Chapter Ninety-Six: The Last Stand V.

The two teams took advantage of this short timeout to set up some tactics at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and soon, the timeout ended. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The two sides returned to the game, Stockton dribbled on the outside to observe the movement of his teammates, Fisher did not dare to get too close, he stood inside the three-point line and watched Stockton's movements closely, while he did not forget to observe the movement of the other Jazz players.

Malone came up to make a block, Stockton was about to break through, Fisher was already on guard, he went around behind Malone, at this time Stockton had broken through into the Lakers' interior line, although Fisher had asked Malone for blocking and dismantling in a very timely manner, but he was still a beat slower, Stockton had left him behind, but Fisher still tried his best to follow Stockton, ready to cause him some interference when he broke through to the basket.

Campbell stepped forward and Fisher to create a pinching attack on Stockton, and Campbell cleverly used his size advantage to not only block Stockton's breakthrough route, but also block Stockton's passing sight to Malone, making him unable to pass to Malone.

However, as the brains of the Jazz team and the initiator of the team's tactics, Stockton doesn't just pass the ball to Malone, he takes a cursory look at the seats of his teammates on the court, and immediately spots Russell who ran away from Jones and ran out of the open space.

With a graceful flick of the wrist, Stockton tossed the ball to Russell.

The pass was very comfortable, Russell received the ball and hit a jumper directly from beyond the three-point line, Stockton's pass seemed to give him a little bit of a touch of touch, and the basketball drilled into the net very nicely, although Jones pounced quickly to try to cause some interference to him, but to no avail.

With that three-pointer, the Jazz re-established a slim lead.

The Lakers were not flustered, and Fisher pressed steadily through the half court in the face of Stockton's full-court pressing.

Fisher has shown great adaptability in this series, and although he was a little flustered in the early days against Stockton's full-court pressing, and he paid the price for many mistakes, after a few games, Stockton has rarely had a chance to steal the ball from Fisher's hands.

When it came to the offensive half, he did the same. He showed that he refused Kobe's request, and then commanded Campbell to come up and make a block for him, Campbell's quality of blocking and picking is naturally not comparable to Malone, but as long as a little gap is created, it is enough.

Fisher went around to Campbell's other side, and Stockton couldn't keep up in time for a while, and there was still a body distance between the two, but Fisher was already confident in his three-point shot.

"Huh"

The three-pointer landed steadily.

The audience suddenly erupted in earth-shattering cheers, such a performance was really wonderful.

Fisher isn't the team's dominant player, but he has the air of a star.

The kind of competition that if you beat me one, I will pay you back.

As the team's tactical point and set-up shooter, Fisher has the courage to shoot such a ball, which makes Stockton a little impressed by the rookie point guard.

Kobe Bryant was not upset by the rejection of the ball, he excitedly stepped forward to high-five Fisher to celebrate, which was not reasonable but very morale-boosting for the team.

Fisher this guy is very good for his taste.

However, the Jazz will not be intimidated by such a goal, they still follow their own tactics meticulously playing offense, the two sides go back and forth, and the score lead is constantly alternating with each other, and for a while, neither side can even pull away the score.

Harris looked at the players who were struggling on the court, and he couldn't help but have mixed feelings, and he could see that although the Lakers had lost three games in a row, and they could probably end the season in this one, he could still clearly feel the improvement of the players.

From their lack of resistance to the Jazz at the beginning, they have begun to be able to compete with this Finals-level team.

Just give him two more years, Harris thought to himself, as long as two years, I have the confidence to bring this team to the finals.

This year, they are still too young.

Harris watched the game on the court, and he finally sighed helplessly, he hid it well, and didn't give those reporters a chance to take pictures.

It looks like the team is going to lose today's game.

The reason why the Lakers were able to play evenly with the Jazz for a period of time was because the Lakers held their breath and they maintained that momentum.

But there is such a thing as a mystery, it is very likely to be inspired by a beautiful goal, but it is also possible to disappear because of a few successive setbacks.

And the current Lakers are like that, they maintained their momentum for almost the entire second half, and after a mistake caused by their negligence, the Jazz hit a counterattack, and then a fast-break dunk.

Although the score on the court is not much different now, the Lakers have changed from the two teams taking the lead alternately at the beginning to chasing the score, and they can no longer overtake the score.

Kobe Bryant fought.

As his teammates' shooting touch gradually declined, he stepped up again.

With 2 minutes and 12 seconds left in the game, he hit a super difficult three-pointer under the defense of the Jazz in an almost life-changing way, and then he desperately blocked Malone's mid-range shot from behind, and he launched a fast break by himself after grabbing the rebound.

The Jazz were quick to get back on defense, and they blocked Kobe's offensive lane.

But Kobe Bryant doesn't care anymore.

He hit near the free throw line, and Hornacek, who was facing the defense, pulled out his hand and hit it!

Kobe Bryant, the No. 8 explosive head boy, single-handedly helped the team force a tie.

And this is also the last time the Lakers tied the score in this game.

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97:94

The Lakers ultimately lost the game.

Kobe Bryant played 48 minutes, made 11 of 25 shots, and scored 36 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.

After the game, Karl Malone was the first to come forward and shake Kobe's hand, and then gave him a hug, so that the tough guy had to admit that this little guy named Kobe really shocked them into a cold sweat, especially in the last 2 minutes of his two goals and a block, Karl Malone really had the illusion that the game was going back to Utah.

Bryant lost the game and earned respect.