Almighty legend life

Chapter 227

After the first game of the Western Conference Finals in the 97-98 season began, the Lakers relied on a very targeted defensive strategy to gain the upper hand in the game.

Liu Han's candy-style defense made Stockton extremely depressed. The Jazz's offense could only rely on Malone's personal ability to solve the battle. However, Liu Han limited Stockton's receiving and passing very well. The line, so it is not very easy for Malone to get the ball.

The Lakers, under the control of Liu Han, played brilliantly in the offense. They used the inside O'Neal as the axis, and players in various positions kept running, pulling the Jazz's defense, so that they could find the Jazz when they were slack. The best line of attack.It has to be said that the current Liu Han is really a master in controlling the game situation. As long as he is on the court, the open players of the Lakers will always get the appropriate pass.

At 8 minutes into the first quarter, the Jazz first replaced Stockton with Howard Ellis. On the one hand, they did not want Stockton to be tortured by Liu Han on the court. On the one hand, Stockton's current physical fitness is not enough to support him to finish all the games.

The Lakers also made timely adjustments. George Krent also replaced Liu Han and replaced Nash. O'Neal did not dare to leave the field. People penetrated the Lakers' defense except O'Neal.

After the Jazz's substitute players came on the field, they showed momentum. Their tactics are similar to those of the Lakers. They are all based on the inside players and keep pulling the defense.

The new Howard Ellis played very excitedly. Although he was about the same height and weight against Nash, he played extremely resolutely, which made Nash feel a little stressed.

However, the first quarter ended quickly. The Lakers led by 30 points 24 to 6. Liu Han did not score much in the first quarter, only scoring 7 points, but sent 5 assists and [-] steals. These two steals were obtained from Stockton's hands. I saw how hard Liu Han defended the veteran Stockton.

After the first quarter, the head coach of the Jazz, Jerry Sloan, was still in distress. The current situation was not good for the Jazz. The targeted defense of the Lakers made Stockton's role greatly reduced, which meant that the Jazz's offense It will fall into a semi-paralyzed state. As long as Malone attacks alone, he will not be able to beat the Lakers anyway, but now the Jazz can't find suitable players to deal with this situation even if they want to adjust. In the next game, he will be in a super state.

At the end of the break, the Lakers also replaced O'Neal, completely changed into a small lineup, and started running and bombing. In this lineup, Brent Barry and Michael Finley, who are [-] meters tall, are the tallest.

The Jazz also replaced Malone at the beginning of the second quarter, but he rested. The high-intensity game made Malone, who is like a "muscle devil", unable to hold on.In the Jazz's bench lineup, the height of the inside line is very advantageous, but the Lakers don't pay much attention to defense when they run and shoot. Hornacek can be called a pitcher, and there are no decent pitchers on the bench.

Under such circumstances, the Lakers opened up the score advantage again. Relying on Michael Finley and Kittles' consecutive three-pointers, the Lakers widened the score gap to double digits.

Jerry Sloan saw the Lakers' extreme defense against penetration and shooting. After hesitating for a while, he replaced Jeff Hornacek and Stockton again, hoping to rely on the two's offense on the outside to catch up with the score , I have to say that Jerry Sloan is really poor in adaptability. He could have replaced Hornacek at the beginning of the second quarter, but he has always wanted to observe the Lakers' defense more.

But what makes Jerry Sloan very depressed is that when he replaced Stockton, George Crent immediately replaced Liu Han and Ray Allen. This is an arrangement specifically for the Jazz.

In desperation, Jerry Sloan could only replace Malone, who had only rested for less than 4 minutes, and now the Jazz had to catch up with the score, so they had no choice but to make a bad move.

The game continued, and Liu Han continued to entangle Stockton in defense. His defense made Stockton, who has always been very calm, a little irritated. He even got a technical foul for intentionally elbowing Liu Han.

After the third game between the Lakers and the Supersonics in the last round, Steve Javi was nicknamed "blind" by many fans after the game. NBA referees are very strange about the enforcement of the Lakers game. Seriously, they don't want to be "famous referees" like Javi.

Although Malone relied on his height advantage to wreak havoc on the inside of the Lakers after playing in the second quarter, having Liu Han in the Lakers' offense under the bombardment system is like having laser guidance. Liu Han was privately joked by his teammates that he had the blessing of increasing his shooting rate. As long as he was on the court, other Lakers players would be as accurate as if they were on the hook.

At the end of the second quarter, the Lakers extended their lead to 18 points.

During the halftime break, George Crent did not make any adjustments to the Lakers lineup. He felt that what Li Rui said to him was very reasonable. Since we can always lead, it shows that this lineup is useful against the Jazz. Advantageous.

The Jazz didn't make any adjustments during the halftime break, because their head coach really can't find a suitable way to deal with the Lakers now.

The third quarter continued, the Lakers started again, and the Jazz were still in the opening lineup, and the two teams returned to the state of the first quarter.

Liu Han strengthened his shots in this quarter of the game because he felt that the Jazz is now focusing on his passing to mobilize his teammates. Now he can easily score with his shots.

Sure enough, Liu Han directly hit three-pointers in two consecutive offenses, which made the players of the Jazz a little dumbfounded, and they remembered that the most powerful outsider of the Lakers is this guy.

Stockton no longer defended Liu Han in the third quarter, because Jerry Sloan wanted him to focus on offense, and the task of defending Liu Han was once again handed over to Jeff Hornacek.

In the previous defense, Hornacek focused on defending against Liu Han's breakthrough and passing. He somewhat ignored Liu Han's shooting because of the first half of the game.

After the Jazz once again strengthened their defense against Liu Han's shooting, the Lakers once again played an inside offense, and O'Neal became the protagonist on the field.

This is actually Liu Han's power. Apart from his miracle of three-pointers, he also has a very clear grasp of the game situation. Liu Han knows what to do at a specific time on the court, and can even mobilize the opponent's overall strength through his own actions. Defensive adjustments, and then follow his ideas to give the opponent a fatal blow. This is where he is the most powerful as a core player.

When the third quarter ended, the Lakers had basically confirmed the victory of the game, because they had already led the Jazz by as many as 27 points.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the Jazz tried to fight back while the Lakers replaced the bench, but they were firmly resisted by the Lakers' bench players. They used sharp bombardment to control the leading advantage of the score. .

Ultimately, the Jazz gave up the game with five minutes left in a 5-117 loss in Game 91 of the Western Conference Finals.

Liu Han played 36 minutes, scored a triple-double of 24 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds, and made five of six shots from beyond the three-point line. In this way, he has made 35 three-pointers in the playoffs this season. Reggie Miller's record isn't far off.

(End of this chapter)