Coach Lee

Chapter 268 That's Gary Payton!

After a while, the audience was ready.

Referee Dick Bavita took the ball and walked to the middle of the court.

Beep!One whistle, the game begins!
Longley dialed the ball back, and Harper had possession for half-court.

On the other side, Harper handed the ball to Pippen, which was to attack from Pippen's point.

To Li Nan's surprise, Jordan didn't intend to catch the ball.It wasn't just that he kept saying that Li Nan couldn't be spared, but now Jordan didn't do anything.

Seemingly seeing through Li Nan's eyes, Jordan also said directly,

"Do you think I'm stupid? It's just a small trick."

The aggressive method is useless.However, Li Nan did not hold out much hope.All he had to do was keep an eye on Jordan.As for the others, it can only rely on teammates.

On the side that Li Nan didn't pay attention to, Pippen launched an offensive against Snow at a 45-degree angle.

Pippen raised Snow with his left hand, lowered his body slightly and lowered his center of gravity, and then he began to dribble.Go straight to the right, Qiangtu!
Snow was pushed back all the time, but he always maintained his defensive position.

Behind Snow, Ben Wallace was ready to support him at any time.Coleman on the other end also moved a little, ready to make up for the leak at any time.

However, Pippen didn't wait for the 76ers' defense to come, and shot directly in the middle of the road.

With the height advantage, Pippen has no big problem with his shots.

However, when Pippen jumped up to shoot, suddenly there was an extra hand in front of him.

The ball was thrown just by feel.

Bang!
The ball didn't go in there!
Here Pippen immediately covered his eyes. "Hiss~"

It's just that no one paid attention to Pippen at all. The 76ers have already played in the past.

5 on 4, Iverson broke through and scored the ball, Snow on the outside was unguarded, and hit a three-pointer!

3-0
"yeah!"

When Snow made the shot, he raised his arms excitedly.

Teammates also gave thumbs up one after another, "Good shot!"

On the sidelines, Pippen spoke to Dick Bavita.

"That was a foul! His finger poked me."

Dick Bavetta refuses, "No! There's nothing wrong with your eyes! That's a good defense!"

Bavita has whistled many 76ers games.He still knows the 76ers' blindfold defense very well.This is the defensive method Lee pioneered.In the case of a disadvantaged position, Bavita thinks this is a very smart defensive method.

Bavita knows that covering the eyes can cover the sight of the shooter, which has a great impact on the shooter's touch.But, more importantly, these blindfolded guys have some fear of being poked.This is the beauty of blindfold defense.

As the most fair and impartial referee, Bavita not only does not restrict blindfold defense, but even encourages such defense.

"Then what if he pokes me?"

"Don't worry, by that time, I will call a foul."

Pippen burst into tears, "By then it will be too late!"

Next, Pippen seemed to be really afraid of being hurt. In the next two offenses, one hit the iron directly in singles, and the other time Pippen chose to cover and shot, and scored.

Pippen's efficiency here is not high, and Harper and others are similar.

The Bulls' opening few offenses did not involve Jordan, and the success rate was not high.

Everyone seemed not that excited, and couldn't mobilize their own vigor.

The 76ers are much more efficient.

Li Nan's three-point sneak attack, Iverson's breakthrough mid-range shot, and Coleman's dunk.
After playing for just over two minutes, the score became 10-4, and the 76ers led by 6 points.

Originally, the Bulls planned to let someone other than Jordan open it first, but, so far, the effect is not good.

At this time, Jordan will naturally no longer stand by.

Jordan started to fall into the low position, leaning against Li Nan, this is about to start.

"Old man, you still can't help it."

"Little guy, I'm going to blow you up today!"

The two began to wrestle, and Li Nan tried his best to fight for the position around the front, and did not give Jordan a chance to catch the ball comfortably.

It's not just Li Nan putting pressure here, Harper outside is also facing Iverson's urgent defense.

The ball finally reached Jordan's hands, but Jordan was too tired to get the ball.The two fought for the front position several times, and finally Harper guided the ball to Pippen on the other side, and then passed it in.

"This little guy is a bit difficult to deal with." After getting the ball, Jordan sighed slightly in his heart, but felt a little surprised. "Is there no double-team?"

Jordan held the ball in the low post, and the 76ers didn't even double-team!

Not only Jordan was surprised, but many viewers were also surprised.

During the regular season, Jordan blown away Li Nan's point. 54 points!Didn't the 76ers have to resort to double-teaming in the end?

"Don't double-team, the 76ers will be blasted again today!"

"How could China Li alone be able to guard against Michael?"

"There is no one in this world who can defend against Michael alone!"

The other eight people on the field all pulled away and did not participate in it.

Everyone in the audience was watching the matchup between the two.

boom!
Just as Jordan was about to turn around, Li Nan's left hand slapped his ball away.

The ball was not lost, and it was still in Jordan's control.However, Jordan frowned slightly.

left hand!This is the very familiar left hand!
Gary Payton!

Yes, at this moment, it was Gary Payton that popped into Jordan's mind!
The left hand tries to steal the ball, which is Gary Payton's move.

Generally, people who are accustomed to using the right hand often use their right hand to copy the ball when copying the ball, but Payton uses the left hand to copy the ball.

There are many benefits to doing so.

Closer to the ball, the stealing success rate is not low; keep the body facing the attacker, so that even if the ball is not copied, it will not reveal the slightest flaw, but after the right hand makes the ball copy, the body is turned away from the opponent, the degree of danger One can imagine.

"Want to learn how that guy defends me?"

In the finals two years ago, Payton really shocked Jordan into a cold sweat.However, now Jordan is not afraid at all.

Leaning back against Li Nan to make some space, Jordan immediately began to move.

Dribble sideways to the middle, hit hard, hit hard again.

The two impacts were not light, but Li Nan carried them all hard and did not lose his position.

Everyone thought Jordan was going to hit the third time.

However, no!

Jordan suddenly received the ball, turned around 180 degrees with his right foot as the axis, stepped back with his left foot, and moved the ball upwards, making a gesture to shoot!

Li Nan reacted very quickly. The moment Jordan turned around, he took a step with his right foot and forced him up.However, he did not jump, but held his right hand high.

And Jordan didn't shoot the ball.As soon as he received the ball, he immediately made a left turn, 90 degrees, touched the ground with his left foot, jumped up, and turned his body in the air.

Li Nan's speed is not slow, he stepped forward with his left foot, and immediately jumped up to keep up!

Li Nan raised his left hand very high, infinitely close to the ball Jordan just threw.

Then, it didn't come across.

Jordan This is a fadeaway shot, a fadeaway shot with an increased shot angle.

The audience clearly saw the trajectory of the ball in the air, and the arc was a bit steep.

The basketball went straight up and down, straight into the net.

Whoosh!
hit!

10-6
"Yeah! Good shot!"

Most of the Bulls fans in the stands applauded Jordan, and some people wiped their foreheads.

"Hiss~ It's dangerous. Michael almost blocked the ball just now."

"That guy must have been lucky."

"Michael has turned up the arc, so it can be seen that the defensive pressure that guy puts is really not small."

"Is that guy's defense based on anticipation? Why does he look familiar? Hey~ That's Gary Payton!"

(End of this chapter)