Sloan didn't make any substitutions after calling a timeout, just said a few words to Boozer and told him to strengthen his defense, and if he knew what Boozer was thinking, he would definitely want to kick this guy to death.

Boozer had already deserted and wanted to go for the summer. He had the option to jump out of his contract at the end of the season, but after an injury, a likelihood of a first-round elimination in the playoffs, and news that his defense was bad, he decided to play another year. As long as he is healthy next year, he will fight for a big contract when the Jazz brush up his stats and be completely free, which may be the last big contract of his career, and he must take advantage of it.

Boozer loves money, and everyone knows it.

Boozer played two seasons with the Cavaliers when he entered the league, finishing 15 in his second season. 5 points 11. 4 rebounds in luxury stats. The Cavaliers have two considerations for him: First, the team will use the rookie option, and Boozer will continue to play with an annual salary of less than 700,000 yuan, complete his rookie contract, and return to free agency in the summer of 2005. The second is that the Cavaliers did not use the option to make Boozer a restricted free agent, and the team has offered him a six-year, 41 million contract.

According to Cavaliers management, Boozer was happy at the time and accepted. But just 5 days later, Boozer was in contact with his agent, SFX Sports Economics' Rob Brown. Pelinka broke his verbal promise and signed a six-year, $68 million contract with the Jazz. Boozer's actions sparked a big debate about "integrity" in the NBA, with ESPN's poll showing that more than 70% of people believe Boozer's actions are "cheating." Since then, Chinese fans have also affectionately called him "Anti-Bone Boy".

Now he is ready to fight for the second time, from Wei Yan to the realm of Lu Bu, after becoming a free man, which team gives more money, he will go there to play.

Relying on this guy, it is a luxury for the Jazz to strengthen their defense in the low post.

Nelson Sr. decided to bring on Randolph to bolster the attack, but struggled over whether to bring on Ellis and Margety. It's a great time to chase points, and if you are pulled away because of defensive problems, you will be in trouble.

In the end, he decided to keep Azubuk on the pitch and his three points were better than Margeti's. Since concussion syndrome, Margeti has not been in good shape, especially not knowing how to pass the ball.

The game restarted, the Jazz broke through the Warriors' defense with a double block, Delon faced Randolph and scored the ball, and also caused 2+1, and after hitting the free throw, the difference between the two sides widened to 10 points.

The Warriors immediately returned the favor, and Jackson, who was misplaced to face Delon in the game, made his fifth three-point shot of the game and finally made it.

The first two offensive games were impressive, but today they resolutely fought defensively, and the two teams began to compete again. It wasn't until Randolph stepped up, played Kirilenko 2+1 in a misplaced position, and faced Delon's jumper and scored 5 points in a row, that the Warriors once again closed the difference.

With two minutes left, the Jazz led by four points. The game got into a heated heat, and Nelson Sr. asked for a timeout again.

This time the Warriors made a substitution, and the old Nelson said: "Monta, you play, if you have the opportunity to play alone at the top of the arc, no matter who defends, you attack, and pass the ball if you attract the bag." Show your strength! ”

Ellis nodded solemnly, he was afraid to sit on the sidelines until the end. He came on the pitch in the last two minutes, proving that the coach still trusted him. Nelson Sr. is also calculating, and in the final moments, the team needs someone who can attack with the ball. Just looking at the explosive breakthrough and continuous scoring ability, Zhou Xuan is not as good as Ellis.

Nelson Sr. is a guy who likes to make surprise moves at critical moments, while the Warriors have been compressing the defense, the outside players don't shoot very well, and Ellis can also top up on the defensive end as long as he doesn't get passed.

Jazz is still the original cast. As soon as Ellis came on the court, Sloan felt a little bad. Zhou Xuan dribbled past half court, and sure enough, he handed it to Ellis for a single, and everyone else pulled away.

Zhou Xuan is in a position where he is very sure of shooting, taking a step inside the three-point line on the right side, as long as Brewer assists in defense, he can retreat back to the three-point line, or he can run to the middle, with Marion in the bottom corner, Jackson and Randolph on the left.

Ellis has never lacked offensive means, and in the team, he has to go head-to-head with Zhou Xuan in almost every training session. Because Zhou Xuan's defense against breakthroughs is very strict, Ellis is also becoming more and more adept at using a combination of technique and speed to break through, unlike last season, which purely relied on speed and explosiveness.

He took a step to the right with the ball, then dribbled the ball under his crotch to his left hand, and with a dip on his left shoulder, De Dazhong's heart shifted slightly to the right, and Ellis changed his desire to break through to the right again.

It was very thorough, counting on Boozer to make up for the difficulty, Kirilenko let go of Marion and blocked from the right side, while Brewer ran to the baseline.

Ellis saw that the layup route was blocked, and passed to Marion nearby, Brewer rushed forward to block, Marion chose to jump three-pointer, and made a quick shot. If you pass the ball to Zhou Xuan, Delong can chase and defend, forming a perfect rotation position, the best choice for this ball is to shoot, Brewer can't cover him from such a distance.

Marion didn't relent, and the ball went in. 87-88, the two sides are only one point apart.

When it came back to defend, Ellis and Marion clapped their hands, and it was a beautiful combination.

The Jazz did not call a timeout, Deron and Boozer passed the ball to Brewer after covering, the Warriors began to defend in the area, Ellis did not shoot in defense, Brewer is not a super scorer, and his average of 12 points per game last season was his limit, he did not have the confidence to eat hard with his body, and chose to pass the ball to Millsap.

Millsap attacked Marion in the low post, Jackson closed inside, forming a trap momentum, Millsap passed the ball out of Kirilenko, and then ran back.

Brewer and Millsap played a no-ball cover and back, and Kirilenko passed to Millsap. Millsap is different from Brewer in that he will attack in the low post, and he will also use his body to resist Ellis and turn to the middle. He originally thought that he would get a chance to make a move, but he didn't expect Zhou Xuan to help defend again, vacate Delong, jump high, and jump up to block.

Millsap had already finished his knee bending, and when he saw Zhou Xuan coming up, he chose to pass the ball again.

Selflessness is good, Delong is indeed in the vacant position, but Zhou Xuan's defense is not aimless, Millsap did not calculate the time, he passed to Delong, Delong didn't have time to adjust and threw the ball out, almost didn't jump. The whistle sounded at the 24-second attack, and the referee did not blow the violation, but the ball was missed.

Van Gundy said: "Zhou Xuan handled some details very well, showing that he has a super high ball intelligence, and this help defense is too perfect. ”

Johnson said: "In three playoff games, he really showed a wonderful defense, both individually and in the assist, it was very exciting. ”

The Warriors attacked, Ellis burst through Delon again, dribbled under the crotch and suddenly went to the left side to break through successfully with speed.

Delon only had a three-minute break in the second quarter today, and he was tired. And it's not just this one, he played more than 40 minutes in every three games, and his iron body couldn't withstand it, the original lateral movement was slow, but now it's even slower, and he can't prevent Ellis.

The Jazz could only make up for the shortcomings with compression defense, and Ellis was hot-headed and wanted to be a hero, so he opted for a pull-up jumper, the ball bounced out of the frame, and the rebound was obtained by Boozer.

The Jazz still blocked the offense, Delon and Boozer cooperated, and Randolph's pull-up jump shot was also missed, and he shot very poorly today. The Warriors attacked, and Ellis shot again but still didn't score.

When Ellis assisted the first goal, Nelson Sr. was still very excited, and after these two rounds, he already regretted replacing him a little. As long as Ellis passes Delon and has a little space to shoot, he has the confidence to score the ball. Unfortunately, confidence does not mean strength.

The rebound was given to the Jazz for 46 seconds, and Sloan still didn't call a timeout, leaving the players to adjust themselves. He guessed that Nelson Sr. would definitely want to replace Ellis to strengthen the defense and wouldn't give him that chance.

Delon controlled the tempo, and the offensive time was exhausted when there were still 10 seconds left to attack, so that the offensive time was completed, almost 20 seconds, leaving enough offensive time for the Warriors, but after playing an offense, the Jazz still had one more time to complete the kill. They have a one-point advantage, and it would be very advantageous to defend against the Warriors once they attacked. And the Warriors can't use up 24 seconds to slow down, and if they don't shoot, they can't even foul the free throw strategy.

After the pick-and-roll cooperation, Millsap misplaced the ball to hit Ellis, and leaned on a step to turn and jump. This opportunity came out completely, but unfortunately Millsap was not a super offensive player, and was under a lot of psychological pressure, the ball shot was a little bigger, off, and the rebound was won by Randolph.

Just when Jazz thought that the Warriors would play a success rate, Zhou Xuan suddenly went down quickly and shook off Brewer.

As soon as Randolph saw him reach out, he immediately threw his hands to the frontcourt, and Brewer was slow to defend.

As a rule of thumb, all players feel that the ball should be slowed down, and it is impossible to break quickly, and if they don't score, give the Jazz 24 seconds to attack, and they must also use foul tactics, which will put the team in a disadvantageous situation.

Today, Zhou Xuan did more to retreat to get the ball and organize the attack, and Brewer almost forgot that Zhou Xuan would attack quickly. When he was thrown two steps away, it was all useless.

Randolph passed the ball very accurately, this is a tactic often practiced in training, Zhou Xuan took the ball and took three steps, and held the ball with one hand to "helicopter layup" to score. 89 to 88.

Sloan froze on the sidelines, Zhou Xuan played too flexibly, and called a timeout before he knew it. Now that the advantage is on the side of the Warriors, of course they can play a tactical match, and if they are lucky, they will be 0-3 down.

The Jazz asked for a timeout, Zhou Xuan got off the court, and the bench players stood up and clapped him in celebration.

Old Nelson asked several players to form a circle, and said: "This attack must be defended next, Monta come down to rest, Corunna (Azubuuk) up." Defend the outside shot, don't let them shoot easily, especially three-pointers! ”

And 24. At the end of the three-second game, it was time for the coach to battle his wits and courage.