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00:00Well here we go from Philadelphia.
00:05It was Chicago that knocked
00:06Philadelphia out of the playoff
00:07picture last year beating him in
00:10a four games to one series.
00:11Now Chicago runs a very
00:13methodical type of a half court
00:16offense.
00:16They do an excellent job in
00:18forming what we call triangles
00:21overloading one side of the
00:22floor and out of it things just
00:24flow.
00:24They use very few numbers or
00:27signals so the defensive teams
00:29got a gauge off of which way the
00:31ball was passed.
00:33It'll be invited here by
00:34Chicago.
00:35Mahorn came down with that ball
00:36and stepped out of bounds with it.
00:45Right now in this series Bill
00:46Cartwright and Will Perdue are
00:48dominating Mahorn in ball at the
00:50center position.
00:51That is something.
00:52Yeah it is due to the fact that
00:54Philadelphia defeated them three
00:56out of four games during the
00:57course of the season.
00:59Since Chicago is getting the ball
01:01back here what we're doing is
01:02resetting the clock.
01:03That ball didn't hit the rim so
01:04the clock is being reset at 13
01:06seconds.
01:06And now it comes in to faxing.
01:11He's got green on him.
01:13One of the key matchups tonight
01:16Scotty Pippen against Charles
01:17Barkley.
01:18And Pippen misses the first shot.
01:19A rebound.
01:20Goes out of bounds.
01:23Still belongs to Chicago.
01:27Any time that you double team
01:29naturally people must rotate and
01:31cover.
01:31Well what is happening in this
01:33series is the guards for
01:35Philadelphia are rotating down
01:37inside and are getting beaten on
01:38the boards by the front court
01:40people of the Chicago Bulls all by
01:42size.
01:43And Michael Jordan picks his first
01:45shot of the night.
01:45That one won't go.
01:47Barkley comes away with a rebound.
01:48I expect Charles to try to get
01:51every rebound in the place
01:52tonight.
01:53He could really have a big night.
01:56He had a big night in game one.
01:57Game two he kind of fell back a
01:59little bit.
01:59And now coming home and needing
02:02this win he may really explode
02:03tonight.
02:03This is the guy.
02:04He must get going Gilliam.
02:06They need the third scorer in this
02:08series.
02:09Barkley and Hawkins are getting their
02:11catches they're doing enough
02:12damage but they need Gilliam to
02:14pick it up.
02:15Only five seconds on the shot
02:17clock and it comes to Ricky Green
02:18and they're going to call a foul
02:20on Paxson.
02:22Well the first whistle of the
02:23night goes against Chicago.
02:25John Paxson called for his first.
02:27That's always a tough foul Pete
02:29when two guys get their hands on
02:30the ball.
02:31And it's tough when you've only
02:31got about four seconds left on
02:33that shot clock too.
02:34The ball way out there.
02:37Going down inside to Barkley.
02:39Look at the crowd he draws.
02:40He loses the ball.
02:41Last touch though by Chicago.
02:43It will still belong to
02:43Philadelphia.
02:46When Charles makes his catches
02:48tonight he must react quickly.
02:49Chicago is excellent because of
02:51their quickness getting to the
02:52track.
02:53Great.
02:53And that's fast but Hawkins
02:55missed a little short jump shot.
02:57And Michael Jordan brings the
02:58ball down for Chicago.
03:00Now Jordan in this series has not
03:01really had to take over a game
03:03as he had to on three occasions
03:04last year in the best of five set.
03:06Right down low on Gilliam.
03:09He puts the jumper up over Gilliam.
03:10That won't go.
03:11Barkley comes away with another
03:12rebound.
03:13They are still scoreless here in
03:14the opening couple of minutes
03:15in quarter number one.
03:16Pippen trying for the steal.
03:17The green got away.
03:19That likes it to Mahorn.
03:21Get Mahorn involved early.
03:22Get him involved early because he
03:24can score.
03:25He still only has two points in this
03:27series.
03:29And here's Scottie Pippen bringing
03:30the ball down.
03:33You have to find out early if
03:35Warren can go for you.
03:36Cartwright who has really hurt
03:37Philadelphia in this series gets
03:39the first two points of the night.
03:42There is no threat of shot blocking
03:44up front by Philadelphia.
03:46So Cartwright has a major size
03:47advantage.
03:49Jordan coming over to help out and
03:50Gilliam he gets rid of it.
03:51Cross court to Hersey Hawkins.
03:53There's Jordan over there on him.
03:54And Hawkins starts to go for it.
03:56Hersey Hawkins gets the first
03:57Philadelphia bucket.
03:58We are tied to.
04:01And that's how you answer that.
04:02Michael Jordan after a basket
04:04something Chicago does so well
04:05getting down court and scoring
04:07quickly after a made basket.
04:08As soon as Hawkins that shot left
04:10his hands Jordan took off.
04:12He was guarding Hawkins.
04:15Gilliam blocked from behind by
04:16Jordan.
04:17Cartwright over to Scottie Pippen.
04:20Chicago on the run.
04:21Nice pass underneath to Grant.
04:22He gets his first two.
04:23And Chicago who has jumped out on
04:25top early in all three games now.
04:28And Barkley on the other end draws
04:29the foul.
04:31Chicago leading at 6-2.
04:32This is a pace beast that
04:35Jimmy told us before that he does
04:39not want to play.
04:40And that is you score.
04:42We get it in quickly.
04:44Push it up the floor and score
04:45quickly because as the game will
04:47evolve they have more horses than
04:50you do.
04:51And Jimmy Lyon understands that he
04:53needs to rest his three big guys
04:56and the way the rest of them is to
04:57take their time in their half
04:59court sets.
05:00You cannot get caught up in a
05:01major transition game here.
05:03Well there's Barkley at the line.
05:05He's been doing his normal
05:06numbers during these playoff
05:07series in this particular series
05:09scoring right at 27 points a game.
05:12Pulling down 10 rebounds a game
05:13but he needs help.
05:14During the course of the year
05:15Charles averaged 10 foul shots a
05:17game in the playoffs now in this
05:20series he's also at 10.
05:24Still looking for his first point
05:26of the night and there it is.
05:27It's now a 6-3 Chicago lead.
05:31You see the time left in quarter
05:32number one.
05:33Pete Van Warne getting proud with
05:34you from Philadelphia.
05:35A must win situation for the
05:37Sixers.
05:38They really must win too.
05:39There's an illegal defense
05:40whistled by Jack Neese.
05:44What you have is very poor
05:46interior defense by Philadelphia
05:48in the post-up areas in the
05:50painted area in games one and two.
05:52They must do a better job in
05:54denying the passes to the people
05:56in there and if they aren't if
05:58they're going to stay with the
05:59perimeter people then you have
06:01got to handle your man one-on-one.
06:04Now right now Phil didn't like
06:05what happened over there on the
06:06side.
06:11Downs in to Scottie Pittman he
06:13quickly turns around puts it up
06:14rolls off the rim though Rick
06:15Mahorn pulls it away off to
06:16Ricky Green.
06:17See but that's too easy Pete the
06:19passes are going in there guys
06:20are catching the ball three to
06:22four feet from the basket.
06:24There's partly on Pippen.
06:25Everybody else clears out.
06:29Now Grant comes over to help out
06:30to get it out to Green.
06:31Green can start to hit that
06:32outside shot that would help
06:34Philadelphia tremendously.
06:35He's only scored four points in
06:37this series until that one.
06:38Well he and Turner need the
06:40uncontested jump shot from 18 to
06:4320 feet.
06:45Scottie Pittman's baseline jumper
06:46he drills it his first two of the
06:48night four different bulls have
06:49scored and it's an 8-5 Chicago
06:53lead.
06:54Nice.
06:55And Kellyanne got clobbered by
06:57Michael Jordan.
06:58Because of the defensive quickness
07:01of Pippen and Michael Jordan and
07:03Grant when you catch a ball
07:05someplace in the painted area
07:07tonight you better catch it and
07:09dunk it quickly because they
07:11rotate as quick as Detroit.
07:14The only thing is they might not
07:15have as much shot blocking as
07:17Detroit.
07:17And now the point you made about
07:19the team defense at this Chicago
07:21club plays really a good one
07:22because I don't think a lot of
07:23people would even guess that
07:24Chicago is up as high as they
07:25were during the regular season
07:27in so many categories.
07:29Armand Gilliam getting his first
07:31point of the night.
07:32Look at Barkley coming in there in
07:36case that shot missed.
07:38Well see that that is legal in the
07:40NBA.
07:41As soon as the ball leaves the
07:42player's hand from the foul line
07:44you can crash from the top of the
07:45circle down in.
07:48Stubbles by one.
07:50A little over eight minutes to go in
07:51the first quarter.
07:52I see no double team they're relying
07:54on Mahorn to stop them.
07:57Cartwright's trying to let it
07:58strong rebound comes up to Hersey
07:59Hawkins.
08:01And the Sixers can grab the lead
08:03here.
08:03Hawkins a three-pointer.
08:05All right.
08:06He'll shoot that.
08:07He's one of the top guys in this
08:09league.
08:10He came in seventh this year in
08:12shooting percentage.
08:13Now this is a real workout for
08:15Michael Jordan because they need
08:16his points but he also must guard
08:18Hersey Hawkins.
08:19First time tonight the Sixers have
08:21had the lead.
08:21Jordan tries to answer on the other
08:23end.
08:23That one goes up over the backboard.
08:25It goes back to the Sixers.
08:29The main thing that Jimmy Lyon and
08:32is trying to do is to get the ball
08:35up the floor as quick as he can
08:37after a score to Hersey Hawkins.
08:40Now if he can catch it and they have
08:42something open, fine.
08:44But if they do not, back it out.
08:46Let's milk the clock.
08:47Get in our half court sets.
08:49Take advantage of Barkley and
08:51Gilliam down in low.
08:52Ricky Green who only had one out of
08:56five field goal attempts in each of
08:58the first two games.
08:58Murray had one tonight, tried to hit
09:00another one.
09:00He does and he was fouled.
09:03Paxson's going to be called for his
09:04second.
09:04Now Paxson has a legitimate complaint.
09:07Ricky Green put out that left leg
09:10and he got hit right in the knee.
09:12Now you're going to see this now.
09:13Now just watch as the pass comes over.
09:16Here comes Paxson rotating.
09:18Now watch the lead.
09:19You see how he kicked the knee out?
09:20Now he was deliberately trying to
09:22get fouled.
09:23Now in this league back a couple
09:25years ago, maybe three to four
09:27years, this was a major thing that
09:30a lot of jump shooters were doing.
09:31We have we have not seen this
09:33happen very often.
09:34Now unfortunately for Green,
09:37because of the angle that he had
09:38his leg extended and Paxson running
09:41at full force, he caught that knee
09:43as it was opened up.
09:45We've got a timeout 718 remaining
09:48in the first quarter.
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10:48myself mom you're fantastic tomorrow night on TBS the Braves are looking like
10:59contenders but now they've got to prove it against Bobby Bonilla and the Eastern
11:03Division champs Atlanta at Pittsburgh live at 7 Eastern on TBS tomorrow night
11:09this weekend play it top play it for mama play it like you mean nobody plays the
11:22good stuff like TNT the Sixers on a 10-2 run have taken the 12 a lay looks like
11:30Ricky Green will be able to stay in there but here it is again now just watch the
11:34left leg you'll see now now you see him he's going to kick it out now you see
11:39that he's looking for the offense he's looking for the foul for the three-point
11:43play so if it was a a dangerous thing to do especially because of his age at
11:51he's already got more points tonight than he had the first two games combined he's got five tonight he only scored four in the first two
11:55Philadelphia is up five five
12:09and that matchup Barkley is laying off Pippen right now Pippen is saying Charles you don't come out here I'm going to knock in some jump shots
12:20and near turnover by Philadelphia good hands by Maharn that time now remember Rick Maharn is playing with a very serious back back spasms today he did not practice yesterday the coaching staff very very concerned with him and all he could do today was walk through things that was it
12:41trying to get a down load of parkly but Pippen got a hand up and the steal gives it right back to Chicago here come the Bulls in transition Pippen wall-to-wall no rebound pulled away by
12:55and it comes to Grant Grant was thinking about it kicks it back out to Paxson and Paxson was just inside the line it's a two-point basket all five Chicago starters have now scored and the Philadelphia lead a one-point lead
13:02We have a lot of resource going on here and if you cannot allow Chicago to dribble a basketball from half court down.
13:22Again they try to get a lot of truth with the offense and finally Ray
13:25half-court down in the paint on the fast break.
13:27He must stop it out hard.
13:29Again, they try to get Mahorn involved with the offense,
13:31and finally, Rick Mahorn is able to score
13:33his second basket of his series.
13:36Yeah, but he can score.
13:37He has a nice game down in low, and he has
13:39a nice jump shot. But let's face it,
13:41the lower back, I mean, how much
13:43can it take in his elevation of the
13:45shot?
13:47There's Grant over Gilliam.
13:49And Horace Grant, who has such a good
13:51inside game, now has four points.
13:53Pulls down by one with the Sixers.
13:55Grant and Cartwright have a major game.
13:57Nice pass inside to Armand Gilliam,
13:59his first field goal. He has four,
14:02and it's back up to a three-point
14:03Philadelphia lead.
14:10Charles is laying back off
14:11of Biffin. Biffin can take any outside
14:13shot that he wants.
14:17Bill Jackson close to getting a technical
14:19call on him.
14:19He's been going to Jack Gase the last two trips
14:22down.
14:22Hard foul that time by Mahorn.
14:25No way is he going to allow Jordan
14:27to go up and make that twisting layup
14:30underneath.
14:32Now here comes your pass.
14:33Now just watch.