Bulldozer of the NBA’s Restricted Area

The game starts immediately.

Li Shengli and Malone walked to the center of the court cursing, which made the players on the Lakers side confused, because no one had ever seen the two core players of the Jazz actually quarreling on the spot.

No one believes that the two have conflicts. After all, the Jazz are far from being as monolithic as other teams. And if you listen carefully to the content of the two people's quarrel, they actually want to take advantage of the Lakers. For a moment... Divac included all the Lakers' starters. The players all had dark faces, but no one dared to confront these two rumored super villains head-on!

You know, since the All-Star Game, bad guys all over the league have surfaced. They form cliques everywhere. Match-fixing is not a problem, but in many cases the grouping is a kind of intimidation, intimidating other players who are also bad guys. Too much.

Just imagine, if Laimbeer had not retired, with his style of play as the founder of fighting basketball, three or five people would have been retired in one season. And take Ewing as an example... Suppose their new younger brother Coleman If Laimir was dirty, could Ewing and Oakley not beat Laimir to death?

Ewing's side was just a deterrent, but Li Shengli's side was even more ruthless. To sum it up in one sentence... hit wherever you go.

Think about Bill Laimbeer, Larry Johnson, or even Charles Oakley and Sean Kemp. Who wouldn't have a headache when meeting the Jazz? As for the Lakers, without a leading brother, no one is willing to provoke the crazy Jazz led by Li Shengli and Malone.

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The game begins.

Li Shengli jumped up and succeeded in the jump ball, while Divac, a white center, looked shocked. Even though he was about the same height, his jumping and wingspan were completely outclassed. When he was still one hand away from the ball, Li Shengli was already Completed the precise operation of dialing the ball like no one else.

Knowing the slightest thing, Divac felt that he had no capital at all to fight against the big pervert in front of him.

The despair that Li Shengli brought to him came too quickly... He was attacked in front of the defense like a man, and after Crotty's shot from the outside, even if he had an advantage in the blocking position, Li Shengli still took the board off his head.

"Brother, it's your turn to perform!" With a loud shout, Li Shengli passed the ball to Ma Long on the other side.

"Shit, Campbell stopped him." Divac reminded his teammates immediately.

"Damn, I really hate you centers who talk a lot of nonsense when you grab rebounds!" Malone cursed. Li Shengli knew that this old man's nature was fine, but Divac was so damaged. hot.

Just a bunch of nonsense about rebounding?

Isn't this a common practice in the arena?

Also, the one who got the rebound was your Jazz’s Li Shengli. What does that have to do with me?

After Divac slandered, Campbell quickly stepped forward to get close to him. Malone waited for Campbell to get close to him and immediately turned around to attack the basket. Divac dunked before Divac had a chance.

"Look, how beautiful this button is, keep going!"

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Li Shengli clapped his hands and led the team back to defense with Ma Long.

Teaming up with Malone, Li Shengli really felt more relaxed, because his dominance in the penalty area made most centers afraid. Think about those murderous blocks, round rebounds, and bulldozer attacks. He can stabilize his footing. There are really too few people.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is now everyone's disaster in the penalty area, with no solution for offense and defense. Coupled with Malone, it is the end of the world, because no team can restrict both of them at the same time.

However...Li Shengli must also have his own considerations.

It is now basically certain that this is his last season with the Jazz, and after leaving Salt Lake City, he will undoubtedly face great difficulties.

It’s very simple when you think about it.

Teams that want to trade with the Jazz must come up with corresponding bargaining chips and use their entire team to be selected by the Jazz. No matter which team it is, after the deal is concluded, the team that Li Shengli joins will definitely be a mess. , there won’t be too many reliable teammates around him.

Not to mention top giants like Malone and Stockton, even a qualified line-up of role players is not easy to assemble.

At the turning point of life, how you choose is the most important.

To be honest, without him, Malone and Stockton can still help each other, but he is fighting alone and is in a more embarrassing situation than anyone else, even worse than O'Neal and Mourning.

So what he cares about is the team that throws an olive branch. Apart from the trading chips, how much immediate combat strength is left in the team's team and who can be his helpers. The last twenty games are more like him. One screening for all teams.

People have to think about themselves!

But before that, he still had to stand the last guard duty for the Jazz and give Malone a farewell gift.

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Back to the game.

The Jazz on both offense and defense are still formidable inside. Even if the Lakers fire from the outside like their previous opponents, it doesn't help without a super-hot touch.

There’s not much to say on the defensive end.

Because the Lakers focus on the outside, coupled with Li Shengli's suppression, Divac's shots are frighteningly few, and Campbell's situation is similar, leaving all to his teammates on the outside.

Let’s talk about the offensive end.

If you want to give Malone data, it is not easy to just rely on rebounds. Therefore, Li Shengli showed his stable mid-range kills in the first quarter, pulling Divac out for a one-on-one challenge. If Malone's shot would not have been Okay, he just pushed across the penalty area, pulled Campbell over, and then handed the ball to Malone.

Focus on the game!

The old father in position 4 is not called me for nothing.

In this game, Malone played more comfortably and easily than ever before. He made 7 of 8 in the first quarter, 2 of 4 free throws, and scored a total of 16 points.

Judging from the two times he stepped to the free throw line and only made 2 of 4 free throws, Malone's touch can't be said to be bad, but it can't be said to be hot. And the reason why he shot 7 of 8...Li Shengli's intimidation played the most important role. The offensive rebound he received was pushed horizontally, attracting the defense, and then handed to the open Malone.

Based on this, Li Shengli's statistics in the first quarter were 4 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists. All the assists came from Malone alone.

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In subsequent games, the situation became increasingly out of control.

With the fans shouting "fuck you", Li Shengli and Malone completely overturned the Lakers, and Malone kept scoring like crazy on the court. In 42 minutes of playing, he made 19 of 26 and 6 of 15 free throws, scoring 44 points and 4 rebounds. , 1 assist, 1 break data.

Although Malone's free throw shooting rate this season has not even reached 70%, but only making 6 of 15 free throws is really nonsense.

19 of 26, 73%+ of his shots hit.

6 of 15, 40% of free throws.

Does this feel good or bad?

From a percentage point of view, the two hits are contradictory, because there is no reason that free throws will be lower than field goals; but Malone himself knows that if Li Shengli hadn't dragged Divac and Campbell, his statistics in this game would be higher. are lower.

What's a pity is...if his free throws were more accurate, he could easily break 50 points in this game.

As for Li Shengli’s data…

He scored only 18 points. If it weren't for the fact that he pulled Divac and Campbell to ensure his offensive deterrence, he would not even take action. 13 assists, none of which went to anyone else, were all given to Malone. Although 31 rebounds were not broken, record, but also very amazing, laying the foundation for his assist data.

At this point, this battle was another massacre. The score between the two sides was 80:111. The Lakers were slaughtered by a full 31 points. Malone was just as he said before the game... very happy.

Currently in the scoring list this season, Malone ranks fourth with 29.2 points, and his 44 points in this game increased his scoring average by 0.25, gradually approaching O'Neal, who is third at 29.6.

An improvement of 0.25?

You must know that before this, the average points difference between him and Jordan was only 0.9. If it happens a few more times, unless Jordan also explodes, it will be impossible to maintain the scoring leader's position. And it is obvious... Li Shengli Iron He is determined to send him on his way.