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00:00Opening up people because of solid screens. We saw the officials this evening and those men will have their hands full tonight
00:08We are underway for Chicago Stadium
00:12Now with Detroit very methodical. They like to get James Edwards going early
00:19Remember in game one Detroit fell behind by 12 early on as Dumars hits the first shot
00:24Now if Michael Jordan did not trail Dumars that time it would have been a two-man game
00:28Dumars and James Edwards
00:31We saw in the open two large only nine points in game one
00:35Right in the middle this time comes up a little short
00:39Goes in hard to land here and that'll be an offensive foul on Cartwright. Good call that time. This is a an interesting matchup Edwards and
00:48Cartwright Detroit needs Edwards to score Chicago needs Cartwright out on the floor for the rebounding and also because he does such an excellent job at
00:56Keeping people off
00:58Their defensive board
01:00This is we're talking baby. They need a little more hate factor coming into the game is
01:06You try to take him off the dribble
01:08This is the test right here
01:10Scotty Pippen in the open floor
01:12Can Detroit get back quickly
01:14Dennis Rodman will always be giving him five to twenty feet he must catch up to him stop the dribble and and force them
01:23Back into their half-court offense coming over on the bus the Detroit players were telling us they were passing around an article or Michael Jordan said
01:30Detroit plays dirty as Thomas takes it inside for two and that's a good sign for Chuck Bailey
01:35That's a big sign anytime that I say go down in there and it elevate he said that he feels he can get into the paint
01:41The problem is I do not think that I can get the lift off to complete the play
01:48Jordan continuing his shooting woes
01:50shooting just above forty percent for the playoffs and he's great likes to get James Edwards going early
02:03Rodman over the back of grant will be listening for his personal
02:07Grants in for a long night any time that you have Rodman as your assignment
02:12You know that he's going to be over the offensive boards
02:15He's averaging over four a game in the playoffs just like he did during the season in leading the league in offensive rebounding
02:22Chicago 0-3 from the floor
02:25About fifty percent in game one for the playoffs they're shooting at even fifty percent
02:32Plenty of time here six seconds
02:35Shot comes up short he has an 0-4 going 0-2 here comes Thomas on the break
02:39Were we worried about Zeke elevating? What a pass inside Rodman can't hold on to him
02:44But he's showing a lot more mobility than he did in practice this morning
02:50Chuck Daly five straight 50 win seasons
02:53Led the Pistons
02:59Jordan has to dish off action for two
03:05Chicago has outstanding spacing on the opposite side of where the action is
03:10Now we will see full-court pressing on and off by Chicago. They give you the quick track right there
03:18Nobody really came to help Isaiah
03:22Paxson again
03:29Chicago's transition game is so outstanding because you have Jordan and Pippen in the middle of the floor with the ball and then they will stop by the dime and kick the ball wide
03:37To either Paxson or Hodges his substitute spotting up for a two or a three very difficult to cover
03:45Good game for Detroit. They don't want to go down to all in this series only seven teams have come back to two or deficits and game twos are so much different than game one
03:53That clock goes off the ball and there's talking going on
04:00Third Detroit turnover already
04:04Detroit just outstanding during the course of the playoffs. They're only averaging 10 turnovers
04:11And that's there in quite a few ballgames
04:13The ballgames
04:23Terrific he not only shot the shot he's he knew that he's gonna miss he came right up over Edwards is back for that time
04:30Six straight points for Chicago is drew Dumars answers with his fourth of the ballgame
04:34We were tied at 6 8 20 left in the first good sign for Detroit Joe is being very aggressive from the offensive end that will keep Jordan busy at both ends
04:46Chicago has won only one playoff series versus Detroit back in 1974
04:52That was in the first round shot clock at three Pippen has to launch it up and he's got it
04:57This series has quite a few outstanding three-point shooters
05:05Chicago one of the best teams in the league they shoot at about 35 percent on threes. That's very very good in this leg
05:15The defense by Chicago Edwards has us tripped away three on two
05:20Rodman hustles back with the ball still the loss to the Bulls with 20 on the shot clock time right Rodman having a long way to come
05:27I'll just watch this see what's different gets the ball out of the way
05:30Rodman has got to honor the fact that he can drive but Pippen will launch the long jump shots. He's an excellent three-point shooter
05:41Dumars on Jordan doesn't clear out
05:43Nice
05:49Even though you can get Michael and you stop him once he elevates he has incredible vision and will always deliver the pass to someone who has a better shot than him
06:00Chicago's 10-2 run has given him a 10-6 lead
06:05Thomas from outside
06:07Interesting defense that time Chicago's switching on the pick-and-roll putting Pippen on Isaiah and packs it on lambier at the top of the circle
06:18Isaiah with only 11 points, but he was the only starter a double figure Sunday afternoon. He was three of nine
06:23He already has four
06:27Six on the shot clock
06:28Pippen lets it go
06:30Rodman with the rebound pulls it away from Grant
06:33Big thing right now the Detroit Pistons are you know, they're not really smooth yet here now. Here's the switch now
06:43You see efforts has got if they're going to do that
06:50Jordan funny got all ball, but he got a piece of Joe Dumars. He's picked the first personal foul
06:54It's 628 left in the first and there's a timeout bowls by two
07:04We are going to see Scottie pivot is a freelance double team in now remember this is his man bill lamb beer
07:11So Detroit will send lamb beer long hoping to take advantage once they get the ball inbound
07:17Now you're going to see it now see they've released Pippen and he'll come and he'll help out on his trap
07:23Now that forced the turnover and at the other end of the floor Chicago scores
07:27Now what we're saying now if you're Detroit what you're hoping is that you can beat that trap
07:33Get the ball up the floor because lamb beer is spotting up in the opposite corner away from Pippen
07:39And that's a long run for Scottie during the course of an evening
07:44Look at bill lamb beer who said after the game on Sunday went in the locker room was very
07:49Moistious said if he would have just played anything they would have won the ball game Joe Dumars
07:56His first free throw, you know, yeah, that's a back glam beer up there. You know, Joe Dumars a terrific series of 89
08:03The back land beer up
08:06He only played 17 minutes because he has a problem with his knee and
08:11Sure if he would have been in there they probably would have kept them on the floor a lot more now
08:14Now we're seeing the Detroit press. It's a 2-2-1 once you get it past their court
08:19They'll match up and play man-to-man so we will have pressing at both ends of the floor after foul shots talk about big pick and roll
08:27That'll be the key in this game, too
08:33That was a good catch better than it was a pass
08:35That's it was that was a great catch because Rodman was between
08:39Pippen and that ball
08:41That was a beautiful catch in Canada
08:45Chicago now has 10 points from the frontcourt only two from the backcourt just the opposite for Chicago
08:51Thomas was shot, slotted away by Cartland
08:54Detroit's attacking but
08:58This is the guy that they've got to get off, Paxton, he's been struggling in the playoffs
09:03He's only shooting 41 percent now. We're talking about a guy who during the season shot 57 percent in two-point opportunities
09:12And he's been getting his shots. It's not that he's not getting the good shots
09:16Edwards in the lane doesn't get it
09:18The key to that play Michael Jordan coming across almost blocked that
09:24Now you've got the Chicago stadium crowd into it and that is what visiting teams try to avoid
09:29And that ball goes down inside for Detroit Michael Jordan relieves his man
09:36Once you elevate and turn for that shot
09:39Chicago on a 6-0 run they've opened up a six-point lead with 5.06
09:44Left to be played in the first quarter
09:46You're Chuck Daly you saw this happen on Sunday you dig yourself into a deep hole
09:51What is he telling his troops right now?
09:53They're obviously not going to be affected by the crowd they're a veteran team
09:56You can see in the early going they are going down in there. They're trying to establish the power game with Edwards
10:02And also isaiah has been challenging
10:05But they feel that they are getting bumped and they are not getting the early calls
10:09So there has been some exasperation like right here watch the head fake cart right over the top
10:15Great block that time by cart right, but he did get isaiah right on the art right on the wrist
10:21Now there is isaiah's man up the floor packs in wide open wide
10:28Dumars over Jordan and the rainbow comes down into the net
10:32If jones can continue to establish a perimeter game he'll keep michael at home more
10:37And michael cannot be the designated double team man
10:40That was comrade's first block of the playoffs by the way we have our first illegal defense call
10:45uh isaiah isaiah's son uh the call is on isaiah uh his man paxton was above the three-point shooting line
10:55isaiah must be above the foul line isaiah rotated down inside he cannot believe that the call was on him
11:03Talk about trying to bring it inside for detroit of course chicago out shot him in the free throw line 37 to 15 in game one
11:10He's going to trap big man big man lambeer to edward now you're going to see this one once that ball goes down inside
11:31Here it comes now the play will go now they are going to put it down in two big men trap grant
11:37Well, you cannot allow him to split your two seven footers and then take you strong to the basket without going to the floor
11:45You do not give him a possible three-point play brand who's three of three from the floor tries to get his seventh part of the ball game
11:51And he does just that watch the press now put on by chicago as john sally has checked in for detroit edwards has gone
11:59Now the trap can come in the backcourt or on half court
12:03Sally no points one rebound in game one between these two
12:07Lambeer tries to set the pick
12:11But the idea is there they have plenty of time five seconds
12:15For three dumars drains it
12:19Hey, michael jordan is looking at joe and saying yeah, you're not getting some babies because i'm right in your face
12:24He has four or five and there's not much trash talking now
12:29Great play good defense by rodman see that was a solid trap he could not pass out of the trap
12:35That's a good lamb here and tries to get the rebound can't come up with it taxing he has a three-on-three
12:45Thomas almost picked by pickpockets jordan difference between the two teams and outstanding
12:51Transition game by chicago see michael went right inside with isaiah wanted to post them up
12:55Gordon gives the ball up and it ends up in cartwright's hand he takes advantage of it
13:03They're still hot from sunday they're still making all of their jump shots now this morning we saw a detroit shoot around they
13:11Changed some of their defensive schemes where they almost were giving up a lot of dangerous defensive scheme are they going to take more chances defensively today?
13:18Well, we'll see as the game rolls on but right now chicago has hit every single shot
13:23Shooting 63 percent 10 to 16. Dumar is trying to draw a little bit more rain on the rainbow doesn't get it
13:30305 left in the first the bulls lead it by six. See chuck daily is concerned because he sees nothing in the paint right now
13:38It's almost a carbon copy of sunday
13:41Chicago has hit their last five field goal attempts. We are inside of three minutes from chicago stadium
13:46Rock through it and he'll be proud
13:50The three won't go robin with the board
13:53In the backcourt you're detroit you must protect the basketball
14:00People are all upset on that but they had isaiah on an offensive foul on paxton paxton was sliding over to take away the sideline on isaiah
14:10We're going to give you a replay
14:12All right, we just can't see from that area paxton looks like he's definitely there see but if paxton had the line
14:19We could not tell from that angle that should have been a charge
14:24Fix the first we're going to show you that play again from a higher angle and you're going to see that paxton is definitely moving
14:31It's an excellent call see and the replay that we gave you before we could not tell whether paxton had taken