Last season's Jazz, although they fell to the floor of the Western Conference finals, but this season they seem to be stronger than last season, Karl Malone started the season in excellent form, and currently ranks third in the league in points per game, behind Michael Jordan and Jonny. △ And John Stockton's assists also rank first in the league, and even the Jazz's record is currently firmly ranked first in the West.

And in the face of such an opponent, it is definitely impossible for the Magic to guarantee their victory, of course, it is impossible to make them surrender before the game has started, this game Magic is very well prepared, not only Jonny rested for a game, even Anfernee Hardaway did not play in the last game, he still has a little injury.

However, before the start of this game, the Magic got a bad news, the team's vice captain, starting small forward Dennis Scott was injured again, and this time the injury was not light, at least a month off. This makes the Magic feel helpless, although Denis Scott is not as important on the offensive end as it used to be because of the appearance of Jonny, but the injury of the starting small forward will still have some impact on the Magic.

And Denis Scott starts, and the top can only be Nick Anderson, so the Magic's starters in this game have become starting point guard Anfernee Hardaway, starting scoring guard Jonny Lee, starting small forward Nick Anderson, starting power forward Horris Grant, and starting center Ronnie Secali.

Nick Anderson was excited, he knew that as long as he showed good form in the offensive and defensive positions, he could sit in the starting position for at least a month, and if Denis Scott returned, as long as he showed his defensive role against the team, maybe he could still snatch the starter from Denis Scott's hands, so that even if he couldn't play the starting point guard, it would be good to play the starting small forward.

But what Nick Anderson didn't know was that after Denis Scott was injured and John Gabriel, who was far away in Orlando, got the news, the pace of his trade was accelerated. John Gabriel, after much deliberation, decided to keep Dennis Scott, and in his opinion, the Magic's bench lineup is just as important, and Denis Scott can stay on the bench to lead the team. And it would be enough to send away a Nick Anderson in exchange for a purely defensive player, and he doesn't want to use too much of a knife on the current team.

The game with the Jazz, especially the game at the home of the Jazz, is a terrifying feeling, the energy plan arena can be called the most terrifying away stadium in the United States, the fans here are very fanatical, after a game, the coach can shout hoarse in order to arrange tactics.

And Jonny walked into the arena in fear in this situation.

The Jazz started the same regular starting lineup, starting point guard is John Stockton, starting point guard Jeff Hornacek, starting small forward Bryan Russell, starting power forward is Karl Malone, starting center Greg Ostertag. And Jonny's opponent in this game is not Jeff Hornacek, but Brian Russell.

In this game, the Jazz switched defenses against Jonny, and outside single-guard player Brian Russell single-defense Jonny. And the Magic also changed the defense against Jeff Hornacek, and Nick Anderson switched to Jeff Hornacek. So although Jonny plays as a shooting guard, his opponents on both offensive and defensive ends are Brian Russell. And for such a player who doesn't have any offensive ability on the offensive end, all Jonny needs to worry about is that his offense is blocked by Brian Russell.

"Jonny Lee, I'm Brian Russell, I'll guard you in this game!" Before the game began, Brian Russell said to Jonny with a solemn face.

And Jonny had a strange expression on the cruel words released by Brian Russell, tilted his head, and said, "Just to prevent me?" Then I can prevent you, too! ”

As soon as Jonny's words fell, some teammates around him burst into laughter, everyone knew that Brian Russell had no offensive ability at all, and Jonny actually wanted to compare with Brian Russell who could defend whom, which made people feel speechless, no matter how you look at it, it was beneficial to Jonny, because Jonny could be invincible from the beginning.

And hearing Jonny's words, Brian Russell's facial expression was also very painful, and when he thought about it, when he released the cruel words just now, Jonny's response should be: "You won't guard me!" But he didn't expect Jonny to compare with him who could defend against whom, which made Brian Russell very painful, so he had to speak again and let out another cruel sentence: "Don't you have the confidence to break through my defense?" ”

And when Jonny heard this, his face suddenly turned cold: "Of course you have confidence, you can watch it, you can't prevent me in this game!" ”

"The game started, the Jazz got the ball, they started the first wave of offense, Kevin, this game, who do you think is going to win?" The NBC will still be a commentary duo of Kevin Harlan and Craig Sager.

"From the perspective of strength and state, of course, the Jazz are the most likely to win, but the Magic is not without a chance, whether the Magic can win, the key is Jonny, he is the only place in the Magic lineup that may surprise people, so, I think if the Magic want to win this game, Ricky Adubatu has to give Jonny more chances." Kevin Harlan roughly analyzed it, and he was not very optimistic about the Magic winning.

On the court, in the first wave of Jazz offense, John Stockton made a ground-hitting pass, and Karl Malone ran back and dunked the ball directly. The Jazz's tactics are all sorts of pick-and-rolls, and John Stockton and Karl Malone are the most proficient among them.

Then the Magic's offense, Anfernee Hardaway broke through and split the ball, Jonny received the ball in one step outside the three-point line, but Brian Russell's defense of Jonny was very tight, it seemed that Jerry Sloan had already paid attention to Jonny, and Brian Russell was marking Jonny like an All-Star player.

After Jonny got the ball, he found that Bryan Russell was very closely marked by himself, and he didn't pass the ball immediately, like Anfernee Hardaway, Jonny knew that he could still pose a great threat to the opponent's defense now, and he might be able to get a better offensive opportunity by attacking the ball, so Jonny took the ball, faced Bryan Russell's defense, and rushed towards the three-point line.

Then he suddenly stopped, holding the ball with both hands and seemed to be about to make a pull-up jumper, Brian Russell was shocked when he saw this, and immediately jumped to interfere with Jonny's attack.

However, Jonny just took a false shot, took the ball and took another step inside, and shot unguarded.

"Jonny's breakthrough, he shot! No, it's just a feint, Brian Russell was completely deceived, and Jonny rushed another step and shot! Entered! ”

With a bang, the ball went in, and Jonny waved his hand and smiled at Brian Russell, which obviously meant to say: You didn't stop me! This annoyed Brian Russell a little. However, there was nothing he could do but secretly make up his mind in his heart to defend against Jonny in the next attack.

The game continued, and both sides hit a two-pointer at the beginning, and it seemed that both sides were in very good shape.