The 41-year-old veteran struggled on the floor with a painful face, and Karl Malone was not lightly injured, but the hideousness on his face was not only from the pain in his legs, but also from his inner unwillingness.

"Damn it, damn it!" Karl Malone hugged his leg and scolded bitterly, not scolding Rasheed Wallace who just competed with him for the rebound, Rashid's movements were not problematic, he was complaining about fate, why did he get injured at this time?

Karl Malone knows very well that his current injury will not be able to play in the short term, which means that the Lakers will lose Karl Malone in the entire Finals, and the Lakers may lose the championship because of this.

Did the great "postman", the second man in the all-time scoring list, end his career in this form?

The Pistons fans at the scene were even a little moved, covering their mouths and not speaking, maybe Karl Malone's injury is a good thing for the Pistons, but in the face of such a great star, it is difficult for them to gloat at this moment.

Sun Zhuo looked at Karl Malone's appearance, and his heart was also sour, he remembered the situation of the last game of Mutombo's career, in 2009, the 43-year-old Mutombo's injury could end his career, and then, that day really came, Mutombo fell to the ground and cried just like Karl Malone at this time, they all knew that this was not only an injury, but also meant that they were going to leave the NBA forever.

"Is my NBA career coming to an end here? 19 seasons...... I...... I want to play two more games and win the championship! "Karl Malone has been an iron-blooded tough guy all his life and doesn't want to show his vulnerability in front of outsiders, but those who know him well enough, O'Neal, Kobe, Gary Payton, can hear his inner choke.

Sun Zhuo stepped forward, bent down, held Carl Malone's shoulder, and said: "Carl, don't worry, you will be back in the ring soon, your career will never end in this form, I want you to retire wearing a championship ring!" I promise you! ”

Originally, Sun Zhuo was still hesitating to use the repeat challenge card in this game, but now, there is no need to hesitate, he must use the repeat challenge card in this game, and then prevent the tragedy of Karl Malone's injury!

In his previous life, Karl Malone was injured in the Finals, and Malone's injury was also one of the reasons why the Lakers lost to the Pistons.

Once Malone is injured, the Lakers are really stretched thin in the position of power forward, and they can only use Medveddenko, who is two meters and eight meters tall but has the name of "Ukrainian soft egg", to defend Rashid Wallace, Rashid Wallace is so fierce and strong, Medvedenko is not good at defense and physical confrontation, so he was suppressed by Rashid and had no power to fight back, because he was repeatedly bullied by Rashid, Medvedenko was also angry for a while, and almost fought with Rashid.

Because of the absolute advantage of the power forward position, Rasheed Wallace can better deal with Ben Wallace against O'Neal, and it will be more difficult for O'Neal to score, and similarly, Rasheed Wallace can also pull to the outside and stop Kobe Bryant with the outside player.

Although Billups was the MVP of the Finals in his previous life, in Phil Jackson's heart, it was Rasheed Wallace who really beat them.

In the first row of the audience on the sidelines, there was a person who showed a mysterious and cold smile, he was the hero of the Pistons' sweep of the Lakers in 1989, "Smile Assassin" Thomas, Thomas saw that Malone was injured, and couldn't help but say: "Where can the Lakers and Pistons be called the pinnacle showdown?" The Lakers had two major injuries and were powerless against the Pistons. ”

Between the words, it is not difficult to see that his confidence in the Pistons to win the championship, and Malone's injury is definitely a bad thing for the Lakers.

In fact, Sun Zhuo has long reminded Karl Malone to be careful of injuries on the court, and he reminded him when he was playing against the Rockets, but the basketball court is changing rapidly, and no matter how careful he is, he can't avoid accidents.

Fortunately, Sun Zhuo has the ability to make the game come back.

When Carl Malone heard Sun Zhuo's words, he was very moved in his heart, he felt that Sun Zhuo said that Malone would return to the court soon, it was just a word of comfort, he knew best how heavy his injury was, Carl Malone held Sun Zhuo's hand and said, "Promise me to get the championship with Shaq and Kobe!" ”

Sun Zhuo nodded and said, "I promise you!" ”

In his previous life, Karl Malone had no crown in his life!

In this life, Sun Zhuo wants to make up for his regret!

After Karl Malone went off the court, the Pistons became excited, and they wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to crush the Lakers in one go.

And Kobe Bryant continued his crazy offense in the second quarter, but his shooting percentage was not as magical as it was in the first quarter, and several offenses ended in failure.

Sun Zhuo wrote down the reasons for Kobe's failure to attack each time, and if he did it again later, Sun Zhuo would have to save several of those goals.

At the end of the half, the Pistons had tied the score, and it was foreseeable that with the magic of Kobe Bryant and Sun Zhuo no longer there, with the injury of Karl Malone, and as O'Neal made it more difficult to score under the basket, the second half of the game would enter the control of the Pistons.

The Pistons are very confident in this, in the Pistons locker room at halftime, everyone is not as nervous as before the opening, although Sun Zhuo was not fooled, but he did not lead the game like the previous game, Kobe Bryant gradually returned to mediocrity, O'Neal was even more limited, and the most important thing is that Karl Malone was injured, and Rasheed Wallace can better support the team to fight opponents.

"I think it's going to be a turning point in the series." Ben Wallace told everyone that they understood what he meant, and that the Pistons were getting closer and closer to a championship.

The most critical quarter of this game occurred in the third quarter, and it was the collapse in this quarter that caused the Lakers to lose the game, but the Pistons did not suppress the Lakers as soon as they entered the third quarter, on the contrary, the Pistons, who had just entered the third quarter, played badly.

Or it can't be said that they played badly, but bad luck, Ben Wallace got rid of O'Neal's defense, dunked the empty basket, and actually dunked away; Prince broke through Kobe Bryant, dribbled the ball, and suddenly fell down with a thud; The most interesting thing is that when Hamilton and Sun Zhuo competed for a throw-in that was about to go out of bounds, Hamilton jumped up and passed the ball and smashed it directly on the referee.

After being called to the bench by Larry Brown and scolded, the Pistons players slowly regained their form and were out of control, directly establishing a lead of more than ten points in the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter, with more than 3 minutes left, the Lakers were still behind by double digits, and there was no hope of turning the tables, O'Neal was far away from the basket, facing Prince who was out of place in front of him, and made a small hook, the ball went over Prince's head and flew to the basket, however, when the ball had fallen, Ben Wallace under the basket rose to the sky and slapped the ball out.

Everyone knew that the ball didn't count, but the audience burst into thunderous applause!

Sun Zhuo called this move "interference ball provocation", and in a few years, it would become one of Sun Zhuo's most characteristic pretentious moves.