NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 91 Coincidentally, I also want to be a substitute!
Lu Yuanzhi's three-pointer is different from the jump shots in my memory. It's more like the way children shoot when they first learn basketball, but they can still score!
Moreover, this three-point posture is really not ugly, it even has a wonderful rhythmic beauty.

The fans of the home team are very tolerant of their own players. As long as they can score, they won't mind if you shoot like Marion, and they will even cheer louder.

Adelman booed off the court, boy, he can really make it!

In the past two or three days, he really worked overtime as Weber said, and designed several tactical moves for Lu Yuanzhi in his spare time.

But after the joint practice, he regretted it a little bit, that boy Max, can he really make a shot?
Competition is very different from training.

How many people can hit every shot during training, but when they get to the court and are disturbed by defensive players, they can't make any shots.

Would it be the wrong choice to waste so much time arranging tactics for Max and also arrange for the whole team to practice together?

But now, Lu Yuanzhi's three-pointer completely dispelled Adelman's doubts.

very good!

Now Lu Yuanzhi's offensive options will be more abundant, and the Kings have also added a brand new weapon to their arsenal.

"Kenny, Max suddenly took out a three-pointer, and the Jazz's defense became more difficult." Barkley was also very surprised that Lu Yuanzhi could suddenly take out a three-pointer in the playoffs.

"I don't think so, Charles," Smith retorted. "Max replaced Stojakovic with a more accurate three-point shooting ability."

The implication is that no one with a more accurate three-point shot can destroy the Jazz's defensive system. Why can you, Lu Yuanzhi, do it?

"No, no, no, this is not a concept," Barkley explained. "Although Peja has a stronger three-point shooting ability, his finishing ability at the basket is weak."

"For Kirilenko, he only needs to defend Peja's outside three-pointer. He doesn't need to expend too much energy at all. He even has the energy to provide assistance to his teammates."

"The Jazz's defense relied on Kirilenko's assistance to prevent it from collapsing in front of the Kings' powerful offensive capabilities."

"But now, Max can not only shoot from outside the three-point line, but he can also cut into the basket and cause damage. This means that Kirilenko needs to follow Max the whole time, which will inevitably make Kirilenko unable to provide for his teammates. Assist in defense.”

"You're right!" Smith thought for a moment and continued following Barkley's train of thought. "It seems that without Kirilenko's help, the Jazz's defense will no longer be a whole, and it will be easier to be defeated." The Kings took it one break at a time.”

"Yeah, we'll see how the Kings take advantage of that and how the Jazz plug that hole."

As Barkley and Smith said, the Jazz are in trouble.

The big men in the Jazz, whether Collins or Malone, or even Ostertag sitting on the bench, don't move fast.

This season, the Jazz can hold their opponents' average score to 95 points, all thanks to Kirilenko's timely defense.

To be honest, an average of 95 points per game is not a small amount. The Miami Heat have only conceded 88.7 points per game this season, making them the team that allows their opponents to score the fewest points in the league.

The Jazz can only rank 15th in the league, which is not outstanding.

But without Kirilenko's supplementary defense, this average points loss per game might have been several more points, and it would have plunged directly from the middle of the league to the bottom of the league!

Kirilenko was also a little anxious. This was too different from the original plan!

Impatient, Kirilenko, who played in the NBA playoffs for the first time, also started to miss his shots twice in a row.

The other players on the Jazz team were not much better. They were affected by factors other than basketball, and their shots continued to falter.

As for the Kings, they really took advantage of the Jazz's defensive loopholes, and they also had open opportunities, but in the first quarter, everyone's hands were cold, and no matter how they shot, they didn't.

At the end of the first quarter, the score between the two teams was 15:16, with the Kings leading by one point.

An outrageously low score!
Sloan's heart dropped again. Fortunately, the Kings' hand was not good.

Next, as long as the number of rounds can be reduced, the scores of both sides can be reduced, and the game can be dragged to the pace that the Jazz are used to, then there may be a very good chance of winning the first game.

Let’s look at the performance of the substitute players of the two teams in the rotation period at the beginning of the second quarter!

He has a lot of good players on the bench!

For the Kings, Stojakovic underwent a comprehensive examination by the team doctor and found no problems and can continue to play.

However, the coaching staff of the Kings believes that once the tactics are implemented, it is just a problem with the feel, so it is not a big problem.

It is impossible for the players to miss shots all the time, and the Kings coaching staff is not in a hurry to replace Stojakovic on the court.

They also feel that their substitutes have a great advantage during the rotation stage.

At the beginning of the second quarter, both teams put on their substitute lineups with full confidence, preparing to grab points in this critical rotation stage and give their opponents a fatal blow.

The Jazz replaced center Greg Ostertag. Many domestic fans like to call him "Big White Pig". He was also a player who played against the Bulls led by Jordan.

Putting him on the court during the rotation is to limit the Kings' interior offense.

Because whether it is Lu Yuanzhi, Bobby Jackson, or Pollard, they are all players who like to attack the inside.

Ostertag, a 218-centimeter big man, guards the inside and protects the basket, and he is bound to be able to defend the Kings' offense well.

Although Lu Yuanzhi has now shown his outside shooting ability, it is not a big problem because Pollard, whom Ostertag is guarding, still has no shooting ability and he can stay at the basket with peace of mind.

The Jazz are confident that they can defeat the Kings bench, which is Donyel Marshall. The No. 94 pick in 4 came to the Utah Jazz last year. He scored 13.6 points and 7.0 rebounds in the regular season, and he can also score in the playoffs. With 10.4 points and 7.6 rebounds, he is the important firepower of the Jazz on the bench.

Marshall's performance is still good this year. He went further in the regular season, scoring 14.8 points and 7.6 rebounds.

With such a player who is better than the second and third leaders of ordinary teams leading the Jazz's bench in rotation, Jerry Sloan is certainly confident that he can compete with the Kings in terms of bench depth.

The Kings sent center Pollard, power forward Webber, small forward/offensive guard Lu Yuanzhi/Turkoglu, and point guard Bobby Jackson.

Coincidentally, you also want to use the substitutes to grab points, and so do our Kings.

To be on the safe side, Adelman chose to fuck Weber when he saw Sloan replaced Marshall.

Right, Weber, you are the boss of the team and you are young. If you don’t play more, who will you let go?
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