Harris immediately called a timeout. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Lakers started out seemingly in a hurry to open up the game, and they played too anxiously, with Harris asking the players to keep the pace of the game down and slowly fall low to play positional battles. In fact, even if the Lakers want to play fast break with the Jazz, they don't necessarily have any advantage, because Stockton's passing is too good, even if the Jazz's overall athleticism is not as good as the Lakers, but with Stockton's accurate full-court passing, they can still make up for it.

Besides, if you play fast break, then Campbell is basically useless.

The timeout ended, and the two sides returned to the game.

After Harris's reminder, the Lakers' hearts finally calmed down a bit, and they didn't give Stockton a chance to groping.

Although Fisher was attacked by Stockton just after halftime, it was fortunate that Bryant came up in time to meet him, and Fisher was able to pass the ball out.

Kobe dribbled, he glanced at the Lakers' interior, Tony didn't take much advantage of the wrestling with Ostertag, he dismissed the idea of passing the ball, and decided to go it alone.

Defending him was Hornacek, the man who had made him miserable for the entire series.

However, there was no fear in Kobe's eyes, and the invisible fighting spirit exuded from his body made Hornacek a little surprised, he didn't expect that the psychological quality of this guy in front of him was really good, and he was restricted by himself for three consecutive games, but he didn't expect him to have the courage to fight with himself, which couldn't help but make him think a little higher about the little guy in front of him.

Kobe didn't know what was going on in Hornacek's mind, what he was thinking about now was how to get past the guy in front of him.

Kobe Bryant is very solid on the dribble, he knows the characteristics of Hornacek, the 191-centimeter-tall 34-year-old white guard veteran is not very physical, but he is very experienced in defense, whenever Kobe Bryant attacks, he can always take the first step to occupy the position that Kobe is about to reach, and limit his offensive success rate by disrupting Kobe's offensive rhythm.

However, after so many games, Kobe Bryant has gradually figured out Hornacek's temper, and he has begun to adapt to this kind of defense that makes him uncomfortable.

Kobe Bryant's shoulders shook irregularly, which made Hornacek hesitate for a while, and he found that he couldn't figure out Kobe's next offensive line.

Although it was only a moment of hesitation, it was enough for Kobe, and with a sudden acceleration, he crossed directly past Hornacek, who couldn't keep up with Kobe's footsteps at all.

Just past Hornace, Kobe Bryant shot directly, and he didn't dare to continue to break through as before, because he knew that the Jazz's defense speed was very fast, and once he was entangled, it would be equivalent to losing the offensive opportunity.

Bryant had a good hand, and he hit this mid-range shot.

Kobe Bryant's handsome jump shot immediately caused the fans to cheer wildly, and it seemed that the omnipotent No. 8 kid was back.

After scoring this goal, Kobe Bryant was even more out of control, and in the next two minutes, he hit a three-pointer on the head of Hornacec, and then he broke through Karl Malone's foul and hit both free throws, with Kobe's strong offensive performance, the Lakers slowly recovered the score.

Seeing Kobe's resurgent offensive performance, Harris was naturally secretly happy, and the Lakers still had to rely on Kobe's play if they wanted to win.

Jerry Sloan naturally saw all of Kobe's this, he didn't call a timeout immediately, but decided to observe the situation on the court again, but as Kobe Bryant hit a mid-to-long shot again to lead the Lakers to overtake the score, he finally couldn't sit still.

Jerry Sloan called a timeout.

The audience erupted in earth-shattering cheers, and the Lakers were aggrieved for three games, and today they can finally raise their eyebrows once. In everyone's eyes, it was Kobe Bryant who brought the Jazz out of the timeout with his own supernatural play.

Jerry Sloan doesn't care how excited the Lakers fans are, he immediately arranged a series of defensive tactics against Kobe, the Lakers' offense now is completely relying on Kobe Bryant alone, as long as they choke Kobe, the Lakers' offense will naturally be frustrated.

Sure enough, after returning to the game, the Jazz's defensive intensity against Kobe Bryant suddenly increased by a notch, and Kobe's fiery hand gradually returned to dullness under the pursuit and interception of a large number of Jazz people, although he can still ensure the support of outside firepower, but his shot is becoming more and more difficult.

Kobe Bryant didn't bother with individual play, and seeing that he had succeeded in attracting the Jazz's hatred, he began to play more for his teammates.

However, the Jazz's shooting percentage today is quite good, and Malone's protection of rebounds is also very good, although the Lakers' offensive state is also very stable, but the Jazz are better.

Kobe Bryant pressed the buzzer and missed a three-pointer from a distance, and the first quarter ended.

The Lakers trailed the Jazz by six points at 25-31.

And Kobe Bryant scored 13 points on 4-of-7 shooting in the first quarter, and he alone took half of the Lakers' scores, and Toni shot 2-of-4, he got 4 points and 3 boards, and also gave Ostertag a pegboard hat.

Harris emphasized the defensive problem, which he has been saying all season, in the first quarter, although Tony was able to keep the team's interior line, but the team's continuous leakage also caused a lot of pressure on Toney, and they allowed the Jazz to score 31 points in the whole quarter, such defense is undoubtedly impossible to win.

In the second quarter, he kept Kobe Bryant and Tony on the court at the same time.

In fact, Harris is very lucky, he is so ruthless as the team's two leading players, but there are no major injuries, although this is not a long-term solution, but Harris can't manage so much.

Jerry Sloan also did not replace the black and white, and the Jazz's pick-and-roll tactics can avoid player confrontation as much as possible, which greatly reduces the chance of players getting injured, so the Jazz's Malone and Stockton have not suffered too major injuries in their entire careers so far.

Unlike the first quarter, the second quarter was played with a double advantage that strengthened the intensity of the defense.

The Lakers' concentration has improved a lot, and they relied on a desperate defensive attitude to limit the Jazz's offensive shooting percentage for a while.

However, the Lakers' problem is also obvious, they are still inexperienced, and in the playoffs, they often can't do both offense and defense, and every time they improve their defense, on the offensive end, they will weaken.

Bryant was also beaten back to a mortal state from the gods in the second quarter, but he was still able to maintain a 40% shooting rate.

For a time, the two sides also fought without a win.