Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 942 tit for tat
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Warriors took the lead in attacking.

Cassell leaned on Cole and directly broke into the Bulls inside, tied Cole to a layup and scored the ball, giving the Warriors the first score in the fourth quarter.

Then, in the Bulls' offense, Pippen used Longley's pick-and-roll and missed a mid-range shot. Horry protected the rebound, and the Warriors launched a counterattack.

In the absence of Li Weisi, the Warriors' counterattack threat is actually very average. On the one hand, Li Weisi's master-level passing is beyond Kassel's reach. On the other hand, Li Weisi's threat to defense is Cassel doesn't have that.

If Li Weisi took the ball to attack, it would be easy to attract two or three people to run outside the three-point line, directly leaving the Bulls' inside empty, but Cassel couldn't do it.

Although Cassell's 35-point shooting rate is above [-]%, it is obviously not enough to make the Bulls change their defense for him.

Therefore, when Cassell broke into the Bulls penalty area with the ball, Pippen and Cole of the Bulls were already waiting for him at the basket.

Seeing this, Cassell didn't dare to force a layup. Facing Cole is fine, but facing Pippen, it is tantamount to courting death.

So, after Cassel took off, he distributed the ball to Curry on the outside. Although he only played for 3 minutes tonight and hadn't made a shot yet, Curry still chose without hesitation in this situation. Three-point shot.

Before Pippen pounced, the shot was completed.

Don't look at Curry's inconspicuousness in the Warriors, but he is one of the few three-point shooters in the league who averages more than 40% of his three-pointers per game.

In addition, Dell Curry's physical fitness has declined with age, and now he can still retain a place in the Warriors lineup, relying on his microwave-like long-range shooting ability.

The basketball went into the net, and the Warriors scored another 3 points. In this way, the Warriors started the fourth quarter and successfully scored 5 points in a row, narrowing the point difference to only 4 points.

The point difference is within 5 points, which is extremely good news for the Warriors. Even Nelson did not expect that the Warriors' substitute players could bring him such a surprise that does not require translation!

The head coach of the Bulls, Phil Jackson, also discovered this problem at this time. Faced with this situation, Coach Jackson actually made a decision that violated his design, which was to call a timeout directly. You know, at this time the fourth The section started in less than 1 minute.

During the timeout, Jackson did not criticize the Bulls players, nor did he change any tactics. Instead, he waited until the timeout came back and directly brought Jordan back.

Seeing this scene, Nelson couldn't help but twitch his temples, thinking: Isn't this Jackson overreacting?Unexpectedly, under such circumstances, Jordan was brought up directly.

However, it is undeniable that for the Bulls, this is indeed a good choice. After Jordan returned to the field, it did play a role in stabilizing the morale of the army. Immediately after they were on the offensive, Jordan assisted Lang by attracting double-teams. Lee made a layup and helped the Bulls break the short scoring drought.

But in this way, Jackson put Nelson on the fire again. Jackson had already brought up Jordan in advance, so should he also bring up Li Weisi?
Although Li Weisi is several years younger than Jordan, in terms of the current physical conditions of the two, Jordan still completely crushes Li Weisi, including in terms of physical strength. Jordan can play the whole game without any scruples, but Li Weisi, Nelson has to consider This thing is over.

However, everyone is afraid of hesitation. Just as Nelson was still struggling, the Warriors' offense ended in failure again.

Cassel's jumper was interfered by Jordan, and the Bulls fought back again.

Seeing this scene, Nelson immediately jumped up from his chair and shouted at the players on the field: "Foul! Foul!"

Cassell also reacted quickly, and directly pulled Jordan, and the referee stopped the game.

Nelson didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately said to the bench: "West, Dennis, you go!"

At this time, the score on the court was 89:83, and the Warriors were 6 points behind. However, the Bulls held an offensive opportunity.

Fortunately, after the Bulls re-served, Jordan was interfered by Rodman when he made a layup and missed. Rodman also took advantage of the rebound and successfully maintained the score.

It was the Warriors' turn to attack. Li Weisi, who had just returned, seemed to have a bad hand. On the offensive end, he also missed a shot, and the three-pointer bounced out of the basket.

But the Warriors can't stand the rebounds!

I saw Rodman in the crowd, jumping four or five times in a row, and successfully fought for an offensive rebound for the Warriors, and this is already Rodman's sixth offensive rebound for the Warriors tonight.

If it is said that Li Weisi was the first hero who was able to tie the big score when the Warriors were behind 1:3, then Rodman was the second hero.

Although Rodman averaged less than 10 points per game in these two games, he averaged 21 rebounds per game, 8 of which were offensive rebounds.

In addition, on the defensive end, you have to take on the heavy responsibility of defending Jordan. It can be said that you can't ask for more from Rodman's salary.

This time was no exception. After grabbing the offensive rebound, Rodman knew how heavy he was, so he passed the ball back to Li Weisi. After hitting the jumper, Rodman finally didn't waste the opportunity to grab it.

However, the Warriors scored here, and the Bulls also scored.

With Jordan on the court, the Bulls' offense is guaranteed.

Because of this, when Li Weisi scored a goal, Jordan took the ball and chose to break through. Although he failed to score the ball this time, he successfully caused a foul by Rodman.

Fortunately, this is Rodman's fourth foul, which does not affect his playing time.

Jordan, who walked to the free throw line, made two free throws. Although Jordan's free throw percentage was more than 10% lower than that of Li Weisi, but at this critical moment, Jordan rarely missed free throws.

With Jordan making two free throws, the Bulls still maintained the score.

Next, the Warriors attacked. Li Weisi faced Jordan's defense and missed a three-pointer again, but this time it was Rodman who grabbed an offensive rebound from the crowd and gave the Warriors another chance to attack.

This time he passed the ball to Kukoc, who made a layup and finally closed the gap again.

But then, on the Bulls side, Pippen made a mid-range shot and also scored.

For a while, the two teams fell into a stalemate like this. Neither side could guard the other, and it continued like this.

However, such a situation is more beneficial to the Bulls, after all, time has been consuming every minute and every second.

(End of this chapter)