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Chapter 217 Boy, hit me with the ball again!

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"Hahaha, Perry, what did that guy from the Jazz just said to you, and he actually laughed so happily?"

On the afternoon of March 23, 1994, the Salt Lake City Delta Center Arena came away to challenge the Magic team, who was doing field training, which was doing adaptation to the field training, and was quite relaxed at this time, especially the team's leading player Shake O'Neal, who could see the smile on his face at this time.

Although O'Neal's face was very gloomy for a long time after being humbled by Olajuwon and Pippen in the All-Star Game, in recent times, because of the Magic's outstanding record, the team's boss quickly came out of that very gloomy mood and returned to a "funny" again.

However, it is obvious that in the face of O'Neal's "intimacy", Hardaway, who is also one of the two stars in the team, is still full of "indifference" towards O'Neal. After watching Aaron Williams leave, he smiled on his face. It seemed that after seeing O'Neal chatting happily with Aaron Williams, the smile on his face immediately became cold. Then he didn't even look at O'Neal and went straight away from O'Neal. This also made O'Neal quite embarrassed. However, when he saw O'Neal and Hardaway, all the other Magic players laughed.

There are too many interactions between these two players in the team. O'Neal's enthusiasm and extrovert and Hardaway's cold and introvertedness can be said that although these two young Gemini stars of the Magic have completely different personalities, no one in the Magic team will really think that there is any conflict between these two players. In many cases, many moments of the two players with completely different personalities will make them feel very interesting. The atmosphere in the Magic team is very outstanding.

"Perry, don't forget. I helped the boy who asked me to help the Jazz before. You still owe me a favor now. You can't treat me like this, smile. Don't be so cold, okay?"

At this time, facing O'Neal's fight against Hardaway as usual, other players of the Magic will basically put down the basketball in their hands, stop their training, and watch them interestingly. Facing the team's atmosphere, Brian Hill is also a little helpless as the team's head coach.

Due to O'Neal's personality and Hardaway's strength, there has been a voice within the team recently hoping to focus on cultivating Hardaway. Although O'Neal's strength is stronger, Hardaway's personality is more calm and more suitable to be a leader. For a team that is determined to win, it is indeed difficult for the team to perform without a qualified leader. But looking at the team's atmosphere, Brian Hill really doesn't know how to start.

Fortunately, the team has performed very well in recent times, especially Hardaway has performed quite actively in recent times. Since the Magic's home game against the Cavaliers on March 18, Hardaway scored 25 points, 11 assists and 4 steals in the game, the next Western Conference away trip, whether facing the Lakers on the 20th or the Warriors on the 22nd, this young Magic swinger scored 20+10. Even in the game against the Warriors yesterday, facing the strong contender of this year's Rookie, Hardaway scored 22 points in the whole game.

He also sent 17 assists and 5 steals. He set a new career assist record in one fell swoop. Although Chris Webber's performance yesterday was also very outrageous, he almost scored 13 of 15 shots in the game, but he led the team to finally defeat the Warriors 118-117 and staged the final final kill with 9 seconds left in the game with O'Neal being sent off. Although Hardaway has not said that Brian Hill has asked him to take the responsibility of being a leader in recent times, this Magic young rookie has undergone transformation after the All-Star Game.

This is not only what Brian Hill can feel, but O'Neal and other Magic players can also feel it. Otherwise, with O'Neal's funny but proud personality, after he became the four centers, if he felt that Hardaway was not worthy of him, he would not be willing to be defeated in front of Hardaway. If Hardaway could not get his approval, he would still give him a bad face. O'Neal would have been angry long ago.

As a head coach, Brian Hill feels that he is actually very lucky because he can watch two talented players constantly growing at an incredible speed.

"Apart from the Jazz's super rookie, I think no one in the entire league can compare to Perry and Shaq. They will be the strongest combination in the future, stronger than the Bulls' combination!"

When thinking about this, the head coach of the Magic team was full of expectations for the team's future. Also thinking about Stockton and Malone who have been in conflict for the past few years, the head coach of the Magic team was very pleased. In his opinion, Hardaway and O'Neal are not only stronger than Stockton and Malone in terms of talent, but also the duo of his team will never have internal conflicts after nearly 10 years of partnership!

In the eyes of this Magic head coach, although the Jazz performed very well in the regular season this year, from now on, this team is still just a dry bone in the tomb. The future of the league is not in the Jazz or Lin Han, but in their Magic. In this game against the Jazz, he will let the whole world see this.

Of course, at this time, Magic's head coach Brian Hill was already imagining the team's future, while the Jazz did not have that confidence, nor was it as nervous as the outside world imagined.

I don't know if it was because I had been resting in Salt Lake City for a few days and had calmed down a little. When I was training this year, Malone's face was not much angry. Although he still didn't say a word to Stockton on the training ground, being able to come to the team to participate in training normally is already a concession. According to the game against the Pacers, Malone applied to leave early, this guy probably really didn't want to appear in the same game as Stockton anymore, otherwise this willful kid wouldn't have run back to Salt Lake City without a word.

"Lin, why do you always hit me with the ball behind your back? Do you want to fight?!"

Of course, although Ma Long has calmed down a lot at this time, the Jazz boss, who has been very depressed recently, is still not so good at this time, and what makes Ma Long speechless is that after today's training begins, for some reason, Lin Han always suddenly takes a basketball and smashes him from behind with a basketball.

This was simply unbearable. Ma Long never thought that Lin Han was joking with him. In fact, every time he got angry with Lin Han, Lin Han always joked. At first, Ma Long really believed it, but as Lin Han smashed the basketball from behind and his angle became faster and more and more confusing, if Ma Long believed that this was a joke, then he would be a completely stupid guy.

But what made Malone very depressed was that Lin Han was so cunning. He just wanted to get angry, but Lin Han ran away with a smile, and the place he ran to was a place he could not go at all. After hitting him with the ball, this guy ran directly to Stockton, which made Malone do this? At this time, Malone, who was still in a cold war with Stockton, did not want to see his old partner at all, let alone standing with him.

I have to say that Lin Han's move was too cruel and too "bitter". Even Stockton, who had been used as a gun by Lin Han, couldn't stand it and glared at Lin Han in anger.

"It seems that this guy has a good reaction ability."

At this time, although Stockton stared at him hard, Lin Han was not angry at all. He still had a smile on his face, and his eyes looked quite excited.

Of course, the other players of the Jazz really didn't know what Lin Han was doing at the training ground at this time, but Lin Han knew what he was doing. He was testing whether Malone had the ability to jump and pass the ball like him. I have to say that although Malone looked much fatter than the bearded white man on the Lakers' inside, Malone's reaction ability was still very good. Lin Han used various angles and speeds to smash the ball behind Malone, and almost all the Jazz's power forward could react. Although some of the balls were too suddenly not received, he still reacted most of the balls, which also received them, which made Lin Han very excited.

To be honest, Lin Han really doesn't want to see the cold war between Stockton and Malone in recent times. After returning to Salt Lake City, the team's head coach Jerry Sloan told Lin Han that he hoped Lin Han could temporarily accept the team's arrangements. Although the team's contribution without him and Malone would have a lot of decline, he lost to the Hawks and Pacers in the away trip of the Eastern Conference. Without him and Malone, this team does not have the ability to win the championship, but similarly, if he and Malone continue to be willful, the team will not have the possibility of winning the championship, because according to Jerry Sloan's intention, when their teammates lose their enthusiasm and start to become bystanders of the game, even if the two can win 90% of the games and crush 90% of the opponents, they will not be able to defeat all opponents.

Lin Han did not know Jerry Sloan's statements very well. Although Aly in the system space agreed very much, Lin Han was very ignorant. This is not to say that there is a problem with his IQ, but he has never experienced or witnessed the situation Jerry Sloan said, because Lin Han saw that he and Malone were very happy, and the team had been winning the game. The teammates were also very happy after winning the game. Although he lost to the Rockets because of their feel problems before, in Lin Han's opinion, this was nothing. After all, no one in the NBA can guarantee that his feel will always be good. The game that lost to the Rockets was just a coincidence that he and Malone felt cold at the same time.

As for the participation of teammates, how could they be unhappy if they can keep winning?

Therefore, Lin Han is very disagreeing with Malone's approach in recent times. He also does not have much recognition of the giant basketball and team basketball that Stockton and Jerry Sloan said. Although he didn't say anything on the surface, Lin Han is very sympathetic to Malone, who is in a very similar situation to his previous one. In Lin Han's opinion, now they do not agree with Malone's playing style, isn't it just that they also disagree with his playing style?

Of course, although Lin Han has a say in the team, Lin Han is not stupid either. If he really stands directly on Malone's side, the Jazz will be in a civil strife. This is not what he wants to see.

How can Jerry Sloan and Stockton understand that even if only he and Malone attack, the team can win and win all the teams? This is a very difficult problem. After all, the ball is in Stockton's hands, and if he doesn't release the ball, even if Lin Han thinks about it, he can't think of a way to prove this. After all, Stockton and Jerry Sloan are here to play extremes this time.

At 8 pm on March 23, 1994, the Jazz's home Delta Center Stadium was packed almost early this day. Although the team has performed very well this season, many rumors about the team have made the team's fans very worried, which makes this game particularly eye-catching.

"Do you think Carl will play in this game?"

"Carl and John won't have any conflicts and internal conflicts, right? How is this possible?"

When the game had not started, almost all the Jazz fans at the scene were extremely worried. There was no way, Stockton and Malone were symbols of the team in the past ten years, and the conflict between the two of them? This is a problem they had never thought about before. Even if they believed in the end of the world, they would not believe that these two people would have problems.

So, in this case, when the Magic team appeared as the visiting team, the Magic fans who had been concerned about the two players of the team did not even booed the Magic. It seemed that the Jazz fans on the scene even ignored the Magic when the Magic team appeared. At this time, their eyes were all staring at the team's appearance order.

When Polinis, as the starting center in this game, took the lead in the game. When the second starter, small forward Elliott, also appeared, almost all the Jazz players subconsciously tightened. If the next one is not Lin Han, it proves that Malone will not play in this game. And the next one is Lin Han, then Malone will definitely play.

These nervous Jazz fans did not wait too much. When Elliot appeared and Lin Han came out, the Jazz fans on the scene were stunned for a moment, and the whole audience was almost immediately in an uproar. The crazy cheers almost surprised Lin Han. Although Jazz fans are also very enthusiastic, this is definitely not the case.

Obviously, the cheers from these Jazz fans at this time were definitely not just for Lin Han, but also for Malone. So at this time, the Delta Center suddenly fell into madness.

"It seems that the Jazz's starting lineup is no problem in this game."

When Lin Han was the third to last, Collins on the sidelines also said with a smile on his face, and at the same time he felt relieved in his heart. If Malone did not play in this game, then there would be something wrong with the Jazz this season. From now on, although there must be problems with the Jazz, this problem has not yet reached the point where it is completely irreversible.

"However, I don't know what kind of tactics the Jazz will play in this game."

Later, when Stockton and Malone appeared in the cheers of Jazz fans all over the game, the Jazz fans at the scene were relieved. However, for the two commentators on the sidelines, when Malone returned to the stadium in this game, which Jazz should play became a key.

The Jazz spend most of this season on the running and bombing tactics of the team leading Lin Han. Running and bombing are the tone, Malone and Stockton's pick-and-roll are the foundation of the team, while Lin Han is an offensive libero. This tactic has enabled the Jazz to achieve 37 consecutive victories, making this team the strongest offensive team in the league. They have taken good care of both individuals and teams. However, in the later stages of this tactic, after Lin Han's strength became stronger and stronger, the proportion of the team was greatly compressed by Lin Han himself, which is a huge problem.

Another tactic is the giant tactics played by the Jazz some time ago. Everyone on the offensive end watched. Ma Long and Lin Han used their talents and technical strength to throw and fight casually. Such tactics are almost directly crushing the past when facing some teams that do not have too many tactical abilities and don’t have too many talents. This style of play is very simple and rough.

The last tactic is probably also the most helpless tactic of the Jazz, which is to directly let Malone and Lin Han surround Stockton, allowing Stockton to completely suppress the individual attacks of these two people. This extreme team style lacks sharpness. Anyone can see that this tactic is definitely not the tactic that the Jazz wants to play, but it is also a tactic that has to be used to play because of the team's problems.

How to determine the current situation of the Jazz depends on what tactic the team plays. The Jazz continues to play the third type. Then the internal strife of this team is still there, and neither Stockton nor Jerry Sloan compromises, but the two are playing the front two. It means that the situation in the face of the inner back Stockton and Jerry Sloan compromise, and the internal strife of the Jazz is barely over.

When the two commentators of this game, Collins and Larry Bird, were waiting for the Jazz to play in this game, they did not let the two wait for a long time. Soon the Jazz on the court gave the answer. When Malone was still unwilling to pick-and-roll with Stockton on the court, and Stockton was also unwilling to give the ball to Lin Han and Malone who wanted to play singles, this situation was already obvious.

Although the Jazz played in this game, the team's problems remained the same. Stockton was still forcibly controlling the team, while Malone gave up on the court. Although he was on the court, he did not have much enthusiasm. As for Lin Han, after the opening, he forced two goals and found that Stockton would not pass it even if he died. Lin Han threw away all the luck in his heart, and finally went to play without the ball.

When I saw this scene, both Larry Bird, Collins, or Jazz fans on the sidelines sighed, but at this time, Magic head coach Brian Hill on the sidelines was a little excited at this time.

"We will win this game!"

Although Stockton is very strong, it seems that he has washed away his reputation as a data brush this season. Without Malone and his pick-and-roll cooperation, what will he use to deal with O'Neal?

With the enthusiasm of Elliott and Polynis? Although Elliott performed well in these two games, he was also an All-Star player. Because of the increase in the number of shots, the increase in offensive participation, and the confidence and state that the Pistons had been destroyed for a long time have also returned, but can Elliott replace Malone's tactical position? Naturally, it is impossible. All they need to do now is to block Lin Han. The reason why the Hornets blocked Lin Han, but the team lost the game was because their inside line was Mooning and not O'Neal. Mooning and Larry Johnson were facing the two defensive inside lines, Polynis and PJ Brown. The offense was a bit not so smooth, but O'Neal was different.

Especially after the start of the game, O'Neal almost directly crushed Polynis and continued to complete the attack, forcing Malone to come up in advance to attack. The Magic head coach knew that his team would win this game.

"The current situation in this game, the Jazz is very dangerous. Malone can't be so angry anymore. He needs to interact with Stockton, otherwise the Jazz will definitely lose in this game!"

After the game started, O'Neal's crazy attack, the Jazz, who was at a disadvantage from the beginning, made Collins on the sidelines very angry. How could Malone win if he had no contribution to a team like the Magic? However, now, no one can pass the ball to Malone except Stockton.

"It would be great if Lin Han could have a certain ability to hold the ball."

At this time, after Collins complained, Larry Bird sighed. Lin Han's pass was good, but he didn't know where to pass, when to pass, and when not to pass. I'm afraid that apart from dribbling on the spot for 20 seconds, he would directly have no technical content after attracting defense. He was the only organizational talent that he could do.

But such a crossover seems to have no effect on the inside.

In this game, the Magic's arrangement of Lin Han was actually very sufficient. As the team's outside core, Hardaway's task in this game was to stick to Lin Han. Lin Han could not force the ball when there was no chance in this game, so Hardaway's defense was actually not that difficult. After all, Lin Han was moving all the time, and there was not much physical confrontation between him and Lin Han. If it were just about speed and movement, Hardaway would not think he was much worse than Lin Han.

In this case, when Lin Han ran out a little, Hardaway could quickly stick it on. At this time, Lin Han wanted to play singles, but due to time, it was difficult for him to really exert his strength.

This is also the reason why Lin Han can also play singles after receiving the ball without the ball, but rarely play singles. He doesn't have enough time and cannot exert force. Unlike when Lin Han was crazy about asking for the ball, he had at least 15 seconds for Lin Han to play the ball at will.

Of course, although Lin Han may not have many singles in this game. But as the most desperate point of the Magic, when Lin Han holds the ball, even if there are only five or six seconds left, the rest of the Magic team will almost move closer to Lin Han, in order to prevent Lin Han from forcibly breaking through and forcibly singles.

After two minutes of this game, Lin Han received Stockton's pass from the free throw line at the top of the arc in this game for the first time. With seven seconds left, Lin Han had almost no hesitation. After receiving the ball, he leaned directly towards Hardaway, looking like he was preparing to break through forcibly. After Lin Han chose to catch the ball, he had to force the decision to move Hardaway after he took the ball. Just like in the All-Star rookie game before, if he didn't rely on Hardaway, and there was always a Magic Defensive player next to him, although the starting power forward Turner of the Magic in this game was far inferior to Webber in strength, but this was also a trouble.

So when Lin Han was about to rely on Hardaway, almost all the Magic's defenses were moving, ready to help Hardaway. In this case, when Lin Han forced his back and jumped up with a little shot after taking Hardaway a step. At this time, Hardaway, who had already posted on him again and Turner, who had already assisted in defense, all followed Lin Han to jump up and prepared to block Lin Han's shot.

"This time, I will never let you take action successfully!"

Thinking that when his team-up with Weber was defeated by Lin Han's crazy shooting in the All-Star rookie, Hardaway, who was jumping in the air, almost used up his all-out jump. It has to be said that Hardaway's physical fitness is indeed excellent. When he and Turner jumped in front of Lin Han, there is indeed a deterrent force. Of course, it is okay if Lin Han reluctantly double-teams. The one who Kobe is not afraid of turning back like this is the double-team.

What made Hardaway, who was flying in the air, was very shocked that Lin Han, who was already ready to take action, had completed the attack posture in the air, and even had already stuck in the air, faced the defense of these two people. At the moment he was about to take action, he turned his hands directly. It was originally a shot, but directly under the eyes of Hardaway and Turner. This shot turned into a pass!

Lin Han jumped and passed the ball! And the target of the pass was Malone, who was in charge of defense!

Lin Han actually passed the ball at this time?!

When such a surprising scene happened, not to mention Hardaway and Turner on the field were confused, even Jerry Sloan on the sidelines and Stockton on the field were also confused. At this time, both of them subconsciously forgot that Lin Han was very dangerous to jump up and pass the ball.

"Lin Han actually passed the ball? How is this possible?"

When Magic head coach Brian Hill stood up from his seat with disbelief, he subconsciously looked in the direction of the ball. Until he saw that Jazz power forward Malone had his back to Lin Han and was about to grab the rebound, the Magic head coach Brian Hill was relieved. No one liked such things that were not under his control. Now, although things were beyond expectations, they could still be controlled.

"Didn't Jerry Sloan tell him that he can't jump and pass the ball on the court?"

Brian Hill, who was originally surprised, looked at Malone with his back facing away from the ball, and Lin Han who was still flying in the air, and thought with a smile on his face.

At this time, Magic's head coach Brian Hill smiled, and Jazz fans on the sidelines saw Lin Han's pass and almost covered their hands on their faces after they were stunned, because the next scene would be very miserable, and they were afraid to watch it.

If Ma Long, who was in a very unhappy mood, was really hit by Lin Han like this, who would know what would happen?

"Oh no, the Jazz made a mistake. Lin Han's pass was really bad. It was fast and suddenly. It was impossible for Malone to receive it!"

When Collins was speechless for Lin Han's pass, an extremely strange scene happened on the court. When he thought Lin Han's urgent and fast pass would directly hit Ma Long's back, he was already facing the basket and grabbing the rebound when Lin Han jumped up and suddenly the moment the basketball hit him behind him. Ma Long suddenly turned his head and turned his head and directly stretched out his right hand to catch Lin Han's jumping pass.

When Malone received Lin Han's pass, O'Neal, who was originally planning to compete for rebounds with Malone, even forgot to get the position, but in fact he could not get stuck at all. When an inside line catches the ball at the basket, there is basically no way to defend, not to mention that such an inside line is still Malone, so when Malone directly dunked to win the first two-pointer of the game, the whole game was in a state of solemnity.

Whether it was the fans on the scene, the coaches of the two teams on the sidelines, or the players on both sides on the court, they were all stunned at this time. The super bad jumping and passing, which was considered a mistake, turned into a super assist that could enter the top ten goals?

When all this happened, even Collins, who was very angry and speechless on the sidelines, was stunned at this time and didn't know what to say for a moment. At this time, Larry Bird, beside Collins, shook his head and smiled bitterly after the cooperation between Lin Han and Malone was over.

This kind of pass really makes people have nothing to say, either a mistake or a wonderful one.

"Boy, you're going to smash me with the ball again!"

After Malone finished dunking and got off the basket, she didn't care about O'Neal's shocked gaze at all, but turned around and gave Lin Han a thumbs up.

And at this moment, while others were still looking at Lin Han and Malone incredibly, the center of the Delta burst out crazy when Malone gave Lin Han that thumb.
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