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The 41-year-old veteran struggled on the floor with a painful look on his face. Karl Malone was seriously injured, but the ferocity on his face came not only from the pain in his legs, but also from the unwillingness in his heart.

"Damn, damn!" Karl Malone hugged his legs and cursed. He was not scolding Rasheed Wallace, who had just competed with him for a rebound. There was nothing wrong with Rasheed's movements. He was blaming his fate. Why did he get hurt at this time?

Karl Malone is very aware that his current injury will not allow him to play in the short term. This means that throughout the finals, the Lakers will lose Karl Malone, and the Lakers may lose the championship. Today's game may also affect Karl Malone's entire career. The last game of his career.

Did the career of the great "Postman", second on the all-time scoring list, end in this way?

The Pistons fans at the scene were even a little moved, covering their mouths and saying nothing. Maybe Karl Malone's injury is a good thing for the Pistons, but facing such a great star, it is difficult for them to gloat at this moment.

Sun Zhuo looked at Karl Malone and felt sad in his heart. He remembered the last game of Mutombo's career. In 2009, any injury to the 43-year-old Mutombo might end his career. Career, and then, that day really arrived. Mutombo fell to the ground and shed tears with the same expression as Karl Malone at this time. They both knew that this was not just an injury, but also meant that they would leave the NBA forever. .

"Is my NBA career about to come to an end here? After 19 whole seasons... I... still want to play two more games until I win the championship!" Karl Malone has been a tough guy all his life and doesn't want to show off to outsiders. He was fragile, but people who knew him well enough, including O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, and Gary Payton, could hear the choking in his heart.

Sun Zhuo stepped forward, bent down, held Karl Malone's shoulders, and said: "Karl, don't worry, you will be back on the court soon. Your career will never end like this. I want You retire with a championship ring! I promise you that!”

Originally, Sun Zhuo was still hesitating whether to use the repeat challenge card in this game, but now, there is no need to hesitate. He must use the repeat challenge card in this game, and then prevent the tragedy of Karl Malone's injury from happening!

In his previous life, Karl Malone was injured in the Finals. Malone's injury was also one of the reasons why the Lakers lost to the Pistons. Although Malone was somewhat powerless against Rasheed Wallace, after all, he has the strength and experience, and he still has the ability on the offensive end. threaten.

Once Malone is injured, the Lakers will be really strapped for help at the power forward position. They can only use Medvedenko, who is 2.08 meters tall but is known as the "Ukrainian softie", to defend Rashid. Wallace, Rasheed Wallace is so fierce and strong, Medvedenko is not good at defense and physical confrontation, so he was suppressed by Rasheed and was unable to fight back. Because he was repeatedly bullied by Rasheed, Medvedenko Devdenko was so angry that he pushed and almost fought with Rashid.

Due to the absolute advantage of the power forward position, Rasheed Wallace can better deal with O'Neal with Ben Wallace. It will be more difficult for O'Neal to score. Similarly, Rasheed Wallace can also be pulled to the outside. , and perimeter players worked together to stop Kobe.

Although Billups was the Finals MVP in his previous life, in Phil Jackson's heart, it was Rasheed Wallace who really defeated them.

In the first row of spectators on the sidelines, there was a man with a mysterious and cold smile. He was the hero of the Pistons' sweep of the Lakers in 1989, "Smiling Assassin" Thomas. When Thomas saw Malone injured, he couldn't help but said: "How can the Lakers and the Pistons compare?" Is this a peak matchup? The Lakers had their main players injured both times and had no power to fight back against the Pistons."

From his words, it is not difficult to see his confidence in the Pistons winning the championship. Malone's injury is definitely a bad thing for the Lakers.

In fact, Sun Zhuo had already warned Karl Malone to be careful about injuries on the court, even when he played against the Rockets. However, the basketball court is changing rapidly, and no matter how careful you are, accidents cannot be avoided.

Fortunately, Sun Zhuo has the ability to restart the game.

Karl Malone was very moved when he heard Sun Zhuo's words. He felt that Sun Zhuo's words that Malone would return to the court soon were just words of comfort. He knew the severity of his injury best. Karl Malone held Sun Zhuo's hand and said, Said: "Promise me, we will win the championship together with Shaq and Kobe!"

Sun Zhuo nodded and said, "I promise you!"

In his previous life, Karl Malone had no championship in his life!

In this life, Sun Zhuo will make up for his regret!

After Karl Malone left the game, the Pistons became excited. They wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to defeat the Lakers in one go.

Kobe also continued his crazy offense in the second quarter, but his shooting percentage was no longer as magical as it was in the first quarter, and several attacks ended in failure.

Sun Zhuo wrote down the reasons why Kobe Bryant failed in every attack. If he tried it again later, Sun Zhuo would save several of the goals.

At the end of halftime, the Pistons had tied the score. It is foreseeable that as Kobe and Sun Zhuo no longer have the magic, as Karl Malone is injured, and as O'Neal becomes more difficult to score at the basket, the second half of the game will enter. Piston control.

The Pistons were very confident in this. During the halftime break, everyone in the Pistons locker room was no longer as nervous as before the game. Although Sun Zhuo was not fooled, he did not lead the game like he did at the beginning of the last game. Kobe also gradually returned to mediocrity. O'Neal It is even more restricted. The most important thing is that Karl Malone is injured and Rasheed Wallace can better support the team in attacking opponents.

"I think this will be a turning point in this series." Ben Wallace said to everyone, and everyone understood what he meant. The Pistons are getting closer to the championship.

The most critical quarter of this game occurred in the third quarter. It was the collapse in this quarter that caused the Lakers to lose the game. However, the Pistons did not suppress the Lakers as soon as they entered the third quarter. On the contrary, just now Entering the third quarter, the Pistons played poorly.

Or it can’t be said that they played badly, but that they were unlucky. Ben Wallace got rid of O’Neal’s defense and dunked an empty basket. Prince broke through Kobe, dribbled the ball, and suddenly fell down with a clang. The most interesting thing is that when Hamilton and Sun Zhuo were competing for a foul ball that was about to go out of bounds, Hamilton jumped up and passed the ball, and actually hit the referee directly.

After being called to the dugout by Larry Brown and scolded for a while, the Pistons players slowly regained their form and were out of control, establishing a lead of more than ten points in the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter, with more than 3 minutes left, the Lakers were still trailing by double digits and had no hope of a comeback. O'Neal was far away from the basket, faced with Prince who was misplaced in front of him, and used a Remembering the little hook, the ball went over Prince's head and flew towards the basket. However, when the ball had already fallen, Ben Wallace rose into the sky and slapped the ball away.

Everyone knew that this goal did not count, but the audience burst into thunderous applause!

Sun Zhuo called this move "ball interference provocation". A few years later, this would become one of Sun Zhuo's most distinctive pretentious moves.

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