Zhang Hao rarely made a move during O'Neal's offense. He shot and had a chance to counterattack. He made a move to minimize the cost of offense and invested in supplementary defense, assisted defense, and switched defense. In summer, the basic skills of foot movement training on the defensive end and the movement training during the attack. After several regular season games, he gradually completed control in the game. Although his level was not high, O'Neal guarded the basket, and two defensive bosses, Rick Fox and Doug Christie, he performed well in the stage.

Both sides did not call a timeout at the beginning, but the style of playing on the court was constantly adjusting.

Both teams know each other very well and they fought 10 times last season! Sometimes, two players who have played for 5-10 years, including the impact of injuries, have only fought so many times in their careers. For example, Yao Ming and Caron Butler, who were in the same class in time and space, have fought 13 times in their careers; Jordan and Stockton, who are rookies in the same class, have only played 18 times so far.

The Jazz's lineup has basically not changed, and their playing style has not been adjusted much. It is just that they are purely strong, and the Lakers know it very well.

Although the Lakers' lineup has changed a lot, the core is still Kenny, Zhang Hao and Big Fat. The Lakers have played 9 games at the beginning. The Jazz have sufficient samples to study, and there are leaders in both sides with extremely high ball quotient...

Every independent adjustment of the Jazz on the court is very effective, and the Lakers are the same.

However, in the stage, the Lakers still had a slight advantage. O'Neal scored 8 points, Kenny Anderson scored 7 points, Zhang Hao scored 2 points, Doug Christie scored 3 points, Rick Fox scored 2 points, Brent Barry scored 2 points, and when the first quarter reached the 8th minute and 22 seconds, the Jazz, who had already called a timeout two minutes ago, called a timeout again!

In 8 and a half minutes, the Lakers 6 players took the field in rotation, scoring 24 points, 24 to 20, and leading 4 points again. The Jazz wanted to ask the timeout to slow down.

The Lakers caught Kenny Anderson and O'Neal, and played so aggressively, which was really unexpected to Sloan.

That is, the Jazz's overall strength was so strong that they held on to the Lakers' start before the official timeout and after the official timeout, they launched a fierce attack three times.

Sloan called the timeout twice and called it very timely. At the beginning, the Lakers used O'Neal's attack to try to open the score at the beginning. They were independently adjusted by Stockton and Malone. The two waves of attacks were called to be timeout by Sloan. The starting strategy did not have the best effect, and the Silver Fox was a little regretful.

Seeing the players returning to the bench, Silver Fox wanted to scold the dead child. If it weren't him, the Jazz might not be so active and fighting... But if it weren't for this dead child, if they played as easily as the Grizzlies and the Clippers tonight, they might not be so active, and the Jazz's possibility is that they are not so active. They just defeated the other party in the Western Conference Final half a year ago, and the other party would definitely want revenge.

Thinking of this, it seems that the dead child chose the right time. He chose a pre-match that would definitely try his best to defeat their opponent and launched an impact on the 15-game winning streak...

This time the Jazz called a timeout, and the Silver Fox replaced O'Neal. O'Neal started with 8 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. He played very hard, but the consumption was really large.

Fortunately, I have gained some advantage, and then... I have to point to the dead child who loves to make trouble when he is fine.

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The Silver Fox replaced Kenny Anderson, Brent Barry, Brian Shaw, Jason Williams, and Zhang Hao.

Sloan also made personnel adjustments, including Stockton, Shanton Anderson, Chris Morris, Anthony Carl and Malone.

As Zhang Hao thought, Stockton only significantly reduced his playing time when he was not that strong opponent and played against a strong team. When it came to the playoffs, his playing time may not fluctuate much compared to the previous season.

When it came to the rotation stage, the Lakers' performance was obviously not as good as the Jazz. In the last 3 and a half minutes, the Jazz played a 10-7 wave, chasing the score to 30-31, only one point behind!

The Jazz's strength is also amazing. If Zhang Hao had not scored 4 points in the last 3 and a half minutes, the score would have been overtaken.

This is also the expected situation. What the Lakers are working hard to do is to play a better situation than expected, but they are definitely not having fun there. The adjustment is timely, the stars are strong, and they are as anxious as expected in the first quarter.

Zhang Hao scored 6 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, O'Neal scored 8 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, Kenny Anderson scored 7 points and 1 assist, and the three scored 21 points in the first quarter, which was to play all the performances that should be played. The Jazz played steadily, suppressed first and then rose, and bit the score tightly, and they had no choice.

At the beginning of the second quarter, O'Neal, who had been resting for a while, was replaced, Fisher, Doug Christie, Rick Fox, and Jason Williams played together.

Since the score has been bitten, follow the established playing style and rotate reasonably, and use O'Neal more often in regular time.

The Jazz sent Howard Eisley, Shanton Anderson, Brian Russell, Malone and Greg Foster.

The one who defended O'Neal became Malone. Osttarger could only play twenty-seven or eight minutes in a game. Osttarger was almost done in 20 minutes, so he had to save money. Fortunately, although Malone continued to lose weight and lost nearly 5 pounds this summer, Osttarger spent more than 8 minutes, and O'Neal played very hard for more than 8 minutes, and Malone could withstand it.

Both teams have strong inside points and the role players are also excellent. At this stage, they have been in a stalemate again.

As the second quarter deepened, the two teams began to gradually replace the main force, playing until 6 minutes and 47 seconds, and the score was tied at 43. The Lakers called the timeout and entered the official timeout stage!

In half a quarter, the Lakers lost one point!

When playing against other opponents, O'Neal is invincible, but when playing against a few opponents, some of O'Neal's minor problems are exposed.

In terms of the continuity of performance, there is a clear gap between O'Neal and Malone, a 34-year-old veteran.

Malone's physical distribution is too good, and he has almost reached the point where he can never use more energy without using more energy. O'Neal, when dealing with most opponents, is used to fucking his arms. He uses his body very well, but it is still very rough at this point.

This is the aspect that O'Neal needs to make progress in the future, but he is still young and will only turn 26 in March next year. The Lakers are not in a hurry... It's useless to be anxious. Players of the level of O'Neal are the only ones who are willing to adjust.

It seems that O'Neal doesn't care, because there is someone behind him...

Kenny Anderson and Zhang Hao got on! O'Neal, Doug Christie, and Rick Fox continued to stay on the court. In the last five minutes, the Lakers sent a lineup.

The Jazz's lineups, Stockton, Hornersek, Brian Russell, Malone and Ostertag, have also made their debut again.

When he walked onto the court, Zhang Hao knew that most of the regular time of the game was O'Neal's performance, and the second offensive point was Kenny Anderson. After most of the games, the Lakers had basically secured the victory.

However, once the problem cannot be solved in regular time, he needs to stand up!

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After the official timeout, the Lakers attacked, Kenny Anderson passed the ball to Zhang Hao who came to the high position on the right and leaned against Malone.

Zhang Hao received the ball, made a comeback, turned around, took a step and pulled a step and made a jump shot... hit!

Ma Long looked at Zhang Hao's back as he stepped back and felt his scalp tingling. He had seen this move several times in the video of the Lakers' previous nine games, but for the first time he encountered it, his first reaction was that Zhang Hao was going to turn around and break through. He realized that the opponent had already taken a step and pulled the jump shot!

It’s not that he reacted slowly. Brian Russell, who had to help prevent Zhang Hao from breaking through in the defensive strategy, did not react and was still at the bottom line. If Brian Russell reacted, he could pull it out from the bottom line to interfere with Zhang Hao.

This move is great, but this move itself does not make Malone feel pressured, it is just a supporting technique for shooting.

But last season's playoffs, Zhang Hao didn't know this move. In just one summer, he developed a new technology that can be used so well!

This is the most terrifying thing, because they have to develop a new technology that can be used barely and can be used in a summer, but it definitely requires a lot of attempts in the new season and through many game adjustments... to reach the point of being able to perform freely.

But this kind of experience is completely unsuitable for Zhang Hao!

Not only did Malone feel so painful when he looked at him, but O'Neal, as a teammate, felt extremely stressed.

If the defensive end is not done well this round, then come back next round. The Jazz want to play an advantage before the end of the first half. When the Jazz attacks, they play very hard!

The two evil spirits pretended to pick and roll, Malone just pulled out and turned around and cut at the basket. Stockton took advantage of Zhang Hao's three-pointer before he expanded... to hit!

47 to 46, the Jazz took 1 point lead!

He was under pressure but was very excited. Zhang Hao continued to ask for the ball when he arrived in the frontcourt and was ready to continue attacking! This is his time!

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Chapter completed!