Reborn in the 96 golden generation

Chapter 324 The "Tie-break" Battle of the Finals

The reporter just wanted to taunt Jordan, but suddenly found that Jordan was glaring at the microphone tightly. He couldn't help but gasped. Maybe his head would be smashed by the microphone, and the peach blossom blossomed. Thinking of this, he quickly smiled road:
"Okay, good luck to you Bulls."

After the Bulls' question-and-answer session, it was the turn of the Lakers. The focus of the Lakers' attention was naturally Zhou Yu, who made the game-winning shot.

"Wang Zhizhi, you are the most stable and outstanding player in the Lakers in the finals. If you win another game, you will become another player who led the team to win the championship in his rookie season after 'Magic' , I don’t know if you have the confidence to become the greatest player in the history of the Lakers or even the history of the NBA?”

asked a female reporter wearing gold-rimmed glasses.

"It's a great honor for me to be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the 'magician', but the finals are not over yet, and I don't make any predictions about the illusory future."

Zhou Yuyun smiled calmly.

"If you fail to win the championship this season, will you lose heart and lose your love for basketball?"

The female reporter asked.

"Of course not. I have loved playing basketball since I was a child. This love has been rooted in my bone marrow. Winning or losing is a normal phenomenon in competitive sports. I will not lose my love for the sport itself just because I lost a few games. Instead, I will work harder to achieve my goals as soon as possible.”

Zhou Yu said emotionally.

"Can you talk about your opponent Jordan, he is NBA No. 1, and your performance is not inferior to his."

The female reporter adjusted her glasses and said.

"Jordan has always been my idol and my goal. To be honest, as long as he is on the court, he will make you nervous all the time. It always feels like he is going to score every shot, but I think , Idols are not only for worship, but also for catching up and surpassing, the best way to pay tribute to Jordan is to beat him with strength."

Zhou Yu talked eloquently.

"That's great, I wish you and your Lakers better and better."

"Thank you."

Zhou Yu's brilliant answer finally drew bursts of applause from the reporters on the scene.

It is worth mentioning that Zhou Yu actually scored a "triple double" of 38 points, 12 rebounds, and 13 assists in this game, which is very rare in the history of the finals.

The next day, the headlines of the major sports newspapers in the United States all published the wonderful picture of Zhou Yu killing the Bulls. The Lakers, which won three games in a row, were infinitely optimistic, and there were endless rumors that Zhou Yu would replace Jordan's throne.

However, the difficulty of away games is obviously beyond the imagination of the Lakers. The sixth game of the Finals moved to Chicago. The Bulls established a 13-point lead in the first quarter with the help of the home court. Extended to 22 points.

Not only are Jordan's breakthroughs and mid-range shots unstoppable, Pippen, Cole and Kukoc's three-pointers are also exceptionally accurate.

In contrast, Kobe and O'Neal fell short. They didn't score 10 points in the first two quarters. Zhou Yu was slightly better, but under the siege and interception of the Bulls, he only scored 11 points.

Just halfway through the third quarter, the Lakers fell behind the Bulls by more than 30 points. It can be said that they were defeated across the board. Harris had no suspense in the game, so he replaced all the main players in advance, and the game entered "garbage time" ahead of time.

At the moment when the final electronic long sound sounded, the score was finally fixed at "113:87". The Bulls defeated the Lakers with a huge advantage of 26 points and tied the big score at "3:3". The two sides are about to enter the tiebreaker big fight!
In this game, the collective feeling of the Lakers was cool. Except for Zhou Yu, no one scored more than 10 points. Of course, Zhou Yu's feeling was not good, and he only scored 15 points.

The Lakers obviously didn't fully adapt to the change from home to away. They made repeated mistakes on the offensive end and had no cooperation at all. They were also full of loopholes on the defensive end.

On the other hand, the Bulls played smoothly, maximizing the power of the "triangular offense", and they were impenetrable on the defensive end, leaving the Lakers in a dilemma of fighting each other.

After the game, the mentality of the Lakers players was hit hard. Including Zhou Yu, they never thought that the Lakers would lose so miserably. The Bulls who returned to the home court turned out to be so strong. The game is just a formality.

Head coach Harris was not discouraged. He led the players to find out the reason for the Lakers' disastrous defeat by repeatedly watching the game video. The pace was fast, which resulted in repeated mistakes and was defeated by others.

Through in-depth research on the previous games, Phil Jackson found out the biggest weakness of the Lakers, that is, they are only good at playing slow-paced positional warfare, and are not good at playing fast-paced passing and cutting offenses, and the Bulls just took advantage of this One point, taking advantage of the Lakers' unstable foothold in the transition between offense and defense, they immediately passed the ball to the weak side to form a favorable scoring situation.

Although Harris has found out the "cause" of the Lakers, it is not so easy to solve it as soon as possible. The reason is simple. The time for the Lakers to cooperate together is too short, and the degree of tacit understanding cannot be compared with that of the Bulls. It may be "suicide".

The only way left is to "slow down". Therefore, Harris requires the players to increase the speed of returning to defense, and to find the object of defense at the first time in the process of returning to defense, and to block it effectively.

But in this way, O'Neal became the biggest burden for the Lakers. With his weight and pace, he couldn't keep up with the rhythm of the big team anyway.

Harris put his hand on his chin, looked at O'Neill with embarrassment, and hesitated to speak.

"Coach, don't be embarrassed. I am the biggest burden for the Lakers now. Even if I barely stay on the court, I will be exhausted by the Bulls' bastards sooner or later. It's better to sit on the court as soon as possible to cheer for you. As long as the Lakers can win the championship, even if I become a drinking fountain manager, I have no regrets."

At the critical moment, O'Neill put on a high profile and pleaded earnestly.

"Good job, O'Neal, I feel relieved with your words, Horry, you will replace O'Neal at power forward in the next game, and Wang Zhizhi will play center, so that we can match the rhythm of the Bulls."

Harris nodded with relief, then turned to look at Horry Road.

"Okay, coach, I will definitely fulfill my mission."

Although Huo Li was apprehensive, he still agreed.

Two days later, the "tie-break" between the two sides finally officially kicked off at the Bulls' home stadium - the United Center. The president also tuned in to watch the live broadcast from his White House office.

The full-time commentator of this game is still ESPN's No.1 mouth Smith, and the guest commentator is replaced by Boston Celtics' No.1 night-"Lord of the Rings" Bill Russell.

The starting lineups of the two teams are as follows:

Chicago Bulls: Point Guard: Harper, Shooting Guard: Jordan, Small Forward: Pippen, Power Forward: Kukoc, Center: Rodman.

Los Angeles Lakers: Point Guard: Van Exel, Shooting Guard: Kobe Bryant, Small Forward: Sprewell, Power Forward: Horry, Center: Wang Zhizhi.

"Senior Russell, have you seen that the starting lineups of both sides have light and flexible swing players. This is ready to play fast. In the era when your inside players are so amazing, it is simply unbelievable. I don’t know if the NBA has improved, or it’s not as good as it used to be.”

Smith on the commentary seat glanced at Russell beside him and fanned the flames.

"It's hard for me to say whether the current NBA has improved or regressed, but I always feel that if a real center is missing on the basketball court, it seems that something is missing, and it feels a bit like watching an amateur game."

Master Russell snorted coldly.

(End of this chapter)