Compared with the Bulls, the Magic's bench lineup is overall stronger, but the presence of Ben Gordon prevents the Bulls from falling behind offensively.

"Scotty and Dennis haven't played tonight. This is the first time in the playoffs. Isn't Stan going to let them play?" Kenny Smith looked at the Magic bench.

Rodman and Pippen were talking to Linson, while Stan Van Gundy was standing on the sidelines with his hands on his waist. The paunchy Van Gundy looked quite stylish.

At the end of the third quarter, the Magic, playing at home, led the Bulls 84:82. With such a small point difference, the fourth quarter will undoubtedly be a fierce battle for every point.

"I knew that Stan would not let Scotty and Dennis play. Stan replaced them at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Their physical fitness was limited. The first few minutes of the fourth quarter were undoubtedly critical. In fact, Chicago's playoffs

There is also a lack of experience. The experience of Scottie and Dennis may play a role. For Orlando, as long as they stick to the starting lineup, it will be a victory." Charles Barkley saw the start of the fourth quarter from the commentary box.

The lineup said.

The on-site director immediately focused his attention on Michael Jordan on the sidelines. Jordan clapped his hands gently and at least seemed happy that his old teammate was playing.

"What you said is good, Charles, but Orlando's lineup seems to be a bit older. Not only Scotty and Dennis, but even Chriss continues to stay on the court. Could it be that Stan wants to use the inside combination of Dennis and Chriss to block Chicago's attack?"

Impact? With Eddie and four veterans, I am really worried about Orlando." Kenny Smith said.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Bulls sent P.J. Brown as the inside center, and rookie Tyrus Thomas as the power forward. The small forward was Nocchione, the shooting guard was Thabo Sefolosha, and the point guard was

Chris Duhon.

At least from the perspective of the lineup, the Bulls are more energetic and impactful except for Brown inside. Chinese fans on the other side of the ocean are also worried about the Magic's lineup. Although the four veterans were all star-level figures when they were young, after all, they are already ten years old.

It happened about a year ago.

"Kenny, don't worry. They are old, but it doesn't mean they are incapable. Look, everyone in the Magic is worried." Barkley said with a smile.

As the referee blew the whistle, Chris Webber passed the ball to Devin Brown.

The Bulls did not press from the beginning. Instead, they waited for the Magic to dribble to the frontcourt before starting to press one-on-one.

Although Devin Brown slipped and achieved Tracy McGrady's astonishing 35 seconds and 13 points two years ago, this does not mean that his ability is poor.

Facing Duhon's pressing, Brown dribbled the ball calmly and finally handed the ball to Pippen.

Noccioni pressed forward while Pippen was catching the ball, but Pippen was not worried at all. After his body collided with Noccioni's, Pippen pulled the ball and slowly leaned against Noccioni.

Directly force the cut.

"Oh, Scottie actually made a breakthrough. This is grandpa's breakthrough!" Buckley said with a smile.

Noccioni's defense made up for it quickly. But just when he caught up with Pippen again, Pippen pulled the ball with his right hand.

"Scottie passed the ball behind the back!" Kenny Smith shouted loudly. He was completely amazed by Pippen's pass.

I saw the ball hit the ground in the middle and then went straight to the other side of the basket, and the person who pulled it there was Chris Webber.

Pippen's pass was really unexpected, but when PJ Brown on the inside reacted, Chris Webber had already thrown the ball immediately.

The ball passed over P.J. Brown who hurriedly blocked the shot and flew to the basket not far away.

"Chris' mid-range shooting strength is still there. He is one of the contributors to Orlando's second place in the Eastern Conference this season. Let me take a look at Chris's statistics this season." Kenny Smith said while flipping through the pages. "Oh, I found it.

Well, Chriss played 35 games in Orlando after being bought out by Philadelphia this season, averaging 10.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 28 minutes per game. Anyone with a sound mind knows how valuable such data is.

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"There is no way, Chris obviously sees the endless potential in Orlando, otherwise he would not just take a 1+1 veteran's basic salary of 3.8 million instead of choosing the mid-level contract in Dallas and Detroit. Facts have proved that Chris's vision is correct.

." Barkley added.

At this time, the Bulls had quickly counterattacked as everyone feared. Facing the Bulls' fast counterattack, the aging Magic did have some problems with retreating. However, the veterans were experienced and successfully returned to defense before the Bulls successfully launched a fast break.

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Chris Duhon faced Devin Brown with the ball, and after a series of crotch moves, he directly used Noccioni's screen to get rid of Brown's defense.

Facing Pippen's defense, Duhong directly passed the ball back to Noccioni, who was covering for him. However, at this moment, Noccioni had moved from the high post to outside the three-point line at the top of the arc, the closest to him.

It's Eddie Jones.

Noccioni averaged less than 26 minutes per game this season and was able to score 15 points and 6 rebounds. One can imagine how efficient he is. Moreover, Noccioni can play both inside and outside, playing three points per game.

Nearly 4 times, the hit rate is still as high as 39%.

Noccioni, who received the pass, threw the ball directly without thinking. However, Eddie Jones's defense was so active that he successfully interfered with Noccioni the moment he took action.

"Rebound!" Noccioni felt it himself and immediately shouted to the inside line.

Tyrus Thomas did not compete with Rodman for position. Instead, he took a step forward and jumped up. His hands went straight to the ball that bounced off the frame.

"What does rookie Tyrus want to do? Dunk on Dennis?" Kenny Smith said as he looked at Tyrus Thomas flying in the air towards the basket.

Bang!

Thomas' body collided with Rodman in front of him. Instead of knocking Rodman away, Thomas felt that Rodman, who had been retired for so many years and had come back, was not faked out.

"Boy, you're still young!" Rodman pulled the ball down with his right hand, turned around and said disdainfully to Tyrus Thomas.

The Magic counterattacked quickly. However, the Magic failed to score this time. Tyrus Thomas flew up and grabbed the defensive rebound. The Bulls returned to the offensive end and finally Sefolosha made a two-pointer from the high post, but the ball failed.

He got into the basket but bounced to Chris Webber's side.

But this time, Tyrus Thomas grabbed an offensive rebound and directed the ball back to the basket with his right hand.

86:84, the Magic still only led by a slim margin of 2 points.

In the next game, the Magic's old guys used their actions to tell everyone that they were not old yet. Thanks to their efforts, the Magic were inextricably tied with the young Chicago Bulls.

When the game reached 8 minutes and 15 seconds, Chris Webber caused a foul on Tyrus Thomas. Since neither team used timeouts before the fourth quarter, the game entered the official timeout at this moment.

"Official timeout, the result of the game is still unknown. This official timeout is very important to both sides. It is estimated that after this official timeout, both sides will gradually change into the starting lineup. The next step will be the real decisive moment."

Kenny Smith said.

"Chris played very smart just now. Tyrus is still too young. In fact, he defended very well just now and was about to succeed, but Chris made a thug foul. This is experience. I think a lot

No one expected that the old guys were not defeated by the young bulls in nearly four minutes, but still maintained a slight lead." Barkley added with a smile.

The official timeout lasted 100 seconds. It was very important for both sides, but the 100 seconds passed quickly, and as the whistle blew, the players on both sides walked to the court.

"Both sides have made substitution adjustments, but Orlando did not replace Wood. Chicago replaced veteran PJ with GBen, replaced Sabo with Kirk, Lohr and Ben Gordon, and An

Therese and Chris Duhon.

Orlando replaced Dennis with Darko, and replaced Devin and Eddie with Carlos and Grant. In terms of lineup, Chicago has almost the entire main lineup, while Orlando only has Grant in the starting lineup tonight.

Judging from the lineup, there is no doubt that Orlando is at a disadvantage again, but everyone thought so at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but in fact the result is not that, maybe the result will be the same this time." Kenny Smith said while looking at the sidelines.

Chris Webber, who stood on the free throw line, hit the first free throw and made a solid hit on the second free throw. At 92:90, the Magic led by a slim margin of 2 points.

Hinrich controlled the ball and came to the frontcourt and passed the ball directly to Ben Gordon who came up to catch the ball. Gordon performed well in the second half and immediately signaled after receiving the ball.

Ben Wallace on the inside saw Ben Gordon's gesture and immediately understood what Ben Gordon was thinking and ran directly to the high post.

When Ben Wallace ran to the high post, Ben Gordon also suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the Magic's interior. Ben Gordon's rush was so fast that Grant Hill, who was guarding him, couldn't move.

Can't keep up at all.

Almost without using Ben Wallace's screen, Gordon got rid of Grant Hill's defense. Milicic did not follow Ben Wallace out. After all, Ben Wallace's offensive methods were better than Howard's.

It would be better to see Gordon break through with the help of Ben Wallace's screen, and Milicic immediately moved his feet to cover the defense.

Looking at Milicic who was defending him, Ben Gordon showed no fear and continued to rush over.

Ben Gordon's center of gravity was very low during the impact, and he looked like he was about to fall over. This made Milicic's defense somewhat difficult.

However, Milicic saw that he could not judge and simply raised his arms high to effectively protect the Magic's inside line.

However, Ben Gordon, a well-known genius in the league, completely ignored Milicic in front of him and jumped directly towards Milicic.

Milicic did not dare to press down casually but kept his arms as straight as possible to avoid being fouled by Ben Gordon.

Milicic did the right thing. Seeing that Ben Gordon could not find the opportunity to play 2+1, he threw the basketball with one hand across Milicic.

"Block him!" Many Magic fans shouted loudly, they were looking forward to Milicic giving Ben Gordon a hot block.

However, the basketball left Ben. Gordon's palm did not go as they expected but flew past Milicic's palm. After flying past the palm of his hand, the ball in the air fell directly to the basket behind Milicic.

Whoosh!

There was a clear sound of the net being wiped, and the few Bulls fans on the sidelines were excited.

"A direct throw. It was really an unreasonable throw. I would give him a block because of this shot. However, the arc of the ball was too high. Ben Gordon's goal directly helped Chicago catch up with the score.

"Kenny Smith muttered.

After scoring the goal, Ben Gordon stood under the Magic basket and glared at Milicic, then beat his chest hard and roared loudly.

"It looks wild, but this is the center of the water house." Before Barkley could finish his words, huge boos rang out from the center of the water house.

However, instead of turning a deaf ear, Ben Gordon made a more provocative move and directly put his right hand to his ear.

"Oh, Gordon is really crazy this time. He actually openly provoked the Orlando fans." Kenny Smith felt incredible.

Scott Scholes clapped his hands and gave Ben Gordon a thumbs up.

Stan Van Gundy frowned, this situation was somewhat beyond his expectation: "Wood is ready to play at any time."

"No problem!" Lin Sen stood up and walked to the technical table. He sat down directly on the technical table and waited for the opportunity to play when the ball was dead.

"Stan quickly made the decision to make substitutions and adjustments. Wood will appear on the next dead ball or timeout. However, looking at this situation, Wood will appear on the next dead ball opportunity. Obviously Gordon's outburst just now made Stan worried."
To be continued...