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LINEUP.
LE LEV CALLED FOR HIS FIRST.
HUBIE: WE HAVE PLAYED ABOUT
15 MINUTES NOW AND IS THAT
ONLY THE TRUE SECOND FAST
BREAK THAT ATLANTA HAS BEEN
ABLE TO GET.
NOW, WHY?
ANY TIME THE OPPOSITION IS
SHOOTING OVER 75 FIERCE THERE
ARE VERY FEW MISSES, AND IF
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY
STEALS OR BLOCKED SHOTS THERE
IS ABSOLUTELY NO OPPORTUNITY
TO RUN.
PETE: MONCRIEF AT THE LINE.
WERE YOU SURPRISED AT HIM
COME BACK THIS YEAR?
HUBIE: I WAS BUT I LIKE WHAT
BOBBIE WISE SAID.
HE SAID HE BROUGHT HIM BACK
BECAUSE HE IS A WINNER AND HE
KNOWS HOW TO LEAD AND WE USE
HIM IN THE SECOND HALF IN THE
LAST SIX TO EIGHT MINUTES AS
A FORWARD OR AS A GUARD
BECAUSE HE DOES NOT TRY TO DO
ANYTHING FANCY, HE JUST GETS
THE JOB DONE.
PETE: WE ARE TARKING ABOUT A
GREAT PLAYER IN TEN YEARS AT
MILWAUKEE.
PETE: B.J. ARMSTRONG.
NAILING IT OUTSIDE JUMPER IN
CHICAGO JUST NOT MISSING.
THEY'VE GOT FIVE PIFNT HE
DIFFERENT PEOPLE SCORE IN THE
QUARTER.
BATTLE HAS 6 AND IT IS BACK
TO A 9 POINT CHICAGO LEAD.
PETE: LOOK AT THAT MOVE BY
MICHAEL JORDAN.
BUT FOR ONE OF THE FEW TIMES
TONIGHT IT DOESN'T PAY OFF IN
THE BASKET.
HUBIE: THE ADVANTAGE.
OH, MY.
PETE: HE HAD THE SHOT THERE.
HUBIE: HE HAD THE SHOT
WILLIS WAS STANDING IN THE
LANE ALL BY HIMSELF, HE FAKED
A SHOT MADE THE PASS, AND
WILLIS DID THE CARDINAL SIN
OF A FREE PLAYER BY LOOKING
AT THE REBOUND AND THE BALL
WAS NEVER SHOT, AND HE COULD
■%VE HAD A LAYUP IF HE WOULD
HAVE CAUGHT THE PA
SAYING, WE ARE NOT GOING TO
GIVE YOU THE LAYUP.
WE'RE GOING TO FORCE YOU TO
MAKE THE OUTSIDE JUMP SHOT."
>> IF THE HAWKS DO NOT
IMPROVE THEIR PERCENTAGE FROM
OUT THERE IT COULD BE A LONG
NIGHT FOR THEM.
KEEP IN MIND THEY HAVE WON 11
STRAIGHT GAMES IN THIS
BUILDING.
THE HAWKS TEAM RECORD, AND
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THIS VERY
WELL 17 STRAIGHT ■■WINS IN THIS
BUILDING, TWICE WHEN WERE YOU
THE HEAD COACH IF THE LATE
70'S AND EARLY 80'S.
HUBIE: THAT IS WHEN I THINK
WE USED TO PLAY THE ROCKY
THEME EVERY TIME OUT EVERY
DEAD BALL.
PETE: THAT IS RIGHT I HAD
FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT.
CHICAGO LEADING AT 43-34.
HUBIE: THE BIG THING THE
HAWKS NUFT GET TOUGHER
DEFENSIVELY BLOCK A COUPLE
SHOTS FORCE SOME STEALS BUT
GET THE CHICAGO BULLS TO COOL
OFF A LITTLE BIT HERE.
PETE: MICHAEL OVER RIVERS
WOULDN'T GO MALONE HAD A HAND
LOST IT BUT LAST TOUCH BY
CLIFF LEVINGSTON SO ATLANTA
GETS THE BALL BACK.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF
TONIGHT'S GAME HUBIE AND I
WILL SELECT THE BUZZ WISER
PLAYER OF THE GAME.
HUBIE: I LIKED THAT MOVE BY
KEVIN, BACK A FEW YEARS THREE
YEARS AGO, HE AVERAGED 16
POINTS IN THIS LEAGUE, BEFORE
HE HAD YOU KNOW A RASH OF
INJURIES WHICH TOOK HIM OUT
OF THE GAME FOR A WHILE.
THIS YEAR HE IS BACK SCORING.
HE IS SCORING RIGHT AROUND 14
POINTS A GAME.
HE IS THE TEAM'S LEADING
REBOUNDER WITH NINE A
BALLGAME.
I THINK THIS IS A MAJOR
SURPRISE TO EVERYONE IN THIS
AREA AND CONNECTED WITH THIS
ORGANIZATION.
THE TALENT HAS BEEN THERE.
BUT NO ONE KNEW WHETHER OR
NOT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET
BACK TO THAT LEVEL HE WAS AT.
PETE: HE JUST GONE 0 GOT ON
THE SCOREBOARD FOR THE THIRS
TIME TONIGHT HITTING THE
FIRST TWO OF.
SECOND ONE WOULDN'T GO.
REBOUND PULL AWAY BY STACEY
KING.
PETE: MICHAEL A LITTLE SRONG
WITH THAT SHOT REBOUND TO
RIVERS.
MONCRIEF ■FROM DOWNTOWN.
ANOTHER REBOUND FOR MICHAEL
JORDAN.
THAT IS HIS FOURTH BOARD OF
THE NIGHT.
B.J. ARMSTRONG BATTLE QUICKLY
INTO LEVINGSTON NICE MOVE BY
THE FORMER ATLANTA HAWK CHIF
LEVINGSTON.
HUBIE: NICE BALL MOVEMENT AND
THEY ALWAYS GET THE BALL TO
THE CUTER IN THE LANE WHEN HE
IS OPEN BUT MOST IMPORTANT,
THEY GET IT TO HIM IN
POSSESSION THAT HE CAN CATCH
IT AND SHOOT IT.
PETE: LEAD FOR CHICAGO BACK
UP TO 1O.
WILLIS POSTED UP AGAINST KING
TO MONCRIEF JORDAN PICKS HIM
UP RIVERS WILL TRY ANOTHER
ONE FROM 3-POINT LAND HE
NAILS THIS ONE!
THE SECOND 3 POINTER OF THE
FIRST HALF HE HAS 8 POINTS IN
THE HALF A 7 POINT CHICAGO
LEAD.
OH, MY, LOOK OUT.
PETE: WE HAVE SEEN HIM FLYING
FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE
HOOP FLYING FROM THE LEFT
SIDE.
THAT TIME A RIGHT SIDE TIP ON
THE ALLEY OOP.
HE HAS 14 POINTS.
HUB CLUEN MICHAEL SAID HE IS
GUT -- CUTTING DOWN TON
DUNKS, WEAR AND TEAR ON LEGS.
PETE: BATTLES SHORT RANGE
JUMPER WOULDN'T FALL.
IS THAT ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE
THING YOU TALKED ABOUT THEIR
AVERAGE SCORING, THERE ARE
SOME NIGHTS WHEN CHICAGO
BLOWS PEOPLE AWAY.
19 OF 27 WINS BY TEN POINTS
OR MORE.
MICHAEL'S MAGICAL MOVE
WOULDN'T GO.
CARTWRIGHT MISSES TWICE ON
PUTBACKS.
HUBIE: MONCRIEF.
PETE: TO BATTLE OFF THE GLASS.
BATTLE.
HUBIE: THAT WILL PUMP UP A
LITTLE BIT, PETE THEY NEAT
THAT THEY NEED A COUPLE MORE
EASY BASKETS HE SPECIALLY OUT
ON THE OPEN FLOOR.
PETE: BACK TO A 47 POINT
LEAD, BATTLE HAS SIX POINT■
IN THE HALF.
[WHISTLE]
PETE: OFFENSIVE FOUL CALLED
AGAINST STACEY KING.
HUBIE: IN THIS GAME TONIGHT
BECAUSE BOTH TEAMS ARE
RUNNING THE PICK-AND-ROLL SO
MUCH OUT ON THE WING AREA THE
REFEREES HAVE BEEN VERY
CONSISTENT.
IF YOU SET THE PICK YOU
BETTER NOT MOVE IN YOUR
ROLLING TO THE BASKET.
AND THEY ARE VERY CONSISTENT
AT BOTH ENDS.
PETE: THE HAWKS CAN WHETHER
ITEL IT DOWN TO FIVE THIS
TRIP.
IT HASN'T BEEN THAT CLOSE
SINCE EARLY IN THE FIRST
QUARTER.
RIVERS FOUND SOME ROOM IN THE
LANE.
AND DOC RIVERS DOUBLE FIGURES
WITH TEN A FIVE POINT CHICAGO
LEAD.
OVER FOUR MINUTES TO GO IN
THE HALF.
HUBIE: THIS GROUP IS CONFUSED.
THIS IS A STRONG CONYOU INITY
TYPE OF OFFENSE.
[WHISTLE]
PETE: STILL BELONGS TO
CHICAGO.
HUBIE: THE HAWKS DEFINITELY
TOOK ADVANTAGE OF CHICAGO'S
SECOND UNIT BY TAKING THEM
OFF THE DRIBBLE AND BY
EXPLODING BY THE DOUBLE-TEAMS
AND GETTING NICE EASY SHOTS.
PETE: JORDAN GETTING HIS
FIRST BREATHER OF THE NIGHT.
STACEY KING INSIDE THE
LEVINGSTON, LEVINGSTON A
LITTLE SHORT WITH THE SHOT
COMING AWAY WITH IT DOMINIQUE
WILKINS TO RIVERS.
HUBIE: ■■PAXSON.
PETE: WILKINS.
MISSING ANOTHER LONG RANGE
SHOT.
HUBIE: PAXSON WAS PLAYINGS
MALONE UNDER THE BASKET.
PETE: PIPPEN TRYING TO
OPERATE ALONG THAT BASELINE
MOSSS MALONE CALLED FOR THE
PERSONAL THE THIRD FOUL
CALLED AGAINST THE HAWKS
TONIGHT.
HUBIE: HERE IS YOUR STRONG
MOVE THEY HAD THE ADVANTAGE.
HE IS GOING ANY TIME HE GETS
AN OPPORTUNITY TO DUNK IT HE
WILL ALWAYS GO STRONG TO THE
BASKET.
PETE:PIPPEN NOT A
PARTICULARLY GOOD FREE-THROW
SHOOTER, ONLY 67% THIS SEASON
HE HAS ALWAYS STRUGGLED FROM
THE LINE.
HUBIE: IT IS A MAJOR FLAW OF
THIS CLUB THE BULLS.
OUTSIDE OF JORDAN AND
ARMSTRONG THEY ARE ABOUT THE
ONLY TWO GUYS WITH CONSIST
EFRSY FROM THE LINE.
PETE: BACK UP TO A 7 POINT
LEAD 49-42 ABOUT 3:20
REMAINING.
IN THIS FIRST HALF.
DOWN IT COMES TO ■DOMINIQUE
WILKINS.
DOMINIQUE TRYING TO GET IT
GOING HERE IN THE SECOND
QUARTER HIS FIRST POINTS
SINCE THE FIRST QUARTER HAS
NINE IN THE NIGHT AND IT IS A
FIVE POINT CHICAGO LEAD AGAIN.
PETE THE SECOND CLOCK FOR
MOSSEL MOL -- MALONE ON THE
NIGHT.
HUBIE: MOSSELS IS WORKING
WORKING ON THE BOARDS, A GOOD
SHOT BLOCK, HE IS REALLY
HELPING OUT HERE.
NOW WATCH THIS IS A LEAN-IN
SHOT WATCH HOW HE COMES RIGHT
IN THERE NO FOUL.
HE LEANS HIS BODY THINKING HE
WAS GOING TO GET IT BUT THEY
BETTER REWARD HIM AT THE
OTHER END OF THE FLOOR
BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN OPEN TWO
OF THE LAST 3
HUBIE: HE IS ONLY PLAYING 36
MINUTES A GAME HERE THIS LOB
PASS NOTICE HOW HE BANKS IT
IN.
HE IS TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM
ALL OF THE RAZ MA TAZ TRYING
TO CONSERVATIVE HIS ENERGY
THEY ARE CUTTING PLAYING
MINUTES BACK BUT YOU WILL
LOOK AT HIM HE IS SCORING 30
POINTS A GAME SHOOTING 56% ON
THE YEAR AND THEN ON THE FOUL
LINE 85%.
PETE: BASKET GOOD.
STACEY KING'S FIRST TWO OF
THE NIGHT HE WILL HAVE A
CHANCE TO MAKE EIGHT 3-POINT
PLAY.
JOHN BATTLE COMMITS HIS FIRST.
HUBIE: SINCE BOTH TEAMS WENT
TO THEIR BENCHES, CHICAGO HAS
NINE POINTS ATLANTA 17.
THEY MADE THAT NICE RUN THEY
CHALLENGED HELP.
CHICAGO HAD NO SHOT BLOCKERS
ON THE FLOOR AND THEY REALLY
ALLOWED THE HAWKS TO ATTACK
THE BASKET TO GET INSIDE THE
FOUL LINE AREA.
PETE: YOU SAW JORDAN CHECKING
BACK IN KING MISSING THE FREE
THROW WILKINS PULLS IT AWAY
FOR ATLANTA.
[WHISTLE]
PETE: MOSSELS WILL GO TO THE
FREE-THROW LINE HE HALLS BEEN
ONE OF THE BEST IN THE
BUSINESS OF DOING THAT.
PETE: WITH A ROLL HE HAS NOW
THE ATLANTA HAWKS, HE MAY
STAY IN THE LEAGUE, TWO OR
THREE MORE YEARS.
HE IS FINDING OUT THERE MIGHT
BE A FUTURE FOR MOSES IN HIS
ADVANCED AGE IN THIS LEAGUE.
COMING OFF THE BENCH NOT
PLAYING SO MANY MINUTES PER
NIGHT.
HUBIE: HE IS COMING IN
AGAINST THE OTHER TEAM'S
BACKUP CENTER RATHER THAN
POUNDING AGAINST ALL OF THE
YOUNG YOU KNOW BIG SEVEN
FOOTERS IN THE LEAGUE.
PETE: LET'S SEE IF ATLANTA
CAN GET TO IT A 3 POINT
LEAGUE DOMINIQUE TRYING TO
CREATE SOMETHING.
PIPPEN PULLS AWAY THE MISS.
CHICAGO ON THE RUN NOW.
STOLEN BY DOC RIVERS HE WILL
TAKE THIS ONE ALL ALONE.
HUBIE: HOW MANY TIMES HAVE
THE FANS HERE BEEN ABLE TO
SEE THAT?
ONE OF THESE REALLY GOOD
TRANSITION DEFENSIVE PLAYERS
IN THIS LEAGUE, DOC RIVERS.
HE WAS ALWAYS RIGHT UP THERE .
PETE: CHICAGO HAD AN 11 POINT
LEAD LOOK AT THAT SHOT
ATTEMPT BY PIPPEN, A 3 POINT
CHICAGO LEAD.
FINISHING THE BREAK.
HUBIE: SMART, EXCELLENT
DECISION.
B.J. ARMSTRONG COULD HAVE
FORCED THAT SHOT.
HE REWARDED MOSES MALONE.
SMARPT POINT GUARD.
PETE: CHICAGO CALLING A
20-SECOND TIMEOUT NOW.
HUBIE: I HAD THE WRONG GUY ON
THE POINT GUARD I HAD THE
CHICAGO BULL POINT GUARD.
ON THAT POINT THAT WAS AN
EXCELLENT FEED BY THE HAWKS.
YOU WILL SEE BATTLE HERE.
AND HE WILL GIVE IT UP.
AND YOU WILL LOVE TO SEE YOUR
POINT GUARD HONOR YOUR GUYS
WORKING SO HARD FOR YOU AT
THE OPPOSITE END OF THE FLOOR.
PETE: A LOT OF COACHES ARE
VERY BIG ON THAT AND
SOMETIMES IT IS TOUGH TO SELL
THAT TO PLAYERS TO REWARD THE
GUY DOING ALL THE WORK
DEFENSIVELY WITH A SHOT
OPPORTUNITY AND A SITUATION
LIKE THAT.
HUBIE: I ALWAYS FIND THE
WINNING TEAMS AND THE WINNING
PLAYERS HAVE NO PROBLEM
UNDERSTANDING THAT, AND THEY
GET THE FULL REASON WHY,
BECAUSE IF THEY RUN HARD AND
YOU DO NOT REWARD THEM, THEY
WILL STOPPING HELPING YOU
DEFENSIVELY AT THE DEFENSIVE
END, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY
REBOUND AND DON'T THROW THE
BALL OUT TO START THE FAST
BREAK THEY PRETEND THEY HAVE
DUST IN THEIR EYES.
PETE: A MINUTE 25 SECONDS
LEFT.
PAXSON OPEN FROM RIGHT IN THE
CIRCLE JOHN WIDE LEFT ANOTHER
REBOUND PULLED AWAY BY MALONE
HE HE HAS FIVE REBOUNDS
COMING OFF THE BENCH FOFR
ATLANTA.
THE HAWKS WERE DOWN BY 11,
CAN GRAB THE LEAD HERE.
HUBIE: MAKE THE EXTRA PASS.
PETE: LONG JUMPER BY BATTLE
JORDAN RIGHT OUT -- FANS NOT
HAPPY WITH A SHOT THAT TIME.
HUBIE: IF YOU ARE GOING TO
PLAY POWER BASKETBALL AND THE
CHICAGO BULLS ARE
DOUBLE-TEAMING YOUR MAN, WHEN
THAT BALL COMES OUT ON THE
FIRST PASS DON'T FORCE THE
PASS.
-- SHOT BECAUSE THEY ARE
ROTATING RIGHT TO YOU MAKE
THE EXTRA PASS, YOU HAVE
SOMEONE TREE ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE FLOOR.
PETE: TO MOSES MOSES TRYING
TO GET IT TO WILLIS TIPPED
AWAY BY SCOTTIE PIPPEN,
WHISTLE IS ON DOC RIVERS AND
HE CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
CHUEB LUN FROM MY ANGLE I
WOULD SAY THAT THAT WAS ■
DEFINITELY A CHARGE.
MICHAEL WAS TRYING TO CHANGE
DIRECTION, DOC RIVERS DID AN
EXCELLENT JOB IN GETTING GOOD
DEFENSIVE POSITION THAT TIME.
PETE: HALFTIME OUR PRUDENTIAL
HALF-TIME REPORT ERNIE
JOHNSON IN OUR ATLANTA
STUDIOS, SCORES AND
HIGHLIGHTS NEWS AND NOTES
FROM AROUND THE LEAGUE AND
SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO MAR THIN
LUTHER KING, JUNIOR.
PETE: AND A LOOSE-BALL FOUL
AS THEY BATTLE.
HUBIE: GOOD CALL THAT TIME
CARTWRIGHT OVER THE BACK,
REALLY REALLY KEPT THAT BALL
ALIVE.
BUT THERE WAS AN AWFUL LOT OF
BODY CONTACT.
WHEN YOU ARE COACHING AND
YOUR TEAM IS POUNDING THE
OFFENSIVE BOARDS AS WELL AS
CHICAGO, YOU DON'T MIND THAT.
BECAUSE THAT IS A HARD
WORKING FOUL BY ONE OF YOUR
PEOPLE.
WOULD YOU LOVE TO SEE THEM IN
THERE COMPETING RATHER THAN
RETREATING TO GO TO THE OTHER
END OF THE FLOOR.
PETE: RELATIVELY FEW WHILS
ILLS IN THIS FIRST HALF 8
FOULS AGAINST CHICAGO ONLY 5
AGAINST THE ATLANTA HAWKS.
MOSES MALONE, 0 BOY THERE IS
A RARE MISS.
HUBIE: DO YOU REALIZE THE
PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT YOU HAVE
TO TAKE TO GET TO THE LINE
THAT MANY TIMES?
PETE: STOLEN BY MALONE!
STOLEN BACK BUY PIPPEN,
THOUGH!
STILL THE FANS LOVING THE
HUSEM OF MOSSES MALONE HERE
TONIGHT.
PETE: JORDAN COMES UP SHORT.
SCOTTIE PIPPEN CALLED FOR HIS
FIRST PERSONAL.
HUBIE: WAYS INTEREST BEING,
PETE, THE BULLS HAD THE
ADVANTAGE, DIDN'T TAKE IT,
BACKED IT OUT, WOULD YOU
THINK THAT THEY WERE GO TOK
RUN IT TO TAKE THE LAST SHOT
OF THE QUARTER, AND THEY SHOT
THE BASKETBALL TOO SOON.
ALLOWING ATLANTA TO HAVE SIX
SECONDS.
NOW WATCH MOSES HERE.
GOOD ANTICIPATION.
YOU KNOW, HE LOOKS LIKE HE
HAS LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT HERE.
HE HE LOOKS STREAM LINED NIE.
I ADMIT HE DOESN'T GET MANY
STARS FOR THAT DRIBBLE, BUT
HE WAS OUT THERE TRYING.
PETE: ED A -- ATLANTA HAS HAD
MISSES FROM THE FREE-THROW
LINE.
MONCRIEF COMING BACK IN.
HUBIE: WHAT THEY ARE TRYING
TO DO IS MATCH UP WITH
CHICAGO SO THAT THEY HAVE
THEIR QUICK DEFENDERS ON THE
FLOOR SO THAT NO ONE WILL GET
BEAT OFF THE DRIBBLE.
CHICAGO COUNTERED BY PUTTING
HODGES IN AND HE IS E OF
THE PREMIER SHOOTERS AND HAS
BEEN THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN
THIS LEAGUE.
SO BEWARE OF A LONG PASS TO
HIM.
PETE: PAXSON TRYING TO BEAT
THE CLOCK.
JUST DOES BUT IT WOULDN'T GO
FOR HIM.
AT THIS TIME LOOKED LIKE
CHICAGO WAS GOING TO RUN AWAY
WITH THIS THING IN THE FIRST
QUARTER.
BUT ATLANTA BATTLING BACK
VALIDLY IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
THAT IS A BALLGAME FROM THE
OMNI.
AT THE END OF ONE HALF IT IS
53-52 CHICAGO COMING UP NEXT
OUR PRUDENTIAL HALF-TIME
REPORT
BECAUSE THEY REALLY TOOK THAT
SECOND UNIT OF CLI TO SCHOOL
INSIDE THE FAINTED AREA.
FEET: LOOK AT CHICAGO.
HUBIE: EVERY TIME THAT
ATLANTA MAKES THE PASS INTO
THE PIVOT AREA, WE'RE GOING
TO SEE THE DOUBLE-TEAM MATCH.
YOU WILL WATCH IT NOW.
HERE IT COMES.
NOW, YOU WILL SEE THEY'RE
GETTING THIS ALL THE TIME
WITH EITHER WILKINS OR WILLIS.
NOW, WON THE DOUBLE-TEAM
COMES YOU WILL SEE THE
DOUBLE-TEAM DOWN INSIDE THE
BALL CAME OUT RIGHT HERE.
NOW, MICHAEL JORDAN IS
RUNNING ON THIS ROTATION.
NOW, ANY TIME AGAINST GOOD
DEFENSIVE TEAMS YOU WILL
NEVER OPEN UP THERE.
YOU MUST MAKE THE OPPOSITE
SIDE PASS TO THE FREE MEN.
HE IS WIDE OPEN.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE MEAN BY
THE SECOND PASS OUT OF THE
DOUBLE-TEAM.
IF THEY WILL MAKE THAT, THEY
WILL GET OPEN JUMP SHOTS OR
DRIVES FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE
OF THE FLOOR.
NOW, JOHN BATTLES REALLY
COMING IN AND GOOD LIFE
EXCELLENT CROSS OVER.
FOR A YOUNG PLAYERS WATCHING
TONIGHT, ANY TIME THAT YOU
ARE KORMING AT A MAN OFF THE
DRIBBLE AND YOU CAN BEAT HIM
EITHER WITH A CROSS OVER
THROUGH YOUR LEGS OR A WRAP
AROUND BEHIND YOUR BACK, THAT
ALWAYS FORCES THE DEFENSIVE
GUY TO HAVE TO MAKE QUICK
MOVEMENTS, AND USUALLY WILL
GET IN AND GET A GOOD SHOT AT
THEM.
PETE: YOU SAW JORDAN WITH 16
FIRST HALF POINTS ABOUT WHAT
HE AVERAGELESS FOR A HALF OF
A BASKETBALL GAME.
DOC RIVERS AND WILKINS THE
TWO PLAYERS IN DOUBLE FIGURES
FOR ATLANTA.
IT IS WEBB RIVERS, WILLIS
KONCAK AND WILKINS FOR HAWKS,
GRANT PIPPEN CARTWRIGHT
PAXSON JORDAN FOR CHICAGO,
THIRD QUARTER UNDERWAY.
HUBIE: THEY LOVE TO POST UP
MICHAEL JORDAN.
PETE: DOMINIQUE ON JORDAN NOW.
[WHISTLE]
PETE: ILLEGAL DEFENSE.
DOC RIVERS GOT CAUGHT.
HUBIE: A SMART MOVE BY THE
CHICAGO COACHING STAFF.
POSTING UP MICHAEL ATLANTA
KNOWS THAT HE CAN GET A SHOT
AT WILL OVER THE TOP OF
RIVERS.
EVERYONE IS GOING TO TRY TO
HELP OUT ON THE DOUBLE-TEAM.
OR ON A CLEAR ALL LIKE WE
HAVE NOW.
PETE: JORDAN LOSING THE BALL ■
BUT FOULED BY DOC RIVERS.
THE SECOND ON RIVERS.
HUBIE: THE IMAGINE YORT OF
TEAMS IN THIS LEAGUE THEY
WILL PLAY MICHAEL ONE-ON-ONE,
OUTSIDE OF 15 FEET.
PETE: THERE IS A RARE LOSS BY
MICHAEL JORDAN.
DOM NIEBLG YOU CAN PUT A SHOW
ON NOW.
AND DOES.
WILKINS WITH 14 AND IT IS ALL
OF A SUDDEN A ONE POINT
ATLANTA LEAD,
PETE: PIPPEN AND THE REBOUND
COMING RIGHT TO HIM HE IS IN
DOUBLE FIGURES WITH TEN.
SEESAWING BACK AND FORTH
CHICAGO BY ONE.
PETE: RIVERS COMES U■■SHORT.
REBOUND PULLED AWAY BY
CARTWRIGHT.
[WHISTLE]
PETE TRYING TO GET THE BALL
INSIDE TO GRANT.
STILL BELONGS TO CHICAGO.
HUBIE: COACHING STAFF TRYING
TO ALLOW SPUDD WEBB TO GET
SOME TIME HERE, ANY TIME YOU
HAVE THAT HAMSTRING YOU WARM
UP THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE YOU
PLAY IMMEDIATELY RATHER THAN
SIT DOWN ON THE BENCH AND
THEN COME IN AFTER ABOUT 8
MINUTES.
PETE: LOW AGAIN TO CARTWRIGHT.
CARTWRIGHT INTO THE PAINT
PUTS THE JUMP HOOK OVER
CONTACT PIPPEN ANOTHER
OFFENSIVE BOARD AND ANOTHER
HOOK BACK FOR PIPPEN, HE HAS
12.
HUBIE: CONTACT KONCAK IS
DOING A GOOD JOB.
PETE: RIVERS AROUND THE PICK
SET BY KONCAK WILLIS THE
OFTENIVES BOARD TRYING TO
DRIBBLE IT AND PAXSON STOLE
IT RIGHT AWAY FROM HIM.
CHICAGO, STILL BELONGS TO
CHICAGO.
15 SECONDS LEFT TO SHOOT IT.
HUBIE: EXCELLENT STEAL
ATTEMPT BY DOMINIQUE.
TRYING NEVER TO GET PINNED
BEHIND A GOOD POSTUP PLAYER,