redvbooks Chapter 224 For the sake of the championship, the jazz who threw everything away!
Chapter 224 For the sake of the championship, the jazz who threw everything away!
The Jazz also seized the opportunity and officially overtook the score in the middle of this quarter. Especially at the end of the quarter, Hornacek replaced Stockton and played consecutive pick-and-rolls with Malone. An impossible defender, Malone's mid-range and Hornacek's range make the Celtics simply powerless.
After their pick-and-rolls were scored in a row, Hornacek turned his attention to Russell and Shanton Anderson and others. Their empty cuts and shots also showed great strength at this time, hitting consecutively.
In the last 3 minutes of the third quarter, the Jazz played a 12:4 offensive wave, extending the lead to 14 points in one fell swoop!
In the fourth quarter, Barkley was even more unable to rest when the team was behind by 14 points. He was still fighting on the court. However, the exhaustion of physical strength and the targeted defense of the Jazz made Barkley's efforts seem to be useless. The balance of victory, Already tilted towards the Jazz.
In the end, the third game between the two sides ended with a 104:88 victory. The Jazz won by 16 points. They scored 65 points in the second half, showing the toughness and ability of the Western champions.
The whole game, Barkley played 45 minutes, scored 41 points and 17 rebounds, but also had 7 turnovers, 6 of which came from the second half. Except for Barkley, no second person on the entire Celtics team has scored in double figures.
On the Jazz side, Malone played 37 minutes and scored 37 points and 13,506 rebounds, Hornacek scored 19 points and 9 assists, Brian Russell had 13 points and 3 steals, and Shanton Anderson, who came off the bench, set up Qi Gong, scored 21 points.
This big win also made the Jazz back from the edge of the cliff, and everyone was relieved.
If the game is tied 3-0, don't care how many people the Celtics have suspended, they won't have any chance of reversing the series!
After a day's rest, the fourth game between the two sides continued at the North Shore Garden Arena. In this game, the Jazz's head guard Stockton ushered in a comeback. The varsity is even more handy. From the first quarter of the game, they took the initiative and led by 8 points in the first quarter, making a fantastic start.
The subsequent games were completely under their control. Although Barkley's performance was still brilliant, the score was inevitably getting further and further away. All his efforts seemed to be locked up. The giant beast is doing a last, useless struggle.
In the end, at the end of the game, the Celtics once again lost 77:104 to the Jazz, losing almost 30 points in the whole game! The Jazz also turned the situation around and equalized the series through their two-game winning streak on the road. big score!
Although Barkley only played 36 minutes in this game, he played all the first 3 quarters. It was only when the fourth quarter (dbdd) entered garbage time that he did not continue to appear. He also sent out 35 points and 15 rebounds again. Big double-double, but once again no one but the Celtics scored in double figures, and Barkley, helpless, had nothing to do but swallow the second loss.
The Jazz are getting more and more feeling, not only Malone scored 38+18 excellent data again, Stockton, who came back, contributed 19 points and 15 assists, Hornacek 21 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, the team's top three. The characters all put on great performances!
After another day off, the two sides started their fifth game of the series at the North Shore Garden Arena.
Battle of Tianwang Mountain!
This game is very important for the Celtics. Once they lose, the Jazz will get the match point and are only one step away from the championship. The Celtics who have lost three straight games can welcome Lin in the sixth game. Long's comeback, but they still have the confidence and momentum to play a wonderful game, and no one can say for the two consecutive games in Salt Lake City.
But the Celtics also ushered in good news on this day.
The starting point guard, the team's No. 3 scorer Chauncey Billups finally ended his two-game suspension and ushered in a comeback!
With him on the perimeter to support Barkley, complex organization and drive the entire team's offense, the Celtics will certainly play a completely different game.
In addition to Barkley's coveted support, shooters like Curry, Barros, Bowen, and blue-collar workers like Big Ben, who all rely on pie to score, have the opportunity to sweep the first two games under the revitalization of Billups. The downturn!
"Chauncey! Chauncey! Chauncey! 99
"The best point guard in this series is back!"
"Break up that old slut!
"Tell the people of Salt Lake City that their time is over! No, their time never came!
The fans at the scene finally waited for Billups to come back after two games.
They believe this young point guard can save the team tonight!
Billups did not disappoint the home fans. After he came back, the Celtics' game was different immediately!
After the second fight with Stockton, Billups no longer had the slightest fear and awe for Stockton, and he was completely accustomed to his small movements and sinister black feet and black elbows. Billups is now, as the fans say, the best point guard in this series!
Billups played with energy from the very beginning. He almost regarded Stockton as nothing, or a 3-point jumper, or rushing to the inside layup, or assisting Barkley to make a strong shot at the basket. When the clip shrinks, he can also quickly point the ball outside, allowing the shooters to get comfortable space and rhythm, and shoot 3 points calmly.
Under Billups' stunning performance, the Celtics led the Jazz by 13 points at 65:52 at the end of the first half.
Billups played a perfect performance after his comeback, with 14 points, 7 assists and 0 turnovers in the half game, completely destroying Stockton who only got 6 points and 5 assists in the half.
Barkley continued his excellent performance in the last 3 games, scoring 15 points and 6 rebounds at halftime.
At the same time, Bowen, Curry and Barrows finally regained their state and their sights. All of them scored 3 points. The 3 teamed up to hit 5 3 points and scored a total of 20 points.
At halftime, Jerry Sloan looked at his disciples and said slowly: "You guys are terrible! It's just a rookie, just a Billups beat you up like this? There's no fighting back. What are you going to do next time Lin Long comes back? Surrender directly? Wake up! Wake me up! Think about what you have done this round of the series! What have you paid!"
"Having paid so much, being called maggots, dirty, only using dirty tricks, and even destroying the opposing players, causing them to fight and get suspended, and then we lose the game like this? I tell you, history will only Remember the victors! If we win this year and win the championship, it doesn't matter what we did in the finals this year or how we won!"
"But if we lose, we lose to the Celtics, then every time we mention this championship, we will appear as villains, a villain who does everything, dirty and useless, a villain who will be nailed to the pillar of shame forever. On the garbage team!
"Think of your nicknames back then. Dirty and dirty? Worst runner-up ever? Funniest runner-up ever? Or how about this: the first trash team ever to get beaten up and lose the Finals? Or a garbage runner-up that we can't resist as long as our opponents are well-staffed?"
When Sloan said this, he finally paused before continuing: "I only said so much, what attitude and method to play in the second half, think about it for yourself!"
Sloan's words left the Jazz players speechless, only Malone and Stockton.
After the two of them glanced at each other, they nodded silently, only the two of them knew the true meaning of Sloan's words.
Sloan is making them dirty to the end!
Sloan is reminding them that even if they win today and face Lin Long back in two days, they are destined to be powerless to fight back against the well-formed Celtics.
The tacit understanding between Malone and Stockton allows them to understand each other's decisions without speaking.
Now that you have done the first year of the first year, you are not afraid to do the fifteenth!
They can drop everything for the championship.