Chapter 231: The Jazz Fight Back
The whole Lakers team is a little curious about the Jazz's other tactical arrangements today, after all, in the eyes of many people, it is unwise to fight with the Lakers this season, but what people didn't expect is that the head coach of the Jazz Jerry Sloan actually came up with such a set of ways to avoid the Lakers' strong period and give full play to the strength of the Jazz. This kind of tactical arrangement has a bit of the flavor of horse racing in Chinese culture.
At this time, the Lakers' on-court lineup is point guard Steve Nash, scoring guard Dell Curry, small forward Eddie Jones, big forward Kittels, and guest center is Brent Barry.
The Jazz, led by Stockton and Jeff Hornacek, have attacked the Lakers, and their interior is far superior to the Lakers in terms of height, and a single Greg Ostertag can complete the Lakers' roster at this point in height.
The Jazz still play their usual cover blocking tactics on offense, Stockton controls the ball at the top of the arc, Ostertag and Antoine Kyle give Stockton double cover, and then Antoine Kyle does not move, Ostertag goes down, involving the Lakers' defense, Jeff Hornacek comes from the bottom line, relying on Ostertag's secondary cover to completely get rid of Deer Curry, who is chasing him.
Stockton's pass timing was very precise, and the ball flew towards Hornacek as soon as he was in position. After receiving the ball, Hornacek did not hesitate to shoot a three-point shot, and the difference between the two sides narrowed to six points.
The Lakers weren't discouraged by the opponent's three-point shot, and they will play extreme artillery in this lineup, which is to destroy the opponent's defense with extreme offensive speed.
When the Jazz just stepped back, Nash had already received a pass from his teammates and ran across the halfcourt, but the Jazz did arrange everything today, and as soon as Nash received the ball, he met Stockton's defense.
Steve Nash originally planned to rely on speed to break through Stockton's defense and then kill the Jazz inside, but he didn't expect this honest little white man to be very black-bellied, at the moment when Nash changed direction, Stockton stretched out his foot, just kicked the dribble that Nash was about to change direction in front of his body, and Nash himself was just tripped by the opponent's thigh and fell directly out of the sideline.
The referee's whistle blew, but instead of blowing a defensive foul on Stockton, it awarded the Lakers frontcourt ball. In fact, if this kind of action is in the regular season, Stockton is likely to be whistled for fouls, but in the playoffs, the referee's whistle will not be as strict as in the regular season, and some actions that will be whistled for fouls in the regular season will generally not be blown in the playoffs.
Nash got up from the ground silently, he knew that it was useless to go to the referee, a player like Stockton, if it wasn't for a particularly malicious foul from the opponent, the referee would generally not blow the opponent's technical foul, Nash could only use his ability to get back the lost face.
The Lakers served from the sideline, and their quick counterattack was ended by a near-foul move by Stockton, and now that the Jazz have the whole team back in place, the Lakers can only turn to positional battles. Nash bypassed the Jazz's defense and received the ball near the halfway line, Stockton posted it again, but this time Nash was very clever with a back dribble to dodge Stockton, and then Nash quickly took the ball to the Jazz inside, but the opponent's fill was also very fast, Hornacek made up for the first time, Nash did not force a breakthrough again, but passed the ball to Dell Curry, who was already empty.
However, just when Dell Curry tried to make a shot, Stockton had already made up for it, and Dell Curry did not dare to shoot against the defense, so the Lakers' offense could only reproduce the organization, but at this time, their offensive time was running out.
In the end, the Lakers' offense ended with Kittels' forced shot, and the Lakers' offense was fruitless.
The Jazz also wanted to take the opportunity to launch a counterattack, but the speed of the Lakers' personnel was really fast, and they couldn't outrun the opponent at all, so Stockton wisely switched to positional warfare.
The Jazz have the advantage in positional battles, and although Ostertag doesn't shoot inside, he has enough weight and strength to play Brent Barry.
The Jazz continued to rely on interior offense to gradually close the score behind, while the Lakers' own offense ran into a lot of trouble.
The Jazz players will always be the first to stop when the Lakers try to counterattack, they don't consider the means, as long as they can block the Lakers' rapid counterattack, they will start, so that the Lakers' offense is forced to turn into a positional battle with the opponent, but once it comes to the positional battle, the Lakers' height disadvantage is gradually revealed, and they are forced to force their shots several times in a row.
With less than four minutes of play in the second quarter, the Jazz not only took the lead but also led by two points, leaving the Lakers in an embarrassment.
George Krent didn't hesitate too much and stopped the game, he had to change the situation on the field.
"Shaq, Liu, are you keeping up with your physical strength? I need you to play early, and I think you will probably play for a long time in this game, if you can't keep up, just tell me and I'll adjust again. George Krent is ready to replace Liu Han and O'Neal in advance, and now the Lakers lack a high point on the inside, and on the outside, there is also a lack of enough breakthroughs, although Kittels and Eddie Jones can be regarded as good breakers, but now the Lakers do not have a strong enough fulcrum on the inside, and the breakthrough will be covered by the other party. However, Liu Han will change this situation after he comes on the court, Liu Han's three-point deterrence is enough, the breakthrough is sharp enough, and his passing is comparable to that of a top point guard, George Krent believes that with Liu Han's tandem inside and outside, the Lakers can play a very smooth positional battle.
"No problem, George, I can handle it." O'Neill felt like he could finish the whole game.
"Me too, George, you know what I'm capable of." Liu Han also said that he would follow.
"Okay, in the next game, Shaq must hold a position on the inside, attack if you can, try to beat the opponent's inside, Liu, you have to increase the breakthrough, strengthen the killing of the opponent's inside, as long as you can make the opponent's substitutes carry a few fouls, then we will win this game." George Crent had seen through Jerry Sloan's tricks, and he decided to do his trick and let Sloan eat the bitter fruit himself.
"Seriously, I really didn't expect the Jazz to get the score back, although this kind of game scene is not very good, but this is the playoffs, the playoffs are the collision of muscles and muscles, the competition of spirit and will, the Jazz's tactical arrangements are good, and the Lakers seem to be in some trouble." Commentator: Michael Albert is interested in the Jazz's tactics.
"I don't think it's going to be a problem for the Lakers, Myrph, I think Jerry Sloan is a little too much to take for granted, the Lakers' coach George Krent is not a rigid guy, he's a fickle 'young man', I don't think George will surprise the Jazz with another thing, you say, Elvin." Rego Sager is now a lover and a U, because of Liu Han, he even likes this Lakers team a little.
"I also think yes, the Jazz have been playing pick-and-roll for more than ten years, which is too old-fashioned, and they used this tactic when I was still playing, and Jerry Sloan is really too stereotypical." As half a master, Magic Johnson won't let go of this opportunity to hit the Jazz. (To be continued.) )