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Chapter 136 The Strange DeWeese and the Flame-Out Jordan
"If you don't know how to start an offense, set the defense strength to 50%."

Davis directly set the highest level of defense, then walked onto the court, looking at the red No. 23, with an inexplicable brilliance in his eyes.

Davis suddenly remembered a sentence.

"Come to hell with me, Michael."

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Magic kicked off first.

Because he had to defend Jordan, D'Antoni replaced Nick Anderson, who was blown up by Jordan, and replaced him with Van Exel.

Van Exel was obviously not prepared for changing himself in the fourth quarter of such an important game, and took O'Neal's serve in a hurry.

Davis encouraged him from the side: "Nick, believe in yourself and blow up that little guy on the other side."

BJ-Armstrong is only 1.8 meters eight, and Van Exel has no disadvantages for him.

Van Exel nodded, and calmly dribbled the ball forward.

Armstrong obviously underestimated the rookie, and he started to press Van Exel from near the center line.

However, Van Exel's ball control level clearly exceeded Armstrong's expectations. Van Exel easily escaped Armstrong's press and came to the top of the arc.

Armstrong, who suffered a little loss, did not dare to underestimate the low-ranking rookie in front of him. He defended Van Exel seriously.

After all, he was the main point guard during the three consecutive championships, and the serious Armstrong immediately made Van Exel feel the pressure.

He passed the ball to DeWeese who came around.

Davis did not hesitate to stop the ball, but continued to play the ball.

After a series of cooperation, the ball finally came to O'Neill's hands.

O'Neal faced the double-teaming of Cartwright and Grant without any fear, and dunked the ball into the basket against them.

Go in!

Whistle!

Satisfied, O'Neal walked to the free throw line.

And this time he managed to throw the ball in. . .

The Magic led by two points.

Jordan felt something weird after the opening, and he didn't understand where this weird feeling came from until he received the ball in the frontcourt.

The defender in front of him becomes DeWeese. . .

"DeWeese, do you want to try the feeling of being blown away by me?" Jordan smiled and started directly.

Jordan has some understanding of DeWeese's defensive ability. Not to mention Rodman, even Nick Anderson, who was knocked off the field by him, is inferior.

Jordan's footsteps are extremely flexible, and it is very difficult for Davis to change his defensive focus following Jordan's movements.

Looking at Davis who was about to be knocked down by him, Jordan confidently shot a jumper directly.

DeWeese stretched out his hand symbolically, trying to interfere with Jordan's shot.

"You still want to defend me at this level?" Jordan looked at Davis' powerless interference, and suddenly his face changed.

"Backboard!"

The moment he shot, Jordan felt that his shot was off.

Although I am a little puzzled, usually this kind of ball is not said to be 100% scored, but the hit rate is still extremely high.

This sure-fire shot was actually missed!
However, Jordan's words are just that. . .

O'Neal and Rodman, who were completely back on the inside, were staring at the basketball falling from the sky.

Steal offensive rebounds from both of them?

Not to mention the inside combination of Cartwright and Grant.

You pull Olajuwon and Malone over to see if it works?

How about trying Ewing + Barkley?
Rodman grabbed the rebound in front of O'Neal, and then habitually handed the ball to Davis.

Davis yelled.

"Run."

Then Van Exel and Sprewell sprinted towards the frontcourt like a car at full throttle.

Davis made a long pass on the spot, and the ball flew directly in front of Sprewell like a GPS-equipped cannonball.

The strange thing is that after the ball landed in front of Sprewell, it didn't continue to bounce forward, but bounced straight up.

The advance left by Davis allowed Sprewell to receive the ball very easily and strode into the penalty area.

Pippen, who followed the defense, was obviously shown off by the pass. Pippen, who ran to the point he thought it would land, thought the ball would end in a Davis error, but found that the ball bounced directly into Sprewell's hands.

Sprewell looked at Pippen standing there blankly, how could he miss such a good opportunity, and ended the attack with a split dunk.

"What are you doing? Pay attention to returning to defense!" Pippen shouted towards the frontcourt.

Jordan was a little embarrassed. He didn't expect to score this goal, but Davis directly caught the opportunity to switch.

The unbelieving Jordan once again received the ball in the frontcourt, ready to single Davis.

In his view, the Magic simply put their weakest point of defense in front of their eyes.

For this ball, Jordan chose the safest way.

He punched Davis on the back.

But he seems to have forgotten that a whole year ago, at this venue, Davis once said a word to him when he was fighting with him.

"Michael, I still have some ways to defend against the back."

After shaking, Jordan was about to make a shot, but found that Davis didn't shake at all.

Jordan, who suddenly lost confidence in the fadeaway shot, turned to face-up offense.

Davis was preparing to defend Jordan's fadeaway, only to find that Jordan had changed his attacking style.

Jordan broke through Davis' defense directly.

He easily put the ball into the basket.

Davis shook his head helplessly.

Even if the defensive intensity is raised to the highest level, there is no way to completely lock Jordan's offense.

But the skills that have miraculous effects against Jokic still make Davis full of hope for him.

Sure enough, Jordan's next three shots all missed.

Jordan, who failed to pull the bar, looked at his hand in disbelief after falling from the air.

He has to admit that Davis is still very effective in his defense.

"Damn it, obviously he didn't defend me very effectively. Why did his shooting percentage suddenly become so low." Jordan thought about it, and attributed the reason to his lack of rest in this game and his physical decline.

The Magic's offense was not smooth, and Jordan's hands were not smooth, so he devoted more energy to the defensive end.

This led to a complete stagnation of the Magic's perimeter offense.

Without the cooperation of the outside line, although O'Neal can still score goals inside, his power has been greatly reduced.

This is similar to the inside version of Jordan's law. The connection between O'Neal and his teammates has been completely cut off. Of course, his offense alone cannot kill the Bulls.

What surprised him was that DeWeese, who was the most supportive outsider, had no desire to attack in the fourth quarter. Except for organizing offenses, DeWeese did not have a single attack after the start of the fourth quarter.

Watching Jordan's touch suddenly cool down in the fourth quarter, Pippen, who cooperated with Jordan in tacit understanding, silently took over the banner of offense.

A three-pointer and a two-pointer, Pippen scored five points in a row, and the Magic finally took the lead and evened it out again.

(End of this chapter)