Chapter 250: Rockets to be driven crazy!
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"Although Olajuwon has no strength now, the Rockets look like they are going to lose this game."
"Yes, Hakim can't even think about it at this time, the Jazz's style of play in this game is very surprising, the Rockets didn't expect the Jazz to play like this, and the Jazz and the Nuggets are indeed two completely different teams"
"Michael, you're talking about that kid."
After Jordan finished speaking, Phil Jackson looked at the Jazz No. 8 player who had been staring at the TV with his eyes, and his eyebrows were also raised, although he also admired Lin Han's strength very much, but he really couldn't like this guy, this is not his way of holding the ball and attacking style that makes many old-school head coaches unbearable, although Jackson is also an old-school head coach according to his age, but he is different from others, since he can accept Jordan, he can naturally accept Lin Han, although compared with Lin Han, Actually, Jordan is not sticky at all. ::'3
It's just that this kid is too arrogant, if it weren't for the fact that he did have that strength, this arrogant kid would have been trampled to death by others in the NBA, even if this little guy had that strength, wouldn't many famous superstars in the NBA want to trample him to death? Phil Jackson knows very well that Pippen, the small forward on his own team, is the one thing he thinks about most every day is to trample Lin Han to death.
"Yes, Lin Han's strength is getting more and more comprehensive, especially the defense is getting stronger and stronger, although Clyde's strength is not comparable to his peak, but after half a season's repair. It's still about eighty percent, even if I wanted to completely block Clyde, but this kid almost did. I think it won't be long before this kid's defense will soon be able to outperform all the perimeter players in the league who are very defensive, right? ”
Although he saw that the head coach of his team was a little dissatisfied with Lin Han, Jordan didn't care at all, in fact, Jordan also knew very well that there were more people who were dissatisfied with Lin Han, and now Lin Han is the same as he was back then. They all belong to the humanoid taunt machine, and wherever they go to taunt, they can also be called the humanoid hatred attraction machine. However, others don't like Lin Han, but Jordan has a feeling of appreciation the more he looks at it.
"Michael, this kid is far worse than you"
After looking at Jordan with a smile on his face. Phil Jackson also said with a smile. He is also a relatively open-minded person, although he doesn't like Lin Han, but he didn't think about belittling him in front of Jordan, but thinking of Jordan's evaluation of Lin Han, he still didn't agree with it so much, but after Phil Jackson finished speaking, Jordan just smiled and didn't talk.
"Michael, you're now sure you're coming back next season. But I think you should know that Scott and Horace are now at a point where they are incompatible. Horace has turned down several contract extensions before his contract expires this season and looks like he's not ready to work with Scott anymore, and if you want to maintain the Bulls' previous fight when you return next season, Horace is indispensable."
Seeing that Jordan seemed to be concentrating on watching the Western Conference Finals between the Jazz and the Rockets at this time, Phil Jackson said with a sigh that although he is the head coach of the Bulls, he is not very clear about when Jordan will come back, as well as others, because Jordan's comeback plan is only clear to Jordan himself, Bulls owner Reinsdorf and Bulls general manager Klaus, and this situation is actually very passive for him, the head coach of the team.
Especially as an important part of the team's triangle offense, Horace Grant, the All-Star power forward, said that he would choose whether to renew the Bulls if Jordan gave him a promise, and Jackson, who wants to commit to this guy as a human spirit, can guess with his toes, one of Jordan's closest comrades, naturally wants Jordan to make a choice between him and Pippen, although the relationship between Jordan and Grant is not a friend, Back then, because Jordan and Pippen were often absent from team training after participating in the Dream Team, he also mocked these two, of course, mainly to mock Pippen, Jordan is indeed qualified, but in his opinion, Pippen and he are at the same level as a hairy qualification to enjoy the treatment he has not enjoyed, the contradiction between Pippen and Grant began at that time, until after Jordan left this season, Pippen's crazy revenge on Grant finally reached a fixed point.
And after Phil Jackson finished speaking, Jordan was also big for a while, and these two people could only keep one in such a situation, and the so-called triangle offense played by the Bulls was originally Jordan, Pippen and Grant The three people were the core, except for him, Grant and Pippen are indeed similar in tactical position, so how does Jordan choose? If he could, he would have preferred that the team could force Grant to stay with a high salary, but Klaus's dead fat man would listen to him, so although he was ready to make a comeback, Jordan had been hiding at this time and didn't want to go to the team to meet his old teammates, he really didn't want to be embarrassed by the soap opera of Klaus, Grant and Pippen.
So after Phil Jackson asked, after seeing Jordan silent, the Bulls head coach also sighed, because the result was already obvious, at this time Jordan did not intervene in it, and it seemed that he was neutral between Grant and Pippen, but in the case of Klaus's bias towards Pippen, Jordan's neutrality is actually the same as the neutrality of Stockton and Malone when Lin Han confronted Olajuwon and others, which is a kind of biased acquiescence, and Grant may not be able to stay in the Bulls, The Bulls boss ultimately chose Pippen, and while it was the best option, Jackson was still a little melancholy.
Especially in the face of the increasingly powerful league powerhouses, he is a little worried about what Jordan's prospects will be after his comeback, at this time, the Bulls head coach is also the same as Jordan, and once again looked at the Jazz No. 8 and the Jazz team on the TV.
"Will this team be the Bulls' toughest opponent in the future?"
At this time, Phil Jackson was a little unsure.
"It's too tough, it's too tough. The Jazz's outside defense was so tough that the Rockets called two timeouts in a row in the first quarter, but they had no way to adapt to the intensity of the Jazz's outside pressing. The Rockets are in crisis, Olajuwon is in an embarrassing situation of not having the ball in his hands, and the Jazz really blocked the Rockets from the outside, which is incredible! ”
At this time, Jordan and Phil Jackson, who were in Jordan's mansion in Chicago, were watching the game between the Jazz and the Rockets, and Collins, the former Bulls head coach on the scene and the live commentator of the game, was almost really crazy at this time.
If the game has just begun, and the Jazz's strong style of play has overwhelmed the Rockets, which belongs to the Rockets' unstable foothold in the away game, then the game starts to the end of the first quarter. When the Jazz players are pressing for a quarter, and the Rockets are no longer able to adapt, then it is no longer a problem of being on a shaky footing. It's that this team is really in huge trouble, and they really can't adapt to the Jazz's tougher outside pressing than the Nuggets!
The Rockets don't have enough players on the perimeter who can handle the ball well, and Kenny Smith is a great role player, one of the best around a center. Accurate shots. Running positively, although he used to have a very good ability to brush assists in the fish belly team, but after coming to the Rockets, Tomjanovic also let Maxwell on the outside control the ball and did not let him control the ball, it can be seen that Kenny Smith's ball control is problematic, his vision and organization are not very good, let him control the ball for a long time, he will often ignore his teammates and force shots, so when he first came to the Rockets, he was still the team's point guard, and slowly became a dribble guard. The Rockets no longer let him handle the ball and play, but instead let him focus on becoming an outside shooter who can run and shoot.
As for Maxwell, although he was the Rockets' No. 1 ball handler on the perimeter before Drexler came to the Rockets. But his ability to control the ball is also limited, in this case, and the defensive player opposite them, Stockton is one of the strongest point guards in the league with stealing ability, although Russell is not a player with one defense and two defenses, but he is definitely a defensive player above the league level, as for Lin Han, he can force Drexler, the only first-class ball control player of the Rockets, to be like this, and he is definitely not a parallel defensive player.
Although it looks more like a parallel commodity in a defensive formation, Malone is also quite Robert Hawley's defense in this game, in this case, the Rockets were almost forced by the Jazz in the first quarter to not mention passing the ball comfortably to Olajuwon's hands every time, even if it is very difficult to ensure that their team can shoot before 24 seconds and not make mistakes every time!
"Although the Jazz team has always had problems inside, the outside players of this team are indeed much stronger than the Nuggets, Lin Han is the defensive team this year, Stockton is the defensive second team, Malone is also a defensive team, and Russell is a very good defensive role player, they did the goal of making the Rockets unable to contact inside and outside in this game, and the Rockets are dangerous in this game."
When the Jazz and Rockets finished the first quarter of the game, when all the main players of both sides came off the court, the score of 28-14 on the sidelines was extremely dazzling, which can be said to make the Jazz fans both excited and crazy.
With a 14-point lead over the Rockets at the end of the quarter, even the experts and fans who were most optimistic about the Jazz before the game couldn't imagine that they could beat the Rockets so badly in the first quarter, so when Linham, Malone and Stockton came off the court, the overwhelming cheers of the Jazz fans on the scene almost made the entire Delta Center seem to be boiling.
Although because of the half-time pressure or even the full-court pressure of the whole quarter, at this time, Stockton, Malone and Lin Han's breathing were a little short, and it could be seen that the consumption of these three people was very large, but seeing such a point difference after the first quarter of this game, and the cheers of the fans on the sidelines, whether it was Lin Han, Malone or Stockton, they were extremely excited and excited.
Especially Lin Han, it is obvious that the reason why the Rockets and Jazz have such a big point difference in this game is not how wolf Stockton forced Kenny Smith to bèi, nor is it that Russell watched Maxwell or Polynis resisted Olajuwon, but that he Lin Han really strangled the Rockets' strongest outside ball-holding offensive player on the defensive end in the first quarter, a whole quarter!
And not only on the defensive end, Lin Han's table is extremely good, but also on the offensive end. The number of 13 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, and 3 steals in a single quarter is almost perfect in the first quarter!
"If the Rockets can't find a way to restrain the Jazz in this game, the full-court or half-court pressing, the Rockets will be difficult to win this game!"
As Lynham came off the court enjoying the cheers of the fans, Larry Bird said with a smile on his face, although the Jazz couldn't have been so tight the whole game. But when the Rockets were just about to get up, the Jazz came to this point, and when the Rockets were just about to get closer, the Jazz did it again, so the Rockets didn't really want to win this game.
Although the Nuggets' pressing in the last round made the Rockets very uncomfortable, that kind of discomfort didn't make it difficult for them to even control the ball on the outside, but more pressure from the interior players. And now that the Rockets' perimeter players are struggling to even have normal ball handling, they really need to change that now. The Rockets' outside defenders are better than the New York Knicks, and much better! ”
After Larry Bird finished speaking, Collins also said with a smile.
Of course, the Rockets players were extremely embarrassed by the Jazz in the first quarter. Especially the team's outside line. It's really miserable, worse than in the previous round, but fortunately, after the Rockets' bench lineup came on the court, there was no such decline, as one of the strongest teams in the league with the strongest bench thickness, the Rockets' bench players are really good, at least there are not many, many bad things because of their poor play.
I have to say that because the Rockets' bench in the previous encounters was blown up by the Jazz bench, they are confident. It can be seen from Sam Kassel, a young defender, who kept playing hard against David Wesley, and beat David Wesley extremely wolf. Although it is also the first time to play in the playoffs, Sam Kassel's heart is much bigger than David Wesley's, and he is also more confident and open, but fortunately, although David Wesley seems to be somewhat suppressed by Kassell, Elliott's table in this game is relatively normal, and the Jazz's bench lineup looks a little weak, but in fact, it is not much weaker.
And the Rockets head coach Tomjanovic who saw this scene looked very good, originally he was expecting his team's bench players to be able to chase back the point difference, but from now on, even if he can chase points, he is limited.
At least when the official timeout ended after six minutes of play in the second quarter, when the lineups of both sides returned to the court, the Jazz were still the side leading the score, 4o to 3o, and the Jazz still led by 1o points.
Although this point difference is still huge, Tomjanovic finally saw the opportunity for the team to catch up, after all, there is still a difference between a 1o point difference and a 14 point difference, and such a point difference has reached within 1o points.
But what made Tomjanovic angry was that after the Jazz team came up with a half-quarter break, they saw the Rockets use the bench to chase the difference, and they actually played tight defense against the Rockets again.
And the 1o point gap that the two sides finally reached was opened again, and Tomjanovic, who was watching this scene from the sidelines, saw that Lin Han, who had forced Drexler into a desperate situation again and again on the court, was almost on fire in his eyes.
"Damn, how can this be, how can this be?!"
Tomjanovich, who had been standing and directing this game from the beginning, although his face was extremely ugly at this time, he was even more restless, and it could be seen that the Jazz team had indeed completely disrupted his deployment in this game of the Rockets at this time.
"Sure enough, the Jazz won't tolerate the Rockets pushing the difference to within 1o points in this game"
When the two sides played again, the Jazz forced three minutes to stretch the difference between the two sides to 14 points again, and after returning to normal defense again, Larry Bird on the sidelines also sighed and said.
It can be said that the Jazz's approach is basically something that anyone can guess, this kind of defense is very the Rockets' offense, which will make them feel that no matter how hard they try, but if they can't break the Jazz's pressing, they can't catch up and can't win.
In this case, even if the Rockets players did not encounter the Jazz's pressing in the second three minutes of the second quarter, their offense was not very fluid or a little unconfident.
And when the Jazz led the Rockets by 15 points at halftime at halftime, even the most die-hard Rockets fans couldn't believe their team could beat the Utah Jazz after trailing by 15 points at halftime.
"The playoffs are like that, when the two teams are not like the Bulls and the Lakers before them, as long as they do their best, the opponent can't win, they need to make very big adjustments in terms of technique and tactics every game, and the playoffs are a very targeted game where both sides are constantly adjusting"
"The Jazz did a very good job of defending the Rockets in this game, and after the Jazz risked the outside to be unable to be beaten by the opponent's front, it was time for the team to reap the fruits of their success."
"However, with the strength of the Rockets, they also have a very strong roster thickness, they have a strong opportunity to adjust, and the most important thing now is that Drexler can no longer play ball-carrying offense, for the current Drexler, it is better to play without the ball, especially in the face of Lin Han's defense, it is easier to get rid of without the ball"
When the players of both sides finished the half, watching the players of the two teams leave the stadium and enter the players' tunnel with different expressions, Larry Bird also summarized the half of the game, but judging from Larry Bird's summary remarks, this is not like a summary after the end of the half, but like a summary after the end of the game.
"Larry, look at Lin Han's half-time count in this game, it's really incredible?!"
When Larry Bird was still making a half-time summary, at this time, when Collins on the side got a half-time technical statistics from the staff, he saw Lin Han's number above, and the ABC on-site commentator was almost directly startled.
At halftime, Lin Han's current count is 18 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks and 4 steals, which is preparing for another 5x5 rhythm?!
And it's a 5x5 finish in front of Olajuwon!
As the current king of 5x5 in the NBA, if Lin Han can complete the great feat of 5x5 in front of Olajuwon, then this number jù is not just a simple number jù, and even at this time Collins is already thinking that if Lin Han can really do this, he is already looking forward to what Olajuwon's expression will look like.
After Collins finished speaking, when Larry Bird took the number jù statistics from his hand, he was also stunned, he didn't just see that Lin Han might complete 5x5 in this game, but another number jù that Lin Han might complete in this game, that is, 3o+2o in the playoffs!
Because since basketball entered the modern era in 1986, that is, after the league's technical statistics began to be standardized, the first 3O+2O number in the NBA's modern history was obtained by Olajuwon not long ago when he faced the Nuggets, and Olajuwon scored 35 points and 26 rebounds in that game.
As the king of the league's 5x5, although he has countless numbers of quasi-5x5 in the playoffs, except for the last 5x5 not long ago, which ranked second after Lin Han, the other games, no matter how close the number is, is still a little close.
It's hard to be able to enjoy the only playoff 3O+2O honor for active players, if the Rockets lose in this game, even this honor will be robbed by Lin Han, will Olajuwon be driven crazy by Lin Han?
You know, Olajuwon, who has not had many opportunities to receive the ball in the first half of the game, is actually a little crazy!
"I guess this kid will do it!"
Thinking of this, Larry Bird had a playful smile on his face.
"However, Olajuwon is not a player who comes by common sense, this guy was also a cancer back then, and it would be interesting if Lin Han really drove this guy crazy" (To be continued!u.)
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