Chapter 90: As Bad as Ever
"boom!"
The free throw missed, Grant grabbed the rebound and the Bulls attacked.
He reacted quickly, landed, turned around, and threw both hands in Jordan's direction, launching a fast break.
Jordan was almost down the court. He caught the ball, dodged Dan Maalley who was chasing him, and headed for the basket with the ball.
Dan Maalley chased after him desperately, but Jordan suddenly stopped and shot at the edge of the paint area. The former rushed over one step, and when he looked back he could only defend with his eyes.
At this moment, he wished he could turn into Superman and use his eyes to shoot lasers through the basketball thrown by Jordan.
“Swish!”
A splash appeared and two points were made.
"Kid, you're done for today. I'm going to chop 50+ off your head. You can only blame that damn rookie of yours."
After succeeding, Jordan exuded a fierce murderous aura and started trash-talking Dan Maalley.
"Then come on, Old K might knock you down again, and all your inside players combined can't stop him."
Dan Marley sprayed back.
"asshole!"
These words immediately made Jordan, a master of trash talk, furious.
15:17, the Suns attack.
Wang Tiejun was standing in the low post on the left wing, just at the edge of the paint area. Seeing Kevin Johnson with the ball approaching the top of the arc, he immediately slid to the bottom, trying to bypass Cartwright and get to the basket.
Cartwright took a step down, trying to block him, but his feet suddenly slipped forward, and the moment he got close, Tieshan launched a strike and hit Cartwright's right shoulder with his right shoulder.
"Well!"
In the head-on confrontation, Tieshan had ample space to exert his strength and his attack was quite powerful. The old Carterwhite groaned, and the moment his right shoulder was hit, he lost his balance. He staggered backwards, then flipped over and fell to the ground.
"call!"
Kevin Johnson just reached the top of the arc and saw Wang Tiejun's movements. With quick eyes and hands, he quickly pulled the ball from the floor, pushed it forward with one hand, and the basketball flew towards the basket.
Grant, who was returning to the basket from the right wing, jumped up to block the shot.
Wang Tiejun jumped up. He saw Grant also jumped up, so he grabbed the ball with both hands and smashed it forward despite the opponent's block. After a loud roar, the whole stadium roared and cheered.
“Beep!”
The referee's whistle blew.
Grant sighed and raised his right hand.
Lao K's hands had too much control over the ball, and his slap on the opponent's wrist was useless.
"Oh, it's another two-handed dunk by Old K. He was very lethal today. This is the third time he has caused the opponent to foul."
the on-site commentator roared excitedly.
"The basket is like the sea, I am not a blacksmith. The basket is like the sea, I am not a blacksmith..."
Lao Wang went to the free throw line three times, muttered something, and then threw the ball into the basket.
"boom!"
The basketball hit the rim and was grabbed by Carter-White.
Comrade Lao Wang quickly turned around and returned to defense, fearing that the Bulls would launch another fast break.
Jordan was indeed on a fast break , but the fast break didn't work because Barkley kept jumping in front of Cartwright, blocking the opponent's fast pass.
"He made 1 of 3 free throws, which is not even as good as his hook shot accuracy. Old K's free throws are as bad as ever!"
The commentator joked and said, "Maybe it's because of the constant dunking that his touch has been affected."
The Bulls advanced to the frontcourt, and Pippen broke through with the ball on the left wing. At this time, Grant first pulled out from the low post on the right wing, then suddenly ran back and quickly cut into the basket.
"Cut inside from the weak side!" the commentator said anxiously.
When Grant cut inside from the weak side, Pippen had already reached the edge of the paint with the ball, forcing Wang Tiejun to let go of Carter-Wright and retreat to the basket.
However, he still followed his own idea and did not retreat completely into the basket, but retreated to the outside of the basket, to the edge of the so-called reasonable collision zone in the future, which could basically avoid being dunked.
Looking at Wang Tiejun's raised hands, Pippen jumped, and after attracting the former to jump, he suddenly threw the ball with one hand, and the ball flew over Wang Tiejun's palm.
"later!"
Wang Tiejun was startled, landed on the ground and turned around, but it was too late.
“Swish!”
Grant received the ball and made a layup.
"Be careful of Grant's cut from the weak side, he is very good at cutting into the air." The commentator reminded.
Wang Tiejun ran to the front court, thinking about the ball just now.
If he had retreated to the basket just now, he might have been dunked on. Or even, he might have been dunked on.
"My observation of the weak side was still not good enough. I knew the opponent had this kind of weak side cut tactic, so why didn't I pay more attention?"
He summed up his own experience.
But in fact, this is Pippen's ability. He uses his dribbling breakthrough to attract defense, and then passes the ball to teammates who are open on the weak side.
He was facing Pippen and Grant in their prime. With his current defensive ability, it was impossible for him to defend two players at the same time and take care of both the strong and weak sides.
Unless his athletic quality is greatly improved, and he can turn, move and jump faster, he will be able to defend both in front and behind.
17:1 9, Suns attack.
Kevin Johnson advanced to the frontcourt, BJ Armstrong suddenly stepped forward to press, and the Suns small forward Ceballos immediately responded, retreating to the left wing three-point line and received the pass.
However, Pippen immediately rushed to his side, and when Ceballos turned around, he took the opportunity to poke the ball away. His steal was very fast, accurate and ruthless.
"Oh no, the ball was intercepted, the Bulls made a fast break, Pippen passed the ball, Jordan caught the ball on the left wing, it's over!" the commentator said anxiously.
"boom!"
Jordan cut in from the left wing, took two steps after receiving the ball, jumped up, took a walk in the air, then swung his arms and completed a wonderful slam dunk.
"He is worthy of being a flying man. His movements are so smooth!" Dortmund exclaimed in the TNT live broadcast booth.
"The Suns lost all their score advantages, and now the two teams are tied at 19. Jordan made 6 of 9 shots and 1 of 1 free throws, scoring 13 points in the first quarter," Lightham introduced.
"What's surprising is that Old K was in great shape today. He made 5 of 5 shots, all of which were dunks under the basket, and 1 of 3 free throws. He also scored 11 points and had 4 rebounds. He performed very well." Dortmund said.
"He also took away a basket from the Bulls, and I think Jordan was so angry that he wanted to hit him," Lightham added.
"Haha, the basket collector..." Dortmund laughed.
After a few more rounds, Wang Tiejun had few opportunities to perform and was substituted in the 9th minute.
In the end, the Bulls took the lead at 28:26 at the end of the first quarter .
On the TNT live broadcast, Dort analyzed the situation in the first quarter and said: "In the last three minutes, Pippen stole the ball from Ceballos again. He contributed two wonderful steals in the first quarter and three assists in the first quarter. His function as an organizing small forward was excellent. It was based on Pippen's excellent performance that the Bulls overtook the score."
"The Suns were really blown out at the 3 position."
Lightham said: "Jordan played for 11 minutes in the first quarter, made 8 of 11 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 18 points. He has already said that he will score 50+ on the Suns. I think he has a chance tonight."
Dortmund said: "But at the five position, the Bulls were blown up. That's why the Suns were able to lead until K was off the court, and then the score was reversed, because K was very efficient tonight."
