Luke has always taken the defeat to the Atlanta Hawks for granted, because the 76ers' goal this year is completely out of their minds.

In the East, the 76ers face Charlotte Hornets, New Zhejiang West Nets, Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks, Milwaukee Bucks and Maddy's Orlando Magic. But these Luke all believe that the 76ers have the strength to beat them, only the Bucks and Pacers are a little tough, and the others are basically not too much of a problem.

The opponents that Luke really cares about are a group of people in the west.

Los Angeles Lakers, this has nothing to say, the 76ers' biggest enemy now and the biggest enemy on the 76ers' road to winning the championship.

The Sacramento Kings, a team where the Lakers rely on referees to win the final victory, is still under construction, but the embryonic form is already emerging. The Portland Trail Blazers, although there are cracks in the relationship between the players on the team, are still not to be underestimated, and they can also play hard with the Lakers. In particular, the defeat of the Lakers in the Christmas game gave them more support. The San Antonio Spurs, although they do not have the legendary "GDP" and Bowen, but the "twin towers" tactic is more of a headache for all teams. Tim, in particular, has begun to show his kingly demeanor.

Of course, there's also an old and strong team, and they're the Utah Jazz. Malone, who is already 37 years old, and Stockton, who is 38 years old, may be the longest-lived combination. The way they play has made countless people miserable. Malone's iron elbow is more powerful, more subtle, and hurts deeper than Mutombo; Stockton's small moves were too much for defenders to guard against. The duo is more about the offense, and everyone knows that Stockton will pass the ball to Malone, but they just don't know how they are connected.

Even though they went down the Utah Plateau, they were still scared. And Philadelphia's next opponent is the Utah Jazz.

Although there is no need to play in the hypoxic environment of the plateau anymore, it is a back-to-back game, and it seems that it is still a question whether it can be won. No player wants to lose, but there's no way to lose.

But Luke didn't want to lose. Especially when it comes to the Utah Jazz. It's just an uncrowned team, but they're the uncrowned kings. The Bulls, Suns, Rockets, Lakers (Magic), the current Lakers (O'Neal) Spurs, and the future Kings have made it impossible for them to get ahead. But they're still strong. As long as those two people play consistently, the victory is theirs.

The last time he met the Utah Jazz was in the preseason, when Luke first came to the Philadelphia 76ers. At that time, the 76ers' preseason journey was smooth sailing, and it was not until they reached the Utah Plateau that the 76ers lost the game. This game is a revenge battle for the 76ers.

Back-to-backs at home for the 76ers, very rare games.

The Jazz started against the Paid City 76ers with Malone, Stockton, Russell, Starks and Polines.

The 76ers hid power forward Tyrone Hill in the last game just to have a good physical strength to deal with Karl Malone today.

But would anyone think that Tyrone Hill can guard against Karl Malone? Karl Malone has the best physical fitness in the basketball league on the planet, only before James and Howard entered the league, a man with a fat content of only five percent, a man that even Charles Barkley didn't dare to mess with (in fact, there was nothing he didn't dare to mess with, just didn't dare to mess with more). Karl Malone is a very tough guy. Doug Rivers

"He's a completely physical guy, but sometimes this guy is a little too casual. It doesn't bother me though, because he's trying to win, and when a guy swings an extra elbow and tries to knock you out, I usually see it as part of the game, especially when he's lucky enough to get it. ”

As soon as Malone came on the court, he gave Tyrone Hill a dismissal. Leaned directly on Tyrone to force a layup to score. In the following game, he was directly beaten by Karl Malone. But to be honest, it makes sense to be blown up.

First of all, let's not talk about the strength of Malone, let's talk about Tyrone Hill.

Tyrone Hill used to be a star forward, and now he is in his playing years, and his skills are not bad, but he is still too thin as a power forward. Although the current big forwards are very thin, such as Chris Webber and Kevin Garnett. But for Karl Malone, they are all too thin, and the characters who fly when they squeeze are not opponents at all, of course, "Big Bug" Rodman is an exception, and Malone hates his sticky defense and small movements. But for Tyrone Hill, Malone has no scruples, just crush it directly, not to mention that there is a super teleporter and his friend - Stockton is constantly teleporting cannonballs for him, which makes his last worries solved, so the Utah Jazz team began to kill.

37:53, this is the score of the first half, the home team in front, the away team in the back.

"What are you doing?" Larry was angry in the locker room, "Didn't you sleep well last night?" Hit like this? ”

Everyone in the locker room was silent, although they tried their best, but they still couldn't prevent Karl Malone, this can't be helped, which is why Larry has always wanted a new power forward, once he meets a player like Karl Malone, the 76ers can't help it, even if the physical fitness of the 76ers backup power forward Nazel Mohammed is not much weaker than Malone, but it can't be when it comes to a player with rich experience in the tournament like Malone, he made four mistakes in the first half, and now he has to sit on the bench, At least not until the fourth quarter. However, the strongest thing for the Utah Jazz is not Karl Malone, but the combination of Stockton and Karl Malone, and the players who support them.

Although Stockton can score, he prefers to pass the ball, and no matter what, Stockton will pass the ball out, not only to Malone, but also to others, and the Jazz have a lot of good three-pointers. But no one can decipher his passing route, not to mention that it was Snow who defended him, who was completely blown up, and if it was Allen, it would have exploded even worse.

Larry didn't know what to do, and although he thought it was a game he was going to lose, he still didn't want to lose when it came to this point. But there's really no way to change that. Larry couldn't think of a way to scratch his head.

"What should I do?" Larry muttered to himself.

"Coach." Someone said behind Larry's back, "If it really doesn't work, I'll do it." ”

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