Chapter 788 - 246: Then Let’s Run the Pick and Roll!

But after Jordan passed Doug Christie, he stopped abruptly just inside the three-point line and made a jump shot!

to 104, the gap widened again to over 5 points.

The hearts of the fans at the scene, which were just on edge, immediately relaxed after Jordan scored.

They have Michael Jordan!

Kenny Anderson completely gave up dribbling. This scene, it’s too familiar, that omnipotent gentleman is here! He chooses to believe in the light!

Suddenly, they’ve entered the phase where the stars are competing against each other, something Zhang Hao didn’t expect, but now he feels completely at ease, with no pressure, just excitement!

This time Jordan didn’t apply pressing defense, although he wasn’t inferior to Zhang Hao in weight and strength, Zhang Hao’s solid elbow stance and unexpectedly steady dribbling made him simply retreat to the backcourt, waiting for Zhang Hao to come.

Seeing Zhang Hao approach the three-point line, although Zhang Hao was still a meter away from it, Jordan decided to rush up immediately, only a meter beyond the current three-point line, actually just half a meter beyond the former three-point line!

Zhang Hao hesitated not at all. He reached a meter beyond the three-point line, at the same top arc position as earlier, and directly grabbed the ball and shot!

Jordan’s rush was quick, and Zhang Hao was indeed blocked from his shooting line, but he was prepared and jumped back, aiming for the backward jump!

Facing Jordan’s defense, Zhang Hao made a backward three-pointer again!

The Zen Master stood up and called a timeout!

Four consecutive three-pointers! In a short span of 1 minute and 26 seconds, Zhang Hao scored 12 points, increasing his personal score to 46 points... 22 points this quarter!

to 110, the Lakers narrowed the gap to 3 points!

At this time, Bulls players’ emotions were not fear or surprise at how accurate Zhang Hao was... but rather felt it was absurd!

The fans at the scene were also hit into silence; even the mood to boo was gone!

They’ve faced similar climaxes from opponents before, but have never seen a style of play like Zhang Hao’s!

One three-pointer after another from beyond the line that seemed unlikely to even be shots, yet they went in!

Now, the emotions of the Bulls players are just like those of the Warriors players 18 years later.

Not only the Bulls players, but even the Lakers players were dumbfounded.

Looking at Zhang Hao, who combed his hair back over his head and walked towards the bench... his teammates were stunned!

Wait, does this mean there’s a chance for a turnaround?

Then, seeing the score difference of 3 points... his teammates got excited!

Really, they’re going to turn the situation around!

Both teams’ coaches are somewhat flustered now, the Zen Master was thinking half a minute ago that he had Jordan... then, the gap was 3 points!

On the other side, Del Harris was trying hard to calm himself down; he too was stunned by Zhang Hao’s performance over the past 1.5 minutes.

But he must calm down, adjust... how adjust?

He’s indeed very good at making adjustments in the direction of expanding advantages, but he has never seen a style of play like Zhang Hao’s before!

Was Zhang Hao playing pick-and-roll just now?

Then play pick-and-roll!

...

After the timeout returned, the Bulls substituted Ron Harper for Steve Kerr to strengthen the defense.

The Bulls players looked at the opposing lineup... What a joke?

Zhang Hao, Doug Christie, George Lynch, Barkley, O’Neal... no organizational core! Kenny Anderson, the Magician, Brian Shaw, not a single one!

Bulls attack, Jordan chose to back down this time after making several breakthroughs, needing a breather.

But even for a breather, facing George Lynch and Doug Christie’s double-team, Jordan still relied on a turnaround breakthrough for a close-range jump shot and scored two points.

With the offense-defense switch, the Lakers attacked, finally snapping out of their daze from being hit, the deeply feared fans at the scene began to boo Zhang Hao loudly.

Zhang Hao advanced to the frontcourt, and the defender became Pippen, who pressed straight out beyond the three-point line to defend.

Barkley came up to help Zhang Hao block Pippen, Rodman came out first, not giving Zhang Hao a chance to shoot a three-pointer, this time the extended defense was very thorough.

Zhang Hao didn’t force it, using Barkley’s pick-and-roll to break through, brushed past Rodman after the pick-and-roll, and directly attacked the inside.

Jordan also moved in to assist!

Changing direction was difficult, Zhang Hao immediately chose to turn around in-motion, leaning toward Jordan, and before Rodman caught up, flipped quickly, and shot...

When it was shot, Rodman, who rushed over after turning, hit Zhang Hao still in the air.

Zhang Hao almost fell, but it didn’t affect his shot.

Accompanied by the basketball sinking into the basket and the referee’s whistle, Rodman committed a shooting foul on Zhang Hao, his shot was valid and adds a free throw!

Seeing Zhang Hao walk up to the free throw line for an additional shot and score, and the score reaching 112 to 110, the lead dwindled to just two points...

What’s more, Zhang Hao’s personal score rose to 49 points, and he reached 25 points in this quarter alone!

That’s not even the scariest part.

Jordan’s already at 44 points, secured 17 in the final quarter, scored continuously for several rounds without missing a shot.

But Zhang Hao is scarier, scoring 15 points over the past 5 rounds!

Even Jordan is dumbfounded when encountering such a situation.

Perhaps affected by emotions, perhaps the Lakers’ good defense, maybe it’s time to miss, Jordan’s consecutive scoring ended, and he missed in a solo play!

Barkley protected the rebound and passed to Zhang Hao, who then advanced to the frontcourt...

What exactly does it mean when one person completely stretches the space?

Before Zhang Hao reached the three-point line, a meter away, Jordan and Pippen both rushed to double-team him!

Zhang Hao swiftly raised the ball and stood on tiptoe, forcefully protecting it!

Barkley immediately cut into the interior, Zhang Hao directed the ball toward the left side of the three-second zone when Jordan jumped up to steal the ball. Barkley caught the ball, attracted the defense, and made a secondary pass, O’Neal slammed it in with an alley-oop dunk!

On the sidelines, Del Harris looked at the strongest players on his team collaborating.

The cooperation was good, reminiscent of the first quarter’s unstoppable dominance.

But this cooperation is too bizarre!