Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 813
At the beginning of the game, the Bulls were still playing steadily, playing tactics step by step.

But when they hit it, they realized something was wrong.

On the defensive end, the Warriors are always able to catch up with the Bulls' footsteps, causing the Bulls to spend more effort to get the same offensive space as usual.

Moreover, even if the offensive space is obtained, the time is pitifully short. When the teammates notice and pass the ball to him, the opponent's rotation is almost in place.

Not only that, but on the offensive end, the Warriors' firepower has also become more intense, relying on the huge space on the court and flexible running positions.

The Warriors fully mobilized the Bulls' defense, which made the Bulls' defense with ease, suddenly become at a loss.

The basketball is passed quickly in the hands of the five Warriors players. Its speed is so fast that it is dizzying. Often the ball has left here just as the eye arrives.

It is very difficult for the eyes to keep up with this kind of fast transfer of the ball, not to mention the Bulls players' footsteps!
As far as the Bulls' forward line is concerned, its defensive mobility is already considered the top existence in the league, but their center Langley can't keep up with the pace of others.

This led to dislocations no matter who Longley defended, and gave the Warriors many offensive opportunities.

For example, now that the basketball has come to Horry's hands through multiple transmissions, Longley, who defended Horry, was still a step slower and blocked the block a step later, which caused Horry to successfully complete a three-pointer.

Horry's three-pointer from the bottom corner has already been practiced superbly. In this kind of almost open opportunity, for Horry, it is as simple as shooting training.

As a result, the basketball went into the basket smoothly, and the Warriors added another three points. The score came to 25:14, and the Warriors expanded the point difference to more than 10 points.

Coach Jackson requested a timeout. Even though he likes to doze off on the sidelines, even if he doesn't like to call a timeout, he must call it at this time. After all, the team's situation has reached a very dangerous point.

However, Jackson was not sure what changes he should ask the team to make after the timeout was called.

The five small tactics of the Warriors actually have obvious advantages and disadvantages. Needless to say the advantages, it is not difficult to crack this lineup at all. Just give Jackson an Olajuwon or O'Neal, and the Warriors' five small tactics are almost instantaneous. will be crushed.

Don't you see, throughout the Western Conference Finals, the Warriors and Rockets have reached the tiebreaker, and the Warriors have not seen the Warriors sacrifice five small lineups, so you know that the Warriors still have some AC numbers in their hearts.

Although the solution is so simple, it's a pity that Jackson doesn't have a super center, even a center like Divac.

Therefore, neither Longley nor Perdo can punish the Warriors' defense at all on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, they are exhausted and unable to limit the Warriors.

Of course, there is another way for Jackson to replace the big center, which is the same size as the Warriors, but Jackson is not sure of winning in this way, and it also takes a lot of risk.

Therefore, in this case, Jackson decided to stabilize and observe again.

In the following games, the performance of the Bulls gave Jackson a reassurance, allowing Jackson to suppress the idea of ​​substituting for the time being.

After the Bulls came back from the timeout, although Jackson did not make any adjustments, but Jackson was able to call a timeout, which showed that he was not satisfied with the team's performance.

Jordan was also dissatisfied with this performance, so after returning from the timeout, he decisively increased his shots.

To be honest, when Jordan was working in the interior, he encountered a lot more flanking defenses than before.

But Jordan has seen too many scenes like this. Therefore, although it caused him some difficulties, Jordan is not helpless.

In this case, he can still get some points through post-ups, mid-range jumpers, etc., and it is easy to cause opponents to foul in post-ups. It is still not low, which is also an important reason why the Bulls can maintain the score after facing the Warriors' explosive start.

However, for the Bulls in such a situation, all their hopes were pinned on Jordan, which resulted in Jordan not getting a minute of rest in the entire first quarter.

With Jordan's outstanding performance of scoring 14 points in the first quarter, the Bulls successfully chased the score to 34:28 in the first quarter, only 6 points away.

In fact, the reason why they were able to chase points was mainly because the Warriors started the game. After entering the rotation, Divac returned to the court, and the previous five small lineups also came to an end. Therefore, the Bulls were able to play during this period , to recover some points.

However, after entering the second quarter, as Jordan rested, the Bulls, which had some improvement, once again fell to the point of struggling.

Price's layup after the inside cut was blocked by Cassel, and the basketball was pocketed in the air, giving Price no chance to save face.

With the increase of age, Price's shooting rate in the penalty area has declined seriously, especially in the final shot. Due to the regression of explosive power, his height problem has been infinitely magnified, so that even now he is slow. Cassell can block Price with his height.

Due to the lack of players with strong offensive ability to replace Jordan, the Bulls' offensive efficiency will always decline greatly after the lack of Jordan.

Fortunately, Jordan's physical strength is good enough, and his teammates don't need to support for too long to make up for the offensive space after missing him.

Jordan only rested for more than 2 minutes in the second quarter, and was called back again. There was no way. In just over 2 minutes, the Warriors had opened the point difference to more than 10 points.

Then, Jordan used all his efforts to score 4 points in a row again, narrowing the point difference to 8 points. Unfortunately, the Warriors have returned to the starting lineup at this time.

There was almost no suspense in the subsequent games. It is unrealistic to defeat the Warriors just by relying on the players' technical and tactical adjustments without coach Jackson making any changes.

Therefore, at halftime, the Warriors had already led the Bulls by as much as 61 points with 46:15.

After entering the second half, Jackson still did not make any decent changes. Although relying on the performance of Jordan and Pippen, he successfully narrowed the point difference to single digits again, but it was still difficult to threaten the suspense of the entire game.

Therefore, even though Jordan scored 41 points, the Warriors still defeated the Bulls 108:98. Through this extremely risky change, they successfully tied the big score of the series to 2:2, allowing the Warriors Finally able to breathe more.

(End of this chapter)