When he arrived at the frontcourt, Zhang Hao continued to fall to the high position on the right side of the free throw line. Ma Long stepped up and suppressed Zhang Hao with his strength. He went around the front to defend. Zhang Hao turned flexibly and cut into the inside. Kenny Anderson passed the ball and arrived in time.

Zhang Hao received the ball on the right side of the three-second zone, and when he received the ball, he stepped forward with his left foot.

Ostertag has been blocked and has enough confidence to block Zhang Hao's attack, but he did not expect Zhang Hao to throw the ball directly with his right hand!

It seemed that Zhang Hao ran around the bottom line and retreated directly, and the ball fell directly into the basket!

Uncoordinated step-by-step layup!

As a top big center in the framing protection, although Ostertag is not very strong in his overall strength, he works very hard in the aspects of his proficiency, that is, the framing protection. Even players like Nash who average only 3 points per game have paid attention to it.

Isn’t this the layup skills of the second-year-old who has the title of “Little Stockton”?

In the eyes of others, it is much simpler that conventional defense cannot be defended!

The Lakers are 48-47!

Malone is under great pressure, and it is still difficult to deal with if the opponent is missing Barkley. This third-year player, known as the "basketball talent ceiling", has made too fast progress.

The Jazz attacked, Stockton continued to pick-and-roll with Malone, and Zhang Hao pushed out faster. Malone helped Stockton block Doug Christie and force Zhang Hao and Doug Christie to switch defense, turned around and pressed Doug Christie to cut into the inside.

Stockton passed the ball, and Malone received the ball in one step outside the three-second zone and was immediately blocked by O'Neal who expanded. Zhang Hao, O'Neal and Doug Christie's defensive rotation began!

Malone still passed the ball to Ostertag, and Zhang Hao had already collected it. Ostertag was going to make a shot, and Zhang Hao was confident of stopping it.

But Ostag did not shoot, but passed the ball directly to the other side of the three-second zone. Brian Russell cut from the left bottom line and made a layup!

After passing the ball, Malone immediately went to the baseline to block Rick Fox's pursuit, and O'Neal also followed him, turned around and slowed down, but failed to block Brian Russell, who slipped through the baseline!

Zhang Hao played very hard, but the Jazz were still unaffected. He played patiently, meticulously and efficiently!

Zhang Hao picked up the ball and sent it to Kenny Anderson and ran to the frontcourt. After Kenny Anderson pushed forward, Zhang Hao still came to the high position on the right side of the free throw line. Malone still chose to go around the front to defend. Zhang Hao continued to cut in and received the ball on the right side of the three-second zone... Ostag moved in advance to the right side of the three-second zone in advance!

Ostertag weighs 8 kilograms lighter than O'Neal, but his size looks a little bigger. His close defense movement is very good. Zhang Hao is covered in all of them, and Ma Long has turned around to catch up with him when the ball is withdrawn.

At the same time, Brian Russell also pulled into the basket. When Ostag attacked Zhang Hao, Brian Russell "replaced the defense" O'Neal and walked around!

Zhang Hao seems to be blocked to the right side of the three-second zone, but this will be difficult for a small forward or defender, and it will be difficult for most insiders, but for Zhang Hao...

Zhang Hao passed the ball at the bottom line!

Doug Christie made a mid-range shot from the left bottom line!

Small forward-level ball control, defender-level speed, center-level height, and this kind of clamp attack, as long as the teammates have a good awareness and can move to the position they should go, Zhang Hao has enough ability to break the situation when facing this kind of defense!

Fortunately, Doug Christie is such an excellent teammate!

Zhang Hao did not play pick-and-roll attacks as the Jazz expected, but instead made a threat to the high-level back and then cut into the shooting and the goal, making the Jazz's prepared pick-and-roll strategy based on the situation of the playoffs last season failed.

On the Jazz, they were attacking with stable attacks driven by double evil spirits. Both teams played very well in the last few minutes of the first half.

Zhang Hao made 4 of 6 shots, scored 8 points and 2 assists, leading the team to score 14 points in the last 5 minutes of the first half. On the Jazz side, Stockton made 1 of 2 shots and 2 assists, Malone made 2 of 3 shots and 1 assist, and the whole team scored 13 points.

Zhang Hao took the initiative and led the team to a similar battle with the two evil spirits!

After halftime, the Lakers led the Jazz 58-57 by 1 point!

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After playing more than 17 minutes in the first half, Zhang Hao scored 14 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block, with amazing performance!

The data is actually not that exaggerated, but it gives the opponent a feeling that it is very exaggerated, and the progress is too obvious!

The Jazz thought that after Barkley retired, the Lakers would be very strong in the stage, but when Barkley was in the rotation stage, it was definitely not as good as when Barkley was there.

Perhaps there is indeed a certain gap. For example, O'Neal played 22 and a half minutes in the first half and only had a rest of 3 and a half minutes. However, last season, when Barkley couldn't play in the Western Conference Finals, O'Neal also played 44 minutes in that game. At that time, the Jazz had a steadily advantage. O'Neal and Zhang Hao played very hard in that game, but the Jazz could still have an advantage.

Now, Zhang Hao's playing harder and more skillful. O'Neal only moved at close range in the second half of the second quarter, maintaining the threat of rushing and eating cakes. However, relying on Zhang Hao's better skills and better cooperation with his teammates, the Lakers are not at all inferior!

Stockton and Malone are under great pressure. They are at this age and still have the current strength. They themselves find it incredible.

But they can maintain their strength with all their strength, rely on their experience to do more details, and may have improved a little compared to last season, but this gentleman who has only been 21 years old in front of them is improving at an astonishing rate every year!

O'Neal's growth is also amazing. Last season's Western Conference Final O'Neal's play against Osttarger was obviously more difficult. Although it is also difficult now, the physically strong start can be played very steadily, giving the Lakers enough time to make adjustments at the beginning.

Now their Jazz are not at a disadvantage against the Lakers. Perhaps, if they play well, they will have a relatively obvious advantage, but what about the future?

The pressure to win the championship is even greater!

If you don’t win the championship this year, next year?

For the current game, the Jazz's desire to win is stronger!

Sloan, the two evil spirits, all of them think so. They have to do their best to win the championship this year!

Judging from the three of them, this year's regular season champions are either them or the opposite Lakers, at least the first and second in the West, and the two teams will probably meet in the Western Conference Finals again in the playoffs... Then the win or loss of the regular season match is very important!

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During the opening game, Zhang Hao's overall style of playing was still the same as before. In the next eight easy games, Zhang Hao's new style of playing was only occasionally showing off his strength, and it was not time for him to do his best.

Those 8 games gave Zhang Hao time to slowly adapt to the adjustment of his playing style. Now is the time to implement the new technology developed in the summer!

The Jazz are eager to win this game and get a good start against the Lakers in the new season.

Silver Fox even more thought! They can't afford to lose in this game, so who made the dead child say such words before the game?

However, Silver Fox originally wanted to continue the winning streak in the beginning...

Tomjanovic, the young coach who was only 49 years old, has already succeeded so much, coaching Olajuwon at the peak of his career... This is what the Silver Fox dreams of.

If you break that guy’s record, you will naturally have to fight if you have the chance!

Although Zhang Hao, who is usually so calm, always finds trouble at some very important moments, the situation is fine tonight. He thought that he would be at a disadvantage when the rotation stage was in the third or fourth quarter, and he needed to let the players fight desperately in the rotation stage in the second quarter to recover the disadvantages in the rotation stage in the second quarter...

This expectation is not that Silver Fox looks down on his own team, but a prediction based on the actual situation in the second half of the first quarter.

But Zhang Hao really integrated those new technologies that usually only occasionally showed their skills into the game. He cooperated so well with O'Neal who was resting in the offensive end in the second half of the first quarter, as if it was developed to cooperate with O'Neal...

O'Neal scored 16 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block in the first half, and Zhang Hao scored 14 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block. This pair of double towers is simply!

Even Zhang Hao's progress speed felt incredible, even the head coach of the coach, but he gradually became accustomed to it. The third-grade person in his family is talented... The Silver Fox has the feeling that he can do whatever he wants...

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Both head coaches were eager to win this game, and during the halftime break, they made targeted adjustments based on the situation in the first half.

The halftime break is almost over and the two teams return to the court.

The Jazz sent Sloan, Shanton Anderson, Brian Russell, Anthony Carter and Malone.

The Lakers sent Fisher, Brent Barry, Brian Shaw, Zhang Hao, and Sean Lux.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Jazz attacked first.

Sean Lux started fighting with Malone when he came on the court. After Stockton advanced to the frontcourt, Malone went up to pick-and-roll with Stockton. Fisher and Sean Lux defended against double pick-and-roll, which was a bit difficult. The two of them planned to attack Stockton from the beginning!

Malone received the ball from the left side of the free throw line and made a mid-range shot before Brent Barry made up...

The confrontation that started when Sean Lux played played a role, and Malone came up and made the first shot!

Zhang Hao protected the defensive rebound, Anthony Carter tried to rush, Zhang Hao raised the ball and pointed it at Anthony Carter with his arm... Hao Lat, Anthony Carter immediately turned around and retreated.

After passing the ball to Fisher, Zhang Hao ran to the frontcourt. Fisher advanced over the half and passed the ball to Brian Xiao. Xiao Yu's offensive mission was completed with the ball.

Good speed, good flexibility, excellent strength, aggressive defense... Anthony Carter, who is already 36 years old, is a veteran that many teams want to fight for. It is disgusting to the opponent and it is not worth the life. For the team he is in, everyone likes such a teammate.

The Jazz tried to use Anthony Carter to consume Zhang Hao's skillful play style. Then, Zhang Hao went to the frontcourt and directly leaned on Anthony Carter to ask for the ball!

After receiving a pass from Brian Xiao, Zhang Hao suddenly leaned up and hit twice in a row. Before Ma Long's hastily pounced and defended, Zhang Hao turned over and made an easy jump shot!

In the first half, Zhang Hao's playing style gave the Jazz players and coaching staff an illusion that he was experiencing the skills.

Since the beginning, Zhang Hao's playing style has indeed changed a lot, and that fierce playing style has become very few.

There are also rules. The league prohibits back-playing for more than 5 seconds. With Zhang Hao's adjustment of playing style, more running positions, more passing balls... It makes people feel that he has to change his playing style because of changes in the rules.

He also made changes, but not changes in his playing style, but his back-shot jump shot became stronger!

Before, he had a good back-shot jump shot, but his back-shot skills can only be said to be of good level. He relies on accurate mid-shots, outstanding static physical conditions, and the rogue spending time slowly grinding for a long time to find a turn-shot jump shot. Only by relying on these comprehensive conditions can he have such good back-shot efficiency.

Now, Zhang Hao's back-playing skills have successfully broken through to 81. Combined with 88's turnover jump shot technique that is close to the top level, and there is a stronger iron elbow... The rules have changed, and it has not weakened his bottom-line back-playing as expected by other teams!

60 to 57, the Lakers led by 3 points.

When the Jazz attacked, Horacek made a contribution and made a counterattack three-pointer, helping the Jazz tie the score, 60-60.

When he arrived at the Lakers' offense, Ma Long made a judgment in just one round and replaced him with Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao pulled it away decisively, and everything was done. Brian Xiao and Sean Lux picked and rolled it. After disassembling, Sean Lux cut into the basket with a rough move against Shandon Anderson who changed defense and made a layup!

A small decision-making mistake has a huge impact in such a game!

Sean Lux's strong body can consume Malone at close range. After Malone's pick-and-roll, Zhang Hao can make up for it. It is not difficult for Anthony Carter, who has retracted to defend against pure coolie Anthony Carter. The Jazz cannot always rely on Hornersek's mid-range shot to solve the problem. Sloan predicted that O'Neal would not go to the third quarter at the beginning, but at this time, he did not change to a center, but sent two power forwards to their offense, which had a certain impact on their offense. It was much weaker than the few minutes O'Neal rested in the first half.

Sloan's misjudgment this time has an impact not only on the Jazz's offensive end, but also on the defensive end. There is a big man who plays too much role in this era when the three-point line is shortened. The Jazz are not taller now, but the Lakers have it! Zhang Hao has the highest in the game!

When Ma Long went to defend Sean Lux, Zhang Hao singled out Anthony Carter, Ma Long defended Zhang Hao, and Brian Xiao looked for Sean Lux with excellent physical fitness, and Brian Xiao, who knew a little bit of everything, played an important role at this time. The 8 million US dollars in those two years was really not in vain!

This stage was only more than 3 minutes, and Sloan called a timeout in time, but the Lakers scored an 8-4, 66-61 in the third quarter, and the Lakers led by 5 points!

At this time, the Silver Fox decisively replaced O'Neal!

The Lakers sent Fisher, Brent Barry, Rick Fox, Zhang Hao and O'Neal.
To be continued...