Every realm has an uncrowned king.
In the badminton world, there is Li Zongwei;
In football there is Ballack;
And the uncrowned king of basketball is Carl Malone in The brother's mind.
In 19 seasons of his career, Carl Malone has never missed the playoffs, including three times to reach the Finals, but unfortunately all of them have returned home.
He won the regular season mvp twice and was named to the Best Team 14 times, including the Best First Team for eleven consecutive years in 11 years from 88-99, and four times to the Best Defensive Team, including 3 times the Best Defensive Team.
The number of regular season games played 6th in history, the 2nd in the history of 36928 points, the 7th in the history of 14968 rebounds, the 2nd in the history of 11406 rebounds in the total backcourt, the 13188 total free throws in history....
Wait, wait, on the list of major single historical data statistics, you can always see the name of Carl Malone.
The 97-98 season was the most promising year for the Jazz team in the era of "Utah Doubles".
How strong was Malone that year?
In the regular season, he played in 81 games and averaged 27 points per game (3rd in the league), 10.3 rebounds (9th in the league), 3.9 assists and 1.2 steals per game.
Under his leadership, the Jazz recorded 62 wins and 20 losses that season, tied for first place in the league with the Bulls.
Facing the 404 team led by "Big Dream" Olajuwon and "Glider" Drexler in the first round, Malone averaged 26.6 points, 12.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.6 blocks per game, shooting 46.1% from the field.
He averaged the highest number of points and rebounds per game.
Big Dream averaged only 20.4 points and 10.8 rebounds per game, shooting as low as 39.4 percent from the field.
In the crucial fifth game, Malone shot 12 of 22 from the field, cut 31 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, in contrast, Big Dream, only 7 of 19 shots, only got 15 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks, and also came with 5 mistakes, the real sense of "explosion".
Facing the Spurs with twin towers in the semifinals, Malone led the Jazz to another 4-1 easy series.
In five games, Malone averaged 24.6 points per game (the highest in both teams), 10 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.2 steals and 1 block.
Even though the Spurs had Duncan and David Robinson, it still didn't help.
It is worth mentioning that the Jazz's second-highest average in this series is Hornerseck, but he is 12.4 points less than Malone, and Stockton can only average 10.8 points and 6.2 assists per game.
The Western Conference Finals faced the Lakers, and the Jazz directly completed the sweep.
In four games, Karl Malone averaged 30 points, 10.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, second only to O'Neal's 31.8 points per game, the highest rebound per game in both teams.
In terms of scoring, Malone's average of 30 points per game is 30 points higher than the Jazz's second-place Stockton, which is as much as 18 points higher...
Everything seems to be on the good side, but unluckily, the Jazz met their old rivals, the Bulls, in the Finals.
In last year's Finals, the Jazz lost 2-4 to the Bulls and lost.
This time they were ready to go, ready to take revenge on last year, only to lose 2-4 to the Bulls again.
In this final, the third and sixth games are the most well known to the fans.
In the G3 game, the Jazz only scored 54 points in the whole game, losing 42 points on the road to the Bulls.
In the g6 match, the two teams played each other in the whole game, and it was not until the last moment that the winner was divided.
It was also the famous scene where Jordan faced Russell's defense after breaking the ball from Malone's hand, and shook off the latter's hit and shot the dead.
Create and make people.
In the best season for Malone and the Jazz, they have encountered Jordan's towering mountain on both occasions.
Malone moved to Lakers partner O'Neal, and with hope of winning the championship, he suffered the only injury attack of his career.
This is fate!
Brothers, how many championships do you think Sir Predator can win in this day and age?