Basketball League of Legends

Chapter 136 The strength of the bull as a whole

When Michael Jordan did not choose to continue with Johnny, the Bulls gradually began to take the lead. Of course, the Magic are not easy to pinch. They can go all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals, and their strength is naturally stronger than the average team.

Scottie Pippen mainly defends Johnny, but in this game, Johnny may be struggling because he saw Michael Jordan. Even under the defense of Scottie Pippen, a powerful all-round small forward, Joe Ni's touch is still open, and the Magic is now relying on Jonny and the inside Ronnie Secali to maintain the point difference.

The situation of Anfernee Hardaway in this game is a bit miserable. The game has already started 6 minutes ago. Anfernee Hardaway made 3 of 0 shots and 2 turnovers. The overall contribution to the team is negative. It is not good news, when Anfernee Hardaway is not in good condition, the Magic lacks a player who can initiate an offense.

In the second half of the first quarter, the Magic gradually began to show signs of defeat. Under such circumstances, Jonny had to take over the ball from the team and start a personal attack.At this time, the Bulls have already led the Magic by 8 points with the joint efforts of Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, and the difference was only 1 points a minute ago.

Richie Adubatu replaced the poor Anfernee Hardaway with Darryl Armstrong, and then let Jonny control the ball in order to stabilize the situation on the court.Fortunately, Ronnie Secali's mid-range shot today is quite accurate, and Jonny's offensive pressure is not too great.

Facing Scott Pippen's defense, Jonny took a tentative step, but Scott Pippen was unmoved, Jonny was a little helpless, he didn't know that the Bulls had already studied him thoroughly, Scottie Pippen Knowing that Johnny's dribbling was not as good as expected, so when Johnny took that tentative step, Scottie Pippen carefully observed Johnny's hand holding the ball, and he found that the way Johnny held the ball was fundamental. It doesn't look like you want to break through, but it looks like you want to shoot.

So Scottie Pippen, who guessed Jonny's next step, naturally wouldn't be frightened by Jonny's low-level tentative step.

The helpless Jonny could only adjust his movements, and then pretended to make a few fake moves, and then rushed into the three-point line, but all of this was naturally the result of being selected to the best defensive first team five times in a row. Kurt Pippen guessed it right, and got into the three-point line next to Jonny.

But perhaps because he was afraid of Johnny's pull-up jumper and fadeaway jumper, or maybe he wanted to grab the ball directly from Johnny's hands, Dennis Rodman came over to defend him. Johnny's eyes lit up, and he took a difficult step inside. Then he jumped up and passed the ball directly to Ronise Cali who was empty in front of him. Ronise Cali made a mid-range shot and made a successful hit!
"Jony's ball helped Ronnie Secali score two points, and the Magic were still 6 points behind, but compared to Anfernee Hardaway's poor state, after Johnny controlled the ball, the Magic's offense was much better than before. "

The Magic had just been excited for a while, but the excitement was immediately extinguished by the Bulls with a three-pointer. Before the Magic found the Bulls, Scott Pippen dribbled the ball into the penalty area, and after attracting double-teams After consecutive points, the ball was finally passed to Steve Kerr. This super three-point shooter successfully scored a three-pointer, which suddenly widened the point difference to 9 points.

And Steve Kerr's goal is not just a matter of expanding the point difference for the Magic. For them, Steve Kerr's three-pointer means that the Bulls have already fired. Once the overall strong Bulls fire, the Magic will fall into an embarrassing situation. They will not be able to prevent the Bulls' attack, and they will not be able to tie the 9 points behind.

For the Magic, this game seems to have become a dead end.

The Magic's defensive strategy in this game is very simple. Doug Christie defends Michael Jordan, and other players cooperate to double-team Jordan. The key defense is Jordan. When a three-pointer was scored, it seemed inappropriate, but Rich Adubatu didn't seem to have the intention of adjusting, which caused some confusion among the players on the Magic field.

However, on the offensive end, there were no problems under Jonny's hard work. In the Magic's next offense, Jonny hit a mid-range shot alone.

And then, the Bulls' offense, when Michael Jordan rushed into the inside with the ball, Jonny bit the bullet and double-teamed the past, and Jordan also split the ball as expected, Scottie Pippen caught the ball and shot, A long-distance two-pointer was also hit, and the point difference was still 9 points.

At the end of the first quarter, the Bulls led the Magic by 11 points. Even if Jonny tried his best, he couldn't help the Magic narrow the gap.

In the interval after the end of the first quarter, Rich Adubatu finally adjusted his defense and began to play man-to-man defensive tactics.

The two sides returned to the court in the second quarter, and the Magic could finally restrain the Bulls' offense, but this restraint was not very effective when the Bulls had fully opened up their offense.

Michael Jordan relied on his personal ability time and time again to score and open the space, and players such as Scott Pippen, Luke Langley, Ron Harper, and Steve Kerr also relied on the space created by Michael Jordan. Score.

On the other hand, for the Magic, Johnny scored points alone, and Ronnie Secali and others could only provide very little help. Fortunately, Dennis Scott, Darryl Armstrong and others who came off the bench are also in good condition. The Magic did not let the Magic fall behind by a big score after halftime, but at the end of the halftime, as high as 14 points behind, and the situation of being completely unable to prevent the Bulls from attacking, made the Magic's hope of winning very slim.

The Bulls as a whole are really too strong, and Michael Jordan, who has already integrated into the Bulls system, is stronger than Johnny imagined. In the second half of the game, the Bulls were already unstoppable. Anfernee Hardaway, who was in extremely bad form under Harper's defense, failed to find his form throughout the game.

In the end, at the end of the game, Johnny scored 44 points, plus 7 rebounds and 5 assists, but still failed to help the team beat the Bulls. The Bulls relied on Michael Jordan's 37 points, Scott Pippen's 28 points and Steve Kerr scored 4 three-pointers and finally won the Magic by 18 points.

The Magic lost 18 points in the away game. The media experts and reporters became more certain about the final result of this round of the series. The Magic had no hope of winning this round of the series. The mighty Bulls were already unstoppable.But Jonny was a little upset. In the individual battle, he could be counted as having won against Jordan, but the gap between the team and the Bulls was indeed too great.

(End of this chapter)