Chapter 127: Sweeping Promotion (Asking for Recommendation Votes)
This season is Dillon Corbyn's first full season in charge, and Dillon Corbyn has been doing quite well throughout the season. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, in the playoffs, this crucial game that must be fought for every time, Dillon Corbyn's lack of experience and ability was fully revealed, his poor adjustment before the game made the Jazz fall behind at the beginning, and now although he called a timeout and was ready to adjust back, the old and spicy Gregg Popovich was not ready to let him go.
The Jazz's next adjustment, which can be thought of with his ass, must be a return to the inside-based mode, so Popovich has already thought about the next adjustment.
"Next, let's shrink the inside line, don't give the opponent too much space for the inside singles, in addition, the offense continues to speed up, and solve this game as soon as possible!" Popovich's adjustment is very simple, taking advantage of the Jazz just returned to the inside offense, immediately shrink the defense, compress the interior space, and force the Jazz to return to the outside offensive mode, this move can be described as quite ruthless, once successful, for the Jazz, the final result is only one, that is, their offense is going to collapse!
After the timeout, the two sides re-played, and the Jazz's offense, the Spurs contracted the interior according to Popovich's adjustments.
Paul Millsap was in a good position on the inside, Devin Harris hit the ground and passed, Paul Millsap just received a pass from Devin Harris, the Spurs' shrinking defense had an effect, Anxi immediately wrapped up, the double package, Paul Millsap became very difficult to get the ball on the inside.
He held the ball and looked for an opportunity, and after a few seconds, he was so wrapped up that Paul Millsap could only pass the ball.
The basketball flew into the hands of C.J. Myers on the outside, he shot three points directly, and Anxi quickly folded back, pounced and interfered, the interference was not very in place, but C.J. Myers hadn't found the feel of the outside line, and the ball still didn't score!
The Spurs' shrinking defense was very effective, and in the next few minutes of the game, the Jazz's interior line not only did not open, but the outside line got a lot of opportunities, but this obviously did not match Dillon Corbyn's tactical requirements, and the Jazz's offense fell into chaos, and Devin Harris even began to hesitate whether to continue to pass the ball to the inside.
The Jazz's offense collapsed, and with a mid-range shot from Tony Parker, the first quarter ended with the Spurs leading by 11 points heading into the second quarter.
The gap has widened, and for the Jazz, winning Game 3 has become a luxury.
In the second quarter, the old and spicy Popovich continued to adjust, and the appearance of Manuginobili and Thiago Split made the Spurs' offense completely alive, and even reached its peak.
The game in the second quarter continued to be one-sided, the Spurs' offense was too strong, and the Jazz, after a quarter of adjustment, their offense had just returned to the right track, so after two quarters, the Jazz trailed the Spurs by 27 points!
The energy plan stadium that used to be loud no longer makes a sound, and the gap is so big that they are a little reluctant to cheer.
In the third quarter, Manuginobili's breakthrough shot, Anxi received the ball outside the three-point line, and the difference came to 30 points, Popovich waved his hand and replaced the bench, although the Jazz still didn't want to give up the game, but the gap in strength made the Jazz's refusal to give up the final struggle.
In the end, at the end of the fourth quarter, the Spurs won the third game of the series with a 24-point advantage, winning three games in a row, and the Spurs' offensive gun barrel was hot!
With a score of 3:0, no one has any hope for the Jazz's victory, and in the fourth game, if there are no accidents, the Jazz will usher in another fiasco.
Soon, the fourth battle arrived, and it seemed that in order to solve the game as soon as possible, Popovich once again made an adjustment ahead of Dillon Corbyn, this game, Anxi was put in the position of power forward by Popovich, the purpose is obvious, he wants to use Anxi's single defense to lock Paul Millsap from the beginning, and no longer give the Jazz any chance.
The effect is also obvious, after the third quarter of the game, the Spurs 81:60, once again leading the Jazz by 21 points, the first round of the playoffs between the Spurs and the Jazz has ended early!
In the end, at the end of the fourth quarter, the Spurs won another game 109:87 away! Four consecutive wins, swept the Jazz 4:0, and entered the second round!
After the game, Anxi was called over by Jeff Hornacek, and seeing Anxi's Spurs sweeping his Jazz, Jeff Hornacek was also a little emotional, in terms of strength, the Jazz is not as good as the Spurs, and the same team in a small city, the Jazz is one Gregg Popovich worse than the Spurs, anyway, Jeff Hornacek thinks so.
If Jerry Sloan is still there, will the Jazz still lose? Jeff Hornacek has been thinking about this question, and in the end, he came to a conclusion that he will lose, because compared to the Spurs, the Jazz are still one thing behind, that is, GDP loyalty, but of course, if Jerry Sloan is here, the Jazz will definitely not lose so badly.
"Ann, good job, keep up your form, you have a chance to win the championship this season. Jeff Hornacek patted Anxi on the shoulder.
An Xi nodded, "I will, Uncle Jeff." ”
The championship is still far from the journey of the Spurs, but Anxi and the Spurs are very confident, they showed extremely good form in the first round, and the current Spurs are already the biggest favorites for the championship this season.
As for the other matchups in the playoffs, only two of the four clean games like the Spurs ended the battle, the Thunder in the West, who beat the Mavericks in four games, but the process was not as smooth as the Spurs, and in the third game, they were counterattacked by the Mavericks and almost lost the game.
However, the Heat in the East are similar to the Spurs, with four wins easily, but only two games are big wins, and the other two games are only small wins, of course, four sweeps are already very good, which means that the Heat can get valuable rest.
Of course, the same goes for the Spurs and Thunder, who can also get valuable time off.
The Spurs' second-round opponents, the Clippers and Grizzlies, tied 2-2, which is good news for the Spurs. The Lakers led the Nuggets 3-1.
In the East, the Bulls have announced that Derrick Rose is out for the season, and they have struggled with the 76ers in the playoffs, after the first two games were tied 1-1, these two games have been lost to the 76ers in a row, and they are currently 1-3 behind the 76ers.
The Celtics led the Hawks 3-1, while the Pacers won three games in a row to lead the Magic 3-1 after losing one game first.
For the Spurs, a 4-0 sweep will give them more time to rest, once the Clippers and Grizzlies play a full seven games, then the Spurs' second round of playoffs will not start until May 15, and the fourth game between the Spurs and the Jazz will end on May 7 in the United States, which means that the Spurs will have up to seven or eight days of rest, which is scary to think about.
However, so much rest time also made Popovich worried, the playoffs are not only about resting, but more importantly, they have to maintain their condition.