"My players haven't given up yet because no one wants to be swept away." Listening to Sloan's words after yesterday's game, many Jazz fans were quickly frustrated, and a coach who had been proud and confident for a season seemed to be just looking for some comfort from a win.

The Jazz's current situation is indeed a bit pitiful, the team that won 63 wins in the regular season is only eager for a win in the playoffs, and the strength of the Lakers is undoubtedly shown at this moment, and I believe that the Bulls, who are also strong in the East, will not feel good at this moment.

Magic said yesterday that "there is no essential difference between 4:0 and 4:1", but in fact, there is still a difference, because the Bulls may also sweep the Heat to advance to the Finals, and whether the Lakers are 4:0 or 4:1 at this time is very important.

This year's NBA playoffs are not scheduled according to a predetermined schedule, but rather by the end of each series.

The Bulls have now spent half of their energy on studying the Lakers, although it is still a little early to be distracted, but it can also be seen that the Zen master is afraid of the Lakers, who makes the comparison of the strength of the two teams at this moment, the Lakers have already gained the upper hand.

Some neutral fans began to complain that the overall strength of the Lakers was too strong, so strong that the game lost its "fierce" confrontation, and the suspense was not high enough, such a game was not interesting!

Such an argument is ridiculous, just like they started complaining that table tennis has no highlights, does it have to make the side they hate weak, so that it looks good?

And let's not forget, people didn't use that adjective when the Lakers traded for players who were considered "awesome" at the moment.

The first time I got Zhang Qi from the Clippers, the comments were mostly based on complaining about the Lakers' stupidity, and a group of people were waiting to see the Lakers' jokes.

Later, in addition to the deal of signing Mutombo, which was considered to be worth it, Mason's trade was considered a helpless move to fail to snatch Barkley from the Rockets, and the addition Starks was considered by fans to be a god pit that the Knicks could no longer bear, and eighty percent was used to pit the Lakers.

Later, when Kidd was at the lowest point of his career with the Mavericks, his stats and on-court performance had slipped to the worst of his career, and people felt that it was unwise to trade Van Exel, who was on the rise, for a Kidd who could become a shooting star.

Most of these trades were not favored at the beginning, but the result is that the Lakers are now about to sweep the Jazz and enter the Finals with an undefeated record.

Now many media are also starting to be calm, if the Lakers really complete the miracle of 74 wins in the regular season, and then enter the Finals with an undefeated record, and finally win the championship, then this team will become the brightest page in NBA history - one championship and one dynasty, this is not a joke.

74 wins to win the championship!

This is indeed a performance comparable to that of a dynasty, and if Zhang can really do it, he will be able to match anyone in honor with this season alone, including Jordan.

Speaking of Jordan, the Bulls paid the price for their premature distraction with the Lakers in Game 3, and they finally overturned on the road.

Jordan had already milked himself, saying that "if the Heat leads more in the first three quarters in the next game, the Bulls may not be able to win", but at the moment, it seems that as a black man, he does not have the racial talent of "causal weapons", he said that it is what the Bulls are most afraid of encountering, and he really encountered it.

The only advantage of the Heat against the Bulls is that there are more people who can play, and several of the main players have enough talent before the major injury, if they can reactivate these talents, then they may still be able to fight with the Bulls.

Today, the Heat had five players score in double figures and successfully led the Bulls by nine points in the first three quarters, which is no small improvement.

What about the Bulls, I don't know if they feel that they are as stable as the Lakers, not only is the performance of Kukoc and others still sluggish today, but Pippen, the second leader who has always supported the Bulls with Jordan, has also stopped, and only Jordan scored 20 points in the whole game, no matter how good the Bulls' defense is, it is destined to not beat the Heat.

"The Bulls' offense, is it so scummy now?"

Zhang Qi naturally watched this game, I don't know if he has no eyes, or the defense of these two teams is too good, but he always feels that the Bulls' offense is problematic, these guys have been relying on the two of them to score since the Eastern Conference Finals, and it is still the case today, is this any different from the Jazz only relying on double evil?

Harris wasn't sure if the road to the playoffs was so smooth that he was starting to get fluttering because he also thought the Bulls seemed to be easier to deal with than the Jazz.

"Is this a delusion?"

Both foxes are a little skeptical of their feelings, but if you think about it, what the Heat can do, there's no reason why the Lakers can't do it?!

Didn't Pat Riley rely on Mourning to build this defensive system? Although this Marlon successor is indeed very good, no one thinks that Mutombo will be inferior to him on the defensive end. And the Lakers' defensive ability in other positions should surpass the Heat a lot, and the overall defensive strength definitely exceeds that of the Heat, plus more offense, shouldn't the Bulls be hung up by them?

Now the Lakers players and coaching staff are in a very mixed mood, it can be said that they have mixed feelings, more than 20 people just sit in front of the TV and stare at each other from time to time, all of them have something to say but dare not say, because on the one hand, they feel that the Bulls are not powerful, but on the other hand, they are worried that they are too smooth and inflated, which is very tangled!

Zhang Qi didn't dare to speak, after all, the Bulls only won three consecutive championships a few years ago, and last year Jordan staged the drama of the return of the king as soon as he returned, who dares to say that they are not powerful at this time?

Although the Lakers won 74 wins in the regular season, even Zhang Mao doesn't dare to say so now, and still has deep scruples about the prestige of this team.

Harris, the old fox, was the first to react, he could see that the people around him were thinking the same as him, and the players had eager looks in their eyes. This made him immediately understand that this kind of performance is actually the best for the Lakers, because it shows that everyone is not carried away by the victory in front of them, although they already have confidence in their hearts, they think that they should have surpassed the opponent, but still maintain the necessary caution, which is actually the best state of the game.

Going back to the Bulls, Jordan was the only player on the team today to score more than 20 points, but only 27 points were on the account, Pippen only had 11 points, and the second scorer was Rodman, who scored 14 points, and no one from the Bulls scored in double figures.

Kukoc was finally pressed to the bench by the unbearable Zen master today, and only gave him 8 minutes of playing time in the whole game, but this guy only contributed 2 assists and 1 rebound, and did not score a point.

O'Neal Jr. should be nervous again, and in the third game he picked up two points in garbage time, extending the advantage over Kukoc to 6:2, although no one will be idle to put the two of them together to compare.

On the Heat's side, Hardaway broke out again, Mourning and Mashburn also contributed 18 and 17 points, and someone on the bench also stepped up, which made the Bulls' counterattack in the final quarter completely failed, and lost to the Heat in the fourth quarter for the first time, and finally lost to the Miami 75-87.

"I swear they're never going to win Game 2," Pippen swore after the Bulls' loss, telling reporters, "that's our bottom line, and that's the only thing I want to say." You can put my words on the front page of the newspapers, they won't win the second game, you can put it anywhere you want, they will not win the second game! ”

Well, 11 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 turnovers, 5 fouls. If Pippen can play better today, for example, with more than 20 points and fewer turnovers, the Bulls should not have a defeat in Miami.

In today's game, Zhang Wei felt that Pippen was the sinner of the Bulls' loss, his performance was too stupid, and he was actually killed by Mashburn, who had been overhauled for more than a season, is this still the No. 1 small forward in the East?

The Chicago media also criticized Pie's second brother's performance, which is of course a sense of distress, if Pippen is like this to Marshburn, then the BUG-like Zhang Mao will not be eaten alive?

Chicago fans will also settle accounts, although Rodman is getting older and stronger this year, but compared to the Lakers' Mutombo and Mason, the Lakers undoubtedly have the upper hand in the comparison of the strength of the two teams on the inside.

The Chicago Tribune is extremely worried about this, Mutombo and Mason's division of labor is very clear, the former is responsible for air defense and supplemental defense, and Mason is responsible for low single defense and evil, such a high-low combination of interior configuration, on the defensive end of the entire league there are few teams can match.

Moreover, Mason can not only defend and be a bodyguard, but he can also contribute a lot of strength on the offensive end and the organizational end, which is a team with a similar role to Rodman, but the offense is better than the No. 4 position, he is not as good as Rodman's only rebounding, as well as a variety of small actions and psychological warfare.

But it doesn't matter, there is Mutombo to help defend the rebound, and Lao Mu is also a guy who can elbow Jordan's teeth out at critical moments, these two are against the Bulls' Rodman + Longley's interior lineup, and even Bulls fans are pessimistic, thinking that their team will suffer a big loss on the inside.

On the outside, except for Jordan, no one else has to worry about, Pippen is not Zhang Zhu's opponent, but Bulls fans still hope that Pippen will not be beaten too badly, but if he only has today's performance, it will be too miserable against the Lakers.

Pippen was a little red-eyed, but no one took his words seriously, and Zhang Wei had already begun to mock the enemy in the east, commenting: "Judging by his performance today, I really don't know what he did to fulfill his oath." ”

Zhang Yu has the kung fu to taunt others, and the idle New York media has begun to turn their attention to the family business behind him.

With the official separation of the ICQ business and the game business at the end of May, there has been a lot of news of huge financing in the market, and some media even predict that the two fathers and sons will be worth more than 10 billion US dollars by the end of the year.

At this time, the news about the two fathers and sons' intention to buy the Lakers also began to spread, and to be honest, Old Bass was a little bottomless.

Old Buss is not worried about the wealth of the Dragonborn company, but many Lakers fans support this news, and his prestige as a boss is already inferior to Zhang Qiu, so he began to worry that he will be put on the table by the two fathers and sons of the Zhang family.

Zhang is only a sophomore now, but in the summer he can renew his contract early in the rules, as long as the Lakers refuse to execute the final year of the rookie contract, the two sides first negotiate a breakup agreement, and then renew the contract at the speed of light, which can complete a contract extension of up to 7 years, but it seems to be a bit of a fake divorce.

Very few teams in the NBA will do this, which is equivalent to losing the last year of the rookie contract for nothing, and the team will pay tens of millions of dollars more for it, where can there be such a wronged owner?

However, old Bass now wants to be the wronged leader!

He knew that Zhang Qi would not value the salary of playing, but doing so would make the two fathers and sons embarrassed to really coerce Lakers fans into forcing him as rumored.

Old Buss doesn't want to sell the Lakers, so putting himself on the weak side can attract the sympathy of fans, and the two fathers and sons can't do too much to themselves, and Zhang Zhu has to continue to work for him obediently to help him raise the value of the Lakers to a higher level.

Old Bass's worries are not unreasonable, Zhang Wei really wants his father to buy the Lakers, and even united Magic and West, he really wants to drive Old Bass out of the Lakers.

The reason, of course, is because of interests.

Now seeing that his performance has more than doubled the value of the Lakers in the past two years, but the benefits are all for others to get, it is no wonder that he can feel comfortable.

If the Lakers win the championship this year, the value of the "Lakers", which he has polished more brightly, in the world is afraid that the value of the "Lakers" will increase by another billion 800 million, of course he wants to get this benefit, at least he must force Old Bass to give up part of the shares, otherwise he will only make wedding dresses for others, he is not so kind, don't treat him as a black slave!

However, this thing will not start until the summer, and he must first help the Lakers win the championship, and then he can have the capital to coerce Lakers fans into forcing the palace. Moreover, this matter must be led by the magician and West, and even Jeanne Buss, and it is better to let her betray her father, then there will be no problem, but he must not take it himself.

On May 25, after the first three games of the division finals in the East and West, the Lakers led the Jazz with a total score of 3:0 to get the match point, but the Bulls overturned in the first game on the road, temporarily leading the Heat 2:1, but there was already suspense in this round of the series.

A day later, the Lakers will face the Jazz again in Salt Lake City, and this game will likely be the final game of the series.

In the shooting practice before the game, it was revealed that Malone yelled "Let's not be swept by them" as soon as he entered the locker room, which was so loud that reporters outside the locker room heard it.

Unfortunately, in today's situation, even the most die-hard Jazz fans are beginning to doubt Malone's rhetoric. They've seen firsthand how the Lakers block the Jazz's pick-and-roll. It looked like the Lakers had taken away all hope from the Jazz that night, putting them on the verge of being swept 0-4.

At the pre-match press conference, Zhang Zhu said very smartly: "Our goal is to finally enter the finals, not to sweep the opponents. ”

The reporters in Salt Lake City were upset when they heard this, what do you mean by that?

Do you really think that everyone else is stupid, don't you mean to sweep us away?

"Then it goes without saying, the game that can be swept away, who is more than you!"

Zhang Qi was laughing at the angry local media in front of him, what was the use of being angry? Who let you can't beat us, the "dish" of competitive competition is the original sin, it's better to lie down honestly!