Chapter 326
Chapter 326
Chapter 326
Jordan still chose to start from outside the three-point line. There is a lot of space at the moment, and the opponent is not Alan Houston's candy that can't be killed no matter what.
Although Mo Mengchen's defense has improved a lot, it is no match for Houston, especially defending a pure No. 2 like Jordan.
Jordan made a start first, but didn't make a breakthrough, just to scare Mo Mengchen. When he stepped back to gain space for defense, the flying man turned around comfortably, as if his back made of steel leaned against Mo Mengchen's body. Body.
"Can you stop me?"
Jordan asked questions while bumping into each other. His back kick is indeed amazing, but Mo Mengchen is no longer the thin defensive loophole he was in the past. He weighs 86 kilograms, which is only 4 kilograms worse than the current Jordan, and the strength of his upper and lower limbs. It is the top level, but the core strength is lacking.
It is the gap in core strength that allows Jordan to continue to crush inward.
It didn't take long for Jordan to find himself in a threatening position.
At this moment, Mo Mengchen gestured for someone to double-team.
As long as he sees this gesture, his teammates will not consider whether Jordan will split the ball, just do it.
Don Reid ran over quickly. He had an astonishing fighting spirit, roaring and resisting.
His appearance makes people wonder, did Jordan do something to him?
But no, Jordan was waiting for them to double-team. After the double-team formed, he turned around and passed to Wennington who was cutting in.
It looked like the offense was going to end here.
Wennington jumped up with weak feet, trying to return Jordan's wonderful pass with a beautiful dunk.
On the weak side, Ben Wallace rushed back at full speed. The average inside line does not have such a fast speed. Who told him that he only has the height of a small forward?This height endows him with amazing mobility, if not for this, he would have no chance of gaining a foothold in the NBA.
After Wallace quickly recovered, he jumped back and rose to the same height as Wennington. A trembling blood cap blocked his ball head-on.
The voices at the scene became louder and louder. Mo Mengchen picked up the floor ball, passed it behind Jordan, who wanted to fight back on the spot, and accelerated his advance.
The whole place is boiling.
"Can't even Michael stop him?"
Jordan is by his side, and his speed is also very fast.
What surprised the teammates was that Mo Mengchen didn't advance at the fastest speed. They had played against Mo Mengchen in the team and saw him start at full speed, which was much faster than this.
Why not start at full speed?
Hill, sitting off the court, thought of a possibility: "He doesn't want to expose himself in front of his biggest opponent."
This guess has been recognized by others.
Dumas even said bluntly: "This is indeed like what he did, this cunning clever ghost."
Jordan pestered Mo Mengchen, but he couldn't pester other people.
Mo Mengchen took the ball to the frontcourt and made a back pass to Bobby Jackson who was following up without looking at people.
"B-Jax!"
Jackson soared a three-pointer.
45 is better than 31
"The Bulls need to think about it. With 6 minutes left in the first half, they got 45 points by the Pistons and were down by 14 points."
"That's not a good sign."
Jordan steadied his teammate, raised his hand, and signaled to give him the ball again.
Jordan's form did not change after he played, which Jackson did not expect in advance. He immediately called Rodman and Kukoc, ready to switch back to the starting lineup.
Seeing that everyone else has almost rested, Frauses is also ready to switch back to the starting lineup.
Jordan's attack has only just begun. Mo Mengchen's attack has aroused the flying man's fighting spirit. It is a tough breakthrough as soon as he comes over. It only takes one step to bring the center of gravity of both sides to the right side at the same time. He follows up and leans on his body like a whirlwind. With a single turn, Mo Mengchen was thrown behind him, leaving only the basket in front of him.
Wallace's help defense is a big threat, but Jordan has faced many defenses that are more threatening than this, and he knows how to avoid these blocks in the air.
He is like Xiandao's backhand layup in "Slam Dunk", changing hands in the air, picking the ball with his left hand, and scoring a score.
33 is better than 45
"Back!" Jordan yelled.
Looking at Jordan like this, Dumars, who has fought against him for more than ten years, said: "It's not good, the most aggressive man in the league has been irritated."
Jordan's strong offense often drives the collective defense. Although there is no Pippen or Rodman on the court, the Bulls are the kings who have won the championship for two consecutive years after all. They know how to bring the intensity of the game to another level.
Facing Jordan, it was difficult for Mo Mengchen's running position to make a difference. This is a ruthless person who can kill even Miller.
Bobby Jackson's combing of offense is far inferior to that of Mo Mengchen. Once the latter can't get the ball, the former has to handle the offense by himself.
As a result, he didn't handle the offense well.
Jackson hopes to let others see his passing side, but his passing, or the overall situation, is not as good as his offense.
If you have to pass the ball, you can only pass the ball very badly.
Don Reed got the ball in the high post, and the Bulls deliberately released him to force him to make a mid-range shot.
Without thinking, Reid made an open shot.
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The Bulls' counterattack was interrupted by Mo Mengchen's foul.
The main force of the two teams returned to the field. Although the Pistons still have a 12-point advantage, they all know that the Bulls' counterattack has just begun.
Alan Houston will bear the anger of Mo Mengchen for pushing Jordan out.
Houston, who rested off the court for a long time, didn't know about Jordan's current situation, so he thought it was the first quarter, and started provocatively: "Michael, you played so hard, do you still have strength under your feet?"
"Barely have the strength to beat you out of shit."
After Jordan finished speaking, Houston wanted to follow with an inside cut, but Rodman's off-ball screen was too good, with both strength and small movements, which kept him firmly outside the three-point line.
Jordan faced his old rival Barkley.
Barkley's footsteps were unimaginably fast. Harper hit the ball from the outside. Jordan carried Barkley in the penalty area. foul.
The referee whistles and the ball goes into the basket.
Jordan stunned the Palace of Auburn Hills.
"Michael is worthy of being Michael." Vinier Johnson sighed, "This man will never accept a half-time collapse. He has a willpower like steel."
Daly didn't speak. Jordan's outburst was more ferocious than before, and they couldn't stop it.
Often at this point, he would call a timeout and say in the most sinister tone in the world: "We can't let Michael kick our ass again!"
"We can't let him kick our ass like that again."
Mo Mengchen said slowly.
"Grant, you and Alan switch defenses." Mo Mengchen said.
Hill should be, but he is not sure about defending Jordan.
That's Jordan.
It's not just Houston that needs to get through the psychological barrier, Hill needs it too.
They had to think of the bull as a rival, not a terrible foe. Opponents were made for competition, and how could a terrible foe go soft on sight?
Mo Mengchen waited patiently.
He stood up at the top of the key and looked like he stopped the ball.
Harper didn't dare to go forward, because he knew that Mo Mengchen might break through him at any time.
His current breakthrough ability has risen a notch compared with the previous two years, while Harper's defense has dropped a notch.
No one can beat the years.
Harper was thinking about how Mo Mengchen would attack, and at this moment, Houston broke free.
Mo Mengchen passed the ball out.
Houston scored a jumper.
47 is better than 36
The Pistons used the whole team to encircle Jordan. This kind of thing that would only appear in the 80s is now vividly staged in Auburn Hills.
Their approach is no different from that of the Bad Boys. If there is one thing that is different, it is that there are flagrant fouls now, and they cannot give a fierce foul to destroy Jordan's fiery state after he has risen.
Jordan controls the ball from the outside, high-spirited, his 34-year-old body seems to have returned to the time when he was 24 years old, he received a pick-and-roll from the outside, ignored Kukoc's gesture of asking for the ball, and matched up with Hill. He started with a classic hesitant step at the top of the arc. Continuous probing from left to right, and then, the real step comes from a strong rise after a dribble behind the back.
But it's just one step.
Just like Jordan beat the Jazz at the buzzer in the finals a few months ago, only one step is needed.
Hill just didn't keep up with this step, so Jordan shot.
38 is better than 47
"He was like a sheep herder."
"Holding a long, thick whip behind him, he flogged the flock of sheep in front."
"The Pistons are his sheep."
Audiences don't like that metaphor, but it's true now.
"Don't be discouraged."
"Consider his age."
"It's just the first half."
"He's the only one scoring for the Bulls."
Mo Mengchen picked up the ball and threw it to Ben Wallace: "Think again, how long can he last?"
Hill asked, "You want to consume him?"
Congratulations, you got it.
Unfortunately no prize.
Mo Mengchen asked back: "Can't you?"
"You think it's feasible?" Hill was not very confident.
Mo Mengchen took the serve, pushed forward and said, "If we can reach the fourth quarter with this intensity, and if Michael still has the strength to hit the jump shot, I can only attribute the problem to you, because you gave him The pressure wasn't great enough, you made him last till the end."
Hill's face was red, could he be blamed for this?
"Damn it, either he was exhausted or I was exhausted today!" Hill said angrily.
This is the momentum, mother, rush to the duck!
Anyway, it wasn't Mo Mengchen himself who performed this task, so no matter how harsh the request was, it was reasonable.
Mo Mengchen also hopes that he will do this, but he knows very well that if he defends Jordan, the consumption of the opponent will be inferior to that of Hill and Houston.
But the problem now is that dealing with Jordan has been so strenuous, and it will be even more difficult to win the Bulls when Pippen returns later.
After all, Jordan's success is inseparable from Pippen.
With Pippen, the Bulls are the invincible division of the 90s.
This is something that needs to be considered later, for now - Mo Mengchen passed the ball to Hill, let him single-play Jordan, and watched the show by himself.
Come on, Grant, come on!
(End of this chapter)
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