At the start of the second quarter, I continued to play with a bunch of bench players, and the Jazz team on the opposite side were all substituted players.

Among these bench players for the Lakers, to be honest, I feel like they are a little too athletic, and it looks like the Lakers have almost used up most of their salary cap to sign Shaq, and there is not much money left to sign better players.

In fact, with the expiration of Eddie Jones and Van Exel's contracts in another year or two, it will be difficult for the Lakers to have more funds to renew these two quasi-All-Star level players at the same time, not to mention that my rookie contract will also expire at that time, and judging from my growth rate, I will definitely need a lot of money to renew my contract at that time.

Therefore, the Lakers in these two seasons must make a choice, if they can't win the championship quickly during this time, then they must trade out some relatively high-paid players in advance to win some salary space for the Lakers to strengthen the bench players.

Of course, I don't want to think about it anymore now, first of all, we had a very strong opponent today, and we were a full 14 points behind in the first quarter.

At the start of the second quarter, the Jazz's bench players were much weaker than their starters, but their tactical execution was no worse.

The most important point is that compared to the Lakers, whether it is the main team or the bench, it does not seem to be much aggressive, the Jazz bench players can arrive at the stadium so much earlier to practice, and the gap will naturally widen.

Even though these Lakers bench players lack enough athleticism except for me, things other than shooting and running and the cultivation of personal awareness can be improved through hard work.

Maybe a lot of the Lakers' bench players won't survive in the NBA for long, but I still think they should at least have the consciousness to be a monk for a day.

Sure enough, after the start of the second quarter, our Lakers were still firmly suppressed by the Jazz on the court, which can be seen from the mental outlook of the players.

As a result, the Lakers fell behind the players on the court less aggressively, and the Jazz bench players on the contrary felt like they were crazy, full of positivity both offensively and defensively.

Soon the score crossed 20 points, and even reached 25 points, and it was about to get closer to a 30-point difference.

And I myself felt like I was in the same terrible rhythm as the whole Lakers, and both the offensive and defensive ends were full of situations that made me more and more frustrated.

When I attack, the Jazz will be the first to pack me, if there are some games in the past, I can still rely on my excellent athleticism, strong physical reserves, and good touch to break the opponent's bag and trap tactics.

So I almost lost most of what I could rely on today, especially when I felt that my physical reserves were a little lacking today, and my speed was already difficult to get rid of several well-trained Jazz players at once.

The defensive habits of the Jazz players are very good, and it can be seen from this that Jerry Sloan is indeed a very good coach, and all the Jazz players are like well-trained soldiers, able to carry out any orders given by their coach in an orderly manner.

We were completely crushed and almost couldn't find any opportunities on the offensive end, and the Jazz were able to focus on the offensive end after completely blocking our offensive opportunities.

Our bench players are in a state of great confusion, their mentality has gradually changed, maybe they have completely lost themselves in the Jazz's terrible offense, like soldiers who have lost a battle, one by one began to lose their armor, and soon completely lost the ability to resist.

And my strength alone is so small that it is impossible to rely on my strength to stop the collapse of the entire Lakers defense end, in fact, I myself have almost completely lost the strength to fight.

When I was substituted, it was like I was given a chance to be redeemed, and I never felt like I wanted to go back to this damn basketball court.

But fortunately, I quickly dealt with this bad mood of myself, I sat on the bench and looked at Jessica, who had been waving to me not far away, and a warm current suddenly attracted a warm current in my heart, this feeling was so wonderful that I found myself at once, and did not let the confusion continue to erode my own heart.

Seeing that the substitute players were completely hanged, the head coach of the Lakers, Silver Fox Harris, had to replace the main players on the court again, and the Jazz team at this time was not in a hurry to replace the main players, in fact, the main players of our Lakers team themselves are not in sufficient physical reserves today, and playing early will naturally make their remaining rest time even less.

However, there seems to be no other option now, and if they don't go up to pull the score back a little bit now, then the whole second half will probably become garbage time, and there is no need for them to return to the game.

Perhaps because the nearly 30-point difference on the court stimulated the already fragile nerves of some players, the starting players of the entire Lakers team finally launched a counterattack as if they had woken up.

In fact, the role of emotions has a huge impact on the current Lakers team, especially considering that the team's boss Shaq is a very emotionally susceptible guy himself, although he is sometimes a little lazy, but it does not mean that this guy will be like a gentle kitten when provoked.

You must know that this guy is an authentic big shark, and when he opens his bloody mouth angrily, he will take the initiative to have a bloody storm coming.

Facing the Jazz's main player Shaq is a bit submissive, but in the face of the Jazz's bench players, of course, he must punch hard, Shaq immediately revealed his bloodthirsty nature as soon as he came on the court, and began to bombard the Jazz's interior line with all his might.

When Shaq played with emotion, no one dared to stop in front of him, in fact, even Karl Malone was unstoppable in the face of Shaq at this time, only to see the Jazz team's three players who came up to wrap Shaq were bounced up by Shaq's force after pressing the center of gravity, and directly pushed the three alive several meters away, and then Shaq smashed the ball into the Jazz basket.

I could clearly see the painful looks on the faces of these three Jazz players on the sidelines, when the three of them went up to wrap Shaq at the same time, but Shaq knocked everyone out of the way for a long distance at once, which shows how terrifying Shaq's explosive power is.

And the most incredible thing is that when Shaq started to exert his power, his physical fitness seemed to be endless, and it was clear that this guy was already tired in the first quarter, but now it gives me the feeling that the more I play, the smoother and more energetic.

Soon, under the slaughter of Shaq, the Jazz's bench players finally began to collapse, and the difference between the two sides finally returned to 19 points - better than 20 points, although the Lakers used a big killer to face the Jazz's bench players.

Then the Jazz called a timeout unhurriedly, and during the pause, Shaq finally started his unique roaring session again, it can be seen that he was really angry just now, in fact, Shaq has a big temper but is very good, he will deliberately lose his temper and look very grumpy many times, but those who are familiar with him know that he just pretends to lose his temper most of the time, and it is not a simple thing to really anger Shaq, of course, if you really do it, then congratulations, You will face the terrifying fury of a terrible fat man.

Although the head coach Silver Fox Harris was still very satisfied with the strong murderous spirit shown by Shaq, when he saw that the score difference between the two sides was still as much as 19 points, the face that had just been slightly relieved instantly pulled down again.

Silver Fox Harris still focused on the importance of defense, and told Shaq to protect the defensive rebound, the Jazz's ultra-high outside shooting rate will definitely not last a whole game, they only need to protect the rebound, and then use the rebound to play a few beautiful defensive counterattacks, then the momentum of the whole court will slowly return to our Lakers.

In fact, I still agree with the Silver Fox Harris in this regard, at this time, our Lakers must do a good job of defense and protect rebounding, in order to find a quick counterattack and easy scoring opportunities.

However, he didn't find a way to crack the Utah Twin High Block, and he seemed to have deliberately missed it, but I knew that he didn't have any way to crack the Utah Twin Block.

In fact, don't say it's him, even if it's like the Bulls, who have three defensive players of the year, it's impossible to easily block the unsolved pick-and-roll of the Utah double-brake, not to mention that we have almost no excellent defensive players on our team, Shaq may have enough deterrence when defending the interior, but it is almost completely useless in the face of Karl Malone, who has a strong projection ability, and Stockton, who has a keen sense of passing.

The Lakers can only hope that the Jazz's outside touch will slowly decline over time, and we will need to play better offense to get the score back into single digits.

However, the idea is very good, today our Lakers physical reserves and staffing can not pose any threat to the Jazz team at all, in the final analysis, players like Shaq are just relying on their physical talent to bully people most of the time, although he also has some good low hooks and feet, but in the face of Karl Malone, who is not inferior to him at all, his physical energy will always be consumed faster.

Even when facing interior super defensive players like Mutombo and Olajuwon, Shaq will not feel so uncomfortable, but in fact, the best defense Shaq is never a player taller than him or a player with very good blocking ability, but the kind of player who is shorter than him, but has very strong lower body strength and can directly withstand Shaq.

Whether it's Karl Malone, Rodman, Ben Wallace, or even Yao Ming, these players who can effectively block Shaq have very strong lower body strength, which can effectively make it difficult for Shaq to bring an absolute advantage in the low post on the inside.

And the most important point is that Shaq, who had just entered a state of excitement, was gradually showing fatigue at this time, and the more he exerted his strength before, the less physical energy he had left.

When he can't directly squeeze through Karl Malone's all-out top defense in the low post, his inside threat is much smaller, after all, when his physical strength declines, even the hook hit rate will drop significantly, and he almost doesn't have much physical energy to carry out those complicated inside steps, and even his best shark step is slow down by a good beat.

By the time he finished the shark step, the opponent's bag players had already surrounded him, and with Karl Malone on top, the other players who came to the bag could quickly take the ball out of Shaq's hand.

As a result, the main players of the Jazz team played for less than five minutes, and the difference between the two sides once again widened to around 30 points, but this time they never gave the Lakers any chance, and directly continued to expand the difference, starting from 30 points all the way to 35 points or even 40 points.

It was a humiliating game, and the Lakers lost to the Jazz by as many as 37 points at halftime, which is probably a huge shame that the entire Lakers team has never had in so many years.

What's more, our Lakers team has such a good lineup and record this year, and before this game, our record was tied with the Chicago Bulls for the first place in the league, and after this game, we may be nailed to a pillar of shame in the history of the NBA.

The atmosphere in the entire Lakers team suddenly became extremely gloomy, in fact, the fans at the Jazz home court would laugh at the Lakers at first, but later it seemed that the Lakers team today was a bit too miserable, and the sound of ridicule slowly disappeared, and even the cheers of the fans after the Jazz scored a goal were much quieter.

It's a huge insult, and it's hard to put into words, but I believe that this unforgettable pain will definitely bring some change to the entire Lakers team at this moment, at least leaving a deep enough scar in their hearts for them to think about it when they face a similar situation again.

As I said before, in the NBA, an incredibly cruel league, no matter how brilliant your achievements have been before, no matter how amazing your talent is, if you do something that violates your talent, then you will be punished, some of which come very quickly, and some of which will show up slowly.

Head coach Silver Fox Harris was so angry that his nose was about to crooked, and I could see that his throat seemed to be completely blocked by anger, and his speech began to stutter, but his anger was no longer able to stop the entire Lakers team from falling into a state of decadence at this time.

However, I secretly vowed that I could not let the Lakers continue to sink in the second half.

I told the Silver Fox Harris directly to get me into the starting lineup in the second half, point guard Van Elsel, shooting guard me, small forward Eddie Jones, power forward Robert Horry, center Shaq O'Neal.

In the face of my proposal, the other Lakers players didn't seem to have any reaction, and the silver fox Harris's brows furrowed suddenly, he seemed to be a little unprepared for my bold proposal, but in the face of today's almost desperate state, maybe he also felt that the dead horse was healed as a live horse, since I have the will and courage to continue fighting, it is better to believe me, at least let me become a catfish, to drive the Lakers main players who are already a little dead at this time.

Shaq didn't speak for the whole halftime, and when I greeted him, it was like his ears were turned away, which is very different from what he usually does, and although I am a little worried about this, I believe that with Shaq's emotional control ability, no matter what kind of emotions he is at this time, he will still show it clearly in the end.

At the start of the second half, the Jazz sent a lineup of half main and half benches, and of course I believe that their head coach Jerry Sloan must have his intentions in doing so.

In fact, the Jazz's best players in the first half stayed on the court, with the main Utah duo and three players who performed well off the bench to make up their starting lineup for the second half.

It seems that Jerry Sloan really wants to nail our Lakers directly to the pillar of shame, and the 37-point difference in the half did not make them put down the butcher knife, it is time to give them a little real color to see.

At this time, I saw that Shaq's eyes also changed slightly, this is probably the first time in the long time I have known him that his eyes seem so serious, to be honest, Shaq without a smile on his face is the same as Dwight Howard without a smile on his face, always giving people a strange feeling.

I didn't think much about it, I was able to get into the game from the start of the second half and I was able to focus on the game to the highest level I could.

Maybe it was because there was so much lead in the first half, the Jazz came up a little too relaxed, and I didn't want to give them any chance when I started in the second half, and all my offense became more focused, whether it was my movement or shooting, the tempo was a beat faster than I usually am.

And the more decisive I shot, the higher my shooting percentage seems to be, even as the number of defenders in front of me starts to get more and more, and as I hit more and more shots, my shooting confidence starts to explode.

At this time, I saw that the other party actually sent a person I didn't expect to defend me, he was the Jazz's main point guard Stockton, what kind of medicine was sold in NND Jerry Sloan's gourd?