Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 809 Prove yourself
"Let's look at this play, Divac holds the ball high, Mullin slips the baseline to the weakside corner, Divac breaks the ball, beautiful! Pippen steals the ball with his big hands! The Bulls hit back !

In the fast break, Jordan and Pippen passed Richmond with a classic two-and-one pass, and Pippen dunked with both hands!Beautiful, wonderful dunk! "

In the commentary seat, Stockton's mouth was about to smoke. There was no way, the whole situation was developing so fast that even so, Stockton's mouth could barely keep up with the rhythm of the Bulls' counterattack .

"It was indeed a beautiful dunk. Pippen, who performed poorly in the first half, recovered his form in the second half!" Hubie Brown on the side couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

As a defensive team, after the halftime break, the Bulls made adjustments in the second half, starting with defense.

Especially Pippen, who performed poorly in the first half, focused more on the defensive end in the second half, and his performance was also very good, almost completely locking up Mullin, who performed well in the first half.

Poor Mullin, after losing his explosive power, it is difficult for him to break through Pippen's defense head-on with the ball, and the effect of playing Pippen with rhythm singles is not good. In the end, he can only score by running without the ball.

However, as Pippen gradually adapted to Mullin's running and became familiar with the Warriors' passing and cutting tactics, it made it even more difficult for Mullin to receive the ball.

Just like this attack, Mullin had already run out of the opportunity ahead of time. Normally, Mullin would be able to complete the shot after catching the ball, but this time he was intercepted by Pippen at the last moment of catching the ball. .

Mistakes like this gradually increased in the second half, leading to an increase in the number of Bulls counterattacks.

Pippen has always been the best and left the most impressive advantage. He has always been defensive. As for offense, he can only be regarded as qualified, but among the stars of Pippen's level, he is definitely not the top, especially Pippen on the offensive end Skill points, mostly on defensive counterattacks, as for positional warfare, the grasp is even more general, the main reason is that the shooting ability is relatively poor, lack of real killing moves and continuous scoring ability.

However, in the second half, Pippen could easily rely on defense to drive the offense, which completely made up for the lack of positional warfare and gave Jordan a lot of help.

Relying on Pippen's performance, the Bulls' chasing momentum became very fierce at the beginning of the second half, and with this goal, they finally overtook the score with 66:65.

Nelson realized the problems of the Warriors and immediately requested a timeout to make tactical adjustments.

Although the Warriors resisted tenaciously, their performance on the court was still passive. This timeout must be called by Nelson!
After the timeout, the Warriors returned to the old way of Li Weisi holding the ball and launching an offense with a pick-and-roll.

As for the Warriors' pass-and-cut tactic, it played a very powerful role in the regular season, but in the playoffs, with the increase in the intensity of the game, the team will make many mistakes when using this tactic, and thus be rejected. The opponent fights back.

This is true when facing the Suns, and it is true when facing the Rockets, and it is still the same when facing the Bulls. It can be seen that although this tactic is very good and has many advantages, it cannot be used in any occasion.

With the ball returning to Li Weisi's hands, the Warriors' offense became much more stable.

After Li Weisi and Divac picked and rolled, Divac took advantage of Langley's opportunity to chase and defend Li Weisi. After receiving a pass from Li Weisi, Divac made a mid-range hit and successfully overtook the score.

Then in the Bulls offense, Pippen missed a three-pointer, and the Warriors finally got a chance to counterattack.

In the counterattack, Mullin received a pass from Li Weisi, faced Pippen's defense, and easily passed Pippen with a European step for a layup.

Now, Mullin, who was suppressed by Pippen, finally showed signs of recovery.

At this point, the Bulls' original upsurge was completely over, and the two teams once again fell into an anxious rhythm of the game.

However, in such an anxious game, the Warriors gradually took the initiative, and the point difference was gradually opened to 5 points.

Then the game entered the rotation time again.

Like the first half, in the third quarter of the second half, Jordan was still left on the court, ready to play the entire quarter, and Pippen, who performed well in the third quarter, was replaced.

Fortunately, Price was replaced at this time, and he was not worried that the Bulls had no organizers in the lineup at this time.

The Warriors also made adjustments. Because Nelson believed in Sprewell's defensive ability, he did not keep Richmond on the court.

To be honest, Sprewell has indeed shown a very good ability in the hands of Nelson. On the offensive end, he can be singled out, singled out with the ball in the middle distance, and can also cut and counterattack with the ball. On the other end, his candy-style defense will also give opponents a lot of trouble.

It can be said that on the defensive end, when facing Jordan, his performance is not much worse than Richmond, at most there is a gap in experience.

However, what caught the Warriors by surprise was that when it came to the substitute stage, it was not Jordan who carried the banner of the Bulls' offense, but Price.

Price, who had been suppressed for the whole game, broke out without warning at the end of the third quarter.

Facing Kassel's defense, Price successfully deceived Kassel by crossing over to catch "Bai Buddha". After breaking through Kassel's defense, he made a throw. .

Then, in the next round of offense, a long pass found Jude Buichler, who was slipping the baseline. After receiving the pass from Price, the latter looked back at the basket under the basket and succeeded in a one-handed dunk. This slam dunk action is just like the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest.

Also as a veteran of the Warriors, Buichler is almost a marginal existence in the Warriors, and he does not have as much presence as Price. In the final analysis, he is still lacking in strength.

In the Bulls, Buichler's competitive pressure is much less. As Pippen's substitute, although he won't get too many opportunities to perform, he will still seize every opportunity and try his best to express himself, such as the current ball , in front of Kukoc, proved his strength once.

Although it doesn't help.

In the subsequent offense, Price was on the offensive again, and made a super long three-pointer against Cassel. It can be said that, breaking through, passing, and three-pointers, Price did not look like he was playing , but like Buichler, he is showing his arsenal and proving himself to everyone.

Regardless of the original intention, due to Price's explosion at the critical moment of the third quarter, the Bulls successfully overtook the score again before the end of the quarter, leading the Warriors by 80 point with 79:1.

(End of this chapter)