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here it’s sold out Chicago Stadium the starting lineups for game three Mark aguire Rick Mahorn Bill Lane beer Isaiah Thomas and Joe Dumars the Piston starters Scotty Pippen Horus Grant Bill cartright Michael Jordan and Craig Hodes for the Chicago Bulls a year ago the Bulls split with Detroit in Detroit in the first two games only to see the Pistons come and win both games in Chicago and ultimately win the series in five that was in an Eastern semi-final it was a year ago doesn’t mean anything now except players from both teams have been talking about it underway controlled by Detroit Jack Madden Ed T rush and Bill Oaks are the officials working this afternoon well Detroit’s going to try to get Joe Dumar off early here and he does Joe Dumars and before the game Isaiah Thomas said what about Mark Maguire maybe we should go to that weapon as well but now the bulls with the ball the point guard is Michael Jordan all lies on Scotty pippet guarded by aguire R Jordan ties the score on a tip in the offensive rebounding of both teams have been very very big in this series so far because the initial shooting is down only one team has scored 100 points the Pistons got that many winning game two lame beer with a bup and a hit inside the three-point line the match Up’s important Dumars is guarding Jordan it’s a tough assignment and it’s taken something away from Dum Mars’s offense he has spent so so much time worrying about M hard right foul not a shooting situation but the first foul of the game and it’s on Rick Mahorn well Rick Mahorn thought that he had a piece of the ball that time dick we’ll see the Chicago Bulls going in early down inside to Grant and into uh Billy cartrite plus the posting of Michael Jordan Scotty Pippen says he feels a little pain when he runs Jordan the rebound by aguire neither team is a real fast breaking ball Club so we’re going to see an awful lot of half court basketball facing the hoop hits the jumper Mahorn led the Pistons in a losing cause with 17 in the opening game and then scored only one point in game two normally he explodes after an off game like he had the other [Applause] today Grant posting up against Lane beer eight on the shot clock Grant rebound by Mahorn 6-2 Detroit they have the ball and nearly two minutes gone by in the opening period double team on aguire Mahorn finds Lane beer who’s fouled well in early going we’re seeing an awful lot of mismatches because teams are switching and guys are getting caught out of position what I like early for both coaches is that the players are seeing the mismatch and trying to get the ball to the to the man making the block from behind was Scotty Pippen who committed the foul let me tell you he flew in from the mezanine on that [Applause] one Pippen loses the ball and double dribble called against Scotty so they going to test Scotty the Pistons are going to go at him and attack him and see how his injured foot is well he looks good right here dick how about that block and a save out of bounds he’s looking good off the dribble right now little spring to his step besides being the second leading score for the Bulls in the playoffs they need his defense in this ball game dick we have an awful lot of pick and rolls that will be happening and what must be today is the man that sets the pick cannot be moving because they will call it early foul is on cartright second foul against Chicago just about 2 and 1/2 elapsed in the opening period of game three series is all even one a piece Mahorn in good position and here comes Chicago if anyone will run in this game it would be the Bulls if they can get out quick enough here’s Pippen Way Off the Mark and now Thomas as hajes to and it’s called for the offensive foul Craig Hodes set position in cement and Thomas ran right into it you’ll see in this possession as Isaiah comes down I think he should have given this one up early because we had another player in that outside Lane and they would have had the layup it is still 6-2 Detroit hu and we have gone a couple of minutes without any scoring by either side well we have two great defensive teams here dick and they’re going to take you out of your initial set grant guarded by Lane beer Jordan gets a tough pass in the crowd and Michael gets his second basket of the game he was frisky as a Colt in practice yesterday the Bulls were very loose the Pistons though they had an intense battle scarred practice before they got into town horn inside and it’s 8 to4 in favor of Detroit with 835 to go opening period the Bulls need Pippen to be able to explode off the dribble because Doug Collins feels that Pippen can take advantage of aguire slowness with the feet and take advantage to cause mismatches Pippen ducks in Scotty Scotty Pippen with his first basket and Chuck Dy who had to curtail practice this week because it was that intense Pistons may be breaking out of their leery though Mahorn going up as foul before the shot battles on CRA that’ll be Craig hodges’s first foul and the 13 foul against the Bulls and very important for the Bulls to keep hajes out of foul trouble well he keeps getting mixed up and he’s he keeps picking up aguire every time Chicago scores and they’re posting a wi immediately bu misses but Mahorn gets the offensive rebound the extra pass by Thomas pays off and Mark aguire gives the Pistons a 10 to six lead just under 8 minutes to go in the first period games three and four this afternoon and Monday afternoon right now the Bulls have the home court Edge and they call Mahorn inside for a pushing foul and a technical foul as well it didn’t take long see that time the Chicago Bulls ran a little a little exchange down below there’s Chuck da frustrated forcing Detroit to switch and you’ll see it here gramp goes on the Baseline Mahorn picks up cart right and now they’re going to post up cart right on Mahorn now because of the size Factor you’ll see Mahorn pushing him in the lower back technical foul and a personal against Mahal Jord makes the freee throw and Rick Mahorn will go to the bench and John Sally will replace him that’ll give the Pistons a good leaper a guy who can run the floor and a fine shot blocker while Sally’s leading their ball Club in the playoffs with 14 blocks he’s playing exciting basketball and averaging double figures I is guarded by Thomas like a blanket 10 to7 Detroit here’s Jordan basket counts in a foul and he’ll be if Michael Jordan had an off game if you can call a 27-point game off in game two he looks like he’s sharp here well you notice how Dumar puts his hands on on Michael right at the beginning but once Michael decides that he’s taking it off the dribble to the basket there is not a player in this league that can stop him missed a chance to tie it up for the Bulls Jordan though has seven of Chicago’s nine the foul was on Sally each team with three team fouls in the opening quarter off the screen Dumars Jordan [Music] hadam Sally low to acquire double team good move by Mark Maguire he showed the low post move not as much of a low post guy as Dantley was who was traded to Dallas but he’s got some moves down [Applause] low 5 minutes gone by opening period a spirited first quarter here at Chicago Stadium Jordan misses a chance to bring the Bulls to within one here’s aguire he’ll take a three and he’s got it Mark aguire who now has seven points tied with Jordan for the game lead well the one thing you must do is get up on top of aguire because he’s not only a three-point threat in transition he’s also a three-point threat when he takes the ball out of bounds so they have gone to aguire their meal ticket on offense and the lead is [Music] six sometimes teams play c mouse missed the obvious and Isaiah Thomas told Ubie Brown what he thinks the obvious should be in this game the thing that’s going through my head today coming into this game is that we got to get aguire more shots and we got to get him more involved in the offense as opposed to everything feeding for me today uh I like to have everything start with him uh and we feed off of him I I think he has to be the focal point of our offense uh in order for us to get better shots on this replay you can see that that any time that Craig Hodges is playing aguire he keeps getting caught behind him there’s a size Factor plus aguire can just shoot over the top wire is three for four including a three-point basket and a 15 to9 Detroit [Applause] lead hoders looking inside to cartright guarded by Sally card rght with the familiar Baseline turnaround cartright has not had big scoring games thus far but you know he’ll be a Factor sooner or later in this series Grant defenses aguire well and Thomas hits the shot he was practically wide open quickly down Court the Bulls halfway through this opening stanza Pistons by six they had the best road record in the NBA this year so they know what it’s like to play in enemy confines Jordan gets bumped in a foul and that’ll be the fourth team foul against Detroit quickly to Pat O’Brien foul is on Joe Dumar his first you know Michael Jordan may have seven of the 11 points but the happiest guy on the Bulls bench is Scotty Pippen who says he can feel his toe but it’s not bothering me says Pat I’ll be okay let’s go back to you dck all right Pat Dumars picks up his first foul and the next foul by the Pistons will put him in the penalty Bulls still have one foul to give 545 to go in the first period and a kick ball by Isaiah and a new 24 second clock you know dick I’m kind of surprised that the Chicago Bulls have not gotten the ball to Grant at the foul line area and allowed him to take lambier off the dribble because Grant feels that he can take him there because of the quickness Factor he has been a puzzle for Chuck Dy no question about it good pass to cartright from Grant couldn’t get the basket and couldn’t control the rebound but the pass was perfect perfect pass you’ve got to make those you got to get the gimmies in a game like this Sally in the low post hard rght leaves his feet and Sally goes around him and the Pistons have hit their last five shots this for a team that has not been known for their offense lately that’s the new John Sally dunk everything Hodes misses a shot Isaiah Thomas is down Court the Pistons missed him but they didn’t miss Sally Sally I thought was pushed by the Bulls no foul open is pipping in the corner and the rebound by aguire so Chicago really struggling on the offensive end well they’re getting an awful lot of easy opportunities dick and when you know that the game is going to be 100 to 105 you must take advantage of these Detroit is on a 9-2 run leading by eight points Dumar misses rebound Jordan he Out jumped the world on that one gets by Dumars and lays it in and that’s against one of the better defenders in the NBA well he’s uh you know the first team all defensive team uh let’s face it there’s no one guy who can take him off the dribble you need that quick double team winding down the four minutes remaining in the opening period aguire tries to go Baseline and Grant fouls him his fourth team foul so both teams with four and Grant with his first see as I’m looking at this game I if I’m Chuck Daly I’m very happy my ball Club is recognizing mismatches this is the first time that aguire has been covered down in Low by a big player and that was Grant at 610 he’s still on him and he’s still isolated on him nearly a steel by Pippen and Lan beer open in the corner misses now we have under four minutes to go first period and the Pistons have led virtually all the way and have led all the way in fact they’re up by six and Jordan gets by the Pistons are not doubling quick enough on Jordan and he’s getting a lot of easy layups and the reason for that is because cartright is in low and they do not want his man to double because cartri will get the easy dump aguire again against Grant rebound partl and a chance for the Bulls to come within a pair see with Grant on top of aguire every time he shoots that junker it’s a fade away and a reverse layup by Grant Chicago has scored six in a row now and with 3 minutes to go in the first period it’s 1917 this place is deafening great atmosphere with the clock down watch the guard penetration Dumars this foul going to the hoop the Bulls are in the penalty and Joe will shoot a pair at the line see this is a tough cover right here for Dumar there’s a a pick that he has to worry about and then once Michael decides to step through you know the extension is there and the possibility of the foul the king ofs caola cat as we said at the outset you can’t even get obstructed view for this Chicago one of the great Sports towns in America the Cubs are doing very well the Blackhawks did well and Scotty uh I should say Doug Collins told us yesterday this has been so great for the town to see the Bulls do extremely well how about like what Doug said about this building is Charles Davis a mini enforcer here for the Chicago BS well he is in for Harris Grant who goes goes out with two personal fouls Dumars misses the free throw there is Grant and Grant got into foul trouble in the first game of the series came back with 20 rebounds in game number two the Bulls need his rebounding no question whenever cart rting grants have a good ball game that’s when the Bulls seem to play well right now Detroit is in a 221 three4 court press Hodes in the corner Jordan leaves his way for another B he has 13 points here in the first quarter and the Bulls Trail by one I want to tell you something he was so high on that shot he shot down at the basket pipping on the switch has Thomas now that means Jordan is guarding Lane beer and lame beer wants to post him up with the big height Advantage yeah but we know that’s not lamb Beer’s game Sally with a jump shot 22 to9 nearing 2 minutes remaining in the opening period the Jordan the point guard he’s got Hodges Charles Davis who does not back down he’s about as physical as they have Off the Bench it’s off the screen quarter 2 minutes Davis gets a bu garbage Basket in the right place at the right time in the three games now you have to be conscious that there’ll be a lot of Miss first shots but the team that’s been winning the offensive boards have been winning the games come together and Dennis Rodman who’s coming the ball game on a feed from Isaiah Thomas so let’s check the Pistons they have Rodman and Sally in there along with three starters Dumars Thomas and Lan beer hard rght foul and a very quick pass by Scotty Pippen got rid of well you can see that’s all by Design dick they know that once that ball goes in there they’re going to be double team you can count on it and they’re looking to the other side of the floor for the easy shot now there is Vinnie Johnson in for Detroit Craig Hodges leaves for Chicago replaced by John Paxton and Chuck Daly has a very lucrative bench to say the least in James Edwards the backup center who has good offensive capabilities will enter the game as well cartright hits the free throw here’s Edwards who Chuck Dy told us last night he says I think I need to play him more because of his ability to score points well let’s face it over uh an 11-year career James Edwards has been able to average double figures every season this is the first year that that has not happened he’s a quality low post player hard ride with the free throws 24 to 23 Detroit they have led all the way in this quarter and there aguire with seven who leads Detroit getting a rest right now well it’s a difficult thing for Chuck Daly when you have aguire and Rod position ball battered Away by Jordan he knocked it away from Thomas here he is in the open floor Davis Charles Davis Charles Davis has already given Doug Collins a dividend Off the Bench and Chuck dy’s Pistons now Trail by one Chicago has its first lead under a minute to go in the first period and Vinnie Johnson puts Detroit up again in a hurry and gets the foul as well the fou his first penalty you’ll see the penetration by Isaiah now watch Jordan strip him right there on the way up at the offensive end of the floor for the Bulls three players in this game made the first all defensive team in the NBA Dennis Rodman Michael Jordan and Joe Dumars and by the way if you were Michael Jordan Dumars and Rodman are going to be guarding you for the 48 minutes that’s exactly right so I would say that you have to uh gear up a little bit for that and he may be doing just that Corzine is coming the game and a good rebound by Vinnie Johnson Detroit by two half a minute remaining and Sally lost the ball out of bounds so Chicago has it trailing by two but Rodman and Sally that great Dimension they give the Pistons Off the Bench well that this is their best offensive rebounding group and remember Dennis Rodman is one of the few people in this league with 300 offensive boards during during the course of the Season Scotty Pippen goes out played practically the entire first quarter so he may be feeling all right Mark file the trainer is over there with him and Craig Hodes has re-entered the game 13 on the shot clock a differential of 4 seconds between the game clock you see and the shot clock Dennis Rodman tries to watch Jordan going to his left three-point attempt oh it’s a two a two-point basket by Davis but that’s the second one he’s hit from the corner what a bonus and with 4 seconds to go Michael Jordan is called for a blocking foul as the Bulls try to trap Detroit at midcourt well Michael didn’t like that call because he anticipated and jumped into the lane and took away the sideline from Isaiah that time but the referee Billy Oaks right on top of the call there’s Sam Vincent who really is the odd man out in the Bulls backourt [Applause] story Isaiah Thomas has only two points but has six assists in this first quarter and Jordan is going let’s see Corine goes out and Vincent comes in well that gives them another guard here they move Michael Jordan to small forward and they have vincon and Hodes in here the reason because there’s 4 seconds on the clock and they have four perimeter [Music] [Applause] Shooters breaks the tie Detroit by one final set seconds in the first quarter Jordan and that’ll do it you can’t ask for a closer one and relatively high scoring first quarter we might add 28 to 27 the Pistons over the Bulls after one welcome back to the mad house on Madison were a close basketball game the Pistons lead the Bulls 28 to 27 as our coverage of the 1989 m a playoffs continue Pat o Bren here behind the Detroit bench what Chuck Daly is worried about now is the penetration of Michael Jordan he’s telling all his players go at him stop that penetration by the way Horus Grant went to the locker room I’ll go there check on that right now let’s go back to D you know Michael Jordan is always the object of everyone now he attended that five-star camp that has been a very popular camp for youngsters well when he was an a rising senior he was really relatively unknown except for down in the Wilmington North Carolina area uh Roy Williams sent up to that camp who later recruited him for North Carolina and the very first day he was there he said the competition was so Fierce my Palms of my hands were sweating and then what happened all he did was win MVP in the first week Dave Corine hits the shot that’s a great story because now everyone else’s Palms sweat will have to guard him you know he was only 63 and a half so out there you little guys you can always grow once you go to school Vinnie Johnson out there along with Dumars Isaiah starts the second quarter on the bench and Rick Mahorn is foul going to the hoop James Edwards also in there along with Dennis robman so Dumars is the only starter for Detroit out there now personal foul is on Davis’s first see Rick Mahorn can really post up on Charles Davis Charles has given away a lot of size and a lot of beef Mahorn in his early days was not a good foul shooter he’s really developed his game and has come a long way on the foul line as you saw Michael Jordan gets a rest as we start the second quarter he led with 13 points well I figers that’s why that’s right I blew a little smoke consequently Miss happens all the time all the time marzine setting a screen for Sam Vincent Edwards the rebound bulls have most of their reserves in as well Scotty Pippen is the only starter in there for Chicago and they’re going to jump it up Johny Pippen tied up Vinnie Johnson nicely this is one of the rare times that both Chuck Daly and Doug Collins have most of the bench in at the same time well what do they say uh the Piston Ben is personality the SWAT team The X Factor group that’s right but but the Chicago Bull B is the J factor and I said what’s that they said the journeyman Factor oh that’s not bad except they just don’t get the minutes that the Detroit b bench gets 23% per shooting by Chicago the fact that they’re tied in the game that’s a good sign for them Jackson is guarding dbar Mahorn lost the ball to Vincent we in the opening minutes of the second quarter dick Stockton and huie brown along with Pat o Bryan game three of our series all even in one a piece Vincent dishes off and Pippen Davis is fouled by Mahorn who picks up his third personal foul three on Rick see I I like what’s going on here Mahorn is upset but Charlie Davis beat him to the glass that time for that offensive board John Sally will send Mahorn to the bench with three personal [Applause] fouls Grant is now back from the dressing room and is over there on the Chicago bench talking to trainer Mark file hackson and the Bulls lead by a bucket 3129 and how his confidence is improved in the playoffs outside the second unit dick is basically a perimeter shooting team for the Bulls but they’re more than holding their own right now against Detroit’s backups Vinnie Johnson penetrates Corine into the hands now of Davis boy Charles Davis is very active so far in this game well he says listen y when they put me in this game I know what my job is and that is to play Big I’ll sacrifice my body what I’m worryed about is these young guys that they don’t understand how close we are to a major happening bent not that time Sally The Rebound and you are so right because the Bulls continue to defy the experts who thought they would get swept against Cleveland lose to New York and here they are even with Detroit you notice what we said a lot of pick and rolling and a foul Vincent and Davis were blocking out on Dumars and the foul is against Davis let’s go to Pat O’Brien Pat all right dick thank you very much if the Bulls didn’t have enough to worry about now they may have a flu epidemic on their team I’m not kidding Jordan and cartright had the flu last week Horus Grant left earlier he was I don’t know how to put it very very sick he’s back on the bench and the leading rebounder goes out with that kind of an illness now you know why everybody in the team was saying how you doing how you doing we’ll be back in the mad house on Madison 3129 back after [Music] we’re back here in Chicago with the bulls leading the Pistons 31-29 but how about those Lakers who now have won 10 straight playoff games and 15 consecutive games dating back to regular season James Worthy out of sight in the playoffs and the Lakers are within one game of sweeping the Phoenix Suns and game number four tomorrow at 3:30 Eastern time from Phoenix Isaiah Thomas back in the game he has scored three points Maguire still leads Detroit with seven although he’s on the bench right now Corine guarding Edwards doubled with Davis wide open for three is Vinnie Johnson and if he gets cooking Detroit has a big weapon out there yeah see that’s that’s really almost out of his range now I know he made that one but you know they’ll give him that shot he likes to get into 15 to 17 ft Detroit by one pipping in the corner Davis open short and Sally with the rebound so Detroit with a one-point lead just under 9 minutes remaining in the second quarter Johnson may be hot Rodman ticks it in that’s only the second offensive rebound by the Pistons in this game the Bulls have done a good job there they’ve also not turned it over much one time now with Rodman and Sally they really put pressure on your defense you must get a part of their body BS trying to be patient now with 10 on a shot clock Vincent slides in and travels tring nois Grant Michael Jordan Bill CTI back for Chicago Michael Jordan will come back in the game along with Bill cartright horrus Grant you’ll see the blocking out here Rodman has inside on Paxton and there’s your TAP over the top anytime you get caught in those mismatches you must give Detroit a lot of credit today because they’ve been really exploiting them but Chicago’s bench held their own even though Detroit has the lead now they’re within three points normally that’s not a good matchup for the Bulls Detroit big Edge there Thomas rebound Jordan and Jordan is fouled by Dennis robman loose ball foul a loose ball foul a tough CL on Dennis you know as uh Michael Jordan went up and and really how should I say interfered with the release of that shot by Isaiah he came down and his legs were Tangled with Rodman it had to be a foul Mark Maguire will replace Rodman in the Detroit lineup aguire with seven points still the top scorer eight out of the nine Pistons who have played in this game have scored nearly four minutes elaps period number two Maguire guarding Pippen Jordan with 13 goes for three way off and here’s Thomas and Paxton with the blocking foul foul is on John Paxton is second teams third well the Detroit Pistons guards and they depend on those three guards that Hubie mentioned Dumars Thomas and Johnson have not shot well this series a three-point attempt missed by aguire Thomas follows it up and gets the hoom way under their regular season shooting well right now the front line at Chicago they need a wake up call this group that just came back out on the floor must understand that they’ve got to pound that defensive [Music] board John Sally by the way a lot of people may not know that he has played hurt this year well he had a very bad ankle injury dick and he was very concerned about his sporadic play at the end of the year heard trade rumors and really didn’t think that he would be with the ball Club next year but Isaiah sat him down they had a great conversation and he is playing outstanding basketball in the playoffs Pitman misses the shot and Sally nearly had the rebound but a loose ball foul is called against Grant foul on and I think they need Sally’s spirit I mean he’s the jokester on the club and it’s when you look at the Bad Boys Sally is one of The Fun Boys on this team but Grant has picked up his third personal foul and that’s a problem for the bull well Grant was able to keep Chicago in game two because of his outstanding offensive rebounding Pistons have scored seven in a row and have moved out to a five-point lead Sally posting up against Grant they want to see Harris get four here this a smart call he’s got to take them low Sally John Sally the turnaround and John Sally has six 38-31 Paxton in the back court now cartright goes inside and he gets fouled in the middle fou on James Edward you’ll see down inside right now Sally working hard Doug Collins has it told his players make Sally and Rodman shoot over the top of you do not allow them to get inside for the dunks and the easy layups foul is on Edwards team fouls the Bulls have four and the Pistons three and here’s cartright again on the stripe the one thing you can say about Bill cartright is that he now has if he didn’t have before a measure of respect from his teammates there is a togetherness that wasn’t always there this season but because of the way Bill played in the first two series I think he feels a lot warmer now well that that’s a given the thing which is uh tough for Billy right now is the foul line he’s a 78% career foul shooter and he’s struggling at 68 through the playoffs 38- 32 in favor of the Pistons with 640 to go in the first [Applause] half aguire posting up quick pass out five on the shot clock against Pippen marku that’s where aguire likes to shoot him and aguire with nine he’s the Pistons High scorer Jordan still leads everybody with 13 Al Michael hasn’t scored yet in this second quarter the lead is eight Pippen for three and Thomas gets the rebound and now the Pistons can open up their biggest lead of the game well if you notice everything that the Bulls are attempting to di our perimeter everything that Detroit is trying to do is down inside Thomas rims a three until then until then hippen foul as Jordan with a lightning fast pass and Isaiah Thomas may have committed the foul that’s his second foul Mahorn and Grant each with three fouls and the next foul by either side will put him in the penalty and here’s Scotty Pippen he had his foot stepped on in the third quarter of game number two actually according to Mark file it’s more like turf toe than anything else he said he wouldn’t have any trouble jumping because he could jump off the right foot it’s the running that’s given him pain and it’s affected his shooting I think cuz he’s one for six from the field thus far Pitman is one of the key rebounders at both ends of the floor for Chicago they need that spirited part that he can give them Pistons by six P reaches in for the foul and for Scotty that’ll be his second and the Bulls are in the penalty so for Doug Collins that means that the Pistons will shoot now from now of the rest of the period you’ll see as Scotty Pippen goes out here now he’ll grab Aire shirt there it is right there and he then Jack pushed himself right out into the uh how should I say defending against that Cross Point pass mark aguire native of Chicago in Corzine checks in the game replacing grant aguire for the most part has not really played all that well here in his hometown Thomas has had some brilliant games back in his hometown of Chicago and some games that he not happy about but Maguire has struggled for the most part here well you know it’s interesting in all of the playoff games aguire has only been to the line 14 times and that’s a low amount for a small F Jordan with a screen offensive foul off it’s against Corzine and that was that moving pick that you talked about that they’re going to look for today well we said that at the top on all pick and rolls and also the screens the big people in this game must hold the pick and do not hit anyone with the flying [Applause] elbows so the Pistons leading by eight again can establish their biggest margin with a basket Johnson off the screen misses pipp has it knocked away and Vinnie Johnson misses a layup aguire gets it though so the Bulls fell asleep and the Pistons took advantage and Chicago has not scored a basket in 5 and A2 minutes and a 20 second timeout called by Doug Hollins right now dick Chicago’s really struggling within their half court sets if you notice anytime a guy is coming off of something that they’re trying for their primary move he is not wide open it is forcing them into three and four options right now Pat O’Brien all right dick thank you very much I just talked to Horus Grant who says he thinks he does indeed have the flu he’s very weak and he says he’s kind of sick today so we’ll see how that goes let’s go back to you well Pat you better get away from that bench because we don’t want to see you catching anything you know we have a game coming up on Monday we’ll have to put you to bed with a lot of fluids is that the preventative way to do it right all right the Bulls come out after the 22nd they’ve got Hodges and Jordan along on with cartright Corzine and Pippen so they have two centers in the game and Corzine and cartright well in game one of the series they worked real well together and Corzine made a big contribution pointwise Detroit on a 15-3 run after the Bulls led by two under 5 minutes to go now in the half Jordan draws the or Hodes draws the foul and is pushed and will shoot two Isaiah Thomas picking up his third foul so Mahorn and Thomas are two Pistons now Burton with three personals and Isaiah will get out they replaced by Joe Dumars who was Dumar Idol when he was at school I could believe interesting uh Joe when he was playing at MCN State you know he’s down as the 17 leading scorer in the history of NCAA basketball his his guy that he patterned his game left there was Isaiah Thomas and his coach said to him ask him one day why and he said because as a little man he can dominate an NBA game and I want to really pattern my game after him and Joe Dumars has it all and that’s before he knew he’d be his teammate Corine saves it nicely to cartright open Hodes Jordan out leaps Dum Mars for the rebound 10-point lead for Detroit and Jordan says all right let’s set this up and take our time this is the guy that they’ve got to get the shot opportunities for he was on a roll in that first quarter picking spot up Corzine seven on the shot clock let’s see what Jordan does that’s what he does he gets the basket only his first points of the second quarter however and Detroit is leading by eight 410 remaining in the first half Pippen with two fouls on McGuire facing up and hitting Mark aguire now with 15 points and the Pistons following their game plan are going to their offensive [Music] threat very tough half court defense they funnel and fill the Pistons and get the loose balls that’s why teams are averaging only 90 against them in the playoffs which is a phenomenal figure well if you notice how quick Sally got over there for that double team because they knew Jordan was going to try to take Dumars off the dribble [Music] aguire foul see aguire has a complete game he can play real tough down in low uh throwing the fade away jump shot he can hit the three-pointer facing you and then he’s difficult off the dribble here you’ll have Sally coming over to help do Mars now not bad Michael Jordan was looking for a bump that time card rght committing his second foul so right now the Pistons are playing two big men in Edwards and Lan beer as Sally and Rodman leave the game and Maguire misses the free throw but Collins wants to get Paxton for he’ll go in for Corine so again the Bulls have a three guard alignment with Jordan Hodges and Paxton in there well what this does Doug is hoping that Mark aguire will now try to match up with Michael Jordan and hopefully they’ll be able to take him off the dribble but now Chuck can counteract this and and put aguire on one of the two guards either Paxon and hajes and still stay with Dumars let’s see what happens talk about Chuck and Doug Doug played for Philadelphia when Chuck was an assistant coach 47 to 36 less than three and a half to play in the second quarter and the Bulls have scored only nine points in this quarter credit Detroit’s defense and that’ll be a foul against the Pistons they’re over the limit and Joe Dumar is now with the second foul see the disappointing thing to me as an observer is that uh Michael Jordan has gone down in and has posted Joe Dumars and Vinnie Johnson time after time but it is taking the other guards a long period of time to see it and get him the initial pass that’s only the 10th point of the quarter for the Bulls John Long who did not play in game one briefly in game game too but has some defensive intensity that Chuck Dy likes has now come in well John long was with the the BW Club early when they had Kelly truka John long and Isaiah as their three main scores so he is a proven veteran with a lot of playoff experience hoders trying to play long nose to nose got to watch out there now that bumping might C you lame beer smothered by Pippen now Edwards finds aguire and fire is red hot well if he has had rough games in his hometown not today he has 18 points including his last four Jordan is foul going in with his left hand and will go to the line and Lan beer with a few words for Billy Oaks and for Jack Madden as well well lamb beer is blaming that Michael wiped him out with his right arm but if you notice today Michael Jordan is beating his man every time by going to his left only the first foul for lame beard Ruben for red hot lovers presents the 100 Point well the Pistons had their biggest lead of the game with that much time remaining in the second quarter and uh H we talked about the relationship between Chuck Dy and Doug Collins in Philadelphia but of course you go back with Chuck Dy when you were assistants at Duke University yeah I was the Freshman coach Chuck was the assistant and we worked for a legendary figure at the NCA AA level at Duke by a guy name is Vic bubis I’ll never forget everyone thinks that Chuck Dy just became a good dresser now that he’s making big money but back then on an assistant salary he said to me one day he says you know you could be one of the worst dress guys in America come over my house I’m going to give you a few ties he gave me 27 ties off the back of his rack and we didn’t even Dent he had three layers of ties still going I hope he didn’t give you the one you have on today we at Chicago Stadium game three of the NBA Eastern Conference Final as the Detroit Pistons lead the Chicago Bulls 49 to 38 and Michael Jordan who has 17 points shooting a [Applause] pair aguire with 18 he’s in the foreground is the Pistons high score now it’s a 49 to 40 game and pressure in the back court by Chicago for the first time well they feel that they can you know really hamper John Long wear the shot clock down and Hope that would force them into a quick shot but John long did a nice job that time Vinnie Johnson leaves it in for Edwards and a fine play on a sort of a pick and roll well you know the Pistons are almost as good as the Los Angeles Lakers in rotating the basketball and finding the free people once you commit in double team good and they’ll call the offensive foul Eddie Eddie Rush catches clri backhanding uh James Edwards in a low post you know James Edwards was trying to bump cart right off the spot and Billy wiped him out with a forearm good call Corzine replaces cartright who sits down with his third foul cartright has scored five points as we’re getting close to the two-minute Mark of this first half in the Detroit Pistons looks like they’ve got their act together to this point this isn’t a bad number 10 player John Long a guy with that much experience and the opportunity to score Lan beer short on the three loose ball into the hands of Pippen here’s Paxton has Jordan John Paxton beautiful and a fine decision because the Pistons were expecting the pass to Michael well and the one thing you didn’t have to worry about is lambir blocking your shot because he very seldom will go for the block nine-point lead for the Pistons who led by one after the opening period a run or Miss by Vinnie Johnson Paxton knocks it off of aguire and it’s Chicago’s ball good hustle haxon has made two alert plays at both ends in the last minute yeah he was lucky on that one because when Vinnie Johnson shot it he should have blocked them off the board and he didn’t Vin he kept it alive they to be lucky too you’re right traveling offensive foul offensive foul not traveling Jack Madden makes the call on Scotty Pippen and that’ll be his third so the entire front line for the BS gr Pippen and card ride all now with three personal fouls well Scotty Pippen you know saying something to Jack Madden but these three refs today have been very consistent on any ball handle where I’m handling the ball to you and setting a pick you better be stopped or they are catching you for a moving pick Charles Davis replaces Pippen and the foul is called as Vinnie Johnson stumbled his way in and the foul is against Paxton it’s three on John Paxton see watch this move by Pippen as he hands the basketball off now here comes the second cutter there he is he’s moving and setting it up now that’s debatable I honestly thought from our position our angle that he was set on that move Two Shots I’d agree with you there’s Pippen and Grant Inseparable off the court in hotel restaurants and everywhere sitting together now with three fouls and so far it has not been a productive afternoon for either one of them Pippen with four points Grant with only two as you look at the many players with three fouls in the game Vinnie Johnson with the free throws and it’s an 11-point piston lead that much time remaining in the first half at this end of the floor now John long is playing Michael Jordan Corzine guarded by Edwards Hodes to three out of bounds and the officials finally Ed rush says it’s Chicago’s ball as Oaks and Madden could not tell well they were both blocked out on that and we had a very good angle uh and that was excellent because the opposite referee that slot guy that’s why he’s here he bails you out Eddie Rush under a minute to go in the half geord lost the ball can’t get it and stepping on the line it’s going to be Detroit’s ball Craig hajes has not scored in this first half that’s the guy that the Bulls expect to get the long range shots or the threes from lead is 11 for Detroit they have 15 on the shot clock like I said Detroit excellent as soon as they find that double team they rotate that ball quickly now I know Doug is Doug is upset because he wanted he wants it call at the other end of the floor he better watch it because he’s close as a matter of fact he got it he got it uh-oh watch out now Doug don’t get carried away here now I got to ask you this how many times have you heard people say the coach wanted a technical foul do you believe any of that you know I I really don’t I think that most times what you’re doing is you’re testing the guy because some days you can say as much the only trouble is you cannot interpret his fuse for today yesterday he might have taken all of that abuse from you because you know things were going well in his life he was in a nice mood cycle but today you can see Jack Madden was not going to take any of that from D long made the T long and now he’s on the line for two the Pistons have their biggest lead of the game trying to an to it here in the final half minut of this of this first half and maybe those intense practices that resulted in a few skirmishes amongst the Pistons this week up at their practice Arena the Oakland gym up there in Michigan paid off to because they have come out very focused as Pat Riley would say and very impressive well John Long a 92% foul shooter over the season you I mean he’s your 10th guy and he’s always played forwards at the college level so playing a guy as big as Michael Jordan is not going to bother him that Jordan foul gets the basket and lurking is always Michael Jordan no matter what the situation in the game well you’ll see Michael Jordan coming around a curl here there’s your first first pick you see and then as he cuts down he has an angle now James Edwards must get the job done but who is better in this leag than Michael Jordan in leaning in the front shoulder to get the foul then the release of the shot 22 points in the first half for Jordan he is the only Chicago Bull in double figures aguire with 18 same story for Detroit final seconds of the first half Edwards from the corner and that’ll do it all 10 Detroit Pistons have scored in the game and their defense in the second quarter was impressive Chicago managed only five baskets and that’s the end of the first half with the score the Pistons 56 and the Bulls 45 Chicago shot only 33% in the second quarter so Detroit’s defense really clamped out and outscored the Bulls 28 to8 that sounds like a Detroit quarter 28 to8 doesn’t it yes it does and usually they do that to you in the last quarter so he start the second half it’s Hotes and Jordan at guard and up front it’s Grant Pippen and cartright and Grant Pippen and cartright are all playing with three personal fouls give you Detroit’s lineup they have Mark aguire who’s their High scorer with 18 up front with John Sally instead of Mahorn who has three three fouls that is Lane beer is the center and Thomas and dum Mar’s in the back line Michael Jordan throws behind four on the shot shot clock and Hodes with his first field goal of the game his first points and well Chicago is really going to need something from him if they going to challenge well if they don’t show any in outside perimeter game the Detroit defense will be stacked inside of the foul line area Thomas with a fake good feed to Sally they get two there Sally you talk about perimeter shooting the Bulls are old for five from three-point range today after going 0 for eight in the last game so they’ve had a big drought from long range on the turnover Dumar hits and Detroit looks [Applause] sharp all 10 players who have been in the game have scored for the Pistons and their bench has outscored the Chicago Bulls by 11 Jordan hits from the corner and that was the margin at the half the bench scoring of 11 the Bulls must get going here defensively it just seems that in the last 8 to 10 minutes of this game every time Detroit comes down they either score or get fouled zumar Sally over the top is called for the foul and that’ll be his second foul joh Sal is second team’s first they must apply the defensive pressure on the shots and then block off Detroit hold him the one shot and get some easy baskets in the flow see that Maguire has more points than the entire Bulls front [Applause] line cartright tries to amend that a little bit and he gets to they’ve got to go in to Bill card ride and every time the Bulls have made that statement and have done it they’ve been all right well he’s had three shot opportunities he has two scores Plus on two other occasions he’s been fouled plenty of time on the shot clock for the Pistons nearly two minutes gone by in the third quarter aguire long range what a game 20 points for Mark aguire he has scored 22 in the two previous games coming in well he’s giving you that outside game dick which really makes him dangerous him off the he can miss cartright again goes in and it’s fouled by Sally and that’s what the Bulls are trying to do they’re trying to go inside with cartright and Sally picks up too quickly well we said in the first half there is no way that Sally can body up with cartright there’s such a distinct Advantage for cartright in the weight Department matter of fact Here Comes Mahorn right now they need a bulky guy to keep him from getting down in low card rght with the unorthodox shooting Style hits a free throw are you saying this man is bulky well let’s just say that when he puts his 250 Plus on you you you’re not moving him below the Box area you know whenever we go to practice he always gives us the elbow you know like he thinks we’re in the league too now he’s just warming up as a matter of fact this might be some things that you might have said about him I can’t recall off hand he always gives me a smile when he knocks me down yes of course hard ride with the two free throws and it’s a nine-point piston [Music] [Applause] lead Lane beer left open Thomas tra I’m checking out it was Dumars who made the play to Isaiah ah Detroit really active on the offensive boards today that’s where they’re hurting Chicago the most [Music] [Applause] Dumars and the rebound cart right chance for the blls to cut it now to [Music] [Applause] [Music] seven Jordan can’t go right can’t go left uses a cart right screen nothing doing and Mahorn uses his bulk for the rebound Pistons led by one after one quarter of play relatively High scoring quarter and then at second period Detroit’s defense clamped down outscored Chicago by 10 nice and Thomas lost with going in Dumar gave him a good pass yes it was Jordan open Hodges for three and the Bulls continue to struggle for three and Thomas has one man to beat it’s cartright does his Marcus Haynes imitation the Harlem glow Trotters and is tied up that was excellent defense by Billy cartright just by staying there and not committing he forced Isaiah to pull up watch see cartright stayed right inside then unfortunately for him he slipped did Marcus Haynes used to do that and then just dribble the ball for a while for har glob TR golf CHS when he played with lose Tatum and that was one of the great basketball teams of all time when they had that group together yeah Jordan is called the play [Music] 12 on the shot clock here goes cartright against Lane beer cartright now has scored six points already in this third quarter and it’s a seven-point game now but you can see that he has a feel dick he’s making his move with really little little effort Dumars feeding inside loose ball Mahorn scored but it was like a pinball machine and the Bulls very nearly on the double team got the ball back well Michael Jordan was in there and knocked that loose little disc scared with himself because he thought he had it 735 remaining in the third cardr posting up again they want to go inside illegal defense against Detroit well they catch Mahorn that time below the foul line area and he had to be above that because his man was beyond the top of the circle Chuck Dy you know he’s looking at it he knew that they were looking to go for the double team this is where we are our score is 64- 55 Detroit dick Stockton huie Brown Pat O’Brien in a big game in the Eastern Conference playoffs Hodes for three still struggling Jordan intercepts the Dum Mar’s pass and Jordan comes back gets his own rebound Thomas tries to knock it away CTI inside gets two no basket offensive foul that’s four on cartri he must have used his left arm huie that had to be the foul that’s frustration for any coach watch this great pass by Jordan Here Comes cartright check check the arm now there it is he took lambir and put him away with that left arm that was a big play because the Bulls could have scored or two come within seven instead cartright has his fourth foul lame beer against Grant oh aguire can’t save it Chicago has it and aguire is out of sight right now he’s up over the top of Chuck Daily I hope both of them are okay well they went right over the top of that chair boy Chuck went flying and so did [Applause] aguire not a hair out of place though you’ll see this loose ball no Chicago player tries there aguire over the top he grabs Chuck dily to cushion the fall now here was the collision with aguire trying to save the ball now watch Chuck Dy he sees him coming and aguire knocks daily down not all that funny if you have to be the guy who’s going to Bear all the bruises as a result of this Pat O’Brien is over there on the Pistons bench Pat what do you have I was just talking to Mark aguire for one thing he said you know that team meeting that they had with Isaiah Thomas had the celebrated meeting one of the things that came out of that was aggressiveness and we saw it just then by the way he’s okay he just P his knee and he said Dy gave him an elbow on his way in I said he said was that him I said yeah it was the bad boy Legend Continues see him Maguire with 20 points that’s the toughest thing he’s had to take today he has hit his last five shots from the field he’s out of the air and Dennis Rodman replaces him so good offensive rebounder is Dennis Rodman and as you know one of the best defenders in the league Dum Mar’s on Jordan Jordan doesn’t like how close he’s playing and makes him Paya Jord makes him pay and how about every time that Jordan is catching the ball today Dumars is laying his hands right on his body that’s why you saw him try to swat him away here’s Dumars on the offensive end with a Layin seven for Joe Dumars and frankly his offense has had to suffer because of the responsibility he has in guarding Michael Jordan well night in and Night Out Joe’s always taking a tough offensive guard plus people forget he plays point guard as well as SE there’s that hand again see he doesn’t want that call but what he is doing is basically illegal every time Michael Jordan catches that ball he lays his hands right on Jordan there it is right there see he doesn’t want that as a call but reputations sometimes help you dick when you are a first team all defensive player there they are again three team fouls against the Pistons open is Hodes not hit a three yet drives to the hoop Roden the rebound Frank Hodes still tangled up with Rick Mahorn there at the other end nearly five and a half remaining in the third quarter now Jordan has to do the defensive job on Dumars into Mahorn against Corzine great defensive play by Corzine but Rodman’s quickness beat him to the ball and the 24 second clock expired because it was no shot so give it over to Chicago and the Bulls Trail by nine watch the outstanding defense here you’ll see when the ball goes into Corine Mahorn makes a nice move but Corzine is right there on that block and then we had a little Rumble everybody trying to get their hands on it Jordan around the screen now Dumars with him Harris Grant Rodman with another rebound see the shots are there the Bulls just cannot hit a shot outside of 15 ft unless it’s Michael Jordan that was a story of game one for Detroit Thomas is tied up and he’ll jump it up I think Pippen or Jordan well Chuck Daly very upset because when that ball was blocked up on top in order for it to be a jump ball you must come down onto the floor both players foul against sty here we go let’s see what we got here right now all right there it is now in the referee’s opinion that they had control cor controll of that ball when Isaiah hit you could not see the lower part of the body that time technical foul on Chuck Dy called by Doug Collins the prince of pessimism as he’s known to be well Chuck is sometimes cautious in his estimation of how his team is doing so a technical On Da earlier duck Collins picked up a [Applause] t now the one thing you cannot do is win this tap and have them get it they’re going to do it again no interference violation on the tap and it’s going to be Detroit ball they claim that Corzine stole the tap that time see that’s frustration you know you’re going to get the tap you got a seven foot guy jumping against a 6-1 guard you’re hoping for a [Applause] possession Dumar slices in and is pushed that’s only the first team foul against the Bulls in this quarter with less than 5 minutes to play Paxon or Hodges with his third that’s Craig Hodes two shots and Joe Dumar is going to the line see after game two the Detroit guards Dumars Johnson and Isaiah feel in their heart that they can take the matchup of any Chicago matchup off the dribble and create something no matter where the shot clock is John paon for John Paxton comes in for hajes who leaves the game one for eight from the field yeah he’s struggling in thre dick 0 for five it’s hurt the club because they’ve been wide open shots you know you pointed out the Bulls have had the shots they haven’t made them that was a story in game one with Detroit they had a lot of open shots but couldn’t make them well the three guards went 11 for 45 that’s like 23 24% here’s Jordan in the lane out to Pippen pxton from the counter two-point basket for John Paxton it’s an eight-point piston lead with 425 remaining in the third Pistons led by 11 after their second quarter [Applause] Thomas open for three long rebound Rodman penetrating is Thomas blocked by Corzine that’s two solid block Shots by Corine in this [Applause] [Music] quarter this is a tough defense half court Jordan robman with another rebound he has six in the game you can see Michael did not have control of that ball on the release that time the ball was rocking back in his palm aguire on the bench with 20 he went out after his collision with Chuck Daly his coach trying to save a loose ball five on the shot clock for Detroit Mahorn didn’t really have control but went up quickly and got it just in the nick of time and the Pistons are up by 10 he willed that in come on he didn’t shoot it he threw it up and wed it in I think you’re right I think you’re right what was the last time you’ve seen Mahorn take a jump left hook today Jordan with 27 leads the [Music] Bulls here’s Michael here’s Rodman he’s got Dumars and Thomas Dumars rebound Pippen under three minutes now to go in the third right now the Bulls have made up only one point this quarter [Music] Paxton and gr is pushed and that’ll be the fourth foul against Detroit Detroit and the Pistons will call a Timeout on Bill lamb Bill lamb beer commits the foul crowd loves that one you know [Applause] that he’s all right now though well you know all he does he just continues to keep going well let’s see if Michael gets the ring magic stole the MVP of course a lot of people feel that Magic Johnson didn’t steal it but earned it and I think the way the Lakers are playing no one’s going to argue that one well right now Magic Johnson is on its teir Worthy’s been hot the bench has been great but Magic Johnson has missed two triple doubles by one in three categories Vinnie Johnson and Mark aguire are in the Detroit lineup and Charles Davis checks in for Chicago Paxton Miss again the shot was there and Chicago can’t connect and we have two and 1 half to play in the third quarter of a 10-point piston lead different characteristic than the first two games when Chicago had dominated Detroit second half was all Detroit good outlook by Pippen Paxton against Dumar bending against Rodman and Paxton gets the hoop tell that was a that was some move by Dennis Rodman he came a long way to get that shot now it was goal tending what they need right now is some spirited play by the other four guys on the floor other than Michael Jordan eluc it up for him so he’s not triple teamed every time he makes a move L beer gets free inside and the pass from Maguire so the Bulls fall asleep defensively minutes under 2 minutes to go 7262 Detroit lead Pistons had the best road record in the NBA this year and won all six games from Chicago fact at 1 n in a row before they lost the opening game of the series another goal tending against Rodman and Corzine gets credit for that basket excellent CLA that time Dennis is frustrated you’ll see here right down inside watch Rodman working really hard down on Charlie Davis Here Comes Your Shot now you say yes Dennis has great leaping ability but he also does push off a little bit lir inside a turn around Mark aguire Mark aguire now with 22 points that matches his total points in the first two games of this series every time the Bulls come close Detroit makes a beautiful execution and hammers in a nice a nice low pivot play right in your face 14 on the shot clock 112 remaining in the third Davis Sal guarded by Rodman Corzine can’t back it in Lan beer defending and now the Pistons what a game Dennis Rodman is having on the boards dick I mean he is really accumulating the rebounds Rodman has eight rebounds this quarter nine in the game what a play Dumars with one of those long passes inside and now it’s a 12-point lead give them their due today dick any guy who’s open a half a step the ball is right there on the money on the switch Jordan guarded by Lan beer no easy layups when you get to this point of the playoffs and Rodman gave Jordan a shot watch Joe Dumar here make a pass right over his left shoulder down inside and you’ll see Rodman coming without the ball excellent Anticipation by Dumars and how about the delivery of that pass had Magic Johnson written all over that one foul was on Rodman is third magic made some pass last night to Michael Thompson on the fast break at a crucial time inside of the last two minutes versus Phoenix Jordan with the free throw the lead is 10 there’s a time remaining in the period 20 on the shot clock so there’s a 12se second [Applause] differential right now Chicago goes in a one two2 little trap now it’s six you can see it in red illegal defense called against Chicago so each team has been hit with one illegal defense warning well that was costly dick because the shot clock was inside of 5 Seconds now you get a new 24 seconds so they get the last shot of the quarter Sam Vincent technical foul will replace Jordan it’s a technical foul as well when you have an legal defense within the last 24 so on top of all that a te and Dumars will shoot it Sam Vincent Che Jordan will get a breather here he has scored 29 Points and it’s been an uphill climb for the Chicago Bulls who have led only once in this game early in the second quarter at 3129 they had their bench in for the most part and then Detroit went to work they put the pedal to the metal and they’ve been gone ever since on both ends aguire for three play beer foul with 3 seconds to go and the Chicago Bulls right now are being beaten to the punch by the Detroit Pistons If This Were a boxing match that would be the analysis well we said earlier that the team that gets to the offensive boards has been able to do a good job in in gamees 1 and two today the quickness of foot of Detroit is outstanding and Chicago is shooting poorly but they cannot get a second shot in their half of the floor and an offensive foul against Joe Dumar more keep in mind that harrus Grant who scored only two points tonight and a tremendous rebounder with 20 in the last game has been ill with the flu and has not been a factor at all in this one Chuck da very upset because of D Mar getting his fourth four on Dumars he has the most fouls for the Pistons card rght is the only Chicago PLL with [Applause] four the lead is 11 and Pippen will inbound for Chicago with Vincent Paxton Davis and Corzine intercepted 1 second no basket no basket traveling before the basket well that’s what we had at halim that’s the margin now 11 and that is the end of the third period the Pistons 77 the Bulls 66 will return to Chicago Stadium after this message and a word from your local station and welcome back to the 1989 NBA playoffs in our coverage here from CBS Sports the Pistons lead the Bulls 77-66 the last couple of timeouts in the Chicago Bull huddle has been simply one word rebounding Michael Jordan says we got to get somebody to rebound the basketball they feel they are being out strength on the boards let’s go back to you guys and there’s Michael talking to his teammates Grant with 21 minutes because of the flu only one rebound that’s the same guy that had 20 boards in the last game so as we start the fourth quarter the Pistons will have Thomas and Vinnie Johnson in the backourt mark aguire Dennis Rodman and Bill lame beer up front Chicago defends with Michael Jordan and Jim Paxton at guard and up front is Grant he’s in there with Charles Davis and Bill cartright cartright playing with four fouls so is Dumar no Dumars is [Applause] out a foul on Paxton I believe foul is on John Paxton that’s against Chicago first of the quarter Detroit led by one after one quarter and then their big period was the second when they outscored the Bulls 28 to 18 great defense and they played even in the third [Applause] [Music] Detroit Pistons 63 and 19 at the best record in the NBA they had lost only three games prior to March 1st or since March 1st before their game one defeat and still looming is the fact that a year ago in their conference semi-final Chicago and Detroit split the first two in Detroit and then the Pistons won the remaining three here we have Rodman on Michael Jordan he says the toughest thing for me is it’s not not to let him beat me to his left loses the ball to Thomas he didn’t beat him left right or down the middle that [Music] time basket here would give Detroit its biggest lead of the game seven on the shot clock Grant there double aguire good passing playan beer for three long rebound into the hands of Lane beer again another offensive rebound opportunity for Detroit it’s the frustration of the day dick they just cannot hold them down to one shot and they can’t hit the open shots either right at the other end yes Maguire batted Away by Jordan good steal Detroit is back defensively though they know how to do that Grant is really tired finally gets into your picture now well he had uh marku draped across theed that helps H hits the shot he and he also had a on his shoulders Paxon missed only one shot [Music] [Applause] today Thomas with a move out to Vinnie Johnson aguire with a high arching three attempt Jordan took it away from cardr haxon goes around lame beer and a blocking foul no basket lame beer picking up the foul each team with one foul in this fourth quarter and Lane beer now has three every time Paxton catches the ball on the perimeter they run right at him and he knows that he must put it on the floor and go to the basket James Edwards will come in for Bill Lan beer who goes out of the game Edwards as that Fall Away shot great bench the Pistons have two minutes gone by in the final period from from see cartright was very dangerous there in that third quarter dick when they made their run before he picked up that fourth foul right it’s a nine-point game now and the crowd starts to get into it again a they’re within Striking Distance but once again it’s got to be at the defensive end Vinnie Johnson for three hits a big one Vinnie Johnson so that stops the ti Pistons is that they are not a prolific offensive team so you’re right Chicago has to make it tough for them to score first well they’re not a real big three-point shooting team and the fact that Vinnie is hit two today is big and a whistle away from the ball Mark aguire with a personal foul I believe and that’ll be the second team foul against Detroit and we’ll take a break right now and return This Crowd trying to get the Bulls going right here Charles Davis up front with Grant and cartright and with 915 to go plenty of time but three-point basket by Vinnie Johnson are the kind of baskets that can break a team’s back well they just c a back switch in there and they have man on cart right they looking down inside Billy has got to take Rodman in tries to tough to do it but Rodman commits the foul that’s three now on the Pistons but he made things tough for C well you know he’s frustrated but you know he’s a batler Chuck Dy says everyone should play the game as hard as Rodman every day practice the same as games he can guard any position on the floor and Chuck is happy no matter no matter who he’s matched up against four fouls on Rodman and maybe as a head-on Defender has done better right basket will count basket’s going to count for both right Rodman has been called for two goal endings and that one there interference just under 9 minutes remaining in the fourth period the lead is 10 and as you mentioned huie the Bulls have to make it first start defensively if they want to get back in Vinnie Johnson Edwards comes out of nowhere loose ball Rodman and they’re going to jump it up as Rodman scrapping well you must give them their due I mean they they have quick feet today everyone is going for every loose ball and no matter how far that ball rebounds out they make up the distance first it’s the aggressiveness that they lacked they were out of syn in the first two games and Rodman wins the tap into the hands of Mr Thomas before the game was warming up in a Los Angeles Raiders black jersey with silver trim and number 11 in his name Vinny Johnson from the corner wide open see all day long Paxton keeps cheating by trying to go over the top of that Baseline pick and Vinnie Johnson just Fades to the corner Jordan with 29 Pippen is open short Rodman with another rebound and Dennis Rodman now in double figure off the board and it’s a Chicago foul will be there second Scotty Pippen that’s his fourth how about this replay right here you think Scotty Pitman is holding on to Rodman a little bit Rod Dennis you cannot get to the offensive board four fouls against Scotty Pippen cartright Paxon and Pippen all with four Isaiah Thomas today with five points but is really made it happen with tenness six James Edwards inside and the Pistons are getting the inside baskets and the perimeter as well well they’ve had great patience in feeding their post timeout Chicago and every time the Bulls make a flurry the Pistons are there to answer it 7 and 1/2 [Music] remaining and the Detroit Pistons have limited opponents to only 20 points in the playoffs in the fourth quarter that is a phenomenal number indeed and so far in the first 4 and 1/2 minutes U of this fourth quarter they have stop the Bulls who have scored only six di they’re doing a great every guy is not only taking care of his man but he’s quick on the rotations to help out another guy beaten off the dribble key figure in the game today Pippen one for eight Grant one for four two key guys two for 12 ran of course bothered by the flu has not been at full strength Jordan moving around Edwards basket counts in the foul maybe that’s a sign of what the Bulls may have in mind 31 points now for Michael Jordan here’s Pat o all right thank you dick behind the Bulls mentioned that last time out Doug Collins gave his let’s not quick speech he said we have to suck it up and there is no quitting on the Chicago Bulls this year he said we’ve come this far not to waste it let’s go back to you guys thank you Pat that’s exactly what Chuck Dy told his team he says you know we’ve been starting in October let’s not be fools and throw this away but you know Chicago’s not going to quit I mean this even if they don’t win this game they’re down two games to one in a long series we still have a lot of time in this game that’s right this game isn’t over yet either that’s right and the big thing is is that they’re getting what they want they’re getting an awful lot of open shots you just have to make them Vinnie Johnson has all day for this three-point attempt and maybe that’s why he missed pushing off foul called against Chicago fou on Scot P Scotty pipman with his fifth foul one more and he’s gone no production from Chicago’s starting forwards today well Doug is frustrated once again Rodman is there he’s everywhere on the offensive glass aguire isolated will draw the foul and go to the line on horis grant horis grant now with his fourth you see Dennis Rodman at the bottom of your screen here pipp and trying to keep him away here goes the shot up now look at this up there with that one hand 69ine long arms always working he’s the kind of guy you don’t like unless he’s on your side then you love him if he’s not on your side boy you really can like Dennis Rodman right well yeah he’s all elbows you know long arms knees in your back as he’s elevating he’s going to dive on the floor for every loose ball and then when he does something good he’s pumping the arms up in the air you know he does get to you a little bit I kind of like him a lot and I think that as a top six man in defensive player he’s about right in there in both those categories well he was high in the voting for Sixth Man of the Year and then as the best defensive player in the leag he came in third behind uh eaten who won the award Jordan is foul G strong to the hoop and pays for it Michael with 32 points for the Bulls is the game high scorer Mark aguire with 24 points having a terrific game three for Detroit B was on Edwards that’s four on James Edwards and there’s Mark aguire played his college basketball at deple he and Isaiah Thomas and Magic Johnson good friends Maguire and Isaiah from Chicago and magic of course from East Lancing [Music] Michigan the lead is 11 and the Pistons have maintained that lead ever since we’ve had halftime and they’re going to go toire to bringing him to the ball in the low area they’re really slapping at each other well Grant’s doing a nice job they have four on the shot clock Vinnie Johnson falls down and makes that kind of shot Chicago has missed wideopen shots and Vinnie Johnson can’t even see the hoop and throws it in you get games like that son well yeah but he’s on a roll and he has the field today and anytime he’s that way we know that he can go into the unconscious State and that’ll be foul against Detroit fou is on Mark Mark aguire and they’re in the penalty and Chicago will shoot Vinnie Johnson by the way with 17 points has hit two three-point baskets there are only three pistons in double figures aguire with 24 Vinnie Johnson with 17 and Joe Dumars with 10 Vinny’s having a fine game here’s Grant on the [Applause] line the Pistons know that a victory today will restore the home court advantage they lost when Chicago shocked them in the opening game of the series and now would put the pressure on the Bulls for Monday to try to even the series and make it a two out of three Affair but we have just under 6 minutes to go and pipping 12-point game and the game still very much in doubt by the way Jordan for three tipped up Pippen tried Grant tried at the other end Rodman is fouled no he walked before the foul traveling called against Dennis Al he is over anxious Chuck’s a little disappointed with that one that was a great pass by Vinnie Johnson and you know what happened that time was Rodman couldn’t make up his mind whether he’s going to shoot the jumper or whether he’s going to try to dunk it just remember in the NBA the threes really cut the margin here with teams knocks it out of bounds even though Chicago is yet to hit a three-point basket today that’s three possessions right now that’s what they’re trailing by that was great denial that time by Roden and the long arms knocking that one away from Jordan actually Four possessions Jordan open Paxton for two paon 90 to 80 you know Michael Jordan is having some game here today and a lot of people may not realize that’s right he’s playing a great offensive game he’s done a terrific job on Isaiah Thomas off the dribble but when he’s kicking out it’s the uh how should I say they just can’t hit that outside jumper consistently card rght backs it away Paxton trying to cut the lead to eight [Applause] now 440 remaining P misses the left-handed layup and the Bulls had a Chance Stolen by Pippen here’s a three attempt Point P the Bulls had missed eight three-point baskets before Pippen shot and a [Applause] [Music] [Applause] timeout and duck Collins told his team we got to show the Poise to walk away they learned a lot when Pippen was ejected in the New York series they feel they learned a lot from that so they don’t want to be intimidated throw the punch and get knocked out 420 to go in the fourth quarter and the Bulls are within seven that’s as close as they’ve been in a long while aguire working to the hoop foul and it it’s Jordan or Pippen foul on Michael Jord and it’s Michael Jordan with his second foul Pat O’Brien all right dick thank you one of the things in that last huddle Chuck Dy was telling to his players take this Crow out of this game Dy told me before the game that was his goal today to take the mad house of Madison and make them the sad house on Madison so they’re trying to get the crowd out right now let’s see if they [Music] [Applause] do what a excuse me no Doug you remember Doug told us yesterday dick he said you know they like being booed being the G dry fisted one out of two by aguire who’s had a very steady game in 25 points 9183 the lead is eight with 4 minutes remaining [Applause] Jordan what a great shot high off the glass H is shaking his head in disbelief right here huh he beat three guys who rotated to him and he extended and shot over the top six-point game that’s two possessions losing in is Dumars pick up here’s Jordan and the foul against Detroit there in the penalty and the BS will shoot and a chance to cut it to four Johnson is first penalty they want Thomas in the game Michael Jordan online here you have Michael Jordan coming up now just watch how hard he works to get open now here comes the double triple team and there is that extension that extra elevation Isaiah Thomas replaces Vinnie Johnson for the Pistons and Michael Jordan will be shooting for his 37th [Applause] Point make it is 38 38 for Jordan and it’s a four-point game this place is going [Applause] wild 10 on the shot clock five and they’re going to call it against Detroit loose ball foul great defense that time by Chicago they forced the guire into a very bad shot and then they went right to that defensive rebound Mark Aire phenomenal playoff tension in this game three of the Eastern finals between the improbable Chicago Bulls and the favored Detroit Pistons and Scotty Pippen will try to cut the Detroit lead to two he misses the first well he’ been struggling all day in his shooting but he’s been doing an excellent job at the defense event we said if they’re going to come back they must Force Detroit into the bad shots and then Limited to only one and they’re doing that right now he missed them both 9187 so the Pistons maintain a four-point lead with 3 minutes to go what’s happening now is Detroit’s offense is slowed down and it’s taking them too long a period of time to get into their movement Rodman with a great pass from Lane beer went back door that time there’s the time remaining in the fourth quarter Pistons led by as many as 14 blls cut it to four Jordan comes in and it’s a four-point game again and 40 for Michael Jordan a familiar number in the first two playoff series against Cleveland and New York the CR a high pick and roll Jordan almost saying to Thomas go take the shot Vinnie Johnson goes in and gets the basket he has been the savior for the Pistons today with 19 time after time he seems to be the one that every time when the Bulls get in Striking Distance he makes the big score now we’re getting close to the two-minute Mark 2 minutes left in this ball game nine on the clock Jordan again Michael Jordan with 42 points 13 here in this fourth quarter High pick and roll again Jordan is on Thomas plenty of time on the shot clock Detroit is leading by four Vinnie Johnson the man of the hour for Detroit and an offensive foul called against Vinnie Johnson elbow Paxton Vinnie Johnson great defense that time by Paxton Here Comes Joe zumar watch baxton move his feet and beat Vinnie to the spot there goes the elbow right into his chest Jack Madden had that call before the elevation for the shot Jordan has scored the last eight points for the Bulls Paxton open not that time but it’s put in by Grant Harris Grant and it’s a two-point game 9593 these Bulls did not [Applause] quit whatever happens they did not quit today a this is great the building is rocking Dumars no basket foul before the shot and it’ll be a shooting situation both teams are in the penalty haxton’s foul five on John and Dumars will shoot two important free throws John Sally gets off the bench and he’ll be checking in time out what a game Chicago timeout [Music] Chicago Dumar will go to the line he is four for five from the free throw line today 5 minutes ago the Pistons LED 90 to 77 the Bulls have cut 11 points off that [Music] lead with 11 remaining Paxton has been a key man he’s with Jordan Grant Pippen and cardl and joining Dumars in the lineup lame beer Sally Thomas and Rodman [Applause] and it’s a four-point game again there’s the time remaining in the fourth quarter Chicago started to get hot from the field as you saw but this is where Detroit’s defense usually plays its best under a minute now and nine on the shot clock Jordan pumps and scores how did he do that time out how about he puts it up brings it back stays in the air the defense comes down watch this as Jordan comes off here now you’ll see he comes around part right gets the now here he is now watch two players up on him and here comes the third it’s like the Cleveland basket when he won the series [Music] watch Michael Jordan now come off get a pick from Pippen now here he has the two guards he gets by the guard now watch Sally come into your picture go there’s the pump and even Sally almost got that 15 for Jordan in the fourth period 44 in the game for Sir Michael the main thing now is you’re trying to get people to take the shot block out hold him the one and try not to foul for on the shot clock Dumars now nine there it is they jump switch on Dumars finds lame beer three seconds misses a three Rodman is there and a foul call against Detroit they get Dennis Rodman pushing off yes they get him blocking out grant that time dick Chuck Dy just sitting there can’t believe it all right but that’s good hustle give Chicago total credit they trapped Dumars so that he could not penetrate and then Michael Jordan came and even trapped lamb beer on that shot five fouls on Rodman and Harris Grant one for two from the line can tie the score believe it or not after the long uphill climb but let’s see 28 seconds remain fourth [Applause] quarter TI in time out timeout [Applause] Detroit a tremendous comeback by the Chicago Bulls against the best defensive team in the NBA the Bulls have Trail since the second minute of the second period today and with 28 seconds to go we’re all tied and Detroit has to cook something up offensively in their hudle now remember Detroit has one timeout plus a 2 second when they take the ball in bounds they have plenty of time here to get a shot off Chicago knows that there’s 4 seconds different on the shot clock so once again the key is to place solid defense make them shoot over us hold them the one shot and try not to foul they’re going to use their 20 right now huie because the Pistons wanted to see how Chicago was going to defend so now they are left with only one full timeout keep in mind that Isaiah Thomas has scored only five points in the game none this half and when this game is history and what a game it has been we’ll have third round action from the Atlantic gol I remember the guy that’s guarding Isaiah Thomas is the guy with the 40 plus points Michael Jordan he’s done an outstanding job on him today off the dribble not allowing Isaiah to beat him and getting down inside to cause problems both teams in the [Music] penalty key situation now is that when they get the ball in bounds that you guard this guy who throws the ball in and you do not lose track to him cutting to the basket Craig Elo for Cleveland remember that yes indeed they’re going to milk it down and let Isaiah go oneon-one and the differential is more towards 3 seconds than four Isaiah and Jordan who else should be in the middle of the center stage here uhuh watch the high picking roll they were right on top of that call what do you think H it’s been a consistent call throughout the game both ways today watch they came up now to pick set the pick lambier sets it there’s your move right there catches Jordan on the hip that time and Chicago and Jordan had it all the way as he used the timeout and they’ve got 9 seconds to try to win this game all right we’re giving you that offenseive of foul again Watch to the right as lambier comes in here now moving catches Jordan right on the hip Billy oats the referee was standing right to the right of your screen had a perfect angle and what an expression on the face of Chuck Daly now how does Detroit play Michael Jordan well it’ll be interesting to see if they double team him as soon as the ball is thrown in bounds now every team plays differently here dick some teams will put a guy on the ball out of bounds and then try to disc your Vision on the inbounds pass some teams will take off of the ball and use that player as a double teamer to trap the first guy who catches Chicago still has a regular timeout and a 20 Pistons have scored only two points in the last two minutes all right Detroit using Sally to disrupt the vision of Pippen here and they have Dennis Rodman on Michael Jordan here now and Dumars is with him also as a matter of fact they have a timeout if they want to use it and they’ll call the 20 so they have the luxury of the 20 they use it now and now they are left with one full timeout as are the Detroit Pistons we’re going to take a look at Michael Jordan now you see Dum Mars was on top of him Rodman on the bottom they were trying to swing him off this Baseline KCK to bring him to the ball side but because Pippen was standing right in front of us he never looked down to that left corner and Jordan definitely was open the Chicago Bulls have scored on their last five possessions Michael Jordan getting three of those points harrus Grant three of those baskets harrus Grant two of those Hoops the offensive rebound and the two big free throws to tie the game remember NBA game you cannot throw the ball in the back court and because of the size of these guys they cut down the passing angles Pippen finds Jordan there it is is on him oneon-one 5 Seconds To Go Jordan off the glass three seconds to go and Detroit has one more chance at [Applause] it now watch out tough Rodman Place Michael here now this is a great move now watch going down in here how he sucks up the defense there’s your elevation off the balance doing a split in the air banging it off the glass and Doug Collins reaction as the Chicago Bulls have their first lead since their only lead in the game at 31 to 29 now here we have another look at this very very close now you’ll see the second defensive player come to the left of your screen here now for the double team there’s the elevation but how about the movement in the body 3 seconds remain in the game and the Pistons have used up their last timeout here it is from another angle 46 points for Michael Jordan as the Bulls have their first lead since early in the second quarter at 31- 29 Jordan has 17 points in this last quarter including 12 of their last 16 Grant got the other four so now Detroit with the offense Thomas has not been a factor of the [Applause] [Music] offense how does Chicago play them defensively huie well you know once again I say it comes down to whether you’re going to guard this guy out of bounds or not we saw it 3 seconds in a ball game Chicago score when they played Cleveland and we saw Cleveland score from out of bounds within a 3se second count now they’re using Dumars and you know that if they throw in they can go right back to him he’s having a great game today Vinnie Johnson is in as well he has had a great game with 19 for the Pistons you must switch all the way around they don’t have the luxury of a timeout D Mars for three goes for the winner it’s over Chicago wins [Applause] [Music] [Applause] and the Chicago Bulls have still never trailed in any Series in the playoffs they take a 2 to1 lead they came from 14 points behind to Win It scoring on their last six possessions and the great hero of course who else Michael Jordan
