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Chapter 42 One inside and one outside

However, the Magic have already prepared for it. O'Neal is simply irresistible inside. He also scored 4 consecutive goals when he was facing Bill Cartwright.

Bill Cartwright couldn't restrain O'Neal at all. O'Neal just pushed, pushed, turned, and then dunked.

Jordan's hand feeling is extremely good today. In the first quarter, he scored 15 points alone, made 12 of 6 shots, and made 3 free throws.It doesn't matter who the Magic switch to man-mark Jordan, even double-teaming, it doesn't work, Jordan just makes that damn shot over their heads.

O'Neal fell into a double-team situation in the second half. Although he emptied Rodman and lost a lot of offensive rebounds, Rodman did not have much desire to attack in this game.

Skiles was the only normal person on the outside of the Magic in the first quarter. He scored 8 points on 4 of 8 shots.

At the end of the first quarter, the Magic trailed by 26 points 32 to 6.

In the second quarter, Jordan didn't rest at all, because the Bulls' touch inside and outside the game was too bad.The inside line is O'Neill's world.He and Rodman basically took all the rebounds. Except for Grant who could grab rebounds, others like Cartwright could only watch from the inside.

In the middle of the second quarter, Cartwright got his fourth foul on O'Neal.No way, Pat Riley can only replace him.

Without Cartwright's inside support, although it has little effect, O'Neal is more comfortable inside, and no one in the Bulls can limit him.

For a while, the court became a situation where O'Neal and Jordan scored against each other on the offensive end.

What is even more uncomfortable is the rebounding. O'Neal and Rodman completely dominate the rebounding. This is the third time I have emphasized this issue. How big is the impact of this issue?O'Neal grabbed 15 rebounds in the first half and Rodman grabbed 14 in the first half. .The Bulls combined grabbed 14 rebounds, one less than O'Neal.

At the end of halftime, Jordan had scored 27 points, and what was the score?
54-58, the Bulls trailed by 4 points.

At the end of halftime, Jordan walked into the locker room with a look of displeasure.

But his teammates didn't feel good, and he couldn't do anything about it. As for the inside, O'Neal's dominance was indeed too strong. Jordan knew very well that the strength of Grant and Cartwright would not limit him at all.

"In the second half, just give me the damn ball. You all go inside and make sure we rebound." In the locker room, Jordan said to his teammates.

The teammates breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the hand feels bad, and the pressure is great if there is no open space.Especially Pippen, he was completely opposite to Jordan in the first half, missing all the first 5 shots, and made 8 of 2 shots at halftime.

"Don't worry, Michael, I will make that fat guy look good in the second half!" Cartwright left the field early because of a foul problem, and he couldn't guard him at all. O'Neal played a full 3 2+1s on him in the first half.
Jordan nodded, didn't say much, just continued to rest with his eyes closed.

When he was about to leave the locker room, Jordan opened his eyes and sat up from the chair.The whole person seems to be different.It's like a sword has been pulled out of its scabbard, showing its sharpness!

"Jordan's innate skills are activated, the specific details are unknown, please complete the task to check the details of the player's innate skills."

"Jordan's innate skills are activated in the second stage. The specific details are unknown. Please complete the task to check the details of the player's innate skills."

Michael Davis immediately jumped up from the locker room, and his teammates looked at him strangely.

"What's wrong Michael, why such a sudden reaction." Skiles asked strangely.He was the Magic's highest scorer in the first half with 18 points.

"Be careful of Jordan in the second half. I have a hunch that he is going to start scoring mode." Davis said seriously.

"Jordan in scoring mode? It means he didn't exert his strength in the first half? Can he score 27 points without exerting strength??" O'Neal's eyes widened in surprise.

"Never underestimate Jordan. He is a real person who can dominate a game by himself. Shaq, you can't do it now." Davis said to Jordan.

Guokas nodded in agreement. "So, in the second half, Larter, you guard Jordan with Scott, double-team him, but don't get too many fouls. Give him shots, don't let him pass to teammates. Remember what I just said, cut off the connection between him and his teammates."

Sprewell nodded on the surface, but still wanted to continue to compete with Jordan in his heart.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Magic immediately felt Jordan's dominance.He shot from inside and outside, and it took only 3 minutes to completely dispel Sprewell's idea of ​​competing with him. Sprewell was overwhelmed by Jordan in every aspect.

On the defensive end, Jordan even gave Sprewell a good look, one steal and one block, which made the Magic's plan to play outside first in the second half completely defeated.

In 3 minutes, Jordan relied on his offensive and defensive dominance to beat the Magic 7-0.

Guokas called a timeout and directly replaced O'Neal, and at the same time replaced Sprewell and replaced Steve Kerr.

"I think we should replace Rodman and put Scott on the 4th position. We will play 1 big and 4 small." After the timeout ended, Davis found Guokas and told him his thoughts.

"Replace Dennis? Why? He can maintain our inside advantage on the field." Guokas asked Di Weisi puzzled.

"Cartwright has fouled four times." Before DeWeese finished speaking, the referee's whistle rang.O'Neal hit Cartwright inside again for a 4+2. After finally receiving a pass from his teammate, he turned around and dunked Cartwright.Cartwright's hands hit O'Neill's arm, but he still couldn't resist O'Neill's strange force. He was pressed by O'Neill and directly buckled to the floor.

"Look, it's been five times. I think, even if Dennis is replaced, we can rely on Shaq to maintain the absolute advantage inside. If we replace Dennis, we will have an extra offensive point. No matter how explosive Jordan and Pippen are, it is impossible for two people to defend four?" DeWeese explained to Guokas.

Guokas pondered.

The effect of the substitutions was soon manifested. The field continued to show the pattern of the Magic's inside against Jordan, but because Rodman's scoring ability was basically 0, so although O'Neal struggled to support the inside, Jordan and Pippen were still blasted by Jordan and Pippen, and there was basically no support for O'Neal from the outside.

The scores of the two sides rose alternately, but the Bulls have always been slightly ahead. Jordan's offensive shooting percentage in the third quarter was surprisingly high.

Three minutes later, Cartwright ushered in his sixth foul.

　From then on, until it is put on the shelves, the update frequency of two updates per day will be maintained at 4000 words per update, the editor told me greatly. .Obviously, [-] words a day is not enough to write, so I can save more and save manuscripts. When there is a big explosion, I will recommend it next week, and I will listen to the editor's arrangements at that time.Thank you |Assassin| for your recommendation ticket, thank you for your unwavering support since I started the book, and continue to ask for recommendations and collections!After updating these days, I flipped through the previous chapters. The chapters at the beginning of the book were not well written, so I am going to revise them.Thank you for your support and encouragement!
　　


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