Born in Louisiana in July 1967, Carl Malone is 35 years old this year, although his good professional attitude has allowed him to maintain a good physical condition. He still averaged 27.0 points and 10.3 rebounds per game in the regular season this season, but he himself doesn't know how long this state can be maintained, maybe an unexpected injury will make him completely lose hope in the next moment, but no matter what happens, Karl Malone always has a championship dream in his heart, such a dream has nothing to do with character and attitude to life, even if Karl Malone once had an illegitimate child with a little girl who was less than sixteen years old, just from the pursuit of the championship, Malone is a very ambitious player.

For the sake of the championship, he can endure boring training for many years, and for the sake of glory, he can also stay in Salt Lake City, a small place where he has to find a franchise to buy a beer. It can be said that Karl Malone is excellent as a professional player, the only thing lacking is the glory of the championship.

When Malone watched Liu Hanyao on the court wreak havoc on the Jazz defense, it was like a fire was frying in his heart.

"You see, Myrph, I'm right, the Jazz are not in a good situation right now, their roster is too much worse than the Lakers in terms of strength, and Jerry Sloan thinks of George Crent and the Lakers too simply." Seeing that the Lakers on the court relied on Liu Han and the smooth cooperation of the whole team to gradually pull the score apart, Magic Johnson couldn't help but laugh at Michael Albert, who had a different opinion before.

"Erwin, the Jazz still have Karl Malone off the court, and he's the No. 1 and No. 4 in the league right now. The Jazz are not going to lose the game so easily, and Jerry Sloan is not going to be a nerd who completely ignores the changes on the court. Although Michael Albert doesn't have a bullish opinion on the Jazz in his heart, as a commentator, he has to stir up the interest of the audience, and since Reg Sager and Magic Johnson are both rooting for the Lakers, he has to go against them.

When the game went about eight minutes into the second quarter, the Lakers relied on sharp offense and Liu Han's good restriction on Stockton to extend the score gap to 10 points, and Liu Han scored 12 points in less than five minutes.

Jerry Sloan finally couldn't sit still, he had to replace Malone to restrain the Lakers' offense, and Stockton had to be replaced, with Liu Han on the court, Stockton couldn't play any role at all.

Malone took over the Jazz's offensive banner after he came on the court, Stockton was replaced, and the backup point guard Howard Ellis came on.

However, this tactic just makes the current Lakers lineup passive, although O'Neal is on the court, but if he goes to defend against Malone, the Lakers' No. 4 player Brent Barry must defend Ostertag, which is not an order of magnitude battle at all, and if O'Neal continues to defend Ostertag, then Malone will easily play Brent Barry.

Fortunately, the Lakers' offense is now quite smooth, so that the Jazz have not been able to narrow the gap in the score, but Malone's damage on the Lakers' interior is not small, not to mention whether his injurious iron elbow can be held by Brent Barry, just Malone made a foul that the Lakers couldn't stand it.

As the second quarter of the game drew to a close, the Lakers were leading but under pressure, and Malone showed his strength at the top four.

George Krent originally planned to make adjustments immediately, but what he didn't expect was that at this time, Liu Han took the initiative to change the defense of Ma Long.

The Jazz team attacked, and Howard Ellis hoisted the ball directly to Malone after passing the half court, and at this time Ma Long was already Liu Han, who took the initiative to change the defense.

"Boy, I'll crush you." Ma Long scorned Liu Han behind him after receiving the ball.

Liu Han did not respond to Ma Long's trash talk, he rarely spoke as long as he was on the playing field, and his attention would be all focused on the game.

Although Liu Han did not respond to Ma Long verbally, he put his body closer to Ma Long's back.

Ma Long took the ball with his back, dribbled a step, and then sat back with his buttocks, and Liu Han was hit away by Ma Long's blow. This move is Charles Barkley's stunt, relying on this trick and his gifted oversized ass, Charles Barkley can be qualified for the No. 4 position with a height of 1.98 meters, and even a cameo appearance in the No. 5 position. Although Ma Long's butt is not as big as Buckley's, it is not small, and behind Ma Long is Liu Han, who weighs less than two hundred pounds, so Ma Long's power is not small.

Although Liu Han was pushed away, he pasted it again when Malone turned around and was about to shoot, although he did not jump up directly to block Ma Long, but Liu Han directly sealed Ma Long's eyes with his palm.

This interference caused Malone's shooting to lose its rhythm, and the basketball that bounced out of the basket was taken by O'Neal, and the Lakers took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack.

Just when Liu Han was about to accelerate to the Jazz halfcourt, Malone hugged Liu Han to death, and the referee immediately stopped the game.

Malone is worthy of being a veteran after more than a dozen seasons, although this foul will still send Liu Han to the free throw line, but after all, it can be regarded as interrupting the offensive rhythm of the Lakers, the Jazz must not let the Lakers play a smooth offensive rhythm now, once the Lakers play momentum, the Jazz will be taken away by a wave.

After Liu Han executed two free throws, the difference between the two sides widened to 12 points, and the Lakers had established a small lead.

The Jazz team continued to attack, Malone took the initiative to ask his teammates for the ball, and he had to give Liu Han, who took the initiative to change his defense, a little color.

is still the same as the action of the previous round, Ma Long took the ball with his back, and Liu Han once again posted it fearlessly.

Just when Ma Long was going to give Liu Han a hard blow this time and let him feel his strength, he leaned back but didn't touch any object.

Liu Han saw through Ma Long's movements this time, and he took the initiative to take a step back when Ma Long leaned back.

However, what Liu Han didn't expect was that Ma Long actually relied on strong body control to rebalance his body, and took advantage of Liu Han's opportunity to take a step back and directly turn around and attack the basket.

Liu Han couldn't keep up with the shift of his center of gravity because of the retreat just now, so he could only watch Ma Long score the basketball.

"Boy, you're still too tender." Ma Long did not let go of this opportunity to mock Liu Han.

Liu Han didn't have a little regret for the mistake just now, on the contrary, he felt that he had learned a lot from Ma Long, at least this kind of action was still difficult for him to use.

The game continues, the Lakers still maintain a strong offensive power, they can play a smooth coordination in the offense, but when it comes to attacking the basket, the Jazz will not hesitate to send Lakers players to the free throw line, it seems that the Jazz don't care about the players with fouls on their backs today.

The Jazz team also did a good job in offense, although Liu Han took the initiative to change the defense of Ma Long, but Ma Long relied on his strong body and rich experience to score Liu Han many times.

At the end of the second quarter, the Lakers led by nine points at 60-51, and Liu Han did not score much in the second quarter, scoring seven points, but he repeatedly responded to his teammates' scores and handed out four assists. (To be continued.) )