The Jazz had a way to deal with O'Neal, and double-teamed the low post. The wing players retreated to the near-the penalty area and took the ball in the lower three ways. One person in the interior defended the ball. O'Neal attracted double-teams and passed the ball to the outside. Harper and Fox made a series of free shots.

Brian Russell defends Kobe alone. He is an excellent defensive player. He has many years of playing against Jordan and has great experience in dealing with this type of player. He keeps close to him, making it difficult for Kobe to catch the ball.

Sloan is a recognized iron-blooded coach. Although his tactics are pick-and-roll and a bit rigid, under his guidance, the Jazz players are very tacit. They are all routines on both ends of offense and defense, and can make up for the shortcomings of their personal abilities by relying on the team.

The Jazz's purpose is very clear, which is to make role players shoot, strictly prevent stars, and curb Lakers' singles.

If the triangular offense is double-teamed, the role players will be vacant. If they can shoot in Sloan, they will admit that they can shoot in Sloan. As a result, the two Lakers players are not very good at playing, and they will not make any three-pointers to improve their mid-range shots, and they still cannot guarantee their shooting percentage. The home team plays very frustrated.

Woodson lamented: "Harper is really old. His offensive skills are almost completely deteriorated. He is not accurate in shooting, and he cannot break through and dunk. I think the Lakers can consider letting Jason Guo play early."

Hovas agreed: "Jason will not be released when he is on the outside, but Jackson should have his own plans."

It was not until 3 minutes and 15 seconds that the "Zen Master" called a timeout and adjusted the lineup, and Guo Xu replaced Harper.

Harper made 0 of 4 shots, but he didn't make any open shots, so he didn't score a single point, snatched two rebounds and sent two assists. Harper was also very struggling on the defensive end. Stockton played pick-and-roll and looked for misplaced opportunities, allowing Malone to face Harper and deal with the inside himself. He made 2 of 3 shots, 2 of 2 of 3 points, scored 6 points, 2 assists and 1 steal.

The Lakers were behind 12-19. "Zen Master" knew that the team's offense was not good, but after seeing the Jazz's playing style, he was worried that Guo Xu's weakness on the defensive end was too big, so he waited for Polynis to substitution.

When the ball was dead, the Jazz also adjusted their lineup, and the "Big White Bear" Ostag appeared.

Kobe is on the court, and the ball is the star. He and O'Neal are the main attackers inside and outside. Guo Xu's task is to dribble the ball across the half court, outside the three-point line and wait for opportunities.

There are a lot of news about Guo Xu today. Salt Lake City media also said that he killed the Trail Blazers with six three-pointers. After the substitution, Stockton no longer assisted in defense O'Neal to wait for an opportunity to steal, and followed Guo Xu in a row.

Guo Xu wanted to play basketball like he did in college, running without the ball, circling around, and killing in and out. He only ran for one round, not only failed to receive the pass from his teammates, but also heard assistant coach Lambis shouting on the sidelines: "Jason, don't run around."

Oh my god? I run around. Do I believe this style of play and I made Stockton tired as a dog in the first half? Guo Xu complained in his heart that he still had to follow the arrangements of the coaching staff on the court and stood honestly outside the three-point line.

Stockton is 38 years old this year. Even though he was in good physical condition when he was young and had a pilot license, he would inevitably decline now. If the Lakers arranged a non-ball running tactic for Guo Xu, he would really be able to run to death Stockton. Unfortunately, Jackson would not do this. This is O'Neal's team, and the tactic can only be a triangular offense.

Guo Xu played soy sauce on the court for three minutes, without a single shot, only once he changed his speed from outside the three-point line and passed Stockton, attracting the inside to make up for the close-range pass to O'Neal easily dunked and got an assist.

The Lakers were 8 points behind 16-24 in the first quarter, O'Neal and Kobe each scored 6 points, and they started the game with a weak start.

Jazz center Osttarger is a fat man with a height of 218cm and a weight of 130 kilograms. He moves very slowly. Guo Xu thinks that as long as O'Neal pulls out and plays a pick-and-roll with him, he will be like transferring 30 lives to pass the Conra, and there is no difficulty.

However, Jackson's tactics arranged after the timeout were still triangular offense. He neither used Guo Xu nor allowed Kobe and O'Neal to play pick-and-roll. He didn't even use the tactical board, so he said - "Pull the outside line open and pass the ball to O'Neal to play singles at a low post."

Guo Xu cursed in his heart: Fuck, what about the famous coach who agreed to be? When you look at the opponent's body shape, you know that it is useless except to fight O'Neal. You arranged a low-post strong attack? When Ostag and the Jazz signed a big contract, you took a kickback from it, right?

Jackson occasionally gets into a terrible way, arranges inappropriate tactics, and calls pauses at strange times. Only he himself knows what he thinks.

In the second quarter, Phil Jackson began to fight the main players. When he was behind in the score, he liked to leave a star on the court, worried that the Ok combination would be taken to the opponent to expand his advantage, so it would be difficult to play later.

Kobe was resting, O'Neal and Grant continued to play, and the other three were George, Laidel and Guo Xu.

Guo Xu finally got good news. Jackson, who seemed to be half a beat slow in the last quarter, changed his tactics and asked O'Neal to pull to the middle to play pick-and-roll with Guo Xu. Guo Xu broke through with the ball and looked for a misalignment opportunity, attracting the big man to replace the defense and pass the ball to O'Neal in the middle.

In Guo Xu's previous life, O'Neal played like this with Wade after joining the Heat. It was simple and effective. Not only did O'Neal save energy, but he also helped Wade to show confidence. O'Neal's size is larger than that of the average inside, and his screen quality is very high. Wade can often use the screen to get rid of the defender's defense and easily stop and jump shots. Even if the opponent switches defense in the interior in time, Wade's chance of breaking through is very high.

O'Neal usually cuts to the basket after pick-and-roll, and he rushed to catch the ball, and the opponent was difficult to stop it except for fouls. Even if he didn't cut in, O'Neal also has the ability to support the ball and can pass the ball to find his teammates. When he was in the Heat, he had used assists to play triple-double.

The premise of playing like this is that O'Neal voluntarily pulls out to help his teammates cover it. It depends on his mood. Even the head coach cannot force him to do so. Tyrone and Fisher did not have such treatment last season.

Guo Xu felt good when he thought about it. At this time, he was a defender in the Lakers. There was no pressure to be a fat man, and there was a tall one to hold him down when the sky fell.

The Jazz played five players: Jacque Vaughn, Quincy Lewis, Russell, Donyere Marshall, and Ostag.

Jazz's ball, Russell received a pass from Vaughan from one step inside the three-point line on the left.

"Death Gun" Jeff Hornersek retired in the summer. When the team lacked scoring points, Russell took the initiative to take on more responsibilities, playing George with the ball and taking the ball and jumping around.

Last season, Russell scored 14.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.6 steals at the peak of his career, with a shooting percentage of 44.6%, and a three-point shooting percentage of 39.6%. He is getting more and more powerful as he grows older, and has developed his ability to hold the ball and become more confident in the offensive end.

However, Russell chose the wrong opponent this time. George has outstanding physical fitness. Most people can't squeeze him, and his jumping ability is even more terrifying. This time, the turn and shot was blocked by George. Lewis picked up a basketball 45-degree jump shot three-pointer. Ledell didn't follow closely, and the ball made the 16-27.

The Lakers attacked, Guo Xu dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and O'Neal stepped on the three-point line in the middle to help him block Vaughan.

Vaughan is 185cm tall, weighs 86 kilograms, and has an average speed. He chose to bypass O'Neal's huge body from the inside, hoping to block Guo Xu's breakthrough route.
Chapter completed!