Chapter 464: Spear and Shield!
According to ESPN's commentary, the game between the Lakers and the Jazz was like a battle between spear and shield.
The Lakers are attacking frantically, the Jazz are trying their best to defend, and the two sides are constantly colliding and colliding.
After Xu Xuan arrived in the front court, he met George Hill's defense, the first goal was to find a three-point opportunity, Xu Xuan beckoned, and Yang Shaoxia on the right sideline came over with Hood to help Xu Xuan block and dismantle.
Xu Xuan blocked Hill with the help of Yang Shaoxia and moved to the right, Yang Shaoxia immediately moved to the left, and Lu Wei on the left sideline immediately cut into the inner line.
When he was dismantling with Yang Shaoxia, Xu Xuan grabbed the ball with his left hand and pushed it to the left, Yang Shaoxia also made a movement to catch the ball while on the move, and Hill and Hood immediately rushed towards Yang Shaoxia.
Yang Shaoxia returned to the waves, but they still didn't dare to let Yang Shaoxia complete the shot easily.
However, Xu Xuan did not pass on! The big hand grabbed the ball tightly, and the outstretched left hand was retracted, in fact, this is all a matter between lightning and fire, from the blocking and dismantling to Xu Xuan retracting and stopping his feet and jumping out, that is, a matter of 1 second, Xu Xuan grabbed this 1 second, and the three-point shot at a 60-degree angle on the right side was ......
Xu Xuan, who had already prepared to shoot like this, had a good sense of rhythm and hit a three-point shot in a big gap!
Hill and Hood were helpless in the face of Xu Xuan's fake fax vote, this guy is simply a bug! The key is that a right-handed person can still have such a good ball feeling, and the left hand can still practice such a good ball feeling.
Especially Hill, he remembered that most of Xu Xuan's shots were made with his right hand in the past, and there were very few shots with his left hand, but he didn't expect to show him something different when he met him for the first time this season.
It's a young man, it's progressing too fast.
18 to 18 draw!
Quin Schneider imagined it to be so simple!
Jazz offense.
Slow pace, old-fashioned positional blocking, but the Lakers, who were on the three-guard, really couldn't prevent the Jazz's outside shots, and this shot Hood shot a three-pointer at a 45-degree angle on the left side, which was almost an empty opportunity.
Because by the time Yang Shaoxia pounced back, Hood had already finished shooting.
Boom!
Unfortunately, the goal was not scored, tied 18-18, and the ball was returned to the Lakers again.
The Lakers' offense this time was blocked by Xu Xuan and Yi Jianlian, and head coach Frank also knew that there were many Chinese fans watching this game, so he also deliberately arranged some more tactics for Yi Jianlian.
It's a pity that the Jazz's big forward Dio is from the Spurs, he has rich experience in blocking and dismantling, and his movement speed can keep up.
Yi Jianlian's shot was not fast, he didn't have the confidence to shoot against Dior, so he looked left and right for a while and returned the ball to Xu Xuan.
This is a very bad habit, even if he wants to pass the ball, Yi Jianlian should not directly return to Xu Xuan like this, and his behavior of looking left and right will make it seem that he has a very poor ability to read the game.
This is the shortcomings of the United Arab Emirates, Xu Xuan also mentioned this problem to him, but it is very difficult to change it step by step, and it has to be done step by step.
Therefore, Xu Xuan still took the initiative to pass the ball back to him again, and he made a three-point shot and did not score.
The rebound was protected by Gobert.
The Jazz have not made any substitutions since they started playing.
The Jazz attacked, and the referee saw George Hill, who was slowly dribbling through the half, almost didn't blow the whistle in his mouth.
One second later, the other party is in violation, but stuck at this point in time, hateful no.
Hill played by himself, dribbled and then pulled out the shot, missed, and Yi Jian grabbed the rebound to be a fast break.
You're slow, you're slow, I'll run anyway!
Xu Xuan dribbled directly to the Nets half, his teammates all ran to the three-point line, leaving the penalty area to him, Xu Xuan took three steps directly from the three-point line!
Boom!
How could the Jazz team watch Xu Xuan dunk like this, at the moment when Xu Xuan took three steps, Hood hugged Xu Xuan with both hands and directly grabbed Xu Xuan.
Although the ball was thrown out by Xu Xuan, everyone was hugged, and the ball definitely couldn't go in.
However, Hood was still a little amazed, he was hugging directly, not pulling, just that, he almost didn't hug and was broken free by Xu Xuan.
If the ball is not held but is beaten by Xu Xuan 2+1, it will be ugly.
"The defense is really ruthless, and when you see that the situation is not good, you can hug it directly, and this defense is really unsolvable." Yu Jia smacked her lips.
"The Jazz are trying to find a way to control the Lakers' scoring, and if both sides can't score in this way, then the Jazz must be happy."
The referee blew the foul, Xu Xuan walked to the free throw line, and hit both free throws in the boos of the audience!
20 to 18!
The Lakers are ahead!
Surprisingly, the coaches on both sides are not too anxious about the current situation, and the Jazz team believes that although the Lakers Xu Xuan scored, it was not a sports battle, and the points scored through free throws did not matter?
And the Lakers don't care so much, as long as it's scoring.
Jazz offense.
There wasn't much time left in the first quarter, 40 seconds, two rounds of offensive time.
Hill came with the ball, sweat on his forehead.
Coach Quin played a full quarter with the starting lineup, he is very tired now, and it is not easy to entangle with Xu Xuan, and, compared with last season, Xu Xuan this season has a lot more means to circle the center and not have it, such as the left-handed layup just now, and ...... Xu Xuan's defense!
That's right!
Xu Xuan's defense also put a lot of pressure on him, the Lakers put a three-guard lineup, including Lu Wei and Yang Shaoxia, it stands to reason that even if the Jazz team is not in the outside offensive position, it is estimated that they can be beaten into a sieve, but this result did not appear, on the contrary, the Lakers' offense is very difficult, and the Jazz's offense is also very difficult.
Bending over with his head down, scanning around, observing the situation on the field, Hill didn't forget to stare at Xu Xuan with his spare eyes.
Just when he was looking at Xu Xuan with his peripheral vision, he found that Xu Xuan stretched out his hand, a pair of long arms, and slapped directly towards the basketball in Hill's hand.
Hill was so frightened that he quickly held the ball in both hands and stopped dribbling.
Afraid of what comes
But Xu Xuan's right hand didn't stop at all, and the speed became faster and faster!
Bang! Xu Xuan directly cut the basketball in Hill's hand! The action was very clean, and Xu Xuan's hand first touched the basketball in Hill's hand, so the referee did not blow for a foul.
Xu Xuan grabbed the basketball and rushed directly to the front court!
The front court was empty, Hill didn't expect to be stealed, and the rest of the Jazz team didn't expect it, the moment he lost his mind, Xu Xuan had already hit the basket, took off in the air, and dunked to score!
Frank clapped on the sidelines, then sat down on the bench with his ass backwards.
Break beautifully!
There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, obviously extremely satisfied with the team or Xu Xuan's performance.
Offensive?
We're not just attacking!
Defend, we will too!
Now that Xu Xuan has practiced defense, although it is not yet as good as the best defensive lineup, but if he suddenly made a surprise shot like just now, the other side will definitely not be able to react.
Xu Xuan played out, and the whole team was revitalized.
Looking at the game, the Lakers' offense was like a raging tide, hitting the Jazz defense over and over again.
Listening to the Jazz players' urgent roars, looking at their anxious expressions, Frank laughed out loud for no reason.
He quietly turned his head to look, and the "old-fashioned" was still sitting on the chair with the old god there, looking light.
Frank couldn't help but sneer: Pretend!
I don't believe you're not panicking!
......
At the end of the first quarter, relying on Xu Xuan's unexpected steal, coupled with a three-point shot at the end, the Lakers were 25-20, leading the Jazz by 5 points.
Xu Xuan scored 11 points, 2 assists, 1 rebound, and 1 steal in a single quarter, and had the best performance in the game.
During the break, Frank again briefly said something about the substitution in the second quarter.
The Jazz starting lineup played the whole first quarter, and they were bound to make substitutions in the second quarter, and Frank on the Lakers' side also planned to let Xu Xuan rest, Xu Xuan also played the first quarter, as well as Yi Jianlian and others.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers had a lineup of Love, Russell, Ingram, Ci Shiping, and Zubac.
On the Jazz side, Shelvin Mark, Dante Essam, Joe Ingles, Derrick Favors and Gobert are on the Jazz side.
Joe Ingalls is an old friend, an Olympic rival.
Dante Essam was the No. 5 pick in the first round of the class of 2014, but unfortunately, his performance has been poor so far, averaging only 4.8 points per game in his rookie season.
Shervin Mark is an Italian player who was selected by the Washington Wizards with the 34th overall pick in the second round of the 2011 NBA Draft.
He has a lot of experience, he has changed four teams in the past five years, his performance is mediocre, and the only advantage is that he is strong defensively, which is why he can be in the eyes of Coach Quinn.
Xu Xuan watched the performance of the substitute players intently off the field.
Russell is already a second-year player, compared to pure rookies like Ingram and Zubac, he is obviously a lot more sophisticated, as for Ci Shiping, this guy is really ruthless, Xu Xuan is even considering whether to change his tactics later.
What spear with shield, shield with shield it doesn't smell?
Real men should fight bayonets face to face!
But if you think about it, forget it, it's not necessary, if you meet the Jazz in the playoffs, you can try it, and you can definitely catch them off guard.
In Xu Xuan's vision, his defense with Matt Barnes, Ci Shiping, Randle, and Yi Jianlian may not be much weaker than others.
At the end of the second quarter, Xu Xuan was re-replaced by Frank.
The Lakers played well off the bench, and now the score is 51-45, the difference has not narrowed, and it has expanded by 1 point.
In 12 seconds, the Lakers' last attack of the second quarter, the sideline ball came out, and Xu Xuan took it out to a 45-degree angle to receive the ball.
As soon as he saw Xu Xuan holding the ball at the three-point line, Rao is shooting rate in the first quarter was not an exaggeration, and the Jazz fans at the scene still trembled in their hearts.
The shadow of the tree of human life, Xu Xuan's terrifying three points, which are well-known throughout the alliance.
In fact, the reason why Jazz fans and even Coach Quinn were satisfied with the performance in the first quarter was because Xu Xuan didn't shoot that horrible three-point shooting percentage.
For them, this is already a rare achievement.
Defending Xu Xuan's Shirk Mark, this guy defended very hard, and when he saw Xu Xuan raise his hand to dribble the ball, he was about to come up and steal with his short black beard.
How can it be so easy to steal, Xu Xuan directly dribbled behind to pull away the position, took a step sideways, and moved to the side, just to avoid Shirk Mark's pounce.
Xu Xuan kicked his legs, tightened his abdomen, stayed in the air, and shook his wrists!
Swish!
Three-point hit!
54 to 45, the difference is almost 10 points.
With five seconds left for the Jazz, Coach Quinn also called a timeout.
After this attack, Xu Xuan did not stay on the court, and Coach Frank was replaced by Lu Wei again.
The Jazz used the mid-range after the pick-and-roll, and Hill completed the finish, 54-47, and the first half ended, and the Lakers led by seven points into halftime.
Judging from this point difference, the Lakers have an absolute advantage, they are not intimidated by the Jazz's open defense, but every offense can threaten them and make them tired.
Xu Xuan scored a total of 14 points in the first half, 11 points, 2 assists, 1 rebound, 1 steal, and almost didn't play in the second quarter.
Yi Jian scored 7 points in the half, Lu Wei 5 points, Yang Shaoxia 6 points, Russell 8 points and 2 assists......
The Lakers are doing very well with all of them.
On the Jazz side, Hill's 11 points were the highest halftime score, followed by 10 points from Derrick Favors off the bench, and Gobert had seven points and seven rebounds.
The locker room was very quiet, Xu Xuan Geyou was lying on the leather cushion chair, his head was raised, and he was enjoying the physiotherapy and massage brought by the team doctor.
There was nothing to adjust, so I walked to the middle of the dressing room and said a few words about the second-half substitutions, and then sat down to the side and watched the video of the game.
With a 7-point lead, it's the Jazz who should be in a hurry.
ESPN's commentators are analysing the first half of the game between the two teams.
"I think the Jazz are playing very well, they basically have no problem on the defensive end, but on the offensive end, without Hayward, they can only rely on Hill and Favors, this firepower is far from enough, and it is quite unstable, if Hayward is not injured, it is estimated that the Lakers will not be able to play a 7-point lead."
ESPN and Xu Xuan have never dealt with each other, because they have competition with TNT, TNT is a loyal Xuanchui, and it is naturally impossible for them to follow suit, just like the previous player strength rankings.
TNT ranked Xu Xuan first, and they ranked Xu Xuan fifth......
The third quarter begins.
The Lakers have fielded a lineup of Russell, Nick Young, Barnes, Larry Nance and Yi Jianlian, and the Jazz have also made substitutions, now Hill, Hood, Singles Joe, Dior and Favors.
Frank is not in a hurry to replace Xu Xuan, and now the situation is still stable, and the young players have to experience more.
The game restarted, Hill controlled the ball to the frontcourt, broke through to the layup and missed, the rebound was picked up by Favors, and at the beginning of the second half, Hill still had to find his senses.
Off the court, Xu Xuan glanced at Hill, Hayward was not there, and the Jazz regarded Hill as the main scorer.