At the end, 103:83, the Lakers won by 20 points.

On the Lakers' side, the Big Three played well, Kobe Bryant scored the most, Qiao Hai chose to reuse Kobe Bryant in this game, and every time he let Kobe Bryant go on the court to impact the tired Jazz, and finally Kobe Bryant also handed over a perfect data of 12 of 22 shots, 36 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

O'Neal had 21 points, 16 rebounds and 2 assists on 8-of-14 shooting, Scott Pippen also had 22 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists, and the Big Three combined for 79 points, 31 rebounds and 15 assists.

On the other hand, Karl Malone scored 28 points and 14 rebounds on 13-of-27 shooting, and the Jazz team performed the best.

John Stockton and Jeff Hornacek, who played abnormally, shot 4-of-13 and 3-of-12 respectively, scoring 12 points, 7 assists and 10 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists respectively.

The team lost, Jerry Sloan was naturally ugly, the home fans booed, Jerry Sloan knew very well that this boo was aimed at the Lakers players who were arrogantly celebrating on the court, not the Jazz who lost the game, but Jerry Sloan still couldn't stop thinking that the Jazz's performance in this game was sorry for the fans on the spot, and they had to make a big change.

"Congratulations to the Lakers for their win, they got off to a good start in the second round of the playoffs, it was a wonderful win, from the very beginning of the game, the Lakers suppressed the Jazz, and that pressure continued until the end of the game, and the Jazz didn't even have the slightest hope of winning......"

On the commentary bench, McBrin and Marf Albert were also summing up the game, suppressing, suppressing the whole court, which was seen by everyone, so McBrin even thought that the chances of the Jazz in this round of the series were very slim.

"With a 20-point defeat in the first game, the Jazz have no choice but to break the boat, otherwise they won't have a chance."

And Mav Albert believes: "The Lakers have too many players who can play a role, which gives Joe more flexibility in terms of arrangement, in contrast, the Jazz team has more veterans, and there are not too many qualified rotation players available, so Jerry Sloan has nothing to do. ”

McBrin nodded, and he quickly thought of another point: "The Lakers won this game, they had the advantage in the series, what if they did win this series?" Does that mean the Lakers will be the biggest championship favorites of the season? ”

Marf Albert immediately nodded: "Of course, the Jazz themselves are already the biggest championship favorites this season, if the Lakers can beat the Jazz, the Lakers are obviously the real championship favorites, of course, provided that they beat the Jazz." ”

"So, I'd love to see the expression on the Lakers' management and what kind of choice Jerry West would make if Qiao Hai really led this Lakers team all the way to defeat the Rockets and Jazz, and then beat the Western Conference Finals opponent and the Finals opponent to win the championship."

McBrin gloated, this playoffs are good, there are big dramas on and off the court, but unfortunately, the Lakers vs. Jazz in the next two consecutive games, McBrin can't explain, because the commentary tasks for the next two games were assigned to another group of commentators by NBC TV.

Can't explain the next two games between the Lakers and the Jazz, McBrin still has some regrets, before the start of the playoffs, the Jazz are the biggest favorites for the championship, and the Lakers are the most talked-about team in the playoffs, obviously, the focus of the second round should be on the Lakers vs. Jazz.

McBrin was helpless, and he and Mav Albert had to rush to San Antonio the day after the game to prepare for the second game between the Spurs and the Trail Blazers.

Compared with the Lakers and Jazz, the game between the Spurs and the Trail Blazers is really no bright spot, the first game Spurs won easily, if nothing else, the second game will win the Spurs, the strength of the Trail Blazers is still a big gap compared to the Spurs, the Spurs' interior line ranks among the top in the active league, especially the defense, which is the league's active defensive No. 1 interior combination.

With the Trail Blazers without a star lineup, it is obviously a lot of luck against the Spurs.

In such a matchup with no suspense, McBlin was not interested.

But if he is not interested, he has to do a good job.

……

The Lakers rested for two days in the Utah Plateau as Game 2 of the second round of the playoffs kicked off.

The game between the Spurs and the Trail Blazers started first, and the Spurs won the first game, in this game, McBrin and Marf Albert commented on the spot, the Spurs took the initiative at the beginning, relying on the interior defense, and the Spurs defended the Trail Blazers had a difficult offense.

The Spurs scored just 35 points at halftime, while the Spurs scored 47 points themselves, giving the Spurs a 12-point lead at the half.

The Spurs continued to push in the second half, leading by 17 points in the third quarter and extending the lead to 22 points in the fourth quarter.

In the end, the Spurs won 97-75 against the Trail Blazers to give the series a 2-0 lead.

The next day, McBrin and Marv Albert rushed to the East to explain the Knicks-Hawks game.

After the Knicks completed the Black Eight and eliminated the Heat, they immediately entered the state, their strength is already very good, there are many veterans and rich experience in the team, which is not comparable to the Hawks team at all.

Under the coaching of Jeff Van Gundy, the second game between the Knicks and the Hawks also became a defensive battle.

The Knicks won 77-70 in the end, and the highest scorer was Latlis Prewell off the bench, who scored 31 points, and a large number of breakaway kills helped Sprewell get a lot of free throws, which was the main reason why he scored 31 points.

The Hawks' star Steve Smith had a terrible performance, scoring just nine points on just 2-of-16 shooting.

Two defensive battles in a row, the fans were overwhelmed.

In the third matchup, the game between the 76ers and the Pacers began.

The first game between the 76ers and the Pacers was very exciting, and the battle between Reggie Miller and Allen Iverson made all the fans addicted, so the fans also had expectations for this game.

But in this game, the 76ers were unusual, playing defensive basketball with a super slow pace, and although Allen Iverson also scored one after another, it was not as enjoyable as the last game.

Both teams defended very well, the score was not high, and the game was very anxious, and it was not until the end of the game that the winner was decided.

In the end, the Pacers narrowly defeated the 76ers with 85-82 and 3 points.

In this way, the other three groups of the semifinals were played, and the big score was 2:0, leaving only the second game of the Lakers and Jazz not played......