NBA restricted area bulldozer

Chapter 221

Damn, the backboard was pried?

Although similar things have happened several times in the hands of Li Shengli and O'Neal before, all teams in the league have also replaced the basketball hoops at home, with the baskets integrated.

But even so, Li Shengli still pulled the basket abruptly and tore the rebound off.

Cutting corners at the American West Arena?

Otherwise, how could such a ghost thing happen again?

You know, the rebound that O'Neal smashed in February was at the Suns' home court at the American West Arena. At that time, everyone was shocked. The game was stopped for more than half an hour. Fortunately, this game is unnecessary. Because... the sun has burped, and the timer has been reset to zero.

In the first game of the Suns, the home team was lore!

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The fans at the scene were wailing, the Suns coach Paul was naturally not in a good mood, and all the Suns players were terribly uncomfortable. Of course, Fat Miller was the worst. Not only did he miss the key free throw, he was also hit by a rebound I'm confused.

On the other hand, the Jazz who went to the next city first.

The three of Li Masi raised their arms high, welcoming this difficult victory. After all, winning the first away game is crucial for this round of the series, because the Suns' home winning percentage is quite abnormal... During the regular season of this season, the home The winning rate reached 83.3%.

Being able to win the first victory in this game is indeed a good start.

Jerry Sloan couldn't help laughing, and Stockton and Malone were even more excited. After all, this time is their most promising time to win the championship, and it doesn't matter who they play in the finals, as long as they reach the Western Conference Finals, It has already created the best result of the Jazz playoffs.

But Li Shengli...

On the record-breaking road, he became more and more publicized. The 14 blocks in this game reached the top in one fell swoop, making Olajuwon the top of the single-game block list in the playoffs. At the same time... 26 rebounds beat Olajuwon again. to the fifth.

What resentment, what resentment?

The Rockets led by Olajuwon were knocked off the horse by the Jazz, and then... all the records held by him were also wiped out by Li Shengli, and they almost suffered internal injuries.

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For the next two days, the Jazz practiced step by step.

May 5th is the first game, and the second game is scheduled for the 24th, which is also the home of the Suns.

At the beginning of this battle, Paul released Fat Miller, continuing the first game against Li Shengli, but the same threshold will not fall twice. Li Shengli's free throws in this game were extraordinary, which directly disintegrated the Suns. Targeted layout.

However, the state of the Phoenix Trident is astonishing. Marley's hands exploded and he hit 14 of 10 shots. Coupled with Barkley's stable performance and Kevin's go-between pass, the Trident teamed up and scored 52 points. .

As for Li Mars, although Li Shengli was liberated, Malone was severely hit by the Suns, and Stockton was also restricted for the entire game, far inferior to the performance of the Trident.

Until the end, the Jazz lost by 8 points, with a big score of 1:1.

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After playing the two home games of the Suns, the Jazz finally returned to the base camp to fight.

Although the Jazz's home win rate is not as amazing as the Suns' 83.3%, it is a familiar venue after all and has a certain psychological advantage.

At this point, the Jazz seized the match point with a big score of 3:1, and Salt Lake City fell into a wild cry.

The 3:1 advantage is too great, which means that the Jazz can advance to the finals as long as they win one more game, and this is the Jazz's first trip to the finals. Know.

If you want to reach the finals, you must win all the remaining 3 games and end with a three-game winning streak.

And the only good news for them is... In the next three games, the Suns took up two home games, interspersed with a Jazz home game.

On June 6, the Suns played at home, the fifth game of the Western Conference Finals.

The Sun, who had been cornered, had a terrific boost to the morale of the entire team. He fought the Jazz with his last stand, and every position erupted with amazing fighting power.

Trident and Lee Mars, you sing and I come on stage, playing a match, but in the confrontation at the small forward position, Cedric Ceballos of the Suns successfully added weight to the Suns' victory.

Ceballos, the 92 Slam Dunk Contest champion.

Because he was born in an NCAA elementary school, the selection was late, and the 21st overall pick in the second round was selected by the Suns. However, due to personal hard training, he quickly gained more playing time, and during the regular season, he made 57.6% of his field goals. The rate reached the top of the league.

In this game, he made 12 of 8 free throws and 6 of 5 free throws.

It became the last straw for the Jazz in one fell swoop, helping the Suns to hit the big score to 2:3.

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On June 6, the game returned to Salt Lake City again.

The Jazz still had the upper hand in this game, one was the match point and the other was the home court. However, the Suns' counterattack was unexpectedly brutal.

The power of Li Masi teamed up is not weak, the whole team scored 55 points, but the Phoenix Trident completely went berserk in this game, shocking the entire league.

First, Kevin Johnson made 11 of 5 shots and 4 of 3 free throws.

Based on this, Dan Marley made 17 of 12, including 10 of 8 three-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring a total of 34 points.

This kind of shooting rate is really terrifying, especially the 10 of 8 three-pointers, which tore the Jazz's perimeter defense.

Even more terrifying is Charles Barkley!

全场22次出手命中了16次，罚球11中11，砍下了43分，而除此之外……10个篮板、10个助攻，打到了一个40+得分的三双数据。

It is worth mentioning that...Marley and Barkley both played 47 minutes, which shows that the Suns are really desperate to fight the Jazz.

In this battle, the Phoenix Trident teamed up to score 91 points and also won the sixth game, successfully dragging the Western Conference Finals into the tiebreaker.

Turn the pros and cons!

The Jazz, who had a good wind direction, suddenly fell into a huge passive situation. You must know that Game [-] is the home court of the Suns, and the home court advantage of the tiebreaker will be the most deadly poison.

Ambitious and want to enter the finals?

But no one thought that... Jazz was forced into a corner.

Huge pressure swept everyone like a wave, and the three of Li Masi were the first to bear the brunt.

Li Shengli was a little unwilling, but fortunately, there was still a chance.

Few people can understand the feelings of Stockton and Malone... It's like buying a lottery ticket and winning the first prize of tens of millions of dollars, but when receiving the prize, they find that they are watching Missed a digit?

This kind of psychological gap is too great, and it is completely capable of crushing a normal person. Even Jerry Sloan has been seriously angry recently and suffered from insomnia all night.

As for the East, the Bulls played against the Knicks 4:2 and advanced to the finals ahead of schedule, while the East and West finals are the last game left.

6 month 5 number.

Tie-break!

The eyes of the entire league, all fans, and the major media are all on Phoenix, the Jazz and the Suns will be in a fight, and the winner will challenge the Chicago Bulls, who have won two consecutive championships.

(End of this chapter)