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

Seeing Liu Han finally start playing singles, Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan couldn't help frowning, although the Jazz team is very strong now, but this is based on the Lakers' Liu Han did not make a thorough effort, you know, this young man is a bull who can score 88 points in a single game, and now many single-game scoring records in the league are held by Liu Han. Once Liu Han is completely opened, the Jazz team will face a lot of trouble.

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

This is a tactic arranged by the Jazz, and when the head coach starts shouting off the court, it is to strengthen the defense of the Lakers' core players, and if necessary, to prevent the opponent from scoring regardless of fouls.

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 early, bypassed the cover and continued to catch up with Stockton.

In desperation, Stockton could only pass the ball to Hornacek. Hornacek, who is not known as a playmaker, passed the ball to Bryan Russell.

Just when the Lakers players thought that Bryan Russell would pass to Malone on the inside, Bryan Russell suddenly shot outside the three-point line, and this sudden shot caught Michael Finley, who was defending Russell, off guard.

Russell's three-pointer was lucky enough to hit the rim, which gave the Jazz players some confidence back.

"Haha, what a lucky guy, although his shot was very hasty this time, but he was lucky to hit the board directly into the frame, I have to say, the Jazz team had good luck today." Bill Wharton is very optimistic about the Jazz's performance in this period.

However, as soon as Bill Walton's words were finished, the Lakers took advantage of the Jazz's slight relaxation and immediately launched a counterattack, and when the ball passed to Liu Han, he was already past the halfway line, with Ray Allen and Michael Finley by his side.

Liu Han quickly dribbled the ball to the outside of the three-point line and suddenly stopped, Stockton, who was defending Liu Han head-on, thought that Liu Han was going to shoot three points, so he immediately pounced, but Liu Han's pause was just a feint, he shook off Stockton and entered the inside.

At this time, the Jazz team also had Brian Russell and Hornacek, who were lucky to shoot three points just now, Liu Han did not have greed in the face of Brian Russell's supplementary defense, and threw the ball directly into the hands of Michael Finley on the outside.

Finley received the ball with no one around him, and he made a slight adjustment and hit a direct three-point shot, and the gap was back to four points.

In the next game, the two teams entered a stalemate, the Lakers' offense became sharper and sharper, and the Jazz did not show weakness, Malone had a very strong attack inside, and the Jazz's Russell suddenly hit two three-pointers in a row after hitting a three-point shot in a lucky shot.

Nine minutes into the third quarter, the score was 75-72, and the Lakers still led by three points.

So far, the Lakers' rotation has been doing well, and the players on the court have maintained good physical strength, but the Jazz are slowly showing a trace of fatigue.

Malone has been on the court for less than five minutes except for the second quarter break, and the rest of the time is on the court, if this is the usual regular season, Malone will not consume too much physical strength, but now it is not only the Western Conference Finals, but their opponent is the Lakers, who are known for their speed, according to the Lakers' style of play, which rarely consumes more than 20 seconds of offensive time, they have to play more than 30% more rounds per game than other slower teams, which means greater physical exertion.

The Lakers continued to attack, and Stockton couldn't keep up with Liu Han when he dribbled the ball across the half. This was just a relaxation after Stockton was a little tired, but just when Stockton was still lucky, Liu Han sounded the alarm again for the Jazz with a three-point shot of about one and a half meters outside the three-point line.

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

The Jazz are ready to attack, they can't afford to slack off, and if they do, it means that the Lakers will completely throw the score away.

Stockton dribbled cautiously through the half, and Liu Han's tight defense had already begun to make Stockton gradually get used to it.

Malone mentioned that the high post was trying to cover Stockton, and Liu Han observed Malone's movement, so he made a move to try to bypass the screen.

Stockton felt that his opportunity had come, and was ready to break through from the position where Liu Han got out of the way when Liu Han tried to bypass Ma Long's cover, but Liu Han's bypass just now was just a feint, and he basically guessed Stockton's intentions before the attack began.

Just as Stockton was trying to break through, Liu Han suddenly dodged back to Stockton's dribble line.

The decline in physical strength caused Stockton and Malone to begin to be less coordinated in their technical movements, which had nothing to do with experience or anything else, as if the human body itself was a normal reaction.

Liu Han took advantage of the incongruity of Stockton's dribbling and took the opportunity to cut the ball.

Ma Long's first reaction after Liu Han did not bypass him was to return to defense, and he knew that Liu Han would definitely cause a lot of trouble to Stockton, so in the first time after Liu Han broke the ball, Ma Long had already begun to rush back to his own half.

Liu Han threw the ball forward directly after breaking the ball, and then ran around Stockton to the Jazz half, in front of him was Malone who had returned to his own half, and behind him were the Jazz players and Lakers players who reacted.

Liu Han dribbled and ran very fast, although Ma Long set off earlier than him, but in less than three seconds, Liu Han had already caught up with Ma Long.

Malone turned directly and prepared to stand up for Liu Han's offensive foul, but his movements were recognized by Liu Han, and when Malone stopped, Liu Han changed direction and was ready to kill the Jazz team's inside.

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

Liu Han was directly hugged by the other party when he bypassed Ma Long, but Liu Han rushed up very violently, but Ma Long couldn't hold it anymore.

Just when Ma Long thought that Liu Han would have no chance to shoot again, Liu Han threw the ball out with his left hand in a very weird action, just like Liu Han threw clods and smashed his head sheep when he was a child.

The ball thrown by Liu Han smashed into the top edge of the rebound like a fluttering balloon, and then gently fell into the basket directly below.

The originally warm atmosphere of the whole stadium fell silent as if a fire extinguisher had been sprayed, and only Rego Sagel said in an excited voice: "I can't believe it, it's amazing, such a ball can go in, haha, Bill, I think the Lakers are luckier today." ”

Although this is just a very lucky three points, but the blow to the Jazz team is greater than four or even five points, the original difference of only three points was not only stretched to six points, but the Lakers have another chance to make free throws and continue to attack, which means that the Lakers are likely to take the opportunity to expand the difference to more than ten points again, which is a very heavy blow to the already tired Jazz players, and Malone's foul is his fourth personal foul, The Jazz are almost in a desperate situation. (To be continued.) )