% H s G 47D+ ͝ ] P2 N,^(Z2 Rֿ R( Ä a, Ӳ and Jazz opened 8 wins, the Bulls in the first place in the East were also pulled away with 6 wins, and now no one can stop the Lakers from creating 70+ wins. But letting the Lakers break fewer records is something that many teams want to do now, especially the Jazz, who will play the Lakers twice in the last six games, and the Clippers, who are guarding the tail, they all think that they are the key players in making the Lakers have some blood.

Today's Jazz is the first difficulty for the Lakers, these bastards are obviously in second place in the West, and they can't go up or down, but they just can't be wantless, and they have to reduce the Lakers' victory.

Jerry Sloan is very innocent, he doesn't release water for the playoffs, if the Lakers easily get 72 wins, 73 wins, or even higher records, then the playoffs don't have to be played, the morale of the Lakers will rush to the end, and it will be difficult for the Jazz, who are not dominant, to win again.

Therefore, at this time, they have to fight for breath if they don't fight for steamed buns, this game can't be put in any way, and they must fight for victory and hit the arrogant arrogance of the Lakers!

"Don't worry, they can't stop us!"

Zhang Zhu's words are a pun, which can be understood as "even if the Jazz win today, we can still break the record, they can't stop us", of course, this is the explanation after the loss, and this is not the meaning when we win.

"Let's kill them!"

"The Jazz are strong, but they still lose."

"The buns in Salt Lake City dare to block our way, and we will teach them to be humans!"

"They're killing themselves!"

“……”

The Lakers players have now learned a lot of mantras from Zhang Zhu, and their arrogant attitude is very similar, but today's game is not easy to play, which Zhang Qiu knows very well, but these guys may not have a number.

"It's really not forced!"

Zhang found that these teammates only learned their own arrogance off the field, but did not learn how to value their opponents on the field.

Where is the strength of the Jazz this season, Zhang Zhu can't say clearly, anyway, they can win, and whether they play a strong team or a weak team, you may know how they will play, because the Jazz's cards have always been on the table, but you just can't prevent it, you can't win, which is very interesting.

This year's Jazz can play back and forth with anyone, and they are all similar routines, with countless changes derived through blocking and pick-and-roll.

That's right, everyone knows that they are very good at blocking and dismantling, but they just can't hold the cooperation of the two elders, and then you can see that the Jazz rely on their more stable play than any team to kill you.

The chemistry between the Lakers and the Bulls is already perfect, but it will be a little worse when they meet the Jazz, so every time they face the Jazz, it is difficult to separate, and they must keep their state above the level to have a chance to win, otherwise they will lose, which is the terrible thing about the Jazz.

And in the game with the Jazz, the key to deciding the outcome is generally in the last few minutes of the final quarter, and even the last minute to decide the outcome, and it is not easier to get the Jazz in three quarters than to beat the Lakers.

Harris believes that this year's Jazz is strong in the role player play steadily, and although the two are old, these two adult monsters keep their respective states almost perfect, as long as these two people complete the cooperation, and then if they want to prevent them, they must miss the others.

It's embarrassing, it's not impossible to prevent the second elder, but the Jazz's role players are likely to explode because of this; On the other hand, if the second elder is not restricted, Ma Long alone can cut 40+ with his extremely high efficiency, and it is not a problem for two people to cut fifty or sixty points in a game, and the efficiency will make any team vomit blood.

So how do you fight?

In fact, it's not that complicated, and the best way is to fight for hard power, because the strength of the Jazz on the books is not inexplicable, but it doesn't even seem to be in the top five. Then do your homework before the battle, and make the details as fine as possible, so that the chances of winning will be much greater.

This is not a one-man fight, you must ensure that each player has enough research on his opponent, at least to know his role on the field, know what he should do, what he will do in his position, and then combine the tactical arrangement of the coaching staff, go all out to play every round well, and minimize mistakes.

But obviously, the Jazz will do the same, so it will be up to who can limit their opponents more, maximize themselves, and who will make fewer mistakes in the game.

In today's game, the Lakers have a lot of physical disadvantage, and at the same time, they are not as good as the Jazz in their homework.

It's not that time is too late, and even if the Lakers don't play back-to-back games, their pregame homework won't be as good as the Jazz have done.

This is also where the Jazz are great, they are a team with very few nightlife, plus there is a military-style management coach, all teams in the NBA are not opponents of the Jazz with diligence and dedication, and people will naturally gain if they pay.

Most people just see that the Jazz play steadily, and they can always win even if they are not the strongest, but they don't know how much effort they have put into it and how much sweat they have left behind.

As soon as the game opened, Zhang Mao could feel that he was being targeted, and he still put a lot of effort into research.

The biggest difference between today's Jazz players and Lakers players is that they are very clear about their tasks and positioning, everyone knows what they should do, and they do not panic in the face of unexpected situations, and they are "steady" in one word.

As long as this is reflected in the position on the defensive end, the Jazz have a clear laissez-faire attitude towards Kidd's three-point shot, and even shrink the defense against Finley, and the arrow points to the middle that Zhang likes to break through.

Zhang Qi has also seen this kind of defensive formation in other teams, almost every team will put a relatively three-dimensional formation to deal with him, but most of these formations are scattered by him, and then he can rely on his perverted reaction and confrontation ability to penetrate the opponent in one fell swoop.

The execution of the Jazz players is obviously much higher, even if he breaks through, you can't see the Jazz players panicking, just be vigilant in the next round, so it will be more and more difficult for Zhang Mao to break through.

Last season, the Jazz lost in the absence of an excellent defensive No. 3 position to defend him, this kind of defense will have a big hole, the first is that the interior line has no time to fill the position, and the wings have not had time to respond, Zhang Yu pierced the entire defense line as soon as he rushed.

This season, Sloan has dug up Brian Russell from the inside, don't be a big mouth, but the improvement is obvious, especially on the defensive end.

If it was just Russell alone, Zhang Qian didn't feel any pressure, but Ma Long on the inside line also kept staring at him, and even the pressure on both sides was always coming, and the Jazz's defense line echoed back and forth, and the two wings were connected, which made Zhang Fu feel very difficult.

In the first quarter, Zhang Zhu tried a lot of methods, and finally found that the Jazz's defense is a bit unlike a single defense, there will be at least two Jazz players on both sides of him at any time, and Malone also focuses most of his attention on him, even if the Jazz players don't dare to completely ignore their opponents like a real joint defense, Zhang Zhu will definitely be caught by four breads as long as he breaks through.

But this kind of embattled defense has a first and a last, and it is by no means a swarm of rushing towards Zhang Mao.

The Jazz are also afraid of being killed by the Lakers' three-point shots, so when will Stockton retract the bag, when will Lao Huo leave Finley to help, and how to master Malone's filling time, these details Jazz is very particular, and they have put a lot of effort into it at a glance, and they have practiced I don't know how many times.

"These bastards are so good at execution?"

Zhang Yu felt that today's game was not like the regular season, he had a lot of breakthroughs in the first quarter, but there were not many successes, there were basically no comfortable shooting opportunities, and the success rate of strong shots was too low, and finally found that he could only share the ball with his teammates.

However, even if the ball is passed, it will face the same trouble, and the Jazz are still prepared for this, if his ball is passed early, he will not be able to mobilize the Jazz's defensive formation, and people will not be fooled. But if the pass is late, the passing route will be blocked again.

"If you can't break through, you won't have a chance to break through, so I'll block and dismantle!"

Zhang Yi said that the Lakers will also play blocking and dismantling, and Mason is a very good cover player, and he can barely make up for it by calling it a little Malone, and this is enough, after all, the Lakers don't have many blocking and dismantling routines, the purpose is to let him get better offensive space.

In the second quarter, the Lakers started to block and dismantle, but this method was forced to give up after only half a quarter, and Zhang Fu also found that this way was not working.

Harris wrote down this lesson with a small notebook on the sidelines, and this trick can only be used as an embellishment for the Jazz in the future, hoping to eat enough by "blocking and dismantling", so it just fell into the Jazz's abacus.

No why, just as the Jazz don't play fast-paced with the Lakers, when you play against your opponent what they do best, you're already halfway there.

In the first half, the Lakers trailed by 16 points, which is a big score behind.

Harris's midfield setup was to let Kidd be the main control in the second half, Mason also had to take the ball more in the high post, and Zhang Qi played without the ball in the second half.

Of course, Harris deprived the Koala baby of the ball, so he has to get the sweetness back in other aspects, otherwise what will you do to save the face of the eldest brother?

Don't say that face is not important, this thing is very important to every star, very important.

Therefore, the Lakers' offense in the second half was completely handed over to Zhang Mao, which is a step.

Zhang Qi has the stairs down, so he doesn't care so much.

He knew that he was not lightly targeted today, so he went to play other tricks, and the result of blindly going to the head was to fall behind by 16 points at halftime, and the Lakers have rarely had such a big disadvantage this season, which is by no means explained by back-to-back, although they will definitely explain it that way.

However, the Jazz showed their cunning side in the second half - they didn't target Zhang again!

But don't get me wrong here, Sloan didn't guess that Zhang was going to play without the ball in the second half, but they didn't want the Lakers to figure out their defensive routines.

In the first half, the Jazz had already tested their defense against the Lakers in the playoffs and received satisfactory results, so they could completely stop it.

It's a regular season game with a big lead, and it's wise for them to play with the default routine in the second half, and it's wise to stay in the playoffs.

Zhang Qi felt very bad, and the Jazz suddenly stopped playing with them in the second half.

But instead of being angry about this, it's that the Jazz's default defense is good for defending off the ball, which makes him feel bad.

The Jazz are a team that relies on deep experience, good positioning, cooperation, and no mistakes to defend.

Reggie Miller's position is erratic enough, and it is difficult to get too many vacant opportunities when facing the Jazz, no matter how strong Zhang Mao is, it will not be better than Miller's position, so this kind of defense will not give him too many opportunities, it is better to give him the ball directly to dry and pull efficiently, what kind of no ball!

In the third quarter, the Jazz's style of play became more defensive than offensive, and the gang began to hide clumsy.

However, the Lakers were still unable to catch up with the score as soon as possible, and after exerting a lot of physical strength in the third quarter, they could only chase the difference to 12 points in the first three quarters.

The Lakers are usually down by 12 points, and it's not a, but today is a back-to-back game, and the season is coming to an end, and they can't afford to fight the Jazz for a game that doesn't have the big picture.

In the final quarter, Harris still used a lot of rotation, and the main players except Zhang Wei only played five minutes.

Zhang Zhu can continue to play time, in addition to his own request, the Lakers' physical trainer also gave a reassuring report to the coaching staff.

Even at the end of the season, the koala baby's physical fitness is still not too problematic, and there is no muscle fatigue, let alone reduce his playing time to 378 minutes, even if he continues to play for more than 40 minutes.

There are no cards to restore physical strength in his card store, but there are cards to restore "pop" energy, which makes Zhang Fu not tired his kidneys in bed even if he doesn't control himself, and he won't be weak on the field.

In fact, everyone knows that the number one enemy of any "big ball" professional player is not injury, but women.

These women are so tired, men can conquer huge basketball and football fields, but they are often beaten by women in that small bed of 2 meters by 2 meters!

Zhang Yu smiled, his card can eliminate this worry, so it's not his physical fitness, but if any NBA player can be abstinent and kick a woman out of the house, he can make his physical fitness at least three or five percent stronger.

Every time the NBA announces a schedule, it swears that our arrangement is very scientific enough for the players to recover.

They really didn't lie, but they didn't say that it was in a "snapping" moderation situation, if the players go to the nightclub after playing, training, and go home with a girlfriend to collect seeds, then the schedule will not recover no matter how light it is.

Zhang was full of energy in the last quarter, and in the first five minutes, he took the bench to chase the score to within five points.

But the biggest problem with the bench lineup is that the defense is not good, either the young players are inexperienced, or the veterans lack athleticism.

The game is here, except for brushing up some data, Zhang Wei also knows that there is nothing he can do, counting on every game to turn the tide and complete a blood-boiling comeback, it is really better to save some energy to deal with the upcoming playoffs.

Therefore, when the game entered the last five minutes, the score was rewritten to 85:96 by a three-pointer from Stockton, and Zhang Fu, who had 24 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, walked off the court.

It's not impossible to recover 11 points in five minutes, but the Lakers didn't have to fight for it today.

Besides, you can't let the boss take full responsibility every time you encounter difficulties.

Zhang Fu is in average form today, and he is being targeted by his opponent again, so it's time for the other players to step up once.

Kidd didn't step up, Mason didn't step up, Finley and Starks didn't step up, and the gang was all holding back energy, apparently treating the Jazz as a game that could be strategically given up, just like Zhang Qi.

However, Big Ben didn't give up, and there was one little guy who didn't give up either, and that was little O'Neal, who was ignored by everyone.

Little O'Neal now has his pigtails combed, and his style is very different from the preseason, and many fans don't know who this guy is?

This is normal, O'Neal Jr. has not had the opportunity to guard the water cooler after playing two games in the regular season except for sitting on the bench in the preseason, and Lakers fans have even forgotten that they have such a high school rookie in the lottery area.

O'Neal Jr. came off the bench in the first two games of the regular season before being kicked out of the squad, and was not sent to the Development League at all, but has been training with the team.

The Lakers' coaching staff believes that O'Neal Jr. is still in the stage of tempering his body and polishing his basic skills, and if he is rashly sent to the development league and ignored it, it is equivalent to the nestling has not grown wings and left alone, then this immature young bird will be abolished.

O'Neill Jr.'s personality is different from Pippen's, but the two have one thing in common, that is, someone has to spur them forward with a whip behind them, and the higher the prestige of this person, the faster they can progress.

For the past five months, O'Neill Jr. has been doing boring basic and physical training, and since there are no games to play, his physical training has been the heaviest in the team, basically the same as the training of other players in the summer.

If there was no one to supervise little O'Neal, and there was no Zhang Yu to kick him in the ass from time to time, this thing would definitely not be able to sustain such training.

But once it survived, the growth rate of this black genius was amazing.

Greg Foster is a blue-collar interior player with little talent, but more than hard work, as a more reliable interior rotation player for the Jazz, he didn't take the lottery parallel goods like O'Neal Jr. in his eyes, there are too many black rookies who have no talent but can't play, and he feels that he can teach this guy to be a man.

"Kill him, you can't even clean up a rookie, you don't come back."

Zhang Wei ignored Greg on the sidelines, not only did he not take him seriously, but he really didn't look down on this kind of mediocrity at all.

Greg was next to little O'Neill, and naturally heard Zhang Fu's merciless contempt, but his anger was only fleeting, because he had experienced too many blows like this, and competitive competition dishes were the original sin, that is, no one could afford you!

O'Neal Jr. is full of confidence, he has never been as diligent as these five months, and he even feels that the sweat he has shed in these five months alone is worth his five years of basketball career.

But feeling the powerful power coming from his body, as well as the actual combat experience of being ravaged by Mutombo and Mason, including Big Ben for half a year, and then pairing Greg at this moment, little O'Neill really felt that the difficulty coefficient dropped by several levels.

Starks dribbled the ball to the front court and immediately passed it.

O'Neal Jr. stuck Greg with his back to receive the pass, quickly held the ball and turned around, opened his feet left and right, bent his knees slightly, and lowered his body's center of gravity, which is a three-threat action that can be rushed, thrown and passed.

Greg found himself unable to make an impact on the rookie's pre-offensive foreplay, but his experience told him that closing in or dropping back was the best option, but he didn't know if the guy was good at shooting or breaking, but considering that the rookie didn't shoot well, he still chose to be close to the first place.

O'Neal Jr. said he can shoot and break, but he now prefers to break rather than shoot.

O'Neal Jr. quickly kicked the ground with his left foot and stepped out to the side, while his right foot hit the ground, and his upper body shook his shoulder slightly, and then regardless of whether Greg was deceived or not, he broke through in the opposite direction......

"Stiff!"

"Feints are like routine."

"This shaking is too naïve!"

The Lakers' three interior generals have a deep contempt for O'Neal Jr.'s formula-like breakthrough moves, which are like training against the wooden man, regardless of the opponent's reaction, there is almost no improvisation, just forcibly completing a set of training moves, and the traces are too heavy.

But the problem is, little O'Neal moves fast!

Besides, most people slowly progress from a rigid routine, and who can be improvisable from the beginning?

There are only a few real geniuses in each era.

It's true that O'Neill Jr. is a genius, but it is more reflected in the body, and he still has to hone his moves slowly.

Greg had already judged O'Neal Jr.'s feint, but was embarrassed...... He can't keep up!

This is the helplessness on the basketball court, sometimes you know how to defend, but you just can't prevent it, because people's actions and reactions are faster than you, and the confrontation ability is better than yours, then you have no chance to win.

"Toot!"

Greg strides and moves right in the right position for O'Neal Jr.'s breakthrough route, but is half a step slower, so O'Neal Jr. not only crashes into him, but also throws the ball the moment the whistle blows.

"Huh!"

Goal score, 2+1!

"Well, good luck!"

Zhang Zhu and Mutombo applauded gently, they didn't like this ugly style of play in their hearts, but for a rookie high school student, you shouldn't be so demanding, so let's encourage it.

Little O'Neill was so excited, especially when he saw Zhang Qi applauding himself off the field, his little face immediately became rosy!

This is really exciting, little O'Neill is usually kicked and taught by Zhang Yu, followed by being shaken by Uncle Mu, and then being scolded by Mason loudly! It's really rare to be praised by three people like now.

As soon as O'Neill Jr. became excited, Greg was even less of an opponent, even if he could make the right judgment, unless he could make a move in advance, the defense would always be passive, and the explosiveness and speed were too different, and there was no other possibility except to be exploded.

In the last three minutes of the game, O'Neal Jr. broke this Grig, and the difference was actually chased by the Lakers to 4 points.

This forced Harris to pay attention to it and replace most of the main players, including Zhang Zhu, who also returned to the court, leaving only a surprising O'Neal Jr.

The Jazz didn't dare to be careless, and the starters returned to their positions one after another, and now the outcome of the game has become difficult to say.

O'Neal Jr. scored 7 points in a row with a breakthrough in two minutes, a state that even he couldn't believe that he had become the savior of the team? Is there such a day?

Zhang Mao also handed the ball to O'Neal Jr. after coming on the court, and still let him attack.

This is normal, since the opportunity to turn the game was created by O'Neill Jr., then continue to give him the ball.

Harris didn't replace him, which is also what he meant, otherwise O'Neill Jr. would definitely have emotions in his heart, which would hit the young man's self-confidence too much.

However, Malone is not as rookie as Greg, don't look at the "Postman", but he is perverted in the upper body muscles are so developed, his feet are unusually flexible, and his defensive experience is sophisticated, even if O'Neal Jr. still has a lot of advantages in explosiveness, but Malone knows how to use confrontation to reduce the opponent's breakthrough speed, and then completely end the opponent with his not slow pace.

O'Neal Jr. has mastered a few very stiff routines in the breakthrough at this stage, and he can barely use them on the court, and he has not learned how to be flexible.

"Toot!"

As soon as the whistle blew, O'Neill Jr. couldn't even control his pace under the defense of Ma Long, and flew out with a single contact, and his steps were violated.

Thirty seconds later, Kidd took the ball and gave it to O'Neal Jr.

Everyone knows that this is his last chance to perform.

"Bang!"

O'Neal Jr. didn't foul this time, but under Ma Long's close defense, he could only force a shot, a throwing that was almost three sticks, and "throwing" is a technique he has not mastered at all at this stage, that is to say, in the face of Ma Long, he has nothing to do, he can only shoot blindly!

Harris made a decisive adjustment, in fact, the Lakers fans in front of the TV already feel that it is too late to adjust, they are complaining about why these two key offenses did not give the ball to Zhang Fu's hands, if these two goals are scored, won't they turn the tables?

But the problem is that at this time, no one knows whether their offense can score, and since the opportunity to turn the game was created by O'Neal Jr., of course the ball must be given to him.

Harris, Zhang Mao, Kidd, Mutombo and others may not have guessed that Malone would teach little O'Neill to be a man, but the parties themselves definitely don't know, just like parents teach their children to be human, even if what you say is right, if you don't let him suffer, they won't know your hard work, let alone grow up.

The Lakers may pay the price of losing, but sometimes things have to be done, and growth has a price, Harris knows this, Zhang Wei knows, and even Malone knows it......

"Boy, you think you're the savior?" Malone turned around and scored a goal on the head of O'Neal Jr., and then just like Morning, Mason and others who taught rookies at the beginning, they hit the self-confidence of these little guys, "No, you let your team lose, you are the sinner of the team losing." ”

"So what, as a man, even if you lose face, you have to hold on to something." Zhang Wei appeared beside Little Oni in time, patted Little O'Neill, whose confidence quickly collapsed, and then glared at Ma Long, "Don't worry, your death knell, I will ring it for you!" ”

"Phew, you can't even score yourself, and you still have the face to help others?"

Ma Long said that you are pretending to be a bit excessive, who is the winner now?

"Excuse me, I don't want to be like you and not have a champion in my life, don't you know that you are born with a declining appearance? I mean the kind that doesn't have a championship relationship! ”

Zhang Fu's words were too heart-wrenching, and Malone was already so angry that he was about to hit someone, so he didn't notice that Zhang Zhu secretly made a gesture to little O'Neill behind his back, which was a gesture to "block and dismantle".

"It's coming!"

Little O'Neill thought silently in his heart, the time and timing of Zhang Mao's emergence were just right, and Little O'Neal was both moved and refreshed in his heart, especially when he saw Ma Long's eyes burning with anger by Zhang Fu, but his helpless expression.

"Not good!"

As soon as Malone saw little O'Neal and didn't know when to slip to the top of the arc and stand, he knew that he had paid too much attention to the bickering with Zhang Qi, although the rookie's blocking was not very good, but he was a little fast to go down the inside line.

O'Neill Jr. didn't completely block people, but he was a little fast as he went down, and he was already in the box in two steps.

Zhang Yu threw the ball into the basket, and O'Neal Jr. jumped up and knocked another guy named Greg away, smashing the ball into the basket!

"Toot!"

Jazz fans booed, and the referee blew another whistle, but this time instead of blowing for a Jazz foul, Ostertag took his position early, this time it was O'Neal Jr. who fouled someone.

There are several important changes to NBA rules this season, such as the fact that the Reasonable Collision Zone is centered on the basket and within a semicircle with a 4-foot radius, where an offensive player hitting an auxiliary defender in an identified defensive position will not be fouled, but will still be fouled outside the 4-foot radius of the semicircle.

Ostertag was clearly standing 4 feet away and was on his feet early, and O'Neal Jr. jumped high and far, but it didn't change the fact that he hit someone.

"Hey, you go one step inside!"

Zhang Wei was very helpless, when he passed the ball, he took into account Ostertag's position, O'Neal Jr. could completely avoid the opponent and jump again, and he had time to complete the slam dunk.

However, this little guy has too little practical experience, and once such a good opportunity is missed, this game is likely to be hopeless.

O'Neal Jr. was also hit and had just gained a bit of self-confidence, but the foul left him demoralized again. And in just a few minutes, he's already committed three fouls, the Lakers have more than four fouls, and the Jazz are now going to make free throws.

With two free throws, the margin returned to double digits, but with only one minute left in the game, the Lakers lost 100-108 to the Jazz.

"Don't be discouraged, you must know that every failure is accompanied by honor and redemption." Zhang Qi went up to relieve little O'Neal after the game, "Besides, we were going to lose, you almost succeeded in helping us get back into the game, now go back and sum up the experience, continue to train, and you will become stronger the next time we meet." ”

Zhang Wei is still very satisfied with O'Neal Jr., this guy doesn't have a virtual training system, not to mention that he is still an inside player, and it is already very good to have such progress in five months. In another summer, this little guy will almost have the strength to play off the bench with the Lakers.