Almighty legend life

Chapter 243 Extinguishing the flames of Salt Lake City

About 7 minutes into the third quarter, the Lakers still led the Jazz by four points 69-65.

Seeing that Liu Han finally started playing singles, Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan couldn't help but frowned. Although the Jazz team is very strong now, this is based on the fact that Liu Han of the Lakers has not fully exerted his strength. I know that this young man is a genius who can score 88 points in a single game. Many single-game scoring records in the league are now held by Liu Han.Once Liu Han is fully opened, the Jazz will face a lot of trouble.

"Tighter, tighter, don't stand still." Jerry Sloan shouted to the players on the field.

This is the tactic arranged by the Jazz. When the head coach starts to shout tighter off the court, it is necessary to strengthen the defense of the core players of the Lakers, and prevent the opponent from scoring without counting fouls when necessary.

The Jazz continued to attack, and Stockton still relied on the cover of his teammates to try to get rid of Liu Han, but Liu Han, who had been prepared in advance, bypassed the cover and continued to catch up with Stockton.

In desperation, Stockton could only pass the ball to Hornacek.Hornacek is not a player who is good at organization, and he passed the ball to Brian Russell.

Just when the Lakers players thought that Brian Russell would pass to Malone inside, Brian Russell suddenly made a shot from outside the three-point line. This sudden shot caught Michael Finley, who was defending Russell, by surprise .

Russell's three-pointer was lucky to hit the board, which restored the confidence of the Jazz players.

"Haha, what a lucky guy. Although his shot was very hasty this time, he was very lucky to hit the board directly into the frame. I have to say that the Jazz team is lucky today." Bill Walton said to the Jazz team Duan performed very well.

But as soon as Bill Walton finished speaking, the Lakers took advantage of the Jazz's slight slack and immediately launched a counterattack. When the ball was passed to Liu Han, he had already passed the center line, and there were Ray Allen and Michael Finley beside him.

When Liu Han quickly dribbled the ball to the outside of the three-point line, he suddenly stopped. Stockton, who was defending Liu Han, thought that Liu Han was going to shoot a three-pointer, so he immediately rushed forward, but Liu Han's pause was just a fake. Action, he swayed away from Stockton and went inside.

At this time, the Jazz returned to defense and Brian Russell and Hornacek who were lucky to hit a three-pointer just now. Liu Han did not take credit for Brian Russell's supplementary defense, and directly threw the ball to the outside. in the hands of Michael Finley.

When Finley received the ball, there was no one around him. He made a slight adjustment and hit a three-pointer directly, and the score gap returned to four points.

In the next game, the two teams entered a stalemate. The Lakers' offense became more and more sharp and the Jazz did not show weakness. Suddenly, like an enlightenment, he hit two more three-pointers in a row.

When the game reached 9 minutes in the third quarter, the score of the two sides came to 75 to 72, and the Lakers still led by three points.

The game has been played so far, the Lakers' rotation has been doing well, and the players on the court have maintained good physical strength, but the Jazz began to slowly show a little fatigue.

Malone has played until now, except for the accident that he rested for less than 5 minutes in the second quarter. Moreover, their opponent is the Lakers, which is known for their speed. According to the Lakers' style of play, which rarely consumes more than 20 seconds of attack time, they will play more than [-]% more rounds than other slower teams in each game. Greater physical exertion.

The Lakers continued to attack, and Stockton failed to keep up with Liu Han when he dribbled the ball across the half.This was just a slack after Stockton was a little tired, but when Stockton was still lucky, Liu Han used a three-pointer about one and a half meters from the three-point line to hit the Jazz again. Alarm bells were ringing.

"Beautiful, perfect arc, Liu hit a long-range three-pointer from beyond the three-point line, oh, sorry, for Liu, this distance is his normal range, not too far." Regosa Geer is now a complete Liu Han fan.

The Jazz are ready to attack. They can't relax in the slightest. Once they relax, it means that the Lakers will completely throw away the score.

Stockton dribbled through the half court very carefully, and Liu Han's tight defense has begun to make Stockton gradually adapt.

Malone mentioned that the high position was trying to cover for Stockton. Liu Han observed Malone's movement, so he made an attempt to bypass the cover.

Stockton felt that his chance had come, and he was going to break through from Liu Han's position when Liu Han tried to bypass Malone's cover, but Liu Han's backtracking just now was just a fake move. Basically guessed Stockton's intentions.

Just when Stockton was trying to break through, Liu Han suddenly flashed back to Stockton's dribbling line.

The decline in physical strength made Stockton and Malone less coordinated when performing technical movements. This has nothing to do with experience or anything else, it seems to be a normal reaction of the human body itself.

Liu Han took advantage of Stockton's uncoordinated dribble and took the opportunity to cut the ball.

Malone's first reaction after Liu Han didn't bypass him was to return to defense. He knew that Liu Han's move would definitely cause Stockton a lot of trouble, so in the first moment after Liu Han stole the ball, Malone Already started galloping back to his own half.

After Liu Han steals the ball, he throws the ball forward directly, and then runs around Stockton to the Jazz half court. In front of him is Malone who has returned to his own half court, and behind him is the Jazz who has reacted Team players and Lakers players.

Liu Han dribbled and ran very fast. Although Ma Long started ahead of him, in less than three seconds, Liu Han had already caught up with Ma Long.

Ma Long turned around directly and prepared to stand and order Liu Han's offensive foul, but his action was seen through by Liu Han. When Ma Long stopped, Liu Han changed direction and prepared to attack the Jazz inside.

Although there is no one behind Malone now, so he will be fined two free throws and one throw for fouling Liu Han, but Malone still decided to make a direct foul and not give Liu Han any chance to hit the morale of the Jazz.

When Liu Han bypassed Ma Long, he was directly hugged by the waist, but Liu Han rushed up very violently, and Ma Long couldn't hold him anymore.

Just when Ma Long thought that Liu Han would have no chance to make a shot, Liu Han threw the ball with his left hand in a very weird movement, just like Liu Han's movement of throwing a clod to a sheep when he was a child.

The ball thrown by Liu Han hit the top edge of the backboard like a floating balloon, and then gently fell into the basket directly below.

The originally enthusiastic atmosphere of the audience fell into silence instantly as if a fire extinguisher had been sprayed. Only Rego Sager said in a somewhat excited voice: "I can't believe it, it's amazing, such a ball can go in, Haha, Bill, I think the Lakers have better luck today."

Although this was only a very lucky three-pointer, the blow to the Jazz was greater than four or even five points. The original three-point difference was not only stretched to nine points, but the Lakers The team still has a free throw opportunity and a chance to continue to attack, which means that the Lakers are likely to take the opportunity to expand the point difference to more than ten points again. This is a very heavy blow to the already somewhat tired Jazz players, and Malone This foul was his fourth personal foul, and the Jazz can almost be said to be in a desperate situation.

(End of this chapter)