Bishop of the Devil

"Beep beep!" The referee blew the sound to start the game!

The entire Rose Garden Arena has almost entered an explosive rhythm. Due to the extra seats, more than 20,000 fans were crowded into the venue!

The more than 20,000 fans were all crazy, some were madly cursing the Jazz players, and some were madly cheering for the Trail Blazers players!

The starting players from both sides came on the stage, and Ben and Malone glared at each other.

These two people definitely have a deep hatred, but both sides know very well that they cannot take action first. Once they do, it will be a fatal blow to their respective teams!

Without Malone, the Jazz's strength will drop directly to the point where they are not even as good as the Timberwolves. The Trail Blazers can easily sweep away the Jazz.

And with the Blazers without big money, who will face Malone?

Others can't withstand Malone's impact, so if the Blazers lose their big money, although they won't be too miserable, it will be too difficult to win against the Jazz!

The game has begun, and the Trail Blazers attack first!

When playing against the Spurs, Kobe used all kinds of hard-hitting tactics, but now against Stockton, he can't use hard-hitting methods. Stockton's strength is also quite terrifying, at least in the backcourt. Among the players, he is quite top-notch.

After the ball reached the frontcourt, Kobe passed the ball to Rasheed.

The latter's stable mid-range shot scored two points for the Trail Blazers!

The ball transition, the Jazz's offensive turn...

Malone moved to the high post to help Stockton with the pick-and-roll, while Kobe and Ben switched defenses after encountering the pick-and-roll.

Kobe is defending himself alone. This is definitely the best opportunity for Malone to attack!

I saw Malone pushing Kobe towards the penalty area like a bulldozer...

Since Sabonis is still on the inside, Malone did not dare to go too deep into the inside.

One step away from the free throw line, Malone squeezed past Kobe and took a mid-range shot!

He is quite confident about this point of attack...

But before he could recover, a black shadow rushed towards him, and his big hand like a cattail leaf fan directly slapped his hand away.

Malone thought it was Ben, but when he saw the person coming, he was surprised to find that it was Rasheed Wallace.

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After the ball was fanned out, Robinson in the bottom corner picked up the ball and passed it straight to Kobe!

After Kobe received the ball, he quickly started a fast break and dared to slam the ball into the opponent's basket before Stockton could catch up with him!

At the beginning, the Trail Blazers directly beat the Jazz 4:0!

The fans at the scene were like being beaten to death, shouting crazily. This was the scene they wanted to see the most, brutally beating the Jazz on the field!

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Next, for two consecutive rounds, the Jazz's offense failed.

Mainly because of Malone's attack at this point, Rashid's help defense made him quite embarrassed. Although he did not encounter any blocks, there was a 208 jumping man watching eagerly beside him. Anyone else would be affected to a certain extent.

In these two offensive rounds, the Trail Blazers turned into an attack again. This time, Sao received a pass from Kobe under the basket, and then turned around and scored the ball with a small hook.

Opening 6:0!

"Dudududu!" Sloan called a timeout while the ball was dead.

This situation was something he didn't expect at all...

Originally, the Jazz wanted to take revenge on the Trail Blazers. After all, they never got any advantage from the Trail Blazers.

If it weren't for the Trail Blazers last season, they would have gotten tickets to the finals!

And this season, if it weren't for the Trail Blazers, they wouldn't have fallen to sixth place in the Western Conference...

Although they still reached the Western Conference Finals, they put in more energy!

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"Well done, Rasheed, that's how it should be!"

"As long as you can successfully defend Malone, we can beat the Jazz to shit in this series!"

Richard was quite satisfied with the performance of the players on the field, especially Rashid. He seemed to have an enlightenment and did a good job in assisting Malone in defense.

In the previous game against the Jazz, Rashid was also assigned by Richard to help defend Malone, but the effect was unsatisfactory and definitely not as efficient as today.

"The contract is about to be renewed, so I have to perform well, haha, try to get a big contract!" Rashid burst out laughing, not hiding his true thoughts at all.

Everyone couldn't laugh or cry, Rashid was too honest...

He was such an idiot that he said such words directly.

Richard smiled and said: "Okay, then let's fight well!"

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The timeout ended, the two sides returned to the court, and Sloan's side changed their offensive strategy.

Originally, Malone was the team's main attack point, but because Rasheed was always eyeing him, Malone couldn't find any comfortable shooting opportunities.

Under such circumstances, Sloan can only spread the ball and let Stockton distribute the ball to the team's second and third positions according to the situation.

That is, Hornacek and Russell.

This arrangement finally allowed the Jazz to open up the situation slightly, and finally scored the first goal of the game in the fifth offensive round.

Even when the Jazz opened, Richard looked relaxed, lying on the bench chatting with the assistant coach next to him.

He is showing contempt for Sir...

The scariest thing about the Jazz is Malone. Now because of the special care of Ben and Rashid, Malone's firepower has been directly extinguished in half!

Such a knight is no longer so scary, at least Richard doesn't pay much attention to him.

The reason why the Rockets cannot beat the Jazz is because they lack points that can target Malone. It is impossible to count on the old Barkley to limit Malone's performance...

The Trail Blazers have a young and powerful team, and they also have Rasheed, a 208 jumping man, who is always ready to help block Malone's shots.

This made Ma Long quite uncomfortable...

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Not only the Jazz team, careful fans can easily find that those teams that use inside players as their main offensive points are not opponents of the Trail Blazers.

For example, the Spurs are not as good as the current Jazz...

It can be said that the Blazers are naturally capable of restraining inside teams because of the existence of the Oberla combination.

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Although Sloan redistributed the ball rights on the court, they were still being beaten by the Trail Blazers and could not find a way to compete with the Trail Blazers.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, looking at the Jazz's data, you can see that Malone was completely restricted.

He only scored 18 points in this game!

Stockton, Russell and Hornacek also scored more than ten points...

It seems that four people scored in double figures, the situation is not bad, but no one in the entire Jazz team scored 20!

This is quite fatal, which is enough to show that the Jazz have no advantage at any point on the field!

103:92, the Trail Blazers won by 11 points at home!

In the next G2, the Jazz's situation was slightly better, mainly because of Hornacek's three-pointer. However, they still did not win the game and were narrowly defeated by the Trail Blazers with a three-pointer.

It seemed that the Blazers only won by three points in the end, which was quite thrilling, but in fact the rhythm of this game was still acceptable, and the Blazers maintained the lead throughout the game.

At the last moment, Hornacek scored two three-pointers in a row, which narrowed the gap between the two sides.