The Lakers attacked, Kobe Bryant took the ball, and the top of the arc faced Jeff Hornacek's defense.

Scott Pippen discovered the Jazz's biggest defensive weakness, Jeff Hornacek's defense was too bad to limit Kobe Bryant, so he handed the ball to Kobe Bryant and let Kobe continue to single Jeff Hornacek.

Kobe Bryant's breakthrough, Jeff Hornacek really couldn't stop Kobe, Karl Malone was forced to make up the defense, but Scott Pippen took this opportunity to cut into the penalty area diagonally, at this time Kobe Bryant made a pass, directly through the Jazz's mid-distance defense, Brian Russell tried his best to defend, but couldn't stop Scott Pippen's strong advance.

Peak Scott Pippen is difficult to be completely prevented, even Brian Russell, Scott Pippen rushed into the restricted area, Greg Ostertag was taken away by O'Neal, facing the unguarded basket, Pippen made a light layup and scored two points!

Jazz's offense, Karl Malone single-block outside, John Stockton broke through, but Bruce Bowen found an opportunity to bypass Karl Malone's blocking and pick-and-roll cover, and re-entangled John Stockton.

John Stockton's pull-up jumper, Bowen directly met an interference.

With a bang, the ball hit the iron.

O'Neal on the inside jammed Greg Ostertag and grabbed the rebound.

The Lakers seized the opportunity and fought back in a wave, and Bryant rushed to the front court and scored 2 points on a mid-range jumper.

The score became 8:4, and the Lakers led by four points.

Jerry Sloan, who was already sitting in his position, stood up again, and the situation was a little bad, if the Jazz didn't score in the next two rounds and the Lakers continued to score, Jerry Sloan was ready to call a timeout.

The Jazz's offense was still the blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation of John Stockton and Karl Malone, Bruce Bowen gradually found his form and began to stare at Stockton, John Stockton was forced to pass, Jeff Hornacek bypassed Bryan Russell's cover and rushed to the other side to receive the ball at 45°.

Kobe Bryant flew up and pounced, and Jeff Hornacek shook Kobe Bryant away with a feint, and raised his hand from the outside to shoot.

But in this game, Jeff Hornacek really didn't feel good, and with a bang, the three-point shot hit again.

The inside line became a two-man confrontation between Greg Ostertag and O'Neal and Scott Pippen, O'Neal stuck Ostertag, Scott Pippen grabbed the rebound from the other side, the Jazz had nothing to do, in order to block and dismantle, Karl Malone had already pulled to the high post.

No one grabbed the board inside, and almost every defensive rebound was grabbed by the Lakers.

Scott Pippen grabbed the rebound, the ball was in his hands, and he had a chance to launch a fast-break counterattack.

Kobe Bryant also realized this, and immediately turned his head and went straight to the frontcourt.

Scott Pippen's pass then arrived, Kobe Bryant took two big steps, received the basketball, and flew into a violent dunk!

With a beep, the sideline whistle blew, and at 10:4, Jerry Sloan called a timeout.

A timeout that had to be made, and Jerry Sloan knew that if he didn't call this timeout again, the Lakers would have to take advantage of the situation and establish a sizable lead in the first quarter.

So, this pause must be called.

called a timeout, Jerry Sloan made an emergency adjustment, and now the Jazz's blocking and pick-and-roll tactics are somewhat restricted by the Lakers' one-on-one strong defense, whether it is Jeff Hornacek or John Stockton, they are a little uncomfortable defended by the Lakers' Kobe Bryant and Bruce Bowen.

Come to think of it, the only point that Jerry Sloan can exploit is Carl Malone.

"Karl, next you take the ball and single, we're going to tear a hole from you."

Jerry Sloan made a move that tore his opponent apart, and Karl Malone nodded, "No problem, coach." ”

On the Lakers' side, Qiao Hai was guessing as much as possible about the adjustments that Jerry Sloan might make, with the existence of an on-the-spot command and assistance system, and Qiao Hai had already guessed eight or nine after the timeout began.

"The Jazz's adjustment should be to further increase the variety of blocking and pick-and-roll, as well as to create a chance for superstar singles, especially for Karl Malone, or directly to give the ball to Karl Malone for singles, so, we don't make any adjustments, Scott, you continue to defend Karl Malone, follow him, don't give him a chance to misplace singles......"

Qiao Hai turned his head to look at the others again: "Shak, lock the restricted area, Kobe, continue to defend Jeff Hornacek, you don't have to worry about the rest on the defensive end, but for you, this task should be very simple, so you need to put some energy into other aspects, such as - once you defend the opponent's offense, grab the defensive rebound inside, Kobe, you give me a desperate run to the frontcourt, and strive to play a fast counterattack." ”

Kobe couldn't stop nodding, this task arranged by Qiao Hai was a good task, and he could easily score it, so he naturally nodded again and again.

After the timeout, Karl Malone took a few deep breaths and restarted.

Jerry Sloan walked to the sideline again and looked at the Lakers, he found that the Lakers did not make substitutions, he frowned, he didn't understand what Qiao Hai meant, did Qiao Hai really think that Scott Pippen could guard against Karl Malone? Not to mention anything else, this set of counterpoints alone, in terms of height and body size, is itself a misplaced counterpoint.

Therefore, Qiao Hai did not make a substitution, and Jerry Sloan was surprised for a while, and he became more and more confident in his adjustment.

Jazz's offense, the ball really went to Karl Malone, Karl Malone singled, no blocking, no substitutions, no misalignment, Karl Malone directly against Scott Pippen, back to the strong.

Scott Pippen defended with all his might, but in the face of Karl Malone's size crushing, Pippen was still one step behind, and was turned around by Malone to squeeze a position, and then watched Malone rush into the interior and pick up the basket.

The Lakers served in the backcourt, after Derrick Fisher took the ball, he advanced to the front court, hit the ground and passed the ball to Kobe Bryant outside the three-point line on the other side, Kobe Bryant held the ball and observed it for a while, O'Neal stuck the ball inside, and Kobe directly gave the ball in.

O'Neal singles on the inside, Karl Malone wants to help defend, and he knows very well that Greg Ostertag can't defend O'Neal one-on-one.

But Scott Pippen went directly around the other side of the mid-range position, and once he left, O'Neal only needed to pass the ball, and the Jazz's defense would be immediately penetrated, so after hesitating for a while, Karl Malone could only put Ostertag to defend O'Neal alone.

O'Neal singles inside, Greg Ostertag is a 2.18-meter big man, he has excellent blocks, but in the face of O'Neal's back-turned crushing layup, Greg Ostertag was powerless to resist and could only be forced.

O'Neal also scored 2 points, 12-6, and the Lakers still led by 6 points.

Qiao Hai didn't want much, as long as the lead of about 6 points could be maintained until the end of the first quarter, he was satisfied.

The Jazz don't have as many consistent scoring points as the Lakers, and as long as they take the lead in the first quarter and play the rest of the game steadily, there will be no other surprises in this game.

On the court, Karl Malone took the ball again and faced Scott Pippen in the low post, still singles.

McBrin showed a strange expression: "Carl Malone has been playing singles in a row, can't the Jazz find any other way?" Playing singles with the Lakers, it's not a good choice. ”

Mav Albert thought so: "The Lakers' tactics are triangular offense, the Lakers have three superstars, Shaq, Kobe and Scott Pippen, and the Lakers fight singles, maybe we can use a Chinese story to interpret this game - three British vs. Lu Bu." ”

Because of Qiao Hai, Mafu Albert has recently made up some Chinese knowledge, and Sanying Battle Lu Bu is one of them, but if Qiao Hai knows that Mafu Albert is analogous to this game, he will definitely disagree.

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