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Chapter 36 The real villain!
The game is about to start, and the starters of the Trail Blazers and Jazz came to the field.

Trail Blazers lineup: Rhodes, Hawkins, Harvey Grant, Clifford, Sabonis.

The Blazers' starting lineup has not been fixed yet.

Malone's substitute this time is responsible for the task of the sixth man.

The starting center is Sabonis who has rested.

The coaching staff wants to try to see the effect of this lineup.

If the two towers play together in the rotation lineup, the whole wave will be better, or it will be better to put one of the two towers in the starting lineup.

The Jazz sent John Stockton, David Benoit, Chris Morris, Karl Malone, Greg Ostertag to the starting lineup.

The referee blew the whistle to start the game on time and threw the ball into the air.

Pyrenees Greg Ostertag wins the jump ball.

The Jazz go first.

Stockton received the ball and landed firmly.

After Karl Malone arrived, he began to play the signature pick-and-roll.

Clifford was conscious and quick on his feet.

But Rhodes' defensive awareness was more than a little worse.

After the pick-and-roll, Rhodes followed up in time, but was slowed down by Stockton's sudden change!
Stockton made a cross step, successfully passed Rhodes, stepped into the free throw line with one step, and made a stop jumper before Sabonis made up the defense.

Swish!
Sabonis has experience.

But after all, his knees are aging, and it is his first NBA game, so his performance is a bit slow.

He didn't care, he patted Rhodes on the back, and came to the bottom line to serve Rhodes.

The Blazers attacked, and Rhodes completed the atonement this time.

Facing Stockton's old opponent, 'Speed ​​Car' ignored his dirty tricks with ease, and forcibly ran over him with his body!

After attracting the Jazz's defensive focus, Rhodes gave the ball to Sabonis in the low post.

Sabonis feinted with his back to 'Big Pyrene' Greg Ostertag.

Great Pyrenees was unmoved.

The preseason has made him understand that he can't become a star, and he was trained by Sloan towards a defensive center.

Although he is a rookie this year, his defensive ability honed over the years in college is considered excellent.

He admired Sabonis for a long time and wanted a beautiful one-on-one defense.

But the proficiency of the Lithuanian's skills is beyond the imagination of Great Pyrenees.

Sabonis pushed the big Pyrenees with his back.

Borrowing the power of the big white bear's counter-push, he completed the turning movement.

Because of being elbowed by the Lithuanian National People's Congress, it was too late for the Great Pyrenees to pounce, and he could only watch Sabonis turn over and shoot a jumper unpretentiously at a 45-degree angle in the paint.

Snapped!
Swish!
The basketball hits the board.

2 is better than 2!

In the first round of the opening, both sides played offensively.

This round, it seemed that the test was completed, and the intensity of the competition suddenly increased.

First, after Stockton's pick-and-roll, the breakthrough was stopped by Hawkins' subtle pull and pull.

After the ball was given to Karl Malone, the shot of 'The Postman' was interfered by Sabonis who was double-teamed by the pre-judgment.

When it came time for the Blazers to attack, the Jazz were even stronger.

Their team is notoriously lacking in talent throughout the league.

Utah is a place like this, and it can't recruit any talented players at all.

If you don't have talent in defense, you can only rely on rough hand-to-hand combat to make up for it.

The Jazz controlled the pseudo-zone defense of "flanking in advance or not" quite delicately.

However, a lot of early flanking violations were blown.

This isn't Salt Lake City.

At the home court of the Blazers, if you dare to defend like this, you will only usher in the whistle.

The first quarter of the game became intermittent.

The two sides fought very anxiously.

Although there was a home whistle, the Blazers did not open the score.

Relying on the fact that the Jazz is still a level of dual-core after playing for more than ten years, and has a super-high proficiency in Sloan's tactics, their performance in the face of the Blazers' high-intensity defensive offense is still very stable.

But they can't restrain the Jazz, and the Jazz can't restrain them.

With Clifford pulling Karl Malone away, Sabonis played comfortably against the Pyrenees in the low post.

Rhodes also played very comfortably.

Stockton couldn't guard him.

The Jazz's striker strength is average, and the blocking is not as good as the Bulls, so it is difficult to interfere with his passing.

He connected with Sabonis and firmly bit the score.

Halfway through the first quarter, with Clifford and Hawkins hitting three-pointers one after another, the Blazers finally gained the lead.

The Jazz called a timeout.

When Clifford left the field, he blew on his palm: "It feels hot tonight!"

"Then shoot a few more threes."

Rhodes smiled and said, "And Hawkins, you two give me a few more assists."

"no problem!"

Hawkins gave an 'ok' gesture.

Malone looked at the score on the field.

10:13.

The home team is behind, and the Blazers lead by 3 points.

Each other's high-intensity defense still affects the shooting rate.

Malone touched his chin, making sure that his team was not afraid of the Jazz.

It turns out that this season, the gap with the Jazz is not that big.

With a home whistle, the Jazz can't play a fake zone defense, so they naturally have an advantage.

Coupled with his words, the game is still not stable. I can't milk myself.

Ma Long slapped his face, approached Carlesimo and asked for a fight.

Carlesimo thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

He remembered that Malone seemed to have said something to Karl Malone before the game.

Although he was a little worried that his rookie would be robbed by the villain on the opposite side, he thought about Malone's performance in the past few games.

Emmmmm, it seems that there is no need to worry at all!

After the timeout ended, the Blazers adjusted their lineup.

Harvey Grant goes off.

Malone came off the bench and played at power forward.

The Jazz also made adjustments, and 'Dead Light Gun' Jeff Hornacek played.

Seeing his future father-in-law, bah, it was the death ray gun coming up, and Malone knew that the Jazz had adjusted their style of play.

Sensing the whistle tonight, the well-aged Sloan stopped thinking about defense and started to strengthen the offense.

In addition to the powerful off-the-ball shooter, the dead light gun, although the defensive strength has dropped, the offensive firepower has increased a bit.

Back from the timeout, the Jazz have the ball.

Except for Stockton with the ball, the other four started running.

The death ray gun wanted to run out of position under cover.

But the opposing Rhodes followed closely.

——Hawkins, who is more capable of stealing, went to guard Stockton, and he came to guard Hornacek.

He still has a defensive attitude, sticking to Hornacek desperately.

Stockton took a look, and finally got his old partner.

Karl Malone goes up to cover.

Stockton took the pick-and-roll and pressed the center of gravity to start.

Just after it was pulled out, an unexpectedly huge figure stood in front of it.

The number 11 above almost fills all of Stockton's sights!
Everyone knows that there will be a pick-and-roll, and Ma Long is prepared in advance to predict success!

Stockton underestimated Malone's lateral speed!

He knew Malone had agility that didn't match his height.

But this speed is too exaggerated!

It was the first time to experience it personally. Stockton was caught off guard and was completely blocked by Malone!
opportunity!

Ma Long's long arm stretches out and is about to steal.

Stockton reacted extremely quickly, and subconsciously raised his ball-protecting elbow.

With a bang, Malone took it directly with his abdominal muscles, and relied on his wingspan advantage to point the basketball out of Stockton's hand.

Stockton quickly turned his back to protect the ball.

Ma Long jumped desperately, and while pushing Stockton away, he jumped to grab the basketball!
As soon as he grabbed the basketball, he felt a huge impact coming from behind him.

Ma Long, who could barely maintain his balance, fell heavily on the floor as if he had been hit by a cow.

The referee blew the whistle immediately.

foul.

And it's a physical foul!

The whistle was so fast and the judgment was so quick that the players on both sides were a little unresponsive.

The fans at the scene were half a beat too late before deafening boos erupted towards the perpetrator Karl Malone!

That's right, it was Karl Malone just now. Seeing that the ball was about to be taken away, he showed his 'special skill'

When necessary, use rough fouls to interrupt the opponent's possible rhythm!
That's his defense.

Karl Malone raised his hand consciously without arguing.

He just stared fiercely at Ma Long who got up, trying to put more pressure on him.

For many young players, encountering such a fierce foul may be scary.

In particular, Karl Malone is notorious and has a strong deterrent effect.

But not Malone.

Not only was there no fear on his face, he also smiled.

After the team doctor checked that there was nothing wrong, Malone moved his body and walked to the free throw line.

At this time, Karl Malone grinned: "Rookie, welcome to the NBA."

Malone turned to look at him and laughed too.

Throwing the basketball in his arms, Ma Long said: "You didn't even take my ball away, so you think you can do it?"

"That's it? Is this a villain? You're laughing at me to death."

Karl Malone: ​​"???"

Why is this rookie able to piss people off without even saying a single swear word?
After Malone finished speaking, he ignored him and executed a free throw.

Swish!

10:15.

He made two free throws and was as stable as ever.

His performance and free throw percentage made Sloan frown on the sidelines.

It is too rare for a big center to have such free throw ability.

That means fouling him is a point
Let Karl Malone adjust themselves first.

Sloan returned to the bench.

Unsportsmanlike fouls are two free throws.

After the free throw, the Blazers have the ball.

The Jazz players are firmly in the defensive formation.

Karl Malone doesn't believe Malone isn't afraid.

He followed closely behind Ma Long, constantly resisting with his body, and flicked his elbows from time to time as a deterrent.

Not only is Ma Long not afraid, he even took the initiative to ask for the ball with his back in the low post!

This No. 11 rookie wants to single out the villain Karl Malone!

The fans at the scene were all sweating for Malone.

Rhodes believed in Malone's ability, and after pulling the formation, he passed the ball to Sabonis at the free throw line.

Sabonis lobs a pass to Malone at the waist.

After Malone received the ball, he felt Karl Malone's elbow on his waist behind him.

Not only did he hit his elbow, but he also used his knees to support his lower body, which can be described as using both hands and feet.

Karl Malone's physical condition is much stronger than Rodman's, and his small movements are much more powerful.

"But it's useless!"

Ma Long grabbed the ball with both hands and turned sideways very quickly, pushing his elbow back hard!
boom!
The ivory white elbow and the dark elbow touched each other, so that the tip of the elbow met the tip of the elbow!
A burst of numbness came, and Karl Malone's face twitched.

The immune to injury badge lit up.

Ma Long was completely unaffected, and took the opportunity to complete his turn and straighten his arms.

Seeing that Malone was about to shoot a straight-arm jumper, Karl Malone pressed forward.

Then he was kicked on the big hip by Malone's 'accidentally' raised 'balance foot'.

Amid Karl Malone's screams, Malone made a straight-arm jumper.

duang~
The shot is decisive and straightforward, and the iron strike is also straightforward!
But it doesn't matter, the goal has been achieved.

Karl Malone fell to the ground covering his crotch.

The referee immediately blew his whistle.

Malone played less than 1 minute, and the game was suspended twice!
But unlike just now, this time the Rose Garden Arena erupted with fanatical cheers that seemed to lift the ceiling!
Faced with the small actions of the well-known villains in the league, Ma Long responded directly and forcefully without fear.

They really love this rookie!

Ma Long felt a little 'wronged'.

He said to the referee: "As everyone knows, I never hold grudges, and I am a man with a big heart."

"It was just a balance foot just now, you know if you lean back? I am too tall and my center of gravity is too high. In order to maintain balance, I have to lift my foot to balance."

"Is that reasonable?"

Reasonable shit!

thought the referees.

"Reasonable ass!"

The Jazz players scolded directly: "You are taking revenge!"

Ma Long opened his eyes wide: "Why are you so innocent?"

Jazz player: "What innocence? I saw you lift your foot and kick Carl's crotch!"

Ma Long blushed, and the blue veins on his forehead burst out: "The balance foot can't be counted as kicking the crotch... kicking the crotch... the matter of the big center, can it be counted as kicking?"

A series of incomprehensible words caused everyone in the pioneers to burst into laughter.

The referee also wanted to laugh.

But looking at Karl Malone's dark green face, he coughed and turned back to watch the replay.

After watching the replay, they found that they really couldn't find the problem.

Because Ma Long raised his feet when he was leaning back, it can really be said to be a balanced foot.

And this kick, if it wasn't for Karl Malone, it really wouldn't have been kicked.

I have been struggling and discussing for a long time, considering the meaning of the big boss of the league and Karl Malone's notoriety.

In the end, the referee signaled that Malone had not fouled!
Karl Malone, who had already recovered, felt the pain of his little brother and felt the darkness of the alliance.

black!
too dark!
And that rookie!

Just played an NBA game, right?This will play with the rules, but it's okay!
Karl Malone looked at Malone.

Ma Long also happened to look at him at this time, showing a harmless smile.

Karl Malone subconsciously retracted his gaze.

After playing in the NBA for ten years, I felt wronged for the first time: "This guy is a wolf in sheep's clothing!"

"He's the villain!"

　Thanks for the 2046-point reward from 'Qian Kun Feng Yun 100'.

　　Happy Tanabata.

　　I originally wanted to celebrate the festival, but suddenly remembered that I was a single dog, so Ma Liu came back and updated the code word.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)