Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 571 Classic Moments
Different from the first quarter, in the second quarter, the offensive efficiency of the two sides dropped significantly. Jordan and Li Weisi, the two aces of their respective teams, also stood up at this time.

However, the head-to-head confrontation between the two that people were thinking about did not last long. After Li Weisi scored 5 points in a row, he fell silent again and focused on sorting out the offense.

The reason why he suddenly launched an attack was mainly to create a better offensive space for his teammates. With Li Weisi's sudden effort, not only Jordan was more focused on Li Weisi, but even the rest of the Bulls were also attracted by Li Weisi. A lot of attention.

This point is completely different from Jordan's scoring. Li Weisi's scoring is the means, while Jordan's offense is the goal.

The two teams still played inextricably in the second quarter. Before the end of the half, with Jordan hitting a mid-range shot, the Bulls led the Warriors by 53 points 51:2.

In this game, both teams scored just over 50 points, which is a bit low for both the Bulls and the Warriors.

However, just when everyone thought that such a score was already very low, it was only in the third quarter that people discovered that the score in the first half was considered high.

After entering the second half, the Warriors actually adjusted the starting lineup. Nelson replaced Mullin, who had a good opening performance, and replaced Lewis.

This substitution, to be honest, made people wonder. Mullin played so well in the first half, scored 14 points in the half, and was the player with the highest score in the team. However, Nelson replaced him because hurt?
In fact, not only the fans can't figure it out, but even Mullin himself can't figure it out.

Sitting on the sidelines, his face was as ugly as it was. Recalling the substitution plan Nelson told him during the intermission in the locker room, Mullin even thought he heard it wrong.

Unfortunately, after repeated confirmations, Mullin finally knew that Nelson was right, and also knew Nelson's purpose, but he still couldn't understand.

However, whether he understood it or not, he still had to listen to what Nelson said. After all, who made himself Nelson's confidant?Sometimes when a leader wants to do something, he will first use his cronies as a knife. Mu Lin can only think this way to comfort himself.

Although most people didn't understand Nelson's intentions, when the game started, people quickly discovered what Nelson did.

This time the Bulls played a triangle offense through the pick-and-roll, and Jordan held the ball in a high position, but the Warriors switched defenses immediately, and Rodman was replaced in front of Jordan. In the end, the ball ended with Jordan's mid-range strike.

In the next round, Pippen broke through with the ball, but was intercepted by Lewis. The Warriors broke fast and Richmond dunked.

After that, Jordan personally attacked, dribbled the ball into the inside, and layup against Lewis, but he was called off by the referee for a scrimmage.

Unknowingly, the Bulls suddenly discovered that there was something wrong with their offense, and they couldn't score for many rounds in a row!

In fact, the result on the field has exceeded Nelson's expectations. He did not expect such a substitution to have such a good effect.

Originally, his intention was to change the Warriors' defensive rhythm through substitutions, forcing the Bulls to be disturbed during offense, thereby reducing the Bulls' offensive efficiency.

But he didn't expect that the Bulls really didn't adapt to the sudden change of the Warriors' defensive formation, and they failed to score for multiple rounds in a row, which was a surprise.

In the end, Jordan caused Rodman's foul in this round and made two free throws, which can be regarded as a start for the Bulls in the second half.

But that was just the beginning.

After that, the Bulls' offense still didn't improve much. The Warriors also took the opportunity to beat the Bulls 10:1. In a full 3 and a half minutes, the Bulls actually scored 1 point. This offense is really bad.

And until then, Phil Jackson, who was belatedly aware of it, finally called a timeout.

To be honest, Jackson is really worthy of his title of "Zen Master". He was called a timeout until now.

After returning from the timeout, the Bulls' offense still did not improve. However, due to Jordan's layup, they finally broke the Bulls' scoring drought.

It's a pity that the Warriors' offense is not very good, wasting a lot of opportunities, otherwise the difference between the two teams will be even greater.

But despite this, Jordan couldn't bear it, so he resolutely rushed into the inside with the explosive bag, scoring desperately.

It's just that such two points are not thirsty. Jordan scored such a difficult score. Looking back, Li Weisi scored a three-pointer from the outside, and the point difference was even bigger.

For these two teams, if they want to chase points, they must start with defense. After limiting the opponent's score, they will launch a wave of counterattacks to catch up with the score. Otherwise, if you score, the opponent also scores, and the point difference cannot be recovered at all.

But for the Bulls, their subsequent defense was pretty good, so that the Warriors have never played an offensive high. However, the team's offense is still very stretched, almost to the point where no one except Jordan can score. Even Jordan himself had a pretty poor shooting percentage, not even reaching 50%.

Price missed a three-pointer again from the bottom corner, and Jordan and Rodman took off at the same time, competing for rebounds.

The two jumped at the same time, face to face, even seeing each other's eyelashes, raised each other's right hands, crossed their hands, and the basketball landed between their right hands.

At this time, a cameraman sitting outside the bottom line accurately captured the posture of the two people at this time. The picture was so beautiful and shocking that he couldn't help pressing the shutter.

Due to Jordan's interference, Rodman failed to control the rebound in the end, but dialed it up again, trying to get the rebound through his high-frequency continuous jumps.

Unfortunately, this time he met his opponent, and the two jumped again, but this time Jordan touched the basketball first, looked at the basket that was close at hand, after he touched the ball, he stuck out his tongue, and the ball went towards the basket Dial away.

After the two landed, they jumped again, because no one knew whether the ball could be scored.

Unexpectedly, this time the basketball shook the two of them, and the ball bounced three times on the basket.

In the end, after the basketball struggled a lot, it still fell into the basket unwillingly, which made Jordan like to mention an offensive rebound and two points.

It's just that this kind of offense greatly consumed Jordan's physical strength and energy, but in order to catch up with the point difference, he had to do so.

In this way, throughout the third quarter, with Jordan's spare no effort to play, the Bulls finally scored in double digits, scored 15 points in the whole quarter, and was overtaken by the Warriors 75:68.

(End of this chapter)