Chapter 199: He is strong and he is strong, Lao Tzu
Sun Yiping lamented: "Lu Yu showed no mercy at critical moments. His performance was simply not like that of a rookie."
Zhang Weiping said: "There is a kind of player who is born for big scenes. The more critical the moment, the more stable he becomes. He is talking about players like Lu Yu."
Lu Yu was still trying his best to chase Hamilton, and the task of flanking Jordan could only be left to his teammates. Jordan singled out Artest, but Hoiberg was a step late in the flanking attack. Jordan turned around and made a mid-range shot.
93 to 91.
Jordan scored 42 points, which is not inferior to the top scorers in the league today. Especially today, the Bulls not only sent Artest, who was an excellent defender, to defend him, but also used a double attack. In this battle, even Jordan
Even if you lose, you can raise your chin proudly.
But when Jordan thought about the trash talk Lu Yu spat at him before the game, he never wanted to lose the game.
Cartwright asked for a timeout. He originally didn't want to give Jordan a chance to rest, but Hoiberg's defense always made mistakes, so he simply asked him to come down and replaced Hassell again.
As for the offense, Cartwright had no other requirements, except to give the ball to Lu Yu.
The Wizards also made substitutions, replacing Alexander, who had better physical strength, with Whitney, the starting guard who had done nothing. This was a smart adjustment. Alexander had better physical strength and was more confident in shooting.
The Bulls attack, Lu Yu steps inside the three lines on the right to challenge Hamilton, Alexander double-attacks, Lu Yu hits the ground and passes to Oakley in seconds, Oakley takes a shot from mid-range, hitting the iron.
The rebound was grabbed by the opponent and passed to Jordan. Lu Yu pressed forward to block his breakthrough route and prevent the fast break.
Jordan remained unmoved, steadily dribbling the ball past half-court, and then accelerated violently. Just as Lu Yu wanted to catch up, he was blocked by Kwame Brown. Jordan took advantage of the trend and rushed forward in three steps to dunk.
When Oakley faced his former teammate, he knew Jordan too well. Before Jordan was about to take off, he directly hugged him with his big hands and knocked Jordan to the ground.
The referee's whistle sounded and Oakley committed six fouls.
Sun Yiping said: "The Bulls are in a bad situation. Today they were attacked too many times by Jordan, causing too many fouls in the paint. If Oakley continues, the Bulls will have no advantage at all inside."
Zhang Weiping laughed and said: "That's not necessarily true. The Wizards' inside line is even worse, not to mention the Bulls also have Fizer."
Jordan was fine after falling to the ground. He only gasped for air when he stood up, then slowly walked to the free throw line and made two free throws. The two sides tied at 93.
Both the audience in front of the TV and the few Bulls fans at the scene were all worried about the Bulls. The two big players were sent off, and the Bulls' final defense would be very difficult.
The Bulls replaced Marcus Fizer.
Cartwright shouted off the court: "On offense, Lu Yu singles out Hamilton. If the opponent is flanked, pass the ball. On the defensive end, stick to the inside. If it doesn't work, commit a foul and let him take a free throw."
Here he naturally refers to Jordan.
At this time, we are not afraid of the opponent hearing it. After all, the fight is like this. Who doesn’t know what the opponent’s tactics are?
In fact, the Bulls were a little bit behind. If it hadn't been for the collective misfire in the second half, they would have clocked out early just by taking the lead in the second quarter. However, when Jordan went crazy, he dragged the game to this point.
Lu Yu also vaguely regretted adding buffs to Jordan.
But at this point, there's no use regretting it. What's more, didn't I just want to play with the real Jordan?
If it's a wizened Jordan, there's no point in winning.
Jordan on the other side sighed to himself: "Bill is really brave. He actually left the key ball opportunity to this rookie, but it seems that no one except him can shoot this ball."
Brad Miller, who was still a capable shooter, has been beaten by him.
Oakley actually had a basket, but he also knocked it down.
At this time, the Wizards will definitely guard Lu Yu tightly. If Lu Yu is given such a key shot, there is a high probability that he will not make it.
But he wanted to see if Lu Yu dared to vote.
Some people seem to be born for big scenes, but they often choose to pass the ball directly at critical moments. After all, passing and shooting are both choices. The timing of shooting is not good, so of course you have to pass the ball, and it is a matter of course. It is a matter of course.
Can't make the shot?
Does that mean my teammates can't make a shot? Does that have anything to do with me?
Jordan has played games for so many years and has seen too many bosses of this kind of team. Anyway, if it were him, even if he couldn't make the shot, he would still make the shot. If he made the shot, I would be awesome. He could boast for the first half of the year. Isn't it normal that I can't make a shot when there are multiple players on defense? Is it because I know I can't make a shot that I just don't make a shot?
These are two kinds of people.
They look at things in completely two directions. One thinks that passing the ball is natural, and the other thinks that even if I don't make the shot, I will bear the blame, but I want to tell everyone that it is my fault if I don't make the shot, but I just want to make the shot.
Jordan is the latter, and he hopes Lu Yu is also the latter.
And this is a regular season game. If Lu Yu doesn't even dare to pitch in the regular season, then Lu Yu is not worthy of being the boss of the Bulls - Jordan has sat in this position. If Lu Yu is the former, he feels that Lu Yu is not worthy of sitting.
Hassell dribbled the ball past half-court. He knew that he could not pass the ball to Lu Yu at this time, because once the ball got into Lu Yu's hands, Lu Yu would face multiple attacks.
With 27 seconds left in the game, Lu Yu kept circling on the baseline. Everyone knew that Lu Yu was going to catch the ball and kill the game, but could it really be Lu Yu?
Because of this doubt, when Doug Collins called for defense on the sidelines, he did not immediately ask other players to flank Lu Yu.
If other players are missed due to a double attack, then anyone may get the two points that kill the game.
Lu Yu is still circling, and Hamilton who is following him can't keep up, because he not only has to follow Lu Yu, but also has to deal with one after another off-ball screens coming at any time.
Suddenly, Lu Yu suddenly accelerated.
Jordan's heart skipped a beat and he had an ominous premonition: "Hurry up and flank him, immediately, immediately!"
Everyone looked in the direction of Lu Yu, but all the Wizards players had no time to pounce. Lu Yu's several moves had already caused the Wizards players to unconsciously move to the strong side.
"Fuck, zipper tactic!" Jordan saw what this tactic was.
Unfortunately, it was too late. Lu Yu easily received the pass from Hassell, shot directly, and hit two points.
95 to 93
Lu Yu’s 31st point.
The Bulls took the lead again, and the boos in the audience immediately stopped and there was silence.
It turned out that when Hassell was substituted, Cartwright gave Hassell instructions and asked him to go up and signal his teammates to use the zipper tactic. This tactic was learned from Lu Yu's college coach Mark Four. .
It is a tactical system specially created by Gonzaga University for Lu Yu.
Cartwright deliberately called out for Lu Yu to play in singles off the court, but it was just to create suspicion, so that Jordan and Collins did not dare to attack Lu Yu directly.
He was also worried that his opponent would be ruthless enough to attack Lu Yu from a flank.
In this way, his plan was in vain, but fortunately the result satisfied him.
Doug Collins did not call a timeout or make substitutions. He believed Jordan could kill the game because the Bulls still left the Wizards with an offensive opportunity.
But he ignored Jordan's age.
Jordan couldn't get into the elbow area at all. He and Lu Yu started to fight inside. Lu Yu took the initiative to switch defenses with Artest. This time he had to guard Jordan alone!
On the Wizards' last offense, choosing a double attack may not be a good choice.
Once there is a gap in the double attack, Jordan may pass the ball just like he did to Cole.
Although this team does not yet have a teammate that he can trust like Cole.
Lu Yu knows Jordan, and he knows the current Bulls better. The Bulls currently have obvious weaknesses in interior frame protection. If Jordan is allowed to receive the ball in the elbow area, Marcus Feizer and young Chandler will not be able to stop him after cutting inside.
Jordan.
Jordan finally caught the ball. He looked inside, but suddenly turned around and took a step away.
Take off and shoot.
Lu Yu did not lose his position and jumped up to block the shot. Unfortunately... an old gangster is an old gangster after all, so he took action in advance.
The old gangster who once stayed in the air waiting for his opponent to fall, the moment Lu Yu saw through his defense, he knew that he could not wait in the air for Lu Yu to fall this time. He was no longer the Jordan he was back then, and he would definitely land before Lu Yu.
Even if he lands at the same time, he is at risk of being blocked because his jump is not as high as it used to be.
So he took action early and in a hurry.
The basketball bounced twice on the rim,
I have to say that luck seemed to be favoring Jordan today, as the basketball fell into the basket.
95 to 95, the two sides were tied again.
Jordan scored 46 points.
With 10 seconds left on the clock, the Bulls have one last chance to attack and win or go into overtime.
Cartwright did not call a timeout. He knew that calling a timeout at this time would only give Jordan some breathing time. He would not leave Jordan a chance, so he could only choose to trust the players on the court.
Lu Yu gave Hassel a signal to hold on for time.
Hassell dribbled steadily and stood outside the three-point line. The time passed by second by second. Lu Yu glanced at the timer. With eight seconds left, he started it.
It took two seconds from the moment he started to receiving the pass from Hassell, leaving only six seconds left.
Hamilton made no mistake in judgment this time. He accurately predicted Lu Yu's running route and blocked Lu Yu in advance. Who knew that Lu Yu waved his hand, Artest stepped forward to pick and roll, and the defender in front of Lu Yu changed.
Became Jordan.
"Oh my god, Lu Yu wants to challenge Jordan alone?" Sun Yiping exclaimed.
If it weren't for the live broadcast, he might have slapped the table and jumped up.
Zhang Weiping was also stunned: "Lu Yu chose to challenge Jordan alone at the last moment, which seems not a good choice. After all, Jordan's defense is much better than Hamilton's."
In fact, they were not present.
From the picture, it seems that Jordan is still energetic, but in fact, Lu Yu, standing in front of Jordan, can clearly hear Jordan's breathing.
Jordan is old and has no physical strength anymore.
Lu Yu stabilized the rhythm and kept crossing the ball. Jordan took a step back. He knew that Lu Yu would more likely choose to break through at this time, because he only needed two points to win the game, and there was no need for Lu Yu to choose a lower three-pointer.
This kind of experience and distance influenced Jordan. Two points and three points are almost the same to Lu Yu.
There were only three seconds left and Lu Yu had not yet made a breakthrough. Jordan frowned.
At this time,
After Lu Yu changed direction, he withdrew his right foot from the three-point line. He took a very big step and it looked like he jumped back. He leaned back slightly and hit the ball at his most accurate 45-degree angle.
Voted out.
Jordan was pulled away. He took a step forward and jumped to block the shot. He could only watch the basketball fly towards the basket.
As soon as Lu Yu made the move, he immediately turned around and raised his hands, imitating Nick Young's classic celebration move.
After Lu Yu took the shot, he felt that the shot was very straight and had a good arc. It should be able to go in. It didn't matter if it didn't go in. At worst, he would be laughed at.
He lets him be strong, I... Before Lu Yu could finish thinking, he was picked up by his teammates who were shouting excitedly, and he was tossed twice in the air.
It seems I don’t have to be Nick Young anymore.
98 to 95, Lu Yu’s 34th point hit the buzzer-beater!
Hearing the cheers of his teammates and the desperate expressions of the fans in the audience, Lu Yu knew that he had succeeded in pretending.
