In the NBA, confrontation and hand-to-hand combat need to be separated.

Hand-to-hand combat is also confrontation, but confrontation and hand-to-hand combat, which the NBA often says, are two completely different things.

Hand-to-hand combat takes place before receiving the ball.

NBA players can many, many more intense moves before receiving the ball.

Defenders can have intense movements, and so can offensive players, so it's called hand-to-hand combat.

Fighting in the ring.

Yes often has some very interesting images when he is playing.

For example, when Yes is running without the ball, he is often caught in the middle like a sandwich by the opposing defender.

Last season was not obvious, last season the entire NBA was not so clear about Yes's off-ball defense, this season after it was clear, after the decisiveness, Yes encountered great defensive intensity before receiving the ball when he was running without the ball.

This pinch-and-flank sandwich is the most typical of these.

A lot of commentators, after seeing this, said that the Seattle SuperSonics were four to five on the court, and the other player was gone.

The league and the referees on the field are very condoning to this kind of off-the-ball confrontation or hand-to-hand combat.

As long as there are no hurtful movements, this kind of confrontation or hand-to-hand combat can increase the spectacle of the game.

Attacking players and defenders racking their brains to beat and get rid of opponents when they are off the ball is something that fans want to see.

But if a player encounters such an intensity of defense after receiving the ball, it is really a foul.

Today's NBA protects offensive players, mainly to protect offensive players with the ball.

After all, offensive and defensive players are equal when they are off the ball, even when they are boxing each other.

But the offensive player is vulnerable when he has the ball, and to use the simplest metaphor, the offensive player fights with the defender while holding the ball, and he has to separate one hand to control the ball.

And that's just about ball control, if the ball carrier jumps up and shoots, the defender plays yin, and the offensive player really can't do anything at all.

Therefore, the league's greatest protection for offensive players with the ball is that the intensity of confrontation can only reach the level of confrontation, and it must not rise to hand-to-hand combat.

Even if it's a confrontation, some actions can't be had.

And Durant, who is now improving and practicing the confrontation, is also a confrontation after holding the ball, not a hand-to-hand fight before holding the ball.

Jerry Sloan's playing of Durant like this in this game really surprised Yes.

Durant almost never faced this situation when he was doing catch-and-catch practice with him.

Durant's catch-the-ball practice is to exercise the ceiling of Durant's catch-and-shoot ability.

It won't make it difficult for Durant to catch the ball, and the intensity of the confrontation is not so great at all.

The game restarted in the second quarter with the Utah Jazz attacking.

The score is now 30-24, and the Seattle SuperSonics have a six-point lead.

It's not a small margin of points, but because the Seattle SuperSonics scored just 15 points in the first quarter, it made the morale of the Jazz players quite good.

The Jazz's first wave of offense showed the current morale of this team.

After Deron Williams advanced the half court with the ball, he did not launch the blocking and dismantling tactics that were limited in this game with Boozer, nor did he try to challenge Yes, but quickly dribbled the ball through the half court and directly pulled out a long-distance three-point shot one step away from Yes!

Deron Williams has made a lot of three-point shots this season, and his 39.5% shooting rate is not bad, and Deron Williams' three-point shooting rate in his rookie season has reached 41.6%, but Delong's three-point shooting is a little special, sometimes how to shoot, and sometimes how to shoot, just like the six-vein sword in martial arts.

But this time, the 'six-vein sword' thrown by Delong swiped into the net with a crisp sound, and after Rondo shot this three-pointer, the difference between the two teams also became three points.

Seeing Deron Williams' three-pointer, Jerry Sloan, who had always had a confident expression on his face on the sidelines, now has a brighter smile on his face.

Now every time he fights the SuperSonics, DeLong performs like a nightmare.

It may be unbelievable to say.

In Jerry Sloan's view, Deron Williams has always been one of the best point guards in the league right now.

Even a point guard second only to Nash.

No, if Nash and Delon were put together, he would choose Delon almost without any hesitation.

Delon's reputation in the league is not very high now, his popularity is not as great, and even the popularity of being mentioned is quite bad.

But there is one thing, there is absolutely no problem with Delong's strength.

Now the league's recognized No. 1 point guard is Nash, the second point guard in history, and the only two point guards in the history of the league who can win the Finals MVP and the regular season MVP.

In the current NBA, Nash's reputation in the NBA is skyrocketing.

Many people are expecting Nash to become the strongest team in history with the Suns this year, winning MVP and FMVP again and shaking the position of the No. 1 point guard in Magic history by the way.

If it was said that the league's No. 1 point guard used to be, Nash and Kidd would still have some saliva.

But now, Nash is the undisputed No. 1 point guard, and as for Kidd? Let's go and be his base.

And now what about the league's future No. 1 point guard?

There is also a well-deserved name, Chris Paul!

This point guard, who was considered to be Isaiah Thomas Jr. when he entered the league, finally played the statistics of Isaiah Thomas Jr. this season.

Chris Paul is not only a great statistic, but also a team leader.

In this season known as the most terrifying Western Conference, the Thunder led by Chris Paul crushed the Mavericks of the strongest team in the league last year!

No, not only the Mavericks were crushed to death, but even their Jazz were crushed to death by the Thunder led by Paul.

Nash, the league's current No. 1 point guard, and Paul, the league's future No. 1 point guard.

These two point guards represent the present and the future are very strong, but Delon has never suffered when facing these two.

Not only has he never suffered a loss, but no one may believe it, but Steve Nash, the league's current No. 1 point guard, has only had two games against Delon since his rookie season, with a 50% shooting percentage!

This is Steve Nash!

The player who shoots all red in all areas of the court, the player who doesn't have any shooting weaknesses!

When facing Delon, Nash was not only inefficient, but also low in numbers.

Nash, who has averaged more than 25 points per game for two consecutive seasons, had a high of 22 points against Delon before this season.

In the first meeting of the season, the Suns won, but it was quite difficult to win.

It can be said that Deron is one of the few players in the league who can be equal to Nash in direct competition!

No, if slightly less modest, DeLong is even the dominant side.

And what about Chris Paul, another of the league's top point guards?

Chris Paul was even worse against DeLong.

Chris Paul has been a first-class point guard who can stabilize more than 16+8 per game since his rookie season.

For Paul, playing 20+10 in a game is standard, and it didn't start this season, it was in Paul's rookie season.

It can be said that Paul can play 20+10 in a game since his rookie season as long as he wants.

But how did Paul behave against Delon?

Chris Paul has scored more than 15 points in six consecutive games against Deron since the previous two seasons!

This is the number of points, if you count the efficiency, Paul's efficiency is even worse, Paul has now played against Delon 8 times in his career, and there is only one game with a shooting rate of more than 50%, including this half of the game, Paul's record is 1 win and 7 losses!

If in previous seasons, the strength of the Jazz was superior, and Delon had the advantage of teammates, then this season, the strength and record of the Thunder are above the Jazz, but this season, Paul and Delon have met twice, and they have all lost!

Paul, who can average close to 22+12 per game this season, is 10.5 points and 6 assists per game against Delon!

In other words, Paul not only lost all of his games against Delon, but also had half the average per game.

With this data, with this record, Paul was simply beaten when he faced Delon.

It is said that Yes is to eat, sleep and spur.

Yao Ming eats, sleeps, and fights monsters.

Delong eats and sleeps and beats Paul!

The league's current No. 1 point guard, the league's future No. 1 point guard, will be hung and beaten when facing Delon.

If Sloan had to choose, who would he choose?

Delong, of course!

In Jerry Sloan's view, DeLong's hard power is the league's No. 1 point guard!

It's just a little regrettable that this point guard who is the No. 1 in the hard power league is really miserable in the face of Yes!

How beautiful Delon is when he faces Paul, and how miserable he is when he faces Yes.

It's just one thing.

Yes's strength, height, experience, and strength ate DeLong to death.

Before Yes appeared, he never thought that Delon, who was so strong, could be so embarrassed against a player.

Embarrassed to the point that Jerry Sloan even felt that it was acceptable for Delon to lose confidence in the face of Yes.

No way, it's really miserable.

But now, seeing that Delong did not dare to fight head-on when facing Yes, this kind of 'dare to shoot at Yes from 800 miles away' is also quite gratifying.

At least, he dared to shoot Yes, and he hit!

This means that Delon's self-confidence and expectations have not been destroyed by Yes at all!

Delong, of course, was not destroyed by Yes's self-confidence.

After hitting the ultra-long-range three-pointer, Delon looked calm on his face, but in fact he was throwing punches frantically in his heart.

He wants more attention from the world!

Sloan felt that DeLong's hard power was above Paul and Nash.

As a player himself, DeLong certainly has such thoughts!

Delon never thought he was worse than Nash, he was anything worse than Paul.

Not only is he not worse than these two, he is even better than these two!

But what did he get compared to these two?

Nash didn't make the All-Star starter, and the world was feeling sorry for him.

Paul didn't make it to the All-Star, and the whole world is feeling sorry for him.

And what about him?

His vote is not as good as Barria's!

Who felt sorry for him? Who feels sorry for him again?

He should have had more prestige now, he could have had more attention now, just because he deserved all this injustice in damn Salt Lake City, the most shabby and unattended place on earth?

He is unwilling, he is very unwilling, he doesn't want to continue this life!

He wanted to be Nash, he wanted to be Paul, he even wanted to be Yes!

After Deron Williams scored this ultra-long-range three-pointer, his confidence is no longer explosive.

In this game, Jerry Sloan wants to beat the HyperSonics.

And what about him?

He wants to beat Yes in this game!

Damn Yes, when facing me, you dare to cultivate Durant like this!

Give Durant Wave thirty precious chances in one game, do you think you really are gods?

Can you give me thirty rounds?

The counterattack of this game starts now!

Now it's just a three-point difference, wait a minute, the Jazz will tie it, and then the Jazz will overtake, and finally I will beat you, win this game, and win the attention of the world!

After the first quarter, the experts, media, or fans in the United States and around the world knew what Yes was going to do.

Even if Durant is terrible, Yes will not give up on Durant!

Not only will he not give up Durant, but Durant will continue to hand over more than 30 opportunities to Durant in a game!

Durant's 30 chances can't all turn into turnovers, of course, but based on the turnovers and hits in the first quarter, how many rounds will the SuperSonics have to give the Jazz in this game?

Even if the SuperSonics are leading now, most people feel that the SuperSonics have no chance of winning this game.

As long as Yes is still not convinced, Durant.

The gap between the records of the SuperSonics and the Jazz is indeed large, but the difference in strength between the two teams is not that big, and the SuperSonics cannot withstand Durant's crazy mistakes and iron.

What exactly did the Seattle SuperSonics rely on to win?

Yes, what can you choose to continue to develop Durant?

You know, as Yes said, he will never sacrifice the team's record to develop Durant.

If Yes can't find a way to beat the Jazz, he's sacrificing his record to develop Durant right now!

After DeLong launched a counterattack on behalf of the Jazz, the audience experts in front of the TV and at the scene were even more expectant of the Yes decision.

Soon, they saw the decision of Yes!

"Rondo dribbled quickly through the half!"

"Yes catches the ball!"

"Yes jumping again!"

That Seattle supersonic 9 jumped again like the first quarter!

It's just that the familiar pass didn't appear!

In the surprised eyes of the Seattle SuperSonics fans in the audience, Ye Si jumped up in front of Deron Williams and threw the basketball in his hand directly against Deron's defense!

The basketball crosses a wonderful arc and falls hollow into the net!

"Yes give up on Durant?!"

No, no!

Jerry Sloan is pretty sure that Yes can't give up on Durant!

In fact, the following races proved it.

"Yes has not given up on Durant, Yes is supporting Durant with his efficiency and all-out efforts!"

When the two teams finished half-time, watching the 43-41 score on TV, many people were stunned.

Looking at the supersonic 35 on TV with a moved face and wanted to cry, the language of the broadcast camera almost told the world what they were accusing.

How can he be!

This guy on the 35th is real, how can he be!