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Chapter 358 Let's See Who Surrenders Early
After Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was injured that year, Johnson led the Lakers to win the championship, and it is not unreasonable to win the Finals MVP in his rookie season.

You know, even DeWeese can't win the FMVP in the first year.

Johnson's inside skills are extremely superb, especially the small skyhook learned from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, which made Kemp have no temper at all.

In addition, he has rested at home for several years, and his weight has improved significantly. . .Probably gained 20 pounds.

Kemp, who is not very solid in the game, is more relaxed
Davis intentionally let Johnson perform more in the limited playing time, so he began to run tactics around Johnson.

Johnson's tactical awareness is really getting worse with age. With the cooperation of Davis, he can run to the most suitable position every time and score with the least effort.

At the end of halftime, watching Johnson walk off the court profusely in sweat, the fans' eyes were not only shocked, but also respected.

Johnson, who didn't rest for 1 minute in the first half, scored a full 18 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

The veteran is not dead, but withered.

"The second half is up to you, Michael." Johnson was lying on the physiotherapy chair receiving the massage from the team doctor, and his words trembled a little.

His performance exceeded all expectations, even better than Garnett should have performed in this position.

If you give him another quarter of the game, Davis has no doubt that his teacher can score a triple-double.

What he brought to the Magic was an 8-point lead at halftime, and Davis kept very good physical strength.

O'Neal walked out of the locker room first. In the second half, he didn't have 1 minute of rest, unless the Magic could beat the Bulls into garbage time.

But at the beginning of the third quarter, O'Neal showed his determination with his performance.

It was a no-frills back slap. Gugliotta fouled O'Neal, but he slapped O'Neal hard on the arm and didn't do anything. It just made O'Neal stare at him after landing from the basket.

O'Neal's extra penalty was very competitive, so although Jordan just scored two points just now, the point difference was further widened to 9 points.

Before O'Neal got involved in the paint, all of the Magic's shooters shot away.

Davis made a three-pointer, Clay made a three-pointer, Horry made a three-pointer, and even Iverson, who has the worst three-pointer, made one.

Four consecutive three-pointers directly stunned the Bulls.

Jordan scored three goals so hard, and then looked at the point difference, good guy, 15 points. . . .

But even Jordan couldn't stop the Magic shooters led by Davis and Clay.

After the third quarter, the Magic scored 11 three-pointers in a single quarter, and with O'Neal's eight points, they scored 41 points in a single quarter, while limiting the Bulls to only 25 points.

Of these 25 points, Jordan himself accounted for 17 points.

The Bulls obviously didn't want to give up, and all their main players still stood on the field in the fourth quarter when they were 25 points behind.

However, the Bulls with Jordan still have nothing to do when they are more than 20 points behind the Magic.

The Magic may not be able to stop Jordan, but the Bulls also cannot stop the indiscriminate bombing of the Magic's five players.

The game in the fourth quarter passed minute by minute, but the Bulls showed no sign of catching up with the score.

Seeing that there were only 3 minutes left in the clock, Phil Jackson called a timeout. D'Antoni replaced the main players of the Magic team while showing face. Only Mason, Cole, Van Exel and a few substitutes were left on the court to finish the rest of the game.

Facts have proved that the Bulls' bench is still very powerful. Kukoc scored two three-pointers when he went up, directly reducing the score gap to less than [-] points.

However, immediately after, Cole and Van Exel responded. The two of them made a three-pointer each, and the point difference was pulled to more than [-] points.

However, no matter how lively the game is on the court, no one thinks that the Bulls still have a chance.

What can you do with 3 minutes?Chasing 20 points?
Is three McGradys enough for you?
After the game, the problem came. . . .

The Magic are now leading 2-0, will the Bulls be the third team to be swept by the Magic this year?

Although in an interview with reporters after the game, Jordan vowed that when he returned to Chicago, he would lead the team to victory and reverse to win.

but. . . .

Forget it, let's talk about the game between the Rockets and the Spurs first.

Although Houston and the Holy City are not far away, the red jerseys worn by Rockets fans still dyed the entire stadium in the color of flames.

Under the watchful eyes of the fans, Olajuwon once again dominated the court.

In the first quarter, he scored 15 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks, and the limited matchup David Robinson scored only 6 points.

The crazier thing was still in the second quarter. David Robinson, who was determined to fight Olajuwon just to the end, didn't know if he had any psychological shadows. Anyway, in the second quarter, Olajuwon made 10 of 10 shots and scored 20 points in a single quarter. . . .

At the end of the halftime game, Olajuwon had already scored 35+11 with 30 points and 10 rebounds.

And the point difference also came to 13 points.

Of course, the 13-point difference will not make Popovich give up this game.

Therefore, in the third quarter, the Spurs continued to suffer from Olajuwon's beating.

Not only Olajuwon, but Drexler kicked the wobbly Spurs hard in the back.

The two worked together to open up a 10-point difference in the third quarter.

The Rockets entered the final quarter with a 23-point advantage.

Olajuwon has scored a full 45 points, 17 rebounds and 5 blocks at this time.

David Robinson's current score is just over 20 points.

In the fourth quarter, when Olajuwon scored his own points, the game ended.

Popovich replaced the main force and declared surrender, which was a few minutes shorter than the Bulls' persistence the previous day.

On the second day, it was the third game between the Magic and the Bulls. The two teams moved to Chicago for this crucial game.

The Bulls made adjustments in this game. Phil Jackson replaced Kemp with great courage and let Kukoc start.

The substitution worked wonders.

Kukoc also has a certain organizational ability, unlike Kemp, who is full of muscles in his brain. He plays more with his brain and his soft touch, and he is just right when facing Johnson, whose physical fitness has declined significantly.

Johnson finally showed his old age, and he no longer had the shocking performance of the last game. Fortunately, Davis took over the heavy responsibility of offense in time, so that the Magic did not suffer badly in the first quarter.

But because Johnson was blocked at this point, the Magic's inside advantage was not as great as in the previous game, and they also rarely fell behind the Bulls in the first quarter.

(End of this chapter)