Chapter 108: A New Trap

"Good evening, good evening everyone, this is the 2000-2001 season, the NBA regular season, the Los Angeles Clippers' home game against the Utah Jazz, and I am with you to bring you the wonderful game commentary, it is our old friend Mr. Rick Barry. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info"n's usual opening phrase.

"Good evening, everyone, I'm Rick Barry, and it's a pleasure to meet you again."

"Rick: Before the game starts, can you tell me a little bit about how the two teams have been going recently?" n The narrator follows the process and starts the process.

"Hmmm! The two teams in this game have performed very well recently, especially the Los Angeles Clippers, in the absence of their interior general, Jermaine O'Neal, actually played an unexpected record and continued to rank first in the West, which is inseparable from their head coach Bill Fick, rich coaching experience, flexible adaptability, and the Los Angeles Clippers' Tiger Washington, which has a lot to do with the recent outbreak, I have to say, after two seasons of training, Tiger Washington has matured and has become the league's new basketball superstar. "Rick Barry used the homework he had done before the game and started analysing both teams.

"As for the Utah Jazz, this year with the retirement of veteran Hornacek, Karl Malone and Stockton have become older, their performance has declined, and they are now only ranked fifth in the West, I think the Utah Jazz are facing a serious problem of aging players, and it has come to the point where they have to change, if they continue like this, they will have difficulties in the playoffs, it will be difficult to get to the Finals, or the Western Conference Finals, and in this game, they will also have trouble, This is their second meeting with the Los Angeles Clippers this season, and judging from the last game, the Los Angeles Clippers have found a way to restrain them, and hopefully Coach Sloan has found a way to deal with this game. ”

"Well, thank you Rick for your wonderful review. By the way, Rick, what do you think about the news about the Los Angeles Clippers some time ago? "After the process is over, the n narrator begins the gossip time.

"Hmmm! I don't have any particular opinion. In fact, all this does not matter, the performance of the players on the pitch is the most important, no one rules, rich people cannot play in the professional league. Rick Barry replied casually.

"But I remember you said that Tiger Washington would leave the Los Angeles Clippers because of a contract issue." n The narrator begins to run on Rick Barry.

"Man, I just said that there is this possibility, and obviously we were all played, this incident, let me have a new understanding of Tiger Washington, he is a cunning fox, I believe that when he retires, he will definitely go into business, just like Elvin Johnson, the Los Angeles Clippers are the biggest beneficiaries of this incident, you just look at the audience in the arena, the atmosphere at the home of the Los Angeles Clippers is starting to change, and the first row of high-priced seats that were always empty before are also full today, and they took advantage of this opportunity, Turn on the visibility, that's what they're for. Rick Barry grumbled.

"No, no, no, I don't agree with you, as you said, the performance of the players on the court is the key, the Los Angeles Clippers' record, Tiger Washington's 85-point miracle in a single game, is the key to the Los Angeles Clippers being recognized by everyone."

"Alright! I won't argue with the brainless fans, let's take a look at the lineups of both sides! When I got the lineup, I felt that Coach Sloan's face must be black, Coach Bill Fitch was too bad, this time Wang Zhizhi didn't even play, and directly sent the team's rookie Michael Reed to play a small lineup, the Los Angeles Clippers' intentions are too obvious, but this is a conspiracy, and the Utah Jazz are dangerous. Rick Barry shouted gloatingly.

When Coach Sloan saw the starting list of the Los Angeles Clippers, he did curse his mother with a black face, and the five starters arranged by Bill Fitch were: Tiger Washington, Stephen Jackson, Ginobili, Michael Reed, Billups, all of them are young and fast small players, the Los Angeles Clippers didn't think about defending at all, they just wanted to fight with the Utah Jazz to attack, and they were fast offense.

After the start of the game, as the tallest player of the Clippers on the court, Stephen Jackson stood on the middle line, ready to jump the ball, when the referee threw the basketball, Stephen Jackson didn't jump, and began to prepare to return to the defense, completely giving up the only jump ball opportunity in his career, which also made the fans on the scene laugh, because all this was too joyful.

Stockton dribbled the ball, pushed forward, and did not rush to attack, as an experienced point guard, in the face of the Clippers' rapid offense, he had to suppress the pace of the game, so as to be more powerful against the Utah Jazz, Stockton, who was slowly carrying the ball, read the seconds to organize the offense, and the Clippers had long expected this, and did not appear impatient, but patiently paid attention to their defensive position.

The Utah Jazz's first offense was easily scored by Karl Malone, and now his advantage is still very obvious after landing on the court. However, as soon as Karl Malone finished the offense, the Clippers, who were not anxious, immediately changed the rhythm, and it was still the fast shot that the Utah Jazz remembered vividly, and before the basketball landed, Tiger caught the falling basketball and quickly sent the baseline ball, and it was Billups who received the ball, while the other Clippers players were gone, and then Billups passed the basketball forward, and the Clippers played their familiar fast offense.

Even if the Utah Jazz keep up with the speed of the Clippers, stand in a good position and fall into position, facing the Clippers' five young swing guards, the defense is completely useless, the most terrible thing is that the Los Angeles Clippers lineup is not to kill the game, nor to care about the offensive success rate, but to consume, the physical fitness of these veterans of the Utah Jazz, in the game Stockton suppressed the rhythm of the game according to experience, which is completely correct at other times, but it is wrong in this game, the more fast and slow the speed of broadcasting, The more the players' physical energy was consumed and the rhythm of the players' breathing was affected, the Utah Jazz once again fell into the trap prepared by Bilfech.

At the end of the first quarter, the Utah Jazz led the Los Angeles Clippers by 7 points, but Coach Sloan watched, and when he walked off the court, the Utah Jazz players were tired and sat on the bench, and when they took a big breath, they suddenly found that the Utah Jazz's current problems were more serious than the last game. (To be continued.) )