The Western Conference Finals last season met in the second round, and the viewing quality of this game suddenly increased. In the four regular season games this season, the two sides played 2-2, and no one took advantage of each other. The Warriors lost nine games throughout the season, two of which were lost to the Jazz. It has to be said that in some aspects, the Jazz really restrained the Warriors.

This year is a battle of revenge for the Jazz. Stockton and Kalmaron's ability values ​​have not decreased, while the Beetles have declined. Mullin's retirement has made most experts optimistic that the Jazz can defeat the Warriors and advance in this round of the series. After all, they were just a little short of last season. This season, they introduced Howard Esley and others in the free market. The depth of the bench is not afraid of the Warriors at all. Moreover, their lineup last season, except for kicking Bru Edwards out, no one else was traded.

Relatively speaking, the lineup changes a bit big. Their core Mulin retired, and the Beetles' condition is obviously not as good as last season. Although they introduced a potential stock like Madman, it is still difficult for the opponent to become a player who decides the outcome of the game in a short period of time. At least Madman cannot do this in this series.

On May 4th, the Auckland Athletic Hall was filled with spectators, and it was already very fast before the competition between the two sides began.

Wang Lin still didn't put any pressure on the players. Among the opponents in the second round, the Jazz is the most difficult to deal with, because Wang Lin experienced Jerry Sloan's power last season. It's really hard to say when facing the Jazz this time.

Except for the number five position that became Michael McDonald, the other four people still remained unchanged. The Warriors are the Beetles, Madman, Brian Russell, Weber and Ostertag.

In the game, Stockton began to play against the Beetles. Four times this season's regular season, the Beetles were suppressed by the historical assist king, which made him suddenly have a demon who could not beat Stockton. Stockton is one of the strongest point guards in the league to capture opportunities, and even one of them can be removed, because the Magician and Smiling Assassin are ggled, and KJ is completely troubled by injuries. The Beetles' point guard has never been an opportunist. He is a point guard who combines projection and breakthrough in the early stage. If there is HC in this era, he will become the first point guard in the league, but unfortunately there is no.

So they could only be harassed by Stockton's various shootings. The Beetles were very frustrated because of the silence of the No. 1 position, and the Warriors' condition was also affected. They were 10 points behind at the end of the first half, with a score of 55:45. The Jazz scored 55 points away from home. Stockton and Malone were really crazy in the first half, and the Beetles were also crazy.

Wang Lin did not comfort the Beetles because the opponent could not listen to anything at this time. The effect of using Hu Weidong in the first half was not that ideal. Although Hu Weidong had good scoring ability, there was a big gap in organization compared to Stockton. There was no way Wang Lin could only choose to let Charlie Ward go.

Charlie Ward is OK to defend. He quickly freeze Stockton when he came up, but after the freeze, the Warriors' offense could only rely on Weber to play Malone with one ball. Malone's moves in this game were very small because he did not need big moves to cause foul trouble. He took action from mid-range and made the ball. Because the score was behind, the Warriors' entire team's enthusiasm also dropped by a level.

Wang Lin didn't say anything nonsense. He replaced all five people while the ball was dead. He replaced the substitute five. The substitute five people were all first-class in the outside. Wang Lin is now betting that they feel good because many times this season the Warriors rely on five to five to save their master.

The substitutes did not disappoint Wang Lin. Horry and Collis Williamson all started to swing from the outside. Rashid also gave Michael McDonald a block from the inside. The Warriors counterattacked, and the score was narrowed to a ball gap. Sloan called a timeout.

He re-arranged it. Malone and Stockton came back to play pick-and-roll, but the Warriors' substitutes were already crazy. He didn't care who was standing in front of him, and he would do it. They were much more willing to sacrifice than the main players. Anyway, they lost normally and won a lot of money. Malone and Stockton's efforts were blocked by the Warriors' substitutes. At the end of the third quarter, the two sides actually drew. In this quarter, Horry and Collis Williamson scored 22 points, which was the biggest contributor to pull the score back.

They seemed to have been encouraged by the substitutes. In the fourth quarter, Weber swore his return with a dunk, but David Bennot quickly returned to the outside line.

As the Jazz's performance was good in this game, he stole the Madman and asked the Jazz to get points again. Ma Jian has scored 5 points so far, with 3 rebounds and 1 steal, and his performance can be said to be quite good.

The performance of the Madman is completely different from his. The Warriors did not return completely. Although Weber tried his best, the others were still playing softly. Wang Lin had no choice but to invite the other four substitutes again. Weber started fighting with the Jazz's main players with four substitutes. In theory, the Jazz must have the advantage. However, in this game, Horry and Collis Williamson were simply playing at a super level and you couldn't stop them.

Ma Jian paid the price of six fouls to defend Collis Williamson. He fought too hard in this game, which led to being sent out before the fourth quarter. However, the Jazz leaned against the outside of the two elders Xuanming and Hornersek, and they were in a stalemate with the Warriors. Both sides played until the last two minutes of the fourth quarter. The Jazz led by five points, and Horry scored three points from the outside, and the ball made the score and the score was pulled to 2 points again.

In the fourth quarter, the score changed back and forth. Stockton did not continue to shoot from the outside, but broke through to the inside and passed the ball to Malone, who completed the dunk. Weber was completely inseparable from the three-second zone, which made the Warriors' offense very passive. Weber ran all over the game when the Warriors won.
Chapter completed!