Chapter 686 - 58: Teammate_4

This time, Gan Guoyang let the ball go, otherwise Jordan would have had an extra 2+1.

The score reached 94:95, the Bulls took a 1-point lead.

Petrović tried to save face with a three-pointer, but his shot missed.

Under the basket, Gan Guoyang grabbed an offensive rebound, turned around with the ball, and scored with a two-handed reverse dunk!

96:95, the Trail Blazers regained the lead.

The Trail Blazers stuck to one-on-one defense against Jordan, but in the final stage, it was Ah Gan who was defending him.

Jordan couldn’t defend Ah Gan one-on-one, but Ah Gan could pull out to defend Jordan on the outside—although the effect wasn’t particularly good.

Because Jordan’s explosiveness is very strong, he isn’t Bird, he isn’t Magic Johnson; speed and explosiveness are his great advantages.

But there was no choice, other than Ah Gan, there wasn’t a better option, and the two engaged in a duel.

The entire Chicago Stadium erupted, Jordan dribbled the ball, watching the clock, less than 1 minute left in the game.

Gan Guoyang lowered his center to guard against Jordan’s breakthrough, but after dribbling for two seconds, Jordan suddenly took a mid-range jump shot—tonight Jordan’s mid-range was very accurate.

The ball swished through the net, a precise hit, 96:97, the Bulls took the lead again.

Chicago Stadium exploded, a simple mid-range shot, but it thrilled the fans.

With that shot, not only did the Bulls take the lead, but Jordan also scored his 50th point of the game.

Scoring 50 points over Ah Gan was very significant for Jordan.

At this moment, even Pippen, who was begrudging inside, looked at Jordan with admiration.

Really impressive, for many players facing Ah Gan, there’s a lot of pressure shooting the ball.

After all, Pippen himself wouldn’t dare to play one-on-one against Ah Gan, highly likely to be blocked.

Trail Blazers didn’t call a timeout, Beelman also left the game to the players.

Petrović stayed in the game, now controlling the ball he used his speed to break through Jordan’s defense.

Driving all the way to the basket, drawing the defense, he passed to Sabonis cutting into the middle lane.

Sabonis, like a setter in volleyball, lightly touched the ball, tossing it to the sprinting Gan Guoyang on the side.

Gan Guoyang caught the ball, jumped up, and managed a one-handed slam dunk over Horace Grant! 98:97!

Sabonis as usual, could magically pass, giving a very beautiful assist.

Gan Guoyang scored his 40th point of the game.

Scoring only 5 points in the first half, he erupted for 35 points in the second half.

Phil Jackson also didn’t call a timeout, completely leaving it to the players to handle.

The Trail Blazers players all knew the ball would go to Jordan, but no one could stop him!

Driving on the left, with a hard drive, facing the defense of four Trail Blazers players, Jordan in mid-air leaned back and dodged, avoiding Ah Gan’s block, shot the ball, and it went in!

Jordan was extremely excited after scoring, energetically waving his arms, 98:99, the Bulls again led by 1 point.

But he didn’t get carried away, immediately retreated on defense, leaving the Trail Blazers just 8 seconds.

Jordan knew, Ah Gan had the ability to end the game, he didn’t want to be defeated at Chicago Stadium.

Beelman still had two timeouts in hand, still didn’t call them, still left it to the players, not giving the Bulls a chance to set up the last defense.

The usually calm Phil Jackson finally couldn’t sit still, stood by the court shouting defensive directions.

Everyone was on tenterhooks.

Inbound play, the Bulls defending full court.

Porter quickly crossed half-court, using Sabonis’s screen to shake off the defense.

But once past half-court, the Bulls started pressing, began double-teaming.

Absolutely no mistakes!

Porter passed the ball to Sabonis for the transition.

At that moment, Sabonis’s large hands like suction cups, and his tower-like height, allowed him to keep control of the ball, preventing any mistakes.

Sabonis turned his head, everyone knew he was looking for Ah Gan, and all the Bulls players’ attention was on Ah Gan.

Gan Guoyang stood near the three-point line, ready to attack once he received the ball, Jordan, Pippen, Grant, all eyes were on him.

But then, Sabonis suddenly sent a direct pass to the basket, to the cutting Petrović’s hands!

Petrović dodged Jordan’s defense, found a gap under the Bulls’ basket, successfully received Sabonis’s pass, and scored a layup!

At the instant of scoring, the game-ending buzzer sounded, the score settled at 100:99, the Trail Blazers with a 1-point advantage defeated the Bulls!

The Chicago Bulls were suddenly defeated, killed by the connection between Sabonis and Petrović, something no one expected.

After scoring, Trail Blazers players cheered, hugged, and left the court, leaving the Bulls players and Jordan to taste the bitterness of defeat.

Lost again, lost to the Trail Blazers, lost to Ah Gan.

Jordan stood on the court, hands on hips, engulfed by negative emotions.

Suddenly, someone wrapped an arm around Jordan’s shoulders, departing with him from the soon dispersing crowd in the stadium.

It was Pippen, he said to Jordan: "We will win eventually, they just got lucky."

Jordan looked at Pippen, nodded, patted his shoulder, and the two walked side by side back to the locker room.