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Chapter 165 The suspense is on Stockton!
Energy Solutions Arena, Utah.

On November 11, the Magic's third opponent in the Western Conference was the Jazz.

5 wins and 2 losses!
After the Jazz started with a wave of 5 consecutive victories, they just experienced a 2-game losing streak.

Although Hornacek retired this season and the Utah Shuangsha is still there, the Jazz's record has a good lower limit.

During the simple appearance and warm-up, on the big screen in the arena, the starting lineups of both sides for tonight's match were also played.

The Magic started with 5 players, McGrady, Maggette, Hill, Duncan, and O'Neal.

The Jazz started five Tigers, Stockton, John Starks, Brian Russell, Malone, Alden Polynes.

Li Mu looked at the lineup and shook his head.

Could it be that the Jazz will lose two games in a row, and Sloan has a low-profile version of the old boy lineup!

The youngest Russell is 30 years old.

Of the other four, the youngest is Starks, who was born in 1965 and is also 35 years old.

That's it, Hill, the oldest player on the Magic, is only 29 years old to play.

Li Mu felt that the game was stable.

If you fight your physical talent directly, you will win the game.

Well, having said that, the Magic have nothing but physical talent.

beep~~
Accompanied by the sound of the whistle.

Duncan jumped and won the opponent, and the first attack was made by the Magic.

McGrady dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and found that Stockton was a little bit defensive.

He didn't pull up a three-pointer, but started extremely quickly. He was invincible in the first step, stepped into the two-point line, ignored Stockton's small movements, and raised his hand to shoot an elegant two-point jumper...

Swish-!
Got it the first time.

2 to 0! !
Offensive and defensive conversion, the Jazz attack.

Stockton played a pick-and-roll tactic with Malone who was pulled to the high position in the frontcourt.

Another constant pick and roll.

Although it is an old tactic.

After 16 years of polishing, Stockton and Malone have played a magical rhythm.

It seemed that once the pick-and-roll came out, all the defensive effects were lost.

Malone received the ball and hit a misplaced two-pointer in front of McGrady.

2 to 2! !
Off the court, Li Mu shook his head.

After 16 years of cooperation, the Magic couldn't defend, that was the inevitable result.

Shuang Sha was not disgusted by the pick-and-roll tactics, so it formed a specific artistic conception.

That's something beyond tactics.

It is impossible to defend against it.

On the court, the Magic attacked.

McGrady broke through with the ball.

Body knocks Stockton away.

This person is 38 years old.

Neither speed nor body can stop him.

McGrady attracted the defense, jumped up and swayed, and with a bang, O'Neal made an alley-oop, and the whole person hung on the basket.

4 to 2! !
This is completely forced by the body.

In the transition between offense and defense, McGrady did not retreat, and went directly to the audience to press.

Useless.

Stockton was easily transported to the frontcourt and continued to play pick-and-roll tactics with Malone.

Duncan switched defenses in front of Stockton, made an emergency stop for two points and then shot back...

Bang-dang-!
Duncan blocked the shot and put a lot of pressure on the defense.

Stockton's shot, missed.

O'Neal got the rebound and made a quick pass.

Hill received the ball and launched a fast break.

Russell pounced and blocked the Magic's counterattack with a foul.

In the whole team, he is the only one who can run. Apart from fouls, he doesn't know how to defend.

Serving from the sideline, McGrady took it to the frontcourt and played a pick-and-roll tactic with Duncan.

Duncan received the ball, dribbled one step, and made a three-step layup.

Swish-!
6 to 2! !
The Jazz's rim guard sucks.

The Magic rushed up with a screen and it was a chance to score.

Subsequently, the Jazz attacked, and it was still a pick-and-roll.

In the end, relying on Ma Long's strong personal ability, plus elbows to open the way, the basketball was scored under the basket and on the board.

6 to 4! !
Before the game, Li Mu emphasized not to force Ma Long's offense.

This team has no future.

Don't fight them defensively, use offense to destroy them.

Therefore, the Magic play solid basketball.

To put it bluntly, it is a bit soft.

Fortunately, McGrady made a breakthrough and missed the shot. Duncan grabbed the rebound and scored in the second attack.

8 to 4! !
Looking back, the Jazz are picking and rolling again.

The Magic let go of Malone's defense and flanked Stockton.

First it was pressing, and then it was flanking, which made it clear that Stockton was going to consume the rhythm.

Stockton was really strong. He found an opportunity to pass the ball and helped Starks hit two points with an open jumper.

Next, the Magic's offense.

Hill tried to break through with the ball, trying to find an offensive feeling slowly.

The outside line of the Jazz was completely torn.

Hill missed the shot, and after attracting Malone's defense, he sent the basketball into the sky.

Bang-dang-!
Alley-oop from Duncan, two-handed slam dunk.

The Jazz attacked, and it was McGrady's press. After the pick-and-roll, they continued not to use Malone as an offensive point, and continued to pinch Stockton.

Still able to pass the ball, Russell broke through and scored two points for a layup.

The game lasted 6 minutes.

Stunkton has never stopped on both offensive and defensive ends.

McGrady has always been singled out.

Knowing the insidious intentions of the Magic's tactics, Sloan called a timeout.

However, he also knew that apart from substituting, otherwise, there would be no way to use the Magic's tactics.

Li Mu took the lead in substitutions, replacing Armstrong and Hill.

So, after a timeout, it turned into Armstrong's breakthrough and press.

Stockton is tough.

Manage the Jazz's offense in an orderly manner.

After the first game, the score was 24 to 23, and the Magic led by 1 point. .

斯托克顿8投4中，罚球2中2中，拿到了10分5助攻的表现，堪称是宝刀不老啊！

In the second quarter, Stockton could finally take a break and replaced the 97 first-round pick Jacqui Vaughn, who is 1 meters tall and averaged 85 points and 6 assists per game.

It's just that his pick-and-roll tactics with Malone were blocked by the Magic.

Jackson, Maddie, Miller, Duncan and Magloire.

Li Mu's "rotation lineup" is very suitable for defensive pick-and-roll tactics.

Swing people, not afraid of misplacement at all.

If Stockton and Malone use this kind of pick-and-roll tactics with double brakes, the Magic may not be able to do anything to them.

However, if someone else plays the pick-and-roll, the effect will not work.

Swingman + mobility, plus the Jazz have no three-pointers yet.

The Jazz have no pick-and-roll room at all.

The pick-and-roll tactics failed, and the Magic took the opportunity to fight back.

Six minutes into the second quarter, the Magic have widened the point difference to 6 points.

Sloan saw that Stockton couldn't beat him, so he had to be replaced.

Then, it was another attrition tactic.

The Jazz's offense opened up the situation, but at the cost of Stockton's physical consumption.

At the end of the second quarter, the Magic only led the Jazz by 9 points, and the game was still in suspense.

The suspense lies in Stockton's physical fitness.

As a result, in the 9th minute of the third quarter, Stockton's physical fitness finally collapsed.

The Magic took the opportunity to expand the point difference to 13 points.

There is still suspense in the game.

It depends on whether Stockton can fight again in the fourth quarter?
As a result, in the fourth quarter, Li Mu only saw Stockton sitting on the bench, wearing a white towel, gasping for breath.

The annual salary of 1100 million US dollars does not seem to be so easy to get.

38 years old!

Still working so hard, it's not easy!
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(End of this chapter)