The Lakers vs. Jazz game in the Utah Plateau is a very important card battle.

The Lakers are 18-2 and ranked first in the league and first in the West. The Utah Jazz's 12-3 record puts them in fourth place in the West, and a win can overtake the SuperSonics in one fell swoop, while a loss will make it difficult to climb to the top three in the West in the short term.

The Lakers have a very busy schedule in November, having played 20 games so far, compared to just 15 for the Jazz.

Yesterday, the Lakers experienced a death battle with the SuperSonics, and the Jazz have rested for two days.

"This battle will be won!" With a seven-game winning streak, Jerry Sloan vowed to be humiliated at home.

"Victory!" The morale of the Jazz players in the video room is like a rainbow, and the Lakers have watched the last few games, and they have summarized the problems of the last defeat, and they are confident that they can win this team.

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"Kobe, in this game, don't defend Malone anymore." Harris was loud and high-intensity, and he didn't want Kobe Bryant to get bruised like he did in the last game.

"Huh?" Kobe Bryant was stunned, didn't he win the game last time by relying on infinite defense changes?

"Big Ben starts."

Kobe Bryant understood what Harris meant, and Malone relied on Ben Wallace to defend himself in this game.

"Kobe Bryant went off the line and put Stockton and Malone to shoot." Harris went on to explain that he didn't plan to go shopping this time, the team's competitive form was very poor, and he had actually given up this game strategically.

If the Jazz feel good, then let Malone and Stockton shoot the Lakers, and Harris admits this kind of loss.

Campbell walked up to Ben Wallace and punched him.

"Big Ben! Deal with Marlon! ”

Campbell knew he was an ATM in front of a high-mobility power forward, and when he met Malone or Barkley, he was ready to give up his starting XI to Ben Wallace or Rob Horry.

"Hmm!" Big Ben nodded resolutely, Campbell was the player who communicated with him the most in training, and he has been helping Ben grow like a big brother. Seeing his start didn't upset Campbell, Big Ben was still quite happy.

He wants to use this performance to repay the coach and Campbell's trust!

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As the players walked out of the locker room, they heard insults and boos from the Devil's Delta Center Utah in the tunnel of the players.

The words that start with and F all over the mountains make the Lakers starters, who are all black, a little speechless.

"They're racist."

"Who can control the audience, they are the food and clothing parents of the alliance bosses."

The starting lineup of the Lakers is PG Kobe Bryant, SG Eddie Jones, SF Bruce Bowen, PF Ben Wallace C Shaq O'Neal.

The starting lineup of the Jazz: PG: John Stockton, SG: Jeff Hornacek, SF, Brian Russell, PF, Carl Malone, C Greg: Ostertag.

The players on both sides put on a stance, with O'Neal and Greg Ostertag jumping the ball.

O'Neill jumped high and won the jump.

Kobe Bryant advanced with the ball and reached the Jazz half, only to find that it was not John Stockton who was defending him, but Brian Russell!

The 2.01-meter-tall blue-collar striker took Kobe one step further and didn't press!

"Oh no, Jerry Sloan is here prepared this time!" Harris chuckled inwardly, he was well aware of Kobe's strengths and weaknesses.

Jerry Sloan and Harris looked at each other in the air, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was not hidden.

Stockton is too short to defend Kobe Bryant to interfere with his shooting space, although Kobe Bryant only scored 12 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists in the last game, but he Jerry Sloan will not treat Kobe as a player who can only score 12 points.

Kobe's destructive power and scoring explosiveness are obvious to all, and Sloan has developed a defensive strategy against Kobe from the beginning.

This strategy is mainly aimed at Kobe's breakaway, keeping a medium distance from Kobe, if he shoots, he can also interfere to a certain extent, and if he breaks through, Brian Russell will use his physical talent to firmly block Kobe's progress.

Bryant smiled, this defensive strategy seemed to him to be full of holes, and it was not even as good as Stockton to defend him alone.

But Kobe Bryant was not in a hurry to attack, he wanted to save this snack for the most suitable time to eat, and Kobe Bryant handed over the basket to O'Neal. Malone threw Ben Wallace and Greg Ostertag out together, and O'Neal split the ball.

Bryant catches the ball and passes to Eddie Jones, who is wound around with the help of a pick-and-roll, and Eddie Jones misses the shot.

The Jazz's offense was still pick-and-roll, with Stockton and Malone attacking.

Kobe Bryant went around the back, and Stockton made a three-point shot and hit it.

These two balls seem to be a microcosm of the first quarter, the Lakers' offense is a little sluggish, and the Jazz are hot.

The Lakers used the most common back-wrapping defense against the Utah Twins, and the Utah Twins were used to this kind of defense, and they bombarded the Lakers' basket with consecutive shots at home.

Stockton had 8 points and 3 assists on 3-of-4 shooting, and Karl Malone had 11 points and 4 rebounds on 4-of-7 shooting. The two scored 19 points in a single quarter.

Bryant's rhythm in the first quarter was still dominated by organizational tandem.

O'Neal was caught and Ben Wallace had no scoring ability. Eddie Jones and Bowen didn't feel good and the score was quickly pulled away.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers trailed by nine points at 16:25.

Kobe Bryant had a bad premonition that Ben Wallace's appearance did not strangle Karl Malone, but caused a very big obstacle to his team's offense.

Fortunately, the two sides came off the bench in the second quarter, and the Lakers' bench maintained a hot hand, and under the organization of Horry, Van Exel and Fisher hit three points in succession.

Campbell was very vigorous off the bench, grabbing consecutive offensive rebounds to form a second offense.

After the double starters returned to the court, the score difference quietly narrowed to 4 points.

At the end of the second quarter, Bryant was ready to exert force.

Brian Russell's defense is still a small step and beware of breakaways.

Bryant will still be distracted by the tall and fast Brian Russell.

So Kobe Bryant opted for a pick-and-roll, he called out O'Neal and played a pick-and-roll at the three-point line.

Brian Russell's body is a lot bigger than Stockton, so he was directly blocked by O'Neal.

And Greg Ostertag, a 2.16-meter, 127-kilogram superstar insider, has no ability to follow up at all. He could only squat under the basket.

Then the only one who defends Kobe is Brian Russell, who is blocked by O'Neal.

Kobe Bryant took advantage of the large amount of sales space obtained by blocking and pick-and-roll, and made consecutive three-point shots, scoring 15 points in a single quarter in 4-of-8 three-pointers in the 7 minutes he played in the second quarter.

However, Kobe Bryant's score did not give the team a lead, and his teammates felt too bad. And the Jazz team is all soldiers, and they score again and again with the help of blocking and pick-and-roll in the middle and long distance.

Malone didn't deliberately singled Ben Wallace, but the open space obtained through the pick-and-roll also allowed him to score 13 points and 4 rebounds in the half.

At halftime, the Lakers trailed the Jazz 41-43.