Before Bryant exhausted Richmond's physical strength, the Lakers and Jazz were still in a state of five-to-five.

Even Kobe Bryant felt very good, hitting consecutive shots. Malone and Richmond's offense also left the Lakers with no way to defend.

As Kobe Bryant infinitely consumed Richmond in both offensive and defensive stages, and shook Richmond to complete a legendary 360° dunk, the Jazz collapsed!

As a result of Richmond's declining physical fitness, Malone fell into a solo fight!

And on the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant is starting to take over!

In front of a physically exhausted Richmond! Kobe Bryant can do anything!

In the last 3 minutes, Harris replaced Big Ben!

Let Bowen switch to Richmond!

This became the last resort tactic to decide the outcome of the game!

When Kobe and Bowen teamed up to press the Jazz, Kobe blocked Stockton, and Bowen snatched the basketball from Richmond, who was physically exhausted, and it was all over.

Jazz 131: 143 Lakers!

A super high score, super fast pace, super shot game!

The total score is 274 points!

It's horrible!

The Lakers have made a total of 112 shots! The Jazz have a total of 106 shots!

Karl Malone scored a game-high 47 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 5 turnovers.

O'Neal had 36 points, 21 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 blocks, 2 steals and 3 turnovers.

Bryant finished with 31 points, 12 rebounds, 17 assists, 3 steals, 1 block and 4 turnovers.

Richmond had 27 points, eight rebounds and nine assists.

Eddie Jones had 23 points, five rebounds and six assists.

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Bowen had 18 points and six rebounds.

Mullin had 15 points, four rebounds and three assists.

Curry Sr. scored 12 points!

Three pairs!

Kobe Bryant slashes another big triple-double in the playoffs!

Under the leadership of Kobe, 6 Lakers scored double-doubles! OK Qi cut 67 points!

In this game, the Lakers' offensive ability was fully displayed!

In front of an old defensive powerhouse like the Jazz, he scored 143 points!

This score may be the highest score Jerry Sloan has ever scored in his life!

There are only a handful of teams in history that have this kind of firepower.

It's so pretty! It was one of the best games of the year, with the final minute of the game being decided. There are superstars! There are tactics! There are ups and downs in the plot! There are superheroes!

The collision of the inside and outside lines! Countless offensive and defensive tactics are staged in turn! Even though everyone scored highly, it didn't mean that the defense was bad!

The defense of the Lakers and Jazz is also the strongest in the league! The defensive confrontation between the players makes these scores seem hard-won!

Fairy fight! It's just that a superstar like Kobe Malone, who is very high in history, can play such a performance!

"It's the best playoff game of the year!" After Larry Bird was eliminated, he was not willing to be lonely to come out and speak.

"Kobe Bryant's basketball IQ is horrible, and he counts Richmond to death." Perhaps only a few people have seen Kobe's hunt for Richmond! Grant Hill is one of them.

Take a bite first! Let it run again, drain all your energy, and shed every last drop of blood! Then eat him!

That's how Kobe Bryant played in this game!

Grant Hill never imagined that basketball could still be played like this.

"That's what I want, basketball of the future." Stern's eyes burned and he watched the game between the Jazz and the Lakers repeatedly.

Wide offensive space! Fierce offensive and defensive confrontation! Stars and tactics are interdependent! Coaches play games with each other! Smooth pace of play!

This is the basketball that fans love to watch!

This is where the future of basketball goes!

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"Coach, are we really not going to change tactics?" Stockton was covered in stubble and asked his coach with vicissitudes.

Sloane glanced at his proud disciple and let out a long sigh.

In this series, if Kobe Bryant continues to defend Stockton, all his protégé can do is become a fixed-point pitcher.

This is simply an unimaginable destruction for the arrogant Stockton! If the series can be won, Stockton may be able to accept such a result, but no matter how you look at it now, the Jazz are at a big disadvantage!

Although the last game was won and lost in the last half of the game, Sloan knows that the Lakers still have a lot of hole cards!

WHETHER IT'S A REPLICATION OF LAST YEAR'S VICTORY, A STARTER FOR BIG BEN, OR A COMPLETE OFFENSE TO O'NEAL, LETTING O'NEAL PLAY IN-OUT WOULD BE A VERY HEADACHE FOR THE JAZZ.

Harris hasn't been blown up yet! The Jazz have a tendency to be unable to deal with it.

This gave Sloan and his headaches.

And Jazz's hole card is only one...

When that card is played, there is no way back. If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent. Jerry Sloan didn't dare to use that tactic directly in G2!

Right now! It's not the time to use that hole card yet!

In the second game, Sloan wants to try again! Try again the tactics of the previous game.

After preparing for the Lakers and Kobe Bryant for so long, even if he lost the first game, Sloan felt that he could try again. If you give up in one game, then the Jazz's setup in training is in vain!

But this time, Richmond can't be put under so much pressure on the defensive end, Russell is the main defense of Kobe! Richmond assists in the defense of the pinch!

Sloan hopes that this will reduce Richmond's consumption and allow him to fight to the end!

As long as Richmond can hold on, don't let Malone fall into a lonely battle! Then the Jazz could beat the Lakers!

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May 16, 1998, LAKERS VS JAZZ, BIG WEST ON THE ARENA, GAME 2!

"Win! The Lakers are winning again! The magician shouted!

The plot of G2 is very similar to the first game!

In the first half, it was still Kobe Bryant who connected the whole team against Malone Richmond!

And this time, the Lakers led by five points at halftime.

Jazz 63: 68 Lakers!

Because the defender was replaced by Russell, Bryant handled the ball more easily and strongly. Richmond's physical advantage is still obvious, and with Russell, Kobe Bryant doesn't have too many scruples!

Breakthrough just got easier! Richmond also doesn't seem to have completely recovered from G1's physical exhaustion, and it may be that he is not good at helping to defend and pinch shots, and Kobe Bryant plays very easily.

First Half Tandem! In the second half, Kobe Bryant didn't play without the ball!

G1 played without the ball to drain Richmond's physical energy, and G2 faced the defense of role player Russell, Kobe's choice was - to blast everything!

The third quarter became Kobe's personal offensive show!

26 points in a single quarter! Almost completely tore apart the Jazz's defensive set-up!

And the fourth quarter! Marlon Richmond, who was held up by Jerry Sloan, was blocked and dismantled, and the scoring efficiency was still not as good as Kobe's!

The defender goes from Richmond to Russell! Kobe's play has gone up a notch!

Can't prevent it!

Kobe Bryant scored another 19 points in the fourth quarter! 45 points in the second half!

With 52 points, 7 rebounds, 14 assists, 1 steal and 4 turnovers, he led the Lakers to beat the Jazz again!

Jazz 117: 133 Lakers!

The Lakers cut 130+ back-to-back!