Halfway through the second quarter, the Jazz relied on the bench players led by Malone to widen the gap to 10 points, and at this time, George Krent was finally ready to replace Liu Han and O'Neal on the court.

Malone hasn't had a minute off until now, and his movements are not as fluid as they were at the beginning, and Jerry Sloan can only replace him.

As soon as Jerry Sloan replaced Malone, the Lakers replaced Liu Han and O'Neal on the court, Steve Nash was rested, and Liu Han was in charge of possession.

"The Jazz finally replaced Karl Malone, and seriously, he can still play effectively for so long at his age, so it can be said that he has maintained his physical condition well. Oh, and we saw the Lakers bring on Liu and O'Neal as soon as Malone got off the court, and I think it was a very targeted substitution from Coach George Crent. Rego Sager's passionate voice explains to the fans in front of the TV.

After the Lakers replaced Liu Han and O'Neal, Jerry Sloan also brought on Stockton and Hornacek, who had been off for half a quarter.

After Liu Han came on the court, he dribbled through the half, and Stockton defended Liu Han in the opposite position. Now the Lakers are in possession of Liu Han, and they can only let Stockton defend, otherwise the Jazz will have a misplaced defense, which is very disadvantageous.

Liu Han stabilized the ball and waited for his teammates to settle down, and Stockton did not dare to be careless.

O'Neal stood directly in the high position after coming to the frontcourt, Liu Han took advantage of the situation to go around O'Neal's body to prepare to break through, and Stockton was immediately ready to bypass O'Neal's body to continue to defend Liu Han.

However, just when Stockton was about to bypass O'Neal, Liu Han suddenly changed direction and broke through from the other side, and Stockton immediately changed his side and tried to bypass O'Neal again, but Liu Han changed direction again, and at this time Stockton was completely blocked by O'Neal.

Liu Han broke through Stockton's defense and went directly to the inside, Ostertag was very active in the defense, blocking Liu Han's route to continue to break through, but he ignored O'Neal's down, and Stockton had to keep up with the defense of O'Neal.

Liu Han observed the misalignment and threw the ball high into the air, and Stockton tried to hold O'Neal to the death, but found that he had no ability at all.

O'Neal almost dragged Stockton to his feet and then dunked the ball into the basket with both hands. The sheer force even made the entire basket tremble, and the cameraman under the basket was so frightened that he almost ran away, which is a precedent, O'Neal, who had just entered the league, once smashed the basket directly in a game.

The referee's whistle sounded after O'Neal dunked the blue, and Stockton's action was unjustifiable if it hadn't been fouled.

Although the boos of the Jazz fans and the strange movements of the spectators behind the basket interfered a lot with O'Neal's free throws, he still made the free throws accurately, and O'Neal's free throws were a world away from when he first entered the league.

After adding free throws, the Lakers closed the gap to seven points.

Next, the Jazz's offense came to a standstill, and after the lack of Malone's strong point on the inside, the Jazz lacked the only advantage point, and the rest of the court was overrun by the Lakers.

The Jazz, whose offense had stalled, also had a lot of trouble defensively, and O'Neal began to explode with the help of the interior.

First, Ostertag was directly shaken away by O'Neal in defense, and then O'Neal dragged half of Ostertag's body to dunk and score, and then O'Neal, after covering Liu Han in the high post, went straight down, and completed the empty dunk with Liu Han again.

O'Neal not only has a downward momentum on offense, but he also completely explodes on defense, and the Jazz's offense will be blocked by O'Neal as long as it enters the interior, and the Jazz even have no way to score for a while with consecutive blocks.

Less than four minutes after Malone went off, the Lakers tied the score and took a two-point lead, and the Jazz scored just two points from Stockton's free throws in those four minutes.

"Haha, that's what a center is supposed to do, Shaquille is finally starting to play like a core, and I have to say, his dominance on the inside is top-notch." Bill Wharton, who was also a former top interior lineman, praised O'Neal's performance during this period.

"It's really a dominant performance, the Lakers are already great with Liu, but a lot of people overlook Shaquille O'Neal, an interior player who will eventually enter the Hall of Fame, and his strength is now the best in the league." For O'Neal's performance during this period, Michael Albert also admits that he is excellent.

"I have to remind the two of you that there is a reason why Shaquille can wreak havoc on the inside, because Liu has put enough pressure on the Jazz's outside to give O'Neal a chance not to be caught in the singles." Rego Sagar did not forget to continue to pursue Liu Han.

Jerry Sloan had no choice but to replace Carl Malone, who had rested for less than five minutes, on the court again, although he would not defend O'Neal alone, but after Malone came on the court, he could increase the intensity of the Jazz team's interior line, and he could also help defend O'Neal very well.

However, today's O'Neal has completely entered a state of rage, from the beginning of today's game, O'Neal has been holding back the fire, and various small actions in the Jazz team's defense have made the always optimistic O'Neal a little angry, and now it must be extremely violent.

The rest of the Lakers players also noticed O'Neal's heat at this moment, and they kept creating opportunities for O'Neal. Liu Han, who controls the ball, will not miss this good opportunity to brush assists, since Shaq is so hot at this time, Liu Han, as a good friend, will definitely not be stingy with passing.

After the Jazz put Malone back on the court, they found that they still couldn't stop O'Neal from scoring.

After Liu Han controlled the ball to the front court, he directly accelerated to get rid of Stockton, and after attracting Ostertag's supplementary defense, he hit the ground and passed the ball to the vacant O'Neal, O'Neal met Malone's supplementary defense after receiving the ball, but he did not hesitate at all, and directly took advantage of the situation, Malone felt that he had to stop O'Neal from continuing to wreak havoc on the Jazz's basket, so he was ready to pull O'Neal down completely despite the fact that he had three fouls on his back.

But when Malone grabbed O'Neal's left arm, O'Neal suddenly relaxed his left arm, and at the same time held the ball in one hand with his right hand and dunked the ball into the basket, and the basketball that fell from the basket smashed directly into Malone's face, which was another strong hit two plus one that ignored the defense.

O'Neal, who completed the dunk, had a usually very funny face full of hideousness, as if he was showing his majesty to Karl Malone.

The tragic Malone game became the backdrop for two wonderful dunks.

"Wow, it's really a violent dunk, Shaquille showed us what it means to be powerful, haha, miserable Malone, he's once again the backdrop for a great dunk." Bill Walton changed his attitude of looking down on the Lakers and supported O'Neal.

"As his name suggests, Shaquille, is indeed a ferocious shark, the Jazz are in bad shape, they are in big trouble right now, the two cores of the Lakers are in hot form today, and Jerry Sloan is probably going to be in trouble." Michael Albert also sees the Jazz's predicament.

Compared with the first two games, the Jazz team did play much better, but today's Lakers team is even better, from Liu Han on the outside to O'Neal on the inside, the two super players share the ball and beat the Jazz team to the bottom. (To be continued.) )