Chapter 134: Troubled

After the timeout, our Lakers team took the lead in personnel rotation, perhaps because head coach Silver Fox Harris saw that our starters were now in a relatively low physical condition, so he thought about rotating in advance, letting the bench players play a little longer, and then let our starters play more in the fourth quarter.

The idea of this rotation itself still doesn't seem to be problematic, because whether it's me or some of my other Lakers teammates, to be honest, there are certain physical problems these days.

In this case, we should really have a good rest off the court, wait until the fourth quarter starts and then fight the Jazz for a good time, after all, if we overdraw the last strength too early, we will have no strength to break out in the fourth quarter.

Next, after the timeout, our Lakers sent the bench players led by Eddie Jones and Baron Scott, these bench players felt that they were still doing quite well today, but now they went to the Jazz starters so early, I don't know if they can withstand the onslaught of the opponent's core players.

But even if there are some worries, there is nothing to be done, the time to come is still to come, the time to face is still to face, in fact, in the regular season let these bench players do a little more workout, their ability may be able to help our entire Lakers team at some point in the playoffs.

In fact, many times in competitive sports win or lose between a few points or even one or two points, and the starter or top star can do only a few points after all, no matter how strong a top star is, he can't say that he can completely let a team be under his control all the time, and it is difficult for others to do it except for players who control the team in all aspects like LeBron later.

Therefore, if the substitute players in a team can be a little more powerful, then it is bound to be able to bring a lot of help to the starters, not only to get more rest time for the starters, but also to allow the starters to provide some advantages in rotation time and psychological level.

In other words, if the substitute can score more points and open up a little more point difference, then the starter will be able to play more after he comes on.

The game is 48 minutes, and a rotation lineup will appear for more than 30 minutes or at most 40 minutes, and it is impossible for someone to play every game, so the strength of the substitute rotation should be relatively supported in a team.

However, as soon as the bench players led by Eddie Jones came on the court, they encountered a crazy attack from the Jazz, and the Utah duo of Stockton and Karl Malone finally began to kill when facing our Lakers bench players at this time, perhaps because they felt that the bench players had just come on the court and must not have adapted to the rhythm of the game.

So they suddenly raised the rhythm of the game to a very terrifying level, so that our Lakers team was continuously caused to make mistakes on the offensive end, in fact, this is also very normal, if you have not played for a long time as a substitute player, then once you come on the court and suddenly face the opponent consciously speed up the pace of the game and increase physical confrontation, then it is indeed easy to make mistakes.

Therefore, this substitution of head coach Silver Fox Harris is also very risky, and it is still a huge question whether our Lakers bench players can maintain a relatively good point margin for the remaining six minutes of the third quarter.

Soon the situation on the court has undergone some changes, after all, there is still some gap between our Lakers bench players and the starters in terms of strength, plus the Jazz team's tactics at this time are very targeted, after all, they are not back-to-back games at home, so even if they don't rest, they are still physically more abundant than us, and Stockton and Karl Malone are both extremely physical and perverted existences, and their attendance rate can basically reach more than 95% in their careers, Even many seasons were full attendance, so fitness was not a problem for both of them.

In the next game, our Lakers team will fall into a relatively disadvantaged situation, and to break this situation, I am afraid it is not an easy thing to do, it depends on the adaptability of Eddie Jones and these bench players on the court, I watched the intense game on the court off the court.

At the beginning, the Jazz took advantage of the mistakes of our Lakers bench players to quickly stretch the difference to 7 points again, but then Eddie Jones scored consecutive singles, including a very beautiful two-and-one hit, which stabilized the situation a little, but the difference was basically stable at about three to five points, neither up nor down.

The Jazz players couldn't fully pull the score away when they saw it, and then called a timeout, and I knew they were going to put their bench players on the court after that timeout.

Sure enough, after the timeout, the Jazz also replaced their own bench players, and for these bench players, they now have a better chance, because their physical condition is definitely better than our Lakers bench players, in the minutes just now.

Our Lakers bench players have worked hard to withstand the impact of the starting players from the Jazz team, and finally managed to stabilize the situation, and now one or two are showing a tired state, which is obviously not good news for our Lakers team, but the game has to continue, even if the physical condition is very bad, but our Lakers team will still hold on to this game.

When the Jazz bench players came on the court, they directly slowed the pace of the game a lot faster, for them, this is an opportunity to quickly defeat our Lakers, which they will naturally not let go, and because their tactical execution is relatively strong, so whether it is to speed up the pace of the game or slow down, the initiative is in the hands of the Jazz players, for which our Lakers team is relatively weak.

But it's not like we don't have anything to do, because after all, it takes time for the Jazz players to get used to when they first come on the court, and if we can get some points above the Jazz players first, then our game should not be as passive as before.

However, it is still difficult to do this, because our Lakers players are not able to really explode when they break out, and even if they do, they may completely consume our physical energy, thus giving the Jazz a chance to play a huge wave of counterattack climax, so that we have no way to resist at all.

This situation is really uncomfortable, I watched these Lakers bench players on the bench fighting with the Jazz bench players on the court, to be honest, I really wanted to get back on the court as soon as possible, but I tried hard to suppress this impulse, because I know that I can't get back to the court now, no matter how bad the situation on the court is now, after all, the game is still a long time, and the fourth quarter is the time when the game is really decided, I have to calm down, Recover your fitness as soon as possible so that you can play more effectively after the fourth quarter.

In fact, our Lakers bench players are really more powerful, at least there is no one-sided situation, every time they are opened up by the opponent, they can still be in the next round or the next round to close the difference back, so although it seems that our Lakers are pressed by the Jazz on the field, but in fact, the difference has not been completely opened, which gives us the Lakers the hope of chasing the difference back at once, It can also continue to cause some psychological pressure on the Jazz.

The Jazz players are very active at this time, whether it is on the offensive end or the defensive end, they want to eat our Lakers bench players in one go, but our Lakers bench players are not so easy to be defeated, Eddie Jones and Byron Scott can still play a very important role in critical moments.

Eddie Jones uses his individual singles ability, while Byron Scott uses his experience as a veteran, and these things that they are better at can still put some pressure on the Jazz.

However, in the last two minutes of the third quarter, the pace of the game on the court became faster and faster, the two sides continued to attack and high-intensity attacks, and the momentum on the court became more and more difficult to control, and the emotions of the players on both sides gradually began to accumulate and explode, as if there was a conflict at any time.

In this situation, the referee finally began to blow penalties more strictly, so in the last two minutes, a considerable number of foul free throws were blown by both sides in a row, and the Jazz players still got a little more free throw opportunities than our Lakers, after all, this is their home court, and it is still relatively normal to get some home whistle to take care of.

But obviously the bias of the referee will also lead to the dissatisfaction of our Lakers team, but it is strange that the players of the Jazz team are also dissatisfied with the referee, of course, this is also relatively normal, the side that is taken care of will always feel that they have not been taken care of enough, this mentality exists in many people.

Because there were so many free throws, the last two minutes of the third quarter played for seven or eight minutes, just like the last two minutes of the fourth quarter, but fortunately, time didn't go when foul free throws anyway, and our main players on the Lakers just got more rest.

Finally, the third quarter of the game is over, and at this time our Lakers are still six points behind the Jazz, although the difference has not been completely opened, but it is still not small, in fact, basketball games sometimes fight in such a breath, if this breath can be bitten, then you will have a chance to win, and if this breath can not be bitten, it is very likely to collapse all of a sudden, so that the opponent will be the point difference to open up all of a sudden, I'm afraid it's not so easy to pull the difference back later.

At the end of the third quarter, head coach Harris re-structured us tactically, and in the first few minutes of the fourth quarter, the bench should still be on the court for a while, and maybe our starters will be on the court for about nine or eight minutes in the fourth quarter.

I only hope that the point difference between our Lakers team at that time can be kept within 10 points, as long as the point difference is within 10 points, I think there is still a chance to fight for the end, but if the difference between the two sides is really too big, then it really doesn't mean that you can catch it back if you want to chase it back.

The game started very quickly in the fourth quarter, and the Jazz showed very strong aggression as soon as they came up, both offensively and defensively, because in fact in the last few minutes of the third quarter, both sides on the court had already lost their tempers, and the feeling was that the two sides could fight at any time.

This situation is not uncommon, to say that it is actually very normal for there to be fights on the sidelines because of quarrels or competition in this era, and the game atmosphere of this era itself is like this, if you are cowardly, then the opponent will look down on you, you must fight back with the opponent like a man, otherwise you will not want to get respect from the opponent.

It is for this reason that our Lakers bench players were also unintimidating, and soon the physical confrontation on the court escalated further, and the saber-rattling atmosphere at the end of the third quarter continued all at once.

However, after all, our Lakers bench players are at a physical disadvantage, and it is naturally difficult to ensure the shooting percentage after such a high-intensity confrontation, so maybe this is the situation that the Jazz team wants to see, they want to drag us into the quagmire of physical confrontation and find it difficult to extricate ourselves, but we have no better way to deal with the Jazz, even if we are really dragged into the quagmire of physical confrontation, we can only do this.

The situation on the court turned against our Lakers again, and we didn't score a point for two minutes after the start of the fourth quarter, but the Jazz didn't get much better, and they didn't score any more points from the free throws, which is good news for us.

After seeing this situation on the court, head coach Silver Fox Harris still called a timeout, probably in his opinion has entered the fourth quarter, and we are the lagging side, if there has been no way to score, it will be more disadvantageous to our Lakers in the long run, so he called a timeout, wanted to replace the starter on the court, and in the end less than ten minutes of the game, we were still less than ten points behind the Jazz, everything still has a chance.

When our starters were back on the line, the Jazz also put their starters on the court, and I didn't play Stockton again.

At this time, the Jazz team still continued their extremely high-intensity offensive and defensive confrontation, which from the bench players to the starters, they were very resolute, in fact, the real core of the Jazz team is their head coach Jerry Sloan, there is such an iron-blooded coach, the players are very serious, and they are very iron-blooded in the game on the court.

Of course, on the one hand, I admire this, on the other hand, I also feel that their iron-blooded style is sometimes too strong, and it seems that something is missing, of course, these things are often just personal thoughts, and in the end, it is up to each person to make their own choices.

I know that the next game is going to be the toughest, the most challenging, the Jazz's physical confrontation has reached an outrageous level, and the outside defenders in this era can put their hands on the offensive players, and this rule doesn't seem to change until nearly a decade later, so the outside players in this era tend to have a relatively low shooting percentage.

Especially for those who like to play alone with the ball, the defensive pressure they have to face is very huge, and it is difficult to say whether this kind of defense is good or bad, it does make the game of this era full of blood, but it also makes the game as a whole look a little dull.

Later, after Jordan retired, the influence of the entire NBA declined a lot, so in order to save the game, the league changed these defensive rules, encouraged offense more, and cultivated a group of players who were more powerful on the offensive end, so the league became more and more average points per game, and there were more players who could get high scores and high free throws, and at the same time, the tactical core position of interior players was gradually replaced by outside players.

Imagine that if the rules have not been modified, it will be difficult for a player like Curry to become a superstar, because the difficulties and challenges they need to face are very huge, and it is basically difficult to solve these difficulties and challenges in a short period of time.

Stockton's small moves on the defensive end have also escalated, and when he was defending me, he was originally very subtle and some more subtle small movements, and now his body and arms are getting bigger and bigger.

But that's not a problem for me, on the contrary, the more he does it, the more I will be motivated, and the more I can arouse my great desire to fight.