After the start of the fourth quarter, Walton did not let Ye Zheng play. Although Ye Zheng was the most stable scorer at the team's critical moment, Walton still hoped that he would take a little longer. After all, injuries and health are the basis for players' continuous fighting.

At the same time, Walton replaced some players one after another, replaced Ivica Zubac with Brooke Lopez, replaced Roll Deng with Josh Hart, and replaced Ye Zheng with Caruso.

Although Josh Hart does not have excellent athletic talent, he is a very efficient scorer. He is very skilled in all offensive skills and his shooting ability is also improving.

Lakers fans were worried when they saw Walton's arrangements. After all, the difference between the two teams was only 15 points, and the Jazz could turn the tables at any time.

In the last quarter, the Jazz adjusted their new lineup: Rubio, Alec Burks, Gobert, Claude, and Bradley.

Since Ye Zheng did not play, the Jazz undoubtedly saw a hint of hope of turning the tables. After all, in the first three quarters, the Lakers used Ye Zheng to limit the Jazz to a tight limit.

Rubio held the ball in the backcourt and advanced to the frontcourt.

"Stay at Gobert!" head coach Walton reminded that in the first quarter, Ye Zheng had not yet entered the inside, but Rubio and Gobert cooperated with each other and caught the Lakers off guard.

Josh Hart hurriedly ran over to guard Gobert, but unfortunately, Rubio had already predicted the basketball in advance and passed the basketball to Gobert in advance.

In fact, since Rubio joined the Jazz, he has established a connection with Gobert in the inside, often playing some all-in-one backs and backs, and has a very tacit cooperation.

After receiving the ball, Gobert faced Josh Hart's marking, and then turned around and tried to get rid of the opponent.

Sure enough, Rubio had an open space and immediately ran back and rushed straight into the inside.

Gobert made a quick decision and passed the ball to Rubio. Rubio then made a layup with his left hand and scored the basketball into the basket.

The two have a tacit understanding on defense, as if they are natural. Compared with the Lakers and the Jazz, they undoubtedly lack too much, and their patience on the offensive end is not as good as the Jazz.

At this time, TNT host Johnson commented: "Rubio has a strong impact and his physical confrontation ability is also an existence in the middle and upper reaches of the league. Before, Ye Zheng restricted the Jazz's performance. Now, Ye Zheng's game is about to rise, which is not a good sign for the Lakers!"

Five minutes have passed in the fourth quarter. The Jazz scored points frequently in the inside with Rubio's singles breakthrough, narrowing the 15-point gap to 7 points. Lakers coach Walton hurriedly called a timeout and sent Ye Zheng on the court.

Seeing Ye Zheng playing, the Lakers players' originally anxious expressions gradually became relaxed and became more calm.

Jazz head coach Schneider also noticed this change and couldn't help but show an expression of jealousy, thinking in his heart: "Hey, the Jazz are just lacking this kind of player with totem attributes. Hayward could have become the king of the Jazz, but unfortunately he went to the Eastern Conference and put the Jazz's efforts into vain."

The Lakers' ball rights, when Ye Zheng held the ball and was about to reach the opponent's penalty area, Rubio first came to defend, and even Gobert from the inside ran out and prepared to double-team.

Bang!

Ye Zheng's basketball hit Rubio's left side with a sharp blow. Rubio quickly stepped out his right foot to react, but something even faster happened.

Bang!

The basketball was slapped by a greater force and landed hard on the right side of Rubio's body.

Moreover, Ye Zheng took his steps at the same time. His steps were very small, but the castration was extremely fierce, just like cutting a tofu with a knife. With a light stroke, the defense would be separated from both sides.

At this moment, Rubio finally realized how fierce Ye Zheng's speed was. He quickly gave up on defense, turned around, and took big steps ahead of time to walk down the rebound.

Rubio returned to defense in advance, and sure enough, Ye Zheng's steps were covered.

Two steps later, Ye Zheng hit Gobert, and Rubio also double-teamed up.

When he was trapped in a heavy siege, Ye Zheng used his strong body to break a little space, and then quickly passed the ball to the periphery. Josh Hart received the basketball.

Swish! He hit a three-pointer!

Ye Zheng's assist after playing directly pulled the score difference between the two teams to double digits again.

This is the role of the star, this is the key role Ye Zheng plays. Whenever the team needs him to stand up, he will carry the team on his shoulders without hesitation.

When Walton saw the ball scored, he jumped up excitedly: "Beautiful shot!"

Offensive and defensive conversion!

Faced with Rubio's impact, Ye Zheng gave him a big hotpot and strangled his Jinzheng to death under the rebound.

After playing, Ye Zheng's assist and defense completely consolidated the Lakers' leading advantage.

After Lonzo Ball made a mid-range shot, the ball returned to the Jazz.

The Jazz serves at the bottom line, and Rubio is still holding the ball. He passes the ball through the midfield after he passes it to Claude. At this time, Gobert, who uses his height advantage, runs over to pick-and-roll, allowing Claude to easily hold the ball and enters the three-point line. However, Randall has come to make up for the defense, which makes Claude not find a chance to take action for a while.

Bang!

The basketball was passed back to Rubio's hand, and Rubio and Lonzo Ball began to play. "Does Rubio still want to break through the inside? Now with Ye Zheng's interference in the inside, it will be difficult for him to hit the basket."

"It seems that Rubio will continue to hit the basket." After all, this is his advantage. Even if he failed to succeed in the previous few times, he will continue to try this time."

Rubio faced Lonzo Ball's defense and took extremely complicated fake moves to deceive Lonzo Ball, and then stepped into the position of the central shot with one step.

If he takes a step forward, he will come to Ye Zheng’s defense area. Rubio also understands that if he continues to hit the rebound, he may score, but the chance is too small. As the game is about to end, this approach is very unwise.

So, Rubio faced Lonzo Ball who was following the defense again, and suddenly stepped back. Then the basketball shook the ball in his hand, and Rubio jumped suddenly towards Lonzo Ball.

Lonzo Ball has already had some distance from Rubio, and basketball cannot interfere, so he can only use the eye sealing technique.

But even so, Rubio still made a jump shot against Lonzo Ball. Lonzo Ball's eye-blocking technique obviously did not have any effect. The basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air and fell into the net. Rubio made a two-pointer from a long distance.

"Have the Jazz found the offensive form? It seems that Rubio's feel has improved."

"Is this interesting? Otherwise, there is no point in the one-sided game. Although Ye Zheng does not have the main defense of him now, on the offensive end, the two will still face each other. After all, once Ye Zheng takes the ball to attack, he usually needs two people to double-team it."

At this time, Ye Zheng had already rushed through the half with the ball. Rubio followed him like a shadow, and he didn't dare to stay for a moment.

However, when Ye Zheng stopped at a sudden stop two meters outside the three-point line and then started quickly, he couldn't help but separate nearly one meter away, and he was even more worried about Ye Zheng's breakthrough.

However, at this moment, while Ye Zheng was still moving, he jumped directly outside the three-point line, and did not even adjust his hand shape in the air and took a quick move.

This kind of pull-up during travel is very unreasonable, and it is usually only used by superstars when they reach the countdown stage.

However, now, there is nearly one-third of the time left in the fourth quarter.

Ye Zheng actually voted like this? And he even entered!

The entire Stamps Arena suddenly silent, as if everyone was strangled by an invisible giant hand.

In Rubio's psychology, the balance of this game has endlessly tended toward the Lakers.

Bang!

When Rubio's shot missed the basket again, this matter became a foregone conclusion.
Chapter completed!