Author: Dong Wangyi

On the field, the Bulls' momentum was a bit blocked, and this defensive defeat made them feel frustrated.

The blue veins on Jordan's head jumped and then jumped. This time the defense was at its peak, but he still didn't defend, which disappointed him very much.

He thought that his judgment and disposal just now were wrong. He was right in front of him and should jump no matter what. Even if Zhou Quan forced his shot, his shooting rate would not be very high. If he threw a pass, he would leave it for him and his teammates.

Opportunity to return to defense.

On the contrary to the Bulls, after scoring this goal, the morale of the Pistons suddenly increased a lot, and the players on and off the court were all very excited.

Under this morale, 55:43, the Pistons led the Bulls by 12 points in the first half, widening the score difference to double digits.

Jordan played for 24 minutes in the first half, making 9 of 17 shots on Zhou Quan's head, shooting as high as 52.9%, making 3 of 4 free throws, scoring 21 points.

Zhou Quan and Jordan took it on and played the full first half. They didn't make many shots, but their efficiency was very high. They made 4 of 6 shots and 5 of 6 free throws, scoring 13 points, but they gave 9 assists in the first half.

With one steal and one block, there was only one turnover in the first half.

This result was beyond the expectations of most media.

Zhang Heli analyzed during the halftime break: "The Bulls only sent 9 assists in the first half, and the Pistons had 16 assists. From an offensive perspective, the Bulls' offense relies more on Jordan's personal ability.

Today, the Pistons did not blindly double-team Jordan. Basically, Zhou Quan defended Jordan alone, and only assisted in defending and attacking when he broke through with the ball.

When Coach Chuck Daly was in the bad Boys' Legion, there were two extremes in his defense against Jordan. One was to attack Jordan with all his strength, and the other was to defend against others. Today is the latter defensive tactic, and the effect is still good.

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Sun Zhenping said: "Counselor Zhang, Jordan's defense is so strong that he sometimes doubles Zhou Quan with others. Isn't this effective?"

Zhang Heli smiled and said, "I said before that Zhou Quan, a top point guard like Zhou Quan, is very difficult to defend against. It is better to prevent his offense, and to prevent his passes.

It's hard to defend.

If the Bulls want to defend Zhou Quan's pass, they can only let others stare at the Pistons' other people to death. Jordan will defend alone and take the same method as the Pistons."

"From now on, Michael, no one will help you with your defense."

In the home team's locker room, Phil Jackson said to Jordan extremely seriously.

"I understand." Jordan said in a deep voice.

Phil Jackson said to others again: "Lock your people and cut off their connection with Zhou Quan. I don't want to see him get 20 assists in one game. Do you understand?"

"I understand." The bulls replied.

He reminded again: "Today, the Pistons cut a lot, and Zhou Quan's pass, which is why they led us by up to 12 points in the first half.

So we need to strengthen our defense against Ulridge, his incisive ability is not weaker than Grant. For Chaudhumas, we must guard against his incisive incisive, and we can let him play Paxson outside singles."

"Offensive end..."

After pondering for a while, he said: "As long as we limit Zhou Quan's pass on the defensive end and Michael beat him on the offensive end, we will have a chance to pull it back.

But be careful when passing, because the Pistons have been defending Michael alone. Their way in the first half is to stare at others. We must try our best to use tactics to create a single opportunity for Michael to play Zhou Quan, and pass the ball to him in time."

"John, you rest in the third quarter and prepare to play in the final quarter."

After talking about tactical matters, he said to Paxson again.

"OK."

John Paxson nodded. He can only barely play thirty minutes after a fight. This is why he doesn't play much in the regular season. He only averages 17 minutes per game in the regular season.

He played for 18 minutes in the first half, and then BJ played for a while. Then Choudumas seized the opportunity to shoot a goal on BJ's head, but it was still a three-pointer, which widened the gap.

It's double digits.

The midfielder comes back and the game continues.

The Bulls are point guarded by Jordan, with the point guards being Trent Tucker, small forward Pippen, and Spencer King and Verperdo in the inside.

The Pistons are Zhou Quan, Isaiah Thomas, Mark Aguire, Trimells, and Alden Polynes.

Bulls attack.

On the right wing, Jordan used Grant's pick-and-roll to get rid of Zhou Quan, cut out, and asked for the ball.

At this time, the ball reached Tucker, who was stepping right on the top of the arc. He wanted to pass the ball, but the assassin waved his hands, so that he did not pass the ball at the first time.

However, facing the assassin, he had a height advantage of 196 cm, so the ball was still passed.

"Bang!"

However, in just one second, Zhou Quan quickly bypassed the obstacle and followed Jordan, took back his defensive position, and instantly inserted between the pass lines at a faster speed. With a wave of his hand, he broke the ball.

"The ball is intercepted! Iron Fist takes the opportunity to counterattack, the Assassin goes down from the middle, and Iron Fist passes the ball..." Williams shouted excitedly in succession in ABC's commentator's seat.

"brush!"

The Assassin's injury made him no faster than Tucker, but his experience is not comparable to that of a player like Tucker. He hit the basket and used a simple layup to shake the opponent away, and then easily completed the game.

basket.

Bill Walton laughed and said, "57:43, the Pistons have 14 points ahead. Phil Jackson made a mistake. He went to another point guard and placed BJ on the bench, but the Pistons got on the Assassin.

No matter how bad the assassin is, he can still beat Tucker. Now he calls out BJ, he is preparing to replace him."

Lewis Williams smiled and said, "Michael is too strong and his physical fitness is also abnormal, so the Bulls' point guard reserves are not good and they have no strength. If they don't play BJ, I think it would be better to solve the problem as the previous small forward.

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Phil Jackson realized this problem since the player was on the court, and immediately called BJ up and asked him to prepare to play.

After the Bulls got on BJ, they had no high disadvantages against the Assassin and they did have better results. In the following game, both sides entered the same rhythm.

The Bulls played Zhou Quan single on the offensive end, and locked the others on the defensive end, so Zhou Quan singled against Jordan.

Of course, Zhou Quan would not play according to the Bulls' tactics and tried every means to pass the ball to his teammates.

But Pippen locked up Mark Aguire, and even if he encountered a pick-and-roll, he would no longer switch defenses. He would rather let Polynis play Spencer King outside singles.

BJ also gave the assassin no good chance. Assassin is no longer as fast as before, and cannot run faster, especially if he cannot make directional movements, his explosive power is far worse than before.

These two outsides have no chance, he can only pass the ball to Polynis and Trimells.

However, Velperkin and Spencerkin cut off his contact with two inside teammates with all their efforts, and made two consecutive passes and receiving mistakes, one out of bounds and one passing was cut off, and the Bulls took the opportunity to chase the points.

Under this situation, he was forced to keep playing singles to Jordan, and fell into the Bulls' defensive trap.

After half a quarter, he made 3 of 7 shots, 0 of 2 three-pointers, 2 free throws, and scored 8 points, but Jordan made 5 of 9 shots on his head, 2 of 4 free throws, and 2 of 4 free throws,

It's 12 minutes.

67:60, the Pistons only led by 7 points, were caught up by 5 points in the quarter, and then called a timeout.

"In terms of personal offense, in singles, Jordan can beat him no matter how strong the defense of the Iron Fist is. The Bulls adopted the Pistons' style of playing in the first half, but Jordan's personal offensive ability exceeds that of the Iron Fist, and the Pistons are the ones who suffer.

Now the pistons have to find a way to change this passive situation." Bill Walton analyzed.

After the suspension ended, the Pistons replaced some of the main lineups.

Rodman, Choudumas, Polynis, Mark Aguire, plus Zhou Quan.

Zhou Quan continued to play. In this kind of game, there was no one-minute rest time, and he did not ask for a rest.

Polynis is somewhat similar to Sekali, with average defense, but good rebounding ability. He only averaged 15 minutes per game in the regular season with the Pistons, but he can grab 5 rebounds.

However, the offense is not good, not as good as Sekali. He and Rodman join forces with the inside. Chuck Daly's purpose is obvious, controlling the rebound and winning rest time for Sekali.

The Bulls also played Pippen, Grant also played again. The center is Velperdo with good defensive ability, the point guard is Jordan, and Tucker is also gone again, facing Choudumas.

Chaudhumas's appearance made the Bulls want to lock others down and force Zhou Quan to play alone could not be realized. He and Zhou Quan joined forces with the back line to stabilize the situation of the Pistons.

With Choudhumas sharing the offensive pressure, Zhou Quan focused more on organizing passes and defense.

He made 7 of 14 shots in the first three quarters, made 7 of 8 free throws, scored 21 points, 3 rebounds, 13 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 3 turnovers, and 3 fouls.

Jordan made 14 of 25 shots in two and a half quarters, and scored 33 points, with both offense and defense consumed a lot. He deliberately reduced his shots in the second half of the quarter, only 2 points were scored, and scored 35 in three quarters.

Statistics of 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 2 turnovers, 3 fouls.

However, role player Tucker, who played for the second time, performed well against Chaudhumas, made two of three-pointers and scored 6 points.

After the third quarter, the Pistons were 7 points ahead.

"There is still suspense in the final quarter. Jordan has retained his strength in the second half. If the Pistons want to win the game in the end, the Iron Fist must reduce the opponent's offensive efficiency." Bill Walton said.

"7 points, for the league's number one killer, his powerful scoring explosive power is not a very big gap."

Nodding, Lewis Williams said.

At the beginning of the last quarter, both sides sent out all the main forces.

Phil Jackson's tactical intention was to lock others and force Zhou Quan to single against Jordan, using Jordan's strong defensive ability to reduce the Pistons' offensive efficiency, and in turn, he used Jordan's personal offensive ability to complete the score chasing on the offensive end.

Because Zhou Quan's personal offense is indeed not as dominant as Jordan, the Pistons try to avoid this situation and reduce his ball rights. Chaudhmas shares many offensive and organizational tasks, so they can also avoid Jordan.

defense.

At the same time, on the defensive end, Chuck Daly suddenly changed his defensive strategy in the first three quarters, and changed from Zhou Quan to single-handed Jordan to a pincer attack.

This change was abrupt. Jordan was double-teamed in the first three attacks, and one of them was double-teamed by three players, resulting in one of three shots and the Bulls only scored 4 points in the first four minutes.
To be continued...