Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 422 I Will Win
After entering the second half, the Bulls still suppressed the Warriors tightly and did not give the Warriors a chance to catch up with the score.

In this game, Jordan did not take the ball and attack hard as usual, but became a point guard, obsessed with the organization and couldn't extricate himself.

Of course, this is not because he has changed his gender. It is mainly because he was angry with Magic Johnson before, which led him to pursue a triple-double and wanted to show his comprehensiveness.

I have to say that when Jordan started passing the ball, he was also a good player.

In the original time and space, starting from March 3 against the Sonics, Jordan scored 25 points, 21 rebounds and 12 assists in that game. Since then, Jordan has seven consecutive triple-doubles and ten triple-doubles in eleven games. The record can be ranked third in history, second only to Oscar Robertson and Chamberlain, and in the following decades, only Russell Westbrook surpassed Jordan.

Tonight is Jordan's second game with a triple-double, and his teammates' offense is not bad tonight, and he doesn't need to stand up, so most of the time, he is doing tandem.

After three quarters, the Bulls led the Warriors by 91 points with 81:10, and Jordan had scored 16 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists at this time, and there was still a full quarter before the end of the game. It seemed that this triple-double was coming.

However, Hornacek, who came off the bench, stood up. He had scored 19 points in the first three quarters, and he was the only player in the Warriors who scored in double figures except for Li Weisi and Malone.

I saw that after Price broke through Paxson's defense, he passed the ball to Hornacek who ran back to the 45-degree three-point line. Hornacek hit a three-pointer again.

This goal not only allowed him to score more than 20 points, but also opened the prelude to the Warriors chasing points.

Then in the Bulls' offense, Paxson's layup was blocked by Duckworth, and the Warriors counterattacked. During the action, Hornacek made another three-pointer and directly narrowed the point difference to 4 points.

Bulls coach Collins quickly called a timeout, and the 10-point difference turned into 4 points in an instant, which made Collins feel the fear of being reversed by the Warriors.

Faced with this situation, Collins naturally has his solution, which is to replace Jordan. In his opinion, there is nothing easier than this to solve the problem.

After Jordan played, the effect is naturally immediate, because Jordan can not only make the team play as a blaster in a situation that cannot be opened, but also can lock the opponent when facing the fiery Hornacek.

Jordan's defense is all-round, good off the ball and on the ball, suitable for single-handed pick-and-rolls. Therefore, in the next round of the Warriors, no matter how Hornacek runs, he can't get out of a good position, and he can't get rid of it at all. Jordan.

And Jordan, who played a lot of playing time, is now taken as an example in advance. He doesn't seem to be stingy with his physical strength, and he clings to Hornacek.

The Warriors' bench originally relied on Hornacek to attack, but now this point has been pinched out, so that other points can only handle the ball by themselves, so the effect can be imagined.

Seeing that the offensive time was about to run out, Anthony Mason finally had to make a shot himself. The layup was blocked by Kersin. The Bulls made a transition, and Jordan assisted Cyrus for a layup.

Afterwards, the Warriors played two more rounds with no results, and the score went from catching up to only 4 points to 12 points. After half a year of hard work, it returned to before liberation overnight.

Fortunately, the rotation time has come at this time, and the Warriors then replaced all the starters and launched the final attack.

Chasing points began with the pick-and-roll between Li Weisi and Ma Long.

The person in charge of defending Li Weisi had changed from Hodges to Jordan.

There is no way, in order to lock the Warriors' flanks, Li Weisi was opened, but now that it has entered the last moment, it is natural to pinch Li Weisi.

Although Jordan's ability to circumvent screens is excellent, when defending Li Weisi, he must not bypass from behind, must squeeze from the front, or simply switch defenses. This point has formed a consensus in the league.

There was no other reason, because it was enough for Li Weisi to make a move just in the short time he had to go around the cover.

Cartwright was no exception, he rushed to the three-point line to prevent Li Weisi from shooting.

And Li Weisi didn't choose to shoot. He directly chose a ground pass and returned the ball to Ma Long. After Ma Long received the ball, he directly blew up the basket.

There was physical contact in the air with Grant, who came to assist in the defense. During the confrontation, the ball was blocked by Grant.

Malone, who has just passed his 34th birthday, has seen a visible decline in mobility and jumping in the past two years. If it were placed 5 years ago, Malone would have been able to dunk the ball into the basket before Grant arrived.

Although the offense was destroyed by Grant, Malone still controlled the ball after landing. Since the basketball touched Grant, it landed first and was then controlled by Malone. Therefore, Malone's dribble at this time will not be called a second dribble. ball.

Therefore, Malone lowered his shoulders and pushed Grant away, then got up again, and collided with Grant again in the air. However, Grant had only joined the NBA for less than two years at this time, and his body was far from being as strong as when he was at his peak. compared to Malone.

So in the air, Grant was stunned by Malone, and then Malone dunked.

Malone's goal also marked that the Warriors started chasing points again.

With the efforts of Ma Long and Li Weisi, the two scored consecutively, one inside and one outside, and the 12-point difference quickly narrowed.

As for the Bulls, no one was able to score for several consecutive rounds at this time.

Because Jordan already had 9 assists, he was short of a triple-double by one assist, but none of his consecutive passes were converted into points.

Seeing this situation, how dare Jordan dare to be careless, he cares more about defeating Li Weisi than a triple-double, and tonight, he is so close to defeating Li Weisi for the first time, how can he care about the statistics!

At the moment, he gave up the pass, and under the space of his teammates, he singled out Richmond, made an emergency stop and made a mid-range jumper, and the handicap came to 4 points.

As a result, Li Weisi scored a three-pointer when he turned back, leaving only 1 point behind.

It was the Bulls' turn to attack again. Jordan was only thinking about offense at this time, and assists and the like were no longer in his consideration.

After leaning on Richmond and coming to the penalty area, Jordan made an emergency stop for a jumper again, but, unlike the last time, this time, he added a step back.

Since Li Weisi used the retreat step for the first time in the league, many players in the league gradually began to learn Li Weisi's technique.

The most used ones are naturally the other Warriors players, and apart from the Warriors players, Jordan is the first player to learn and use the retreat step among other teams in the league.

Jordan, who jumped high, calmly shot in the air, and Richmond couldn't block it at all.

The basketball hit the net, and Jordan raised his fist in the air. He swore, I will win tonight.

(End of this chapter)