Almighty legend life

Chapter 140
On October 1997, 10, the NBA regular season of the 31-97 season officially started. The brand-new Lakers will face the Utah Jazz, their old enemy of last season, at home. A duel, but that is not an important preseason game, both sides are playing with the purpose of training, but now the regular season is about to start, the Jazz will not give up this good opportunity for revenge.

In the Western Conference Finals last season, the Lakers fought the Jazz in seven games. In the end, the Lakers relied on Liu Han to successfully comeback and eliminated the Jazz. They finally defeated the mighty Chicago Bulls in the finals to win the championship, which made the Jazz The team has always had resentment, especially Karl Malone. The 97 year is coming to an end, and Malone is about to enter the age of 35. For a player, this means that his body is gradually weakening. champion.Originally, last season was a good opportunity for the Jazz. Their lineup was very good, and the players were all neat, but Liu Han who suddenly appeared ruined everything.

In this game, Stockton of the Jazz did not play, but was on the injured list. In the training before the start of the season, Stockton accidentally sprained his ankle and had to rest for a while. Backup point guard Howard Ellis starts.

The starting lineup of the Lakers is point guard Steve Nash, shooting guard Liu Han, small forward Michael Finley, power forward Robert Horry, and center O'Neal.

For the jump ball in the middle circle, Ostertag was not the opponent of O'Neal before losing weight, let alone O'Neal who has lost weight and bounced better.

Michael Finley snatched the ball, Liu Han and Nash had already sprinted toward the Jazz half court, Finley didn't wait for his teammates to get in position and directly launched a long pass, Nash received the ball outside the 45-degree three-point line on the left, After receiving the ball, Nash did not pause at all, but quickly threw the ball to the opponent's basket.

Liu Han had already jumped up at this time, he turned his head slightly to avoid hitting the backboard.The timing of Nash's pass was very good. Liu Han just received the ball when he reached the highest point. He held the ball with both hands and smashed it into the basket.

The Lakers used a sharp fast break to declare their strength to the Jazz.

The Jazz were a little confused by this fast break. Three people, three touches, two passes, one dunk, and the entire attack time was less than 4 seconds.

The Jazz's offense, without Stockton, the Jazz's pick-and-roll is not as sharp as before.Although Nash's defense was not very good, it was enough to deal with Howard Eisley, and Horry, who was strong enough, also withstood Malone. The Jazz's offense stagnated, and Hornacek made a three-pointer when the attack time was approaching. He made a rash shot outside the line, and the ball missed the basket under Liu Han's interference.

O'Neal got the rebound and handed the ball to Nash, and the other Lakers players quickly settled down.

O'Neal came to the top of the arc to pick and roll Nash, Nash broke through with the ball, and handed over to the misplaced O'Neal. O'Neal caught the ball and forced Malone to supplement the defense. O'Neal, who had grown in strength, directly squeezed Malone's dunk and scored two points. 35 years old Malone can't stop the 25-year-old O'Neal at all.

The Jazz's offense fell into chaos without Stockton. This is where Jerry Sloan is helpless. It is difficult for him to find players who can control the rhythm of the game like Stockton. Even if he has, he will not be willing to come The Jazz play off the bench.

The Lakers seized the opportunity of the Jazz's weak offense and made consecutive counterattacks. After 4 minutes, the Lakers led the Jazz by 8 points.

At 7 minutes into the first quarter, Nash took a break and replaced Ray Allen. The Lakers began to look for opportunities to shoot three-pointers from the outside.

After Liu Han controlled the rhythm, the difference from Nash was that Liu Han's offensive power was stronger, which made the Jazz very afraid. Other players of the Lakers got a lot of shooting opportunities. Ray Allen made two shots from outside the three-point line. , Expanding the gap between the two teams to more than 10 points.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Jazz by 29 points 16-13.

Liu Han scored 8 points, 3 assists and 3 rebounds in this quarter.

In the second quarter, Liu Han rested, and Nash, Brent Barry, Eddie Jones, Eldon Campbell, and Kittles played. This lineup is faster and counterattacks more sharply. The Jazz's substitute was beaten of falling flowers and flowing water.

Six minutes into the second quarter, Liu Han replaced Nash and O'Neal replaced Campbell. After the game, the Lakers slowed down the pace of the game again, which made the Jazz even more depressed. Compared with the chaos of the Jazz, the Lakers controlled the rhythm of the game in their own hands.

At halftime, the Lakers extended their lead to 22 points. Liu Han scored 6 points in the remaining 12 minutes of the second quarter, and O'Neal also scored 8 points.

The second half continued, George let Nash and Liu Han play at the same time, but let Michael Finley organize the offense, which made the Jazz even more confused, because they had no way to determine who was the initiator of the Lakers offense And the terminator, every Lakers player on the field has the ability to end the offense, and also has the ability to pass assists.

Before the end of the third quarter, the Lakers opened the gap to [-] points.After the absence of Stockton, the Jazz is not as good as the average team in the league. Malone is not good at attacking with the ball. No, it should be said that no one in the Jazz is good at attacking with the ball. Stockton organization.

刘汉打到第三节还剩2分钟的时候下场休息了，他仅仅打了28分钟，但却拿到了30分、6篮板、7助攻。奥尼尔也下场休息，他也拿下了20分外加15个篮板的大号两双。

The fourth quarter of the game was reduced to garbage time. The players on the Lakers bench had the opportunity to play. George felt that the team does not support idlers. Any player has his value. Even if the ability is not enough, as long as you have a correct attitude and are willing to play , George will give a chance.

In the end, in this game, the Lakers beat the Jazz by 37 points at home. The two teams that played inextricably last season are now completely different. These young people of the Lakers were trained by George in the game Showed amazing strength, and the Jazz threw the team into chaos because of the absence of Stockton. It can be said that the Lakers performed much better than the Jazz in terms of bench depth and player ability. many.

Steve Nash played 33 minutes in this game and scored 10 points and 14 assists. Although he didn't score many points, his assist ability was amazing. After the game, the Los Angeles media also praised him and Liu Han The players who participated in the draft together said that the Lakers management did a good job this year and found such a good point guard for the Lakers.

The performance of other Lakers players was also praised by the media and fans, while George Crent, the media praised him for his perfect debut, the "newcomer" head coach brought a surprising change to the Lakers .

Although it was only a game, some old fans with some experience found that this Lakers team has the shadow of the Lakers team in the glorious period of "SHOWTIME", which made them ecstatic. You know, at that time, the Lakers team could be said to be A true sweep of the league.Fans hope that this Lakers team can also have the same performance as before.

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