On May 13, the Eastern Conference Finals between the Bulls and the Heat took the lead.

Fans have been accustomed to devastating battles in previous rounds, and today at Union Center Arena was no exception, and the Heat's ability to reach the division finals was due to Reggie Miller's injury, not their own ability.

Although the Heat were full of momentum after the opening, and Mourning delivered a shocking 5 big hats all over the court, these did not bring the team a victory, and the embarrassing data of 16 points instead exposed Mourning's problems on the offensive end again.

Mourning's offense is not strictly bad, although his back play is average, and his coordination is not very good, but his turning and breaking through is very brutal, and he also has the skills that the interior line should have, but except for the turning and breaking through and the air cut is difficult to block, the rest of the offensive means may not be enough in the playoffs. Especially compared with the four major centers or Ma Long and others, Mo Ning's offense is relatively rough, and his mid-range shots are also ineffective, and it is difficult to rely on when he is caught at a critical moment.

Zhang Qian thinks that Mo Ning is a strengthened version of Ma Long on the athletic and defensive end, but he is weaker on the offensive end, mainly because the ball sense and coordination are not good enough, but the explosiveness and hardness are very strong, coupled with the S-level defensive ability, it is absolutely no problem if he is allowed to play the second leader of the team and the core of the interior defense, but there is already a lot of luck in letting him lead the team to the division finals alone.

Some Rockets fans are YY all day long, if there is a partner like Mo Ning at the peak of the big dream, that picture is really picturesque, and Jordan and Zhang Zhu, who can definitely hammer, can't take care of themselves.

However, they don't imagine that if there is such a combination, will Jordan also join the team with Koala?

To get back to the point, the Heat's weakness is that the scoring ability of the interior is too weak, so when the outside line can't open the situation, they can only rely on Mourning's unreliable singles, but in the face of the experienced Barkley and the physically strong Marshall, Mourning's offense is always worrying!

Once Mourning can't score enough points for the Heat, it will be difficult for either Hardaway or Mashburn to share the pressure on the offensive end, and the overall strength of the Bulls is a strong one gear, making their style of play surprisingly simple, basically relying only on the simple cooperation between stars and fast offense can make the Heat tired, and the rhythm of these two teams on the offensive end is more than one notch.

Zhang Yu didn't expect that the Heat's defense couldn't pose much threat to the Bulls, the accumulation of talent to a certain extent can really make the rest of the links insignificant, the Heat's usual tough defense, today in front of the Bulls' absolute talent, suddenly became completely unmentionable.

In this way, the league's desperate efforts to strengthen the strength of the Jazz, Bulls and other teams behind the scenes are very forward-looking and far-sighted, last year's Lakers were so talented that even the Bulls couldn't win a game, if these teams are not allowed to pile up talent to the extent that they can compete with the Lakers, the result of meeting again this year is probably no different.

The strength of the Eastern Conference has long been a bit unbalanced, the Bulls can't find an opponent this year, and the Pacers, Heat, Knicks and other teams can only desperately keep themselves from being swept when facing the Bulls, and any more can only be extravagant.

Next, move your attention to the west, the majority of the media are still overwhelmingly reporting on Zhang Fu's alternative 5 pairs, and even the media in the east have also taken half of their energy to report on Zhang Zhu, and his alternative 5 doubles have stolen more than half of the Bull's heat.

Many people may not know how rare it is to have a five-pair at a time, but let's put it this way, we take the best in NBA history one by one, and then take the pinnacle of every technical statistic in their careers, and we still can't piece together a five-double.

"ESPN" really did such a boring statistic, and it turned out that no one could piece together 5 pairs in the end by intercepting the peak value of each person's data.

Of course, some NBA outside players have made a 10+ steal in their entire career, but it is basically impossible for an outside player to get 10+ blocks; Of course, the interior players are the opposite, there are many players who have scored 10+ blocks once in their entire careers, but it is also impossible to get 10+ steals.

Olajuwon, David Robinson, O'Neal, Mutombo, Bradley, and Bol all had 10+ blocks in games, but none of them had 10+ steals, so they couldn't make a five-double with this way of intercepting the highest numbers of their careers, and Zhang was the only player who could piece together a five-double in this way after 1984.

Of course, Zhang Fu only got an alternative 5 pairs this time, but this kind of alternative 5 pairs, or quasi-6 pairs, is enough to make people jaw-dropping.

"ESPN" also counted a statistic, they shrunk the five-doubles by half, that is, scores, rebounds, assists, blocks, steals and 5 games at the same time, there have been a total of 13 times in NBA history, including 6 times for Big Dream, 4 times for Zhang Fu, and once each for David Robinson, Divac and Coleman, which shows how difficult the real five-double is. And Zhang Mao is indeed the player most likely to get five doubles, he even almost got six doubles, this battle is enough for him to remember in the annals of history.

Therefore, Zhang Fu has such an honor, so he naturally doesn't have to worry about being hammered. Who dares to question him, the koala baby's backhand is a bunch of data smashed over, and ICQ will bombard him with pop-ups, these criticisms can basically only help him hype, and a group of people will only make him more famous.

"I know you're still skeptical, but I'm not going to explain anything because I'm going to prove myself with my performance on the field." At the pre-game press conference with the Jazz, Zhang said, "Since I can manually hit a quasi-five-double, it won't be a problem to do it again." ”

As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted exclamations from reporters all over the audience, and no one expected him to say this?

"Leon, are you going to demonstrate the quasi-5 pairs again?"

"Leon, are you sure you can get two quasi-five pairs in a row?"

"Leon, do you know how fortuitous this is?"

"How can anyone get four doubles in two games in a row?"

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The reporters at the scene even thought they had misheard, two consecutive 4-doubles or quasi-5-doubles, how could this be?

Zhang Wei didn't answer, and his behavior of pretending to be forced to stop halfway through the game was as maddening as the story of the pangolin, and the person who sold this kind of pass should be pulled to shoot the target.

An hour later, the staff informed the visitors that it was time to play, but Sloan, who was in the visiting dressing room, ignored the reminder and continued to hold the tactical board to explain to the players what to look out for today. It's a joke, who doesn't know that the Lakers' appearance ceremony is notoriously inkblotted, and their appearance half an hour late should be just in time for the live DJ to read Zhang Yi's long list of honors.

This is very witty, there were too many shows when Zhang Fu appeared, so let him finish the performance.

The Jazz players can't wait, they have been looking forward to this battle for a long time, and if there is anyone in the entire league who is the least afraid of the Lakers, it is the Jazz.

Sloan also believes that they have not won 70+ games this year, the biggest reason is that this roster was not formed in the summer, otherwise their winning rate in the first dozens of games will increase, and even the record against the Lakers may not be 2:2, and the final break of the 74-win record may be them.

If Zhang Qian knew what Sloan was thinking, he would definitely laugh out loud.

The Jazz roster has been formed since last summer, and it is possible to win a few more games a season, but to say that it can guarantee 70+ wins, this is disagreeable, do you really think that the Lakers' adaptation speed and chemistry are normal?

Zhang Wei himself knows very well that without the system bonus, it will be difficult for the Lakers to get 70+ wins this season, and 75+ wins will be an impossible task.

Do the Jazz really think that by winning them twice, they can go toe-to-toe with the Lakers?

Before the game, Zhang Zhu also looked at the real-time data of Jazz players, the so-called four or six open is just a relatively modest statement, Zhang Fu felt that a little crazy could be changed to two eight open and three seven open, corresponding to home and away respectively.

Jazz starters: John Stockton (84), Jeff Hornacek (82), Eric Williams (86), Antonio McDyess (88), Karl Malone (93).

But it has to be said that the Jazz's bench lineup is indeed much stronger than the Spurs, and the three main rotation players on the bench: Dow Christie (84), Brian Russell (83), and Greg Ostertag (79), almost all have an ability value of more than 80.

Such a main and bench lineup is indeed one point better than teams other than the Lakers and Bulls, but as the Lakers with the first record in history, they certainly will not lose to anyone in the lineup, and the Jazz lineup is just qualified to challenge them.

Harris thought about it for a few days while taking painkillers, and finally didn't know if the side effects made his brain hole too big, and today he actually changed his previous style of distrusting newcomers and substitutes, and chose to remove Mason from the main force.

Lakers starters: Kidd (89), Jones (87), Zhang (99), O'Neal Jr. (79), Mutombo (88).

Harris dared to move Mason out of the main force, in addition to feeling that he couldn't get Malone and McDyes, but also to see Kidd's maturity in organization. And when you have a top-tier point guard who can stand on your own, do you really need a third playmaker?

Kidd + Zhang Fu, these two people are enough to connect the team well, and there is no need to worry about the control of the rhythm, the fourth-year Kidd is enough to take charge of himself, not to mention that Zhang Qi can take over the game at any time, Mason's role is actually dispensable.

"It's been two years, and it's less than 80 in terms of ability, and Kobe Bryant is 85."

Zhang Wei didn't know if his coach was stupid with drugs, he didn't think it was a good idea to replace O'Neal Jr., it was better to use this unreliable guy than to use a big book, at least that product was reliable in defense.

O'Neal Jr. is also a little nervous, this is his first start in the playoffs, and it is a big scene like the Western Conference Finals, of course, it is inevitable to be nervous.

After this year, O'Neal Jr. is also going to take off his rookie status, but in terms of immediate combat power, he is still much worse than the geniuses of the same year.

Little O'Neal in this time and space has Zhang Zhu's spur and team buff bonus in the Lakers, and his growth rate has been much faster, otherwise he should only have about 70 ability points now.

But 79's stats are still not enough in this kind of game, and the most inadequate place is on the defensive end.

Harris obviously underestimated the lethality of McDyce and Malone to O'Neal Jr., and also underestimated the impact of a short board on his side.

The Lakers' start can be said to be very bad, Mutombo won the scrum, but Zhang Yu missed the three-point attempt at the beginning, O'Neal Jr. directly made a basketball error, and then Jones also missed a jump shot, Kidd directly shot a three-pointer, and the Lakers failed in the first six shots of the game.

The Jazz weren't particularly good on the offensive end, and their first three shots were also unsuccessful. But then, Sloan decisively ordered his disciples to attack O'Neal Jr., which allowed the Jazz to get into the groove, playing a golden opening of 8:0 in the first four minutes of the game.

Harris quickly took a painkiller, and really reluctantly replaced O'Neal Jr. and replaced Mason again.

But the embarrassing thing is that this substitution proves that he is right to transfer Mason out of the main force, because Mason really can't guard Malone, and he can't stop McDyce, which makes the Lakers start scoring after a timeout, but the score gap continues to widen.

At 6 minutes and 17 seconds, after being scored twice in a row by Malone and McDyes, Mason finally chose to elbow in anger, but he didn't even touch Malone's hair.

Of course, the referee was aware of everything, and decisively awarded a technical foul regardless of whether he succeeded or not.

This also proves that in front of Ma Long, except for Zhang Qi, it is better for others to be honest.

After Stockton hit a free throw, Lao Huo hit a three-pointer from the outside, and the Jazz actually played an 18-7 score in the first half of the first quarter.

Harris has the intention to replace Mason, but at this time he must take care of the emotions of the parties, after all, he will remove people from the starting lineup first, and now replace them as soon as there is a problem, will this hit Mason's self-confidence? Or make him too shameless?

This kind of thing, Popovich must have replaced people without saying a word, but Harris has to wait first, he is more concerned about the psychological condition of the players, and if there is a problem with the mentality, it will be a whole series.

Zhang Fu can't manage the problems of his teammates for the time being, he won't let the opponent do whatever he wants on his home court, and the koala baby after the timeout finally hit a three-point shot from the outside, and Mason also hit a mid-range shot, and the Lakers finally entered a state of rising points.

After Mason's goal, Harris quickly replaced him, and Big Ben stepped into the No. 4 position, and the Lakers made three consecutive substitutions at the No. 4 position in the first half of the quarter.

However, the defensive problems in the number four position still cannot be solved......

Malone showed super destructive power today, and after the Lakers replaced Big Ben, the "Postman" scored 7 points in a row, helping the Jazz to hit another 7:2 attack wave.

This is really terrible, the Jazz also led the defense after the momentum, Zhang Fu's attempt to rely on his personal ability to chase points failed, and the Lakers suddenly stalled on the offensive end, and did not score a point in the last 3 minutes of the quarter.

At this time, the Jazz was in full bloom, after Stockton made a three-pointer, McDies actually played two plus one on Zhang Mao, and the Jazz played an 8:0 offensive in the last three minutes of the first quarter, and actually established a 20+ advantage with 35:14.

The entire Forum Arena fell into a dead silence from the last three minutes of the section.

"God, the Lakers trailed by 20 points in the first quarter, did I read the wrong scoreboard?"

"This is the invincible Lakers? This is the Lakers who have 76 wins? ”

"The Lakers at home trailed by 21 points in the first quarter, and today's Jazz are not aliens in human skin?"

“……”

Fans all over the world can't believe what they see, especially Lakers fans who have just turned on the TV, many people actually eat popcorn when they see the score that is usually the Lakers leading others, because they really think that the Lakers are leading the Jazz by 21 points.

"Isn't it normal to lead by 21 points in the first quarter?"

"Koala baby must be killing on the field again, sympathize with the opponent for a second."

"Poor sir, can't you win another game?"

"How lonely it is to be invincible!"

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