The Lakers' ideal state is that Zhang Hao, Barkley and O'Neal will play in pairs to ensure a continuous strong frontcourt offense.

When Zhang Hao + O'Neal was the most powerful, but he focused on defense and tried to elevate the confrontation to the extreme.

When Zhang Hao + Barkley, he will increase his defense after confrontation. Of course, it is okay to fight against the offense, and this combination is more flexible and changeable.

Before O'Neal was injured in the first half, the Lakers were following their ideal state, but they encountered fierce conflicts. O'Neal and Barkley once left the court together, and the Lakers collapsed.

In the third quarter, the Lakers regained their strength. O'Neal strengthened the confrontation and fought while he was there. When O'Neal was resting, Zhang Hao played the advantage alone in the inside, and the entire Lakers team also played the advantage again!

Return to the ideal state!

When the break between the festival ended and the players of the two teams returned to the court, the TV commentator said that the Lakers would be fined...

There is no rule that players must wear their own registered jerseys on the court. One year Jordan's jersey was stolen, so he could only wear other people's jerseys. The numbers posted temporarily were removed in the confrontation. In the original future in time and space, O'Neal also played in Kobe's ban on the league because he was dissatisfied with the league's ban and played in the No. 8 jersey. The final result must be fined.

But the Lakers are like this, and the two No. 36s play together, and the picture is still very spectacular, especially after Zhang Hao played such a brutal half-quarter game in the third quarter.

When Barkley and O'Neal were not around, Zhang Hao led the team to a lead. In the final quarter, O'Neal came back, and the situation was very simple.

After O'Neal came back, he did not aim to score as the first goal, but to consume Ostertag as the first goal!

After the fourth quarter started, the Lakers launched tactics around O'Neal, and ignored the offensive efficiency, which was to fight against Ostertag and consume Ostertag.

The progress went quite smoothly, Zhang Hao did a good job of mid-distance and cutting-in restraint, and Ma Long dared not shrink directly easily.

Although Zhang Hao himself knew that his current shooting has been affected to a certain extent and that he had to ensure his shooting efficiency was more patient than before and had more time to adjust, others didn’t know!

The main reason is that Zhang Hao had a fierce attack in the second half of the third quarter, Ostertag could only fight O'Neal at the basket. To be honest, Ostertag's defense is now just over 130 kilograms. Ostertag's defense is really good, but one defense is not for Malone's help, Ostertag's defense is even more tiring.

In this fourth quarter tonight, the opponent used the center of the three formations and the recognized future number one center to consume him!

This treatment, Olajuwon, Ewing, David Robinson, and Morning have never enjoyed it!

The championship team's game is very interesting. Even the Knicks and Heat games can be seen in a very interesting situation.

If a conflict occurs, the conflict will become more and more intense, but after a vicious offender or a fight occurs, the players on both sides will highly restrain their emotions and become simply making use of the confrontation.

The same is true for the Lakers and Jazz. They don't want their teams to get in touch with each other, which will lead to the Eastern Conference team getting a bargain.

After playing for half a quarter, Ostag gradually couldn't keep up with O'Neal's flexible footsteps. The Lakers' inside advantage began to show. The Jazz slowly narrowed the score difference in the first three minutes of the fourth quarter, but more than two minutes before the official timeout, the Lakers expanded their lead to 11 points again!

This is the pure struggle for strength!

After the official timeout came back, the Jazz made an 11-4 climax, narrowing the gap to 4 points at one point, but then O'Neal mentioned that the support of the free throw line cut into the layup and caused Greg Ostag to foul, and the extra free throw was added slowly, and the gap was also widened to 7 points again.

At this time, Ostertag was very tired, and Sloan didn't dare to replace him. Ostertag's frame protection effect was greatly reduced. In fact, O'Neal was also very tired of using it like this, but the Lakers still have Zhang Hao!

He was beaten 11-4 in 3 minutes and 11 seconds. The Lakers' offense was stagnant for a while, but after adjusting his playing style, Zhang Hao started to attack in the last two minutes!

In the last 2 minutes and 33 seconds, Zhang Hao scored 8 points alone and returned the Jazz 8-2!

If you fight for this, the Jazz have no tricks!

In fact, in the fourth quarter, even though O'Neal and Zhang Hao were on the court at the same time and played for the whole quarter, the Jazz were not at a disadvantage. They lost 12 points in the second half of the third quarter. The main reason was that the Jazz didn't expect Zhang Hao to be so fierce and be stunned.

The Jazz still showed their super stability in the fourth quarter and played very steadily overall.

It was because of the Lakers' crazy 20-8 attack in the second half of the third quarter that the Lakers stabilized in the last quarter!

In the end, the score in the last quarter was frozen at 24-27, and the Lakers lost 3 points in the last quarter.

However, relying on Zhang Hao's 45 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 5 blocks, relying on overtaking 10 points in the third quarter, the Lakers still defeated the Jazz 118-111 away, and grabbed the home advantage from the Western Conference Finals!

When the final whistle sounded, the Lakers were in a state of excitement. The fans on the scene were booing and cursing. At this moment, in the eyes of Lakers players, it was the fear of the visiting fans and their timidity!

After returning from physical therapy, O'Neal felt his body was hollowed out...

Although there was no problem with his injury, he actually didn't have any hope when he came back to continue playing after that situation.

But in the end, I won!

Looking at Zhang Hao wearing his jersey, O'Neal's mood was full of twists and turns.

I can't stand Zhang Hao's point, O'Neal still has this emotion. He is the kind of person who desires to be the C position, and he hopes that he is the focus of the spotlight.

This alone is the irreconcilable conflict between O'Neal and Zhang Hao before. Zhang Hao also fell in love with the feeling of becoming the center. Even if he competes with O'Neal, he wants to compete.

Of course, the goals are the same, and the two will not have any conflicts on the court, especially in the playoffs...

However, tonight, O'Neal was really moved to let the team doctor come to check him, and was not afraid of Malone's threat, and directly with Malone; in order to stand up for him, he risked the loss of being fined after the game and changed into his jersey to play...

Even when he was stripping his jersey, he was too rough, so he didn't know how to be gentle? Just push it down, it's shameful!

Anyway, O'Neal was very moved at this moment, and he won the game. Happy and moved coexist... and he was a little confused if Zhang Hao was bullied in the future... he might not be as powerful as Zhang Hao's fight back, so... be a meat shield?

Really tangled...

On the other hand, the Jazz veterans looked at Zhang Hao who was undergoing a post-match interview and truly felt what it means to be awesome young people!

After playing for so many years, the core players are almost all geniuses from the 84-88 generation. Jazz players feel that they have witnessed the ups and downs of countless geniuses and feel that their vision is already very high.

But tonight, they felt that their awareness of genius was refreshed again!

What were these people doing when they were 20 years old?

When they were 20 years old, none of them had entered the NBA yet!

And he has already 40+ games in a single season, and is tied with Jordan for the highest number of 40+ games in a single game this season!

Jazz veterans deeply felt what it means to ride a talent on their face!

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The results of the Lakers and Jazz games surprised people!

The most fierce conflict in the playoffs this year actually happened in the first Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and the Jazz!

The two teams had 16 technical fouls in the whole game. Including Anthony Carter, who was knocked out and carried out, a total of 4 people were sent out.

After the game, the league immediately punished Charles Barkley was suspended for one game and fined $15,000.

Anthony Carter was confirmed for a second-level malicious foul, and was suspended for two games and fined $20,000.

All technical fouls are valid, and each technical foul is fined $500.

Zhang Hao's jersey number was used in violation of regulations and was fined $1,000.

Obviously, the Lakers suffered the biggest loss in this conflict, especially at the time of the game, the Lakers' lineup was once avalanche, and the three major front courts were missing two!

But what is even more surprising is that the Lakers actually won in the end!

45 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 blocks and 2 steals, including 24 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal in the second half. Zhang Hao stood up when the Lakers were in a huge crisis and helped the Lakers get their home advantage!

No one wants Zhang Hao to play so well when playing against the Jazz, but it is because of this that it is called a surprise!

After the game, Zhang Hao's exciting goals in the second half of the third quarter were repeatedly broadcasted by major TV stations' sports channels.

Among them, the dunk that leaped Stockton's all-time job was evaluated and deducted Stockton's flexibility.

This statement still makes sense. Stockton played well in the first two and a half quarters, but after being flew over by Zhang Hao, Stockton performed very mediocrely.

But in fact, whenever it comes to a critical moment, Stockton's performance has always been very mediocre, and his playing style seriously lacks the ability to solve problems at critical moments.

The most discussed game is Zhang Hao's talent. The trait he played tonight, a superstar who can turn the situation around and lift the team's upper limit should have in the team's strong season!

If the Lakers want to win the championship, Zhang Hao must be able to perform like this when the team needs it.

This game is when he is needed.

He did it!

The Nets have once again encountered "public violence". According to sources, the Nets failed to compete for Duncan last year and then for Iverson. After failing to compete for Duncan again this year, they are still ready to continue to play badly. The next goal is the second NCAA center this season, Michael Olovokandy, who was rated as the "successor of the Big Dream" by the media.

After the game between the Lakers and Jazz, Zhang Hao mainly answered two questions in his post-match interview.

One is to evaluate the Nets' preparation to start their third consecutive year of competition for the top NCAA rookie, Zhang Hao replied: "They have found a shortcut, but they are unwilling to take the shortcut and don't want to live a relaxed and happy life, just want to challenge the difficulty and take the most difficult path. I admire them very much."

Another thing is about changing O'Neal's jersey. Zhang Hao's answer was evaluated as "rare shy".

"I actually just wanted to change a jersey at that time. I felt like I could play better, and it had nothing to do with Mr. O'Neal."

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"To be honest, no one believed me, and I still said I was rarely shy? Damn! Do I usually look shameless? Just say I am shy, it's still rare?"

The morning after the game against the Jazz, Zhang Hao was eating breakfast and watching the news, constantly complaining.

In addition to this, it is more about praising his news.

When reading these news, Zhang Hao felt the strong sense of being over Jordan in the first championship, the second championship hit magician, and the third championship invincible.

The playoffs are really different from the regular season. No matter how good you play in the regular season, it is not as impressive as the playoffs.

Moreover, if you play well in the regular season and not go far in the playoffs, you will receive more negative comments.

This time, Mr. Zhang walked to the Western Conference Finals, which has met the basic requirements of the media and fans for a superstar. Moreover, he played well and received good reviews.

But Zhang Hao knew very well that such evaluations were temporary. The Magicians had a FMVP in the rookie season, and every season later, they still had to fight one by one.

Career honors are accumulated, but in a new season, just for that season, the honors you have achieved before will have no effect at all.
To be continued...