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Chapter 194 Triple Hit

Davis was very silent in the post-match press conference. He didn't say a few words at all, and he ignored the reporter's questions.

Back at the hotel, he lay directly on the bed.

"Honey, my mind is in a mess right now. I don't know what I should do to help the team win. This team is so strong."

"Michael, if you already think the Bulls are invincible in your heart, then what else are you going to use to win him?"

"Then what should I do?"

"I think your performance in these two games is very abnormal." Anna once again said what Anderson had said after the game.

Davis turned to Anna.

"Speak carefully, dear."

"Michael, what are you best at?"

"What am I best at?"

"That's right. As a rookie, he broke the league's three-pointer scoring record, won the three-pointer contest championship, and averaged 20+10 points per game. Don't you think that you completely gave up offense to defend Jordan? Are you using your own weaknesses to touch the Bulls' strengths?"

"But in the first two games, we played normally, wouldn't Jordan win two games in a row?" Davis said the biggest reason for his change in these two games.

"No matter what, it won't be worse. They have already won the match point. Michael, what you have to do now is to put aside distracting thoughts and fight the Bulls well. According to my calculations, we actually have no chance of winning in offense." Anna took out her notebook, opened it, and held it in front of Davis.

"Michael, you are too superstitious about Shaq's power inside. In the first two games, you fed Shaq the ball crazily, even at the expense of your own offense. However, since the Bulls won their first championship, the inside has never been strong. They won three championships under such circumstances, which shows that they have a way to deal with the super inside."

Anna turned a page of the notebook, pointed to the data on it and said to Davis.

"In the first two games, Shaq took 50 shots, only scored 21 goals, and his shooting percentage was 42%. This is a big difference from his nearly 60% shooting percentage in the regular season. On the contrary, you, Michael, your shooting percentage has not dropped much. Even if you are facing Jordan's defense, your shooting percentage has only dropped by 3 percentage points in the first two games."

"You mean, put the team's offensive focus on me? But that's Jordan..." Davis was obviously not prepared enough.

"Relax and do it. Didn't I say that anyway, no matter what, the result won't be too bad. Today's game was really ugly. We are number one in the league with the strongest offensive firepower."

Ana's analysis clearly moved Davis.

The next day, Davis found D'Antoni and told Ana and his thoughts.

"Of course, Michael, I was just about to tell you that without your offense in these two games, the entire team is rusty. Although you still contributed the same in terms of assists, our tactical support points are much less. In the next game, we will completely shift the focus of offense to you. Well, we can also replace Dennis and let Robert play. In this way, the entire team can attack with five points, and the rest will be left to you." D'Antoni agreed to Davis's proposal without a second.

In the training that day, D'Antoni also focused on rehearsing tomorrow's starting lineup.

In the evening, Davis finished training early as before, preparing to watch Game [-] of the Western Conference Finals.

The adjusted Rockets played very well in the first three quarters. They got a 60-point lead 50-10 at the end of the third quarter.

In this suffocating defensive battle, the difference of 10 points is already very large.

But in the fourth quarter, the man named Karl Malone stood up.

He led the Jazz to a 3-10 spurt in 2 minutes and instantly narrowed the gap to two points.

But these two points are like a natural moat, straddling the two teams firmly.

Until the last 15 seconds of the game, the Jazz attacked, and the point difference was still two points.

Ma Long, who had been strong throughout the game, made a decisive shot at the last moment of the game.

But his shot this time was directly blocked by Olajuwon, who was mediocre in the audience.

The Rockets won the match point with Olajuwon's valuable block.

Olajuwon only scored 18 goals in 6 shots in this game, and his shooting percentage was not even as good as an outside player. He only got 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 blocks.

But superstars, sometimes just a flash is enough.

It was just an understatement of a block against Malone, and Olajuwon helped the team ensure the victory.

The next day, the Magic ushered in what might be their last game of the season.

Jordan held the match point and was very calm. He found Davis again before the game.

"Little Michael, you are only a little bit away from winning me."

Davis lost the interest to talk trash to Jordan, he looked up at Jordan, and made exactly the same action as in the third game.

He threw the ball directly into the Bulls' basket.

"You won't scare me this time, little Michael."

Jordan wandered around in the Magic's half, then leisurely returned to his own half.

But DeWeese gave the Bulls a hard time at the beginning of the game.

After O'Neal successfully scrambled the ball, Davis shot directly outside the three-point line before the inside players settled down and the Bulls' defensive formation had not been set up.

The ball goes in.

Jordan returned one on Nick Anderson's head with a black face.

Then Davis dribbled the ball across the frontcourt, called O'Neal's pick-and-roll, and then relied on the space that was blocked, and shot again without hesitation.

Go in again!
It was still Jordan's single, but this time he was disturbed by DeWeese from behind, the ball was almost dropped, he passed the ball to Pippen, and was about to reorganize the offense, but time was running out.

Pippen saw that there was no chance to pass to Jordan for singles, so he could only force a shot against the defender.

After missing the shot, O'Neal grabbed the rebound and threw it directly to Davis.

Davis advanced quickly, and Jordan was faster than him, entering the penalty area one step earlier and waiting for the fast break of the defensive Magic.

In his view, the Magic's fast break this time will slow down and convert to a positional offense.

But DeWeese made a move beyond the audience's expectations.

He advanced to the frontcourt alone, did not wait for his teammates to get in position, directly pulled up from outside the three-point line, and shot his third ball of the game, which was also the third three-pointer.

The ball got into the net again!

In the opening 2 minutes, Davis scored 3 three-pointers in a row!
(End of this chapter)