Chapter Twenty-Eight: A Harvest in the Playoffs

Kenjiro was sent off, and O'Neill didn't have the spirit to continue playing, and looked at Ostertag's eager appearance, and gave up the idea of continuing to chase points.

The Jazz were also physically and mentally exhausted, the Lakers gave up, and the Jazz also borrowed the slope to get off the donkey.

Won the key battle, I thought that Jazz had a smooth road in front of the record, but the veteran did not die, but he would be injured.

First of all, the Jazz will return to the backup center Bailey injured, although he played less than 15 minutes, the veteran is an important part of the Jazz bench, the big white bear Ostertag has been injured all these years, Sloan has been careful in using his time this year, and the only fortunate Kenjiro has grown up quickly.

Kenjiro played around 30 points in a few consecutive games, five minutes more than before, but fortunately, Kenjiro's equipment solved the problem of physical strength very well, which also improved Kenjiro's data a lot.

In the few games when Bailey was injured, Kenjiro scored 22 points per game, broke 10 rebounds, and increased his assists to 5, and the average data of Malone and Kenjiro in the Jazz team has been infinitely close.

On the Most Valuable Player list, Kenjiro also jumped to fourth place, only behind Malone, Mourning, and Duncan, and this also takes into account the results of Malone's split.

Malone didn't say it, but Kenjiro could see that Malone wanted to win the MVP, because of Jordan's existence, the four centers could only eat the rest of Jordan, not to mention Marlon, who only won his own MVP trophy for the first two years, but unfortunately lost to Jordan in the end, I have to say that this is a pity for Malone.

The strong rise of Jazz this year makes Malone hope that this year can become a masterpiece in his life.

The cooperation between Malone and Stockton is still the existence of nuclear weapons in the regular season, and Malone is still the most powerful weapon for the Jazz to solve the game, so the injury did not stop the Jazz from moving forward, and the Jazz have also become the team with the most consecutive wins in NBA history.

In the end, the Jazz's winning streak stopped at 35 games, and the last thing that stopped the Jazz's winning streak was the Lakers, this game Malone and Kenjiro performed very badly, Malone scored 20 points but used 20 shots, Kenjiro scored 18 points on 16 shots, and finally Kenjiro wanted to try to use shark slashing tactics, but today O'Neal felt hot and made 8 of 8 free throws.

Kenjiro also gave up, and finally the Jazz lost to Los Angeles, but this defeat did not affect the league's evaluation of the Jazz, and some reports even pointed out that perhaps the Jazz should be grateful for this loss, so that the Jazz have a chance to breathe and re-challenge the championship, otherwise in this intensive season, the Jazz team with more veterans will collapse sooner or later if it comes to the playoffs with more competitive pressure.

As the report said, Sloan has long been worried about the health of the team's players, and the only thing that reassures Sloan is that the three most critical members of the Jazz team are in good shape, neither Malone nor Stockton are lazy for rest, and now the team has an additional training maniac Kenjiro.

Sloan regretted that it would be nice if he had signed Kenjiro to a three-year rookie contract, and that he could sign Kenjiro when Malone's contract expired.

What satisfies Sloan is that Kenjiro signed a one-year contract with a final salary, and it has not been spread yet, knowing that they are all members of the team, and everyone's desire for a championship is not low, so no one is bored.

If you let others know that someone is looking for death, it is estimated that you will be traded out before the playoffs.

Sloan began to adjust the team, reduce the playing time of players, and also intentionally or unintentionally increased the number of shots made by Malone, and at the end of the season, Malone successfully increased his scoring average to 25 points per game, and Malone's shooting also dropped a lot.

The Jazz lost seven of their last fifteen games, but that didn't affect the fact that the Jazz finished first in the regular season.

At the same time as the second place, the Spurs in the West are 35-15, there is no Jordan in the East this year, and it is obvious that the West is strong and the East is weak, and the Heat is only 32-18 in the East, which is very strong for the Jazz.

The second and third places in the West, the Spurs and Pacers, respectively, are among the two best teams this season, and if they go through the first round, the battle between the two teams in the second round will be wonderful, if the Jazz advance to the Western Conference Finals.

Facing the Timberwolves who were more lucky in the first round, the young Garnett followed the advice of his agent and ate his future with a bloody mouth, and a sky-high contract cut off the Timberwolves' competitiveness for several years.

Is Garnett worth the price, the answer is yes, if Garnett is a few years younger, no matter how much money he gives, the team is willing to take it, but now Garnett is too young, he has not proven himself, he does not have enough qualifications, and this time the team's salary class will completely collapse.

The departure of the lone wolf Marbury, with a 12-6 record in the opening game, made the Timberwolves, who felt that the future was very bright, and was thrown into the abyss of hell at once.

Basically, the game between the Jazz and the Timberwolves at home is that the Jazz beat Garnett alone, and when they arrive at the Timberwolves' home court, they become Garnett and a group of Jazz players, so there is no difference.

Garnett shot 14 of 20 in the third game, scored 30 points and 15 rebounds, and did not help the Timberwolves to save the end of being swept.

Malone also got his wish to lift his second Most Valuable Player trophy, and Kenjiro also ushered in a bumper harvest.

He was almost unanimously voted for the Rookie of the Year and Sixth Man of the Year trophies, and Kenjiro was named to the league's best third team and second defensive team, although it was not a lot less honor points, but he won three Rookie of the Month awards this season.

This enriches the honor in Kenjiro's hands, and without hesitation, he directly upgraded the shoes and knee pads to the full level, three pieces of full-level equipment, and the system prompts a linkage effect, please select (offense) (defense).

Kenjiro thought about it and finally chose to attack, and now the Jazz's defensive intensity is not weak, and Kenjiro is more practical to come off the bench to attack.

When there were more than a dozen honor points left, Kenjiro found that he had brushed out a headband this time, and the introduction above was very evocative, and Kenjiro decided.

Hair Bands: Reduce impact above the neck, save the hairline, and keep hair thick. (Buy one)

In the first round against the Rockets, O'Neal delivered a bloody horror of 33 points, 10 rebounds (4.5 frontcourt rebounds), 4 assists and 4 blocks.

made Barkley's last effort come to naught, originally to come to the Rockets to hug his thigh, but he didn't expect to end up becoming a thigh.

O'Neal was confident to teach the Jazz a lesson in the playoffs, but Kenjiro smiled as he watched O'Neal average nearly 20 free throws per game in the first round, and O'Neal shot a pitiful four-and-a-half in the first round of the playoffs.

And the Jazz are not a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled Rockets, no, they are always older, but the state of the players is not the same as the Rockets.