"The Jazz will most likely give up in the second half; Stockton and Malone are both veterans."
With such a large deficit, Sloan wouldn't keep either of them on the court.
Besides, I've already beaten Malone so badly. He looks strong, but in my eyes he's just a coward.
After injuring Yao Ming, this brat has lost the courage to even look me in the eye.
......
"So what should we do now?"
Francis asked.
"Oh..."
Wei Guo smiled. "Whether Sloan benches his starters or not is none of our business. Tonight, we must break the record for the biggest point difference in history."
"Understood!!!"
The Rockets players all nodded in agreement.
........
The second half of the game is about to begin.
The Jazz players walked onto the court listlessly. They are known as the Iron Warriors, but with a score difference of more than 30 points and such a large gap in strength between the two teams, there was really no need to continue fighting.
As Wei Guo said...
Sloan didn't offer much encouragement to the players in the locker room; his attitude was, if things aren't going to work, just give up.
The Jazz's key players remained on the court, which was a relief to the fans.
The Jazz are on offense.
Stockton takes a three-pointer.
"Smack!"
Francis blocked Stockton's shot.
It's clear that Stockton has lost all desire to catch up, and his shot was too casual, but Francis's defense remained relentless.
Thomas grabbed the basketball and passed it to Wei Guo behind him.
Wei Guo used a behind-the-back dribble to get past two defenders and jumped one step inside the free-throw line.
Set the sky ablaze!
This is Wei Guo's usual dunking style; it's very simple, but very forceful.
"Bang!!!"
After successfully dunking, Wei Guo ran back to the backcourt without looking back.
59:23!!
The Rockets are now leading by 36 points.
........
The point difference widened further, and the Jazz completely lost their fighting spirit.
With just over five minutes left in the third quarter, the Jazz were down by 46 points, and Sloan substituted all his starters.
This match was abandoned...
Next, shouldn't the Rockets take Weiguo and Francis out of the game?
This was Sloan's idea, but Gentry did not do it. After the Jazz substituted their starters, the Rockets kept all their starters on the court.
Not only that...
Gentry also replaced defensive stalwart Thomas with the more offensively potent Mookie, allowing him to relentlessly attack the Jazz's basket while maintaining defensive solidity.
The third quarter has ended, and the fourth quarter has begun.
Time ticked by, second by second...
Neither Gentry nor Sloan called a timeout, and the point difference continued to widen. Moreover, the Rockets' defense was even more suffocating than in the first half.
103:41!!
With 5 minutes and 57 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, the Rockets led by 62 points.
Holy crap!!!
Sloan suddenly realized, "The Rockets want to break the record for the biggest point differential in history!"
Although it was intentional on the part of the Rockets, if they were to break the record for the largest point difference in history, the Jazz would be forever stigmatized.
Several years later...
Who cares about these details? They'll only remember that the record for the biggest point difference in history was jointly set by the Rockets and the Jazz. After Malone elbowed Yao Ming, the Rockets broke the Jazz's record and created the biggest point difference in history.
........
"The Jazz are calling a timeout!"
Sloan immediately called a timeout.
"coach..."
"The Rockets are bullying us a bit," Massenberg said, pursing his lips.
"Don't speak yet!"
Sloan gestured for Massenberg to shut up, then said to the other players, "You guys see that? We're down by 62 points, but the Rockets still haven't substituted their starters. What are they trying to do?"
"They want to set a new record for the biggest point differential in history and then forever tarnish our reputation. This is Salt Lake City, we are the Utah Jazz, can you accept this kind of humiliation?!"
actually...
Many people have noticed it, but they just don't want to say it out loud.
Now that Sloan has made this clear, Malone and several of his players shouted, "Unacceptable!"
"So what if we can't accept it?"
A sinister voice came from behind Ma Long and his group, "The matter is already decided, and you have no power to change it."
"Um???"
Ma Long and his friends turned around angrily.
Cummings, hiding behind the Jazz, slipped back to the Rockets' bench with the statistics sheet in his hand.
......
The timeout has ended, and the game has resumed.
All of the Jazz's key players returned to the court.
"Oh ho~"
Seeing Ma Long and his teammates enter the arena with such imposing manner, Wei Guo sneered, "Are you guys here to get beaten up?"
During halftime, some teammates talked to Wei Guo about Ma Long, saying that the guy was married but still liked to have affairs.
This kind of thing...
It's quite common among NbA players and has nothing to do with Wei Guo.
But I heard that Ma Long had flirted with his teammates' wives, which is really tasteless. During halftime, his teammates told him about it as a joke, but Wei Guo suddenly felt disgusted with Ma Long.
Jazz on offense!
Stockton began to stall for time.
The largest single-game point difference in history is 65 points. The Jazz are currently down by 62 points, and their goal is to close the gap to within 60 points in the final three minutes.
"Keep a close eye on Calbert!"
Wei Guo patted Thomas on the shoulder and gave him a reminder.
We have to give face to the older brother. Since the Jazz have figured out the Rockets' idea, Harpring won't attack. Wei Guo is confident in defending Malone. As for Stockton and Ostertag, Francis and Posey have no problem defending them. Now we just need to prevent Calbert from having any scoring opportunities.
Malone went up to set a screen for Stockton!
Wei Guo anticipated Malone's move. After the pick-and-roll, Wei Guo did not switch with Francis but followed Malone. Stockton briefly got a shooting opportunity, but he hesitated.
Calbert cuts out to receive the ball, goes one-on-one against Thomas, and shoots.
"bang~~~"
The basketball bounced off the rim, and Wei Guo grabbed the defensive rebound.
Ma Long reached into Wei Guo's arms, trying to take the basketball out, but Wei Guo used force to throw Ma Long away.
"Forehead..."
Francis was stunned for a moment upon seeing this.
After Yao Ming was elbowed down by Malone, Francis stopped Wei Guo, worried that Wei Guo would get hurt if he fought with Malone.
Judging from the situation...
He was overthinking it. Wei Ge's strength was no less than Ma Long's, and all Chinese people know kung fu. It seems that he stopped Wei Ge to protect Ma Long.
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