Throwback NBA Playoffs ECFR 1998.4.24 New Jersey Nets at Chicago Bulls G1 FHD
strained back, but he is all right and is starting tonight. Joe Crawford, Luke Willow, and Bernie Frier of the officials and the opening tip. And it’ll be Bulls possession to start the game. And then right there’s Chicago third at right around 15 a game. Good matchup right here. Van Horn against Cot and Keith Van Horn who’s been in bed the last 10 on the shot clock. And here is Pippen working against Gil. Pippen has a height advantage on Kendall Gil. Rodman misses the offensive rebound and it’s last touch by the Bulls. The matchup of Gatling and Rodman. This This is a Rodman can overpower Gatling on the glass. Here is Van Horn. Oh yes, he nails a two-point basket. The Bull six to one early on. Ron Harper inside the arc. Misses. Rodman tries to tap it in and Kerry KDles the very impressive secondyear guard comes out with the rebound. Here’s Van Horn and he finally misses, but KDles comes up with it. Carrie Kdles, who’s one of the top three-point shooters inside the arc coming into this series. Coach uses a screen from Pippen. Now, if you notice, the Nets are switching all over. 1 second on the shot clock. Rodman gives it to Pippen and Scotty Pippen gives the ball with their first basket since I’ve been in the league. I’ve never seen a guy average seven offensive rebounds a game. Michael Jordan with a spectacular move inside but couldn’t convert it. Here’s working to get out coach and Carrie PD finds skill and you can see the athleticism of the New Jersey Nets early on. The one, two, and three positions are very quick. Here is Coo going around Gatling and getting a piece of it was Kendall Gil. Fine defensive play by Gil on CO. And here is Carrie with a great sweeping lay in here and he shoots a good solid percent. A whip it in the open floor. Remember the Bulls are playing without Luke Longley who will probably not play in this series as Michael Jordan. Jordan guarded by KD and the Nets will put several different players on Jordan tonight. Good feed that time by Michael to Ron Harper. Well, if you notice the early entry right now is working in New Jerseyy’s favor. Now it comes down to shot selection. Can they maintain a solid shot selection injury, but the man John Caliperry said who got us here gets his first points of the game. Jordan over KD hits. So Michael Jordan now up for quick hit pass and cut action. Jordan is guarding KDles and he’s going to have his work cut out defensively. Catling goes in and is tipped up and in by Jason Williams. He start. He didn’t start but he came in pretty quickly. Here is Tony Cuck coach popping out and Jason Williams has tucked in. Dead ball. We’ll see Keith and Horn. All right Craig, thank you very much. Here’s Gatling and he cannot convert on the good pass by Cell. Here’s a threeonone break for the Bulls. Here’s Ron Harper stuffing it through and the Bulls within three to four seconds. the New Jersey Nets who lost all four games to the Bulls in the regular season and Jason Williams to play behind because he feels that’s when you’re playing into the hands of the Bull. Van Horn now Gil and Kendall Gil going baseline. Gil 63, but a very important cog in this New Jersey Net effort this year. The Nets by four. Van Horn coming out to Niche Cuckoo and he hits a three. Watch out on the floor. He has not been involved in, you know, a great deal of the offensive maneuvering. Here’s Brian Harper on a feed from CO and of nine and he was questionable as to whether he’d start. Van Horn misses a three. Jordan the rebound and a four on three for the Bulls. Coo finds Harper and Harper off to a great start. Now has 11 personal fouls. Michael Jordan up and under over Harris and the rebound by Van Horn. Here’s Sherman Douglas ahead to Harris. And Harris stops and misses the jumper. That’s tough to do as soon as you come into the game. You have to sit into that entire corner. Oh, with Scotty Pippen. It’s a lot different. He’s this quarter, but you’re right. Harris couldn’t even get acclimated before he put it up there. Gil working against Scottie Pippen. Slices in and gets the basket. Kendall Gil. Nine are the leading scorers for the Bulls. Not much from Michael so far. Five points. He lost possession, but Pippen is there. Six on the shot clock. Nice. And Harper goes right around Kendall Gill. Inbound. And he’s got Douglas. Time running down. Randy Brown now guarding Sherman Douglas. And Douglas fires it up and the basket bounce. Sherman Douglas giving the New Jersey Nets a Bill Jackson thinks he’ll get mileage from the veteran guard against the Nets in this opening series. Pippen with the basket. Scotty with a left. They’re getting mismatches and the Bulls are taking advantage of. That’s a pretty ball fake by Scotty B. Here’s Van Horn going inside. And Van Horn beating Burrell with a little more than 2 and 1/2 minutes elapsed here in the second quarter. Bell give and go to Pippen. Basket bounce and a foul. And anytime that the Bulls put the ball into the post, the guy in the corner is going baseline. That is automatic. When the ball goes into the post, you got to hold that guy up. Outstanding foul shooter. He helps on the boards and is probably his best position to get small forward. Michael Jordan back in the game. Scotty Pippen goes out having scored 14. Jordan will shoot over KD and hit. So Michael Jordan a very quiet eight points. Butter Dick the amount of time that he’s played in center position against some really great ball players and he’s and he’s executed well. Here’s Simpkins guarded by Gatling Kerr. Offensive screen and Kerr misses. Rebound by Harris and the Bulls get back defensively. Douglas going against Sipkins. Feed Scatley. Great play by Sherman Douglas. Rodman looking for the cutter. This is the triangle offense. Michael Jordan working now against Kendall Gill and gets the reverse layup. It’ll be Carrie PD Kendall. Bulls lead by two 40-38. They led by four at the end of the first quarter. There is there’s a play that’s been working all game. 301 remaining in this first half. The Chicago Bulls in front and Simkins and Diggy Simpkins with five off the bench. Try to outscore you and that has to be New Jersey strategy. Cassell backing his way in with the layin. Also refereeing, he’s their floor guy. Very versatile performance. I don’t say so. Tony Cuckoo working his way in game two Sunday here at the United Center. Game three will be Wednesday at the Middlelands in New Jersey. Gil finding Cyley and Cyley gets the basket in the foul right back down inside. Now just watch this. A beautiful return now once comes up in here. All right. Now from my angle I thought that he picked up his pivot foot. Sherman Douglas the point guard with Gil, Van Horn, Cyley and Harris. Gil going strong. Lays it in. Very good move to the hoop by Kendall Gil. Anytime that the Nets keep their dribble, they’ve been able to get down inside by Gil committing the foul. A two shot foul. Yubie, you’re the better referee tonight. Can I be your third? Now, this just a great move by Kendall Gil and and I I want to bring it out about Kendall tonight because he is where he is supposed to be in all their defensive sets as was a weapon offensively. Has come in for Randy Brown in the offense defense substitution by Phil Jackson. And they’re going to call Gil for the push on Jordan. That’ll be three now. Couple of years ago, 52 to 49 with a minute going by. Here’s Jordan trying to get KD in more foul trouble and his turn around. How often have we seen Cos will inbound? Pippen is guarded by Gil. Jordan gets free and he’s fouled. That was just a beautiful screen on the opposite side bringing Michael. Fear of the Bulls and using fear in the sporting term. They’re professionals of course, but they know they’re going to keep shooting and keep firing away and they’re a highscoring team. Gil to Gatling. And it was Gil with the assist. Gatling with his ninth point. Remember, keep an eye on Gil breaking the defense down. Now you see as C coach moves over as well as Harper. Beautiful drop off. But you’re right about KD. They need his 17.2. And right now he’s mired in foul trouble trying to be careful defensively and has only four. Michael Jordan sensing that gets the open jumper establishing a double digit lead. Biggest lead for the Bulls has been seven. They’ve got it right now. Had it once earlier. Jason Williams telling KDles to shoot it as the clock went down. Williams finds the ball, feeds Gatling and Gatling feeding Robin after save by Jason Williams. I have never seen that since 1978. Okay, that’s a ton of offensive boards. That’s seven offensive boards he has already today. Cot with his second three-point basket went down. Unable to get the layin once again. Blue coach tries another three and Jason Williams trying to fight for the offensive rebound and wins it. What a great hustle play and Kendall Gil gets it in. Wow, what a Scotty just getting up now and Michael Jordan pulls up for the jumper and hits. He just stepped right up in here. Now just keep an eye on this now. Now you’re going to see Pippen slip right down inside. You can see he’s right there. Little pain. Where? We have no idea. Now, this is just good hustle by Jason Williams. And then an incredible ending by Kendall Gil. And the Harper’s foul is his third. 520 remaining. And Scotty Pippen intercepting that careless pass. Pippen going strong to the basket in the laying. Pippen now with 19 points and he has eight or nine days. And for a veteran team, that’s money in the bank. CO goes into Jordan. He’s open and backs it in. Michael Jordan now with 24 out there. Doesn’t matter who the other three are. Six on the shot clock. Jordan guarded by Gil. Jordan trying to make the move against Kendall Gil. Steve Kerr into the game. [Applause] Curr and Jordan with Wington. Picking and Rodman. Jordan foul as he spins his way in the lane shooting 41% Chicago 50 the Nets 10 offensive rebounds and Michael Jordan did not take a breather at the end of the third or the start of the fourth and Jordan is fouled by Sherman Douglas tongue and cheek I might add Michael Jordan playing all but three minutes of the game and here is Sherman Douglas tipped up and in by Ronnie Cyclley and tried to put a little damp er on the Michael Jordan game right now. Scott Burrell came on big in the second half of the year. KDles is guarding him. Steve Kerr trying to get position and an offbalance jumper off the glass for Kerr. Five on the shot clock now. KDles with the ball in his hands. Guarded by Jordan. Fires it up and Wington gets the rebound. Look up. Look up. Here is Michael Jordan. He’ll get it and will get the foul as well. And Curry KD committing another one. You have Douglas on the floor hobbling. KDles is struggling with his game. Douglas with a reverse layup and then you force it and make something happen. Douglas getting it into Jason Williams guarded by Dicky Simpkins. The double and the deflection by Morel. Hope for that. Six on the shot clock. So the Nets are going to have to hurry. Carrie Kdles with the now by Williams. Jimmy Williams tips it in. They haven’t been in the playoffs, this net organization for four years. Down by only eight points. That is an amazing story. Screen and roll from Douglas to Jason Williams. Now, this is your screen and roll right here. And you can see Jason Williams did not hold the screen. He made the bump and made the move on the bench. So, he’s back along with Ron Harper. Sherman Douglas going to the baseline. Gil fighting his way in. Gadley. Oh, big Chris Gadling with the basket and it’s 78-74. A 10 to nothing run now by the Nets. Well, you can see they are taking the ball off the dribble. They’re breaking the board down and they are so athletic. Oh, coach, come on. We’ve never seen them. Deon defending with Simpkins, Harper, Jordan, Cooach, and Pippen. There is Gatling with a spin move on the baseline over Cooach. And Gatling now with 15 out on March the 27th made the Allstar team. Sounds like a high school guy made an all-star team. Selected Sherman Douglas with a two and the lead now. Chicago leading by only two. Harper looking for Simpkins and Totling and a deflection. Michael Jordan fires it up at the buzzer and the shot clock expired. A great defensive play by Kendall Gil who came to the aid of the defender who was beaten on that jump shot move. Kendall came and got a piece of that shot. Dick Kendall Gil a defensive hero in the clinching game against Detroit against Grant Hill. The Nets on a 14-2 run can tie the game with 4 and 1/2 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. Gatling working against two coach and he gets free and ties the game. Gatling ties it at 80. Now just keep an eye on Gatling. He’s done the spin move on two occasions. That time he just takes good strong now. He’s got it all and extended. It increases your passing angle. 3 minutes 35 seconds to go and nine on the shot clock for the Bulls up by one. And Harper bobbled the pass. He was wide open. coach with one second on the line. That’s a huge three-point basket because of the lower back problem that he had, but that was an excellent choice to go to and that puts pressure on the Nets offense to come back with something. Here is Gatling and Chris Gatling hits the jumper. What a big fourth quarter he’s had. Rodman, Pippen, and Coug in the lineup now. New Jersey has three full, Chicago three full. Both teams shooting the penalty. Here’s Jordan working against KD on the turnaround. Michael Jordan now with 31 points. Now he got it. This is just He’s played strong. You see KDles is right on him. The next foul on KD. He’s out of there. You would like to have seen KD here in game number one. New Jersey nine of 14 shooting here in the fourth quarter. Here is Kendall Gil foul and he’ll go to the line to shoot two. Well, the free throw could have tied the game. So, the Bulls still lead by one with under two minutes remaining. Michael Jordan and the rebound. 18. It’s a two game in the first quarter. Douglas looking for Gatling guarded by Rodman. Gatling has nine of the last 12 points. And Chris Gatling gives the Nets the lead by one. 80 Scotty Pippen guarded by Kendall Gil with 10 on the shot clock for the Bulls. Jordan posted up wants the ball against KDS who has five fouls. Michael Jordan fouled and let’s see who’ll get it. Switch. Kendall Gil guarded by Pippen. Under a minute remaining and 10 on the shot clock. Here is Gatling and he’s fouled and he’ll shoot two option. 15 on the shot clock. You’re watching the game clock. Fourth quarter. The Nets lead by one. Michael Jordan to the basket and Jordan goes in and he’s fouled. KDS Williams and Gatling in there. They get it out to Carrie KDles. KDles goes up with a shot. No good. Batted away with 13.2. Could be riding right here with 6 3 seconds in riding. Cool. Coach fires it up and misses. And we’re going to overtime very nearly in the fourth quarter comeback. Very spirited, very courageous. And we we were we you know we’ve beaten it a little bit with Van Hornicell, but we’re talking about 40 points. Here is Scatling and it’s blocked by Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan blocked out on a great defensive play. They have an advantage and here is Tippen and he misses the layin his elbow. Now keep an eye Gatling catches. Now watch Jordan come right in the middle of your picture right there. Clean block definitely has been taken advantage of by Jason Williams. Here is Carrie KDles and one of the Bulls got a piece of that one. You have to pay attention now to Simpkins. You cannot say, “Hey, Rodman’s out of the game, so everything’s going to be easy.” New coach going to the basket and Harper with nine on the shot clock and Ron Harper misses but Scotty Pippen is there to tip it in bringing him to the ball side. They have Pippen guarding Gatling now. Eight on the shot clock and the double team on Gatling. Here is Sherman Douglas and Carrie Tles lays it in for the tying basket. Big games especially overtime. They’re bringing Michael into the post now. Good coach to Pippen. Knocked away by Gel Perry Giddles. It’s a four on two break. PD will go in for the shot. Jason Williams with his 11th offensive rebound. Incredible. Broken thumb. They didn’t know if he could play. Gatling with a turnaround. Doesn’t make it. And Scotty Pippen calls a timeout before he lost his footing. One has it right now. Fires away and misses. And Douglas the rebound as we get close to one minute remaining. New Jersey and Chicago each with two timeouts left. Bulls also have a 20 and each team with one foul to give. Curr is guarding Douglas. Here’s Gatling again in a familiar spot where he has done big damage in the fourth quarter. KDles has it knocked away by Michael Jordan. Basket and a foul. Michael Jordan can give the Bulls a three-point lead. Just watch as Michael gamles right there. You know, before he retired and went to baseball, he was always one, two, or three in the league in steel. Now, you could see Gil, he didn’t get him early enough. You know, you got to get him early where you can get the hand out of there. And this quick play, this is just a great gamble by Michael. KD’s left it right out there. But before this play, a good defensive play by Scotty Pippen on Chris Gatling to force him to pass the ball out now as a gift. And here is Kendall Gill. Blocked by Pippen. Great block. Great block. And the Bulls want a timeout. And they don’t call. I don’t get it now with the clincher for you. Now he he’s measuring him right here. Now just look at this anticipation. Clean block as you can get a three. It is now a still a one possession. All right, you got to get it up now. Down 9693. They have not made a three-point basket tonight. Switch on every ball cross. German Douglas fires up a three. [Music]
