The Jazz take this game very seriously!

They take it seriously!

In the first half of last season, they once competed with the Lakers and Spurs for the first place in the West, but in the second half of the season because of physical problems, mainly Stockton's physical problems, Stockton fell from an average of 35 minutes per game in the first half of the season to 256 minutes, and the Jazz's record began to plummet, but in the end it still ranked fifth in the West with a 53-19 record.

But this year, the Jazz are about to fall out of the top eight in the West, and now they are 13-11, barely maintaining the eighth place in the West, and the Los Angeles Clippers are biting very tightly, and the Clippers have a record of 12 wins and 12 losses, and they are about to catch up.

Stockton and Malone also didn't miss the opportunity to practice before the game, this is old, and it is difficult to warm up the body without much practice.

Although Malone still averages 20 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists per game this year, his shooting percentage is a career-low 45 percent.

"John, you seem to be optimistic about the No. 1 rookie opposite?" Malone asked as he warmed up.

"How do you know?" Stockton asked with a smile.

"You don't usually accept interviews, but today you actually said so much." Marlon is very angry, he hates all opponents who love to talk trash!

"That rookie looks like me, what do you think?" Stockton laughed.

"No, he's not as selfless as you, he's a clown, a selfish clown." How does Ma Long see how Liu Mang is unpleasant, he is like a clown all day long, and this weird city is the same, so many people like such a player.

"Joker?" Stockton rarely disagrees with Malone, but there is also a little recognition in the disagreement: "Ace is indeed like a clown, but the joker may be the most selfless, he can do what he is good at, and he doesn't care about fame, I think this is also a kind of selflessness." ”

And this kind of culture people can't say clearly! Isn't it amazing that someone who is almost 40 years old and goes to study for a master's degree! Malone was noncommittal and continued to warm up.

Ma Long, who is 38 years old and 39 years old in half a year, is now getting more and more difficult to get into the state.

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The game begins.

The Eagles, for their side, are still the same starting five as before, with Dean Grove, Jason Terry, Raheem, Mohammed, and Ratliff starting.

The Jazz's starting five are Stockton, Donyer Marshall, Brian Russell, Malone, and Greg Ostertag.

The Jazz Five Tigers who once ruled the West retired one by one, retired and old, and now only Stockton and Malone are still in the team.

Stockton, who will turn 40 next March, is almost 39.

Ratliff and Ostertag jump the ball in the center circle.

It's so long, it's so big!

Ostertag's size is one lap bigger than O'Neill! Ratliff is already one size smaller in front of O'Neill, and in front of this first-generation big white bear, he looks so small!

It's too big!

He is two meters tall and weighs 145 kilograms!

If it's too big or too long, it may come slowly, which is human nature, and it can't be big and fast.

Ostertag relied on a clear reach advantage to win the jump ball, and the Jazz took the lead in attacking.

With a center that is as big as that, and the duo is so old, the Jazz's tempo is unbelievably slow, and Stockton is stepping on the point to dribble through the half.

The fans just wanted to complain that the Jazz team was too slow, and suddenly, the Jazz team was fast again, it was not that the Jazz were slow, but that Ostertag was too slow! Dribbling so slowly, just waiting for Ostertag to get in position!

Stockton accelerated to the three-point line, Dean Grove didn't defend tightly, and Stockton directly chose to shoot three-pointers!

Stockton hits the first three-pointer of the opening game!

Why is Stockton's passing threat so great? The first is that he is comparable to Magic-Johnson's shooting percentage among point guards!

How can a point guard who shoots more than 50 percent from the field and 38 percent from three-point range not pose a threat?

Even if the opponent didn't defend tightly at the beginning, if he was thrown like this, he was scared that the next defense was immediately tight!

This ball caught the Hawks off guard, and the Hawks didn't care so much when they saw the Utah Twins, they all felt that this group of people was old, none of the Hawks had played in the Western Conference playoffs, and most of their playoff experience was almost swept in the first round of last season, and they didn't know how powerful the Utah Twins were, and they all thought that the two old men could be capable of anything?

Then Jason Terry just received a pass from Dean Grove and was stealed by Stockton, who had a very low sense of presence and quietly touched him!

The first steal king in history! Stockton is the only player in NBA history to date to have made more than 3,000 total steals! Six or seven hundred more than Jordan and Peyton, who surpassed the second and third!

Payton contributed a three-pointer and a steal as soon as he got on the court!

The hammer hit the Eagles' young players on the head, waking them up all at once! I remembered that the coaching staff tirelessly emphasized the characteristics of the Jazz before the game, emphasizing that although the Jazz have a poor record, they are still very strong.

The 40-year-old Stockton is still Stockton!

The Jazz team's second consecutive offense, this time Dean Grove at the beginning of the half-court in Stockton, Stockton is old, due to his short height, only 1.85 meters, weighing less than 80 kilograms, the speed is not bad, but at this age is not much faster, Dean Grove is not afraid of being overrun by speed.

Stockton started aggressively with a defensive round that opened up the game for his own team, but it also woke up the Hawks, who defended more tightly.

But Stockton had to do this, if he kept shooting alone, he couldn't shoot a few and he would be tired and lie down, he wanted the opponent's defense to be tight, so that he could block and dismantle!

Dean Grove clings to Stockton, don't look at Stockton's weight, but because he is also short, his weight of 78 kilograms is enough for his height, and the confrontation is not bad! And the older he gets, the stronger the static power, and Stockton squeezed Dean Grove to the left 60-degree angle.

Malone almost stepped on the three-point line with Stockton's front foot, and he followed up with his back foot to block Dean Grove, without gesticulating or even making eye contact, and the tacit understanding was worth it!

Malone's blocking and dismantling is very peculiar, very different from ordinary blocking and dismantling, he didn't want to completely block Dean Grove, but deliberately put Stockton into the encirclement of Muhammad who was next defended by Dean Grove!

Malone didn't completely block people, and originally came out to change to Stockton's Muhammad after the double brake block, and Dean Grove, who was not completely blocked, didn't have to go around the block and change defenses, and formed a bag for Stockton!

Malone almost only blocked Dean Grove for half a second, and immediately went down to the baseline, Stockton's pass hit the ground and passed from the gap between Dean Grove and Mohammed when Malone just ran to the baseline, and the ball arrived! Full marks for tacit understanding!

Malone catches the ball and hits a long-range two-point shot!

Too accurate, accurate to vote, accurate to transmit, tacit explode!

The Jazz got off to a 5-0 start!

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I don't understand!

Liu Mang can't understand it!

I really don't understand, just Malone and Stockton's blocking, how can they send the ball to Malone every time?

No matter what kind of blocking and dismantling, no matter how the Hawks defend, the ball can always be sent to Malone, if you change someone in advance to make up for Malone, this guy's career-high 4.3 assists this season will teach young people to be people with passing! If he doesn't actively defend and get caught in the trap of being forced to wrap up Stockton, Stockton will use his floor flow to break through layups and three-pointers, and make mid-range shots.

The two old men, on the offensive end, relied on a double performance to revitalize the entire offense of the Jazz team!

"Ace, see it, their blocking, learn more." Coach Kruger continues to follow the rules.

Point guard, you're it! Did you see how a real point guard played?

Obviously, Coach Kruger saw Stockton's pre-game interview, and when you think about it, it's really like that! Both of them are thin bodies, explosive power is not good, bounce is not good, when they were young, they were both fast as the biggest feature, and the three-point accuracy seems to be about the same, Liu Mang is slightly stronger.

For this game, Coach Kruger has made full tactical arrangements before the game, although there were some problems with the first two goals, mainly the steal.

But there is a very obvious thing, why the Jazz team is still excellent on offense this year, but the record is average, it is because their defense is long gone, they are happy on the offensive end, the Hawks are compacting, reducing mistakes, the Hawks are two big outside lines, and the Jazz team still can't prevent it!

The score now is that the Jazz have a three-point lead over the Hawks at 19-16, which is not a big difference!

So, Coach Kruger began to look for the next "template" for Liu Mang.

However, Coach Kruger's persuasion was exchanged for Liu Mang's blank eyes because he really couldn't understand the other party's blocking.

This thing, you can't learn it! It's not just these two players!

This is the real Utah Twins!

Liu Mang has seen the future Boozer and Delong's "new version of Utah Twins", but found that it is not the same thing! The difference is so stark! It's not a level of blocking at all!

This is 40-year-old Stockton and 39-year-old Marlon! Looks much stronger than Delon plus Boozer!

Coach Kruger's resentment has skyrocketed! This kid didn't understand! Coach Kruger was so tired that he finally found the "best template", but he couldn't understand it!

At this time, the official pause arrived, and Coach Kruger yelled at Liu Mang angrily: "Hurry up for me to get a good feel for how the super point guard plays!" ”