Rookie against Jordan, I became the god of basketball

Chapter 175 The price of angering Jordan, his first defeat in the playoffs
Just as Lu Feng expected, Jordan returned to the court at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Although Pippen and Grant were both replaced to rest, since Jackson chose Jordan, he obviously did not want to give the Sonics any chance.

What the Bulls need now is not how well they play. They just need to hold on to their current lead to win the game.

Although Pippen and Grant are not here, B.J. Armstrong, John Paxson and the Bulls' second consecutive three-point champion, the semi-retired Craig Hodges, all have good scoring abilities, although the three-man defense is average. , but completing some simple open shots and cuts is not a big problem.

The SuperSonics still had the same lineup as in the second half of the third quarter, McMillan, Harper, Lu Feng, Kemp, and Perkins.

Because Jordan temporarily moved up to the third position for the rationality of the lineup, Lu Feng was the only SuperSonics player who could effectively restrict Jordan, so he naturally moved to the third position.

In the first round, Lu Feng kept in mind his next task and planned to fight one by himself.

Although Harper was in a better position and received the ball in a good position, perhaps because of his lack of confidence, he passed the ball directly to Lu Feng as soon as he got the ball. Since even Harper did this, Lu Feng naturally did the same. Knowing that ending it yourself is the only option at the moment, there is no other option.

But just like when Pippen was here, the Bulls didn't want Lu Feng to have an easy 1V1. The stars could only attack each other, and it was impossible to defend them one-on-one. The same was true for Lu Feng and Jordan.

Even Jordan can't guard Lu Feng in a one-on-one situation, and Lu Feng can't guard Jordan in a one-on-one situation. Both of them are super scorers with rich arsenals, no matter how powerful they are. As long as the defender is defending alone, the final result will definitely be that the offensive team uses its rich arsenal of weapons to tear apart the defensive team's defense!

The Bulls don't want Lu Feng to complete one-on-one. Double-teaming is the best way to limit the super breakup. But unfortunately, with the people the Bulls have left on the court, trying to limit Lu Feng is a joke.

The experienced Craig Hodges and John Paxson both know how much they weigh and know that they are not suitable to double-team Lu Feng, but the young and promising Armstrong does not think so. Since the Bulls entered the playoffs, Later, because his personal style was very different from the Bulls' overall style, Jackson abandoned Armstrong early in the playoffs.

Although Armstrong knows the reason, it would be false to say that he has no objection in his heart. As long as he is a normal and motivated player, no one wants to show himself on the stage of the finals.

The SuperSonics' Harper, Kemp and Perkins are people who have already hit the southern wall and know their own level. Armstrong will naturally not have this awareness because he has been rotating.

So when he came up with the first ball, he saw that Lu Feng did not attack immediately after receiving the ball. Instead, he used triple threat steps to test Jordan to find a weakness in the opponent. Armstrong felt that this was a good opportunity to double-team Lu Feng, so he decisively ran over to double-team him. Lu Feng tried to complete the steal.

Lu Feng was still working as a triple threat and wanted to see if there would be an opportunity for him to easily single out when Jordan had just finished resting and was not in good condition on the court. His defensive attention was not focused enough. However, before he could find Jordan As soon as there was a flaw in his footsteps, Armstrong surrounded him. Not knowing what the opponent was thinking, he took out the ball as soon as he came up and tried to steal himself.

With Lu Feng's current basic dribbling skills, if he wanted to steal him, not to mention being much better than Lu Feng in confrontation, at least he had to ensure that his confrontation ability could keep up with Lu Feng.

As for Armstrong's confrontational ability... Lu Feng could only use one word to describe it - pity.

Even Jordan, who was much stronger than Lu Feng, didn't expect to complete the steal when Lu Feng was dribbling. Armstrong's choice was obviously a mistake. He started to get the ball, but the path between his body and the basketball was easily blocked by Lu Feng's body. After blocking, Lu Feng looked extremely relaxed when he carried Armstrong. On the contrary, Armstrong struggled when he tried to steal, as if he was the one being double-teamed.

Although Armstrong's double-teaming caused Lu Feng some trouble, it also allowed him to see opportunities.

Lu Feng seized the opportunity to use his core strength, and took a step back with his back. At the same time, he used his strength to guide Armstrong to stand between himself and Jordan.

Without waiting for Armstrong and Jordan to react, Lu Feng decisively used a double-change sway step, disrupting the defensive rhythm of Armstrong and Jordan. Although Armstrong's steps were a little messy, since Lu Feng did not take action, he was in front of Lu Feng. Of course you have to be defensive.

Lu Feng's sway step was of course not aimed at Armstrong, but at Jordan behind Armstrong. He had to wait for Armstrong and Jordan to make defensive mistakes at the same time before attacking. This was an opportunity to play a simple ball.

Although Armstrong kept up with Lu Feng's every change of direction, he made Jordan behind him uncomfortable. Jordan couldn't figure it out. Can you, Armstrong, guard Lu Feng?

No, you don’t have the ability, you know!
Every time Jordan tried to step forward to block Lu Feng, he was blocked at least half of his body by Armstrong who suddenly changed direction, which made him distressed. In less than 2 seconds, the anger in Jordan's heart began to grow.

Finally, when Lu Feng changed direction again and jumped to the left of Jordan, Jordan was about to step forward to press him. As a result, Armstrong moved sideways to block half of his body. Jordan couldn't bear it anymore and stretched out his hands to push away. Armstrong.

"Get out of here, you rookie!"

When he was pushed away from the back by Jordan, Armstrong was stunned. He couldn't figure out why Jordan was still angry when he was so serious about guarding.

Jordan: Can I not be angry? Just because you put an Armstrong in front of me, Lu Feng didn't directly fight because he was giving me face!

Lu Feng didn't care what Jordan and Armstrong thought, but he knew that this was his chance to complete his breakthrough!

Lu Feng seized the opportunity and changed direction and rushed directly to the weak side of Jordan's center of gravity. Jordan failed to adjust and his footsteps instantly became chaotic.

When Jordan was struggling to adjust his center of gravity and trying to keep up with Lu Feng, Lu Feng used another mediocre move to change direction and break through, which once again tortured Jordan's ankles and knees!

Although Jordan wanted to prevent Lu Feng from breaking through, his center of gravity had not yet been adjusted. His body was following the command of his brain and he had to make a second adjustment immediately. His ankles and knees, which could not stand his boss's unreasonable troubles, finally couldn't accept it and lodged a protest!

After Jordan turned his knees and ankles, he instantly felt that his lower limbs had lost all feeling and strength. His legs bounced up like twisted twists, and then his body completely lost control...

Just like that, after pushing Armstrong away, Jordan was tricked by Lu Feng's two consecutive changes of direction, and performed a standard Japanese flat fall in front of 2 spectators and nearly 3000 million TV viewers in North America!
Although Jordan still did not give up his defense against Lu Feng after losing his center of gravity, he reached out his hand to grab Lu Feng's jersey when he fell. However, as his jaw hit the floor violently, he felt pain for a moment. He also subconsciously let go of his hand.

After the resistance on the jersey disappeared, Lu Feng broke through and entered the penalty area without any obstruction. After two steps, he took off directly. He twisted his body to collect the ball to avoid Cartwright's help to block the shot. After pulling the lever, Carolina made a powerful side dunk. Smash the ball in—boom! ! !

"HOLY... No, this is not true!"

"What did I see, Lark knocked Michael down? No, tell me this is not true. How could Michael be knocked down?"

Before the audience could recover...

Beep beep beep!
The referee also blew his whistle at the right time, and then mercilessly gave Cartwright a blocking foul!
Cartwright raised his right hand helplessly, indicating that he accepted the referee's call.

Although Lu Feng was given a chance to score three points, everyone still knew that the responsibility did not lie with Cartwright. No one expected that Jordan and Armstrong's defense would be so easily broken down by Lu Feng. Cartwright's coordination The anti-blocking was only completing his task of protecting the basket. The reason why he failed to do a good job was because Lu Feng accelerated from accelerating to completing the breakthrough. This process was too fast and he could not react.

Cartwright looked at Jordan with pity. It was because he was a teammate that he knew how terrifying Jordan's strength was. That's why the impact on his heart was so great when he saw Jordan knocked down. In the end, he couldn't control his body. , failed to prevent Lu Feng from dunking and also made a mistake and was fouled.

In the past, Jordan tortured his opponents and teammates in a fancy way, but now Jordan himself would suffer such humiliation. Maybe this is the so-called tit-for-tat...

Before Cartwright could finish his sigh, he saw Jordan, who was being pulled up by his teammates, looking a little confused, and he also signaled the referee and coach the Bulls to make substitutions and a timeout.

After being pulled up by his teammates, Jordan immediately felt something was wrong. His mouth was sore and spicy, with a smell of blood. After a simple bite, he could feel that several teeth had become loose, and one of them was even broken. It was completely misplaced. It was obvious that he had hit hard just now.

Jordan pursed his lips and then spat. Although he was a little reluctant, no one on the basketball court in the 90s would care about this...

After Jordan spat out his saliva, everyone could clearly see the bright red color among the foam. Lu Feng didn't see Jordan's chin hit the ground, and was a little shocked that he had made Jordan vomit blood in just a blink of an eye.

"Hey Michael, don't tell me you're not playing anymore. This is my first finals. A championship like this will make me feel unfulfilled, you know?"

Lu Feng didn't know what was going on, but he thought Jordan had injured his internal organs. As he said, he would rather give it to Jordan than win against a Bulls team without Jordan.

"Shut up and take your free throws, Asian yellow-skinned rookie. I will remember what you did!"

Lu Feng also scored a free throw, successfully raising his personal score to 39 points. He was only 40 point away from 1 points in a single game in the finals. There were 11 minutes and 40 seconds left in the game. Everyone knew that Lu Feng was about to complete his debut in the finals with 40+ points or even more. An achievement of 50+, but at this time, no one, whether it was the commentators or the audience, paid attention to this topic. Everyone focused on the Bulls' bench.The Sonics have nothing to arrange here, so even the Sonics are paying attention to Jordan's injury.

Lu Feng also learned from his teammates what had just happened. He could probably guess that Jordan probably had a tooth problem.

Although he guessed the general truth, Lu Feng was completely unprepared for what would happen next. After a quarrel with team doctor John Heverton, Jordan made a move that no one expected. He put his finger into his mouth. After a painful expression, he took out a bloody tooth!
John Heverton was horrified by Jordan's actions, and his curses instantly covered the entire arena.

But after Jordan simply wiped his tears with a towel, he simply said: "John, stop the bleeding quickly. Someone can help me find a brace. I have to finish it before the timeout ends!"

Lu Feng was completely frightened by Jordan's display of ferocity. The opponent really risked his life for the sake of the game. Even Jordan couldn't control his tears. He couldn't believe how painful it was when the opponent pulled out his teeth. It was indeed for freedom. Even Lu Feng, his opponent, admired Jordan at this time for a man who "loved basketball" while playing basketball.

Although Jordan's will is admirable, the Bulls' team doctor had to wipe his ass for his reckless behavior. It only took 4 minutes to treat the wound. By the time Jordan walked back to the locker room and returned to the court again, 4 minutes of game time had passed. For more than a minute, the Bulls, whose morale was greatly reduced, failed to hold on to the 1-point difference. Not only did they overtake the score, the point difference was also widened to 6 points by the SuperSonics!
When the Bulls' morale was flagging and the fans at the scene were on the verge of collapse, Jordan returned as a hero after treating his wounds and gave the audience a shot of chicken blood.

Lu Feng looked at the fans' excited expressions and had to lament that the NBA really exaggerated the atmosphere, but he didn't think Jordan could reverse a 7-point deficit in just 6 minutes.

But Jordan didn't think so. As soon as he returned to the game, he started trash-talking Lu Feng.

"You're still a little short, 6 points... I thought you would be at least 10 points ahead in the few minutes I was gone. Since you failed to seize the opportunity, remember not to blame me after losing!"

Lu Feng was speechless. His teeth were falling out and he still had to speak harshly. He didn't even know how to complain.

"Don't be so harsh, Michael. If you can, try it. Be careful with your teeth. I don't want you to have trouble eating after the game."

"Very well...I've given you many opportunities, but why do you keep irritating me again and again!

I promise you here that as long as I am still here, you will always win the championship!
Boy, that's what you get for pissing me off and ruining one of my teeth, and I'll make you understand! "

"Haha...are you kidding? It's not my problem that you have lost your teeth. Who told you to never wear braces to compete?

Oh, in addition to not wearing braces, you also seem to like to stick out your tongue in various ways. You should really wake up. You only broke your teeth and not your tongue, otherwise you wouldn't even be able to talk to me here! "

The rumors that a broken tongue will make you mute and that a broken tongue will kill you are rumors that came from the United States. Various rumors were popular in the United States in the 90s, and ordinary people believed them, so it was absolutely okay for Lu Feng to say this.

Jordan's dislike of wearing braces and his tendency to stick out his tongue and lead children into mischief has been criticized once and twice, and there are indeed many people who have been misled by him. Lu Feng naturally said that he couldn't stand it.

For athletes, physical health has always been the first priority. Lu Feng said that he could not understand the behavior of Jordan, who made suicide a trend.

Lu Feng didn't take Jordan's trash talk to heart. In his opinion, as long as he was with the SuperSonics, it was completely nonsense for Jordan to help the Bulls turn around in the last 7 minutes.

Lu Feng has played 38 minutes so far and has already scored a double-double of 41+7+11. Not only did he get 40+ in his debut in the finals, he even had the opportunity to challenge a 40+ triple-double. It doesn’t matter what his condition is. Word.

In the few minutes when Jordan was absent, the Bulls could be described as being in a state of panic against Lu Feng. In order to defend Lu Feng, they ignored the rest of the SuperSonics and allowed Lu Feng to send out assists one after another, scoring 40+10 early.

Now Lu Feng dares to say whether he will score or pass to assist his teammates next. The Bulls have no way to judge. In addition, their morale has already fallen and been underestimated. It cannot be saved by Jordan...

Lu Feng: Do you need me to say more? 6 points, 7 points in 6 minutes, if this can be overturned, I will just...

Carlisle: That's right!Throughout the whole process, Lu Feng faced the injured Jordan, the advantage was mine!
Swish - beep beep!

“The buzzer beater, in the last second of the game, Michael Jordan hit a three-pointer that killed the SuperSonics!
This was a real buzzer-beater, there was no time, he didn't give the Sonics any chance, any!

The ball did not time out, Michael Jordan's three-pointer was effective, 111:112, the Bulls had the last laugh, they won the first game of the Finals!
From being injured to returning as a hero, when Michael Jordan returned to the court, the Bulls were still 6 points behind, but in the last 7 minutes, he hit 9 goals in 8 shots and scored a terrifying 21 points in a single quarter!
At the same time, he also got 1 steal and 2 blocks against Luck in the fourth quarter. He proved with his actions that Michael Jordan is the real No. 1 in the league!
This is the Bulls, this is the defending champion, this is Michael Jordan! "

The roar at the end of the game sounded, and Lu Feng froze on the spot, his mind going blank...

Lose, that’s it?

He couldn't understand why Jordan, who had only scored 3 points in the first three quarters and whose performance was obviously not as good as his own, could still have such an explosion in the last few minutes.

7 minutes and 21 minutes... Lu Feng felt his scalp go numb when he thought about his 1 steal and 2 blocks.

"What, are you already doubting yourself, kid?

Don't be discouraged too early. After all, this is just the beginning. We still have many games to play, and your despair has just begun!
Cheer up, it's too early for me to lose interest, you're a good loser and I'm looking forward to it. "

Lu Feng helplessly spit out his braces and bit his mouth, unable to say anything.

He finished the game with 48 points, 8 rebounds and 12 assists. His performance was actually pretty good. However, in the last 7 minutes, he only scored 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist against Jordan. However, he made 2 turnovers and was blocked twice. Lu Feng understood that such a performance was a disservice to his teammates and their trust in him.

He took most of the team's possessions, but failed to lead the team to victory in the end. This failure is undoubtedly his responsibility.

Although it is the home court of the Bulls, Lu Feng will not attribute the problem to the advantages and disadvantages of home and away. After all, he took 15 free throws in the game, only one less than Jordan. The SuperSonics and Bulls had 29 free throws and 27 respectively. Times, the Sonics even had two more, and the referee's call was without any favoritism.

If you lose, you lose. Lu Feng has nothing to say. Being choked by Jordan, he can only suffer in silence and put his anger into the next game to get it back.

However, the first game of the playoffs was full of twists and turns. The two teams competed for the lead, and in the end, Jordan made a buzzer-beating shot. This result made Lu Feng extremely depressed. He had to admit that he wanted to win on the stage of the finals. The difficulty of taking victory away from Jordan's hands was like pulling a tooth out of a tiger's mouth. It was indeed not easy.

But precisely because of this, the joy of defeating his opponent in the end was also satisfying. After Lu Feng figured it out, he knew that he could not be deterred by Jordan just because of one defeat, and he should not be discouraged by it.

Lu Feng had tasted the price of irritating Jordan, but since Jordan used it as a background to kill, Lu Feng had to let the other party know the price of irritating him!

When the two hugged each other, Lu Feng had already regained his confidence. Before leaving, he said to Jordan: "I'm not as good as you in this game. I'm convinced if I lose. But it's not that easy for me to give up. We'll see, Michael. See you in the next game!”

After Lu Feng regained his energy, he realized that he was not the only one who was depressed. Except for Supersonic, the others were no better than he was just now. They all lowered their heads in despair. It seemed that they were disappointed by being killed. It is unacceptable to everyone.

"What's wrong, guys, why are you all looking down?
The responsibility for the loss is not yours, it was me who didn't play well in the last quarter. If I am depressed, I should be the one who is depressed!
I won’t let you bear my fault. This game is over. Whether it’s me or you, all we have to do now is prepare for the next game...

I didn't play well and we lost. I'm very sad, but I promise this is the last time. I know that I am not weaker than anyone else, and I hope you are too! "

Seeing that the others finally had some energy, Lu Feng also breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he discovered it in time and did not let his teammates collapse.

"Okay, everyone, cheer up. It's time to go back and take a shower and attend the press conference. You don't need to worry about anything. No one will be worse off than me, right?"

(End of this chapter)