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Chapter 133 The Nearly Perfect Bull
It seems that the Bulls are also very fancy about this game. The two cores of the team, Jordan and Pippen, continued to stay on the court, and even replaced the team's sixth man-Tony Kukoc.

Kukoc was selected by the Bulls with the second pick in the second round of 90, but he did not come directly to the NBA at that time.

It wasn't until this season that he officially landed in the NBA.

After entering the NBA, Kukoc quickly became an important immediate force for the Bulls.

He has averaged 10.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game so far this season. He is a very comprehensive player.

Moreover, the height of 208 cm has excellent organizational skills, which is very rare among big men nowadays.

Sure enough, on the first offense after playing, Kukoc directly assisted Jordan with an air cut layup and scored two points.

After returning to the backcourt, Kukoc was responsible for defending Rodman, but his good defensive awareness allowed him to cover O'Neal in time, grabbed the ball from O'Neal directly from behind, and personally dribbled the ball to push for a fast break, assisting Jordan to score two more points.

In just 1 minute, with one attack and one defense, Kukoc became the most dazzling presence of the team. His two assists and one steal directly allowed the Bulls to tie the score.

DeWeese found Rodman dissatisfied.

"Dennis, keep an eye on that rookie! Why did you let him organize so unscrupulously!"

Rodman blushed.

Rodman was a little lazy just now, because although he and Kukoc are directly facing each other, Kukoc's style of play is on the outside. Rodman didn't want to follow out, which gave Kukoc a lot of space.

Soon, Rodman's defensive attitude became correct, and Kukoc couldn't connect the team so smoothly.

Davis began to lead the team to speed up.

This is also the first time the Bulls have encountered the Magic's style of play.

But what surprised DeWeese secretly was that the Bulls' rhythm was not affected in any way, and they still had a stable offensive rhythm and a positive defensive attitude.

This Bulls team is pretty close to the post-three-peat Bulls team, except in some respects. . . .

"Rodman grabbed the rebound. This is already his sixth offensive rebound in the game! He gave it to Davis on the outside. Davis made a three-point shot and scored!" The commentator explained the game off the court and looked at the scoreboard.

I can't remember how many times the score has risen alternately. From the first minute of the game, the difference between the two teams has not exceeded 1 points.

Jordan received the ball in the frontcourt and faced Sprewell with the ball in one hand. After making sure that there was no double-teaming player, he suddenly took a step to the right. Sprewell subconsciously shifted his center of gravity to the left, and Jordan pulled directly.

"Jordan made a shot! The ball went in! The referee signaled that it was a two-pointer!"

DeWeese was suddenly double-teamed in the frontcourt. Jordan broke the ball and made a fast break dunk.

After catching up to the three-second zone, Davis gave up moving forward. He knew that he jumped up rashly and might give Jordan a 2+1 chance.

Watching Jordan succeed in dunking, Davis received the serve unwillingly and walked cautiously to the frontcourt.

Jordan tried to do it again, but Davis got the ball before him.

There is no way, even though Davis's ball-handling skills have reached 94, but he looked at Jordan's specific attributes, he still dare not face Jordan's double-team head-on.

"Mid-range shots: 94, three-pointers: 80, breakthroughs: 99, lows: 94, dunks: 96, free throws: 88."

"Steals: 99, blocks: 70, rebounds: 77, one-on-one defense: 99, assist defense: 89."

"Speed: 97, Strength: 79, Stamina: 99, Bounce: 99"

That's the specific attribute of Jordan that DeWeese has gleaned. . . .

A string of 99s almost blinded Davis.

No wonder Jordan's overall evaluation is the only S-level player Davis has ever seen, and his rating is a terrifying 100.

He ran the tactics honestly and handed the ball to O'Neal for singles. O'Neal lived up to expectations and sent the ball into the basket.

There are still 2 minutes before the end of the second quarter, and the point difference is still three points.

Davis had never played such a high-intensity game. He only felt that Jordan on the opposite side stood in front of him like a mountain.

He only has one feeling now, if the Magic stop scoring, the Bulls, who are chasing after them unhurriedly, will instantly overtake the score.

And that's exactly what happened. Sprewell's mid-range shot missed, and Jordan quickly counterattacked and assisted Pippen to score two points.

Only one point remained.

On the next attack, Pippen blocked Horry's shot head-on. It was Jordan again. He directly entered the penalty area from the baseline.

The Bulls overtook the score in an instant.

In the last attack, DeWeese missed a jumper with an emergency stop. He was overwhelmed by Jordan's airtight defense and found a shot at the last second.

Just grabbed the rebound, before Rodman had time to make a shot, the timer was on.

At halftime, the Magic trailed the Bulls by one point 56-57.

"It was a very exciting first half. The two teams brought us a very intense match. Let us take a break and continue to watch the second half of the game between the two teams."

In the locker room, Davis sat in his seat, quietly recalling every detail of the first half.

To beat the Bulls, you have to beat Jordan.

And to beat Jordan, you have to be stronger than him.

Unfortunately, this is not possible. . . .

Davis got up and brought the technical statistics of the first half.

16中9，三分球2中1，罚球7中7，26分5篮板5助攻2抢断，这是乔丹半场比赛交出的成绩单。

Compared with Jordan, Davis's own answer sheet is obviously weaker.

12中5，三分球4中2，罚球6中6，18分3篮板7助攻1抢断。

Fortunately, O'Neal is still the absolute strength of the Magic on the field. With the exception of Davis and other outside scoring points, O'Neal scored 16 points and 8 rebounds in the first half, and the two stars scored 34 points together.

Except for the two of them, everyone else scored, but none of them scored more than 10.

Davis has a feeling that after the intermission, they will face a more difficult Bulls.

He came to O'Neill, squatted down and whispered to O'Neill.

O'Neill couldn't help nodding.

"Don't worry, Michael, I will give full play to my 120% strength! We will definitely return to Orlando with victory!"

D'Antoni arranged the tactics for the second half. With the two teams playing inextricably, he still chose his most trusted main lineup to continue playing in the third quarter.

(End of this chapter)