Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 926 New Dreams
The basketball passed through Rodman's crotch and fell into Divac's arms, and Divac was also confused by the intruding basketball.

And this good thing?

Of course, it was only a moment for Divac to be stunned. He quickly reacted, turned around and made a long pass, and found Li Weisi who had already arrived in the midfield.

The Warriors launched a fast break again, and after leaning against Jordan with their bodies, they made an easy layup.

All of a sudden, the Warriors finally stabilized their lead, and the two teams fell into the rhythm of the game pulling each other.

整个第二节，公牛打了勇士一个28:21，追回了7分，半场以49:54落后勇士5分。

At the last moment of the second quarter, Jordan hit Rodman's defense and made two consecutive shots, which brought the point difference back to 5 points.

This is a very dangerous point difference. If you say more or less, once the Warriors relax a little in the second half, it will only take two or three rounds for the Bulls to recover the score.

Therefore, during the entire intermission, the atmosphere of the Warriors team was in an extremely serious atmosphere. The usual laughter and laughter were completely gone at this time. Facing the situation of the last stand, everyone was in no mood to joke.

Compared with the players, Nelson is also in the midst of a brainstorm at this time, discussing the tactical arrangements for the second half with several assistant coaches.

Everyone is undoubtedly happy about their team's transformation and excellent results, but for Jordan adapting to the Warriors' defensive changes so quickly, and scoring another 21 points after halftime, this is something that Nelson and others also did not expect of.

Therefore, everyone is a little uncertain about what tactics to adopt in the second half and whether to continue to stick to their own defensive tactics.

"Continue to maintain the current defensive tactics. I think Dennis' consumption of Michael is very successful."

"However, in the end, Michael is still..."

"If Michael can be restrained so easily, then he is not Jordan!" Li Weisi interrupted assistant coach Jeff Van Gundy.

Although his speech was interrupted by Li Weisi, Jeff had to admit that Li Weisi was right. Even the Jordan rules of the year could not restrict Jordan, let alone the Warriors!

"Okay then, let's keep it the same!" In the end, Nelson made the final decision and said to Rodman: "Dennis, let's continue to watch you in the second half. Don't let Michael score more than the first half!"

"No problem!" Rodman shrugged his shoulders, looking like he was pulling two to five to eighty thousand.

The short intermission was fleeting, and soon it was the start of the second half, when the Bulls took the lead in attacking.

After a halftime break, Jordan was full of energy at this time. He didn't give in at all to Rodman. He directly used speed and change of direction to forcefully break through Rodman, and finally ended with a mid-range jumper. 2 points, further narrowing the point difference to 3 points.

This is only a gap of one round.

However, the Warriors also did not sit still. Li Weisi was soon on the offensive end, and also responded with a mid-range shot, also scoring 2 points for the Warriors.

After adapting to the Warriors' defensive changes, the Bulls have now completely returned to the normal rhythm of the game. The triangle offense that was cut off before has also been fully restored. Except for Jordan's full firepower, the other four Bulls' starters have also started. At the opening, for a while, the Bulls' firepower was completely dispersed, which brought huge defensive pressure to the Warriors.

At that time, the Warriors' offense was also good, especially Li Weisi, under Jordan's full defense, still played with ease, and his offensive efficiency did not decrease at all.

Through the pick-and-roll and defense, Jordan was replaced in front of Finley. At this time, Finley held the ball and was ready to single Jordan.

Switching from Pippen to Jordan is obviously not a good result of switching defenses, but Finley seemed very excited, giving him the illusion of dreaming back to five years ago.

As a Warriors player, few outside fans know that Finley has actually been a Bulls fan since he was a child, more precisely, a Jordan fan.

When Jordan joined the Bulls, Finley was only 11 years old. Like most teenagers in Illinois, they were diehard fans of Jordan. Finley's bedroom was covered with posters of Jordan.

And five years ago, in the summer of 1991, in a TV basketball event called "Superstars and Boys" held in Chicago, Finley even got a chance to single-handedly with Jordan, although he lost 1:3 in the end. , but the drift shot he used still won Jordan's appreciation: "The boy played well, I am waiting for you in the NBA!"

The turning point of this story happened last year. No one expected that the Warriors would choose Finley, as a die-hard Bulls fan, to join the Bulls' biggest rival team, which made Finley feel like he had surrendered to the enemy.

After losing his dream of playing with Jordan in the United Center, Finley didn't even want to join the Warriors for a while. Of course, after lobbying by Donnie Nelson and others, Finley finally let go of his prejudices and came to the Warriors. Warriors play.

After one year, Finley made rapid progress. Not only was he selected to the All-Rookie Team of the season, but he also became the Warriors starter and stood on the stage of the finals. At this time, he was facing the former idol, Michael Jordan.

Just like when he was a child, Finley's attack also broke through Jordan from the right side first, and after attracting Jordan's defensive attention, he immediately stopped and shot a jumper.

Finley's shooting action, especially the one leaning forward, is very similar to Jordan's shooting in 88, who has not changed his shooting action.

Once again, he used a drift shot, which made the audience seem to see Jordan shooting over Jordan's head. Since the ball was shot by Finley at about 45 degrees from the right side of the basket, the basketball finally hit the basket. Fans Finley finally hit the iconic shot over the head of his idol Jordan.

"Beautiful shot, Michael, much better than your shot five years ago." Seeing Finley score, Jordan took the initiative to praise.

"Thank you, Michael, I respect you very much, so I will show my respect by defeating you!" At this time, Finley is no longer the same Finley whose dreams were broken at the beginning of the season.

Now, he has already found a new dream, which is to defeat the idol and team he was crazy about in the past in the finals, and win his own championship.

"Oh, another kid whose tone is bigger than his strength! If you want to beat me, you have to practice for another 100 years!" Jordan curled his lips, replied dismissively, and ran to catch the ball near the bottom line.

(End of this chapter)