The most dazzling player on the court of the Lakers is Zhang Hao, but his performance is not the best one. In fact, he played almost halftime. His scoring and defensive performance... can only be said to be okay.

Under the Jazz's defense, he has few shooting opportunities. What dazzlingly lies in his toughness and role, is his restraint, and the restraint is all due to the extra pressure brought to the Jazz with just won the Player of the Month and the tough image.

The Lakers are now the best performing on the court, Doug Christie and Jason Williams. These two people, one is responsible for offense and the other is responsible for grabbing the board, leveraging Zhang Hao's restraint.

Also, Del Harris' tactical adjustments were made.

A very single technology means that Zhang Hao does not have many solutions to the problem.

But he is very active, patient, smart, and always finds opportunities to play to his abilities.

At 6 minutes and 52 seconds in the second quarter, Zhang Hao received the ball and encountered Ma Long's change of defense. He leaned forward and encountered Ma Long's force that would not be seen by the referee during the confrontation. Zhang Hao took the opportunity to step forward, turn over, and jump shot...

Based on the trust in Ma Long's defense, the Jazz did not have any other double-teams. Zhang Hao, who had gradually adapted to such a confrontation, found an opportunity. Zhang Hao made a jump shot with a turnaround jump shot!

43 to 44, the Lakers firmly bit the score difference from the low scoring stage since the start of the second quarter!

The Jazz called a timeout!

The head coaches of the two teams have a tacit understanding and replaced them with a defensive lineup.

The Lakers sent a combination of Sedale Sreet, Anthony Pierre, George Lynch, Magicians and Campbell.

The Lakers sent Stockton, Hornersek, David Bennott, Adam Feki and Ostag.

Back at the bench, Zhang Hao looked at his data, played for a quarter and a half, made 3 shots in 7 shots, made 4 of 5 free throws, and scored 10 points.

There are really not many mobile phones available, but fortunately, the teammates played well.

On the court, the Magician rested for nearly a quarter and went up, and the game was still hard. Compared to Jordan, he wanted to defeat Malone more.

Taking advantage of Malone's absence, the Jazz's frame protection was strong at the basket, but they were not moving well. The Magic tried their best to help the Lakers fall behind only 5 points at 10 minutes and 44 seconds in the second quarter, 49 to 54.

The Lakers called a timeout and replaced the combination of Van Exel, Doug Christie, Zhang Hao, Magic, and Jason Williams in the last two rounds.

The Jazz also replaced Stockton, Hornersek, Chris Morris, Malone and Spencer, a combination of both offense and defense.

After the timeout, both sides did not score in the first attack. In the last attack before the end of the half, Zhang Hao slipped through the baseline and borrowed Jason Williams from pick-and-roll, and Malone replaced him with defense.

Zhang Hao ran around the edge of the court, entered the three-point line from the 45-degree angle three-point line on the left, came to the right side of the top arc and received the ball, turned over, left the three-point line, took off, and pushed the shot put...

He ran around the entire three-point line and finally got a three-pointer from Zhang Hao who made a phone call!

52-54, the Lakers were two points behind and entered the midfield break!

...

One of them made 4 of 9 shots in the first half, plus a free throw of 4 of 5 shots, and scored 13 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block. Zhang Hao's performance looked good while playing.

But more importantly, the Magicians scored 9 points and 5 assists in the first half, and Doug Christie scored 12 points and 3 assists in the first half. These two people used Zhang Hao's restraint force very well.

During the halftime break, Del Harris analyzed the specific situation of the first half.

The form is quite serious!

The Jazz are a traitor-devil-type team. When they play weak teams, they like to attack fiercely and defeat their opponents in one go.

This is how the Jazz played at the beginning. When the Lakers scored stably in the first quarter, the two teams scored very high in the first quarter.

But in the last three minutes of the first quarter, the Jazz strengthened the confrontation and continued to strengthen the confrontation in the second quarter, their Lakers' scoring dropped seriously. In the second quarter, they only scored 19 points!

The players in the game didn't feel that they were getting big, and the score was always tight, but they felt that it was getting harder to play. But when they were analyzing it during the rest stage, they could see that the game had entered the rhythm of the Jazz!

The Jazz scored 22 points in the second quarter, using their slow-paced play style that strong teams are good at, and unknowingly gained a lead.

After watching Del Harris' half-time analysis, Zhang Hao came to a conclusion - the Jazz are stronger than the Spurs!

Although the Spurs' record is likely to be better, Zhang Hao thinks that the Jazz are indeed more powerful.

"We have to think of a way to win tonight if we want to be dragged down..."

Zhang Hao fell into deep thought...

Del Harris finished the midfield arrangement, and the time spent on the arrangement has not been analyzed yet. He spent more time in the first half, because he could only find ways to make good use of the advantages he could use and find ways to improve scoring efficiency under the Jazz's defense. This is not subjectively controlled, but objective performance, such as open shots after high confrontations.

Zhang Hao is good in this regard, but other pitchers may not be able to guarantee good.

The game depends on the stars and the top skills of the stars. If not, it depends on luck... Luck may be more important, such as the hot touch.

After making the arrangements, the players rested and the Magician was wandering around in the locker room. Tonight's game was his favorite game. He came back at this time and had no idea about competing for honors. He just wanted to fight with those top players and top teams on the court again... he just worked very hard to play Ma Long.

Seeing most of the teammates relaxing, the magician likes this feeling... something is wrong with a rookie!

"Aix, how about it? Have you figured out a solution?" The magician said with a teasing tone.

He found that the rookie worked very hard to pretend to be low-key. He said that he was just playing well, but he was always very high-profile in his actions. He always thought from the perspective of a leader when considering the game.

Sima Zhao’s heart!

Zhang Hao looked at the magician and said little, "Yes!"

“…”

The Magician was speechless, and he had no good idea. In addition to expecting a more accurate outside shooting, he could maintain a tense trend after entering the Jazz's rhythm and finally bet on a key goal.

He just came to tease Zhang Hao, but he didn't expect that he really had a way!

Based on his understanding of Zhang Hao, the magician knew that this rookie would never be aimless.

But what can I do at this time?

The magician asked curiously: "What are your good ideas?"

"Not a good idea."

Zhang Hao responded, then stood up and clapped his hands at his teammates.

There is no precedent. Zhang Hao had never done this before, but when his teammates heard the call, they naturally gathered together.

“…”

The Magician felt that he wanted to surround him. He felt that even if he didn't come to ask Zhang Hao, Zhang Hao would surround him when he wanted to arrange his ideas and ask him to arrange it... He didn't notice it before, but now he noticed that in the current Lakers team, it's not that others rely on him, but that he is relying on others to win.

And the person who depends on is the rookie in front of you!

In the past December, in just one month, teammates have developed such dependence.

This feeling made the magician feel weird... and then he surrounded him.

"A moment we will be on the defensive end like this...yes, that...well...this...this, that...this...this..."

My teammates were very serious when listening to the arrangements, and people kept asking questions...

Del Harris, who had just returned to the locker room after going to the bathroom, was about to emphasize another sentence, and a question mark appeared on his head as the team members surrounded Zhang Hao.

"Oh... what arrangement is Aix making...F! These guys were not so focused when they listened to my arrangements! They even surrounded them!"

Del Harris is so angry!

"Sure enough, I just hate this rookie!"

Thinking of this, Del Harris couldn't help but squeeze into the crowd.

"I want to see what he can arrange..."

However, Del Harris, who had just squeezed in, was pushed out by the excited players...

Moreover, he heard a sentence-"Don't squeeze! I'll listen to the arrangements for the second half."

Del Harris was pushed into a messy suit and was away from the C position...

Standing in the corner of the locker room, Del Harris, no matter what Zhang Hao made or what he said, just looked at the high-pitched emotions of the team members, which was very different from what he had done after he made the arrangement!

Their emotions are not low, and they must have wanted to win with a close score.

Zhang Hao was fouled by Ma Long's big move, and he must have fought hard.

But more than a quarter was polished in the Jazz's rhythm, in addition to those positive and positive emotions, there were also negative emotions such as anxiety and boredom.

That is the Jazz's usual strategy and it works repeatedly. When the Jazz have the advantage of strength and cannot defeat the opponent in one go, they are used to slowly grinding like this, especially in the playoffs, the Jazz have to grind as much as they can.

This emotion cannot be reversed by the head coach saying a few words, and the head coach is not a universal tool.

But now, Del Harris clearly felt that the players were getting upset!

"F...I really want to know what that guy is talking about!"

...

The second half was about to begin, and the players of both teams returned to the court.

Viciousness is synonymous with the Jazz. If the Bad Boys Legion were not too famous in this era, the Jazz's infamous would have been even more famous.

Playing fiercely, they also maintain that image during the game break.

Look, when we walked out of the player channel, Malone looked at the Lakers players with the look that he wanted to hit people.

With that powerful muscle that is not inferior to bodybuilders, it has a strong deterrence!

However, this time, Malone did not see the scene where the opponent's players avoided his eyes, and could not even feel the impatient atmosphere brought by the other party because of their Jazz consumption. Instead, they were all restless and eager to try.

At this time, Ma Long saw the cool and handsome face that made him very upset.

Moreover, that guy was doing chest expansion exercises, his arms were pulled apart to both sides...
To be continued...