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Chapter 241 The Jazz's Last Hope
Now that the game has been played, both the Jazz and the Lakers are very familiar with each other, and both sides are also aware of the characteristics of each team. The Jazz is slightly inferior to the Lakers in every aspect. However, the most attractive part of competitive sports is the tenacious spirit of never giving up. The only thing that the Jazz can compete with the Lakers is probably the spirit.

There are about 2 minutes left in the second quarter. In the previous 4 minutes, the Lakers relied on O'Neal's explosion to play a wave of 16-2 offensive climax, not only equalizing the score but also overtaking by four points. Malone, who returned to the court again in 5 minutes, failed to limit O'Neal's performance.

In the remaining 2 minutes of the second quarter, although the Jazz tried their best to deal with the Lakers, but now the Lakers have completely played their momentum. Liu Han made a three-pointer at the last moment, and O'Neal also scored. The next two plus one and a hook score, and finally at the end of the second quarter, the Lakers expanded the score difference to more than ten points.

The fans of the Jazz still gave encouraging applause when the Jazz players were about to return to the locker room, but they were not so polite to the Lakers in the away game, with overwhelming boos and various discriminatory slogans everywhere.

"Haha, Shaq, you're so fierce today. Haven't you been looking for girls lately?" As soon as they returned to the locker room, Michael Finley, who had the best sympathy with O'Neal, joked with O'Neal.

The atmosphere in the Lakers locker room is very good now.

"Hey, Michael, I'm fierce every day, okay?" O'Neill said and made a bodybuilding pose.

"Good job, guys, I think we can take them away in the third quarter, what do you think?" Coach George Crent was also happy with the good atmosphere in the team's locker room.

"Yes, take them away, those guys are really dark, I hate these guys who are full of small moves." Ray Allen, who has always been good-tempered, also said that he can't stand the "dirty" moves of the Jazz.

"Well, yes, speaking of this, I think the players on the court must protect their bodies in the next game. I don't want any of you to miss the finals. Liu, pay attention to the second half and stop attacking the inside of the Jazz. , use your outside firepower, Shaq, the opponent will definitely strengthen the defense of the inside in the second half, I don't want you to continue to attack, pay attention to the outside ball. In the third quarter, we must play our own characteristics and strive to leave Salt Lake The city will never come back." George Krent is now very confident in the victory of this game.

When the Lakers were talking and laughing in the locker room, the Jazz locker room was full of gloom.

"Don't keep your head down and be silent. We haven't lost the game yet, we're just temporarily behind." Jerry Sloan wanted to encourage the players, but couldn't find the right words.

"I'm 36 years old, I'm going to retire soon, I don't want to retire with regrets, and Carl too, guys, don't lose heart, we have to keep fighting, even if the opponent is very strong, we have to treat the game like a war Only by defeating the enemy can we hope to survive.” Stockton, who has always been relatively reticent, stood up at this time and began to encourage his teammates.

"Okay guys, get your act together, there's still time in the second half. John, I need you to keep running the offense in the second half, but be sure to pay attention to the speed of the ball. Liu's defensive response is very good. Carl, step up your offense in the second half , I don’t need you to invest too much energy in defense. The Lakers habitually attack from outside in the third quarter, and I think George Crent can also arrange how much outside the Lakers will play in the second half, because he will I think the inside attack in the second quarter will get our attention. Greg, yes, I'm talking about you, Greg Ostertag, just remember, you're a center, you need to protect the inside, I don't need you to actively defend the opponent's breakthrough. Someone will do the defense. What you have to do is to kill Shaquille and make the fat man who lost weight disappear in the paint. Tell me, it can be done Is it?" Jerry Sloan is now picking up the last spirit to prepare for the final attack on the Lakers.

If the Jazz also lose this game, they will fall behind [-]-[-]. No team has ever come back from [-]-[-]. The huge pressure will break the players' psychological defense.

"Yes, sir, I will try my best." Greg Ostertag answered Jerry Sloan's question very positively, but Jerry Sloan felt that his biggest problem was being too positive.

At the end of the intermission, the two teams returned to the playing field at the same time. The Jazz were still greeted with encouraging applause. The fans of Salt Lake City will not give up supporting the team because of the team's performance.For the Lakers, fans in Salt Lake City sent all kinds of swear words and death threats.

The Lakers switched to the starting lineup in the third quarter, Nash continued to control the ball, and Liu Han once again turned into a mobile fort, relying on the cover of his teammates and his own running to catch the ball.

The Lakers' tactics were finally guessed by Jerry Sloan this time, and the Jazz received results in their first defense at the beginning of the third quarter.

Nash was accidentally intercepted by Stockton while passing the ball to Liu Han. The Jazz launched a counterattack. Liu Han and Ray Allen on the front line quickly returned to the defense, but the Jazz formed a three-on-two, and Malone dunked successfully in the third fast break .

The Jazz's defensive success this time did not make the Lakers vigilant. It should be said that the current Lakers don't think that the Jazz can limit their performance by changing their style of play.

But the Jazz is now full of energy as if they have replenished their energy. Facing the Lakers' outside attack-oriented style of play, every player of the Jazz seems to be desperately running and changing defenses. For a while, the Lakers' offense came to a standstill.

Malone began to put more energy into the offense. Facing Robert Horry, who was inferior to him, Malone played extremely strongly. As long as he caught the ball, he would attack violently. Horry couldn't stand it for a while.

Stockton was restricted by Liu Han very well, but no matter how strong Liu Han's defense was, it could not completely restrict Stockton from passing the ball. Therefore, after Stockton accelerated the speed of the ball, Liu Han's defense took off. It doesn't work much anymore.

In less than 3 minutes of the third quarter, the Jazz narrowed the gap to 7 points, and the Lakers didn't score a single point in the first 3 minutes.

George Crent frowned off the court. He didn't expect the Jazz, who had lost confidence in the second quarter, to regain their vitality in the third quarter.

"The Jazz showed amazing vitality after the start of the third quarter. They were as full of power as a fully charged battery. The Lakers were a little careless. They were sent by the Jazz. It's not like the previous ones. The performance of the Lakers in the third quarter." Myrph Albert is supportive of the Jazz's resurgence. After all, he has been a naysayer from the beginning. He was a little embarrassed to say how good the Jazz are. It's more above board.

"Indeed, the Jazz seemed to wake up suddenly in the third quarter. It seems that Jerry Sloan did a lot in the locker room." Bill Walton also praised the performance of the Jazz.

The fans in Salt Lake City cheered again and again on the sidelines, and they were happy that the team had rejuvenated.

The Jazz are now as if they have found hope again. Their aggressive and tactical style of play has embarrassed the somewhat underestimated Lakers.

(End of this chapter)