overall situation is quite outstanding, so he continues to use assists to connect the team and help his teammates score.

In this way, by the time of the intermission, the score of the two teams had reached 47:46, and the Warriors temporarily led by one point.

During the intermission, Jordan was furious at his teammates. Throughout the first half, only Paxson, Oakley and Jordan scored in the starting lineup. In addition, Banks and Kersin did not score. Not only that, the substitutes for the entire first half In the game, Saidal Sriter made 6 of 2 shots and scored 4 points, and the others did not score.

Don't say that Jordan can't bear this performance, even they themselves are ashamed.

Coupled with Jordan's broken mouth, it's typical to scold people that you don't pay for your life. Once he starts to spout people, others will have to endure it. If the mentality is a little weak, it is not impossible to collapse the mentality directly.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the other players of the Bulls finally cheered up a little. Banks and Corsin scored successively, which also made Jordan look better.

But it's mainly because the Warriors care too much about Jordan, they just benefit from Jordan's restraint.

As Malone and Mullin began to pay attention to the two, the offense of the two misfired again, and finally it became Jordan's main attack, and the other four watched the rhythm.

The two teams had been in a stalemate until the middle of the third quarter, when the situation suddenly changed.

Li Weisi, who had been feeling bad before, suddenly fired, hitting consecutive three-pointers from the outside.

In just over a minute, Li Weisi hit 3 three-pointers, which instantly brought the point difference between the two teams to 10 points. Before that, Jordan had worked so hard to support the score for a long time, and it was in vain.

Li Weisi's three-pointers were like a muffler for the away game, which silenced the originally noisy arena, and the hearts of all Bulls fans were raised in their throats.

It is impossible not to worry. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Bulls are pointing at Jordan alone to score. As time goes by, Jordan’s physical consumption will also increase. At this time, the point difference is widened. How to catch up?
But soon, Jordan broke the worries of the fans. He faced Rodman with an accelerated breakthrough, and then immediately stopped and retreated, sending Rodman flying two or three meters away.

Facing the empty defense, Jordan's step-back has already stood outside the three-point line. Faced with this situation, Jordan resolutely chose a three-point shot.

A cloud-piercing arrow, thousands of troops meet!

The basketball crossed a flat arc in the air and smashed into the basket. Jordan hit his first three-pointer of the game and the first three-pointer of the entire Bulls.

"This is... West's step-back three-pointer?" Not only the Warriors players, but even the Bulls players and the audience were shocked by Jordan's answer ball.

Since the step-back three-pointer has been frequently used by Li Weisi this season, this action has been habitually tied to Li Weisi.

The scene that had been silenced by Li Weisi once again erupted into even more intense cheers. What could be more depressing than using the opponent's unique move to defeat the opponent?
After scoring the goal, Jordan waved to the fans to celebrate when he returned to his home halftime, which added more firewood to the enthusiasm of the fans.

"WTF! I love Michael so much!" Barack heard the friends around him swearing and praising Jordan. Although Barack hates swearing, he has to say that he really agrees with this sentence now, and agrees with him I also want to swear.

Although Jordan's three-pointer was amazing, it was only a three-pointer after all, and it didn't hit Li Weisi's heart. His heart was very calm, and he even wanted to complain about Jordan's shooting. The posture was good, but the arc was too low.

Therefore, in the next round, Li Weisi, who was not affected, broke into the penalty area, attracted Bulls center Kersin to defend, and directly passed an alley-oop to Malone.

In this way, Malone's slam dunk bombing the basket, the atmosphere that Jordan had just brought up was cool down again.

In the next game, the two sides continued to fall into a stalemate. The Bulls were unable to chase points and the Warriors could not open the score. Even if the Warriors entered the rotation lineup, they still maintained such a point difference.

What?Bulls bench you ask?Do you think the Bulls dare to replace Jordan now?Coach Collins didn't even dare to replace Oakley!The Bulls are really unavailable!

So, at the end of the third quarter, the Warriors scored 37:28 in a single quarter, and the score came to 84:74. The Warriors entered the fourth quarter with a 10-point difference.

(End of this chapter)