Chapter 230: Lin Han who killed and killed
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Although in the playoffs last year, the Jazz were swept away by the young Yin in the first round, which made the team almost questioned and tortured at the time, and even the fans of this team at the end of last season made extremely strong criticism and dissatisfaction with the team's poor performance, and this dissatisfaction even made the team's legendary center Mark Eaton end his NBA career in humiliation with one year left on his contract with the team.
However, just one season later, when the Delta Center ushered in the playoffs again, the Jazz fans at this time still gave the most huge support for this team.
Especially when the Jazz players walked out of the tunnel one by one, these players received a lot more cheers than they did during the regular season, even the cheers received by the team's two role players, center Polines and small forward Russell, were extremely surprising at this time, not to mention the three who could almost cause an earthquake in the arena when they played, Lynham, Stockton and Malone.
It is no exaggeration to say that in a crazy place like Salt Lake City, when these Jazz fans are so crazy, even many veteran players who have actually participated in a lot of important games will be suffocated in the face of such momentum, such as the Trail Blazers players who have already played early in the boos of Jazz fans at this time.
At this time, in front of the Trail Blazers' bench, when Lin Han, Stockton and Malone played one after another, these players in front of the Trail Blazers' bench at this time did not look very good. Now that the boss has spoken in this game, they are really ready to really fight hard in this series, although there are many people in the NBA right now. Including the media, experts or fans don't look down on Paul Allen, because Paul Allen was too high-profile when he entered the NBA, and directly said that he could play in the NBA if he was rich, even in the United States, the psychology of hating the rich still exists, especially after these rich people still failed to use their wealth to open the way, they encountered a lot of ridicule and ridicule.
Although Paul Allen does not have a good reputation among American fans and pundit circles. But in the minds of the Trail Blazers players, this owner is still very good, or if Paul Allen treats them badly, they will not lose their fighting spirit because of a lack of sense of crisis. So, this time, they are willing to fight for their boss, and more importantly. That's why their team has been like this this season. The head coach is gone, the team boss is gone, isn't it all because of the Jazz? It can be said that in the face of the Rockets, in the face of sound, the Trail Blazers can surrender, but in the face of the Jazz, they are absolutely impossible to surrender.
"Hmph. Just let these guys be arrogant for a while, and there will be times when they cry after the game starts."
Watch Lynham and Stockton, as well as Malone enjoy the jazz fans cheering wildly after the game. The big forward of the Trail Blazers, the inside of the former Rockets, was very unhappy at this time, and after Thorpe finished speaking in a weird manner, the other Trail Blazers players also nodded.
"Okay, don't look at it, get ready to warm up"
The Trail Blazers players don't like the Jazz, it's not just Thorpe, others are similar, but for the Trail Blazers' head coach Callesimo, he doesn't have any bad feelings towards the Jazz, after all, he took over the team halfway, and the grievances between the team and the Jazz have nothing to do with him, for this round of the series, he is ready to rebuild his prestige, and the most NNETBA This is condescending, if he succeeds in the NBA, it's okay, if he fails in the NBA, it's really embarrassing, and this season after he accepted the Trail Blazers, It's really embarrassing in terms of results, and in this case, if this series can have a better swing, then it can also make him face less pressure, so for the Jazz, he doesn't have too many personal grudges, all to prove himself.
And for the young Trail Blazers head coach, this series will definitely not be as the outside world thinks they don't have any chances, on the contrary, their chances are not small, as long as the team can play according to his arrangement, and even for this round of the series Callesimo has a lot of confidence.
It's just that what makes him a little less satisfied is that his control of this team is really not high, so when he puts these players on the field to warm up, these guys are a little procrastinating.
"As long as we can win this series, then the haze will be cleared"
Although some of the players of the Trail Blazers are not very satisfied, Callesimo also knows very well that his replacement of Adelman is not a popular thing, and his prestige has not yet been established, so it is not surprising that this situation occurs, as long as his prestige is established, a qiē problem will no longer be a problem, and if this series beats the Jazz, prestige will be established soon? When the time comes, the Trail Blazers will even be able to go straight to the NBA Finals and even the championship!
Therefore, when he thought of this, looking at the players who walked to the court to warm up, the head coach of the Trail Blazers still felt a little excited in his heart.
Of course, at this time on the side of the Trail Blazers, the head coach of this team was a little excited when he thought about the scene after beating the Jazz in this game, and Lin Han, who walked out of the player's tunnel amid the frantic shouts of the fans, was quite excited at this time.
This is the first playoff game of Lin Han's career, although in the locker room, the team's head coach Jerry Sloan constantly encouraged him and let him relax, the two bosses of the team kept telling Lin Han some interesting stories about the NBA playoffs to decompress Lin Han, although the team's assistant coach Phil Johnson was even calming down when he arrived in the players' tunnel.
But in the face of such a scene, if Lin Han can calm down, it will be called a ghost, and at this time, Lin Han was even flushed with excitement when he walked to the court to prepare for the warm-up.
The head coach of the Jazz in this game, Jerry Sloan, attaches great importance to it, but because the Jazz team has formed a set of fixed offensive play, Jerry Sloan does not have much layout on the offensive end. It all depends on the swings of Linham, Stockton and Malone, and Jerry Sloan's control of the team's offensive end is limited, as for the defensive end. The Jazz players didn't have any excellent defense, and even if he wanted to set up tactics, he couldn't arrange them, so in the locker room, except for letting Lin Han and some other young rookies relax, Jerry Sloan didn't have any tactics at all, so the Jazz's style of play in this game didn't change much. Except for center Polines who changed to P.J. Brown, nothing else has changed, if it weren't for the fact that Lynham and Russell are both playing the playoffs for the first time. With the addition of three players from a team playing in the playoffs for the first time after PJ Brown, such a personnel arrangement is not very safe, so PJ Brown, who is more suitable in style, came off the bench in this game.
Of course, there are some problems on the offensive and defensive ends of the Jazz because of the team controlled by the head coach. So nothing has changed. And the Trail Blazers are different, just like this team said before the game, the Trail Blazers are really ready to play three interior in this game, center Buck Williams, power forward Thorpe, small forward Clifford Robinson, three All-Star interior line together, and the two players in the backcourt in the scoring guard position is Terry Porter, who was formerly known as the backcourt double gun with Drexler. One of the big contributors to the Trail Blazers' two-time Finals, of course. This guard is also an All-Star player, as for the point guard position, it is Rodstrickland, a street ball player, although this guy is not an All-Star player, but this year's average per game is a terrifying average of 17 points, 9 assists and 2 steals per game, except for the three-point shot, this All-Star point guard is extremely comprehensive in all aspects, organizing passes, individual offense is very good, and even the ball quotient and defense are different from the average street ball player.
Such a Trail Blazer played like this after Drexler's departure, and even saw who lost and who lost in the second half of the regular season, which is simply unbelievable to Trail Blazers fans and All-NBA fans and experts, after all, a team of five players who are all All-Stars or quasi-All-Stars can finally play like this, who can believe it?
"Although the Trail Blazers are eighth in the West, judging from the team's words in recent times, the Jazz are not easy to play."
When the players from both sides walked to the court to warm up and prepare for the start of the game, Larry Bird, a guest of ABC on the sidelines, also said with a smile on his face, originally he thought that the Trail Blazers had given up the regular season in this series, and the playoffs were estimated to be a cutscene, and the Jazz should be able to win easily, but he didn't expect it to turn out like this in the end.
"With the strength of this team on paper, not many people will be surprised that they even make it to the top four in the West, and I finally understand why many people say that Paul Allen has no basketball IQ, and it is indeed a sad thing for such a team to be made like this by him, but if the Trail Blazers can wake up in the playoffs, it is worth looking forward to, maybe they can really cause huge problems for the Jazz, especially since they have enough players to deal with the weakness of the Jazz's weak defensive ability."
"Well, so, in this game, Trail Blazers head coach Callesimo didn't put the team's small forward Jeromy Cosi on the court, but replaced the two-guard Terry Porter and Strickland, it should be to strengthen the team's passing ball, a team like the Jazz does have some problems with some teams that can score in every position."
After Collins finished speaking, Larry Bird also said with a smile.
The Trail Blazers may have lost one leader since Drexler's departure, but the team does have enough personnel that allows them to change their style of play according to their needs, which is a huge advantage in the playoffs.
"However, although the three-interior strategy of two guards may be very effective for the Jazz, Triporter, who defends Linhan, is quite a loss in terms of height, and Linhan's outside shooting is quite good, which is a huge crisis."
"There is no way to do this, nothing is perfect, since you have chosen a more effective way of playing, then it is worth taking some risks, you can just let Lin Han keep shooting on the outside, such a gamble can actually be done, after all, although Lin Han is accurate in the middle and long distances, but the lethality is limited after all"
When Larry Bird finished speaking, the warm-up of the players on both sides was over, and at this time, after the players of both sides stood on both sides of the center circle, the referee on duty, Bavita, threw the basketball in his hand into the air after a whistle. This time in the jump ball between Polynis and Thorpe, Polynis easily got the first wave of the game.
After getting the first possession of the game, Jazz point guard Stockton quickly pushed the ball across the halfcourt. It's just that the Trail Blazers, who have been prepared for a long time, didn't let the Jazz have a chance to play this fast break, and what surprised the Jazz even more was that after making a block with Malone, Stockton hit the ball from behind him and passed it to Malone, although Malone's defense player Thorpe got rid of it slightly, but when the Trail Blazers put three inside lines in the game, the space inside the entire three-point line or around the paint area was insufficient. This directly led Malone to adjust a little after receiving the ball, and a defender appeared in front of him, which made Malone also very helpless, after hesitating for a while, he leaned sideways against Robinson at the free throw line. passed the basketball in his hand to Lin Han.
The Trail Blazers' defensive rotation is good, Malone has limited passing opportunities, and even Lin Han has defenders in front of him. If it weren't for Lin Han's height, the armband would be much taller than Terry Porter. Malone couldn't even find a good pass opportunity for this offense.
"It seems that the Trail Blazers are really playing this game"
When Malone passed the basketball in his hand, his brows were also furrowed, judging from the Jazz's first offense, the Trail Blazers' enthusiasm and rotation on the defensive end of this game, as well as the physical pressure on the Jazz team.
And that's the intensity of the playoffs!
So when Malone passed the ball, the Jazz's leading interior was still a little worried about what Lin Han, who was immediately clinged to by Tripoter after receiving the ball, in fact, when Lin Han received the ball for the first time in this game, almost everyone in the audience was waiting for Lin Han to do.
Even the photojournalists and text reporters on the sidelines were already engrossed in waiting for Lin Han's next move at this time.
And when Lin Han received a pass from Malone and posted it on Triport. The shooting guard, who was under the watchful eye of the whole court, did not hesitate and jumped straight to his feet in the face of Terry Porter's close defense. He threw this three-pointer to the left of the top of the arc.
That action, that look, Lin Han seemed to treat Triport's defense as if he didn't exist zài, that kind of decisive offensive choice even made Triport stunned directly at this time, Terry Porter is not a person who has never seen the world, in the NBA Finals, he has seen Jordan, and he has also seen Isaiah Thomas, but if compared to the offensive decisiveness, even Jordan is not as decisive as Lin Han, right?!
With a bang, when Lin Han's three-point dry pull hit, the entire arena in the center of the delta was boiling again.
"I know that Lin Han is Lin Han, look at his shots, just like the regular season, as long as you feel that you have the opportunity, you will never hesitate, those who shouted before the game that Lin Han may be abnormal in this game may be afraid that they will fail again"
"That's right, Lin Han's offense is too confident, and the Trail Blazers want a 1.91m guard to defend Lin? Did he think Terry Porter was Peyton? ”
Although the Jazz fans are really very confident in this game with the Trail Blazers, but after all, this is a playoff game, and the Trail Blazers have been very eye-catching in recent times, in this case, it is understandable that Jazz fans are a little worried about this game, especially since many important players on the team are young people, such as Lin Han, PJ Brown, Russell and David Wesley, etc., especially Lin Han, if Lin Han is not suitable for the playoffs, the Jazz may really be difficult to play, And judging from Lin Han's first offense now, he is no different from the regular season, and this is also to put all Jazz fans at ease.
"It's okay, it's okay, it doesn't matter how many points Lin Han scores in this game, as long as the rest of the Jazz can't score, there will be no accidents in this game."
Of course, Lin Han's opening offense was decisive, which made the Jazz fans in the audience very happy, regardless of the Trail Blazers head coach Callesimo on the sidelines, he couldn't be happy, after all, although he gambled on Lin Han's outside shooting, he didn't want Lin Han to really hit much, and from now on, Lin Han's hand in this game is very good.
However, fortunately, Callesimo is also the most promising young head coach in the NCAA, and he still has strength, so although he was a little empty by Lin Han's three-point throw, he was able to stabilize himself, after all, the purpose of the Trail Blazers in this game is very clear, as long as the Trail Blazers can continue to choke Malone and others on the defensive end. On the offensive end, taking advantage of the shortcomings of the Jazz's lack of defense to keep scoring, then it is useless for Lin Han to score many points in this game, when the time comes. The Jazz was the Bull of the year, and Lin Han was the Jordan of the year.
"Boy, it feels very different to score in the playoffs."
After Lin Han threw in his first playoff three points, Malone, who had just been a little stagnant on the offensive end, also patted Lin Han's shoulder with a smile and said, and after Malone finished speaking, other Jazz players also congratulated Lin Han, and in fact. This feeling of scoring in the playoffs is indeed very different from the feeling of the regular season, which can be seen from Lin Han's excited expression now.
"Alright, don't get excited. Get ready to defend, it's not going to be a good game."
Finally, Stockton said after glancing at the Jazz players with a smile, and at this time the Trail Blazers were ready to advance offensively.
I have to say that although Lin Han's dry three-point draw made Triport a little helpless. But the rest of the Trail Blazers players didn't have much psychological change because of Lin Han's three-pointer. After all, when they want to win this game, they know very well how the Jazz will play in this game, and how they should play, and Lin Han's score is not the key to winning or losing this game.
So as the point guard of the Trail Blazers, Strickland quickly advanced to the front court with the ball, and at this time, the Jazz's defensive formation was also set up, and the two teams fell into a positional battle from the beginning of the game. It also has to do with the fact that the concentration of both teams is really extremely focused, which is not the same as the Jazz's positional offensive blocking start. The Trail Blazers don't have any blocking tactics, Strickland after bringing the ball to the top of the arc, the current Jazz defense has no loopholes and directly handed over the basketball in his hand to Terry Porter, Terry Porter was also a player who averaged 1o assists per game when he was playing point guard, his passing and organization were also very good, and Strickland began to play without the ball with other Trail Blazers players after Tripton received the ball, of course, Tripton also did not stick to the ball after receiving the ball.
If you want the Jazz to have no way to help defense, then the most important point is to let the Jazz move on the defensive end, or be exhausted, and there is a personnel disadvantage in a certain area, and this in addition to putting three interior lines in the lineup, these interior lines are also needed to move, such as Robinson and Strickland's constant running at this time is an important part.
Of course, Terry Porter, as the core of the Trail Blazers' outside ball, after two consecutive shots and catches, soon the Jazz's loopholes were slowly revealed, especially the team's small forward Russell, the Jazz's young players rarely defended the opponent's interior line for a season, and the position judgment of the interior players was not enough, or his own defensive position and the offensive running position of the offensive players did not match, which was easy to lose position, and he was able to use his concentration and degree to keep up once or twice. But there are more rotations and runs, and the rate of such defense is low, in this case, if the Jazz can have an Olajuwon or Kemp, they can make up for it, but let Malone or Polynis make up for it, which is a bit of a strong man.
"Oops?!"
Therefore, when Russell made a mistake in his defensive position, the inexperienced defensive player quickly broke out in a cold sweat on his head, and at this time Clifford Robinson did not wait for Russell, the Trail Blazers' All-Star forward quickly came out and prepared to receive the ball, if the sound of the center Sam Perkins is the league's No. 1 kite center, then Clifford Robinson, the big forward, is the top kite forward in the NBA now, and the offensive range is quite wide.
"That's it! Terry, pass! ”
When the Trail Blazers ran out of chances in two consecutive conduction runs, Trail Blazers head coach Calesimo on the sidelines was already excited to stand up from his actions at this time.
This offensive success is not just as simple as scoring two points, but more importantly, it can strengthen the confidence of the Trail Blazers in this style of play.
Therefore, when the players on the Trail Blazers court really easily got the offensive opportunity according to the head coach's arrangement, even the Trail Blazers leader on the court at this time, Terry Porter, who was used to seeing big scenes, was a little excited, so soon the Trail Blazers guard threw the basketball in his hand to the right side after Robinson came out, and passed it horizontally!
Terry Port's pass was a two-handed push, just to be on the safe side, not with one hand. He's not Stockton after all, and he doesn't have the amazing one-handed passing skills.
It was only to the horror of the originally excited Terry Porter that he significantly slowed down the two-handed pass this time. The ball had just come out of his hand, and now the basketball he passed out lost its direction, or changed direction.
Because Lin Han, who had been standing half a step away from him before, suddenly jumped out, and directly cut off his horizontal pass the moment the ball came out of his fingertips!
"Old fellow, be careful with your cross-pass!"
When Lin Han went out and directly broke Terry Porter's horizontal pass, and directly attacked the Trail Blazers in the backcourt, all the other players on the field were directly stunned at this time. Even at this time, the Jazz players were the same, because they really didn't feel that Lin Han could break the ball. Because although Lin Han was not far from Triport just now, it was definitely not close.
Although Terry Porter cautiously slowed down the shooting rate of the pass, it was not so simple to break the ball from Tripter's hand. As long as Lin Han has the action of grabbing. Tripter can definitely show it, in this case, it will be difficult for Lin Han to complete this break, and he constantly needs to predict Tripter's passing route in advance, and he can't start in advance, which is extremely reflexive and stealing!
Therefore, when he was cut off by Lin Han, Triport was directly stunned. This experienced veteran actually forgot to chase back, and his mind was full of Lin Han's ridicule just now.
After the break, Lin Han didn't care if Terry Porter was frightened by his break at this time. After the extremely excited Jazz player ran to the front court frantically, in the face of the cheers of the Jazz fans in the audience, he smashed the blue drive in his hand into the basket with a gliding slam dunk almost directly in the free throw line.
And when Lin Han scored the ball and scored five points in a row, the Delta Center was directly exploded by Lin Han!
Of course, after Lin Han's dunk was completed this time, the head coach of the Trail Blazers, Callesimo, who had already celebrated his team's first success, was already stunned and looked at the court in disbelief.
"This is an illusion, this must be an illusion, how could Lin Han complete such a steal with absolutely no chance?"
Of course, at this time, the head coach of the Trail Blazers was suspecting that Lin Han's steal was an illusion, and although the Jazz head coach on the other side, Jerry Sloan, was also extremely surprised, but he was much better, although Lin Han's steal was indeed very unexpected and beautiful.
However, when the next offense of the Trail Blazers was once again destroyed by Lin Han, at this time, neither the head coach of the Trail Blazers, Callesimo, nor the head coach of the Jazz, Jerry Sloan, could not calm down.
Terry Porter is a very experienced guard, an All-Star player who has played in the Finals twice, can there be any difference, so, after the first ball was cut off by Lin Han almost directly at the moment of passing, when the Trail Blazers still patiently ran out of opportunities, this time, the Trail Blazers' All-Star guard did not make that mistake again, and the other Trail Blazers players did not choose to attack with only one opportunity, although this will lead them to run and conduct harder, But the chances do be more.
It's just that, in the same way, when Terry Porter once again found a teammate who had a chance, and passed the basketball in his hand more cautiously and attentively, almost at the moment when he passed the basketball in his hand, his eyes were full of horror, this time the horror was not because his pass was broken, but at the moment when his pass was completed, Lin Han had judged the object of his pass almost before the ball completely left his hand, and Lin Han didn't pay attention to him at all. Instead, he ran straight to the object of his pass!
When this scene was born, the head guard of the pioneer trembled a little in horror at this time, but Lin Han, who flew out like an arrow at this time, didn't pay attention to Terry Porter's feelings at this time, and now Lin Han's eyes only had the trailblazer in front of him!
Therefore, at this time, in Terry Porter's eyes, there was a race between Lin Han and basketball between man and ball, and when the basketball reached the end first, and Lin Han was also about to arrive, Terry Porter was coming back to his senses, and at this time the Trail Blazers guard had been shouting wildly.
"Otis, be careful!"
It's just that at this time, he has received the ball in the right waist position under the basket. Defender Polinis, who is still one step away from him, is an absolute opportunity for him to attack, so after hearing Terry Porter's shout. The Trail Blazers didn't care after being stunned for a while, but just when the interior player jumped up lightly, ready to throw the basketball in his hand into the basket with a small throw, when the Trail Blazer's interior jumped, the Jazz fans who had already regretted the team's defensive misposition this time suddenly saw a Jazz player flying out of Thorpe's side!
Lin Han, who was originally defending Terry Porter on the outside, actually hit the basket!
"How did this guy suddenly appear under the basket?!"
Just when Otis Thorpe gently threw the basketball in his hand, Lin Han almost killed it at the same time, and almost without any stagnation, he quickly blocked the basketball thrown by Thorpe from the side. At this time, Larry Bird, who had been relatively indifferent on the sidelines, stood up at this time.
Lin Han's assistance in defense this time was really terrifying.
So at this time, let alone Larry Bird, even Jerry Sloan stood up from his seat in amazement at this time.
It's just that at this time, after sealing Thorpe. Thorpe has not yet woken up from the shock just now, after the Trail Blazers on the court were intercepted by Lin Han for two consecutive attacks, and before they came to their senses, the basketball that came out was picked up by Russell. Lin Han was already frantically attacking fast.
And when Lin Han rushed through the half, he received a long pass from Russell. After fully rushing up, even if Lin Han had Terry Porter by his side at this time, Terry Porter couldn't pull it down even if he wanted to, and when Lin Han completed the dunk in the fast break again, Tripter, who was watching under the basket, felt bad at this time.
"Is the Jazz really a team without help defense?!"
At this time, not to mention Terry Porter, even other Trail Blazers players also have such an idea, after all, with Lin Han's terrifying prediction ability and defensive ability just now. Such a team does not have a defense? If there was really no help defense, the Trail Blazers would have scored by this time. Instead of making the score 7-o after Lin Han completed the dunk.
Therefore, at this time, not only Terry Porter hesitated, but even all the Trail Blazers players on the court hesitated, and when the next first quarter of the game continued, the Trail Blazers, who were even more hesitant on the offensive end, almost became a stage for Lin Han to show his defense.
When the Trail Blazers' offense was obviously about to be completed, Lin Han was able to suddenly appear out of nowhere, and when the Trail Blazers' passing was obviously very cautious, Lin Han was still able to take advantage of a slight opportunity to complete the steal.
Only halfway through the first quarter, the entire Trail Blazers team had a feeling of collapse, Lin Han was not the defensive core of the Jazz team, and the Jazz's defensive tactics did not revolve around him, and in this game, Lin Han was almost omnipresent on the defensive end.
"It appeared, Lin Han appeared again, it's incredible, the Jazz team's defense is incredible, Lin Han's defensive movement in this game is too unbelievable, every time he can successfully stand in front of the team's defensive holes, this kind of defense ability is absolutely the top!"
At this time, Lin Han killed the Trail Blazers on the defensive end on the court, almost killing the group of veterans on the Trail Blazers, and Collins on the sidelines was also a little crazy at this time, and the commentator never thought that the Jazz team would have such a terrifying ability to assist in defense, or that Lin Han could have such a terrifying ability to assist in defense.
And when the game came to the official timeout at the end of the first quarter and a half, the score of the game came to 22-8, and the Trail Blazers trailed by 14 points in the first half, the Trail Blazers players came down from the court as if they were having a nightmare.
The Jazz were completely different, and when Lin Han came off the court, he almost enjoyed the craziest cheers in the audience.
14 points, 3 steals and 3 blocks in the first quarter of the game, whether it was on the offensive end or the defensive end, Lin Han was almost perfect in his first playoff game!
"I really didn't expect this kid to hide so many things"
When Lin Han came down from the court amid the cheers of the fans, Larry Bird on the sidelines shook his head a little complicated for a while when he looked at the crazy fans around him and looked at the Jazz No. 8 not far away. (To be continued......)
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