But since that’s the case, let’s bet on which side’s offense is better.
The tiout ended, Lakers’ ball possession.
In the frontcourt, Zhang Hao passed the ball to the Magician, with Jordan bravely defending.
The current Magician is not the 105-kilogram Magician from 5 years ago, now he has the weight of a 115-kilogram center!
Seeing the larger Magician matching up against Jordan, the fans in the arena cheered excitedly.
Bulls fans have absolute confidence in their own team and are happy to cheer for this matchup.
On Zhang Hao’s side, under the guidance of a group of legends tonight, his understanding of Reggie Miller’s movent rhythm is rapidly deepening! It’s getting more and more impressive, Pippen finds it increasingly difficult to defend Zhang Hao off the ball.
Suddenly, Zhang Hao accelerated and ran in the opposite direction, Pippen reacted too, the better Zhang Hao’s movent, the more focused and harder Pippen works.
However, the overly focused Pippen didn’t notice Jason Williams’ movent and got blocked!
Kukoc switched defense quickly, but Zhang Hao directly turned and pushed Kukoc aside, cutting into the inside!
After the Magician tangled with Jordan for a while, he quickly passed the ball, Zhang Hao received the ball at close range, facing Rodman’s block, he shot... missed, but! Sibaros tipped the ball from behind Rodman and scored with a tip-in! Pippen, who had already recovered, looked at Sibaros, feeling powerless!
It’s not that Pippen couldn’t defend Sibaros one-on-one, he could definitely take Sibaros.
But tonight Sibaros leveraged his advantageous points, as a baseline survivor rushing forward, he didn’t make unnecessary moves, focusing on what needed to be done.
Why do so many talented people hope to get guidance from their predecessors? Sibaros demonstrated this well; so things you might never figure out on your own.
Sibaros received pointers from the neighboring Clippers’ general manager, although it didn’t improve his skills much, he got a lot smarter in making choices.
Switching offense and defense, Bulls on the attack.
Jordan’s movent... felt very peculiar.
The guy defending him, started by defending Luke Longley, played half a quarter on Kukoc, defended Pippen at the end of the first quarter, and now he’s here to defend him.
Fast, good resistance, super flexible, quick reflexes... a genius.
But quick reflexes are also highly exploitable, Jordan faked a shot and then quickly moved sideways to shoot, and this ti he scored!
Right after the shot, Jordan saw Zhang Hao sprinting down the court... couldn’t even enjoy the joy of scoring, Jordan hurriedly pursued!
Striving to cut off Zhang Hao’s passing lane, sticking close, not giving Zhang Hao a chance to sprint fully, Jordan knew how accurate the Magician’s passing was. Even though the Magician’s personal offensive ability had declined significantly, making opportunities far less frequently than before, his passing accuracy remained.
And the image of Zhang Hao sprinting unobstructed deeply impressed Jordan.
However, upon reaching the frontcourt, Jordan turned to see Van Exel slowly advancing...
At this mont, Jordan heard Zhang Hao taking a deep breath, waiting at the three-point line.
He had been worn out!
Their tactic was rely to drain his stamina, not to play fast-breaks at all!
Even though he knew what the opponent was up to, he had to keep up; otherwise, they would really start a fast-break.
The Magician, with his familiar smile, arrived on the left side of the three-second area, while Jordan had already switched defense over.
Van Exel passed the ball to Zhang Hao at the top arc and then cleared out to the right three-point line, Zhang Hao held the ball, waiting for the Magician to establish a position before passing it to him.
Zhang Hao couldn’t post up Jordan, but the Magician could!
Whether it’s visually appealing doesn’t matter, after seeing Zhang Hao play like that in previous gas, the Magician had been looking forward to this scene.
Wiggling his massive behind, the Magician inch by inch pushed Jordan into the three-second zone!
Jordan was outplayed!
If another periter player tried to post up like this, Jordan’s strength wouldn’t be compromised, and he might even get a steal.
But the Magician is a flexible fat guy with great ball protection, Jordan couldn’t stop him!
On the other side, Rodman, wary of the Magician passing, didn’t dare leave Jason Williams open on the other side of the three-second zone, and the Magician turned around and hooked the shot in!
The TV cara cut to Jabbar on the sideline, this scene reminded old fans of the Magician’s famous skyhook ga-winner!
Once the Magician got on, the Lakers’ offense beca quite different.
The scoring thods beca more comprehensive, the ball movent increased, and the purpose of passing beca clearer...
Even with Jordan, Pippen, and Rodman, the Bulls, who hadn’t played with such a player for years, found it difficult to adapt!
Another major point, with Luke Longley absent, they had only Rodman protecting the rim inside, which was indeed challenging!
No matter how great Rodman is, he’s just a 201 cm small forward!
The offense rebounding to its strong form energized the young players on the Lakers’ side!
After a period of tense stalemate, the Lakers didn’t make any substitutions during the official tiout, while the Bulls’ Zen Master could only maintain their offensive level, even if they were to play defensively, they had to respond with the strongest defensive formation; both Jordan and Pippen had to play, so the Zen Master decisively arranged an offensively-focused strategy during the official tiout.
Sacrificing defense to reduce the fatigue of Pippen and Jordan!
However, for efficient offense, beyond good opportunities, strong skills, focus, and seriousness are also crucial, especially when the opponent’s offense is equally good, leading you to play with greater focus and diligence, because a single careless miss could an the opponent takes the lead.
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