Chapter 213: Five Consecutive Wins and Sloane's Choice

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"Carl, congratulations, the latest edition of the MVP ranking has reached the first place"

When the Utah Jazz finished the game against the Trail Blazers on the road, the team didn't make much adjustments and flew directly to Los Angeles, where on March 1o, the team still had one game to play against the Los Angeles Clippers, who were only the Jazz's bitter hosts.

However, when the team got off the plane and came to the hotel on March 9, the Jazz team's leading player Carl Malone giggled with a newspaper in his hand, and seeing this scene, almost all the Jazz players laughed, you know, these Jazz players are different from Jerry Sloan, Jerry Sloan, a very old-school coach, really doesn't care about this, according to many Jazz players, he doesn't pay attention to anything except games and training, So he fortunately met team leaders like Stockton and Malone, if he had met another superstar player with a sharper personality, such as Jordan and Pippen, Jerry Sloan would have been swept away from the Jazz.

In comparison, in the NBA, except for a few head coaches, other head coaches are the nannies of the players, especially the superstar players of the team, so these coaches naturally need to pay attention to the situation of these star players in the team at all times, if they are only excellent in business, this is absolutely not enough.

"Haha, what's this, you see, aren't Lin and John still behind, maybe next time Lin and John may be the first"

After Carl Malone finished speaking, Lin Han and Stockton both glared at Malone a little speechlessly, this guy said that he didn't care, but looking at that expression, looking at the expression of his eyebrows, this guy is quite happy now.

"It's a pity that this month's best of the month was taken away by David Robinson, if only the best of the month remained on our team"

"yes, but the team did lose a lot last month, and David Robinson played a quadruple-double last month, and the Spurs' record is also very good, there is really no way."

Of course, for the Jazz, whether it is Karl Malone or Linhan or any of the three Stockton to the top of the MVP list, this is a thing worth celebrating, according to the current situation, Malone and Linhan and Stockton have almost booked this trophy, originally in the eyes of many Jazz players, the team's three leading players had better win all the best of the month this year, it would be more perfect.

However, after all, the current NBA only has one monthly best, and it is impossible for a team to completely win it, as strong as the Bulls back then, Jordan and Pippen could not win the best of the month, and it was as strong as the black and white competition back then, and no team did it.

Moreover, in fact, the Player of the Month award in February was awarded to David Robinson Even if Lin Han and Malone or Stockton have no opinions, jokes, plus the Spurs only lost 2 games in the whole month, it is really unreasonable not to give him the best of the month.

Of course, the Jazz team lost the Player of the Month in February, but Lin Han's Rookie of the Month is still his, according to Lin Han's current table Although his competitor Hardaway is very strong, if it weren't for the fact that there is a rookie like Lin Han, all this year's Player of the Month may be won by him, and the Magic player who was deeply stimulated by Lin Han now seems to have accepted this reality, especially before the All-Star, as long as he encounters an opponent who was made miserable by Lin Han, for example, like Maxwell of the Rocket, Lin Han abused him very badly, in order to prove that he was no worse than Lin Han, he would also abuse Maxwell once, and now, he has not done such a thing again.

It's just that I don't know if it's because I was stimulated by Lin Han in the All-Star Game, after the All-Star Game, Hardaway's style of play has obviously changed a little, not that he began to attack like Lin Han, but his style of play is more active and aggressive, no longer as passive as in the past and waiting for his teammates to stand up, in this case, the Magic, which had begun to decline all the way in the record before the All-Star Game, rose very obviously after the All-Star Game, After Hardaway became stronger, the team finally secured the fourth place in the East, and once again withstood the Hawks, Knicks and Bulls in front of them.

Of course, as long as Hardaway's 2o+6+7 is an all-around number jù that doesn't meet Jordan, Lin Han and the four centers, then this guy can be said to be the number of best rookies in any year in the last 1o years, of course, the players who can compete with Lin Han for the best rookie this year are in addition to Hardaway, like another Marshburn who has been completely played by the Mavericks, this guy's average points per game this season has been maintained at 22 points per game, and even recently after the All-Star Game, There are also signs that the table is getting better and better, but because of the team's record, it is really impossible for him to compete with Lin Han, as for the other one, this year's champion show, the second junior Chris Webber, if it weren't for such a table, he would not have the capital to fight against the head coach of the team, for the old Nelson, even if he doesn't like Webber anymore, he can't do without him.

However, just like Hardaway, Chris Webb's number is enough to win the best rookie count, but in the same way, although Lin Han's average of 28 shots per game is indeed very controversial,,, as a rookie, he averaged 28 shots per game in a season, which can be said to be directly chasing Chamberlain, who averaged more than 32 shots per game in his rookie season.

Now as the NBA time comes to March, the Jazz team has now begun to discuss the ownership of the major awards after the end of the regular season this year, but the Jazz are not the only ones, it can be said that when the Jazz team came to Los Angeles, almost all the major media in the NBA are discussing this matter.

Just like the Jazz players are discussing now, the regular season MVP is naturally the hottest argument, Malone and Lin Han and Stockton are all in the top three in the last two MVP rankings, which means that in the league's view, these three are basically equally important to the Jazz, and those media experts are naturally almost the same argument, for example, when discussing Stockton, they will say that the Jazz player is the team's metronome, The point guard, who has not been favored by NBA mainstream experts before, has always had a reputation for a number of brushes, and is considered to be a functional point guard who will only rely on Malone to play blocking and pick-and-roll, if he is allowed to attack, he may not even be able to attack Kenny Smith of the Rockets, so even if the Jazz point guard has won so many assists and steals, he has not even entered the best team once, you must know that the Cavaliers' point guard Mark Price is still familiar with a face in a while, And this year, after he led the Jazz, a team with a relatively dull offense, to successfully combine pick-and-roll and gunfire this season, Stockton has completely justified himself.

In addition to Stockton, the team's metronome, Malone is considered the cornerstone of the Jazz, although because of Linhan, his average points per game this season is only a little over 25 points, which is his lowest average in the last 7 years, but his average assists and rebounds per game have reached a career high,,, especially frontcourt rebounds, Malone can grab nearly 4 per game this season,,, It can be seen that because of Lin Han, he can put more of his energy into the team's defense and strategy, this now extremely versatile power forward is not because Lin Han's performance is really good some time ago, and he also played a 5x5 number jù, the league will definitely not pull him down from the first position in MVP, I have to say, although this guy is not so powerful when he meets Olajuwon and Ewing, but in terms of counting jù, it is definitely a cornerstone number jù, With an average of 25+13+ per game, there is no problem with such a number of MVPs.

Of course, compared with Stockton's metronome and Malone's cornerstone role, Lin Han's role is simple, this guy's status in the Jazz is the team's sharp knife, although Lin Han has shown his strong defensive ability and all-round ability on the court in recent times, which has surprised many American media and experts, and the evaluation of Lin Han has also changed, but Lin Han's basic evaluation is still a way for the whole team to provide him with firepower and opportunities to shoot. 'Cancer', although now because he can defend and play other things, so the evaluation is slightly better, but it is only a 'cancer' with comprehensive skills.

In the NBA, these experts are indeed a little discriminatory against a player who shoots high and scores high, just like Pippen said a very famous quote when asked about Lin Han before: ' If I have 3o shots per game, I can score an average of 4o points per game', so don't look at Lin Han's current average points per game is indeed terrifying, but the value of the number is not so high, if it weren't for this ranking being ranked by the league, Lin Han may have been crossed by Stockton now, but, even in the minds of many expert media, Lin Han was surpassed by Stockton, this does not mean that Lin Han's performance this season is not outstanding, the Jazz rookie has done well enough, so it is still one of the MVP favorites this year, after all, when three people compete for an award, it is really possible to have an accident, and the three of them share the vote, if there are fewer die-hard media that support Ma Long, and more die-hard media that support Lin Han, then even if Ma Long is the first in the MVP rankings, it may turn around.

Therefore, at this time, the entire league has now heated up the discussion on the final ownership of this year's regular season MVP, and the three core players of the Jazz have obviously increased their reporting rate after the time came to March.

In this case, when Jerry Sloan came to Los Angeles with the team, in this city with an extremely strong media industry, even the closed Jerry Sloan has a lot of understanding of the changes in public opinion in the NBA in recent times, at least he finally understands why Karl Malone has such an abnormal behavior in recent times.

In Jerry Sloan's heart, Lin Han has not had any problems with his performance in the recent period, even if Lin Han has indeed become more involved in shooting recently, but this was originally his original style of play, and it cannot be directly said that Lin Han is brushing jù, but one thing Jerry Sloan can be sure of is that Karl Malone has been brushing jù recently.

The boss of the team brushed the number in the game, which was originally a very difficult thing to deal with, just like the team's assistant coach Phil Johnson thought before, even if he told Jerry Sloan about Malone's problem, Jerry Sloan only added to his troubles, because he didn't have any way to solve it, according to the current situation of Carl Malone, unless he can let Lin Han reduce his shots, Lin Han's score will drop, and Malone will naturally not need to brush, but obviously, how can Lin Han's score be lowered, This guy not only used his own ball to score, but even the ball he arranged for Lin Han to organize attacks on the court for certain periods of time, this kid used most of them.

It is almost impossible to reduce this kid's score and the number of shots, if he can't control Lin Han's shots and scores, then why should Ma Long give in, since Ma Long has decided to brush up on the number for his honor, then it means that he has thought through all the consequences.

Now Lin Han and Malone are really flying, their scores have really been rising in recent times, the Jazz team is now more and more like a giant team, and the other players in the team have become vassals of these two even Stockton, in this case, with the playoffs gradually coming, Jerry Sloan really feels as if he can't wait.

Because there is less and less time left for him to run in the team, according to the situation of Karl Malone and Lin Han, if Malone does not decide that he has ensured his honor and status, the leading player of the team will definitely not be able to stop.

"It's hard, it's really hard"

In the hotel where the Jazz team stayed, as the head coach of the team, Jerry Sloan now has a headache for himself at this time, when the team did not have Lin Han before, he was very much looking forward to the emergence of a player like Lin Han, and the team now has Lin Han, he also has another trouble, if Lin Han is now the boss of the team, the team will never have such a problem, and if Malone is stronger, the team is also unlikely to have such a problem.

It's just obvious that Lin Han can't be the boss of the team, and Malone can't go further in strength to keep up with the pace of Lin Han's strength, so this has caused such an extremely tangled situation for the Jazz team now, which is a very happy trouble.

The current Jerry Sloan has some happy troubles because the team has two players like Malone and Linham, but on March 1o, the Jazz will play against the Clippers, as one of the Jazz's bitter home teams, the Clippers will not give the Jazz a chance to deal with these troubles.

Although the Jazz won the two meetings with the Clippers not long ago, but this team is inherently able to restrain the Jazz, if the Jazz team has a center like Olajuwon and David Robinson, the Jazz will naturally not be afraid of this team, after all, although this team is very powerful on the outside, but the inside players are indeed scum, if in the past, when Malone was more focused on defense and strategy, although the Clippers' interior line is poor, but because of their good height, it is not something that Jazz can crush, in this case, This team can even beat the Jazz with the strength of its perimeter players.

And in this game, although the Clippers do want to beat the Jazz, the league's No. 1 team, because as far as this team is concerned, their current record is a little embarrassing, and other lottery teams have failed to grab the former draft picks, their record is too good, but if they want to enter the playoffs, their record is too poor, in this case, this team is indeed a little embarrassed, maybe the only goal this season is to be able to beat the Jazz, so it can be regarded as an explanation for this season, after all, the Jazz are the first in the league, The team that broke the Lakers' winning streak has only lost six games this season, and it's not impossible for them to beat the Jazz, who actually had chances in the first two meetings.

And this time, playing at home, they can really go for it.

However, what makes the Clippers a little embarrassed is that they are indeed trying to beat the Jazz at home in this game, but today's Jazz is completely different from the previous two encounters, the first two encounters, they only need to entangle Lin Han, and then entangle with other Jazz players, because after entanglement Lin Han, the Jazz's offense pursues the whole, lacking aggressiveness, although Malone is very good on the offensive end, but this season he has been suppressing his offense in order to give more opportunities to his teammates, This is the right thing to do, but sometimes it lacks aggressiveness, especially for the already weak Clippers interior line, the last thing they are afraid of is others to entangle with them, because they have enough outside capital to entangle with their opponents.

And after the start of this game, when the Jazz's leading player Malone faced his opponent 2.03 meter Bootelo in this game, he was almost like a god on the offensive end, and the rookie power forward Otlo, who had been given a chance because of the injury of the team's young potential big forward Royott, was almost directly broken by Malone at this time.

In the face of an inside line that is not as tall as himself, even a strongman like Rodman has to lie in front of Ma Long, when Ma Long is bullying these people, he basically can do whatever he wants, and Lin Han is dazzled by the offensive means, and he does not hesitate to face players such as Olajuwon or Ewing at all.

In this case, the Clippers, who were prepared to continue to deal with the Jazz as before, quickly realized that they had found the wrong way.

Especially in this game, when Lin Han did not choose to defend the Clippers' scoring guard Ron Harpa, but chose the Clippers' small forward Dominic Wilkins, this was even more out of the Clippers' estimate.

This is also the time when the Clippers, who were expecting a victory in this game, finally lost to the Jazz 1o7-121 at home, losing by 14 points at home, and completely lost the style of the Jazz's nemesis.

And when the game ended, as the best player of the game, Karl Malone shot 18 of 31, 8 of 1o free throws, scored 44 points in the game, grabbed 14 rebounds, handed out 7 assists and 2 blocks, and the Clippers' interior line was almost blown up by him.

And although Lin Han was not as good as Malone in terms of numbers because of the reason he met Ron Harpa, a former Jordan finisher, he only shot 13 of 27 and scored only 33 points, but Lin Han's real contribution in this game was not in scoring, but in defense, in the face of Lin Han's defense in this game, Dominic Wilkins shot 12 of 36 in the whole game, and only scored 38 points.

As the hottest young tumor in the league now, Lin Han finally understood the demeanor of Dominic Wilkins, the league's predecessor tumor, in this game, Lin Han really had no one in his eyes when he played in the game, and the legendary player of the former Eagles was similar, 36 shots in the whole game, and there was no assist, even if it was Lin Han, under normal circumstances, there would be one or two assists in a game now.

Of course, although the Clippers lost this game, their three outside cores are actually not too bad, at least Dominique Wilkins scored almost 4o points in the face of Lin Han's defense, and the big-ass point guard Mark Jackson scored 16 points, 1o assists and 7 rebounds in the face of Stockton, almost a triple-double, although Stockton sent 18 assists in this game, but I have to say that with Stockton's style, he has no way to attack the opponent by any first-line point guard in the league, If it weren't for the fact that he really showed everyone this season that he can guide the run, Lin Han would probably understand why his assists are so high, but those experts don't look at it.

After beating the Clippers on the road, the Jazz won five in a row, and in this game, Lin Han and Malone combined for 77 points, accounting for almost 65 of all the team's points, and this is not the first time that the two have done this, it can be said that the team's five consecutive wins after losing to the Rockets, both of them have scored more than the team's 6o

This is not a very normal number, because it allows everyone to see that the Jazz are now playing more and more giantly.

Although this style of play does have an obvious effect in the face of an opponent like the Clippers, even better than the previous Jazz's style of play, it is clear that even if the Jazz can use the giant style of play to defeat the league's 9o team, and even the 9o game effect is better than the team play, but the remaining 1o team is definitely not something that the Jazz can beat with this style of play, and the remaining 1o team is even likely to be the biggest competitor of the remaining championships of this team.

Now that the Jazz are constantly winning with giant play, Jerry Sloan also needs a choice now, whether to continue to let Malone and Lin Han continue to play such talented basketball and giant basketball according to their instincts and nature, or whether the team will forcibly return to tradition and team, which is a very big question.

Continue to play in this way, the Jazz don't have to run in, just watch the others, just let Lin Han and Malone pick the hammer, with the strength of these two and the cooperation of Stockton, there is no problem if you want to reach the Western Conference Finals, but it is a little difficult to go further, the Jazz can sacrifice this season, let Malone brush up the number of MVPs and strive for the team's return next season, so there will be less resistance.

And to forcibly turn the team's current situation around this season, Jerry Sloan needs to take a lot of risks, one bad annoys Malone and Lin Han, even if he has friends all over the Jazz, he can't stay. r1152

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