Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 691 Watching the Game
The game between the Bulls and the Pistons unfolded in a way that no one expected.

Before the start of the game, the Warriors players present all thought that this would be a defensive battle. After all, the Pistons are the team with the highest defensive efficiency in the league, and the Bulls are the fourth team.

But what they didn't expect was that the defense at the beginning of the game would be so suffocating, and under such a tight defense, the two teams were completely predictable, and the ball they missed was worse than the air in Lay's potato chips many.

As Jordan, who has shot more than 50% for four consecutive years, 4 of 0 shots in the opening game is indeed a bit unsightly.

However, with his old opponent Thomas, it was not much better. He made 2 of 0 shots in the opening game.

This time it was the Bulls' turn to attack again, and the four of the Bulls opened up. Price immediately handed the ball to Jordan. It was almost 4 minutes into the game, but the score was still 2:4, and the Bulls took the lead temporarily.

Basically when the Bulls are in scoring trouble, the Bulls will always hand the ball to Jordan, and Jordan will take over the game, but like tonight, from the first quarter, Jordan can attack the game vigorously, since the Bulls After the team's lineup has been completed, it has rarely appeared.

Other players are limited by the anti-isolation singles rule and cannot be too far away from Jordan. This is also a main reason for Jordan's shooting percentage.

Although Dumars, who mainly defends Jordan, is an excellent defender, it is simply impossible to expect Dumars to completely defend Jordan alone.

Therefore, the Pistons players near Jordan, providing support at any time, has become the key to defending Jordan.

This time was no exception. The moment Jordan successfully broke through Dumars with the ball, Thomas and John Sally began to move towards Jordan, and quickly blocked Jordan before Jordan broke into the penalty area and completed the shot. .

This is not only a test of each player's defensive ability, but also a very big test of their ability to read the game and the cooperation between teammates.

However, there is no doubt that their cooperation this time was obviously successful, and the siege of the few of them made Jordan completely lose his shot space.

At this time, Dumars was chasing after him, Thomas was eager to try on the side, and John Salley, who was 211cm tall, was blocking the shot in front of him. At this time, Jordan, who could not even see the basket, had already taken off. Scoring a goal, even he himself didn't have much hope.

Jordan exerted strength on his waist and abdomen, bent his whole body into a bow, and threw the ball abruptly from above Sally's hand.

Seeing Jordan throw the ball, Sally immediately pressed down his hand and tried to continue to block the shot. Unfortunately, Jordan's shot was adjusted to a higher arc, and Sally couldn't block it at all. In the process of falling, he actually hit the shot. Jordan's face.

Suddenly Jordan fell to the ground, the referee blew his whistle, and the basketball finally hit the backboard and bounced into the basket.

An extremely beautiful two plus one shocked everyone, so much so that even the warriors watching the game in front of the TV applauded for it.

"Stephen, look at your idol scoring a goal!" Frank came back to his senses at this moment, and joked to Stephen beside him.

However, Frank's inquiry failed to get Stephen's answer. Confused, Frank looked down and found that Stephen had already fallen asleep on the sofa.

"..."

Is this still an idol?Which fan would fall asleep watching their idol's game?

However, maybe it was because he was tired from playing in the water before, or maybe it was because the iron fight just now was too boring, which caused Stephen to sleep soundly at this time, and he was even talking in his sleep.

"Peter... Peter, don't...don't hit me!"

A group of people around looked at Peter in amazement, and Peter blushed a little. Only Alexis looked at Peter with a bit of admiration.

Being scrutinized by so many eyes made Peter a little at a loss. He wanted to tear Stephen up to pieces. He was simply slandering himself. Although he beat someone, even if it was true, you can't gossip about it!
"Heh, heh, this is just a kid's joke!" Curry looked at the appearance of the crowd and had to say very generously.

With that said, Curry got up and reported Stephen to the next room, covered him with a quilt, and then returned to continue watching the game.

At this point Jordan has completed the penalty, and the game restarted.

After that, the scoring situation of the Bulls eased, and the scoring gradually returned to normal. As for the Pistons on the other side, they were not so lucky, and it was still very difficult to score.

In this way, the Pistons only scored 13 points in the first quarter. On the other hand, although the Bulls did not have many points, they also had 24 points. Therefore, in the first quarter, the Bulls led the Pistons by as much as 11 points.

Of course, the offense of the Pistons cannot be restricted by the Bulls forever. From the second quarter, two people in the team began to break out and began to chase the score for the Pistons. These two were Mark Aguirre and Vinier Johnson.

The feel of Thomas and Dumars tonight was severely restricted by the Bulls. Although Price couldn't guard Thomas, Thomas's touch on the outside tonight was really bad. The defense is quite in place, which severely limits Thomas' performance.

Therefore, in the face of the situation where the team's boss and second child both rest, Aguirre, as the team's number one single player, played a mainstay role at this time.

As a substitute, Vinier Johnson is worthy of his title of "microwave oven" and maintains a very good touch on the outside, which can be regarded as making up for the lack of outside firepower of the Pistons.

With the excellent performance of these two people, the Pistons scored 24 points in the second quarter and 28 points in the third quarter. In this way, when entering the fourth quarter, the score has been chased to 65:68, and the difference between the two sides is only 3 points .

However, when the game entered the final quarter, Jordan still stood up for the Bulls and stood up.

However, this time, he is not helping the team by scoring, but defending.

Aguirre, who had performed well before, dropped suddenly after switching to Jordan's defense, and there was a situation of 3 for 0 shots.

The Bulls also relied on counterattacks to reopen the score.

The final score was fixed at 94:83, and the Bulls successfully won the game without any risk.

After watching the game, everyone present had a lot to say.

"The bull has become stronger again!" Frank said with a frown.

Frank's words immediately aroused the approval of others. After watching this game, everyone immediately felt that the Bulls had become completely different from before on both offensive and defensive ends, almost all-round improvement.

"However, the victory will still be ours!" Li Weisi also frowned, but still vowed.

"Yes, we must win!" Hearing Li Weisi's words, the others burst into smiles, as if all the pressure dissipated immediately.

(End of this chapter)