Kidd didn't dare to say a word after the game, the data of 6 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists in the whole game was nothing, but the shooting rate of 2 of 15 shots was too poor, Zhang Yu almost elbowed Kidd in a rebounding scramble at the end of the game, and I don't know if it was unintentional, anyway, Xiao Zheng was too panicked.

Big Ben didn't dare to speak, Zhang Yu had taken the initiative to be a sparring partner for him for four consecutive days, but as soon as McDyce changed his routine today, Big Ben was immediately blown up again, which made him very ashamed.

Mason didn't like it, he did his best today, and Malone's 32 points and 15 rebounds were only a little better than average. Of course, the main reason is that the contract that expired in 2000 made him very calm, and the Lakers will definitely not renew his contract at that time, and now that he has won the championship, there are a lot of collective honors, and it is a big deal to retire directly after the contract expires.

After returning to the locker room, Zhang found Jones first, and this is the only teammate who can help him score points today, so Jones must not take a break, otherwise he will not have the confidence to beat the Jazz again.

Fortunately, the team doctor's reply reassured him a lot, Jones was only injured, and a day of rest was almost over, and the fourth game would not be delayed.

Harris and Zhang Qi both breathed a sigh of relief, this is a blessing in misfortune, if even Jones is injured, it is really impossible to fight.

Ginobili in the corner of the wall has the intention to play, but looking at his much worse body than Jones, he understands that he can't complete a normal shot under this kind of confrontation, Starks and Jones can make him unable to control the balance of the shot in the attack in the team training, and all the skills are floating clouds.

Harris never thought that Ginobili and Battle could help, even if they didn't talk about physical shortcomings, just look at the immaturity that Big Ben showed in front of McDeis, he knew that body and experience were indispensable, but they lacked both, so it was completely useless.

Actually, don't talk about them, O'Neal Jr. and Big Ben wouldn't get much playing time if it weren't for Mutombo's injury, because there is no chance for you to make mistakes in this kind of crucial match, and the veterans have accumulated enough tricks and tricks to blow up these inexperienced rookies in a few rounds, thus affecting the course of the whole match.

At this point, players who have played the CS high-end game know that one point is broken and the whole game is lost, so it is difficult to defeat three big earths + two small earths with four big earths + one big eagle, because the poor big eagle will be targeted by the whole court, and in a close matchup, the passivity caused by one person's mistake can hardly make up for it.

After the game, Zhang Yi wanted to find an excuse not to participate, but he pretended to be a little big just now, since he was a tough guy who could get stitches on the spot, are you embarrassed to say that you lost too much blood and couldn't participate in the post-game press conference?

The reporters in Salt Lake City waited for half an hour at the press conference, and finally waited for Zhang Fu, who was belated, and they had prepared a basket of questions ready to make the dead koala difficult.

"Leon, we know you were confident before the series started, so what about now?"

This is at most an appetizer, not particularly difficult, but if you don't answer well, you will be passive from the beginning, so Zhang Qian decided to pull it up as soon as she came up.

"Of course, we haven't been eliminated yet, leading and falling behind halfway is not the end, and whoever shakes his confidence halfway through before the final result appears, whoever is weak-willed will lose! So, my faith will never waver. ”

Zhang Wei thinks that this problem is high enough, I don't believe you can still seize the handle and attack me.

"Leon, you got 52 points today, but the team lost, can you comment on the performance of your teammates and what do you think was the reason for the loss?"

Although there are pitfalls in this question, it is not too difficult to answer, Zhang Yi replied slowly: "The team resources are all on me, and the reason for the loss is naturally on me, we can all do better, but we didn't do well today, so we lost." ”

"We saw you stitch up the wound on the spot, but then you went back to the locker room, so why didn't you just go back to the dressing room to treat the wound? Do you want people to see your courage? Or are you putting on a show? ”

"Started ......"

Zhang Wei scolded secretly in his heart, this question made him very unhappy, but he still threw the pot to his father: "My father told me to be a man first, then do things, and occasionally put on a show." Putting on a show can have an impact, being too rational is not attractive, you know what I mean? ”

Of course, this reporter knows what it means, and his difficulty lies in the fact that it is difficult to find the point of difficulty immediately in such an answer, which is really a bit powerful!

"You scored 52 points today, but 26 of those points came from the free throws, which is exactly half of all your points, how do you feel about yourself getting to the free throw line 30 times today?"

Another reporter aimed directly at Zhang's free throw, which was a good point of attack.

Zhang Zhu pointed to his freshly sewn eyebrow bone: "I don't want to complain about the 15 bruises on my body and this, but this is the answer you want, thank you to the referee for saving my life." ”

The reporter was obviously unable to resist, although he really wanted Zhang Yu to take off his clothes and let him see where the 15 bruises were, but he couldn't say this.

"We're more interested in that previous conflict, where John accidentally injured your eyebrow bone, but your subsequent actions were obviously so drastic that you dragged Jason for dozens of meters, do you regret and apologize for your recklessness?"

This is a shameless question, Zhang Wei didn't expect the question to suddenly become so idiotic, this reporter's question made him laugh: "I don't want to popularize the size of the basketball court for you, but in the past, John's actions would be condemned by everyone, but here, not only no one will scold such a thing, but also bite back, it's really sad!" ”

The reporters in Salt Lake City are not happy now, they dare to laugh at them on their territory, and they are ready to throw more tricky problems over and smash this bastard to death!

Zhang Mao didn't give them a chance, the league stipulated last year that players had to answer at least three questions from the media after the game before leaving, of course, some players didn't have to answer a single question if no one took care of them, and today he has been troubled 5 times, and now he doesn't need to serve this gang of Lese anymore?

Of course, the reporters at the scene were dissatisfied with Zhang Mao's unauthorized departure, but he was even more dissatisfied with the koala baby, who was very dissatisfied with the team's performance, and when asked the reason for the loss before, the answer in his heart was not so hypocritical.

Head coach Harris wants his players to forget about the bad game as soon as possible, and after Zhang left him, he said: "This game is over, we will come back the day after tomorrow, hopefully this time we can take advantage of the game." ”

Harris was also annoying enough, he just perfunctory the reporters at the press conference, and then ran away.

Not to mention the jubilation at the Jazz press conference on the other side, the Lakers returned to the hotel and gathered the players for a private meeting overnight, and it was time to discuss the mistakes made in the first three games.

Both Harris and Zhang felt it was time to embarrass some of the players so that they could be ashamed and motivated to fight.

Kidd quickly admitted his problems on the offensive end and promised to improve his shooting efficiency in the next games.

Starks also admitted that he didn't perform at the level of a two-time Sixth Man of the Year, and promised that he would definitely carry the output damage of the Lakers' bench in the next games.

But when it was Mason's turn, he thought that in the first three games, Malone averaged 31 points per game, purely because he felt good, his defense was in place, and his teammates had to give him more assistance.

"I'm helping Nima!"

Zhang Qi was angry, scolded in his heart, and said directly: "In the next game, I will play the center, and I will partner with me on the inside." ”

This is tantamount to throwing Mason out of the starting lineup and throwing all the blame for the disadvantage on the inside to him.

Mason's face turned black in an instant, but he didn't dare to lose his temper with Zhang Qi after all, and he didn't say a word again during the entire meeting.

Harris made a mental note of this moment, Mason will definitely not be able to stay next season, and the koala baby is obviously unhappy with him, but he is going to play center? Isn't that angry?

The Lakers players are also confused, everyone knows that the koala baby usually doesn't even want to play the No. 4 position, and this time he suddenly wants to take the initiative to play center, did they hear it right?

Zhang Qi is really not angry, although he is angry with the situation that the team is 1:2 behind, but he also knows that after Mutombo's injury, the situation between the two teams is no longer 6:4, and the Lakers' disadvantage is expanding from the inside to the outside every time, so the key to winning is still on the inside.

In these three games, the Jazz's style of play has been obvious, that is, relying on the iron triangle composed of Stockton, Malone, and McDyce to form offensive arrows with each other's horns.

Stockton has declined a lot in the previous two seasons, but this year it has two interior partners who can shoot and cover, and the Jazz can even play a few pick-and-rolls on an offensive basis, which makes Kidd completely unable to prevent this kind of serial pick-and-roll tactics. Now Stockton is like a fish in water, and he can't stop him without first knocking out the Jazz's interior line.

The current Jazz can be compared with the Suns in another time and space ten years later, if Nash has a similar set of Aldridge + Stoudemire, or Stoudemire + Griffin interior combination, and a group of skilled shooters on the outside, then what kind of lethality will this team have.

Today's Jazz has a similar lineup, the Lakers can no longer guard the Jazz's interior after Mutombo's injury, and just counting on the outside to help defend the bag will make Lao Huo and Christie, the two sharpshooters with a three-point shooting rate of more than 40%, play high damage, this year's Jazz even Eric and Russell on the third position have a three-point shooting rate of more than 35%, and the Lakers also can't let them shoot the open position, so it is difficult to rely on this kind of outside help defense to limit the Jazz's inside.

Zhang Fu felt that this way was not going to work before the start of the third game, and if they didn't find a way on the inside, they would probably still lose. Facts have also proved that the Jazz's lineup must limit their offense from the inside, so he has a big brain to play center, because Malone is also a fake center, and he and Big Ben partner inside is a double big forward against a double big forward, and the mobility ability will break through the sky, theoretically has the ability to deal with the Jazz's serial blocking and dismantling tactics. The most important thing is that both he and Big Ben can directly switch to Stockton, which may be able to curb the attack of this iron triangle.

Of course, this has to require Big Ben to be a little more competitive, although Zhang Yi has a tacit understanding with him in virtual training, but in reality, Big Ben is still a lot worse than himself.

On the second day of training, Zhang Qi and Big Ben came together to fight against the inside line composed of Kidd, O'Neal Jr., and Mason, and both sides conducted blocking and demolition offensive and defensive training throughout the whole process.

It's a typical one-time grinder, but I don't know if it's because of the familiarity with each other, the inside line of O'Neal Jr. and Mason is actually difficult to score in front of him and Big Ben, and this defensive effect is even better than what he simulated at night.

This also shows that if Big Ben is familiar with his opponent, he can already play more than Mason's defense and rebounding efficiency, which is also everything Zhang Mao needs, he is enough to have him on the offensive end, he plays center does not mean that he has to play inside on the offensive end, and the Jazz must be disgusted to death when the time comes!

In addition to grinding defense, he and Big Ben must ensure that rebounding does not suffer, Zhang Qian means that they can't just not suffer, they must have an absolute advantage in rebounding, which is the key to whether they can win.

"I'll grab 20 tomorrow, you grab 15, no problem, right?"

Zhang Zhu said this to Big Ben the day before the game, and I don't know what the Jazz will think after hearing it, anyway, Big Ben himself is a little lacking in confidence, but he still nodded heavily, saying that he must be desperate to grab 15 rebounds.

"I can grab 10 too!"

Kidd came out from the side again, and was almost slapped to death by Zhang Qi!

This bastard better shoot the open three-pointers first, and if he shoots 2 of 15 again tomorrow, he will have to pick off Kidd's skin.

In fact, the Lakers players are still confident, although the current situation is very unfavorable, they all feel that they can bring back the disadvantage, even if it is 1:3.

However, on the manager's side, Harris is still worried, and he has a lot of problems that are difficult to solve.

Zhang Yu wants to play center, this idea is very crazy, but there is a temporary cameo of the Magic in the finals that year, and everyone thinks of the magic performance after the injury of the Tiangou back then, and the Lakers feel that this may be the glorious tradition of the Lakers, and maybe history will repeat itself again.

But Harris knows it's not that simple, and the Lakers didn't need Abdul-Jabbar to win against the 76ers' interior twin towers of Jones and Daryl Dawkins. But now the Lakers are facing the returning Malone + young and strong McDyes, and an old monster Stockton, the 76ers' pair of interior lines back then are much worse than the current Jazz.

In addition, there is another problem that is very tricky, don't look at Eric in the first three games against Zhang Zhu like a base salary player, but people played quasi-All-Star data in the regular season, and they have scored 20+ in the face of Grant Hill, so Zhang Qi can tame such a beast forward into a pet forward, but replacing Wilkins with him may be a food delivery.

"I'd suggest Kidd defend Eric."

Zhang Qi came up with another crazy idea for Harris, and he actually let a point guard defend the No. 3 position.

Harris really smiled bitterly when he heard this, he really couldn't arrange such a crazy lineup, but he didn't want to accept Zhang Fu's suggestion, he had to accept it, except that he didn't want Zhang Fu to look ugly, he really had no other way.

If Kidd, who is 193cm tall and weighs 210 pounds, is allowed to defend the Jazz's No. 3 position, they will be able to line up the starting lineup of Kidd, Starks, Jones, Big Ben, and Zhang Fu. Of course, Kidd actually has to defend the Jazz's No. 3 position, which is Eric Williams, who is 203cm tall and weighs 235 pounds, and Brian Russell, who is 201cm tall and weighs 230 pounds.

Looking at it this way, in addition to Zhang Zhu and Kidd's opponents who are bigger than themselves, Big Ben, Jones, and Starks have a physical advantage over their respective opponents.

This situation made Harris cry and laugh, but if you think about it carefully, the Jazz also have a short and strange lineup, can they use Cheekic to work wonders?