Chapter 20 'Penny' VS 'Flying Man'! If there is anything that can make Jordan more angry tonight and make him want to blow up the Magic team, it must be the arrogant boos of Magic fans! "Michael, you are too old to fly!"
"My defeated general, all you can take away tonight is failure!"
"Michael is old, there is nothing to worry about! We are not afraid of you!"
"Whether it's No. 45 or No. 23, you're out of date! Anfernee is the new king of the alliance!"
Lin Tianzheng was shooting to warm up while observing Jordan's expression and condition. After seeing clearly that Jordan was now tense to the extreme, and his expression was extremely bad at first glance, Lin Tian knew that tonight's Magic team was really going to be in bad shape. ! In Lin Tian's mind at this moment, Jordan was directly replaced with Li Yunlong's face!
"Xie Baoqing, Xie Baoqing, why are you messing with this bastard Li Yunlong!"
As the fans at the scene booed and talked trash, Jordan's expression became more and more solidified, and this anger immediately transformed into terrifying attack power after the game started! Three-pointers, mid-range, breakthroughs to the basket, and post-up singles. As soon as Jordan came up, he hit a combo, which made Nick Anderson, who was opposite him, miserable!
Coupled with Jordan's machine gun-like swear words, taunts and changeable footsteps, Anderson was hit with 5 fouls in less than 2 minutes. Jordan also scored 14 points in half a quarter! He is proving with his actions: No matter what size I wear, or whether I can fly or not, it is absolutely easy and casual to beat up bastards like you!
However, even if Jordan is in such excellent condition that he can almost get everything he wants, and the Bulls' Harper and Pippen have also made gains on the offensive end, the Bulls have not opened up the score at all!
The reason is simple: Although the Magic can't guard Jordan at all, O'Neal and Hardaway are simply not something the Bulls can withstand!
These two hottest young stars in the league today did not have any stage fright or fear when facing the seniors. They gave full play to their talents, supported the team and withstood the score!
Until the end of the first quarter, the score between the two sides was still complicated and difficult to distinguish.
27: 24!
The Bulls barely managed to get a 3-point lead in the first quarter!
This game is definitely a battle between dragons and tigers! In the CBS studio, a commentator named Will Marcus said excitedly: "Tonight's game is definitely the most exciting showdown since the start of this season! The strength of both sides is extremely close. In this game, there is a high probability that the winner will be decided in the last minute of the game!"
"Will is right." Marcus' partner Smith nodded: "It is true that no one on the Magic team can stop Jordan, but no one on the Bulls can stop O'Neal! Not to mention that Hardaway also showed his performance against Hubble. The top level in the league! The winner of this game probably depends on how the coaches from both sides choose and whether they can come up with something eye-catching!"
Marcus continued: "Yes, one more thing is whether there can be surprise players on both sides! If someone unexpected can step forward, then this game may go in a completely unexpected direction! For example, the Bulls The team’s rookie this year, Lin! He performed well in the 6 preseason games.”
"It's just that, for some unknown reason, this newcomer has not played in the previous three games! Let's see if Phil will let this newcomer play tonight!"
As the two people chatted, the second quarter of the game has officially started! Lin Tian also succeeded Hubble and made his official debut in the game for the first time this season! He played about 5 minutes in this quarter, but did not perform any wonderful performance.
The biggest reason is that the Magic's O'Neal is on the court at this time. This is probably the most terrifying monster under the basket in NBA history. He completely dominates the basket and sweeps away almost all the rebounds. His presence makes Lin Tian the most If he failed to play the fast break he is good at, he would naturally have few opportunities to 'Neal beat Wennington to death under the basket, and he had no resistance!
After Lin Tian played 5 minutes in the second quarter, he only scored 2 points and 1 assist before being replaced by Jackson. Because the Magic had already led the score by 5 points, O'Neal was wreaking havoc under the basket, which made Jackson helpless. Don't send Jordan again, let Jordan use his own firepower to fight against O'Neal's destructive power!
The Magic team also quickly responded by getting Hardaway. In the last few minutes of the first half, the two sides were once again inseparable!
Finally, when the first half ended, the Magic successfully took the lead! Entering the team's locker room with a score of 47:50.
The protagonists of the first half of the game, apart from O'Neal who scored 14 points and 7 rebounds, were undoubtedly the two top outside stars Jordan and Hardaway!
Jordan scored 28 points at halftime, and Hardaway did the same. Although he only scored 19 points, he also contributed 5 rebounds and 8 assists. In this era, scoring this number at halftime is not shocking. , but it is definitely a top performance from a top star!
Both the commentator and the audience also focused a lot of attention on these two people. All kinds of cheers and shouts came and went, almost without stopping!
Before leaving the court at halftime, Lin Tian glanced towards the Magic team. He clearly saw that O'Neal had been looking at Hardaway's back.
Those eyes were full of envy and unwillingness!
Lin Tian suddenly remembered that this is O'Neal's contract year!
The Magic don't seem to care much about renewing this monster.
All the efforts and energy of the Magic team's management have been put on Hardaway! Of course O'Neal, a big man with a sky-high heart and a sensitive and fragile mind, would be very unhappy!
On the way to the locker room, Lin Tian suddenly grabbed Kukoc and said: "Tony, if we can still play together in the second half, can you help me set some screens?"
"Of course, you can call me at any time." Kukoc nodded and said, "What are you going to do?"
"I want to challenge O'Neal!" Lin Tian patted Kukoc on the shoulder and said something that sounded like Kukoc was committing suicide.
Lin is crazy! In the second half of the game, the players from both sides changed sides to fight again. Hardaway and Jordan continued their duel. Jordan was in the middle distance, but Hardaway could always use his sharp breakthrough to break through the Bulls' entire defense line. !
Six minutes into the third quarter, Hardaway broke through again and caused Longley's fourth foul. He also successfully stood on the free throw line.
(End of this chapter)