Sloan has never seen a team that plays like this, Zhang Yu grabbed 12 rebounds, he can accept it, but Kidd also grabbed 10, which is too painful!

The Jazz players also felt uncomfortable for a while, the Lakers can always be misplaced by them, but Kidd can also defend well in the third and fourth positions, and Zhang Mao and Big Ben will not be taken advantage of when they go to defend the guards, which makes their blocking power reduced a lot, because the misalignment opportunities created can't take advantage of it!

This is the Lakers' defense against the Jazz pick-and-roll, they have 3 players who can defend at least three positions, and the other two can also misalign at least two positions, which makes the Jazz greatly reduce the threat of misalignment after the pick-and-roll, and even will be embarrassed by the Lakers in turn.

This is also doomed to make it difficult for the Jazz to defeat the Lakers, even if they have an advantage inside, it will be a dead end in the end, because the team's winning is fundamentally restrained.

The Jazz players still think they have hope, it's just a 4-point gap, they can win!

But when Sloan saw Malone panting and not wanting to say a word, he knew that Sir was afraid that it was cold today!

Malone, Jordan, Barkley, Olajuwon, these old guys, if three or four years ago were all animals who could shoot in two overtimes, even now they are players with excellent physical strength. It's just that their physical strength is no longer related to the "perverts" twice, after all, they are all three, five or six years old, and you have to expect them to run a whole race without controlling their physical strength like when they were young, that is unreasonable.

Today's Malone was consumed by Zhang Zhu and Big Ben in three quarters of the game, and the Jazz's offense has been relying on him to carry it, let alone playing the whole game, after the third quarter Malone was a little unable to move, in the last few minutes of the third quarter, he was the last player to return to the Jazz defense in place, and the shooting rate on the offensive end began to decline, and he has been in the iron during this time.

Zhang Zhu is also very tired at the moment, although he is young and strong and definitely has better physical strength than Ma Long, but if he wrestles with Ma Long, who is a circle bigger than him, he will not be able to hold on to the whole game, so he will let Big Ben consume Ma Long in the second half and turn to defend McDaceth and Stockton.

This is not only a backup plan, but also a way to save energy, and at the same time prevent yourself from eating too many fouls. The Lakers still rely on him to output in the final quarter, and he must keep himself on the court all the time, otherwise the four-point gap is really uncertain.

Zhang is well aware of his importance, he is now the core of the team on both offensive and defensive ends, and in the fourth quarter he must not only take possession of the ball on the offensive end, but also take on the role of Mutombo on the defensive end, which makes him have to pay attention to the number of fouls he has made, and he must not go off the court to watch the play at critical moments.

Even if Malone gets Mason down, he can't retaliate, let alone let his teammates retaliate, and the Lakers can't do without anyone now. Moreover, he knows this kind of thing too well, when he hurts someone, what he hopes most is that the other party will come up to retaliate, and even if the team is 20 points behind, he is sure to catch up.

The simple reason is that when you lose your mind and your mind is full of thoughts of revenge against your opponent, you can't play well anymore. Moreover, deliberately hurting people is the most difficult to get hands on. This kind of thing has always been done with the trend, so that you can get it by chance, and the more you want to hurt people, the more you can't hurt, but you will be targeted by the referee. At the same time, it will also affect the mentality of the whole team, so that your teammates don't know whether to play or play, and no matter how strong the team is, it will be GG.

"Are your lungs alright?"

But this doesn't mean that Zhang Qian can't be disgusted with Ma Long, so Ma Long can't help but cover his lungs, and his tired body is even worse with his mood.

Sloan hesitated for a long time in the fourth quarter, and it wasn't until the game started that he took Malone on the ground and didn't dare to let him rest for a while. His plan is to let Malone come on the court at the beginning of the fourth quarter to stabilize the situation, and if the point difference is not opened or narrowed, then let Malone come down and rest for a few minutes to prepare for the final showdown.

Malone is similar to Stockton when facing provocations, and the two are basically typical of not scolding back, but they have to do it without scolding.

However, Zhang Qi no longer played against Malone on the defensive end, and he had to return to the offensive position in this quarter, and the task of defending Malone was still handed over to Da Ben.

Big Ben can't move his mouth, or even use his hands much, but he can make people subconsciously dare not provoke, such as a certain peace-loving and panda-loving guy in front of the TV.

Ma Long played against Big Ben, and the first half was basically played casually. Entering the third quarter, Malone also had a way to create shooting opportunities on the big himself. But after being entangled by Big Ben's desperate defense, Malone struggled to even create shooting opportunities.

In the fourth quarter, the Jazz's first offense, Big Ben stalked Malone to death.

Ma Long held the ball with his back and shook continuously, but under the lack of physical strength, the action was inevitably a little perfunctory, and seeing that Starks was about to come over to wrap the clip, Ma Long could only forcibly turn around and use his thick iron elbow to open the way.

Big Ben turned a blind eye to these iron elbows, which were mild and concussive, and were half-paralyzed, so close to Marlone's anus.

Ma Long was furious in his heart, and immediately raised the iron elbow that swept the world and prepared to make Big Ben red.

Big Ben didn't even dodge, he only avoided the key point and was ready to pick up Ma Long's elbow.

"You're stupid, aren't you?"

Ma Long's elbow was cowardly, he had never seen such a terrible master, Rodman and Zhang Yi were also mainly harassed and faked, how could anyone not hide when they saw the iron elbow flying?

Big Ben really didn't hide, and after seeing Ma Long suddenly twist his body and put the iron elbow back, he immediately took advantage of the opportunity of the opponent's unstable foothold to take out the basketball and easily broke the ball.

"Beautiful!"

Zhang Wei didn't expect that this little brother who still can't guard McDyes, as soon as he comes up in the fourth quarter, he can directly break Ma Long's back, which is a bit of a hanging, right?

After Big Ben broke the ball, he knew that he was not open, and he was not really a fool, he knew in his heart that Malone had already committed four fouls plus one technical foul, and now let alone being expelled if he took another technical foul, even if he took another ordinary foul, he would have to go down to rest.

Therefore, he knew that Malone didn't dare to really elbow him, and it was a big deal for the two of them to go down together, but the Jazz would definitely GG at that time, and it didn't matter if the Lakers had him or not.

That's right, that's why he dared to take Ma Long's elbow, Daben still wished that Ma Long would go down with him, if he couldn't play, it would be a concussion, and he didn't live up to the expectations of Zhang Ji and the team.

Zhang Wei didn't know that his little brother's realm was so high, and he was quite a bit of a confidant to himself.

But he knows that this shot is a morale killer for Jazz players, and a fast-break dunk is certainly a good choice, but he has a better plan - that is, three-point shot!

Big Ben passed the ball directly after breaking the ball, Zhang Qi rushed to the front court after receiving the ball, and there was only one Stockton on the side defending, and the scoring rate of the dunk at the moment was at least 90%, but he chose a three-point shot with a success rate of 50% at most.

Stockton made a choice that he regretted at this time, and after seeing Zhang Yu suddenly stop and prepare to shoot, he flew out without thinking about it.

"Good time!"

Zhang didn't expect to make a foul, but Stockton flew from diagonally behind, and he simply waited for the opponent to bump into him before making a move.

Stockton flew from his left back to block the block, Zhang Yi deliberately blocked Stockton's path with his back, and when the opponent collided with his back, he just threw the ball out of Stockton's impact......

At this moment, fans who know the ball are trying to support their eyes and chins, especially the fans who often play ball, they feel incredible!

What the hell, it was an athlete who crashed into himself at a high speed, most of Zhang Fu's body had been knocked out of balance by Stockton when he shot, but the hands that shot were not disturbed, and the shooting hands were not deformed at all, what kind of perverted balance ability does this have to do? What kind of perverted core power can support this?

Stockton only thought that he had sent three free throws to Zhang Fu, but what made him equally unbelievable was that Zhang Zhu only needed one free throw to shoot such a three-point shot?

"Don't look at me like that, I'm the first person on active duty."

Zhang Yu rolled after landing on the ground, in fact, he wanted to take the opportunity to give Stockton an old man's cart, but he was dodged by an experienced old thing, so he could only pretend to be forced to attack the other party's mentality.

Stockton's mentality is indeed a bit broken, and Zhang Zhu's perverted confrontation ability makes him feel hopeless. Although he is only 180 pounds, the impact caused by flying is not small, but he was stunned that it failed to affect Zhang Mao's shooting, how can this be played?

But as Zhang Qi said when he pretended to be forced, how could the first active person in the NBA get to this position if he didn't have the ability to be perverted?

Zhang added a free throw, and the difference between the two teams instantly came to 7 points.

The Jazz team has encountered a key point at this time, and the next round is the so-called key round, once they can't successfully score points to save some morale, the Lakers are likely to take the opportunity to play a wave and take the Jazz directly.

Salt Lake City fans frantically shouted Malone's name at this time, although Stockton is also one of the core of the team, at this critical moment, fans will still regard Malone as the real core.

But "The Postman" had already missed a key attack, and it was his mistake that gave Zhang Mao this lethal 3+1.

Therefore, Malone himself does not have the confidence to complete this attack, this is not the time to be strong, Stockton also has a good finishing ability at critical moments, and this is the time for him to step up.

Kidd's attention was more focused than ever, and he didn't know that Malone had decided to hand over the offense to Stockton, but he could guess the possibility, and don't ask why, a really good defender must have that awareness.

Zhang Qian and Xiao Zhengtai completed the communication with their eyes, the two of them have been working together for 2 years, many times they know each other's thoughts with a look, and again, don't ask why, players with top basketball IQ must have this awareness.

Stockton still chose to cooperate with Malone in the critical moment, McDyes's at the far end of Lato, and the elder Huo and Russell were always ready to respond from outside the three-point line, which is a typical Jazz offense.

Lakers players are already familiar with this style of play in the past six games, and Zhang Zhu saw the moment when Malone blocked Kidd, and directly lost his opponent and rushed to Stockton.

Big Ben and Kidd wrapped up Malone together, and Stockton naturally didn't choose to attack Zhang Zhu, and with a hidden pass in his breakthrough, the basketball went to Jones.

"Beautiful!"

Zhang Wei was not very sure that Jones would make up for his position, but he was sure that the guy would definitely make up for his defense, after all, he had been working together for more than two years, but fortunately, Jones did not live up to his expectations, and the guy who was third on the steal list naturally had to have two brushes.

Eddie Jones is not limited to this brush, after the ball is broken, he rushed to the front court with the ball alone, and the old Huo behind him chased farther and farther, and the difference between the legs and feet of ten years made the speed of the two not on the same level, and Eddie Jones scored two more points for the Lakers on a long-distance run.

"Take a shower and go back to dreaming, because you can only play the finals in your dreams."

After Jones scored a layup, Zhang Yu said these words to the two elders of Xuan Ming that it was easy to be beaten.

The two elders of Xuan Ming had no expression at the moment, and the two of them stood on the field with their waists crossed, ignoring Zhang Mao's words.

But the hearts of the two are obviously not so calm, this year is likely to be their last fight, if they miss the Finals again, they will be a year older next year, they can still play the Spurs, the Clippers...... And the Lakers?

Sloan asked for a timeout on the sidelines, knowing that the team was on the verge of survival, but he didn't have a way to turn things around, as he and his players knew. So, the entire Jazz team is not as calm as it seems, and they probably already have the answer in their hearts.

"Well done!"

"I'm proud of you!"

"Little one, you've exceeded my expectations."

“……”

Don't get me wrong, these words didn't come from different mouths, these words were all said by Mutombo, who had been grinning, and the frequency and intensity of the towel waving today didn't look like an injury.

"This old dog!"

Zhang Yu secretly sighed in his heart, of course he knew the reason why Mutombo was so positive, who was embarrassed!

Sloan is even more awkward on the other side, he has no way of defending it, the Lakers can always solve problems with their individual ability in critical moments, and he has no idea who will execute the Lakers' next offense? And, even if you guess that Zhang Qi will attack with the ball, so what? They still can't stop it, and whether they can hold it in the end, they even have to see if the Lakers themselves make mistakes. On the offensive end, Sloan found that he was still in a rut, and what they were most sure of was that the second elder's blocking and dismantling was still caused by a mistake, and it turned into a counterattack, would it be useful to change to other means?

The minute passed quickly, and Sloan had to settle for the pick-and-roll they were most familiar with once again to score points, only to be replaced by Stockton and McDyes.

This choice is very clever, Harris has already instructed the Lakers players on the other side to resolutely contain Stockton after the pick-and-roll, because Malone's physical strength is obviously wrong, and they don't need to wrap him up to defend him well, and this is more noteworthy at this time, Stockton and McDyes.

But Sloan still didn't dare to replace Malone, and now he didn't even dare to implement the plan to let Malone rest in the middle of the last quarter, and the Jazz would not be able to catch up with the 9-point gap without Malone.

After the restart, Stockton did make a mid-range shot after the pick-and-roll.

This time it was Zhang Qian who defended him in a misplaced position, and the koala baby didn't need to be filled by his teammates at all, and directly used his athleticism to solve the problem, and Stockton's shot smashed out of the basket under strong interference.

Big Ben was out of position under the basket, and Malone used his experience to seize the advantageous position this time.

But it doesn't matter, the Lakers are by no means alone under the basket.

Kidd came out of nowhere and clicked the basketball before Malone.

Big Ben was excited, Kidd's point suddenly wiped out Malone's positional advantage, and the result of the second scramble between Big Ben and Malone, of course, was the one who could jump better, and the Lakers relied on two short men who were not favored to complete the task of protecting the rebound.

"Fight back!"

Zhang Yu and Kidd shouted at the same time, the physical strength of the Jazz players is not only Malone alone, the physical strength of their entire team has reached a critical point, but the Lakers still have the strength to make the final sprint.

This time, it was Eddie Jones who rushed to the front again, and Zhang Zhu also found that he fought back, this guy was really useful, and the success rate at the end was much greater than that of Finley, who was a little rough in technique, and this time it was Jones who received Zhang Zhu's pass from the wing to the basket and easily completed the layup.

After Eddie Jones scored this goal, the Lakers had opened up an 11-point gap, and the Jazz had not scored in the fourth quarter, and they entered the most critical scoring drought in a crucial time.

"Watch him, don't let him start, don't give him space!"

Sloan couldn't calm down off the court, they were actually broken by Jones's fast attack, is this okay?

But he ignored the reason why Jones was able to play fast break repeatedly, if it weren't for the Jazz's own continuous offensive problems, if it weren't for the Jazz players' own slow defense, the Lakers would not have had the opportunity to play fast break counterattacks continuously.

The Jazz's scoring drought continued, and the next offense, Malone threw the ball again. Immediately afterwards, McDice was directly hated by Zhang Yu. But what's worse is that Zhang Ji launched a counterattack after the block, and finally Kidd successfully challenged Ma Long, and the difference was continued to widen to 13 points.

The embarrassment of these rounds made Salt Lake City fans unable to shout anymore, and the Jazz's home atmosphere was gone, and the Lakers completely plundered the momentum that should have belonged to their opponents and seized the absolute initiative 86-73.

Sloan could only continue to ask for a timeout, but he couldn't use the minute to restore the strength of Malone and the rest of the team, let alone come up with a solution to the problem.

At this time, many people have discovered the reason for the sudden collapse of the Jazz in the last quarter, in fact, the key point is the word "physical strength". When these old guys are physically strong, they can use experience, cooperation, and anticipation to close the gap in athletic ability.

But once there is a problem with physical strength, the Jazz players' coordination is no longer precise, and the prediction is difficult to execute, only experience will make their gap in athleticism instantly widen, which is the reason why Zhang and Jones can continue to fight back, and now they only need to use pure explosiveness and speed to get rid of defenders.

After the timeout, Kidd's defensive foul allowed the Jazz to finally score two points, but Zhang Zhu decisively turned on his personal offensive mode and scored 4 points in a row, which immediately plunged the Jazz into a more serious crisis.

Soon, Jazz fans discovered that the problem was not only on offense and defense, but also when Zhang snatched the offensive rebound from McDice's head and scored the second offense, the rebounding that they had been having problems became a lifeline again.

"It's over!"

“GG！”

"Oh God! Who can step up and save the team? ”

“……”

Salt Lake City fans can already feel that the defeat is inevitable at this moment, and the players on the court are naturally more clear, which makes the Jazz players' body movements begin to grow.

In the 6th minute and 20 seconds, Zhang Yu was almost elbowed on the head by Malone when he was competing for a rebound, although the referee gave Malone a fifth foul, but this did not seem to be able to suppress the Jazz players in a desperate situation The dog jumped over the wall, and then more Jazz players began to use lethal actions to greet Lakers players, which is an extreme method in the dying struggle.

"Innocent!"

Zhang Wei smiled in his heart, did Jazz think that he could redeem his disadvantage by using this method?

Soon, it wasn't his turn to do anything, and Kidd used a superb fake throw to get Stockton to pay for a technical foul on his top knee.

Zhang Mao is not idle, of course he has to act like he is not relenting at this time, but you don't expect him to really do anything with the Jazz players, he will not take the price of a ban to get angry, and he has to remind his teammates not to really clash with the Jazz players.

The Jazz's desperate strategy will not succeed, they can go to extremes in desperate situations, but the Lakers are about to advance to the Finals, how can they go crazy with them?

Of course, Harris didn't really let his players be bullied, and seeing that Zhang Fu cheated a foul on McDyce, he took the opportunity to switch to the meat shield player Monte Battle.

Of course, Battle knew what he was going to do when he went up, and Mutombo also gave him a good lecture, and he was replaced to do something.

Sloan had a bad feeling off the court, he didn't want the team to take such an extreme approach, because it was really useless!

Zhang and Kidd took the opportunity to cheat and foul in a row, which widened the gap between the two sides, and using this method to deal with those teams with high ball quotient is basically equivalent to suicide.

At this moment, Battle's appearance reflects the Lakers' old spiciness, don't you want to fight?

Okay, I'll line up someone who can fight to come up and fight with you, whoever instigates is the younger brother!

Malone soon tasted the consequences, and after Battle went up, he naturally had to defend him, and the first contact between the two made the postman so angry that he wanted to scold his mother, and Barr directly used a grappling action to put him to the ground.

This time, it was the turn of the Jazz players to coax, and no one came up to make a fuss!

It's embarrassing, isn't it, but the Jazz are not a team that is good at fighting and **, this group of people pursues a strategy of never moving if they can do it, but this move is not to do it after stopping the watch, but to solve the opponent in the game, even against the Pistons Army, Malone is also an elbow and never **.

But the problem is that the Lakers players are very capable, and they can do it no matter whether they stop or not, they can do it, but the one who does it will never be the main force of the team, which makes the Jazz very uncomfortable.

Battle didn't mean to retreat at all after overturning Malone, just stood there and glared angrily at the Jazz players, with an expression that you are all scum I can fight ten, very hateful!

The Jazz players were angry, but no one wanted to compete with such a guy who couldn't play, this girl was obviously up to do something, I guess they wished they went up to fight him, they wouldn't be fooled.

What's even more annoying is that the Jazz can't use this strategy, because they are behind by more than a dozen points, and this is the time to desperately chase points, how can they change to blue-collar workers to fight? Is it still chasing points?

The Lakers don't care so much, Battle is up to crack and counter the Jazz's lethal tactics, and he is definitely not afraid of a fight with Malone.

But don't underestimate this guy, just like Big Ben has a one-handed dribbling skill, Battle also has an accurate three-point shot.

At 5:06, Zhang Yu broke through to the restricted area and attracted the bag of three Jazz defenders for a while, and the basketball naturally flew to Battle who was empty outside the three-point line.

"Look down on me so much, I don't just know how to wrestle!"

Although Battle came on with a fighting mission, if he didn't have a little attack power, this mission wouldn't be his turn.

The Jazz players saw Battle receive a pass and shoot from the three-point line, and then they knew that the situation was not good, but it was too late to stop it, and there was not even a figure within two meters of Battle.

At this point, if they were told that Battle shot 12-of-24 from three-point range in the regular season, a group of people would be even more desperate, right?

Battle doesn't have many opportunities to play, and he naturally doesn't have many three-point shots, but the efficiency is amazingly high, which is related to his less shooting, and basically all of them are related to shooting open positions, but this data has proven that his open three-point shooting is very accurate.

In this ball, Battle didn't have the slightest psychological pressure when he shot, the team was ahead by more than a dozen points, and it didn't matter if he couldn't shoot.

"Huh!"

Battle's relaxed mind allowed him to find the perfect shooting sensation, and the ball hollowed into the net to stretch the score gap to 16 points.

The praying Salt Lake City fans wilted in an instant when they saw the basketball hollow into the net.

Everyone knows that this shot is a complete defeat for the Jazz, and they will not be able to recover the 16-point gap in the final five minutes, especially when Malone can't even run, and they have been eliminated.

The Jazz players are not even in the mood to continue to use extreme tactics at the moment, and it is in vain to use any tactics with such a large point difference, and they don't have a monster who can score 16 points in half a minute.

However, Battle is still going to continue his mission, and he hasn't fought yet! He hasn't avenged Mason yet!

That's right, Battle still has his mission on his mind and avenging Mason.

This year, the best relationship with him in the Lakers team is not Zhang Qi, because the status of the koala baby is too high, and the identities of the two are destined to be the relationship between the boss and the younger brother, and at most there is a layer of fellow villagers.

So in the Lakers, the players who have the best relationship with Battle are Ginobili, who also can't play, and Mason, who is sympathetic to him.

Mason was knocked out in the first half of the defeat to Malone, and Battle had the idea of helping Mason avenge it, and now he finally found his chance.

In the last 4 minutes and 08 seconds, the Lakers attacked, and Zhang Yu faced the demoralized Jazz players and directly hit an emergency stop jump shot!

Battle immediately entangled with Malone in the forbidden area, and at this moment he didn't even know that Battle had already learned the killing trick of locking his throat with an iron arm under Mason's ear this year, and in the face of Malone who was physically exhausted, Battle quickly used the alien transposition method, and he who was originally facing Malone with his back turned around and turned from a back squeeze to a back throat.

Ma Long has experienced a hundred battles, even Mason was knocked out by him, how did he not expect that he would be planted on a Chinese player, only to see Battle suddenly hook his neck with his arm from behind, Ma Long only felt a huge force attack, the whole body flew directly off the ground, and fell out of bounds with a "plop".

Malone didn't know what happened until he was thrown out of bounds, only the fans in front of the TV saw it clearly enough, and they clearly saw Battle firmly lock Malone's neck with his arms from behind, and then violently threw the 280-pound Malone directly out of bounds.

"It's miserable!"

"Even the braces fell out!"

"Ma Long must have been blinded, this is Chinese kung fu?"

"This is Mongolian wrestling, Ma Long must have suffered internal injuries!"

“……”

The fans in front of the TV were stunned, they didn't expect such blatant wrestling action on the court? What I didn't expect was that such a strong Malone was almost thrown from the restricted area to the Lakers' bench by Battle, and he really even knocked out of his mouth after the braces fell to the ground, which is too miserable!

Malone may not have been injured by Battle, but the confusion is certain, and it is estimated that only O'Neill can understand his feelings at the moment.

"Huh?"

"What is he going to do?"

"Oh my God, he's going to go up and beat up Marlon?"

"This Mongol is too vicious!"

“……”

Lakers fans were originally worried that Battle would be retaliated against by the Jazz players and Malone, but they were obviously worried in vain, because before the Jazz players and Malone could react, Battle actually walked towards Malone who was thrown by him with a fierce face, looking like he really wanted to kill Malone?

The players of both teams "hula" and all pounced on their teammates.

Zhang Zhu and Kidd hurriedly grabbed Battle left and right, although the koala baby thought that Battle was just doing it, but they still dragged him aside, they couldn't really fight, right?

Ma Long was really confused, he got up and was trying to get back face, but he didn't expect to see the menacing Battle rushing towards him as soon as he looked up, which made him instantly unsure of what to do.