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Chapter 222 Carrying You to Chicago!

"It's the last battle, you all cheer me up!"

On the eve of preparations, the atmosphere in the Jazz locker room was extremely serious. Jerry Sloan's violent temper was on full display, and the score from 3:1 to 3:3 ruined a great advantage, and anyone would get angry.

"John, besides assisting your teammates, your mission is to hold down Kevin Johnson on the opposite side no matter what you do!" Jerry Sloan said to Stockton, and Stockton nodded solemnly , without saying a word.

"And you... Carl, don't doze off on me anymore, can you watch Barkley ride on your head and score 43 points like the previous game?" Thinking of this, Jerry Sloan asked He was full of fire. Although a first-tier star like Barkley is difficult to intercept when he plays smoothly, Karl Malone is also a top power forward. It is a shame to be scored 43 points on the head.

"Coach, I know what to do."

"Knowing is useful. What I want is not to know, but to do it!" Even though Malone is the core player of the Jazz, Jerry Sloan, a irascible coach, is completely rude in his words. Fortunately, everyone is used to his old coach's style , Malone did not express any objection.

"Press Barkley, I don't want to see him score on top of us!"

"And you, Tyrone, you let Marley score 34 points in the last game. Damn, you let him make 10 of 8 three-pointers. What's your defense doing? Listen, if you let him go in this game Marly is playing like this, you can think about going to the drinking fountain!"

This is the first time Li Shengli has seen Jerry Sloan so irritable.

In fact... Since he joined the Jazz, the team has been going smoothly, sweeping the opponents in the playoffs in two rounds, Jerry Sloan naturally can't afford to be angry, but it's different now, the battle of life and death is imminent, and he really can't hold back.

"Li, your inside offense is the breakthrough point of this game. Make sure to break the Suns' basket for me! Of course, I also want to defend. Whoever enters our inside will... die!"

Who gets inside and who dies?

Don't you need to worry about fouls?

Li Shengli didn't even know why Jerry Sloan, a coach, could say such a thing, but there was no way out in this game.

And the inside fight is hand-to-hand combat. The harder you fight, the more stable your heels will be. Li Shengli has already held up his strength and is waiting for the battle.

……

At the end of the opening remarks, Jerry Sloan focused on the defensive positioning of the game. After all, he was also afraid of the Phoenix Trident attacking again, and if they teamed up to score 90+ points again, it would definitely be bad news for the Jazz.

In a game, it is exciting for the two sides to explode and attack each other, but defense is the cornerstone of stability. Jerry Sloan believes that as long as they break the trident, the Suns will no longer have the ability to resist.

On the contrary... Among the three giants of Lee Marcus, Stockton and Malone's performance will be limited to a certain extent, and Li Shengli is definitely the focus of breaking through. In the first quarter, Jerry Sloan arranged it as the only inside offense nuke.

As the game approached, Li Mars led the team out of the locker room.

"Li, it's up to you, don't let me and Carl down!" Stockton looked at Li Shengli eagerly, after all, the tickets to the finals were only one step away from them.

"Boy, to be honest, since you came to the Jazz, how have our brothers treated you?" Ma Long patted Li Shengli on the shoulder, and before Li Shengli could speak, he continued, "I never asked you to do anything, but This game...help me, I want to play in the finals!"

"Shut up, didn't we agree to win the championship?" Stockton interrupted.

"Then we have to put out the sun first, Li, is there a problem?" Ma Long waved his hand.

It's not that the Jazz can't play without Li Shengli, but today Li Shengli is the breakthrough point. His performance will set the tone for this game, so... Rao Malone and Stockton are two veterans, and they both hope that Li Shengli can show his power.

When a championship hope is in front of you, it seems very mentally handicapped to care about who is more in the limelight, and Stockton and Malone have no shortage of honors, only a career summit.

"Don't be so serious!" Li Shengli glanced at the two of them, "It seems that we have already lost, and...you two are the bosses, don't be so discouraged!"

The two of us are the boss?

Don't you ride a horse?

Is it that I haven't counted yet?

Stockton and Malone glanced at Li Shengli in disgust. It wasn't that they were discouraged, but that Li Shengli was indeed the Jazz's best firepower. .

"You little bastard, if you don't beat me well, I'll take off your pants!"

"Screw you big stinky feet, hold Barkley down first."

"What do you say? This big ass bastard, I have to kill him today."

"Then you watch too, if I don't blow up the sun's basket today, my surname is Ma!"

"Fuck you, whose mother's surname is Ma?"

The two of them sprayed each other with one sentence, and they had a good understanding. It was probably an alternative way of decompression, and Stockton on the side really rolled his eyes, and Tai Long, who was behind him, panicked and took a step forward...

"Boss John, what... what's going on?" Just before the stage, the two bosses fought, could this be a good thing?Tai Long panicked.

"It's none of your business, just keep an eye on Marley!"

"But the two of them are arguing?!"

"It's nothing to do with you. If you think there is a problem, you can also go and quarrel with them."

Argue with these two big brothers?

Isn't it uncomfortable for me to ride a horse?

Tyrone shook his head, and Crotty followed Stockton onto the stage.

……

At this time, the American West Arena, since the establishment of the Suns team and joining the NBA, there has never been a game where the atmosphere of the scene has been more enthusiastic than it is today.

You must know that the Suns have only reached the finals once, but that was the ancient 75-76 season. The influence of the NBA at that time could not be compared with that of the present. After 17 years, they have the opportunity to enter the finals again. Naturally, Phoenix fans cannot be absent.

At the same time, although the fans in Salt Lake City were not able to show up, they were still concerned about what was going on in Phoenix, holding their breath before the live broadcast.

The Jazz start the Five Tigers and need no introduction.

In the starting lineup of the Suns, the fat pig Oliver Miller started, the Phoenix Trident was naturally also present as the main force against the Big Three in Salt Lake City, and Danny Ainge, who did not have a strong sense of presence, was at the shooting guard position.

Midfield jump ball.

Although Fat Miller can't jump, but with a height of 2 meters, as the first height of the Suns on the court, he still stands in the midfield. He can't let Barkley, who is 06 meters, jump the ball.

"Brother, you are dead today!"

Fat Miller is a weird guy, he played 6 games without changing his lines, and Li Shengli is already used to this fat man's nonsense...

"Don't talk nonsense with me, if you have the guts to follow me, I will take you to lose weight today!"

What do you mean?

Before Fat Miller thought about it, the referee had already thrown the ball into the air, and Li Shengli's jump ball was too easy this time, and the ball was accurately allocated to Stockton in the air.

"Let's go!"

"Crush them!"

Li Shengli roared, and Stockton responded afterwards. He knew Li Shengli's combat effectiveness too well, and immediately started running after receiving the ball.

It stands to reason that there is no need to rush to attack in the first round. After all, the Suns defend their own backcourt, and it is too easy to return to defense, but... the scene on the field is really confusing.

What the hell is this riding?

Is the jazz playing crazy?

Li Shengli took the lead and plunged headlong into the Suns' defense line. However, Fat Miller really couldn't outrun Li Shengli. Only Barkley could defend the basket, but if Li Shengli defended the basket, then Malone would have no one to guard against?

The Jazz don't care about that much.

Stockton made a lob pass, Li Shengli took off simultaneously at this moment, scored the first goal in an alley-oop, and the entire offense was completed in 4 seconds.

Easy to fight again.

After the Jazz passed halftime from their opponents, they pressed hard at every step. After several passes were almost blocked, Marley shot a ball directly in front of Tyrone's face from the high basket.

jump!

Although the shot was a hit, the ball bounced back and landed near the free throw line, and Marley, who shot from this position, was overjoyed, and it was good to miss the shot and catch a rebound.

However... Amidst the exclamation of the audience, Marley only saw a big brother flying out and stealing the rebound that was about to be obtained.

Under normal circumstances, the rebound is too far away, and the defensive center is afraid to fight for it. It’s okay to grab it. If it can’t grab it, the defense under the basket will be empty, and the opponent’s second offense will inevitably score.

But Li Shengli's short-distance sprint speed is amazing. No matter how long his legs are, his strides can be as big as possible. Coupled with his jumping ability, it is easier to compete with Marley for a rebound than to compete with Fat Miller for a jump ball.

"One more wave!"

Once again, Li Shengli passed the ball to Stockton and sprinted to the frontcourt. Driven by the two, all members of the Jazz Legion speeded up, and the Suns who returned to defense went crazy, because the Jazz led the way.

This time, Tyrone sprinted first, but because Marley followed closely behind, he didn't break through after receiving a pass from Stockton, and directly shot a mid-range jumper.

Although the ball missed, Li Shengli rushed to the basket and took off to complete the dunk.

……

In the first round, the Jazz took 4 seconds to attack. Looking back, the Suns took a little more than 9 seconds to attack. This time, the fast break, Tai Long made a shot and Li Shengli made a dunk, only took 5 seconds.

Three rounds, only 18 seconds?

For a while, the entire first quarter was brought into an infinitely accelerated rhythm by Li Shengli.

The Jazz's offense was getting faster and faster. Although the efficiency of a single shot was much lower than usual, Li Shengli's shots were fairly stable. Coupled with the efficiency of rebounding, he controlled the rhythm.

As for the Suns, they really don't want to play too fast, but there's no way...the Jazz's defense forces you to play fast. Tyrone, who was ordered to die, almost fit with the opposing Marley, sticking closely body, and occasionally leak a few not perfect opportunities to break through and attack, that is also the Jazz's fishing law enforcement.

As long as he dared to rush in and shoot, he would be overthrown by Li Shengli, but he couldn't give it to Fat Miller, because he didn't jump high and his shots were not fast. Even if he got a pass from his teammate, Li Shengli could turn him unconscious.

Abandoned!

Miller, the starting center, was completely abolished in the fast-paced mutual attack.

The coach of the Suns replaced him with Mark West after the opening 3 minutes, but the effect was minimal. Mark did not have the tonnage of Miller, and he was easily squeezed away by Li Shengli when he tried his best to defend. If the ball rides on the face, if it rides on the face, it hits the basket.

Played until the end of the first quarter.

All the players and fans who followed this game were stupefied, because the Jazz played too fast, and the Suns were stunned when they came up.

In the fast-paced situation, Li Shengli's explosive speed was astonishing, far away from the center of the Suns, and the so-called targeted arrangement of the Suns instantly made a fuss. For what?

20 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block.

Li Shengli scored 20 points for the Suns in the first quarter. Although running with all his strength and participating in fast-paced, long-distance raids consumes a lot of physical energy, it is worthwhile to score such data.

The score between the two sides in the first quarter was 36:25.

You know, in the playoffs that emphasize defense and fierce confrontation, it is really not easy to score 36 points in a single quarter.Although they led by 11 points in the first quarter, everyone can see that the Jazz can't hold on for too long. As long as Li Shengli is tired and paralyzed, the Jazz, a high-speed express car, will have to step on the brakes.

At that time, whether drinking poison to quench thirst depends on whether the Jazz after Li Shengli, who is tired and paralyzed, can hold the leading high ground!

People are not machines, people will get tired!

Li Shengli doesn't know how long he can last, but he must keep advancing at a high speed before exhausting his last bit of strength. When the point difference is so big that the sun can't recover, that's his rest time.

……

"Can it still work?" Although Ma Long was not the main player in the first quarter, he also scored 8 points and patted Li Shengli on the shoulder.

"Okay, why not?" Li Shengli took a sip of water, "Aren't you going to play in the finals, I'll take you to Chicago!"

Carry me to Chicago?

Ma Long's blood surged when he heard it, and it was a bit exaggerated to say that he was tearful, but he was still very moved, but he didn't use the word "carrying" well, as if he was injured and put on a stretcher?

"Okay, if you can support it, you will support it first, and if you can't, leave it to me. I want this victory!"

Ma Long got up, that's what Li Shengli heard a little bit wrong.

(End of this chapter)