After Russell's first three quarters of play, his mentality has almost collapsed, and now he has five fouls, and he can't hold on.

There was nothing Sloan could do about it, because he had no one to replace him, so he could only let Russell hold on to the court for as long as he could.

With a score of 81:85, the Lakers used one person's strong attack to narrow the gap of 13 points at the beginning of the quarter to 4 points today, and I believe that the current Jazz is almost unstable.

Zhang Qi scored 42 points in only three quarters today, and this kind of scoring efficiency has to be reminiscent of the No. 23 who cut points like chopping vegetables back then, and the No. 23 who averaged 37 points per game this season.

Lakers players today are like the Bulls of a decade ago, with four people gathered on one side of the court and then watched Zhang on the other side play non-stop, their only task being to wait for an open shot.

The Jazz's defense against Zhang in the first three quarters was already very successful, and Sloan and his team spent a lot of energy studying Zhang Qi's playing habits before the game, and finally summed up his usual movements in different positions on the court, and calculated the probability of him using different playing styles, which is said to be close to 100 pieces of content against Zhang Qi alone.

But there is no "anti-isolation rule" as the basis for all this, let alone a hundred, even if it is two hundred, in the end, it can only be a way to let Russell hold himself for a round or two, and try to give his teammates a chance to make up for the leaks, and no amount of planning can be used.

However, the current Zhang Qi is more direct than Jordan in terms of impact, or rather, he deliberately plays more directly, striving to kill the basket in the shortest time, even if there are Jazz players who can make up for it, he is also fouled when he is at full power, and it is easy to be killed by him if he is not careful.

In the past two years, the NBA has no "anti-isolation rule", but there is "illegal defense", which is the biggest support for Zhang Mao to do whatever he wants, if there is no help from these two father-like rules, even if he has no solution in singles, as long as the Jazz sends the Pistons the method of dealing with Jordan back then, at least it can make him as uncomfortable as Jordan back then.

The Zen master and the players of the Bulls are a little unsettled in front of the TV at the moment, this move of the Lakers, they are too familiar with it, isn't this the way the Bulls didn't win the championship back then?

Thinking about it this way, it's a bit like the Lakers are picking up people's wisdom, and they are still learning their unsuccessful methods, which is really stupid!

But the Bulls players just felt contempt in their hearts, but then they thought about it, the current Jordan can no longer play this set of tactics, but this mongrel is more handy than Jordan back then.

So the question is, if the Bulls meet the Lakers in the Finals, will they be killed by their own tricks, right?

"Hmph, is that funny? It's boring, right? ”

"Yes, eight people look at two people on one side, what other tactics are there? This is a step backwards! ”

"That's right, playing like this, not competitive and team-oriented? It's also not ornamental, and the Lakers are killing the art of basketball. ”

“…………”

The Bulls began to lick Bilian and criticize the Lakers' ugly style of play, completely forgetting that they were the spokesperson for this set of tactics.

Perhaps, fans who hate Zhang and the Lakers will think that these criticisms are correct, whether the Lakers are going down the old path again, or the old way for the Bulls to prove unsuccessful.

But if you stand on the side of Zhang Zhu and the Lakers, then you don't think this style of play is ugly at all, otherwise how could Jordan win everyone's respect by relying on unlimited singles, and have the opportunity to get the league's highest praise for individuals - changing the rules.

One thing to be clear here is that if the league didn't change the rules in '88, then when Pippen matured after a year or two, and the Bulls strengthened themselves, would Jordan really not be able to win the championship if he continued to play like this?

Of course, there is no need to discuss such "what ifs".

Now it can only be said that Zhang Mao's luck is good, he has caught up with the good times, if it is a few years later, his performance will not be praised for "modifying the rules", because the rules have been almost modified at that time.

But this will be different, there have always been rumors in the top of the alliance, it is said that the league will have to make another big knife to the existing rules in the past two years, and the "highest praise" at that time will inevitably fall on Zhang Fu in the end, just like the "anti-isolation law" of the year, although it is aimed at many singles masters in the league, but the final reputation falls on the most awesome person.

If the league really changes the joint defense rules next season and allows joint defense, then this rule will definitely be designed for Zhang Fu.

Yes, after the league added joint defense rules, the impact on interior stars was also great, for example, O'Neal was no less disturbed than Zhang Mao, but this "highest praise" definitely did not fall on O'Neal, because he was not a brother.

Now the first brother of the alliance is Zhang Qi, and the joint defense has a great influence on him, so this "highest praise" will inevitably fall on him in the end. And Zhang will become another legendary superstar who forces the alliance to change the rules, and his status in the future will undoubtedly be a head higher than that of other legendary superstars in the alliance.

This "highest compliment, if true, weighs more than one or two championship rings, and is worth almost as much as a dynasty in terms of personal honor."

However, Zhang felt that it was not enough to be the best, he had to have at least one representative game or a representative series, just like Jordan scored 63 points against the Celtics in the playoffs, which is the ironclad proof that people used to prove that he is the one who forced the league to add rules.

Zhang Wei has scored 42 points today, and it is not without a chance to let himself rush to 60+ in the final quarter, but his intention is not to score high points in one game, he intends to score high points in every game in this round, and take advantage of the great opportunity to create a series that is more amazing than Jordan if there is a "supreme praise" at that time.

Get a new mission......

Main Quest (2) [Extraordinary] -

"Forcing the League to Modify/Add Rules", Status: Uncompleted, Requirements: Seventy percent of the media and fans are required, Rewards: 200,000 Points, 50,000 Fame, "Haunting Dreams" (BUFF), Effect: You will often feel a pair of squinting eyes watching you behind you, please don't worry, this is a young lady who can't help but do bad things to your photos. This buff can increase the opinion of the opposite sex towards you and increase the chance of the opposite sex having a spring dream, and the effect depends on the reputation value. (Failure will deduct double Arena Points and Reputation, and then cancel 2 buffs).

In the fourth quarter, Zhang Fu finally went down to rest for a while, and a new task made him frown.

"Spring dreams? Is it so awesome? ”

Zhang Yu carefully examined the annotations and found that this spring dream refers to the spring dream related to himself, simply put, the young ladies will always encounter shame in their dreams.

To be honest, it's a shame that such a buff makes him a little embarrassed! I don't want Bilian too much!

Before the start of this playoffs, he had already turned down several tasks to reward buffs, achievements, and star cards, fearing that these tasks would affect his performance, and the championship was currently the most important thing for him.

However, although this task does not require Bilian, the nature of this task is different from other tasks, because it is a task that the better he performs, the more hopeful he is to achieve, and there are no too specific data requirements, which does not interfere with his great cause of winning the championship.

Therefore, Zhang Wei pondered for a moment in his heart and decided to take over this task, otherwise it would be too cowardly!

"It seems that I have to keep playing against the rules, so that people can feel that the league will change the rules in the future because of me."

Since Zhang Fu has taken over the task, he naturally has to start thinking about how to complete it, and according to the requirements of the task, he can only use the rules more to score points alone, so as to achieve the goal.

However, the disadvantage of playing like this was reflected in the early part of the fourth quarter, Zhang Zhu attacked too much in front of him, resulting in teammates who had a poor hand and no chance to raise it, and even Mason began to slump in the fourth quarter, which allowed the Jazz to take the opportunity to expand the advantage to 8 points, and finally stabilized again.

At 9:04 in the fourth quarter, Zhang Wei could only rest for three minutes, so he had to play early to stabilize his team, which was also his only rest time in this game - just three minutes.

Sloan knew that the Lakers called a timeout to replace Zhang Qiu, and he told the players during the timeout that no matter where Zhang was holding the ball this time, the nearest defender would go up to the bag and clamp it, and now he didn't care if he would send other Lakers players with empty spots. But don't really go to the bag in a daze, try to get stuck in the passing route to the bag. If Zhang Yu still gets rid of the defense and rushes to the basket, then he must be made to pay some price, and he must not be allowed to score comfortably.

Also, if Zhang has the ball at the top of the arc, the wings try to force him to move to the middle and wrap him, or let him shoot threes from the outside. If the ball is on the left side, the defender at the top of the arc will help as soon as possible. What, you say the rules can't help the defense? Don't be funny, this doesn't exist anymore. If he's holding the ball on the right side, it's the same thing, just go and defend, don't be afraid of violations.

All in all, do everything you can to get Zhang into the corner before he gets into the shooting hot zone, and if you can't, force him to shoot early and reduce his shooting percentage.

In addition, he demanded that the Jazz players must push Zhang whenever he passes by. If he wants to cut through the pick-and-roll, then grab him, in short, with the help of physical contact, try to make him use up his physical strength.

In the first three quarters, the Jazz didn't dare to do so much, but Sloan was also cunning, he knew that Zhang Yu was such an infinite single, and the referee would definitely be more relaxed about their movements in order to maintain a relative balance, so this scale should not be whistled for fouls.

"What about this?"

After Zhang Yu suffered two losses on the field, he immediately took Sloan's army!

I saw Russell looking at the referee innocently, but he could only look at it like this, Zhang Yu just shook him up with a feint, as long as he leaned forward casually, it was a foul that any referee would blow for punishment, no matter what the scale, there was no suspense.

Now it's okay, the only No. 3 position in the Jazz team who can defend against Zhang Qi is on the street, and now except for Russell, they can't even find an outside line with a strength of 60 (NBA generally only the strength of the interior line will exceed 80, and the strength of outside players over 80 is a very small number of perverts, more than 70 is already very strong, and a guard is strong if it exceeds 60).

After Brian Russell was beaten, there was only one rookie Shanton Anderson left on the Jazz's bench, and a veteran Chris Morris that could be used, but one of these two has not been trained yet, this rookie brother doesn't even have 50 strength, and the other has more than 60 strength, but the old arms and legs can only use their eyes to defend Zhang Mao's breakthrough, and basically whoever is sent up is a result.

Of course, Sloan knew that whoever he sent up would die, but he didn't have much choice but to trust the veteran first.

It's a pity that he doesn't have a system, and it is difficult to clearly evaluate the physical fitness of the two, in fact, even if Morris has more than 60 strength, he is still a touch of collapse when he encounters Zhang Mao, and his speed and agility are too bad, which can really only be defended with his eyes.

Zhang Qi faced this kind of three-no player with no strength, no speed, and no footwork, and he didn't even bother to do the slightest feint, a simple change of direction, giving face and rewarding you with an emergency stop at most, so that you didn't even have a chance to pull.

In less than a minute, Sloan had to replace the old man.

Zhang Zhu only took two rounds to cut 5 points on Morris, which can be seen that Russell can still have such a performance in front of Zhang Zhu's singles, if he changes someone early in the morning, maybe Zhang Zhu can cut 50+ in the third quarter.

Facts have proved that the elderly can't bear it, but the young people can't bear it either, and they really can't "carry" it.

Zhang Yu faced a rookie who didn't even have a strength of 50, so he simply took out his back kung fu and crushed the opponent all the way in, which was quite a bit of "crow flying".

As long as the Jazz player comes up to wrap the clip, Zhang Zhu has a move of "Flamenco dance steps", or a move of "cat turn", not only can he attack, but there is no problem with passing, who called this rookie can't even stop him, the experience of the competition is equal to zero, basically the existence of the air, not to mention the bag clip him, this guy is not bad for the teammates who come to the bag clip.

At 5:54, Zhang successfully scored his 50th point with two free throws, which was already 4 points more than his previous playoff single-game high, and a new career milestone appeared.

With a score of 96:95, the situation had already taken a turn for the worse, and the Lakers overtook the score in only half a quarter, because Russell, who was ridiculed the most by the home fans, left the game.

At this moment, people finally realized that this big mouth, which was beaten by Zhang Qi and Jordan, was not actually the funny man everyone imagined, and he still had strength.

Now the Jazz's problem is not only that they can't prevent Zhang Mao, but also that a Russell foul left the court, Malone also received his fifth foul in the last 5 minutes, and the output of the second elder on the offensive end is not as stable as the first three quarters, this is the big crisis!

Once the jazz is unstable, it must be a physical problem.

No matter how stable these two old men are, their physical strength is not as abundant as that of the young Mutombo and Mason.

The Lakers' two interior players are not too old, and they are both players with full physical strength, and when the game is played in the final stage, it must be the Jazz's side that has physical problems first, which is something that has been concluded early on.

This is also the reason why Sloan has always wanted to attack, they really can't afford to delay, they can't play the big late game, so they can't determine the win in the early and middle stages, so it's basically GG.

The Jazz's No. 3 position is like a wooden man on the court at the moment, they can only rely on Stockton and Malone's blocking and dismantling to support it, but this will make the blocking of the two begin to thunder and not rain, and the stability of the last shot is getting lower and lower.

In the 3rd minute and 10 seconds, Mutombo chased Malone on the defensive end, and a big hat that covered the sky and the sun scattered the "postman" letters all over the ground.

Kidd rushed up and knocked away Stockton, who wanted to pick up the ball, dribbled all the way to the court, and just when others thought he was going to pass the ball to Zhang Yu inserted on the side, Kidd made a pass feint and made a layup past Lao Huo.

As soon as the Jazz players' physical strength failed, the Lakers players who had always seemed depressed began to look like tigers breaking free from their chains, and even Kidd, who had been mentally exploding, began to recover.

Now the question arises again, what about the headwind and the tailwind?

In fact, Zhang Mao's downwind ball is also awesome, but there are more players in the Lakers team who play downwind ball, such as Starks, who has been undercover today, he is very awesome at this time.

Today's real drama started 2 minutes before the end, with a score of 104:100.

After Stockton single-handedly broke through Starks' jumper, the Lakers abruptly canceled their one-on-one play, and Starks hit a difficult step-back jumper from the free throw line under the cover of Zhang Mao's off-ball, and almost made Malone commit his sixth foul.

Malone's ball had already hit Starks' wrist, but the referee didn't blow it for the sake of the excitement of the game

Fifteen seconds later, Mutombo received a second pass from Kidd under the basket and hit a close-range shot, which was his 19th point of the game, and Mutombo was almost 20+.

The Jazz turned around but it was not very smooth, and when there were 2 seconds left in the offensive time, Lao Huo received a helpless ball from Malone in the bag, and covered the ball into the basket with a big back.

Jazz's luck was good, but luck didn't work all the time.

The Lakers played a fast break at the last moment, they only took 8 seconds to pass the ball to the restricted area, Mason received the ball and faced Malone to pass the ball, this hand fake shot real pass deceived all Jazz players, when Zhang Yu on the weak side with "one tiger to kill two sheep" forced to knock away two Jazz players, fly to the basket and pour the ball into the basket, the best goal of the game appeared.

This shot also declared the defeat of the Jazz, who did not have the explosive output ability of the Lakers.

After Zhang Fu completed the "Crow on the Plane", the Lakers already had a 6-point lead and only 1 minute left in the game.

The Lakers' performance throughout the game may be average, and today they all relied on Zhang Mao's personal ability to support the situation. But when the game got to the most critical juncture, they played unusually solid on the defensive end, and everyone was able to come to their senses and do their duty on the defensive end.

The Jazz's offense this time is the last chance, there is still hope for the score, and if you don't score, it will really be GG.

However, 20 seconds later, Stockton has used the block to get into the basket, spun around the restricted area and returned to the top of the arc, but the passing and shooting opportunities are still not found, and the Lakers' defense this round has not been flawed.

Mutombo kept his hands in the box, allowing Stockton to shoot even if he burst to the basket, and the rest of the players followed their opponents and did not give Stockton a chance to pass.

Stockton had no choice, and in the face of Starks' close defense, he could only hand the ball to Malone, who pulled it out and picked it up again.

Mason used all his strength this time, a pair of hands kneaded and pinched on Malone like touching his wife, seeing that the offensive time was running out, Malone finally couldn't help but light up the iron elbow to create shooting space for himself.

"Bang!"

Mason used his chest to forcibly pick up Ma Long's "evil" iron elbows, although he had been prepared, he still underestimated the power of Ma Long's iron elbows, and screamed! And he fell backwards to the ground......

"He's faking a fall! Fake! ”

After Ma Long heard a sharp whistle, he didn't even care about throwing the ball, and immediately put the basketball on his head, using this slightly cute action and innocent expression on his face in a vain attempt to escape punishment.

Of course, this is impossible, and even if the referee tries to balance it, it is impossible to turn a blind eye to this blatant elbow action.

Malone couldn't even eat six fouls, and the referee directly showed a technical foul to send him off the court, although Mr. "Postman" avoided the end of six fouls, but will this technical foul be an additional penalty for him after coming to the league, it is estimated to see how Mason's injury is?

Mason was still lying on the ground, looking like he was dying after being hit by a truck and couldn't even breathe.

Okay, Mason really hurt a lot this time, but after all, he was prepared, and he didn't really take Ma Long's elbow of success, so this acting skill is a bit fake.

The moment Mason was hit, he immediately fell backwards, and this elbow ate up to fifty percent of Ma Long's strength, and he wouldn't really be broken by the elbow.

The Lakers didn't care whether Mason was dead or alive, and even after the team doctor rushed up, the first thing he said was "don't get up", which meant that he should seize the opportunity to show a wave of acting skills, no matter whether it was a real injury or a fake injury, he had to be carried out.

Mason originally planned to do this, once Malone was sent off, the Jazz may be overturned even if they are 6 points ahead, not to mention that they are now 4 points behind, basically cold, now showing a wave of acting skills, maybe let Malone be chased by the league, why not!

Zhang Wei thinks that this should be thinking too much, even if Mason is really reimbursed by Malone for elbowing, the league will not ban Ma Long, maybe Mason will be reimbursed, so that the strength of the two teams will be closer, and this round of playoffs may become more exciting.

However, Zhang Wei agrees that the Jazz have cooled, especially after Mason was carried down, he hit a free throw, and the ball belongs to the Lakers, and now he has a 7-point advantage in his own hands, and there is less than a minute left in the game, what will the Jazz do to turn the tables?

10 seconds later, when the Lakers fans in the "Great Western Forum Arena" witnessed Stockton's forced three-point miss, they could finally release the cheers of victory and spray the streamers on their hands in advance!