The Lakers lost to the Jazz at home, and this upset caused countless people to lose heavily.

Mutombo, for his part, has confirmed that he will not be able to play in the second game, but the exact injury has not been revealed, and it is not yet known how long he will be out of action.

For a while, the outside world turned the wind around, and a swarm of people looked at the decline of the Lakers.

Zhang felt that the second game would cause more people to lose a lot, because he simulated a total of four games against the Jazz on Thursday and Friday, and Mutombo did not play in all four games, but the Lakers' record was 3-1.

"Is Big Ben so powerful?"

Zhang Zhu didn't expect that under the simulation of the system, Big Ben could actually make up for Mutombo's lack to a certain extent; O'Neal Jr. also played well on the offensive end; Jones played at a 20+ level; Kidd even played a 15+10+8 performance; Even Ginobili and Battle can contribute on the offensive end.

This makes Zhang Wei hard to believe, are his teammates so awesome? Why can't you see it?

"Well, I shouldn't have the attribute of a ruined teammate, right?"

Zhang Qi suddenly had a terrible thought, but then shook his head vigorously! This possibility absolutely does not exist, if he really wastes his teammates, can the Lakers get 74 wins and 76 wins?

Harris is still struggling, Mutombo is no longer there, how to match the Lakers' interior combination?

Put Zhang Zhu on the fourth position, or put the big book on the fourth position?

If Big Ben is used to play the No. 4 position, wouldn't the Lakers' interior height be only 2.02 meters? Is this height feasible?

Harris also shook his head, he thought that this height of the interior combination is too crazy, in addition to ancient times, has the NBA ever had this kind of interior combination with an average height of 202cm?

But Zhang Fu's words made Harris have to send this set of interior combinations that are so short that even Lakers fans feel that they are dying. Because the koala baby said bluntly: "I don't play the number four position, let Ben start".

Of course, Zhang Yu didn't want to play the No. 4 position, but he found in the system simulation that this set of inside lines composed of Big Ben and Mason did not make the Jazz explode!

With the frequent participation of the outside line, although this interior combination could not withstand the impact of Malone and McDyes, the battle damage was completely within the Lakers' tolerance.

The combination of Big Ben + Mason, not only did not make the Lakers' interior mobility decline, but in fact, it is not bad in terms of confrontation ability and athleticism, the weakness is just Big Ben's experience, and Mason can't get Ma Long, but as long as the outside line can support in time, it can relieve a lot of pressure on the two insiders, at least the Lakers' interior line will not be beaten out of after the absence of Mutombo.

Of course, supporting the outside will allow the Jazz's outside players to find a lot of opportunities, which will require Big Ben and Mason to complement their outside teammates, and the interior will have to help the outside fill the holes, and they will need to form a perfect rotation to defend their vulnerable paint area without Mutombo.

Game 2 was difficult, but they didn't have a chance to take out the Jazz, after all, the Lakers' offensive end was not affected.

What Zhang Qi is worried about now is that the system simulation is not the same as the real game, and Big Ben's performance in the first battle is very different from his performance under the system simulation, but at least the system thinks that it is better to let him play the No. 4 position.

Big Ben himself didn't know that he could be used as a puppy under the simulation of the system, and Zhang Yu did feel that he was very much like a miniature version of Mutombo in the simulation, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was a puppy.

But in real training, the performance of this puppy is still too tender, it is not difficult for Zhang Mao to pick him up, even Mason can use his experience to play a dozen big books, which makes the Lakers a little pessimistic, can such Ben Wallace fill the vacancy of Mutombo?

Big Ben didn't lose confidence, and after the Lakers won 3-0 in the last round, he began to watch the Jazz's games this year repeatedly, especially the Jazz's games against the Bulls and Pistons, and he was eager to learn from Barkley and Rodman.

Mason is also passing on his experience without reservation, and Zhang has been playing the role of McDyce in pre-match training, with the aim of familiarizing Big Ben with his opponent.

It's a pity that there is not much time for them to continue practicing in reality, so Zhang Qian can only secretly practice how to quickly assist in defense and fill gaps in the interior line in virtual training.

On Friday, the Bulls continue to host the Heat at home.

There was no suspense in the outcome of this game, Mourning was once again seen dead by the Bulls, the Heat lacked firepower on the offensive end, and the defensive end was completely unable to withstand the impact of Jordan, Hill, Barkley and Van Exel, and the whole court was suppressed, and was finally taken away by the Bulls in the fourth quarter.

The next day, the Bo2 contest between the Lakers and the Jazz is about to begin, and the matchup between these two teams is at least a bit more suspenseful than the East.

Since yesterday, many people have been paying attention to the league's announcement, because Stockton's malicious foul on Mutombo was still dug up after the game, will David Stern add a ban to this old thing?

David Stern hesitated for a long time, and Stockton's foul could be suspended, but Zhang Mao, as the first brother in the league, if he relied on this method to equalize the total score, it would not be beneficial for the NBA to promote it around the world, especially for Zhang Mao personally.

It's not that he doesn't want to help his godfather, but will it be better for Zhang Qian after helping?

Of course not, if Stockton is suspended, it is a matter of course for the Lakers to win, and Zhang Yu will not be able to get a prestige boost from it, and he will be laughed to death if he loses.

But on the other hand, if the Lakers win without Mutombo, it will be in the best interest of Zhang and the league, because they will have more topics to hype, and then give Zhang Zhu the title of "savior", which will immediately seem worthy of the name.

Zhang Yu also means this, he doesn't have the strength to turn things around, even if his godson exerts his strength, it has to be after 0:2, and now he has not reached the point where he disregards decency and only seeks victory.

On May 16, some gossip began to circulate, and there was even internal leakage that Mutombo needed to undergo an operation due to an injury and would miss a month's games as a result.

"A month, is it so serious?"

"If you have to have surgery, is it really a broken egg?"

"What a tragedy, why didn't he wear a shield?"

“……”

After these news spread, fans obviously watched more excitement, and the so-called sympathy was more like ridicule.

"Do you want to wear a shield?"

Zhang Qi was also asked a question before the game, and someone actually asked him, will he wear a protective shield in today's game?

"Of course not, for players, less armor is better, because most of the armor will hinder speed and agility, especially for things like putting something in the lower body, which is not only uncomfortable, but can also hurt **."

"It makes it difficult to move, and when you turn around, it's like a big thing made of hard plastic, you try to turn around, it affects your agility and ability," Kidd said. ”

The journalist asked: "Considering the tragedy of Mutombo, don't you feel worried about this?" ”

Zhang Qi immediately smiled: "Seriously, when playing basketball, it is difficult for you to concentrate on causing heavy injuries to the opponent, and most of the players' injuries come from their own failure to control their bodies. So, when you see someone going off the field with an injury, most of them can't control their body after the crash, but a good athlete should have the ability to keep their body balanced after the crash. ”

However, for Ma Long, Zhang Mao's point of view is nonsense, otherwise please explain his lung injury last year, and what does Mutombo say, is he unable to control the balance of 28?

However, some reporters in Salt Lake City were a little panicked, how did they feel that Zhang Fu was making excuses in advance for a moment of hurtful behavior? He wouldn't still want to get revenge on Stockton, would he?

Los Angeles reporters wanted to know the exact extent of Mutombo's injury, but Lakers players said they didn't know.

Of course, Zhang Zhu knew the real injury of Mutombo, and the reason for their internal absence was clearly written "**injury", but only he knew that Mutombo was now facing two choices, one was to undergo ** repair surgery, the other was to recuperate and recover, and the recovery speed was faster, if there was an excellent doctor to perform the operation, the safety would be more secure.

But Mutombo, the old dog, obviously attaches great importance to his own **, and he first asks which way is safer, which is of course normal. But after repeatedly confirming that he had the money to hire a good doctor, it was safer to do surgery, and that he had no money to hire a good doctor, and that it was safest to recuperate, he still wanted to use the method of recuperation. Even after learning that the recovery time for the operation was half a month, but the recuperation would take a month, he still felt that it was better to recuperate.

This is very rough, but Mutombo's idea can also be understood, since it can be recovered without using a knife, of course it does not want to use a knife, and the team must be placed behind **.

In the end, it was Jerry West's painstaking persuasion for two days, coupled with the hospital and experts' tireless science popularization for him, that made Mutombo ruthless to use surgery for treatment. But looking at his virtue, it's like having surgery to put him on the execution ground.

"If you want me to say, just take the opportunity to pick his two peanuts."

Zhang Fu was very dark in his heart, but he didn't know that it didn't matter if 28 was gone, ** it would seriously affect the athlete's body, and it would be impossible to play again in the future, so it was not feasible to remove the peanut beans, but it was no problem to cut the strips.

"When the pick-and-roll tactic is executed, the big man and the little guy collide together, and in the battle between the small guy and the big guy, the advantage of the little guy is that if I hit this guy in the soft underbelly, I can knock him down instantly." That's what Zhang said to his teammates when he returned to the locker room, and he has said it more than once in the past two days, and he has been emphasizing it to his teammates and telling them: "When the big guys have their knees on us, we can do that." It's not a violent push, a lot of the time it's just a normal swing arm movement. ”

It's shameless, but against Jazz's blocking, if you're not shameless, you'll have to be yin.

Malone and Stockton over there are not good people, and Mutombo is just too light, and he underestimated the power of that little man, so he will be killed by one blow.

"Comrades, this is a ready-made lesson! But at the same time, it is also a ready-made model, which proves that the little man is really yin, and can actually be more lethal than the big man. Zhang Yu dared to make it so clear, in addition to being ruthless in dealing with the Jazz, he also knew that the alliance would definitely be particularly biased towards his side today, so if he didn't make good use of his advantages at this time, why would he use the remnants to kill the full Jazz?

The Jazz still delayed for half an hour to enter the game, and today's Jazz players no longer want to drag it out until Game 7, especially when Stockton is not suspended, but Mutombo is unable to play, and Sloan even has a plan to directly kill the Lakers 4:0.

Malone and Stockton also mean the same, as long as they can win the second away game, they will be equivalent to returning to the home court with a total score of 2:0, and at that time sweeping the Lakers is a matter of course, by no means whimsical.

The Lakers now hope that the series will drag on to Game 7, so that Mutombo will have a chance to return in the Finals, otherwise even if the Jazz are eliminated, once they face the outside line composed of Jordan, Hill, and Van Exel, it will be difficult for them to protect the restricted area.

Since it was determined that Mutombo would not play Game 2, the media has been predicting the Lakers' starting lineup for today, and the main disagreement is whether the Lakers will choose to use O'Neal Jr. or Ben Wallace?

The Lakers' start today proved that they trust Ben Wallace more and that O'Neal Jr. can't be relied on on the defensive end.

Other than that, there are no changes to the starting line-ups of both teams.

"Don't be nervous, stick to him, if you want to fill the position, just do it boldly, I will definitely fill your position."

Zhang Yu is still encouraging Daben after he plays, although this product doesn't seem to have any fluctuations in his expression, but he knows that Daben's heart is by no means without waves, otherwise he would not seem hesitant in the last game, only if he is afraid of making a mistake, he will hesitate and affect his judgment.

Daben was very grateful, because he had never seen an old man like Zhang Qi so actively help a blue-collar worker like him fill his position, which was really unheard of.

"Boy, watch out underneath yours!"

Stockton is really an old Liu scoundrel, and when he greeted Zhang Zhu before the game, this thing showed a slightly cowardly smile. But when he turned his head to greet Big Ben, he immediately said this with a gloomy face.

"Leon said, if I crush your balls, he'll give me a million dollars. I think you're worth the price, and I need the money so much. ”

Of course, Daben's words were taught by Zhang Mao, and he doesn't talk trash.

Zhang Qi didn't guess what Stockton would say to Big Ben, but he had planned to let Big Ben scare Stockton early on.

Not to mention, Big Ben's hideous appearance is quite a bit of an outlaw, Stockton has seen all kinds of bastards in his life, but Big Ben is rare, he knows that this kind of player is more ruthless than a high-profile guy like Rodman, because dogs that bite people generally don't bark, this principle is common all over the world.

Big Ben is not a nobody this year, he can average 21 minutes of playing time per game in the regular season, contributing 4.0 points, 6.1 rebounds, 0.5 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.5 blocks to the team, which is already very efficient, many media call him Rodman Jr., Big Ben does have Rodman's style in defense and rebounding.

Zhang knew that Big Ben was inferior to Rodman in rebounding, and while he was excellent at bounce, power, and awareness of where the ball landed, he didn't have Rodman's pathological focus on rebounding, and he couldn't spend countless hours studying game footage before and after games like Rodman did.

But Big Ben's awareness of complementing the defense is stronger than Rodman's, and his strength is stronger than Rodman's, as well as his explosive power at the first time makes him have a great advantage in blocks, Rodman has not blocked more than 1 season in his entire career, but Big Ben did it in his second season, only taking 20 minutes of playing time.

In the opening jump shot, Big Ben and McDyce battled for the ball, which was a battle between two short interior players who were the top bouncing players, but the result was that the speed of the ball prevailed over the height, and McDyes's advantage in speed allowed him to win the scrum for the Jazz.

The Jazz's first offense was aimed at Big Ben, a weakness in people's eyes, but it was not to underestimate him, Big Ben really couldn't beat the current McDyce in heads-up, but with Zhang Zhu's help in defense, the result was different, McDyes's first offense failed to hit under the bag of Zhang Zhu and Big Ben.

The Lakers opened the game with the usual focus on Zhang Mao, and they didn't suffer much on the offensive end, so Harris's real idea was: if he really can't hold it, then find a way to win the game with offense.

Zhang Fu thought the same thing in his heart, don't look at his constant encouragement before the game, but he didn't hope that he could complete the defensive task, so he must get enough points to win.

The Lakers got off to a good start, maybe they refused to applaud the young lady last night, Zhang Qian was in excellent shape today, his energy was almost overflowing, and the first offense was a breakthrough with a straight smash to the Yellow Dragon, directly from outside the three-point line to the basket, and finally with a two-handed dunk to make the Forum Arena sound the air defense alarm first.

But it's not over, in the face of Eric, who can attack and defend well, Zhang Zhu let the other party see the huge gap between the quasi-all-star and the historical supergiant, emergency stop jump shot, turn back, outside three-pointer, the game has just started 2 minutes, Zhang Zhu alone took the team's first 9 points, one word can describe his performance: do whatever he wants.

"You've died many times before you even died."

Zhang Wei didn't forget to humiliate this opponent with words, which was scolding the other party for being a coward, but unfortunately Eric obviously didn't understand what it meant.

After being bullied for two minutes, Eric was finally ready to fight back, but in the head-to-head battle, he was really difficult to compete with Zhang Zhu, and even if he used a pick-and-roll, it had little effect.

After being cut off by McDyes' head for four points in the opening stanza, Big Ben finally breathed a sigh of relief against Eric, who showed off his majesty with a head-on hat and showed his terrifying physicality. Zhang saw from behind that Big Ben bounced up almost on the spot and pressed the 235-pound Eric back to life, and it was hard to imagine the power that a power that a power forward with a height of only 203cm could have.

"Beautiful!"

Zhang Fu's eyes lit up, if the task of single defense McDyce is not qualified, but it is not bad to be able to contribute such a defense!

This is a bit too much, he really has no solution to score nine points in a row, but Mason and Big Ben are still struggling to deal with Malone and McDyce, even with the help of Zhang Zhu and Kidd, Stockton, the old yin dog, can still use two interior lines that can shoot to create scoring opportunities, even if the Lakers choose to wrap him, basketball can always be passed out, they can't block Stockton's passing route at all.

Now the Lakers' problem on the defensive end is still Stockton, and it is Stockton who really flies before the Jazz's double-up.

The Jazz were a bit of a mess on the defensive end, but they also quickly regained control of the game with their offense.

At 5:44, Kidd and Jones stepped forward to wrap up Stockton, and after Lao Huo caught a three-pointer from the outside, the Jazz rewrote the score to 20:14.

Lakers players found that their defense in the past two days of practice was completely unable to block the Jazz's iron triangle when they came to the court, and once they used too much force, it would make the old Huo and Eric on the outside get a vacant opportunity, and Stockton, an old bastard, could accurately find his outside teammates without looking at people, which made the Lakers lose a lot of money.

It's not that the Lakers players don't play yin, they listened to Zhang Qiu's words, but Stockton is more slippery than a loach on the court, if he is really so easy to be yin, how can he miss three games in his entire career?

This one is really amazing, Stockton has a higher attendance rate than many Iron Men, and it's hard to imagine that this is a white point guard's attendance.

The problem with the Lakers now is that they still can't withstand the Jazz's blocking and dismantling offense on the defensive end, and those drills before the game are basically useless, because the Jazz's blocking and dismantling rely on improvisation, and what method you use to target, Stockton and the two interior lines can be cracked with it, which is the highest level of no tricks to win.

However, no matter how strong your martial arts are, once the referee looks at you unpleasantly, it will also be a crisis of annihilation.

At the end of the first quarter, seeing that the Lakers were about to be unable to hold on, the referee suddenly put pressure on the Jazz and blew Malone and Bryan two fouls in a row, and the fans on the scene were constantly provoking the Jazz.

Mason finally seized the opportunity to fight for a breath, he actually played a beautiful 2+1 on Malone and directly got the postman down.

Now the situation has changed dramatically, and the Jazz only have one McDyes, which can't break the Lakers' defense.

Zhang Zhu cheated three more free throws on Brian, and another Jazz player with two fouls was born.

The Jazz were seriously hindered on the offensive end, and the Lakers seized the opportunity to play more and more smoothly, and when Jones also hit a three-pointer, the Lakers completed a wave of 15-5 offensive at the end of the first quarter to overtake the score at 29-25 in one breath.

"The referee is really easy to use!"

Harris and Zhang Wei both sighed in their hearts, this is really a life-saving breath.

Zhang Qi scored 13 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal in the first quarter, Kidd had 4 points and 3 assists, Mason had 3 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Jones had 7 points, Big Ben had 0 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block.

In the second quarter, the referee hidden, and the Jazz, led by Malone, played a 7-2 small climax, overtaking the score 32-31.

But the Lakers didn't score points without the referees, and they fought back amid a tsunami of cheers from the home crowd.

Zhang Mao's hand was still hot in this section, and after hitting a three-pointer from the outside, he steals Brian's fast break.

Mason didn't know that the referee was invisible, but that 2+1 gave him confidence, and in the second quarter, he used ferocious defense to frustrate Malone's offense again and again, and the Lakers overtook the score again.

At 5:03 in the second quarter, Zhang Qian also began to defend with large-scale movements, and this time he slapped directly on Ma Long's head, but he did not get the punishment he deserved.

Sloan was dissatisfied with the referee's blow, standing on the sideline and complaining to the camera, when the referee suddenly flashed and mercilessly gave him a technical foul.

A minute later, Zhang Zhu broke through into the penalty area from the right bottom line, and Eric, who had lost his position, had no choice but to foul, but Ma Long under the basket had already jumped up, and he directly threw Zhang Zhu to the ground with both hands in the process of landing, and the action was very fierce, obviously retaliating.

Zhang Qi, who was full of anger, stood up and wanted to reason with Ma Long, and the rest of the Lakers hurried over to appease the koala baby, and everyone did enough.

The referee rushed to the scene with a Q this time and directly sentenced Malone to a first-degree malicious foul.

Sloan was so angry that he jumped to his feet outside the court, and Malone was also full of resentment, as for this action to give a malicious foul?

The referee's malicious foul made the game start to smell of gunpowder, and the players of both teams moved bigger, but the Lakers' offense became more and more courageous, and Zhang Ji kept throwing himself into the restricted area.

Now fans don't know that there is one thing that Zhang Mao didn't tell the truth before the game, that is, he actually wore a protective shield today.

At 2 minutes and 59 seconds in the second quarter, Zhang Fu scored under the basket and forced a shot under the siege of three people, but the result was covered without accident, but the referee did not hesitate to give a foul.

"Ahh

This scream was very ♂ great, and after seeing Zhang Yu screaming in the crowd, he immediately covered the vital parts in pain and fell to the ground, leaving only a dazed Stockton stunned aside, and suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

"You filthy bastard!"

Kidd was also stunned, but reacted immediately, his face was instantly filled with anger, and he rushed up to prepare to PK with Stockton.

"I don't have ......"

Before Stockton could explain, Kidd rushed forward and pushed it under the drag of his teammates.

The referee was also a little confused, and hurriedly terminated the game, first stepped forward to check whether Zhang Yu was dead or not, and broke the egg on the ground again? Is it fashionable to play like this now?

The fans in front of the TV were even more confused, but from the slow motion, they couldn't see how evil Stockton's hand was at that time, and they could only see Zhang Yu jumping up and being surrounded by three Jazz players in the middle, but Stockton did have an action of caressing Zhang Fu's crotch part, but the camera didn't capture how hard Stockton's caress was used.

But judging from Mutombo's injury, this old yin dog is obviously moving again, and he is so bold that he poisons the koala baby, and he is really impatient!

Lakers fans have more reason to believe that Stockton must have poisoned Zhang Yu, who made the koala baby score all the time today, and the Jazz can't do anything about him at all, so it is understandable to use this kind of next method, this is not the first time Stockton has done this, he must have done the same excessive thing to the koala baby as Mutombo.