After dinner, Zhang Hao came to the second floor bar of the hotel. Tomorrow's training day, the day after tomorrow will be the competition. Tonight, Barkley and O'Neal opened an arty together, and Silver Fox did not reject the two's proposals.

Watching Silver Fox, the old head coach, was dancing ballroom dance with the girl Barkley called, watching his teammates drink and play cards...

In the past, Zhang Hao rarely came to such a place, and now he is not under such pressure to survive. When he encounters troubles, the team has an in-team arbitrage, so he will come and take a look.

The waiter was still very law-abiding. He asked for a glass of beer. The waiter, as O'Neal ordered, gave him a glass of milk, with a "beer" on the quilt, making his teeth itchy.

But at this time, Zhang Hao discovered a lot of emotions that he had overlooked before, and he needed to adjust his emotions, and he did not have to keep himself in a tense way.

When we were having a meeting in Los Angeles in the morning, the atmosphere was actually very heavy. Everyone was listening carefully to the coaching staff's analysis and discussing how to play. Now, we should be relaxing.

Looking at Barkley, a 34-year-old veteran who gave up his big contract to play as a substitute and get low salary, he did not look frowning because he lost the home advantage he had finally won. He was serious when he should be serious, and rested when he should be relaxed and rested...

Zhang Hao's emotions have really eased a lot.

There must be pressure, and there is no mistake to have obsession with the basketball I love.

But maybe life is like Barkley and O'Neal!

Of course, Zhang Hao was unwilling to live like Barkley and O'Neal, but he found that his own thoughts were a little too depressed and should be adjusted appropriately...

This time, Zhang Haoru slowly and subtly used to move, from not caring about any voice to gradually falling in love with the cheers of fans and enjoying the love of fans. Now he is even more fanatical about becoming a real big star in the basketball world... Likewise, his mindset and life are also changing his ideas little by little...

...

After two days of boredom, Zhang Hao was not purely autistic, but was thinking about a lot of things. For example, in the fourth game, he scored 26 points from 9 of 17 shots, which was because after thinking, he adjusted his playing style and performed well.

Yesterday was boring. He was actually thinking based on what he saw during the game review in the early morning yesterday, and also thinking about the coaching staff and teammates' speeches at the team meeting.

The coaching staff is indeed very professional. Like the second round, there are indeed many problems that cannot be solved. Similarly, they found that the Jazz also have many problems that cannot be solved. The Silver Fox has been trying to find ways to solve problems that can be solved, seize opportunities that can be seized, and lead the team forward in these aspects based on the points that can be utilized.

Now that the idea is completely clear, Zhang Hao found that the team's strategy is definitely correct!

The loss in the third game was because they did not have the Jazz to seize more opportunities and did not have the Jazz to take advantage of opportunities as stably as the Jazz, but in the fourth game, they did better than the Jazz.

At present, there are only so many things that can be done.

Now, he is very glad that he spent 75 days in the first game and won the first away game. Otherwise, he would be really likely to be defeated by the Jazz directly, just like No. 8 O'Neal in time and space. That Lakers team is almost like Divac alone to exchange No. 8 for another No. 8, signing O'Neal nakedly, and other powerful stars such as Van Exel, Eddie Jones, Cebaros, Campbell, etc., but they were still abused miserably by the Jazz.

But what should I think of now?

His own strength has been fully utilized, and his teammates can cooperate with his best.

Using a star experience card is a way, but it depends on the timing. It does not mean that you can use one randomly. You have to choose the most suitable star experience card to use according to the situation at that time, otherwise there may be situations that are worse than not...

If you can’t think of a solution, then just open it up and just fight hard!

"If you find a way, it will be useful, then Pat Riley won't be beaten by Jordan to retire from his own team's Jordan jersey..."

...

On the evening of the 30th, the Heat were behind 0-3 and fought hard to win a 90-77 victory, delaying the end of the Eastern Conference Final for a while.

On June 1st, after two days of rest, the Lakers came to Salt Lake City again to challenge the Jazz away.

The situation was also very different from what Zhang Hao expected.

He thought that this game would be difficult to play... Of course, it is not easy to play after the fight, and the Jazz played very bravely.

But Barkley and Wilkins, the magician, Byron Scott, and Jeromy Colsey are extremely brave tonight!

The night before yesterday, they played balls, drinkers, and play cards, but after drinking and playing cards, they were no less serious about preparing for the game than Zhang Hao, and they were no less thinking than Zhang Hao!

Especially when it comes to the game, they act fiercely, regardless of the risk of injury and illness, and play hard no matter what the result is. They are more brave than Zhang Hao, O'Neal, and Kenneth Anderson's three young core members!

The lineup suffered a loss, but when the lineup was rotated, he relied on several veterans to fight back!

When the lineup is getting better and better, and it is difficult to distinguish with the Jazz, the substitute lineup comes up and the lead is played!

Especially in the fourth quarter, O'Neal was replaced and rested in 2 minutes and 17 seconds. Zhang Hao and Kenny Anderson took Byron Scott, Jeromy Colsey, and Barkley played together. Barkley scored 6 points and 2 assists alone. Kenny Anderson received the ball and scored a three-pointer. Byron Scott received the ball and scored a two-pointer. Zhang Hao had a counterattack dunk. In just 3 minutes and 58 seconds, Barkley scored a 13-4 wave before the official timeout in the last quarter, making the previous 3-point lead to 12 points, 84-72. The Lakers used this to lock in the victory!

In the end, Barkley, who came on as a substitute for 28 minutes, led the Lakers to defeat the Jazz 93-84 away and won the Battle of Tianwang Mountain!

19 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. Although Barkley scored less than Zhang Hao's 21 points, assists less than Kenny Anderson's 7 assists, and rebounds less than O'Neal's 11 rebounds and Jason Williams's 10 rebounds, he was selected as the best in this game after the game!

He is not the first order executor of the team's move, nor is he a tactical core, and he can even play as a substitute. Barkley does not have the original position of the Rockets in time and space. Originally, Tom Janovic let Barkley replace Olajuwon in the middle of the season and became the tactical core of the Rockets, so Zhang Hao never thought of Barkley's performance in time and space.

But Barkley became brave and fought to the death, and still became the one who led the entire team!

...

3-2, the Lakers won the Battle of Tianwang Mountain away and won the match point in the fierce battle of the Western Conference Finals where the situation is constantly changing!

The next morning after the game against the Jazz, the Lakers returned to Los Angeles.

Unlike the previous two home and away games, there is only one day off between Game 5 and Game 6, the pace of the game has accelerated, and there are fewer opportunities to prepare for the game.

The Lakers returned to Los Angeles and the Jazz came to Los Angeles on the night away, and the Bulls and Heats won and lost the series.

102-90, the Bulls returned to their home court and steadily won the fifth game. The Heat chased one game 0-3, and it was really just a waste of three days of fishing.

4-1, the Bulls eliminated the Heat and reached the finals for two consecutive years!

When the Lakers returned to Los Angeles, they had a pure rest for a day.

Yesterday's Battle of Tianwang Mountain, the veterans performed well, Byron Scott's open three-pointer, and excellent defense against Stockton. Jeromy Colsey relied on fake falls in the inside and caused Malone to make two offensive fouls in the critical fourth quarter, which disrupted the Jazz's offensive rhythm. The Magic's excellent combing ball was not very good, although he didn't have many assists, but he performed well. Wilkins made several breakthroughs at the basket in the first half... Barkley's leadership was the most critical.

However, although Zhang Hao, O'Neal and Kenny Anderson played not as strong as Barkley, they were the foundation. Without them, Barkley could not lead the team to defeat the Jazz.

I was still very tired from playing, so I returned to Los Angeles today to have a good rest.

Now there is really nothing to prepare for, just look at the on-the-spot performance.

Soon, on June 3, the sixth match between the Lakers and Jazz in the Western Conference Finals came...

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Can you touch the floor of the finals you have dreamed of this year?

Stockton looked at Barkley opposite him. As a star of the same class, Barkley has always been his envy.

There is MV, and has reached the finals...

It has been nearly 13 years since we entered the NBA together. Everyone is already a veteran. Stockton has not won the assist king for the first time in 10 years. It is also the first time in his career that Barkley has made more than 20 substitutes in a single season. He averaged below 15 points per game for the first time in his career, and only averaged 11.5 points per game.

In short, he entered the NBA together. In the first 12 seasons, he and Barkley had never played in the playoffs, and had never noticed this before. Until today, in the match point, Stockton remembered that this was the first time in his career to play against Barkley in the playoffs.

The home advantage that he finally got back was snatched away again, but was still snatched by Barkley, an old opponent of the same class... Stockton was not discouraged, they didn't have a chance.

He knew very well that it was just about which side to perform better now.

But relatively speaking, the Lakers have more stars to support the bottom. As long as someone can break through the defense and stand up and play beyond the regular level, it will be easier to win.

In the first five games, Game 1 and Game 4, the Lakers' players standing up were the young superstars in the second grade, and in the fifth game Barkley led the veterans.

Stockton is very clear about the strengths and stability of his team. In comparison, he feels that their strengths are greater, and the Lakers' performance is always unstable.

Although he was behind 2-3, Stockton believed he could turn the tables! Just like Game 3, tonight, he wanted to grab the home advantage!

In front of the technical table, Ma Long came up when Zhang Hao was going to apply magnesium powder and said, "Don't think you will be so lucky today. You will definitely be beaten by me tonight! The one who won the final victory was us, Boy."

"I know you want to do this, but you don't have experience in the finals and you will lose when you enter the finals."

“…”

If someone else says this, Ma Long really doesn’t think it’s anything, because someone else must be really talking trash.

However, this is not the case when it comes to Zhang Hao's mouth.

Zhang Hao's tone sounded like he was declaring the facts!

Do you have to work so hard to beat the Jazz or do you have to do it for their own good?

Ma Long decided not to swear trash with Zhang Hao. Zhang Hao said bad things, even if he scolded the street, he wouldn't be so angry.

But Zhang Hao's tone of "this is the truth" is so annoying.

By 7:30 pm, the two teams were already on the court and ready for the game.

The Jazz couldn't give up, and the Lakers didn't dare to be careless.

The referee blew the whistle at the beginning of the game. Amid the cheers of fans on the scene, O'Neal easily defeated Ostertag to win the jump ball, and the Lakers attacked first!

Kenny Anderson received the ball and quickly got the ball. O'Neal received the ball from one step outside the free throw line. Zhang Hao rushed to the bottom line without the ball. Stockton pretended to move and hit O'Neal in the direction of a step in the top arc. In fact, he was cutting off Zhang Hao's catch route. George Lynch's right cut was blocked by Brian Russell.

O'Neal was not in a hurry to get the ball, nor did he play the game to make a big man dribble and change direction to break through. When Kenny Anderson approached the left side of the top arc, he threw the ball out from behind his head. Kenny Anderson received the ball, and Hornersek made up. Kenny Anderson kept stopping the ball, and when he received the ball, he passed it to the left.

Doug Christie, who followed up with a slow beat, received the ball and made a three-pointer...

Hit!

The Lakers' fast break has changed again. The fast break in almost every game of 5 games is different, and the Jazz have no choice but to block the four people with the highest probability of scoring in the fast break in the Lakers' fast break, so they can only leave Doug Christie the gap.

The fast break at the beginning is a sign of the Lakers. The changes in the fast break at the beginning are becoming more and more abundant. In the eyes of the Jazz, it is the manifestation of the Lakers playing better and better and more skillful cooperation.

When it comes to the Jazz's offense, unlike the Lakers always have a lot of spirit, the Jazz's offense is always so calm.

Malone attracted a pincer attack, and the Lakers were vacant to defend Hornersek. Malone received the ball and crossed the ball, and Brian Russell moved to the bottom line to receive the ball, and made a mid-range shot before O'Neal got the rest of the game!

Both teams felt very good at the beginning!

Seizing the early opportunities is something that both teams are working hard to do after going deeper in the series.

In Game 3, the Jazz won away, which means they played well at the start. The Jazz took a 7-point lead in the first quarter, and the Lakers took a 4-point lead in the first quarter and a 9-point lead in the first quarter.

The Jazz actually took the lead in the first quarter in the last game, but was recovered by Barkley in the rotation stage.

But no matter what, both teams want to grasp the lead at the beginning!

:.:8
Chapter completed!