Chapter 176: The Struggling Jazz

Home of the Devil in Utah Jazz legends! How can we describe the "steep" energy solution center arena compared to other arenas? Standing on the top floor of the stadium and looking down, the whole arena looks like a deep well, which makes you shudder.

Of course, the purpose of this design is not to create a frightening visual effect, but to gather the shouts and cheers of all the fans in the stadium, as well as the boos and trash talk against the visiting team, like a wave, and rush to the stadium at the bottom, this terrifying momentum can make the visiting team feel terrified and shudder.

Of course, there are also many media who believe that Salt Lake City, where the Utah Jazz is located, is extremely high, similar to the Denver Nuggets in the Colorado Plateau, and the home stadium of the Utah Jazz is also built at an altitude of 1,300 meters. The most immediate effect of strenuous exercise at this altitude is altitude sickness, or hypoxia.

Of course, Huang Yu doesn't know how the American media explained this statement, but it was revealed in the domestic media that in the 06-07 season, when the Rockets met the Jazz in the first round of the playoffs, the Giants complained in an interview, "Compared with other cities, the air here is thin, because after only playing for a while, you will be out of breath and feel like you can't keep up." ”。

The last time Huang Yu came to the Utah Jazz in the NCAA competition, he stopped eating directly, but that time it was because of the crosshair! So the body is in a stable state all the time, so the feeling of lack of oxygen is not too obvious! And I didn't stay long and left after the game! Not much impact.

But this time away, stay in Salt Lake City for at least a week! After seeing the team doctors on the plane attaching detectors to everyone's bodies, Huang Yu felt like they were preparing for war.

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"The playoffs are like this, especially against such a highland team, you have to pay attention to the whole process! There's not so much to say about the regular season! ”

Bynum, who was sitting next to Huang Yu, said with a smile.

Huang Yu: They got on the plane on the first two days of Game 3 of the Jazz series and prepared to go to Salt Lake City! Do a bit of acclimatization before the race!

After the second game of the series, many media commented on both sides of the game! Although the second game was better than the first Jazz game, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Sloan did not make any arrangements at all! And DeLong's presence on the court and still being the starting point guard, the absolute core identity, does this indicate that Sloan has lost the trust of management?

Suddenly the overwhelming news predicts who the Jazz coach will be next season! It's clear that the Jazz's season is over, and the only thing they need to work on is to win at home and avoid the embarrassment of being swept!

But the Jazz didn't do what the media had speculated! They are actively matching the old man and Sloan to meet and spread things out, and say it! To make it clear, it is impossible for everyone to cooperate for so long and break up because of one game, that is unrealistic!

But they forgot why the Jazz were called a hard-blooded, even dirty team. Sloan is the most T-eater in NBA history, and no coach or player can match him at this point. Sloan has been banned twice for pushing or making illegal physical contact with the referee, which shows that the old coach's temper is like this, not to mention the players under his hands!

For a wicked man like Ma Long, Sloan grabbed his neck and reprimanded, you little fat man whining in front of me! Sloan still said that if he doesn't apologize to the team, not to himself, and not to his teammates, then just to the end!

It stands to reason that the old man is so old, and he can see a lot of things, but because of your little temper, Jazz suffers a big loss, which is simply unforgivable, and the old handsome has given Jazz all his life, which can be said to be almost one! It is precisely because of this attitude that owner Larry Miller has supported Sloane.

The last straw overwhelmed Delong, and the agent invited everyone on the team to a drinking party, and then self-examined and apologized, and the matter was over! With the help of his agent, on the second day of Jazz's return to Salt Lake City, the team received invitations from the management to the cleaning aunt, and Deron hemorrhaged and booked a banquet hall in the best hotel to apologize in person!

Because the agent did a very good job, he did not give those reporters who wanted to exploit the loopholes a chance, so what the scene was like, the reporter was not clear, and could only describe it according to a few people who wanted to make extra money, and the next day briefing, but there was no picture and no truth! In addition to the name, no one dared to mention it, and this matter was confused by not mentioning it in black and white, and the Jazz also suppressed the matter internally, and the boss did not put too much pressure on it, the series won the best, it doesn't matter if you lose, come back next year!

So the Jazz began to prepare for the next third game against the Lakers! Although Sloane and DeLong have very few words, the old small talk is gone, except for tactics! But at least the atmosphere in the team has gradually calmed down, and others can train with peace of mind! Fight to give the Lakers a dismount!

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Sloan stood on the sidelines with his shoulders hugged, one hand covering his mouth, not knowing what he was thinking.

The score between the Lakers and the Jazz on the court is very tight, although the Jazz's success rate of blocking and dismantling is very high, but the Lakers' rookie three-point shot is like not asking for money! Keep hitting! Is it so confident? Take a look at yourself plus the shooter! Oku rarely had a chance to shoot even after three points, and Korver didn't even shoot half of the others.

Sloan wondered if it was wrong to mention him as a starter! The start of the first game of the third game of the series continued by the Lakers, beating the Jazz by surprise! In order to bite the score, Sloan failed to get them to rotate according to the normal pattern.

The Jazz players are still competitive, and they have been entangled with the Lakers on the score! Finally pulled the score back to a starting line halfway through the third quarter! But at this time, because of his excellent performance in the first quarter, Huang Yu, who sat on the bench for a whole street in the second quarter, stood up again.

Kobe Bryant attracted the bag to break through the ball, and Huang Yu hit three pointers in a row again! Pull the score apart! At this time, Sloan had to let Miles come on the court and put Ronnie Brewer at the small forward position to defend Huang Yu! But Myers, who was on the court, had nothing to do in the face of Kobe! The Lakers transformed the offensive focus, and Kobe Bryant frequently threw off Myers and smashed into the interior to cause damage!

Oku had to leave early because of 4 fouls after a while! Otherwise, I won't be able to play in the fourth quarter, and Kirilenko will play a cameo as a center! But his strength is not half a star in the face of Bynum, and the little shark has also turned on the scoring mode! Kobe Bryant knew very well that he passed the ball immediately after attracting the attention of the inside, and Bynum was a violent dunk under the basket! Occasionally, there is a supplementary basket.

But that's it, the Jazz still gritted their teeth, trailing by only 7 points at the end of the third quarter, and at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Oku, who did most of the quarter off the court because of fouls, took advantage of the Lakers Bynum and Gasol to rest, and constantly pulled Powell out to change positions and faced Fisher with three-point shots! Although Ronnie Price, who plays as a point guard, does not have the ability to shoot from a distance, he does a very good job in the coordination of the inside pass!

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When the Lakers started to return to the court, they instantly suppressed the Jazz's counterattack, but the old coach Sloan took the main lineup with a wave of his hand! So the score alternated again, but about 5 minutes after the fourth quarter! Huang Yu took the lead in the market, striking iron for three consecutive points! Immediately after that, Odom's long-range shot also lost his crosshairs! The Jazz took advantage of this opportunity not only to overtake, but also to expand the difference to 5 points!

Phil Jackson saw that it was wrong, and hurriedly called a timeout! After the team doctor's examination, Huang Yu had developed altitude sickness, while Odom had a pure physical problem! So I had to change people!

But after losing two consistent scoring points, the Lakers fell into passivity! The Jazz took the opportunity to end the game with a mess! Got the first home win of the series!

The Lakers returned to the hotel, Huang Yu only needed to recuperate and recover because of altitude sickness, and would not delay the next game, of course, Odom was the same, but he was different from Huang Yu, originally he and Bynum were in the same room, but he was ordered by the Zen master to exchange with Lao Yu immediately, and suddenly Odom walked into the room with his luggage with a bitter melon face! I saw Kobe Bryant lying there talking to his beloved wife on the phone!

What a shrewd person the Zen master is, although the team doctor said that there was a physical problem, but the first two games were fine, but there was a problem in Salt Lake City? Whether you're real or fake, get rid of Kobe Bryant's company! I'll see if your fitness is still the same for the next game.

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In the second game of the Jazz's home game, the Zen master took the lead in changing the formation! pressed Huang Yu, who was originally placed in the starting lineup, on the bench! Odom starts! I don't know if the training has been suffocated in the past few days, and as soon as I came up, I started to off on jazz! Huang Yu replaced him when he went off the court with 6 of 8 shots, including 3 of 3 three-pointers and 15 points in a single quarter! However, after two consecutive irons, the Zen master replaced him!

He was joined by Bynum! Gasol was left on the court to continue to serve Oku, and Mbenga was replaced to ensure defensive and offensive rebounds! After a while, Kobe Bryant also went off the break after giving Huang Yu two wonderful passes! So Huang Yu turned on the scoring mode!

At the same time, the Jazz's Paul Millsap also broke out, there is no way that this year is a contract year, and he is still a restricted player, he needs to act to impress the Jazz management!

But his fury didn't last long, and Oku was rotated off, so the experienced Gasol shifted his target and hit Millsap with a series of irons before the break!

Huang Yu took over the Lakers' possession of the ball on the offensive end, and the defensive Kyler Korver was about to be beaten and cried by Huang Yu, the three-point shot Huang Yu was not a point guard who didn't shoot, he directly carried Korver into the three-point line with his back when he got the ball, and then turned around and jumped, stepped back, stepped back, and turned back! Oh yes, I also want to add these two golden rooster independence with a more feeling!

Korver has to pay attention every time he defends, for fear of accidentally being broken by Huang Yu's knee! Seeing Korver's pitiful appearance, the referee couldn't bear it and blew Huang Yu for an offensive foul! The reason is that the calf front is in contact with the defender.

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Suddenly, Huang Yu's little temper came up, didn't you say that I came into contact with him! That's good, so all kinds of unreasonable three-point shots! Watching off the field, Phil Jackson is eyebrows jumping! If you don't hit the waves, I'll replace you!

Sloan saw Huang Yu throw like this, no! So he hurriedly replaced Ronnie Brewer, who had a good defense on the outside, to defend Huang Yu, and Korver could only play shooting guard.

"Bang! .......... Bang! ”

The unreasonable three-point offensive mode of continuous iron and yellow rain is also over, and the two shots were smashed in the front of the basket because of insufficient strength, the Zen master looked at the time, almost, the Lakers led by 9 points because of Huang Yu's several unreasonable three-point shots! originally led by 13 points, but after replacing Ronnie Brewer, Huang Yu's shooting percentage dropped very seriously, so he instructed the assistant coach to ask him to continue the rotation.

After the Lakers' main force came on the court, Kobe, who played very comfortably in these games, may have itchy hands and instantly entered scoring mode! The time before halftime is an exhibition game! The sudden jazz is a fairy who wants to die! All kinds of pull-up fancy layups emerge in endlessly! Although the old coach Sloan did not dig a big hole in the first half of the second quarter when he changed the formation in time, Kobe Bryant continued to expand on the basis of the small hole dug by Huang Yu after he came on the court!

At halftime, the Jazz trailed the Lakers by 18 points, and the atmosphere of the Jazz in the locker room was very serious. That's right, for the first time, the old coach Delon did not use criticism to make the Jazz players ashamed, but adopted the method of chicken soup! For a while, the Jazz players felt that the world was about to collapse, and the iron-blooded coach actually played chicken soup........

The huge contrast made the players feel overwhelmed, but as Sloan's chicken soup entered their throats, the players' emotions gradually stabilized, and they watched the players regain their spirits and walk out! There is no need to adjust the lineup at all, the players have a problem in their hearts, they have dug a big hole in their hearts from the first game, as long as the Lakers are ahead, it will be a difficult battle to win!

The Jazz players, who began to recover in the third quarter, withstood the onslaught of the Lakers and began to fight back! But how can it be so easy, Kobe Bryant continued his offensive at the end of the second quarter, keeping the point difference unchanged, and the Zen master didn't give them this opportunity at all, feeling that the time was almost up, and directly replaced Fisher with Huang Yu, and the Lakers once again appeared that weird starting lineup!

Center Bynum, power forward Gasol, small forward Odom, scoring guard Huang Yu, point guard Kobe! To be honest, even the Lakers don't know why they have to replace Huang Yu when Kobe Bryant turns on the offensive mode, isn't this scoring point in vain?

But people were surprised to find that after Huang Yu came on the court, the Lakers' scoring momentum was more violent, Kobe Bryant's breakthrough attracted attention, and once the ball was passed out, Huang Yu's shooting rate was extremely high.

Then the situation on the court seemed to be a replica of the first game, and the Jazz fell behind by 20 points at the end of the third quarter! In the fourth quarter, the old coach Sloan directly announced his surrender! Instead of struggling to make no difference, think about how to play the ball in Staples next!

Kobe Bryant played very well this game, with 28 points, 11 assists and 7 rebounds! However, the highest score of the game was Huang Yu's 33 points, 12 of 22 shots, including 7 of 11 three-pointers, and 8 rebounds! The main thing is that the unreasonable three-pointers he shot have all scored, otherwise this shooting rate would be ugly!

April 28, US time, is also the fifth game of the Lakers and Jazz series! The Lakers have a 3-1 lead over the Jazz, and if they win this game, the Lakers will eliminate the Jazz and enter the next round.

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