In the second quarter, Qiao Hai made another adjustment to the rotation lineup, Scott Pippen rested, Kobe Bryant and O'Neal took the bench lineup against the Jazz's rotation lineup, and Rick Fox came on to become the axis of the triangle offense.

However, in the second quarter, the Jazz's offense also exploded.

After thinking about it, Jerry Sloan gave up on the defensive end, and he chose to adjust the offense, focusing on the offensive end, and began to beat the pick-and-roll combination of John Stockton and Karl Malone in the second quarter.

But the Lakers played more simply, Kobe Bryant played a cameo point guard, Bruce Bowen continued to play, full-time marking John Stockton, inside Sean Lukes plus O'Neal, by Sean Lukes marking Karl Malone, offensively, Rick Fox distributed the ball, Kobe O'Neal double-singles.

The Lakers' goal in the second quarter is to expand the difference to more than 15 points, which is not difficult to accomplish, but overall, the Lakers still have to focus on stability in the second quarter and stabilize their current advantage.

Therefore, at the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers played very steadily, first Kobe Bryant singled, as long as he didn't score, he immediately beat O'Neal.

Relying on O'Neal's continuous scoring and continuing to play the point of Kobe Bryant, who is not very stable, as long as Kobe is stable, the Lakers will immediately be powerful on both lines, and the Jazz will not be able to resist.

With such a simple distribution of the ball, the Lakers remained stable in the second quarter, O'Neal scored 10 points, Kobe Bryant also scored 7 points, and the Lakers extended their lead to 17 points in the eighth minute of the second quarter.

Seeing that Jerry Sloan was about to call a timeout again, Qiao Hai didn't think about it and directly replaced him.

Because Qiao Hai knew very well that Jerry Sloan would definitely sacrifice shark slashing tactics next, he directly replaced O'Neal and replaced Scott Pippen, and Kobe Bryant continued to play, this game was very crucial, so Qiao Hai decided to use Kobe to finish the first two quarters of the game.

Bill Hanzlick no longer criticizes Qiao Hai for only using superstars, because the Lakers beat the Jazz very badly, winning by 17 points before halftime, such a performance, even if Qiao Hai really only uses superstars, he can only praise Qiao Hai for using it well.

Another commentator, Hubi Brown, has always felt that although Qiao Hai is young, his coaching level is very good, and although the Lakers have a luxurious lineup, through this appearance, Hu Bi Brown sees Qiao Hai's ability to pinch superstars.

In this game, Qiao Hai's ability to pinch superstars was vividly displayed.

In the first half of the first quarter, the Big Three went in tandem and took a double-digit lead at the beginning.

And then Qiao Hai made various substitutions, the combination of Scott Pippen and Kobe, the combination of Kobe and O'Neal, and now the combination of Kobe and Scott Pippen, maybe there will be a combination of O'Neal and Scott Pippen in the second half, the big three are two by two, each of which is powerful.

After the substitution, although Bryant was a little exhausted, Scott Pippen took over the burden of offense, and Bryant played another offensive threat point on the court, attracting the defense.

Relying on Scott Pippen to score consecutive singles, after halftime, the Lakers led the Jazz by 19 points at 64:45.

The Jazz did regain their sense on the offensive end in the second quarter, scoring 25 points in the second quarter, which is obviously not low in the past.

But helplessly, the Lakers have Gundam, scoring 31 points in the first quarter, 33 points in the second quarter, and 30+ points in the second quarter, it can only be said that the Lakers' offense is too good for the Jazz to defend.

In the second half, as Hubbie Brown said, Qiao Hai put on a combination of O'Neal and Scott Pippen to continue to maintain offensive pressure on the Jazz.

In this way, except for the opening rush to directly lead the double-digit score, the rest of the game, the Lakers firmly controlled the game and expanded the advantage step by step.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Jazz with a score of 119-96.

"At the end of the game, the Lakers won by 27 points, Shaquille O'Neal had 31 points and 13 rebounds, Kobe Bryant had 27 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, Scott Pippen had 18 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists, and the Lakers' three superstars played well, scoring a total of 76 points."

"On the Jazz side, Karl Malone played averagely, scoring 26 points and 9 rebounds on 10-of-24 shooting, and John Stockton had a terrible performance, scoring 16 points and 7 assists on 6-of-15 shooting."

The Big Three faced Utah, and the Lakers won completely.

Scott Pippen gradually returned to the top of the first game, the Lakers played perfectly, of course, this is also deserved, although Scott Pippen has only recovered to 80 points, but 80 points compared to 78 points, is already a huge improvement.

According to Qiao Hai's understanding, 78 points is considered the top starting level, and at 80 points, it is an all-star level.

And Scott Pippen's performance in this game also confirmed this, at least in the absence of Kobe and O'Neal, Scott Pippen can take on the burden of attacking singles.

Qiao Hai's lineup has also become very flexible all of a sudden, he can let Scott Pippen and one of Kobe Bryant and O'Neal combine, and in the absence of Scott Pippen, the Lakers can also replace Scott Pippen with Rick Fox to maintain the team's competitiveness.

In this way, the Lakers can maintain a super competitiveness throughout the game, if Scott Pippen can return to the peak total rating of 96 points, if Kobe Bryant can continue to improve, to about 90 points, relying on strength, Qiao Hai can easily take the Lakers and crush all the teams.

At the press conference after the game, Qiao Hai swept away all the previous public opinion that was negative about the Lakers, and this big victory directly brought the Lakers, who were in poor form before, back to the top.

"We got our form back, so we won, and the shortened season made us very sad, and before that, Shaq was injured and Scott was also in a fitness crisis, and that's my explanation for the Lakers' poor record some time ago, and then we're going to increase the rotation, and in the shrinking season, the rotation is necessary......"

At the press conference, Qiao Hai explained the reason why the Lakers lost consecutive games and fell to sixth in the West, and then pointed to the biggest problem of the shrinking season - physical fitness.

A reporter at the scene asked a question, thinking that Qiao Hai is throwing the pot schedule, after all, the Lakers only won one Jazz, which does not prove that the bad state of the Lakers before will not appear again, in case it occurs again, it is Qiao Hai's ability problem, 30 teams have the same schedule, and it is not only the Lakers who are shrinking seasons.

Qiao Hai ignored it, after this game, Scott Pippen increased his total rating by another 2 points, and if it goes up like this, it will rise to more than 85 points, and the Lakers will rotate reasonably, and Qiao Hai can guarantee that there will be no more previous consecutive defeats and upsets.

Therefore, he directly ignored the doubts of the reporters and spoke with facts.

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The next day, the Los Angeles Times, which resumed reporting on the Lakers, reported on Qiao Hai's post-game interview with the headline "Shrinking the schedule affects fitness, and the Lakers have adjusted".

After the blockade ended, the Los Angeles Times dominated by Kevending has really become a pro-Qiao Hai media, but the attributes of the Los Angeles Daily News are not very certain.

On the contrary, the current Los Angeles Times made Qiao Hai feel a little comfortable, and a photo of Qiao Hai standing on the sidelines and directing the game was put on the front page of the sports page.

In the photo, Qiao Hai is wearing a suit and tie, and he is meticulous, but he is crazy when he directs the game......