Chapter 257: The Battle of 'Tianwang Mountain'!
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"Damn, damn!"
After the third game between the Jazz and the Rockets on June 1, 1994, when Jerry Sloan returned from the post-game press conference with a very heavy heart, he saw that the team's big man Karl Malone was constantly smashing himself with his fist as a cabinet behind, while the other Jazz players were a little shrugged at this time, looking a little not very tall. ++++
Indeed, this game was supposed to be played like this in the end of the game they thought was nine out of ten, and even their best weapon against the Rockets was invalidated at this time because of someone's absence, this kind of frustration and shame is indeed a little difficult to accept, although they are not as desperate as the Rockets players who lost the previous two games with little confidence in their future, but even if they are not desperate, it is definitely how good it is.
Just look at Malone who is angry at the locker room cabinet at this time, if the other Jazz players have been hit a little hard because they lost, then this defeat is not just a big blow for the Jazz team's big boss.
It can be said that since entering the playoffs, the Jazz player has never played so happily in a game, which makes Ma Long, who is counting on a grand slam after winning the regular season MVP, simply unacceptable, really unacceptable. Because he knows very well that after this opportunity is missed, it is gone, it is really gone.
Lin Han won't give him another chance to prove himself. The league will not ban Lin Han for another game, and when he thinks of this, even if he knows that he wants to calm down, he can't calm down, he really can't calm down.
Of course, at this time, Malone was extremely angry, regretful and ashamed. And Lin Han on the side, what was Lin Han, who had watched his team being abused by the Rockets from beginning to end, thinking at this time?
No one knows what Lin Han was thinking at this time, because the Jazz suspended player today has not said a word since returning to the locker room. The face is very calm, you can't see anger, you can't see disappointment, you can't see any joy and excitement, it's very calm. It's terrifyingly calm. As if the team's loss today had nothing to do with him.
So when Jerry Sloan returned to the locker room, after sweeping around, he focused on Lin Han's face for a while, and saw Lin Han's extremely calm appearance now, he was also a little surprised and a little puzzled.
"Okay, this game is over, lose or lose, it's no big deal, don't forget that we're still 2-1 ahead of the Rockets. Now it is still us who has the advantage, adjust the mentality. Rise to the challenge of the next race! ”
After adjusting his feelings a little, Jerry Sloan also smiled and said to his players, if it was Jerry Sloan in the past, although he would comfort his players after the team suffered a fiasco, but he would never be as kind as now, as for showing a smile, it would be even more impossible.
Although the fiasco of this game did hit themselves the Jazz, which was full of holes on the court, both offensively and defensively, since the head coach said so at this time, he didn't mean to blame them at all, and in this case, there was really no need for them to carry such feelings to the next game.
So even Carl Malone, who was the most unstable at this time, calmed down at this time, and then took the lead in leaving the locker room after bowing his head and packing up his things, and the Jazz team's leading player didn't look at Lin Han when he walked past him, and Ma Long's appearance was naturally all looked at by the other players of the Jazz team, and the other Jazz players who had already suppressed various negative feelings such as frustration in their hearts were a little stunned again at this time.
After all, yesterday, Lin Han and Ma Long were still hooked shoulders and intimate, and the relationship between these two comics seemed to be better than any other teammates, if Lin Han played in this game and the two had problems on the court, then Ma Long couldn't help but say that it was not possible or acceptable to treat Lin Han like this.
Lin Han did not play in the key game, if Malone attributed the reason for the loss of this game to Lin Han, it would undoubtedly be a little too much, but what surprised these Jazz players even more was Lin Han's expression.
Lin Han, who has been standing there since returning to the locker room with the team, didn't seem to see Ma Long's ignorance of him this time, the Jazz rookie's rookie was still calm after Ma Long ignored him and walked past him, Lin Han still looked calm, and he didn't even look at Ma Long, as if any of Ma Long's actions towards him were expected by him.
The atmosphere was very embarrassing, because of the sudden drama staged by Malone and Lin Han, the atmosphere in the Jazz locker room, which had changed a little, became very embarrassing, and all the Jazz players who were supposed to pack up their things were stunned for a while, even Jerry Sloan was also frowning at this time.
And at this time, as the second leader of the team and the leader of the team, Stockton was about to leave after packing up his things, and when he walked by Lin Han's side, he did not ignore him like Ma Long, but gently patted Lin Han on the shoulder.
"Okay, don't be stunned, it's late, let's pack up quickly"
The leader of the Jazz team pretended to be angry and shouted to the other players after patting Lin Han on the shoulder, and with Stockton's shout, the Jazz locker room, which was full of embarrassment, was slightly restored to normal, and the other players also knew that Suo Suo packed up his things.
"Lin, don't care, Carl didn't mean it, he was in a bad mood at this time, that's not his intention, don't think too much, you know, he's that kind of person"
After Stockton finished speaking to Lin Han with a comforting smile, Lin Han nodded lightly after being silent for a while. And after seeing Lin Han nodding, Stockton also glanced at Lin Han with a smile and then turned around and left with Ma Long's pace.
Although Lin Han was very angry in his heart at this time, because Ma Long's behavior really made him very unhappy. It was like that from before yesterday and now after the game.
Although Lin Han also knows that he and Ma Long do have a competitive relationship in the team, at the beginning of this season, the two had a conflict between the offensive area and the offensive range on the court, it can be said that as superstars, especially the two superstars who are extremely good and comprehensive in attack, it is inevitable that Lin Han and Ma Long have problems on the court. But despite the competition, Lin Han has always really regarded Ma Long as his good partner, when Ma Long was at a low point. But Lin Han dragged him out stiffly!
Just like Pippen and Jordan, Lin Han knows that he and Malone are not close friends, although the two have similar personalities, their lifestyles are completely different. It's hard to really be friends. But even if they weren't friends, wouldn't Jordan and Pippen be good partners? There is competition and cooperation, and you can also play the triple crown!
It's just obvious that although Lin Han compares himself and Malone to Jordan and Pippen, the key is the question of who is Jordan and who is Pippen, in Ma Long's heart, he is naturally Jordan and cannot be Pippen, even Pippen himself is not willing to be called Pi Erye, and Ma Long is naturally not willing to accept the role of Ma Erye. Similarly, although Lin Han has not clearly stated that he is Jordan now. But it won't be Pippen either.
So just like Stockton just said, the reason why Malone is so abnormal is because he lost a chance to prove that he was Jordan and let Lin Han feel at ease as Pippen, and Malone has no opinion on Lin Han, and may really not have any opinion.
The reason why he is like this now may really be that he can't accept the fact that he can't become Jordan and Lin Han can't be called Pippen, and even because this game didn't have the fiasco led by Lin Han, it not only shattered his Jordan dream, but even gave him a sense of crisis that he would become Pippen in the future.
In the NBA, the team of two superstars, the most successful is naturally Magic and Abdul-Jabbar, the combination of these two can be called a classic duo, Abdul-Jabbar is even very similar to Malone in personality, they are all 'funny', but Lin Han and Magic are completely different, Magic can make all teammates on the team happy, Lin Han's personality and style of play can not do this.
If Malone partners with a magician, no matter how bad he looks, he doesn't have any sense of crisis, because he knows that the magician won't rob his boss, and the worst case scenario is that both of them will be the boss, just like Abdul-Jabbar has the same relationship as the magician, but with people like Larry Bird and Lin Han, if he can't prove that he is the boss, then he can only be the second child with peace of mind, what will happen if he doesn't feel at ease as the second child? Larry Bird has proven that since he is not at ease to be the second child, then after he grasps the general trend, you will get out, of course, it is only Larry Bird, as for whether Lin Han is so ruthless as Larry Bird, no one will know.
Ma Long's IQ will not make him think so far, so he is just very in danger at this time, being a teammate with a player like Lin Han, and as the boss, he can't suppress Lin Han, which is indeed a very crisis-oriented thing.
So at this time, Ma Long may not really be dissatisfied with Lin Han, but only because of pure psychological unhappiness and depression will do such a thing.
Of course, Lin Han naturally doesn't think so much about these things, and I'm afraid the most discerning person in the entire Jazz team is Stockton, and the other players are basically in a foggy situation.
With Lin Han's current status in the team, he no longer needs to look at Ma Long's face, not to mention that Ma Long has no dissatisfaction with Lin Han, even if Ma Long is really dissatisfied with Lin Han, Lin Han doesn't think Ma Long will have much ability to do anything to him.
And this is also the reason why Lin Han has always been extremely calm, he has indeed reached the point where as long as he is unwilling, he can not consider anyone's opinion.
"It was a very good game, we ended up beating the Jazz at home, and we've found the rhythm to win and we're going to need that rhythm for the next game."
"Are you happy with the Kassel game? Of course, Kassel is one of the best youngsters in our team and he played a good game. He did a great job of setting up our pre-game set-up, his impact on the ball and his attacking talent was outstanding, and the key point was that he worked extremely hard. He's a natural Mr. Big Spectacle."
"Lin Han? Of course, as I said before, Lin Han is the most important player for the Jazz, and I have nothing to do with him in the past or now, in fact, I ranked him first among guards in this year's first-defense vote, if I have the MVP vote and I can't choose a Rockets player. I would rank him at the top of the MVP vote"
"Malone doesn't deserve MVP? Of course not, Malone is also very good, and his swing this season has been impressive. Well, I'm impressed, he's also one of the candidates for MVP in my heart, yes, one of the candidates! ”
The Jazz suffered a heavy loss to the Rockets on June 1. Because of the absence of Lin Han and Drexler. Such a result is simply incredible.
In particular, many of the remarks made by the head coach of the Rockets after the game had a huge impact, and for a while, almost the whole world was discussing what the status of the Jazz team Lin Han should be.
In fact, the rout of the Jazz in this game is really not many people can imagine, after all, the Jazz team is missing Lin Han, and the Rockets are also missing Drexler, according to many experts' tactical analysis before the game, Lin Han's absence will not make the Jazz lose anything in tactics, they can still force the Rockets,
But the end result is. Without Sir Lin Han's pressing defense, he couldn't play at all, without Lin Han. If it weren't for the Jazz team giving up their pressing tactics in the end, I'm afraid this team would have lost even more, in such a situation, it is understandable that the media and experts and even fans are discussing how important Lin Han is to the Jazz.
Originally, this round of matchups in this game was the focus of NBA fans all over the world, and now the remaining two matchups in the league seem to be more discussed, especially after Rockets head coach Tomjanovic changed his previous slander of Lin Han after this game, and turned around to become Lin Han's brain-dead blow, such discussions are becoming more and more intense.
And this kind of discussion is a good thing for fans and NBA experts or TV media, fans need a topic to play time, fans who like Lin Han will be very keen to discuss Lin Han's status in the Jazz team should be higher, Tom Janovic's remarks and the result of this game are naturally the results they are willing to see in their hearts, fans who don't like Lin Han, are also very keen to discuss Lin Han's status in the Jazz team, especially at this time to blow Lin Han so much, If you don't come to crack down on these 'Lin Han blows', won't these guys blow to the sky?
This is especially true for newspapers, television media and experts, because the topic generates ratings, attention, sales and, most importantly, economic benefits.
It's just obvious that although such an obviously divisive Jazz discussion has caused a huge sensation and made Linhan and the Jazz team have surged in attention recently, many discerning Jazz fans are not happy at this time.
Especially at this time, the Jazz players and coaching staff who are still in Houston are even more unhappy at this time.
"This old guy is really hard, in order to create a topic, he dares to say all kinds of nonsense!"
In the hotel where the Jazz team stayed, after Lin Han got up early in the morning of June 2, he was speechless when he saw that the major media were all about Tomjanovich's evaluation of him this morning and the analysis of his absence in all major columns.
Although his IQ is not high, he also knows what Tomjanovich is doing and what he wants to do, although he is actually very happy to praise and praise Lin Han like this, even if he knows that it is fake, Lin Han is also very happy, no one is unwilling to listen to good words, just like Ma Long, with Ma Long's IQ, he can also see that many words in the newspaper are nonsense, but just like other people, no one wants to see themselves belittled by others, so they know that it is nonsense.
So at this time, early in the morning, seeing Tom Janovic's nonsense in these media, Lin Han looked very unhappy, but he didn't feel much unhappy in his heart, while Ma Long was really unhappy, both in his heart and on the surface.
But fortunately, after a night of calmness, Ma Long no longer has no face to face Lin Han, when everyone eats in the restaurant in the morning, Ma Long is back to normal on the surface, and Lin Han has also become talking and laughing again.
Of course. At this time, Lin Han was similar, and it seemed that there was no such thing as yesterday between the two of them.
And seeing that the two most important players of the team are reconciled, the other Jazz players are also in a better mood. It's just that at this time, Malone and Lin Han are reconciled as before, and Stockton, as the leader of the team, should be happy, but at breakfast this morning, Stockton kept his head down and didn't say anything.
Because he was afraid that when he spoke, he would really accidentally subconsciously debunk the acting skills of Lin Han and Ma Long.
These two people acted very realistically, and they could fool other Jazz players but not Stockton.
Tomjanovich's discord plan is clumsy, and anyone with a little bit of intelligence can see it. However, there is never only a conspiracy that others can't see, but there is also a kind of conspiracy that does not need to be concealed, yang conspiracy. Obviously, Tomjanovich never wanted to hide his separation from the Jazz, and in this case, it is understandable that Malone and Lin Han's acting at this time is understandable.
Malone now considers this team his own, and his goal is the finals. So he didn't allow Lin Han to be separated by the enemy. So no matter what he thinks about Lin Han in his heart, this round of the series must not let Lin Han have problems!
And Lin Han is similar, although Stockton doesn't know if Lin Han regards this team as his, but in the same way, Lin Han's goal is also to win the championship, and the most important thing now is not to fight for power, so he can't allow Malone to have problems!
In this case, there is something wrong with both minds. But the two people with the same goal soared their acting skills, and they both saw each other as having IQ problems, and Tom Janonovich would be in charge. Players who are likely to have problems.
"What two idiots"
When he thought of this, Stockton also put down the fork in his hand and glanced at Ma Long and Lin Han, who were hooking their shoulders at this time, and sighed in their hearts.
However, at this time, since these two people are willing to act, and their teammates believe it, even the head coach's face has become relaxed at this time, so even Stockton, who is drunk and sober alone, can only pretend to be drunk at this time.
"However, although Tomjanovich's strategy is good, I didn't think that the two people he separated were such funny and idiots."
When he thought of this, Stockton wanted to laugh a little, as the leader of the team, he originally wanted to think about how to make up for the relationship between Lin Han and Malone this morning, but he didn't expect Tomjanovic to deliver such an assist.
Tomjanovich's recent behavior proves that he is not a coach who only shouts the big slogan of 'we have to have a championship heart' and the slogan of chicken soup for the soul to his players, he also has a good 'language talent' and a very good 'IQ', but if it weren't for the Jazz and Lin Han pushing him too hard, in fact, he would not want to do such a thing in recent times.
After all, there is really a price to pay for doing these things, not to mention that he was deducted one-fifth of his salary by the league and the team did not reimburse him, but more importantly, because he would undoubtedly hurt a very important player of the team, Drexler, when dealing with the Jazz, although he was able to praise Lin Han outside to praise Lin Han.
But obviously, while he is touting Lin Han, it is naturally impossible to take into account the feelings of Drexler, who was played very badly by Lin Han, the Rockets guard has been very irritated recently, in this case, Tomjanovic played like this again, it is strange that his mood can get better.
So when Tomjanovich was playing tricks, it should have hurt Lin Han, Malone and Jazz the most, but because of the IQ problems of Lin Han and Ma Long, the most hurt person actually became Drexler.
Therefore, Tomjanovic has also been very uncomfortable recently, not only needs to comfort Drexler, but also needs to explain to Drexler his playing style and arrangement for the next game, and hopes that Drexler can give up the core position of the team's outside players in this round of the series to assist Kassel to eliminate the Jazz.
After all, although he can deal with the Jazz externally, if the internal problems of his team are not handled well, then it is useless, but fortunately, Drexler is also a reasonable player, and he also knows that it is better to be an ordinary off-ball offensive role player in the face of Lin Han's defense in this series, which can not only better drag Lin Han, but also improve his offensive efficiency, which is the best thing for the Rockets.
As for whether Cassel can take on the heavy responsibility of the Rockets to break the Jazz after Lin Han's return, Drexler really can't say for sure, but this is also the last resort of the Rockets.
Because people all over the world know that although the fourth game between the Jazz and the Rockets is not the battle of Tianwang Mountain, it is equivalent to the battle of Tianwang Mountain in terms of effect!
Because the two teams were able to take out almost everything they could show in the first three games, and the shortcomings that the two teams exposed themselves were almost exposed, in this case, if the Rockets can win this game again by winning the previous game, then this round of the series is likely to rush to grab seven.
Similarly, the Rockets players also know very clearly that if the team still loses after Lin Han's return in this game, the team changes personnel and changes the style of play, and finally the score becomes 1-3 after the game, then the Rockets are likely to be eliminated directly after going to Salt Lake City in the next game.
So, while Tomjanovic seems to have some momentum in place in recent times, it still doesn't work in their favor.
Because after the return of Lin Han and the return of Drexler, this game is still an uncertain game, and no one is sure.
And that includes the Jazz!
On June 3, 1994, at seven o'clock in the evening of the fourth game between the Jazz and the Rockets, in the Jazz locker room, head coach Jerry Sloan looked extremely dignified at this time, the importance of this game is self-evident, winning, the Jazz will easily advance to the next round, and losing, the team will likely drag to the last moment of the tiebreaker!
For Jerry Sloan, it is natural that he can't want his team to drag on until the last minute, so this game is a game that must be won!
If at the end of the last game, he was still a little worried about whether there would be problems within the team, but now after seeing Lin Han and Ma Long reconcile, he has no such concerns, in this case, he is naturally confident that he will win in this game.
'I won't say anything else, forget about the last game, it's a fresh start, we need to play again in this game with our aggressiveness and toughness, all we need is a win!'
When the Jazz were about to walk out of the locker room and Jerry Sloan was making the final tactical set-up, the head coach of the Jazz team shouted a slogan that was very rare, and with his cautious personality, it was indeed uncommon to shout such a slogan before the game.
However, for the current Jazz team, such a slogan is indeed very good, which can be seen from the excited and excited looks on the faces of the other Jazz players after Jerry Sloan shouted the slogan of victory.
This game may be the most important game of the Jazz playoffs this year! (To be continued!)
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