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Chapter 232 Li Shengli's killing line!

After the warm-up is over, the game starts immediately.

Jazz lineup: Center Li Shengli, power forward Malone, small forward Larry Chris Kowiak, point guard Stockton, shooting guard Crotty.

Compared with before, the only change is that Tyrone was taken down at the small forward position. The reason is very simple... At the beginning of the season, Tyrone was the Jazz's third leading scorer besides the Malone brothers.

Since Li Shengli joined and Crotty suddenly emerged, his possession of the ball has shrunk significantly. Although he focused on defense in order to cooperate with the team, facing Pippen, his height suffered a little, and he was not as good as Larry Chris Kowiak The defensive effect is strong.

As for the Bulls lineup: center Carter White, power forward Grant, small forward Pippen, point guard Armstrong, shooting guard Jordan.

Phil Jackson is really useless at the center position. There are not many ways to limit Li Shengli, but the same is true for the Jazz on the outside and the Bulls on the inside. It is difficult to limit Jordan.

It depends on this game...whether Li Shengli can smash the Bulls inside, or Jordan can smash the Jazz outside!

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As soon as the whistle blew, the game started.

The Jazz has Li Shengli, a super center, and naturally seized the offensive right in the first round. Stockton's breakthrough speed with the ball was so fast that it took off, throwing off Armstrong and tearing apart the Bulls' defense. However, the Bulls did not dare to let go of Li Shengli and Malone. At two points, he simply made a mid-range shot and scored the first goal.

What point guards require is a broad vision and a view of the overall situation, helping teammates to deliver the ball at the most suitable opportunity and position, but what cannot be ignored is... as a point guard textbook, Stockton also has a good shot.

Unlike Stockton, the Bulls' Armstrong is obviously not a pure-blood point guard, because Jordan, the combo guard, organizes the offense more often.

After changing sides.

Carter White pulled Li Shengli and slipped out of the penalty area, and it was this gap... Jordan shook Crotty, started from the high position of the face basket, and flew straight up.

Can you really fly on horseback?

Jordan's physical fitness is amazing. He has already taken off and no one can make him make an emergency landing, and Li Shengli has no time to return.

boom!

This flying dunk pushed the tense atmosphere of the audience to the first wave of climax. All the fans who watched this game know... Jordan was in good condition in this game because he took off.

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"Oh shit, this situation doesn't seem good?" In the studio, Bird, who has gradually turned into a pro-Lee faction, exclaimed, "If Jordan's condition is full, I think... the Jazz may find it difficult to suppress him. .”

The Bulls' victory or defeat has a lot to do with Jordan's state. After all, he took up a lot of shots. His state is the Bulls' state, and his efficiency is also the Bulls' efficiency.

"Huh...don't worry, this is just the beginning. I don't believe that Sloan will let Jordan play like this!" Thompson said firmly: "Also, the Bulls' inside line is always a big problem, and Lee will show it."

Inside and outside?

Which one is more important?

Obviously, in this era of center forwards, the entire league sees the power of the inside line, not to mention the offense, defense, blocks, rebounds, etc. The ability to protect the basket cannot be compared with the outside line. After all, outside shots are not only shooting, but also shooting. There is a breakthrough layup.

In the absence of three-pointers and no major rule changes, the inside line is definitely a battleground for all teams. Although the Bulls are a typical example of being strong outside and weak inside, and have an amazing record, in the NBA... there is only one Jordan!

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On the field.

The thunderous cheers persisted. After all, they overwhelmed Crotty and completed a flying dunk, which was really exciting. As for the Jazz... Li Shengli pulled Crotty, and everyone's expressions were not very good. .

"Are you okay?" Li Shengli asked.

"I'm fine." How could Crotty be fine, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "Just once, only this time, next time I won't be knocked down by him!"

"Relax, just fight normally." Li Shengli comforted, "Let's go, call back, and give them some color."

After speaking, the Jazz quickly pressed into the frontcourt.

Li Shengli's high-position pick-and-roll was completed, and he went straight down. After receiving the pass from Stockton, he immediately stepped up and took off, not only with a tomahawk, but also with a split dunk.

boom!

A loud bang.

Cartwhite staggered to the ground and slid out of bounds, his complexion was even worse than that of Crotty just now, and he never expected that Li Shengli would ride on his face as soon as he came up and knock him down in one fell swoop.

If you shake me Crotty, I'll fuck you Carterwhite; if you fly dunks, I'll split dunks; if you want to boost the morale of the bulls, I can also take the Jazz to take off.

In this decisive battle, other teammates Li Shengli can't control it, but he knows... he must fight harder than Jordan. If the morale is suppressed at the beginning, then the situation will be more difficult in the future.

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As a result, the entire first quarter of the contest between the two sides reached a fever pitch.

For the Bulls, as everyone expected, Jordan is in good shape, better than any game this season.

Although breakthroughs and layups were repeatedly blocked and suppressed by Li Shengli and Malone, but in the triangle offensive system, his one-on-one fadeaway jumper is unsolvable, and Crotty has nothing to do. , Pippen is another point that cannot be handled.

But Pippen also exploded in this game, shooting when he couldn't get inside. Together with Jordan, the two felt very hot and took most of the Bulls' shots in the first quarter.

As for the Jazz, the combination of Li Shengli and Ma Long really exploded the Bulls inside and ascended to heaven in place.

The combination of Grant and Cartwhite is absolutely at a disadvantage whether it is physical confrontation or joint offense and defense. Fortunately, the Bulls do not need them to shoot, and the only task Phil Jackson assigned to the two is to protect rebounds. The fight for life made the rebounds in the first quarter far less exaggerated than the lagging behind in the previous game.

Really facing the Jazz, the only problem is that Jordan can shoot three-pointers.

Li Shengli and Ma Long scored two and two points in the interior, but Jordan, who had no solution, could shoot a three-pointer from the outside. However, the fadeaway jumper with a full state was very wicked and had an extremely high hit rate, while the Jazz was weak from the outside... The only one Crotty, who has the ability to kill long-range three-pointers, was also marked by Jordan.

Compared with his outstanding offensive ability, some people may ignore Jordan's defense. However, in fact...his defense is also brilliant. He was DPOY in the 87-88 season, and he scored the best defensive team year after year.

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In the first quarter, the two sides played a 24:28, and the Jazz trailed by 4 points.

What a fucking big head!

Jazz coach Sloan's head is getting bigger, it feels like...you know where the problem is, but you just can't solve it, even if you use people to pile up and double-team, after all, the triangle in this game In the offensive system, Pippen can also play.

Looking at all the games, the opponent's extraordinary performance is not terrible, and the truly terrible own team also performed exceptionally, but the score just can't be recovered, which makes people feel a little powerless and frustrated.

After finishing the first quarter, Li Masi felt this way in his heart.

It's not that they didn't play well, but that Jordan of the Bulls played too well. He made 8 of 6 in the first quarter, half of the two-pointers and half of the three-pointers, and missed one each. Under 2 points.

凑巧的是，李胜利在内线的出手同样是8中6，罚球2中2 ，砍下14分+7篮板数据。

The shooting percentage of the two people is absolutely abnormal. On the other side, Malone and Pippen played equally, but the Jazz is slightly inferior in other positions. Except for the opening shot, Stockton is not very good. Offensive opportunities, and if it weren't for Li Shengli's rebound guarantee, it would not be as simple as 4 points behind in the first quarter.

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Phil Jackson looked at Li Shengli and felt that this game was not safe, and he must try to create some trouble for him.

And Jerry Sloan also looked at Jordan with a headache, but the headache is a headache. As long as the inside line where Li Shengli and Malone are located can remain stable, any slight fluctuation in Jordan's state will be an opportunity to overtake the score.

The Bulls' triangle offensive tactics are not complicated. All the focus is on Jordan, who is at the top of the arc. As long as Jordan has a problem, the triangle offense is not bad, let alone an explosion.

The only thing the Jazz have to do is to let Jordan show the downward fluctuations they want, or block his shooting, and push him closer to the inside...Leave it to Li Shengli to kill!

Sloan never doubted that Li Shengli could overwhelm anyone who dared to charge inside, but the crux of the problem fell to how to force Jordan to Li Shengli's penalty area to kill the line?

"I will win this game!" Looking at Phil Jackson on the other side, Sloan had already made up his mind.

(End of this chapter)