Chapter 333: Lin Han and the Crazy Experimenter Old Nelson
(I'm sorry for the late first chapter)
"The coach has been looking a little haggard lately, it's been a while since he's been on the training ground for so long, and if it weren't for the game against the Warriors today, he would probably be in the video room."
"Yes, the pressure on the coach has been a bit big lately, and there is no way to do it, there can be no slack in the playoffs here, and our regular season record is so good, the pressure is certain, and now I am a little nervous about this game in the evening, but you guys don't see any tension or pressure at all."
On the afternoon of May 11, 1994, at the Delta Center Arena in Utah, the Jazz team was here to do the training for the evening game to adapt to the field, at this time the Jazz players on the training ground were chatting on the court in twos and threes, although it is now the second round of the playoffs, but, because there has been no game for a week, for the Jazz players, they do not seem to have a sense of urgency in the playoffs. It's impossible to imbue a team that hasn't played for a week with a sense of urgency, so the Jazz team is comfortable with the Warriors this evening. ``
However, if in the past, these players of the Jazz team were so casual on the training ground when they were about to play at this time, as the head coach of the team, Jerry Sloan, who was extremely strict and serious, would have scolded him.
It's just that at this time, to the surprise of the Jazz team, they are all scattered like this at this time, as the most feared guys on the team. Jerry Sloan didn't say anything, and still stood on the sidelines with a frown, as if he hadn't seen it. It seems to be thinking about something.
"That's right, Lin, how the hell do you kid regulate his feelings, it looks like you've never been nervous in a game like this, you guy can't really be a big-hearted player like Larry Bird said, right?"
"However, no matter how big your heart is, you're going to have a hard time in this series. That Sprewell is a tough guy, and the old Nelson is the craziest head coach in the league, who knows what weird tactics this old guy will use to you in the game. Especially in this game, you have to be careful."
At this time, the Jazz players were chatting together in groups on the training court, and although Lin Han seemed very calm on the surface, he had been struggling with whether to use his golden milestone as a lottery or as a skill. So at this time, Lin Han was actually a little bored. Originally, Lin Han wanted to use the golden milestone reward for smoking Stockton's skills after thinking about it again yesterday, and it was best to get Stockton's passing vision skills, but in the end, when Lin Han made up his mind, he was stopped by Ellie, and Ellie also said a very incomprehensible explanation to him.
"Your current strength is strong enough for the Jazz, and the Jazz have slowly reached a balance again, and if you have another improvement in your strength now, then this balance will be broken again. If it's okay in the regular season, the Jazz can still slowly run in. Even after your strength reaches strong enough, as long as Malone and Stockton are willing, you can even let Malone and Stockton give you a hand around you, but now if your strength is improved again and breaks the balance that you and Stockton and Malone have finally reached again, then your strength is not a good thing for the Jazz, and even a very bad thing."
"Aren't you now, even if you are now, the current Jazz, Jerry Sloan's ability can no longer keep up with the team's progress? If you show more strength and control in the game, before the Jazz team wins the championship, this team will probably be directly messed up."
"So, whether you're using this reward to get skills from Stockton or using this reward to get special items that can improve your strength, I'm going to stop you, of course, it's up to you whether you listen to me or not, if you still want to compete for this year's championship, then I think it's better to listen to me"
This is what Ellie reminded Lin Han yesterday, which made Lin Han a little speechless, Lin Han really didn't know that becoming stronger would hurt the team, but seeing Ellie's extremely serious expression now, Lin Han knew that this little girl didn't lie to herself, and wasn't the balance of the team broken because of his strength skyrocketing before? And this time, after Lin Han's strength skyrocketed again, will the Jazz team be chaotic for a long time? Although Lin Han didn't know why this was very clear, he seemed to believe in his heart that what Ellie said was not wrong, especially when Ellie said that Jerry Sloan was no longer capable of controlling such a strong Jazz team, Lin Han even nodded continuously.
Of course, it is not necessary for a team coach who wants to win the championship to be able to control the team, as long as the core players of the team can control the team, just like the current Jazz, Jerry Sloan is not entangled at this time for Stockton and Malone or Lin Han does not care too much, because they all know that the current Jazz team, or the Jazz team after the last infighting, is slowly becoming different, and Jerry Sloan's control of the team has been declining, of course, Most of the time, the players still listen to Jerry Sloan, but not necessarily when the team has to fight hard or be pushed to the brink.
It's just that Lin Han is a little worried that after his strength is strong, will he really break the balance with Malone and Stockton? Isn't a stronger teammate what Malone and Stockton need? Or is it true that as Ellie said, Malone and Stockton need a strong teammate, but this strong teammate needs a degree, and the biggest limit is that this teammate is at most about the same as them, and no matter how strong it is, it is not the teammate they need.
Therefore, Lin Han has been quite entangled since he came to the team today, and he really didn't expect that this time there would be another argument like Jerry Sloan said to him before. That is, for the sake of the team Lin Han, he needs to suppress his own strength, and Jerry Sloan has said to Lin Han before. In the end, because Lin Han's style of play was too important to the team, and the balance of the team's infighting was completely broken and reorganized, so in the end, Jerry Sloan didn't have such thoughts anymore, but he didn't expect that even Ellie would say such things to him at this time.
"Ellie is right, this team is not just my team."
When he thought of this, Lin Han ignored Karl Malone, who was constantly rubbing his head behind his back, but threw the basketball in his hand directly to the basket in the middle circle with a somewhat complicated face. When the basketball that was thrown out by Lin Han in the middle circle hit, all the other Jazz players who were chatting on the court were stunned, and even Ma Long, who was rubbing Lin Han's head, was stunned. Of course, Lin Han himself was a little surprised, this was definitely an accident, his three-point range was not so far.
"It's been over 1o days since I've watched a Jazz game at Delta Center. It's a bit exciting. I really hope that the Jazz can still win this game and then continue to sweep the opponent to advance."
"Hahaha, there is no way to compare the Trail Blazers and the Warriors, but I also support the team to sweep the Warriors!"
"The game is going to start, the Warriors players are coming out, everyone get ready to boo!"
The first playoff game between the Jazz and the Warriors, Jazz fans were quite crazy at this time, although the team has been a little less reassuring in recent times. At least compared to the appearance of the regular season when all the sunspots had nothing to say, now this team seems to have returned to the world from the divine realm all of a sudden.
But even so. That didn't stop Jazz fans from showing enthusiasm for the Jazz, and more importantly, because they swept the Trail Blazers 3-0 in the first round, and the team hadn't seen the team play at home for more than a week, which is not a long time, but for these Jazz fans who are eager to see the Jazz make history this year, it's really quite a long time.
"The key to this Jazz and Warriors is who can score more smoothly, all the regular season meetings between these two teams are extremely anxious, both teams have extremely incredible talent, the Jazz have the strongest trio in the league, and the Warriors may have the best five-man talent in the league, before the game, Nelson Sr. said that this game will not consider how to defend Malone and Linhan, only how to score more points for their own team, although this statement is controversial, But for the Warriors, instead of figuring out how to defend Malone and Linham, they should think about how to score more points, after all, they have the strength to execute this tactic."
At 8 p.m. on May 11, 1994 at the Delta Center Arena in Utah, when the Warriors players were on the court, the Jazz fans in the stadium had already sent the most terrifying boos for them, and at this time, ABC commentator Larry Bird, who was sitting on the sidelines, saw Nelson Sr. playing with the Warriors, and frowned after listening to the extremely noisy boos around him, and said that the Boston Celtics football king seemed to be worried about something.
"But I'm more curious now about how Jerry Sloan is going to arrange this game, if Nelson Sr. isn't lying, then the Warriors will play a more frantic offense than they did in the regular season, and will the Jazz completely let go of their defense and play against the Warriors? Or will Jerry Sloan still have some reservations?"
"You just have to look at the Jazz's lineup to play."
After Collins finished speaking excitedly, Larry Bird said with a frown still a little deep at this time.
Before the game, both players and coaches on both sides had a lot of statements, such as the Warriors' two big and young Webb and Sprewell's disdain for the Jazz, such as the old Nelson expressed his appreciation for Linhan and the Jazz's regular season offense, and the two leaders of the Jazz team, Malone and Stockton, also expressed their respect for the old Nelson and their attention to the Warriors.
But in addition to some brainless provocations and undisciplined touting, the two most important sentences are that the old Nelson said that his team will not be able to study how to defend Lynham and Webber in this game, which reflects the Warriors' style of play, and Jerry Sloan's sentence is a little incomprehensible, the head coach of the Jazz team did express the courage of this game and the Warriors to attack, but there is the same indication that the NBA game is not only about offense. Defense is also important.
It can be seen that Jerry Sloan is still swaying at this time, and this kind of swaying is what Larry Bird is most worried about. In the face of this crazy Warrior swinging like this, the Jazz's next game is likely to be the Spurs' end, and the home court has lost two games, as long as this Warrior is crazy, it is possible.
Of course, at this time, Larry Bird was wondering what the Jazz would be like in this game, and whether Jerry Sloan could completely liberate the team's offense against such a special opponent as the Warriors. Soon, when the Jazz players came out to the cheers of the fans, when the players from both sides stood on the court to warm up. Looking at the Jazz lineup, Larry Bird shook his head helplessly.
The Jazz's lineup in this game made Larry Bird shake his head, not to say how bad this lineup is, since the Jazz made the big trade. The lineup has never been bad. In this game, the two-guard composed of center PJ Brown, power forward Malone, small forward Russell and Linham Stockton is the most balanced lineup in the league, and the Jazz lineup has not changed much in this game.
And the lineup on the Warriors' side has also not changed, the team's center is Chris Webber, this year's rookie, facing David Robinson, one of the four centers in the first round, although he was blown up by David Robinson on the defensive end. But David Robinson can't do anything about this young insider, although compared to Lynham and Hardaway, who averaged more than 30 points per game in the first round. Webber is indeed a little lower in terms of scoring, but in the five games against the Spurs, the interior player averaged 16 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 blocks per game, when Lynham brushed 5x5 in the first round, Hardaway scored in the first round because O'Neal was trapped and fouled, Chris Webber was brushing a triple-double, so when the first round of the playoffs ended, O'Neal, who has been crazy about the New York media recently, was taken out by the media to take Chris Webber out again.
Although Chris Webber does have a weird personality now, and even the team's 'good baby' Sprewell has been spoiled by him, this guy does have the potential to disdain the Jazz, at least as a guest center, he almost had a triple-double in the playoffs against the Admirals, one of the four centers, which is good enough.
Since the Warriors pushed Webb to the center position, then this team naturally doesn't need any big forwards, so the two forwards of this team are swing people, Billy Owens, the No. 3 pick in 91, a small forward with a height of 2.03 meters, averaged 15 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists per game in the regular season, and averaged 2o points, 1o rebounds and 4 assists per game when facing the Spurs in the first round of the playoffs, Chris Mullin, the real boss of the Warriors, nicknamed God's left hand, faced the Lakers led by the Magic back then, once scored 41 points in a one-legged game against the Lakers in the playoffs, one of the best pitchers in the league, only averaged more than 16 points per game in the regular season due to injuries, and was even suppressed on the bench by Sprewell for a period of time, but in the end, Nelson Sr. still chose to support the Warriors boss, and the Warriors also completely gave up the double interior line, and switched to playing one big and four small, and the madness of the Warriors also began at this time, although Chris Mullin's table was not good in the regular season, but in the playoffs, In the first round, the Warriors superstar's table was an average of 25 points, 5 bosses and 4 assists per game, with a shooting rate of 59% and a three-point shooting rate of 5o%.
As for the two guards, scoring guard Sprewell, the best team guard position in the regular season ranked third, second only to Stockton and Linham, 21 + 5 + 5 + 2 in the regular season, 23 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists per game so far in the playoffs, point guard, nicknamed the former Spurs core point guard of the little general Avery Johnson, after coming to the Warriors, because the Warriors can control the ball and pass the ball to organize too many players, the former point guard of the Spurs even had a period of time in order to give Mullin a position, Nelson Sr. even put him on the bench, but after the Warriors decided to play one big or four small, the quasi-All-Star point guard got another chance, as a point guard, 1o+5 in the regular season is not good, but the average of 13+5 per game in the playoffs is already very qualified, especially in a team like the Warriors, like many point guards around 1.8o, Avery Johnson is also not very good at shooting. But the breakaway is quite good, and the big picture and passing timing are also very good, and as a small point guard, he doesn't stick to the ball, which is quite important for the Warriors.
When the line-ups of both teams come to the pitch. Larry Bird really shook his head, not only because the Jazz have a somewhat conservative lineup, but more importantly, the Warriors are really good at the moment.
Every player on the court has 4 assists, every player has scored 1o points, and even three players have scored 2o points, which means that every player on the Warriors court has the ability to attack with the ball and have the ability to pass. And these abilities are also very good.
When all five players on a team can attack and pass the ball, and the interior has an interior player who can average a triple-double per game. That's pretty scary.
Of course, although Jerry Sloan chose to respond to the changes in this game, it doesn't mean that he doesn't know how terrible the Warriors are, so when the players on both sides stand on the court. The Jazz head coach's brow has been furrowed. But it was because he knew that this Warriors team was terrible that he chose such a somewhat conservative tactical play.
He wasn't sure how he would push Malone to the center, Lin Han to the power forward position, Elliott or David Wesley to the table, especially since every player on the Warriors team has a strong one-on-one offensive ability, if he gives up the team's defense to attack the offense, what if the Jazz are blown up during the one-on-one offense?
If the Jazz have a lineup like the Suns. also has a lineup with individual ability in all five positions, and he will not hesitate to push Lin Han to the position of power forward. I have to say that the current West is simply a big chain, and the Jazz can restrain the Suns very well, that is because the Jazz have a Lin Han who then makes the Suns leader Barkley completely unable to deal with it, and after Barkley is contained by Lin Han, the Suns' offense will have a big problem, but the Warriors are different, even if Lin Han goes to the power forward position to beat Owens, the impact on the Warriors is not so huge, and in the same way, the Suns can restrain the Warriors, That's because this team also has five players with strong individual ability, and the Suns' style of play is also a degree of running and shooting, and the playmaking guard and interior are better than the Warriors, even if the Warriors really attack the Suns, I'm afraid they won't be able to win.
So after thinking about it again, Jerry Sloan still chose a more conservative style of play, and there is no room for loss in the first game of the playoffs.
And just as Jerry Sloan was frowning on the sidelines and thinking about what the game would look like, the game was already underway.
Today's player who jumped the ball on behalf of the Jazz is PJ Brown, and the Warriors are naturally Chris Webber, although PJ Brown is more dominant in height, but in terms of physical talent, PJ Brown is indeed more than a notch behind Webb, and the Warriors also got the first wave of ball possession.
And after the Warriors got the first wave of possession, the team was up and running quickly. For this team, it is natural to prepare to run and bomb, as the Jazz team that has played for half a season, it is naturally not unfamiliar with this style of play, so the Jazz players have already quickly retreated.
And Lin Han, who played against Sprewell in this game, was also focusing on the Warriors player at this time, and this guy said a lot of things before the game, which made Lin Han very dissatisfied.
However, in the face of Lin Han's extremely fierce eyes, the Warriors player who was running forward did not care at all, and seemed to treat Lin Han as if he did not exist, until Lin Han and Sprewell came to the 45-degree three-point line on the right side, and the two stopped.
At this time, the Warriors' offense also fought, Avery Johnson almost didn't hesitate after advancing the ball to the front court, and directly hoisted the ball to Webber, who was already standing at the free throw line, and after giving the ball, the Warriors point guard cut directly from Webb's side to the inside, as for the other Warriors players except Sprewell stood still and even stepped back, the other Warriors players Mullin and Owens pulled away directly on the left and right sides of Webb, When PJ Brown was still hesitating whether he should leave the interior to stick to Webb, when he signaled Malone to help him defend at any time, and when he rushed to Marlon to catch up, almost instantly, Malone's pass flew directly from the free throw line to Owens who was one step in the three-point line on the left baseline, and the Warriors' small forward faced the Malone of Avery Johnson, who was a little distracted to help the defense, cut directly to the basket and completed a wonderful dunk.
Although Lin Han was pulled outside the three-point line by Sprewell, as the most important assistant defensive player of the Jazz team now, Lin Han naturally needs to pay attention to other situations on the court, and when the Warriors attacked after Avery Johnson passed the ball to Webb, to Owens dunked, the whole offensive process definitely did not take more than 5 seconds, this kind of passing and running made Lin Han a little dumbfounded.
"Lin, I said that the winner of this series must be us, and I will beat you to prove to everyone that I am the strongest guard in the league!"
When Lin Han stood in place and was still stunned by the Warriors' almost fluid attack, after Sprewell put down a sentence, he had already turned around and defended himself before Lin Han turned around, and Lin Han gritted his teeth when he looked at Sprewell's back.
Obviously, Sprewell didn't get involved in this offense just now because he couldn't pass away, but because Nelson Sr. deliberately arranged it, but he didn't want Linhan to participate in the Jazz's defense, so he could even abolish the team's most important outside player.
As long as Sprewell stands outside the three-point line, no matter how strong Lin Han's defensive ability is, he will be beyond the reach of other players on the Warriors, unless Lin Han completely lets go of Sprewell, but it is obvious that with the terrifying passing ability of every player in the Warriors who averages more than 4 assists per game, as long as Lin Han dares to let go, Sprewell will be able to attack with the ball.
"What a bad old guy."
When thinking of this, when Lin Han looked at the Warriors bench on the sidelines, the somewhat fat Warriors head coach was still sitting in his position with a smile on his face at this time, as if after feeling Lin Han's gaze, the head coach of the Warriors also smiled at Lin Han, which made Lin Han quite speechless.
Although he has not been in the NBA for a long time, Lin Han also knows that the head coach of the Warriors team is known as the NBA's tactical master and crazy real family. (To be continued!)
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