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Chapter 79 The Last Attack

While Davis was practicing in seclusion, the Bulls and Suns played in Phoenix in Game 6 of the Finals.

The two sides have already fought five games, and they are very familiar with the opponent's style of play, so there is no trial stage for both sides, and they have entered the stage of real swords and guns as soon as they come up.

The Bulls played smoothly in the first quarter, leading the Suns by 37 points 28-9 in the first quarter. Jordan and Pippen performed actively. The two scored 20 points in the first quarter, which caught the Suns by surprise.

The following games revolved around the 9-point difference, and the two teams launched a tug-of-war.

The Bulls are eager to win the last championship of the three consecutive championships, while the Suns want to prevent the establishment of the Bulls dynasty and win their first championship in team history.So both sides showed 120% of their strength.

The defensive intensity on both sides is suffocating, but in this case, both sides can still maintain about 30 points per quarter.

In the second quarter, the Suns recovered four points.

In the third quarter, the Bulls won another 3 points.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Bulls still led the Suns by eight points.

Jordan habitually prepared to take over the team's offense, but what greeted him was a ruthless defense on the opposite side.

The double-teaming of Dan Marley and Kevin Johnson made Jordan very uncomfortable. Even though he has the best strength in the world, the two opponents are after all this year's All-Stars.

And Barkley and Danny-Ainge did not hesitate to make up for the defense inside and outside the line, so that the two had no worries.

"Win this game. After winning this game, we will have an advantage." Barkley muttered to himself, and at the same time made up for Pippen who was empty outside. Pippen passed the ball to Paxson, but was intercepted by Danny Ainge midway, and the Suns recovered two points.

But this kind of situation is only a minority, and the vast majority of cases in this section of the game are like this.

Barkley's inside shot was blocked and the Bulls had the ball.

Jordan failed to make a foul and the Suns got the ball.

Kevin Johnson missed the shot and the Bulls had the ball.

The scores of the two teams rose in an extremely slow manner, but the Suns relied on the inside combination of Barkley and Mark West to chase the score back bit by bit.

Jordan and Pippen's Bulls' perimeter duo was completely locked in this quarter, and at the Suns' home court, the referees would not blatantly favor the Bulls. Jordan chose to ignore many dispensable violations by referees.

The fourth quarter played a full 9 minutes, and the Bulls scored a total of 5 points. Yes, you read that right, five points.

After the Suns succeeded in the second attack under Barkley's basket, they scored a total of 13 points and successfully tied the score.

The only good news for the Bulls in this game is that their three-point shooting percentage in this game is extremely high, even exceeding their two-point shooting percentage and free throw percentage.

Because they want to target Jordan, the Suns' defensive formation shrinks more within the three-point line to prevent Jordan's mid-range shots and breakthroughs. This gives the Bulls a lot of opportunities for three-pointers from the outside.

Phil Jackson frowned off the court, not knowing what he was thinking about.

Mayfair has always been in the style of arranging everything before the game and then sitting on the Diaoyutai during the game. Even if the team encounters any difficulties, he will mostly rely on Jordan to solve the problem.

But in the key game related to the ownership of the championship, Mayfair Jackson can no longer maintain his image of an outsider, and he began to think seriously about the team's response.

But Jordan on the field directly gave Phil Jackson a solution.

That is, give me the ball.

In the next round when the Suns tied the score, Jordan dribbled the ball into the three-point line, faced the defense of two people, made a mid-range shot, and once again overtook the score.

But looking back, Jordan's successful attack this time seemed to suddenly pull the scoring switch of the two teams, and both teams began to score.

Kevin Johnson succeeded in attacking the inside, and Pippen also returned one over there, and the two sides continued to maintain a two-point difference.

Going back to the Suns offensive round, Barkley forced Horace Grant under the basket, scored and caused a foul by Grant.

Barkley stepped to the free throw line, took a deep breath, and threw the ball.

At the moment of the shot, Barkley felt that the ball was deflected, and he subconsciously rushed over.

Sure enough, the ball was short and hit the front of the basket and bounced high.

Everyone jumps up for the rebound, but Barkley jumps earlier and higher than them.

Barkley snatched the rebound and jumped up again when no one had landed or had just landed.

He easily put the ball into the basket.

An offense scored 4 points in a row, and the Suns once again overtook the score.

The fans of the Suns were boiling, and shouts of "defense" sounded in the entire arena. With less than 2 minutes left, the game entered a fierce stage.

Jordan missed a mid-range shot, Barkley grabbed the rebound, turned around and made another shot over Grant's head.

Grant was blown away by Barkley in this game. He took 6 shots in the game, missed one, made 6 of 0, and scored 1 point only by free throws.There were also 5 fouls.

The point difference came to 1 points with 4 minute left in the game.

Paxson brought the ball to the frontcourt, and through the classic triangle offense, Jordan created a singles opportunity. Jordan hit Dan Marley with his back, turned, leaned back, and shot.

The ball obediently got into the basket.

Phil Jackson saw Jordan score the goal and immediately stood up and called a timeout.

He loudly encouraged the players off the court.

"There are 44 seconds left, we still have a chance! Defend the next attack, and then we will fight like this!"

Mayfair Jackson picks up the tactical board and writes and draws on it.

"Last offense, if Michael has a chance, let Michael play, if Michael doesn't have a chance, we'll play like this, understand?"

The players nodded, indicating that they understood. They gulped down sports drinks and waited for the timeout to end.

The Bulls pressed directly after they came on the court, and the Suns were running hard, but Barkley and Mark West inside were firmly defended by Cartwright, Pippen and Grant. In the end, Kevin Johnson handed the ball to Dan Marley, and Marley made a mid-range shot against Jordan's defense.

Jordan saw Marley take the shot and turned around and ran towards the basket. He clearly felt that Marley's shooting was not in his normal rhythm.

Sure enough, Marley missed the shot, and Grant and Cartwright stuck Barkley and Mark West firmly under the basket, and Jordan successfully received the rebound.

Jordan rushed to the frontcourt with the ball, but Danny Ainge was on the sidelines to limit Jordan's advancement.

Jordan was unlucky to pass Danny Ainge's press, and then passed the ball to Pippen who stepped forward to respond.

Pippen saw the opportunity and directly broke into the restricted area.

Barkley, who was back on defense, greeted him, and Pippen passed the ball to Cartwright under the basket.

Kevin Johnson quickly made up for it, but Cartwright did not rush to attack, but passed the ball behind Kevin Johnson.

Kevin Johnson pounced so hard that he could barely stop and turned his head to look.

A figure is beyond the three-point line, jumping up.

　The first update today, because I just reinstalled the system, the memory of the previous input method is gone, there may be more typos, welcome to correct me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)