Just as the Jazz can feel the progress of the Lakers from the start of the fast break, the Lakers are really improving!

In fact, in the first five games of the series, except for Game 4, the Lakers had an advantage at the beginning, and the Jazz had the upper hand at the beginning, including Game 1 of the series won by the Lakers.

But after 5 games, although the Lakers did not take the initiative at the beginning of tonight, the Lakers did not lose the game when the Jazz lost and were eliminated and played very well at the start of the game.

O'Neal dunked a fast break, Zhang Hao made a three-pointer with a pick-and-roll, and then made a cold arrow, and George Lynch's cut attracted to the goal after making up for defense. Kenny Anderson hit a two-pointer.

At the beginning of the game, the Lakers scored 10 points, and the Jazz only scored 10 points!

As the series deepens, the scoring efficiency of both teams has declined because they know more about the opponent and do better in defense.

The Lakers' starting lineup is their best lineup for defense, and they are getting better and better, and this lineup is clearly reflected.

In the half quarter, the Jazz called a timeout and entered the official timeout stage.

The Lakers did not lose, and the Jazz did not lose.

However, Sloan could not be as calm as the Lakers, because in the critical Game 5, Barkley led the Lakers to win the game.

The Lakers can play calmly now and have the capital to play tiebreaks, but the Jazz don't.

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After adjustments, the two teams entered the rotational lineup stage.

The Silver Fox sent a combination of Brian Shaw, Doug Christie, Zhang Hao, Barkley and O'Neal.

Sloan did not make a substitution, but continued to play in the starting lineup.

As Sloan expected, the Lakers will replace Barkley with a long timeout, and Zhang Hao, O'Neal, and Barkley's three ultimate frontcourt combinations will be launched!

This is very difficult for their Jazz, but it is another opportunity!

Zhang Hao went to defend the back line, and was determined to be an ordinary defender on the back line on the defensive end. He ignored other things and simply replaced the defense when he encountered a pick-and-roll without the ball on the outside.

This change on the defensive end solved the problem of Barkley and Zhang Hao's lack of defense when they partnered with the forward line. There was no problem with Doug Christie defending from the small forward position to defend in series.

But no matter the issue of avoidance, the Lakers' current defense is not as good as Zhang Hao's center forward, and O'Neal's defensive effect in playing power forward.

This is the Jazz's opportunity.

In the second half of the first quarter, Sloan made Ostertag play the whole first quarter, which played a role!

In the second half of the first quarter, although the Lakers scored 13 points, the Jazz took advantage of the Lakers' inside defense becoming weaker and scored 17 points in the half quarter!

After the first quarter, the Jazz led by 27-23 by 4 points and entered the second quarter.

But before the Jazz were happy for too long, this time, it was Kenny Anderson's turn to stand up.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Sloan replaced Stockton and Ostertag, and sent a combination of Howard Eisley, Hornersek, Shanton Anderson, Anthony Carter and Malone.

The Lakers sent a combination of Kenny Anderson, Wilkins, Barkley, Jason Williams and Zhang Hao.

Barkley was angry when he saw Anthony Carter... Although he was the one who played the opponent, he was suspended. He thought they still needed to play Game 6 because he was suspended.

There are too few reserve pools for star experience cards. Currently, there are only a few, and only two people can turn on special usage methods.

At present, this opponent is also difficult to deal with. Low-post back-attack. Malone and Ostertag are both experts in defending low-post back-attack. Anthony Carter is actually very good at defending back-attack. But he is afraid of being beaten by Barkley. When he saw Barkley raise his hand, he thought of the darkness in front of him at that time...

But when playing against the Jazz, unless you have a very clear lead, it will definitely not work. There was actually a try in the third game and it failed.

This time, there is no way to make more changes. The sixth game of the series was used and all the tricks were used.

During the intermission, the cunning silver fox was also a strategy of fighting hard.

It depends on which side can seize the fleeting opportunity!

After the second half of the game began, the two teams continued to have a tense momentum in the first half.

The Jazz are very stable, their scoring distribution is very good, while the Lakers rely more on the performance of stars, and their characteristics are very different.

In the third quarter, the Lakers scored 21 points and the Jazz scored 22 points, which was generally difficult to tell the difference.

Zhang Hao scored 7 points, Barkley scored 3 points, O'Neal scored 7 points, Wilkins scored 2 points, and Jason Williams scored 2 points. Although he did not play an advantage, Zhang Hao and O'Neal, who had more playing time, helped the team to tightly grasp the score.

After the third quarter, the score was 66 to 67.

The Lakers don't want to go away again, the Bulls have already started to rest, and they want to advance to the finals as soon as possible.

Of course, the Jazz don't want to stop here. The Utah double evil spirits formed by Stockton, Malone and Sloan have been working together for 9 years. This is the closest they have ever been to the finals and the championship. They themselves can feel that although they are older this year than before, this year is the strongest year they have played. Will they continue next year? In fact, they are not sure.

Just as Zhang Hao thought, you must not miss the opportunity when it comes. I don’t know when the next opportunity will come again. The Utah Double Evil has had such an opportunity for the first time in 9 years, and it is even more impossible to give up.

During the break between the festival, the players and coaches of both teams actively made adjustments. Soon, the break between the festival ended. Under the urging of the referee, the players of the two teams came on the court, the final quarter began, and the decisive battle was up!

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For the Jazz, they are under greater pressure than the Lakers, and their future is shorter than that of the Lakers. When they are behind 2-3, when the final battle is at the moment, the Jazz really burst out with super combat power!

The regular playing style of the two teams is still anxious, and the Lakers are not in a hurry. They have the king at a critical moment - Mr. Gentleman.

In just two seasons, Zhang Hao has already scored 10 final shots, and scored the winning goal when he was behind in the last attack. His regular season shooting percentage was astonishing 8 of 11 shots and 2 of 3 shots in the playoffs. This is just a pure final shot. Zhang Hao's performance at critical moments is even more terrifying.

The Silver Fox’s arrangement tonight is really not a problem. It is safe and has no motivation.

However, with unconventional goals, the Jazz scored several in the fourth quarter!

Stockton made a three-pointer against the sideline, facing the defensive turn and leaned back. Malone scored twice in the middle of the fourth quarter and completed a tip-off. Horacek also received the ball with his back and jumped over to hit Zhang Hao with a 2+1 jump shot!

With these 4 attacks, although the Lakers seized several unconventional opportunities to score goals in the last quarter with Zhang Hao's counterattack, the Jazz scored more goals, with 4, a full 10 points! At this point, the Jazz led the Lakers 10-6!

After playing in the fourth quarter, Horacek hit Zhang Hao with a back-turned jump shot and made a jump shot and made a free throw. The Lakers called a timeout, 85-89, with more than 2 minutes left, the Lakers were 4 points behind, and Silver Fox had to call a timeout!

At this time, the Silver Fox was very decisive and straightforward, and directly sent a combination of Kenny Anderson, Doug Christie, Zhang Hao, Barkley and O'Neal.

The strongest five people are on the same lineup, and there is no problem with the offense, but the defensive end will decline, so we will directly join the strongest offensive combination.

In Silver Fox's opinion, the game is about which team scores more and which team wins.

The Jazz continue to use the starting lineup, and they have no way out. At this time, they have to fight to the end, striving to drag the series to the tiebreak and return to their home court, which is their world.

Don’t look at a group of old men, their physical strength is really good. Under the pressure of losing tonight, Ostag was defeated in the first half of the fourth quarter. The official postponed and continued to play. O’Neal defended very well!

After the timeout, the situation on the court did not change much at the beginning. In the first 1 and a half minutes, the two teams each scored 4 points, and the score was 89 to 93, while the Lakers were still 4 points behind.

It's the Lakers' offense again, with 1 minute and 02 seconds left, Zhang Hao chose to believe in himself, and received the ball and made a pick-and-roll after receiving the ball and making a three-pointer...

Too confident is not a good thing. Zhang Hao's three-pointer is solid, Ostertag defends defensive rebounds!

Stockton had already ordered Malone to get off the ball before receiving Ostertag's pass.

Malone obeyed the order and got off the ball quickly, but Stockton's long pass after receiving the ball was predicted!

Zhang Hao knew his shame and then braved. Although his physical strength had dropped a lot at this time, he was stronger than others. He chased Malone and received a long pass from Stockton to lead the ball!

After grabbing the ball at the free throw line, Zhang Hao immediately bypassed Malone and passed it to Doug Christie who ran over to the receiving end when Malone caught up.

Without the ball in his hand, Zhang Hao's sprinting speed was faster and he rushed to the basket. Doug Christie passed the ball to Barkley during this period. Barkley passed the ball to Zhang Hao, and Zhang Hao's digging hand that cut into the basket narrowed the gap to 2 points!

At the critical moment, when you want to turn the tables against the wind, Stockton's judgment is not very good.

This time, Stockton did the multiple-choice questions wrong at the critical moment. He was too radical and wanted to widen the gap to 6 points, but Zhang Hao narrowed the gap to 2 points!

With 38 seconds left, the Jazz called a timeout, slow down, and the success rate.

As long as they scored this goal, they had a 4-point lead and were invincible. They had the opportunity to be invincible after Zhang Hao made a blacksmith, but Stockton got off.

The 20-second pause passed quickly, and the players of both teams returned to the court, and in theory one side had an attack.

But the Lakers must defend themselves to have a chance to win. The Silver Fox sent a combination of Brian Shaw, Doug Christie, George Lynch, O'Neal and Zhang Hao.

This lineup is really a tank. It is possible to fit the team of players by splitting them up, in two or two or three groups, but together, it is a disaster on the offensive end.

But the defense is good! It may be better than Kenny Anderson is on the court!

There are no substitutions on the Jazz.

After the timeout, the Jazz offense, Stockton and Malone played steadily in the pick-and-roll... Sloan predicted that the Lakers' contraction and expansion blocked the pitcher's defense!

Stockton broke through to the bottom line and passed the ball to Malone on the left side of the three-second zone. He broke through to this area with Stockton. Hornersek mentioned the position of the top arc. When Malone received the ball, he was Brian Shaw in front of him!

Brian Xiao had no choice. Zhang Hao blocked the bottom line on the right. O'Neal rushed to the top arc to block Hornersek's receiving and shooting. Ostagra went out to help Hornersek block people. O'Neal had to pull out at this time.

Brian Xiao was really smart. As soon as Malone received the ball, he hugged Malone's hand directly and did not give Malone the chance to throw the ball out!

If he didn't make a foul, Malone would definitely push him into the basket and shoot, and he might be beaten 2+1 and completely thrown away the game.

The referee whistle sounded, Ma Long, who has experience, took the ball and made a shooting force posture as soon as he received the ball. This means that he had already started shooting, and the referee gave two free throws!

Brian Xiao argued that it was a foul in advance, and the referee responded: "You have committed more than 4 fouls."

Well, it doesn't matter whether it's a shooting foul anymore. He hugged someone's shooting arm and was definitely a foul.

Brian Shaw can only expect Malone, who is on the free throw line, to concede at least one free throw, so they still have the chance to equalize the score and drag it into overtime.

In overtime... they have Zhang Hao!

Brian Xiao’s prayer to God may have been heard, and Malone walked onto the free throw line and was the first free throw!

The fans on the scene kept booing when Malone walked on the free throw line. At this moment, cheers immediately broke out, and they still had hope of tied the score!

For Malone's two free throws, Lakers players and fans on the scene hoped that this kind of thing was, but they didn't have much expectations.

Malone is one of the best mid-range pitchers in the league. He averaged 6.1 mid-range shots per game this season, second only to Jordan's 6.5 average, and the two led the way at the off-level.
To be continued...