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Chapter 228 Adjustment of the Jazz
After losing the first game, everyone from the coach to the players of the Jazz was a little depressed.It's not terrible to lose a game, what's terrible is that losing like this game has no temper and no way.Although Karl Malone scored a game-high 36 points and 12 rebounds, and his shooting percentage was as high as [-]%, but one person cannot beat a team. Facing the team with seven players scoring in double figures, Liu Han won With a triple-double and O'Neal winning a double-double for the Lakers, even though the Jazz defend desperately, the results are obvious.

Compared with the depression of the Jazz, the Lakers seem to be very relaxed. They won the Jazz as it should be, and the atmosphere in the Lakers team is also very good. There are no special players in the team, and they are all Mainly young people, plus O'Neal and Liu Han, who are one-on-one tall, one short, one funny, one cute core player, the Lakers are not like some teams, where the locker room is messed up and all kinds of disputes .

The outside media did not have too many surprises for the Lakers' first victory in the Western Conference Finals. No matter from which aspect, the Lakers are better than the Jazz, although the combination of Stockton and Malone in the Jazz The statistical achievements they have achieved are admirable, but they still lack the blessing of a championship, which makes many media and basketball practitioners not optimistic about the Jazz. Moreover, Salt Lake City has a very weak presence in the United States. The Jazz were largely ignored in their two-year Western Conference Finals matchup.

After the first game of the Western Conference Finals, the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals will also start on May 5.

The first game of the Eastern Conference finals was held in Chicago. The Bulls played at home and used their powerful momentum to suppress the Pacers in the away game.

In this game, the Pacers were full of mistakes and chaos.Reggie Miller took 14 shots, only made 5 goals, and scored 16 points, but this is already the highest score of the Pacers. They made 25 turnovers throughout the game, while the opposing Bulls had only 13 turnovers.

For the Bulls, although the second leader Scottie Pippen played abnormally in this game and only scored 9 points on 1 of 4 shots, Jordan still scored 31 points strongly.Ron Harper, who has always had a low sense of presence in the Bulls, scored 15 points in this game against Mark Jackson, who didn't like defense.

In the end, the Pacers lost the game 79-85.

Similar to the situation of the Jazz, the Pacers are destined to be a supporting role with no sense of existence. Although their coach is the legendary star Larry Bird, Indianapolis is always a small city. In the eyes of Americans, Indiana is a big city. countryside.The Pacers made it all the way to the Eastern Conference finals, but they still didn't pay attention to the Bulls with Jordan.

Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan has gained a new understanding of the Lakers' tactics after the first game. Although he lost his temper in the last game, Sloan didn't feel too disappointed. It is true that the Lakers are difficult to deal with, but the most worthy of appreciation in competitive sports is the spirit of never giving up, challenging the powerful, which can arouse the deepest excitement in people's hearts.

Jerry Sloan knows that the Lakers have undergone tremendous changes after having Liu Han. Compared with last season's playoffs, Liu Han has fully grown into a player comparable to Jordan's peak period, and he is more advanced than Jordan. What's great is that he has a longer range and a higher hit rate.But Jerry Sloan now has a way to deal with the Lakers after a game. Although he himself doesn't know if this way is effective against Liu Han and the Lakers, he can't tolerate him now. He hesitated, and the Jazz can only hope to advance to future games if they make changes.

On May 5, Game 18 of the Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and the Jazz kicked off.

George Krent did not make any changes to the Lakers' lineup or style of play. The players have adapted to the style of play of the last game, and the effect is also very good. Instead, the team will decline.

The Jazz changed their usual lineup today and played two point guards. Stockton and his backup Howard Ellis appeared on the starting list together. The small forward position is Brian Russell, and the power forward is Brian Russell. Karl Malone, the center is still Greg Foster.

Jerry Sloan's arrangement of such a lineup was a bit unexpected for George Crent, because the point guard of the Lakers is Liu Han, and their shooting guard is Ray Allen. For the guard lineup, neither Stockton nor Howard Ellis is taller than 1.9 meters. In this case, the Jazz will be very difficult to defend. Whether it is Liu Han's singles or Ray Allen's singles, the Lakers will occupy a great advantage.

However, no matter how the Jazz changes, George Krent and the Lakers will still stick to their style of play, and George Krent knows that as long as Liu Han is on the court, he will not worry about what the team should do in case of an accident. How to respond, George believes that Liu Han can solve these problems by himself.

The game started under the attention of nearly 90.00 fans. O'Neal still won the pick ball. If someone counts the jump ball winning percentage of the Lakers in the game, they will find that as long as O'Neal is there, the Lakers jump ball win rate exceeds [-]%.

Ray Allen got the ball from O'Neal, and Ray Allen passed the ball to point guard Liu Han. The Jazz quickly returned to defense, and the Lakers switched to a positional battle.

It was still Stockton who defended Liu Han. In the last game, Stockton didn't suffer much in defense, but he received special care from Liu Han in offense.

For the first offense, according to the Lakers' practice, if it was a positional battle, it would be handed over to O'Neal, but today Liu Han suddenly changed his style of play. He directly forcibly broke through Stockton without any fake moves, just relying on Speed ​​and physical advantages forcibly break through.

Sure enough, Stockton was thrown away by Liu Han in one step, and then Liu Han continued to dribble into the paint. The Jazz seemed to be insufficiently prepared for defense, allowing Liu Han to dribble into the basket.

Facing the unguarded basket, Liu Han made a beautiful windmill slam dunk.Some of the audience on the sidelines saw Liu Han's performance as soon as they sat down, and had to stand up again and applaud Liu Han.

The Jazz let Liu Han easily complete a wonderful dunk at the beginning of the game, but they didn't seem to care, but Malone picked up the ball at the basket and immediately launched a counterattack.

The other players of the Lakers were also celebrating because of Liu Han's beautiful dunk. They did not expect that the Jazz, which has always used the pick-and-roll coordination as the main means, would suddenly fight back.

The Jazz backcourt Malone served the ball. After the frontcourt Stockton received the ball without the slightest hesitation, he directly passed it to Brian Russell, who was not defended by the Lakers. The latter caught the ball and completed a mid-range shot.

Even the team's first round of offense was completed, and they were all completed extremely quickly. The Lakers' first offense took less than ten seconds, while the Jazz's was even faster, completing one in less than five seconds. attack.

Liu Han didn't know where the feeling came from. He felt that the Jazz team had changed. As for the changes and adjustments, he hadn't seen it yet. The Jazz team would definitely change in the next game.

(End of this chapter)