NBA: This flower path is a bit strong.

Karl Malone, a 2-meter-tall, 06-kilogram strong inside player, left a deep mark on the NBA in the 118s with his amazing strength, outstanding scoring ability and perseverance.

The "Utah Double" formed by him and John Stockton became one of the most glorious chapters in the history of the Jazz.

People always criticize him for being a "scumbag" and "dirty player", but no one questions his attitude towards professional basketball.

Karl Malone, who has already won numerous honors, now needs most is a championship ring.

For this ring, Karl Malone chose to compete with his injury for the first time.

In G3, his crazy shots gave his team the lead.

And now, the first quasi-match point in the finals for the Jazz has appeared!

In Game 4, as long as they take him down, the Raptors will have no chance of turning things around!

June 6th, Jazz home court.

The moment the basketball was thrown out of the referee's hands, the Jazz were ready to retreat.

Sure enough, the moment Hanamichi jumped, he touched the basketball before Greg Ostertag.

As soon as he touched the ball, he hit it to Damon Stoudemire behind him.

The Raptors started their offensive in this game.

G4 is so important for the Jazz, and for the Raptors, failure is not allowed.

As the NBA's fifty-year record shows, no team has ever completed a 1:3 comeback in the finals.

So the Raptors had no other thoughts in this game.

Damon Stoudemire didn't play well in the last game, of course, this is also because the audience's expectations of him are getting higher and higher.

Otherwise, scoring 16 points and 6 assists in the finals as a second-year rookie is already a good performance.

Of course, [Little Flying Squirrel] was not very satisfied with his performance in the previous game.

At the beginning of the game, he took advantage of Hanamichi's cover and completed a layup that hit the Jazz's inside line.

The quality was very high and the basketball bounced off the backboard and went into the net.

The Raptors scored first.

However, the Jazz remained calm. In fact, in this series against the Raptors, the Raptors scored first in most cases.

But as Karl Malone said, no matter how beautiful or fancy the way of scoring is, it is only 2 points.

The game doesn't end with this one goal.

Now, the offense and defense have switched, and it's the Jazz's turn to attack.

The basketball was advanced by John Stockton.

His dribbling was very steady, and even Damon Stoudemire, who was in a lower position and good at stealing the ball, did not dare to easily step forward and gamble on the steal.

The Jazz played a positional battle.

John Stockton commanded in the right area and the Jazz players began to run.

Hanamichi, on the other hand, followed Karl Malone closely and did not give him a chance to catch the ball.

At this time, Jazz inside player Greg Ostertag moved to the top of the three-point line, trying to cover for Karl Malone.

This is the Jazz's usual tactic and it went very smoothly.

Hanamichi was indeed blocked by Greg Ostertag, which delayed the task of guarding Karl Malone.

Immediately afterwards, John Stockton passed the ball and everything went according to the rhythm of the Jazz's pick-and-roll tactics.

Unexpectedly, Hanamichi turned around and ran around the left side of Greg Ostertag, and pounced on the basketball flying in the air with an amazing diving posture almost parallel to the floor.

When the ball was intercepted, the cheers from the Jazz home fans came to an abrupt end.

"It's a flying steal!"

"The Jazz's first pick-and-roll in this game was spotted by the Raptors' Flower."

"Let's see how Flower completes this counterattack!"

Hanamichi fell to the ground with the ball in his arms, thinking, how can I complete this counterattack? Of course, I have to lie down and complete it!

Hanamichi passed the ball to Doug Christie, who quickly dribbled to the Jazz's half and was about to complete a three-pointer!

"This is unreasonable!"

the narrator yelled.

If the fast break counterattack three-pointer is used in the small ball era of the future, there is nothing to question.

But now is the 1990s, an era where whoever controls the inside line can conquer the world.

If the fast break counterattack at this time is a three-pointer, regardless of whether it will score or not, I am afraid that the head coach of his own team will be the first to teach this player a lesson!

Because there is no such tactic on the tactical boards of these coaches at all!

But [Scalpel] Doug Christie is not a normal person!

Would a normal person marry such a fierce wife, who would watch him almost suffocate to death without letting a female waiter or even a doctor to help him?

Would a normal person be called a "nerve knife"?

After a game, the score is always around 16 points, which is as stable as it can be?

As he dribbled one step outside the three-point line, Christie didn't hesitate.

Because for him, there is a chasm in front of this three-point line. To complete the offense, he can only stop outside the three-point line!

Stop suddenly, raise your hands, aim, and jump shot!

It was done in one go, and his defensive player Jeff Hornacek only had time to see the ball flying higher and higher in front of him.

“Ding~Shua!”

The basketball first hit the inside of the circle at the back of the basket very accurately, and then rubbed against the net along that trajectory.

The shot was made and the Raptors scored +3.

Less than a minute into the game, the Raptors led the Jazz 5-0.

Jerry Sloan was still very stable at this time, and he believed in his players very much.

John Stockton was the first to admit his passing error and encouraged his teammates to continue playing according to the tactics.

The game then moved on to the next round.

The Jazz still fought in a positional battle, using pick-and-roll cooperation.

But this time, Hanamichi did not find the right opportunity to disrupt the Jazz's pick-and-roll.

Because of the previous experience, all the Jazz players were very careful about stealing the ball during pick-and-rolls.

The basketball was passed by John Stockton to the moving small forward Brian Russell, whose scoring hot spot was under the basket.

Brian Russell is very good at attacking the opponent's basket and getting to the free throw line, and his free throw shooting percentage is as high as 82.1%.

It can even be said that 30% of his average points per game come from free throws.

The situation on the basketball court changes rapidly!

Brian Russell cleverly used his teammates' pick-and-roll to break through the defense like a flash of lightning.

There was nothing in front of him, and no one could stop him from rushing towards the basket.

And he did so, driving to the basket as usual.

However, Hanamichi, who was at the corner of the free throw line, did not relax at all.

He caught Brian Russell's movements with his sharp eyes, started at amazing speed, and rushed over to provide assistance defense.

Like a gust of wind, Hanamichi reached the basket in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, Brian Russell was about to jump high to shoot, and Hanamichi suddenly leaped up and stretched out his long arms, like an insurmountable mountain, covering the entire basket in his shadow.

With a loud "bang", Huadao gave the attacker Brian Russell a slam dunk, successfully stopping the opponent's attack.

"boom!"

The basketball was fanned to the Jazz's frontcourt by Hanamichi, and John Stockton and Damon Stoudemire started a track and field race to compete for the ball.

In the end, the basketball was caught by the faster and lower flying squirrel.

And this time, the Raptors had another fast break opportunity.

And this is exactly the rhythm that Damon Stoudemire is good at.