The Great Western Forum Arena, the Lakers' return to the home court, the arena is full.

After Stan Loreford persuaded Qiao Hai, the Lakers' goal became to end the Jazz in four games, so in this game, the Lakers still didn't have any slack.

In the first quarter, the Lakers played with all the main players, starting point guard Derrick Fisher, scoring guard Kobe, small forward Scott Pippen, power forward Robert Horry and center Shaquille O'Neal.

Playing the Spurs is obviously impossible to let Scott Pippen to the No. 4 position, facing the inside twin towers, and then letting Pippen go to the wrong position to defend Duncan, the interior defense will collapse immediately, so the Spurs Qiao Hai can only use the team's regular interior starters.

Fortunately, Robert Horry's defense was not bad, and Karl Malone's defense in the first quarter was remarkable.

In front of 20,000 home fans, the Lakers played a phenomenal offense in the first quarter, O'Neal scored 11 points inside, Kobe Bryant scored 10 points from the outside, the Lakers scored 33 points in a single quarter, and the Jazz scored 25 points in the first quarter and performed normally.

The Lakers led by 8 points in the first quarter, and in the second quarter, Qiao Hai directly changed the lineup, replacing O'Neal, using Kobe Bryant and Scott Pippen to play a small lineup, while the Jazz continued to play on Karl Malone, putting all their hopes on Karl Malone's individual offense.

As a result, the Lakers directly accelerated in the second quarter, and Kobe, who was in excellent condition, went crazy in the second quarter, and scored 12 points in five minutes, and the Lakers directly used the attack to break the Jazz's defense during this time.

In the second quarter, the Lakers stretched the gap to 17 points in one wave.

The hearty offense made the Lakers fans on the scene addicted, so the Lakers fans who supported Qiao Hai thought more and more that they were right, such an offense, such a Laker, if it was coached by Phil Jackson, could it really be played?

They don't question Phil Jackson's ability, it's really rare to have such a wonderful offense, look at the other three groups of semifinals in the East and West, the Knicks play the Hawks is a defensive battle, the Spurs play the Trail Blazers is a defensive battle, and the 76ers play the Pacers except for the first game, and the remaining two games are defensive battles.

The current NBA is just defense and defense, which is really boring.

Therefore, it is commendable that the Lakers will fight on the offensive end without saying a word.

At halftime, the Lakers took a 17-point lead, and the Jazz had no ability to resist and could only be beaten passively.

In the second half, the Lakers sent a regular lineup, Scott Pippen and O'Neal partnered, and in the second half of the third quarter, the Big Three came together, and after three quarters, the Lakers led by 26 points, and the Jazz replaced the main force and announced their surrender.

Although it is a playoffs, it seems that the Jazz should fight every game, but at this stage of the game, the Jazz have no possibility of winning this game, they might as well accumulate their strength and save it for the next game, strive for the next victory, and refuse to sweep.

Therefore, the Jazz can only give up, although after giving up this game, the Lakers are about to get the match point, but the situation is such that they have no other way.

In the end, 117:93, the Jazz have tried their best on the offensive end, and the defensive end can't prevent the Lakers at all, and the Lakers scored 117 points in the whole game, which is an unparalleled high score in the current era when defense is king.

Among the Big Three, O'Neal scored 31 points and 12 rebounds, Kobe Bryant scored higher, with 36 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and Scott Pippen also scored 16 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists, and the Big Three combined for 83 points.

On the Jazz side, Karl Malone fought for three quarters, scoring 29 points and 14 rebounds, and the aging postman was already a little unable to bear the pressure of continuous high-intensity battles, and there was at least one more game, and after this game, the Jazz shouted the slogan of refusing to sweep.

Refuse to sweep ...... It's more of a stagnant routine, with the Jazz being shouted every time a team is 3-0 up in the playoffs and refusing to be swept by their opponents, and the Jazz are no exception.

Jerry Sloan said they won't give up and they will try to win every game.

John Stockton, who had a bad run in the series, also said in an interview: "We're going to win the next fight, it's bottoming out, and we're going to keep the last hope for ourselves." ”

John Stockton struggled, but he firmly believed that the Jazz still had a chance, not only by refusing to sweep, but even by making a comeback.

Karl Malone also said that he will continue to work hard and never give up.

Jeff Hornacek was blunt, saying that the Jazz's next task was to win, and then refused to sweep, without mentioning more.

On the Lakers' side, the third game win allowed them to enjoy the cheers of the home fans, and the hearty offense also helped Qiao Hai win the support of more Lakers fans, after the game, Qiao Hai avoided talking about Phil Jackson, saying that he would win the fourth game and use an undisputed sweep to sacrifice the flag for their Western Conference finals.

As for the opponent in the Western Conference Finals, this time Qiao Hai chose to remain silent, and he refused to make any predictions.

Although Shaquille O'Neal's score in this game was lower than Kobe's, he didn't mind at all, and he was satisfied with the team's excellent performance.

At the press conference after the game, O'Neal praised Qiao Hai for the first time, although Qiao Hai will leave the Lakers after the season, O'Neal doesn't care, the team is playing well, the head coach is obviously meritorious, since the head coach is meritorious, he naturally has no problem praising the head coach.

After the game, the league announced the All-NBA and All-Defensive Team selections.

In terms of the best team, the big news is that Shaquille O'Neal not only didn't make the regular season MVP, but also didn't even make it for a while.

The league's center is Alonzo Mourning, Mourning has a big harvest this season, not only selected for the first team, but also won the trophy of the best defensive player, not surprisingly, the center of the best defensive team is also him, in terms of honor alone, it seems that Alonzo Mourning is more like the first center of the season, but in fact, Alonzo Mourning has been out of the first round of the playoffs.

In terms of performance in the playoffs, Mourning was not even as good as Patrick Ewing, who directly played against him in the first round of the playoffs.

Even in terms of the regular season record, although the Heat is the first in the East, their record is not as good as the Lakers, so the league shows their unfairness in the selection of several major awards.

The two front-line forwards are Duncan and Karl Malone, the Lakers will take out Karl Malone first, and if they meet the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers have a chance to take out another first-line forward.

The two first-up guards are Allen Iverson, who is about to be taken out by the Pacers in the East, and Jason Kidd, who is already out.

In the second team of the All-Tournament, O'Neal was selected, the two forwards were Grant Hill and Chris Webber, and the two guards were Tim Hardaway and Gary Payton.

The third team, the center is Hakiem Olajuwon, the two forwards are Kevin Garnett and Antonio McDyce, and the guards are the Jazz's John Stockton and the Lakers' Kobe Bryant.

In the All-Defensive Team, the Lakers had one selection, and Scott Pippen was selected for the first team.

But in fact, in Qiao Hai's opinion, Kobe Bryant should at least have a second team, but the Lakers' overall defensive data is average, and Kobe has no advantage.

After all the major awards in the regular season were decided, the Lakers actually only won a second team of the best team, a third team of the best team and a first defense of the best defensive team, although the Lakers' record is fourth in the league, but they gained too little in the regular season, Qiao Hai knew that he had something to say.

The Lakers want to get back what they deserve in the playoffs!