Chapter 337 336: Malone: ​​Can this MVP be transferred to Shay!? (Please give me a guaranteed monthly ticket!)

Author: Grove Street Brothers

Chapter 337 336: Malone: ​​Can this MVP be transferred to Shay!? (Please give me a guaranteed monthly ticket!)

Malone's original plan was to show off after the game started to intimidate his opponents and show off his majesty as an MVP.

Malone kept his word and really showed off on both offense and defense!

First, his shot on the offensive end was bloodied, and then he was brutally dunked by Shay.

Is this still the regular season MVP? This is clearly competing with Duncan for the background MVP!

In the Energy Solutions Arena, the boos have begun to subside.

They originally expected Malone to beat the Lakers violently, but what they saw was that Malone was beaten violently by the Lakers.

Karl Malone is naturally very unconvinced. As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot overwhelm a local snake. You are deliberately trying to embarrass me on my territory!

LA gangs are so rude!

If that's the case, don't blame me for being rude!

The angry Malone naturally wanted to avenge his humiliation, so in this round he continued to rely on his big ball in the low post, hoping to regain face.

A mere undrafted guy dared to make a move on my MVP.

There has never been a precedent in this world where an MVP was suppressed by an undrafted player!

I want you, an undrafted guy, to know how terrible the consequences will be if you anger the MVP!

Stockton lobbed the ball to Malone in the inside position, and Alan Houston pulled Shea to the right, preventing Shea from attacking Malone in the low post.

Malone temporarily got a one-on-one opportunity with Ben.

Most of the time, Malone can be one-on-one with the opponent's fourth position, which means that this offense is basically stable.

But facing Ben, Malone didn't dare to shoot directly. Malone had just tried out Ben's bullet speed and ability to judge the timing of blocking shots, and he was really not easy to mess with.

Therefore, after Ma Long shook his shoulders this time, he turned his back and rushed into the paint!

And in the process of turning around to break through, he gave Ben an elbow, letting Ben know the consequences of irritating him!

But after a quick operation, Ma Long discovered that Ben was still close to his side with quick steps, and he couldn't get any space!

Malone's shoulder shaking and elbow turning movements just now were of no use to Ben at all!

MVP's self-esteem was severely trampled on again. What a man fears most is to try his best to output, but the other party will not respond.

Karl Malone feels that his shoulder swing is very confusing, and his elbow swing is even more destructive.

However, this undrafted guy with an afro did not lose his position at all because of this!

It can only be said that Ma Long mentioned a steel plate today.

First of all, Ben's extremely fast movement speed made Ma Long's back turn completely ineffective.

Secondly, Ben may be the most stacked man in the league. It is estimated that only the backcourt duo of Arenas and Morant can cause substantial damage to him.

Therefore, the back turn + elbow swing is simply too defensive for Ben.

Under Ben's close defense, Karl Malone was unable to fully pick up the speed or fully take off.

So he jumped up and dunked with both hands, but Mutombo, who was defending and returning to the basket, slapped him down, and Malone was directly knocked to the ground.

After completing the block, Mutombo still stared at Malone on the ground and asked in his unique cigarette voice: "Hey MVP, what are you doing on the ground?"

Karl Malone was lying on the ground and had already begun to think about such profound questions as "Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?"

As the MVP, not only did he not succeed in revenge this round, he also failed to let his opponent experience the anger of the MVP.

Instead, he was knocked to the ground!

This is even more humiliating than having a shot blocked just now!

The shame just now has not been washed away, but Ma Long has put himself into a situation of adding insult to insult!

The fans in Salt Lake City covered their faces, feeling embarrassed for Malone.

Shay smiled. The Lakers' fast and high interior defensive combination was too restrained by Malone.

Malone should make mid-range shots from the outside, as he is easily interfered by Big Ben.

Let's break through. It's difficult to climb over the mountains of Africa.

Relying on Mutombo's block, the Lakers counterattacked again. Billups assisted Finley for an easy layup, leading 4-0 at the start.

Shay also spread his hands towards Malone, who had just gotten up from the ground: "When are you going to let me feel the anger of MVP, Karl? I can't wait."

Mutombo echoed from the side: "Don't worry, Shay, Malone almost performed a sliding dunk for us just now."

Shay and Mutombo sang and harmonized, making Malone lose his face.

But no matter how stupid Ma Long is, he knows that he must not act on impulse now.

No matter how stupid he is, he still knows that the interior defensive combination of Ben and Mutombo is not easy to mess with.

If you continue to attack forcefully, you will only be beaten more and more miserably.

This round, it's time to give teammates some opportunities.

Therefore, in this round, Malone and Stockton played a pick-and-roll, and then set an off-ball screen for Alan Houston.

When blocking Shay, Karl Malone extended his violent iron elbow and hit Shay hard.

As a result, Shea was half a beat late in pursuit, and Alan Houston also got a fleeting open mid-range shot opportunity.

Although Shea still blocked the ball as quickly as possible, the accuracy of the CIC king cannot be overshadowed.

Alan Houston seized this slight opening and took advantage of the fleeting opportunity to successfully throw the ball in!

The Jazz's scoring drought was finally broken, and Karl Malone also breathed a sigh of relief.

But just when Malone was triumphantly preparing to respond with trash talk to Shay, Shay spoke first:

"What's going on, Karl? Why do Aces feel that a small guard who has never been in the All-Stars, has never been in the All-NBA Team, and has never won any personal honors is better than you, the MVP?"

Shay's words made Ma Long feel proud again.

Yes, I am the boss of the team, but I am either cheated or dunked at the beginning.

To break the scoring drought, you have to rely on the shooting of the third leader, which makes you look weaker!

Who is pressing for MVP and has to rely on teammates to solve the problem? And Malone didn't directly assist Houston in this wave, he just set up a pick-and-roll.

Ma Long, who originally wanted to make a fuss, said nothing, but the huge sense of shame made him want to find a hole to crawl in.

But the cruelty of the basketball game is here. No matter how humiliating it is, you have no way to escape.

Either continue to be publicly executed, or fight with your opponent to regain your dignity.

Karl Malone pinned all his hopes on this positional defense. If I can't score, then I can't let Shay score either!

It's embarrassing if one person doesn't score, but if everyone doesn't score, you won't feel this way.

This is the first time the Lakers have played a positional offense against the Jazz in this game.

The person responsible for guarding Shea is Brian Russell, who is famous in history for being the backdrop for Jordan's last shot.

Regardless of the fact that the most famous shot in Russell's career was being knocked down by Jordan and then being killed, in fact Russell has always been a top defensive player.

Otherwise, in the original history, the Jazz would not have used him to guard Jordan.

But there are indeed exceptions in history. Some teams just like to use average defenders to face the opponent's star players.

For example, Barea vs. GOAT.

Shea moved without the ball to the mid-range position on the right, preparing to ask for the ball for a single. Brian Russell also immediately wanted to defend.

But Ben stepped across and set up an off-ball screen for Shay.

Seeing this situation, Karl Malone immediately changed defense, ran towards Shay and hit him hard, knocking Shay directly away from the position where he was about to catch the ball!

Malone wanted to use rough confrontation to tell Shay that the Jazz's defense was different from the two weak teams before.

If you dare to break in, you will pay the price!

However, Shay was not intimidated by Malone's rough defense.

Shay quickly regained his balance, and then used a shoulder thrust that he had practiced for two and a half years to hit Karl Malone hard on the chest.

Malone was pushed back at that time, and his chest felt tight and he could not speak. Shay's push was more powerful than Malone's just now!

Once again, Ma Long worked so hard that he was ruined!

From the start of today to now, he has been struggling at the basketball level.

Actually, even the confrontation suffered a loss!

After pushing away Malone, Shea steadily received Billups' pass and then ended the offense with a smooth turn-over jumper.

At 6-2, Malone personally defended Shay, but it didn't change anything.

He expected a round in which he could regain his face, but it ended in complete defeat!
To be continued...