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Chapter 25 What bad thoughts does Li Mu have?
In the second half, the game restarted.

Sloan knew that this Lakers team was very talented and had a very strong lineup, and the future would become very difficult. It would become a stumbling block for the Jazz to compete for the championship. There is still a hole card, not completely desperate yet.

They also own the Energy Solutions Arena, home of the Devils Plateau.

If the Jazz do not underestimate the enemy in the playoff series, there is definitely a possibility of defeating the Lakers.

Now in this regular season, he doesn't think much about winning or losing, but thinks about longer-term issues.

Therefore, even though the Jazz were 15 points behind the Lakers, Sloan still went all out to let the "Utah Twins" let go and attack with all their strength to narrow the gap.

For the Jazz, there is still a big difference between losing a game by a small score and losing a game by a big score.

Li Mu asked the iron-fighting team to defend first and take down the Jazz's counterattack first. The Lakers are strong, but he knows that there are many problems.

When it's time to be a turtle, just get into the sewer, there's nothing to be ashamed of.

The game restarted, and Stockton and Karl Malone played a high pick-and-roll tactic.

Li Mu's arrangement is to pinch the star tactic, to encircle and suppress the "Shuangsha".

Only O'Neal was left to guard the penalty area, and the two wings were emptied directly. Kobe and Bowen rushed over to encircle and suppress.

Stockton deserves to be the historical assist king. In the future, Chris Paul will break his No.1 record in historical assists.

A touchdown pass, the basketball passed through the gap between Kobe and Ben Wallace, and passed accurately to Hornacek.

Outside the three-point line on the right, Hornacek didn't shoot, took two steps with the ball, twisted his waist, jumped up, and shot a two-point jumper...

Boom-!
The mid-range shot of the death ray gun actually failed to hit.

No way, his physical energy consumption is too high, and with his old white body, his condition has declined greatly.

Not far from retirement.

O'Neal took off the rebound, dribbled a step, pushed with both hands, and handed it to Billups to quickly advance the fast break.

The Jazz have been prepared for a long time, and they are very resolute in retreating and attacking.

Billups rushed to the frontcourt and found that it was 3-on-3, and the advantage was still obvious.

However, Billups did not rush to attack. He was steady and chose to wait for O'Neal to come back to play positional warfare.

At this point, O'Neal returned to the penalty area, and Kobe immediately started running without the ball.

Outside the stadium, the fans and audience immediately burst into applause and cheered.

Now the initiative on the court is in the hands of the Lakers, there is no need to rush to attack, the opponent should be in a hurry.

Bryant took a step to run, and soon received a pass from Billups open.

He lifted the ball, flicked his hands, and the basketball flew into O'Neal's hands.

O'Neal turned around for a layup and was directly hung by the big pyrenes.

beep-!
The referee's whistle sounded and O'Neal got two free throws.

Boom-!
On the first free throw, O'Neill's free throw was outrageous.

Fortunately, the second free throw was finally hit.

2 for 1 free throw.

The point difference between the two sides widened to 16 points.

The Jazz's offense, Stockton and Malone, only have one trick, and that is the pick-and-roll tactic.

The Lakers continued to attack.

Li Mu bet that the Jazz's role players might be able to score goals, but they definitely couldn't kill the Lakers.

At this time, the weakness of the Jazz's offensive ability was also exposed.

The Jazz's tough battle relied on the pick-and-roll tactics of the "Utah Shuangsha" combination and Malone's low-post singles.

Playing a pick-and-roll, the Jazz were flanked, and Malone singled out Ben Wallace. Let alone whether he could blow up Ben Wallace, the mobility of the Lakers' defense was enough for Malone to drink a pot.

Role players are unreliable at critical moments. The Jazz's "Shuangsha" combination desperately attacked, but they couldn't open the situation.

On the contrary, it was the Lakers who overcame the Jazz's counterattack, and also played offensive efficiency on the offensive end.

Billups took the ball to the frontcourt and passed the ball to Kobe who ran out of the open.

Catch the ball, lift it up, and call Malone out to the basket.

At this time, Ben Wallace made an empty cut to the basket, and Kobe sent the basketball to the sky.

Bang-dang-!
Big Ben dunked with both hands and easily scored two points.

Billups, Kobe, and Big Ben finally joined together to form the "iron triangle".

Kobe has not yet become a "lone man", he is still a teammate in his eyes, not only at the basket, but also attracts defensive one-pointers.

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Six minutes later, the Jazz let the 'Shuangsha' counterattack with all their strength. Feidan couldn't narrow the point difference, and let the Lakers open the score to 6 points.

Sloan shook his head, and could only replace Stockton and Hornacek, who were too physically exhausted, and Russell, the only mobile player, to surrender and accept the defeat.

Fight if you want to fight, raise your hand if you want to surrender, don't resist?
No way, Li Mu won't accept it, the Lakers won't accept it, and neither will the fans.

The two sides are enemies, the kind that can be called mortal enemies!

How can you give up if you don't fight to the death?
gentleman?

Pooh.

When sweeping the Lakers, why didn't you know to say a gentleman?

The Jazz, who still have tickets for a game, are unwilling to keep their hands.

just now…

If you don't know the suffering of others, don't persuade others to be kind.

Li Mu did not make any substitutions, and continued to let the starting five players play for more than 5 minutes, widening the point difference to 3 points, and then replaced Billups, Kobe, Bowen and Da Ben.

O'Neal is still on the court, after all, he hasn't really exerted his strength yet.

He needs to find his status on the court.

You said that he only knows one trick and doesn't look for status!
I said you don't understand, the sharper the knife, the sharper it gets.

Afterwards, with a big wave of his hand, Li Mu replaced Harper, Curry Sr., Jones and Horry, the four "substitute players" on the field, expressing that he was really on the "substitute lineup".

No, even the core players, Fox and Fisher, didn't play.

Can you tell, what bad intentions does Li Mu have?
It's just a matter of crossing the 'big mountain' of the Jazz to build up a little bit of psychological advantage.

Physical, mental, technical...

The Lakers' requirements are not high, they just want the physical, mental and technical skills, which we can't match.

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On the sidelines, the Blazers' tactical assistant coaches, Lionel Hollins and Maurice Lucas, looked at each other and shook their heads, understanding the Lakers' thoughts very well.

Anyway, it's not their team that gets hurt, so let them "dog eat dog"!

After sorting out the information they wrote down, the two of them began to communicate in whispers.

"The Jazz's core players are too old, and the Trail Blazers' bench is one of the best in the league. We can learn from the Lakers and use the thickness of the lineup to exhaust the Jazz." Hollins said.

"It's true, the Trail Blazers really don't have Kobe, a top player who plays off the ball.

However, our team's tactics are more team-based, and the strength of each position is definitely much more balanced than the Lakers' lineup.

The season has been shortened, and the physical requirements are stricter. The three elders of the Jazz don't know if they can last until the end of the season. If there are one or two more injuries, this team will collapse. It shouldn't be a problem to bully the Jazz. "Lucas also expressed his point of view.

The Jazz and the Lakers, as the two teams that reached the Western Conference Finals last season, would send tactical scouts to gather intelligence if they wanted to break out from the Western Conference.

It's just that they didn't expect that they knew that the Lakers could play and were very strong.

Unexpectedly, they can play so well. The Jazz were able to sweep the Lakers last season. Now that the three quarters have not been finished, the suspense of winning or losing is gone.

"Compared to the Jazz, I think the Lakers are a bigger threat to our team.

Speaking of which, the Lakers have always been our Blazers' enemies! " Hollins said with a serious face.

"Indeed, the current talent of the Lakers is too terrifying. As a team in the Western Conference finals last season, I don't feel surprised that he will improve.

It's just that I didn't expect that the degree of progress of the Lakers was even greater than I imagined. "Lucas agreed with Hollins' words, but his face looked a little relaxed.

"However, the Lakers have a lot of weaknesses right now.

I believe that on the stage of the playoffs, if we meet, the Trail Blazers can solve this opponent in 6 games.

For the Lakers, the upper limit will be very high in the future, but they still have to pay tuition fees for one or two more years.

At least, we have to wait for Kobe to grow to a certain level. There is only one O'Neal, and they really can't go far.

If the Jazz have home court advantage, the playoffs may be more troublesome than the Lakers. "

Such scenes also happened in other corners.

Among them, there are tactical scouts of the Kings. They got Chris Webber, Divac and rookie Jason Williams last season. They also want to make a big fuss and make their own voices on the stage of the playoffs. , especially the tactics of the Princeton system, gradually formed and matured, and the thing called ambition began to grow slowly.

Kings tactical assistant coach Mike, wearing a peaked cap, also recognized the role of the Lakers' bench.

However, Kobe's off-ball tactics are more in his eyes.

Because Kobe's off-the-ball tactics have certain similarities with Princeton's tactics.

Of course, Princeton's tactics will be stronger, and I believe that in terms of offensive firepower, it will not be worse than the Lakers.

Therefore, his focus is on the Lakers' defense.

On the offensive end, the Kings can be evenly matched with the Lakers.

Defensively, the Kings really can't do it, and there is nothing they can do tactically.

The only solution is to find a solution from the players.

The Lakers only have one O'Neal, and the past two years have proved that they can't go far.

He needs a helper, and the answer lies in Kobe.

So, how to limit Kobe's strength?

It seems that the Kings need a strong defensive player on the flanks to stare at Kobe Bryant.

For the rest of the game, he won't take it to heart, and is already preparing to leave. He will take back the spy information to the team for analysis, and then go to the next city.

The Lakers are not the only opponents of the Kings.

Compared with the ease of the Kings tactical assistant coach, the Spurs tactical assistant Mike Budenholzer is not so relaxed.

Because, in the next game, the Lakers will face the Spurs.

He can't be so reckless in spying on the information of this game.

Mike Budenholzer is now just a notorious tactical assistant coach on the Spurs coaching staff, and there is no need to fool him.

In the future, he will become the head coach of the Eagles. After he is famous, he will coach the Bucks where Antetokounmpo is.

Step by step to the finals, to put it bluntly, is the 'stunt' learned in the Spurs.

In the future, he and Kerr will become a member of the Spurs championship coaches.

The Spurs Huangpu Military Academy is still just a grassroots team, and it will take the next 20 years to sow seeds before they can reap the harvest one day.

For the Spurs, the information collected in his hands seemed a bit heavy.

"Kobe's off-ball tactics played a very important role in this game against the Jazz.

However, the focus of my attention is not Kobe, but Chauncey Billups, who organized, defended, shot three-pointers, and controlled the rhythm of the game in this game, but the statistics are not obvious.

If this game is at the true level of Chauncey Billups, then it will be very difficult for the Spurs.

Because, the Spurs hit the NBA championship, the difference is the outside strength.

Point guard has always been a flaw of the Lakers. If Chauncey Billups fills this flaw, it will be very difficult for the Spurs to beat the Lakers. "

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(End of this chapter)