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Chapter 253 Jordan's Law and Jordan

The Bulls once again tied the score.

But DeWeese's mentality has relaxed.

"I'm going to win this game," he said to himself.

Bring the ball upfield.

Although Jordan's steals are historic, Davis's dribbling is also historical. Jordan did not choose to press Davis.

But looking at Jordan who was waiting in front of his eyes, Davis didn't challenge him head-on.

If it's a bullfight or something, DeWeese wouldn't mind a fair one-on-one matchup with Jordan.

But now on the field, DeWeese has only one word on his mind.

"beep beep beep"

No, it's winning. . .

"Who is better to fight?" While observing his teammates' running positions at the top of the arc, Davis looked at the Bulls' soft persimmon and was about to pinch it.

Grant, Kemp, Pippen, Jordan, Harper.

Davis originally wanted to bully Harper, who had old arms and legs, but in the end he signaled O'Neal to come out for the pick-and-roll.

However, the ball was directly blocked by Jordan, and continued to block his breakthrough route in front of Davis.

He didn't want to go inside and be ravaged by O'Neal's dislocation. . .

Seeing that the first pick-and-roll had no effect, Davis took the ball to the wing, crossed with Anderson who was running towards him, and handed the ball to Anderson at the same time.

He then walked along the baseline to the basket, and Jordan continued to follow him, but was blocked by O'Neal on the way.

Davis continued to run according to the tactics, and had no time to care whether Jordan behind was blocked or not.

He went out from the basket, and came to the outside line again from near the horns.

Anderson failed to break through Pippen from the top of the arc. Seeing Davis turn out, he quickly returned the ball to him.

At this point, the Bulls' defensive lineup is already a bit scattered.

Pippen saw that Jordan was still some distance away from Davis, so he hurried over to defend.

But Davis jumped up after receiving the ball and threw the ball to the inside.

Theoretically speaking, jumping and passing the ball is a big taboo, but for someone like Davis, who is already known as a passing master, there is nothing reasonable or unreasonable. As long as he has the opportunity, he can use any method to pass the ball to the person he wants to pass.

Who is this ball for?
O'Neal!
After O'Neal blocked Jordan just now, Grant subconsciously switched defenders with Jordan, and Jordan was full of anxiety and wanted to defend immediately.

So there was a situation where Davis was followed by two, plus Pippen, a full three defensive players.

But none of these three is in the best defensive position.

Davis had already seen O'Neal in an open position when he came out of the inside. After receiving a pass from Anderson, he passed the ball to O'Neal when Grant did not return to the inside.

O'Neal caught the ball and dunked directly.

The point difference came to two points again.

With a dark face, Jordan went straight to the backcourt to pass the ball.

The Magic are still Sprewell's main defense, and others cut off the "Jordan Law" of Jordan's passing route.

Of course, the real Jordan Law is not that simple.

As for why the Magic can't play the real Jordan law when they are sitting on Isiah Thomas who knows this kind of defense best?

For times have changed, my lord.

Now there is no way to stop Jordan with the "everything" method of the Pistons.

However, there is still one thing that has benefited the Magic a lot, and that is Thomas' research on "illegal defense".

To put it bluntly, illegal defense is zone defense. The NBA banned the use of zone defense before 2001, but the Pistons during the Bad Boys period were the team that did the most research on this illegal defense.

The three most important rules of Jordan's rules are ranked first: Thomas' leadership skills and his wisdom of cleverly playing side balls and using illegal defenses.

And Sprewell's defensive ability above the level also allows him to make up for his inability to "do everything" in defense.

This season, the Magic have always regarded the Bulls as the biggest imaginary enemy on the road to the championship.

Therefore, from the beginning of the season, Davis arranged for Thomas to teach the entire Magic team the defensive experience based on Jordan's rules.

And in this game, until now, the Magic's defense against Jordan has only looked a little bit better.

Why not experiment with this defensive style in other games?
Because apart from Jordan, no one deserves the Magic to use the Jordan Law to defend him.

The few times it was used, none of the core players on the opposite side scored more than 15 points.

But only today, when facing Jordan again, did the Magic discover that their tactics, which had been honing in for half a season, still had many loopholes.

However, the Magic team is also playing more and more smoothly.

Facing Sprewell's desperate defense, Jordan observed the situation on the court again, and suddenly felt a very familiar feeling.

He hadn't had this feeling for many years.

Ever since he climbed that mountain, he's truly at the apex of the league.

Jordan glanced at Isiah Thomas, who was standing in front of the Magic coach's bench.

Even after taking off his jersey and putting on a suit, the feeling he brought to Jordan was still so uncomfortable.

He pulled the ball subconsciously and avoided Sprewell's steal.

Realizing he was on the court, Jordan stuck out his tongue and looked at Sprewell seriously.

Sinking slightly, he dribbled to his right, and Sprewell moved laterally to his left, resisting Jordan's breakthrough.

Jordan dribbles behind the back and breaks to Sprewell's right again.

Sprewell's center of gravity was a little unstable, but he continued to block Jordan's route abruptly.

Jordan just took another big step to his left lightly.

Sprewell could no longer keep up with Jordan's rhythm, staggered and almost sat on the ground.

However, DeWeese has already made up. He stretched out his hands and made a physical contact with Jordan, slowing down Jordan's breakthrough speed.

Jordan was unflappable in the face of danger, and with a turn around, Davis became a stepping stone on his way to breakthrough.

At this time, he was very close to the basket, so Jordan jumped up on the spot, but in the process of jumping, he was getting farther and farther away from the basket.

This is a fadeaway, or more specifically, a layback shot.

Because Rodman has jumped up, ready to block Jordan's shot.

But Rodman desperately found that his fingers were getting farther and farther away from Jordan.

Jordan's wrist shook softly. Even though he had done so many difficult moves in one breath, there was still no distortion in his shooting movements.

Watching Jordan equalize the score again, Davis did not sigh, but only had a strong fighting spirit in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)