Chapter 242: Extinguishing the Flames of Salt Lake City

Supporting the Jazz is like a part of life for Salt Lake City fans, and he's been the favorite in the small city ever since the team was founded in Salt Lake City.

As the Jazz have gotten hotter and better in recent years, Salt Lake City fans are looking forward to the Finals for the team they adore and love, but the team still seems to be lacking some championship credentials.

At last year's Western Conference Finals, Salt Lake City fans were ready to go to the Finals, but they were killed by Liu Han, a guy who had just undergone a bone marrow transplant, under pressure, and finally lost to the Lakers in the seventh game and unfortunately lost the hope of advancing to the Finals, so although Liu Han's behavior of donating bone marrow for a child despite his own comfort during that time was praised by the United States, but in Salt Lake City, Liu Han was the most unpopular person.

After entering the 97-98 season, the Jazz team did not perform well at the beginning, but as the game progressed, the Jazz's performance became better and better, but unfortunately, their enemy Lakers also performed better and better, although Liu Han was later heavily fined and suspended for two months, but the Lakers still achieved great things, which made Salt Lake City fans very unhappy.

When it comes to this year's finals, fans also know the strength of their opponents, but they still very much hope that the teams they support can have a wonderful performance. But as the game progressed, they found that their team was no match for the Lakers at all, and they were beaten by the Lakers at home.

But back in Salt Lake City, although the Jazz once fell behind, but now the team is rejuvenated, every player is running like a stunned boy who has just entered the league, and every ball is fighting like a battle, which makes the Salt Lake City fans present very excited, and they let out an earth-shattering cheer. If someone were to observe at this time, it is likely that the noise at the scene would exceed the decibel noise of the plane during take-off.

In the fifth minute of the third quarter, the Jazz tied the score at 64-60, with the Jazz trailing by just four points.

"That's the intensity of the Western Conference Finals, that's the men's sport, and the Jazz showed us the beauty of sports, and they're fighting like warriors. Oh my gosh, Malone flew out of the touchline to save the ball, and he hit a lady and hoped nothing was wrong with that spectator. Now that Stockton is with the ball, Malone has returned to the court, and he is now like a young man in his twenties. Reg Sager was in the commentary box as fast as a machine gun to explain the game, but his voice would probably not be heard by the fans in front of the TV if he added background sound on the field, and the fans in Salt Lake City were so wild that the referee's whistle was hard to hear.

Stockton dribbled the ball, Malone returned to the court and came directly to his old teammates to cover him, in the face of Liu Han's kraft candy-style defense, Stockton could only rely on this way to avoid the defense, and even so, Stockton sometimes found it difficult to get rid of Liu Han.

However, this time Malone's cover was of high quality, and Stockton relied on the cover to successfully get rid of Liu Han, and then he did not pass or break through to attack the inside line as usual, but directly separated Malone and Liu Han from outside the three-point line.

Stockton's shot was unusually resolute, and the ball crossed a beautiful arc and fell into the net, and the Jazz closed the gap to one point.

The cameras on the sidelines focused on Lakers head coach George Krent after the goal, but George's expression was steady and unfazed by the Jazz catching up with the score.

In fact, George Krent was also playing drums in his heart, but he chose to believe the Lakers players on the court, and of course, it was more George who believed that Liu Han could handle the current situation.

The Lakers served from the bottom line, Nash received the ball and dribbled through the halfcourt, Liu Han still fell to the weak side, and next to him was Hornacek, who was defending himself.

Nash hoisted the ball inside after half time, and O'Neal immediately encountered the Jazz's bag after getting the ball, and the current Jazz team is basically playing with will and spirit, as long as they see the core players of the Lakers team, they will be caught as soon as they get the ball.

O'Neal didn't force the attack, but passed the ball to Nash on the perimeter again, and Nash immediately crossed after receiving the ball and handed the ball into the hands of Ray Allen, who was in the open space.

Allen immediately encountered Hornacek's defense after receiving the ball, and now that the Jazz are on the rise, Hornacek chose to fill in as he usually does in training, but he forgot that his defense was Liu Han.

Lei Allen was not greedy at all, and moved sideways again to hand the ball to Liu Han, Liu Han did not hesitate at all, and jumped up directly after receiving the ball, and the basketball hollowed into the net. The Lakers reextended the deficit to four points.

The Jazz weren't discouraged by Liu's three-pointer, and they were now putting all their energy into the game, sometimes even neglecting the score.

The next Jazz offense, it was Malone who forced Horry to score on the inside, and O'Neal's defense was a little slower.

George Krent finally made adjustments after this dead shot, Nash and Horry were replaced with Brent Barry and Michael Finley, so that the Lakers were a little lower in height, but much more mobile.

After Liu Han regained control of the ball, the Jazz finally became nervous, according to the Lakers' previous habits, as long as Liu Han controlled the ball in the third quarter, then the Lakers' outside offense would suddenly explode.

"Now that the Lakers have replaced Steve Nash and Robert Horry, and Liu has restarted ball control, the Jazz are going to be in trouble, the Lakers have often played super efficient outside offense in previous games, and now the other four people on the court except for O'Neal have strong mobility and projection ability, and the Jazz need to start strengthening their outside defense." Melf Albert also has a thorough understanding of the Lakers' tactics, and now whether the Jazz can win this game depends on whether they can withstand the Lakers' wave of offensive climax.

Liu Han slowly walked through the defense of Stockton after half-time, and he did not pass the ball or look for cover from his teammates, but leaned directly against Stockton.

Liu Han's back made Stockton extremely uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but want to scold Liu Han for being shameless, but this is a basketball game, and only by hitting other people's weaknesses can you win the game.

Liu Han sat and fought step by step with his back on his back, and the huge strength was not at all that the thin Stockton could block, although Stockton kept using all kinds of small movements in his hands to try to block Liu Han's back.

The other players of the Jazz team had no choice but to wrap Liu Han, but just as Hornacek was about to come up to wrap the clip, Liu Han suddenly dodged, and then stepped back and hit a jumper.

Stockton kept pushing Liu Han forward, so he pounced directly at the moment Liu Han dodged.

Liu Han's simple but effective offense made the Jazz's momentum feel like a rainstorm, and the rain vapor from the pavement cleared the Jazz's somewhat hot mind. (To be continued.) )