Jerry Sloan frowned, the Lakers' first three shots, two singles from O'Neal, and one from Kobe Bryant.

Kobe Bryant's air cut aside, O'Neal's two singles completely rely on individual ability, Greg Ostertag can't prevent O'Neal, just like Bryan Russell can't guard Michael Jordan in previous seasons, this is a crushing of physical talent, as a coach, Jerry Sloan has nothing to do.

After thinking about it, he walked to the sideline to adjust his defense and implement targeted pinching attacks on O'Neal.

Jazz's offense, John Stockton made a mid-range shot from the outside, 4:6, the Jazz's offense was still no problem, so, after adjusting the defense, Jerry Sloan sat back again, very calm.

The Lakers continued to open the game, and all five pulled away, and Scott Pippen put on a one-on-one stance.

"It's singles again, singles from Scott Pippen, and the Lakers rely too heavily on the individual play of the superstar."

Although the Lakers took the lead at the beginning, Bill Hanzlick shook his head and continued to criticize the Lakers' superstar singles tactics, in his words, called: There is no point of cooperation at all, and the game is too ugly.

But Qiao Hai doesn't care if it's ugly or not, as long as he can win, no matter what tactics he is, it's a good tactic.

Scott Pippen singled, Bryant ran without the ball, and rushed towards the inside, trying to play an open cut match again.

Scott Pippen also passed the ball, but Bryant got inside the three-point line with the ball and was immediately blocked by Jeff Hornacek, who took two steps and rushed to the free throw line, where he was stopped by Jeff Hornacek.

However, he did not stop, and continued to force two steps against the aging Jeff Hornacek and passed the ball into the penalty area.

O'Neal received the ball, Jazz reacted immediately, and Karl Malone surrounded him and struck!

O'Neal swayed left and right, didn't find a good opportunity, turned his head and saw that Kobe had run to the other side of the mid-range position, a pass, Kobe Bryant was about to throw in the middle distance, and Brian Russell, who was making up for the defense, flew and pounced.

Kobe Bryant seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, a backhand pass, and Scott Pippen flaked an anti-aircraft gun outside the three-point line.

Bang, the ball goes in!

Pretty!

Qiao Hai cheered, stood up and clapped his hands, the Lakers' coordination was perfect, Scott Pippen first passed Kobe Bryant, attracting the Jazz's defense, and then divided O'Neal, the Cavaliers' defense instantly contracted.

So, O'Neal passed back, and Brian Russell became the last line of defense on the Jazz's perimeter, and he was forced to defend Kobe.

As a result, Kobe Bryant's last pass, Scott Pippen was unguarded, and he hit three points!

This wave of cooperation is seamless, Bill Hanzlick, who was still criticizing the Lakers for only playing alone, suddenly lost his voice, and only heard Hubbie Brown's faint commentary on the TV: "Scott Pippen hit a three-pointer, a three-pointer in a big open position, the Lakers' pass was beautiful, and a great opportunity was passed directly......"

The more Phil Jackson looked, the more interesting he found it to be, the Lakers' triangle offense was very skillful, a bit of a bull.

"The L.A. people are fighting a bit like us?"

"It's supposed to be Michael still there."

Sure enough, there was a discussion in the bar, the Lakers' tactics were all too familiar!

On the court, the Jazz offense missed, Karl Malone hit Robert Horry on the inside, turned around and missed the jumper, Scott Pippen grabbed the rebound, turned around and heard Qiao Hai standing on the sidelines shouting.

"Fight back! Counterattack! ”

Scott Pippen didn't hesitate and launched a fast counterattack.

A long pass, directly to Kobe Bryant, who is running wildly in the frontcourt.

Bryant rushed to the frontcourt, no greed, another pass, Derrick Fisher received the ball and took three steps, three steps to the layup to score 2 points.

11:4！ The Lakers' opening strategy has worked!

At this moment, Jerry Sloan couldn't stand it at all, trailing by 7 points at the beginning, the game was very unfavorable to the Jazz, this game was an away game, and the Devils home court without the energy solution arena helped, and continued to be carried by the Lakers so hard, the Jazz were likely to be defeated at the beginning.

The Jazz team is dominated by veterans, and if the Lakers lead by more than ten points and twenty points at the beginning, there will be no chance to chase points later, after all, whether it is physical fitness or fighting spirit, the Jazz must not be as good as the young Lakers, so Jerry Sloan chose to pause.

He had to make adjustments in time.

Jerry Sloan called a long timeout, and after the timeout, he made a direct substitution, replacing Shanton Anderson to strengthen the marking of Kobe, and in addition, he made Karl Malone sacrifice a little offense and put the main energy on the defensive end, switching to O'Neal.

Jerry Sloan really has nothing to do but change the defensive players to defend the Lakers' Big Three.

After the timeout, the Lakers' offense was suspended, but they still suppressed the Jazz in all directions.

Especially in O'Neal's position, after the defender was replaced by Carl Malone, O'Neill was still the overlord in the penalty area, and an aging Karl Malone couldn't stop him.

The first official timeout came to the first quarter with the Lakers leading the Jazz by eight points at 17-9.

And after the first official timeout, Qiao Hai also changed.

He first canceled the opening rush order to get the team's offense back to normal, and then made regular substitutions, replacing Derek Fisher with Derek Harper, Bruce Bowen for Robert Horry, and Sean Lukes for O'Neal.

A lineup of one big and four small, Kobe and Scott Pippen, who are tactically focused on the outside, but no longer Kobe Bryant-based, but Scott Pippen is the main one.

Scott Pippen at 96 points vs. Kobe Bryant at 87 points, whoever chooses Scott Pippen will choose Scott Pippen.

In the small lineup in the second half of the first quarter, the Lakers still maintained a strong competitiveness.

After another half-quarter, the Lakers maintained a lead of more than 10 points, and they led the Jazz by 11 points at 31-20.

At the intermission, the main players on the court sweated profusely and walked to the sidelines, and Jerry Sloan's face was not very good, falling behind by 11 points in the first quarter, which was obviously not the situation Jerry Sloan wanted to see.

From the very beginning of the game, the Jazz entered the role of a scorer, and the aging Jazz obviously had a hard time adapting to such a role.

Veteran coach Jerry Sloan racked his brains to think of a countermeasure to effectively chase the score from the second quarter.

"At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Jazz by 11 points, which was an unexpected result, and we saw that Jerry Sloan's face was very unpleasant, and obviously, even Jerry Sloan didn't expect the team to fall behind by as many as 11 points at the end of the first quarter."

Hubby Brown's voice was a little hoarse, he was old after all, and he sounded a little difficult to speak.

Bill Hanzlick is talking less and less, because the Lakers are getting better and better, and he suddenly finds that he has nothing to say, and now Bill Hanzlick can only listen to Hubi Brown analyze the situation and make judgments.

"With such a big lag, the Jazz must make a change, the fighting style of the two coaches, one old and one young, this game is exciting......