Although the Lakers are better than the Jazz and everyone expected, the Lakers' strong 3-0 lead still surprised everyone.

The Lakers' strong sweep of the first two rounds of the playoffs is a testament to their strength, but this time their opponent is the Jazz, who have entered the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season, and it can be said that the current Jazz team is a team with a lot of playoff experience. But now the Lakers have easily taken a 3-0 lead, which undoubtedly shows that this young Lakers team has the strength to crush most teams.

The Jazz are almost on the verge of elimination after falling behind 3-0, and the Lakers' promotion no longer seems to be so suspenseful, which is both a good thing for the league and a little worrying for the league. On the bright side, the second matchup between the Lakers and the Bulls, and another collision between 23 and 24, are the focus of the league to gain benefits. But while the league reaps the benefits, they can't help but worry that the Lakers will dominate the league from then on, which will hinder the development of the league as a whole.

However, for fans in Los Angeles, the Lakers' achievements are their pride, in such a city full of desire and impetuousness, watching the game is undoubtedly a good mode of relaxation, of course, the team plays a wonderful game and good results is the happiest thing for the fans, which is why the Lakers have not been a defensive team, any unexciting, unable to please the fans of the game will not work in Los Angeles, now this Lakers team is undoubtedly the most perfect team in the hearts of fans.

The Lakers had a smooth ride in the Western Conference Finals, while the Bulls in the East had a lot of trouble after two home wins.

On May 23, 1998, the day after the end of the third game between the Lakers and the Jazz, the third game between the Bulls and the Pacers officially began.

The Bulls, who came to Indianapolis, were met with stubborn sniping from the Pacers, and after losing their first two games, the Pacers showed plenty of firepower when they returned home.

Although Jordan still played well in this game, scoring a game-high 30 points, in addition to seven assists and four rebounds, the Bulls were still a little unable to cope with the results of the Pacers' all-six scoring double-doubles.

At the beginning of the game, the two teams were actually evenly matched, and in the first two quarters of the game, the Bulls once led the game, but after entering the second half, the Pacers' bench suddenly became powerful, and the bench small forward Jalen Rose scored 15 points on an inside and outside shot, the backup point guard Travis Best scored 11 points, and the backup center Antonio Davis scored 10 points and 12 rebounds. The Bulls were tied by the Pacers at the end of the third quarter.

Entering the fourth quarter, the Bulls and Pacers alternated leads, and until the final three minutes of the game, Reggie Miller showed his killer nature, hitting two consecutive three-pointers to make the Bulls' previous efforts useless.

In the end, the Pacers relied on Regemiller's 28 points and excellent play from the bench to defeat the mighty Bulls 107-105 in this game to tie the overall score at 1-2.

The Bulls and Pacers are playing hot and the Jazz are completely on the verge of defeat, the team is now 3-0 behind in total, although there is still theoretical hope, but the players are human after all, not every player has a strong psychological quality, in the face of huge pressure, superstars will carry the pressure to move forward, while ordinary players are likely to be crushed by the pressure, it is clear that the only superstars in the Jazz team can be called Stockton and Malone.

In the fourth matchup in Salt Lake City, Jazz fans still showed their "enthusiasm" and "unrestrainedness", and the countless middle fingers raised at the Lakers on the sidelines undoubtedly showed this.

The Lakers are arguably stress-free right now, they have at least three game points in their hands, and even if they lose this game, they still have two home and one away chance to end the series, so it can be felt that the Lakers are in good shape in the warm-up before the game.

On the other hand, the Jazz team, except for Stockton, whose face is still expressionless, the other players are inevitably a little overwhelmed, and even Malone can't control his constant observation of the Lakers' warm-up.

Since the start of the game, the Lakers have shown good form, they have no fear in the face of the Jazz's foul defense and a lot of physical confrontation, Liu Han and O'Neal have attracted enough firepower that as long as the other role players of the Lakers team don't get bogged down in themselves, then they will have a lot of opportunities.

Although the Jazz did a good job in defense, but in the offense, Stockton was entangled by Liu Han, Malone was not in good shape, and he missed consecutive shots, and other role players played timidly and without state, compared with the last game, the Jazz team was like a different team.

The Lakers built a lead of more than 10 points at the end of the first quarter, and it was only after Liu Han and O'Neal went off the court in the last four minutes that the Jazz pulled back a few points, or the Lakers would have extended their lead to more than 15 points at the end of the first quarter.

Heading into the second quarter, the Jazz didn't let the tired Stockton and Malone continue to play, and although Jerry Sloan knew that the team was behind, he didn't want to shorten the careers of the two proud protégés because of this game.

The Lakers' bench played an amazing bombardment performance in the second quarter of the game, Nash this point guard seems to be born for bombardment, his speed is not slow, his passing is accurate and creative, and because he has practiced football before, his long passing ability is also very outstanding, coupled with better physical fitness than the average player, which allows Nash to play well in the game on offense. The Lakers' bench players, led by Nash, widened the margin to more than 20 points in one fell swoop in the first half of the second quarter.

The Jazz didn't want to be slaughtered, Malone and Stockton appeared one after another, but George Krent was also very targeted and replaced Liu Han and O'Neal.

After possession of the ball, Liu Han took the initiative to lower the pace of the game, but he showed his strong outside firepower on offense, which made the Jazz have to strengthen the defense of Liu Han.

After attracting the pressure of the defense, Liu Han suddenly changed his style and used the pass to encourage his teammates to break through the Jazz's perimeter in succession. The Jazz were still weak on offense, relying only on Hornacek's three-pointer from the outside to keep the score firmly in place.

At halftime, the Lakers still led by more than 20 points.

Entering the second half, the morale of the Jazz team became more and more sluggish, and the Lakers, under the leadership of Liu Han, took the opportunity to play a wave of offensive climax, extending the lead to more than 30 points in one fell swoop, and the Jazz lost the last hope of a comeback.

With two minutes left in the third quarter, Jerry Sloan replaced Malone and Stockton with all the bench players, and the Jazz can be said to have completely abandoned the game.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Jazz by 27 points at home 109-82, taking away the Western Conference championship to the boos of the Salt Lake City fans.

Facing the Lakers players celebrating on the court, Malone who left the court had a complicated look in his eyes.

"Carl, it's time for us to go, we'll be back next season." Stockton said to Mallon, who was a little stunned.

"Yes, John, we ...... ...... will come back next year" (To be continued.) )