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Chapter 172 The Roar of Salt Lake City

Amidst the almost roaring cheers in the Triangle Center Arena, Hornets coach Alan's face was livid.

The lethality shown by the inside of the Jazz is amazing, and originally... all of this should belong to the Hornets. Li Shengli and Johnson cooperated well. Even if there is no point guard of Stockton's level, there is a reduced version of the first-line point guard. Boggs is also enough.

However, it backfired.

The management of the Hornets sent Li Shengli away. This is definitely the biggest failure in the transaction since the establishment of the team. The exchange for Jeff Malone and Isaac Austin is not unusable, but they are by no means as comfortable as Li Shengli. As for the two Year's picks...

What's the point of this? !

It is possible to get a good player, but that is a small probability event. You must know... high-ranked parallel imports are rare, and low-ranked good seedlings are also rare.

Alan scolded his mother in his heart, but the game had to continue.

However, Larry Johnson was about to be beaten to death. Leaving aside the statistics, three fouls were enough to kill him. Although Johnson was tough enough, he still wanted to play for a quarter, but Alan absolutely could not agree.

Play another quarter?

Why are you hitting on the head?

Can't you see Sir's determined to kill you?

In the end... Johnson was replaced, and backup power forward Kenny Gartisson came on, and Gominsky at the center position was also taken down, and Isaac Austin, who had just been traded, played.

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The Jazz have nothing to say here, Jerry Sloan is serious.

Although the point difference was drawn in the first quarter, he really does not advocate this style of play. Leaving aside the statistics of the core players, the number of fouls is a bit high. Li Shengli and Malone commit two fouls. Fortunately...the Hornets don’t have many With their ability to resist, halftime should be enough to crush them to death.

So the Jazz didn't make any substitutions, and continued to play with the starting five. Jerry Sloan didn't even say any extra nonsense, only one sentence... at the end of halftime, I want a 40-point difference.

In the first quarter, the score was 14:30, the Jazz led by 16 points, and Jerry Sloan wanted a 40-point difference, which meant another 24-point difference in the second quarter.

Are you kidding me?

A 40-point lead in a game is scary enough, but a 40-point halftime lead?

Although not no team can do it, the Warriors in the 91-92 season did it, leading by 47 at halftime and 62 at the full time, which is recorded in NBA history, but it is too difficult to do this.

And...the NBA also has many unwritten rules. During the garbage time with a large point difference, the main team will generally not appear again, and the leading team will not take the initiative to call a timeout.

However, what is unwritten is unwritten. In the commercial league of the NBA, you can do whatever you want, especially in this special game against the Hornets. Jerry Sloan doesn't care about the unspoken rules at all. Let the Hornets management see their short-sightedness.

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Back on the field.

Seeing that Larry Johnson didn't play, the fans at the scene shouted for the Hornets to let him go. After all, the first quarter turned a game into a gladiatorial arena. Everyone wanted to watch the fight continue, but Larry Johnson just There is no sound.

Section two.

The Jazz's starting players all appeared on the field, the Hornets all changed inside, and the game started again.

The Hornets were still weak on the inside. After all, they encountered the combination of Li Shengli and Malone, so Jeff Malone on the outside was arranged by Alan as a firepower to save face.

However, Jeff Malone was marked by Stockton. Facing his old teammates, Stockton was not merciless at all, and the effect was outstanding. The Hornets' firepower was again shifted to Boggs and Newman.

Newman is good at rushing but not good at shooting, and repeatedly hits the inside, but Newman is not Johnson. Li Shengli let him down a little, allowing him to score a few.

Boggs didn't like it, and Li Shengli had turned on Newman. It didn't make sense to arrest his old friend who had a better relationship, right?So Boggs also launched his charge, making Li Shengli feel the difficulty of the shortest player in NBA history for the first time.

To put it bluntly, the 1.6-meter Boggs is bent over, even if the penalty area is full of big guys, he can easily get out of a hole, and he is not much bigger than the ball when he bends over to dribble and sprint.

As long as Boggs takes off, Li Shengli's block is too easy to foul, because the target is so small, who knows where his big fan hand will hit, although Boggs can't even see a basket, but his assist ability But it was there, making free throws and failing to make passes, which made Li Shengli a headache.

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"You two, if you come in again, I can't help it!"

"Lee, do me a favor, let me score another [-] points, and I promise not to go inside." Newman smiled crookedly. Without Johnson present, although the score difference was huge, the two sides were peaceful.

"I want it too, don't you guys keep blocking me, I want [-] points too." Boggs jumped angrily, because Newman scored, but he only got a few assists.

"Damn it, you are ten and he is ten, and Curry will come up and ask for another ten. Will this game still be played?" Li Shengli was amused, "Get out, come in again, I will make you look good!"

The three laughed, and on the other side... Jeff Malone looked at Stockton resentfully. Li Shengli was making his debut, and he was also joining the Hornets for the first time, but he was really prevented. Stockton didn't give any face.

"John, let's discuss something..."

"no way!"

"I didn't say anything!"

"Needless to say."

"Brother, can you show me some face?"

"No!"

Jeff Malone jumped angrily, but Karl Malone, who was on the side, saw that the younger brother in "Brother Malone" was in an awkward situation, and waved, "Hey, Jeff, hit me."

"Oh, my God, Carl, you're such a nice guy, let me vote a few later!"

"Well, why?"

"Didn't you let me hit you?"

"But I didn't say to let you score!"

Jeff Malone collapsed, and also collapsed, yelling at the two: "You two... are not human!"

Karl Malone and Stockton smiled at each other, "Brother, you should have known."

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In the next game, because both sides have their own old teammates, although the offense and defense are very serious in each round, there are no small moves, which makes the game on track, and it is different from bullying Johnson in the first quarter, which slightly affects the offensive efficiency. , The Jazz's fighting power broke out completely in the second quarter.

You know, the Jazz themselves are strong against the weak, coupled with the accumulation of previous momentum, causing the Hornets to collapse completely.

Jeff Malone was suppressed, Newman and Boggs were also beaten out by Li Shengli, but the Hornets' inside line also exploded, Isaac Austin and Kenny Gatisson's personal strength was not strong, and the first time they partnered Not to mention cooperation.

So the Jazz slaughtered the Hornets for a whole quarter, and the fans in the Triangle Center were ignited. Thousands of people roared and swept through Salt Lake City tonight, and even Charlotte, far in the east, felt the roar from Salt Lake City.

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The score difference...

What Jerry Sloan wanted was 40 points, and the Jazz generals directly moved him back with 40 points, no more points, no less points, the score between the two sides was 33:73.

Except for Li Shengli, the other four players of the Jazz all scored in double figures, and Li Shengli doesn't care about the statistics... When Johnson is not there and the Jazz leads by a big score, others don't care. He must give face to his old teammates and coach Alan, and even if he takes this point The difference won't be any bigger.

Although there are no points, other statistics are still growing, even to a deformed level, and the Jazz home fans who are watching are dumbfounded.

The score was dismal. Compared with 1 point in the first quarter, he made a free throw in this quarter, 2 of 2, and a total of 3 points.

With 11 blocks, Boggs and Newman personally doubled Li Shengli's 7 blocks in the first quarter. It wasn't their intention, but they didn't expect... Li Shengli even lifted his pants and refused to recognize anyone. The two brothers ate 4 consecutive shots. A big hat, never play with Li Shengli again.

22 rebounds, 15 in the first quarter, and 7 in the second quarter. After all...Ma Long can be said to have given him face in this game. In the third quarter, the main force of the Jazz may be rotated. Under the circumstances, he will naturally reciprocate, so that Ma Long's data will be higher.

As for assists...

Because Johnson was off the field, the Jazz didn't have to deliberately feed Malone the ball, so Li Shengli grabbed the rebound and threw it outside, while the Jazz led by Stockton shot the ball after receiving the ball, making his assists soar from 1 to 6.

3 points, 22 rebounds, 11 blocks, 6 assists.

This deformed data was created by Li Shengli at halftime. Of course... because Boggs and Newman rushed to the inside, he suffered several fouls, and the number of fouls changed from 2 to 4.

(End of this chapter)