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Chapter 206 The end of the regular season tied with 72 wins
In the first quarter, O'Neal scored the most points for the Lakers. He scored 15 points alone, took 8 shots, hit 6 goals, and made 4 of 3 free throws.

During the break in the first quarter, Jerry Sloan severely criticized his players. In his opinion, the current Jazz have lost the temperament they depend on for a living. Their offensive routine has always been relatively simple, that is, pick-and-roll cooperation, and It is their "iron and blood defense" that made the Jazz really rise. You must know that under Malone's iron elbows, he has never hurt unknown people. Even his friend David Robinson, Malone will absolutely Will not be soft, but now he is backing down, which in Jerry Sloan's view is a failure.

After the start of the second quarter, both teams put on substitute players, and the Lakers let Nash continue to play point guard.In fact, George Krent has been worrying about the position of point guard, because there are too few players who can choose to play point guards for the Lakers. At present, only Nash and Liu Han can be suitable point guards in the team. It's okay to play a cameo, but it still can't find a suitable rhythm. The most important thing for this Lakers team now is to control the rhythm, and there are not many active point guards in the league who can do this.

The Jazz also played with substitute players in the second quarter. With the aging of some of the main players, the Jazz began to rotate more frequently than before. In fact, this was also a helpless move by Jerry Sloan. It is really difficult for the place to keep young talents...

Compared with the Lakers' bench players, the Jazz's level was directly pulled into a third-rate team by their bench players.

Among the Lakers' players are Michael Finley, Kittles, Brent Barry, and two veterans Dell Curry and Byron Scott. In terms of body, experience, and technology, the Lakers' bench lineup is excellent Throw out the Jazz by several levels.

So as the game continued, the Lakers gradually widened the point difference to more than ten points.

Jerry Sloan is really helpless off the court. He is an ambitious coach. The only dream in his heart is the championship ring, but now it seems that this dream is getting farther and farther away from him.

Less than 5 minutes into the second quarter, Jerry Sloan replaced all the main players. He couldn't just watch the team become the background board for the Lakers to tie history.

After the Jazz's main force returned, the situation on the field finally stabilized.

Although the Lakers' substitutes couldn't open the score again, they didn't lose the wind at all in the game. Facing the Jazz who had started to become iron-blooded again, these young people of the Lakers had no fear at all.

George Krent still replaced the two veterans and replaced them with Liu Han and O'Neal. After all, the two veterans are old, and if O'Neal is not available, the Lakers' internal loopholes are too big, so George Replace Liu Han and O'Neill.

Liu Han shot a three-pointer for the first time after he came on the court. His trick is really getting better and better. No matter who the defender in front of him is, his shots are very stable, and what is even more powerful is that His shots are very quick, and it is difficult for ordinary defensive players to predict, even if the judgment is accurate, it is difficult to block the shot.

Liu Han's three-pointer opened the gap to 14 points. The Jazz were unwilling to fail like this. Ma Long beat Finley to the basket and scored two plus one, responding to Liu Han's three-pointer just now.

Next, Liu Han controlled the ball and sent a wonderful pass from outside the three-point line to assist O'Neal to catch the empty catch, keeping the gap in the score at more than [-] points.

The game then entered a stalemate, with both sides attacking and defending each other. The Jazz made a lot of defensive moves, and they received the focus of referee Crawford.

The Lakers are still playing very well offensively, but they are relatively conservative defensively. Now that the playoffs are about to start, George Crent doesn't want anyone to get hurt. Injuries and Liu Han's suspension, they may be able to surpass the Bulls' 72 wins, but now it is also very good, his best coach this season must not run, and Liu Han's regular season MVP is likely to be out of play, O'Neal is still a little lacking in dominance, so although the Lakers won the most games in the regular season this season, they may not have won many awards. The most important thing is to look at the playoffs.

After the second quarter, the Lakers ended the first half with a 60-50 lead of [-] points.

In the second half, the Lakers switched to the starting lineup again, while the Jazz had to let Stockton and Malone take a break. Both of them are now over 35 years old. The high-intensity game still caused these two to have a lot of hidden injuries. For example, Stockton’s injury at the beginning of the season, if he was probably able to recover in less than ten games before, but now Stockton has to A full eighteen games were rested.

Without Malone and Stockton, the Jazz has been completely reduced to a third-rate team. The core of the field is Hornacek, who can only shoot three-pointers. Under Liu Han's alone defense, Hornacek directly Stealth for a long time.

The gap in the score was gradually widened, Liu Han frequently succeeded outside the three-point line, O'Neal also got what he wanted in the paint, and even Nash, who has always rarely shot, scored at the basket in the third quarter.

Off the court, Malone and Stockton played again after less than 5 minutes of rest.

After Malone and Stockton returned to the court, the situation of the Jazz gradually stabilized, but they could not narrow the 17-point gap. With Liu Han and O'Neal, it was difficult for the Jazz to catch up. .

The average age of the Jazz's starting lineup is 31 years old, while the average age of the Lakers' starting lineup is less than 25 years old, which means that the young lads of the Lakers are much stronger than the Jazz in terms of physical reserves, so with As the game progressed, the Lakers played more and more easily, thinking that after a season of 82 games, these "old guys" of the Jazz were exhausted.

After the third quarter, the Lakers widened the point difference to more than [-] points.

Seeing that there is no hope of a comeback, Jerry Sloan considered the upcoming playoffs, so he had to replace the main players of the Jazz and gave up the game, although this made the Jazz the Lakers. The background board of victory, but the playoffs are the most important thing for a team aspiring to win.

The entire fourth quarter turned into garbage time, and the Lakers also replaced all the substitutes. This originally crucial battle was finally won by the Lakers without bloodshed.

In the cheers of nearly 72 spectators, the Lakers completed their 95 wins. Since the Bulls completed 96 wins in the 72-[-] season, the Lakers became the second team in league history to achieve this achievement. team, which is a bright light for their upcoming playoffs.

(End of this chapter)