"The Jazz are strong, they have three All-Stars and they have been the favourites in recent years. But judging from the second game, our style was just enough to restrain the opponent. They are strong but also have fatal weaknesses, with Malone and Hornacek both 36 and Stockton 37. They have a lot of experience and we are not as good as them, but in terms of age we have a big advantage and you are all young players and you can run them to death. So our tactics are still based on fast attack, speed up the pace as much as possible, and give them a good look! ”

Before the players took to the court, D'Antoni pointed to the tactics board and gave instructions to the Nuggets players.

According to the second game, D'Antoni found that as long as the Nuggets accelerate and accelerate again, they can easily drag down the Jazz, which is also a shortcut to victory for the Nuggets.

"It's this set again!"

Chi Liang agreed, but he was helpless in his heart, in a sense, D'Antoni was similar to Sloan and Jackson, insisting on using a set of tactics.

As in the previous game, Van Exel continued to act as the sixth man, with Ji Liang as the point guard.

On the other side, the Jazz's lineup has changed.

Center: Greg Foster

Power forward: Ma Long

Small forward: Russell

Quarterback: Hornacek

Point guard: Stockton

Compared to Ostertag, Foster is quicker and better able to handle the Nuggets' fast break.

During the jump stage, McDyce pushed Foster and pulled the ball aside.

In the first ball, Chi Liang saw the situation on the court clearly, and when McDyce was in the position, he began to direct the players to open up space for McDyes, and then hoisted the ball to McDyes, and he played alone in the low post.

Although Foster is more mobile, not even worse than McDyes, but against the big McDyes, the strength is not a little worse, in fact, his defensive effect is probably not as good as Ostertag.

McDyess received the ball in a low position and began to hit Foster with his back, the two were not much different in size, but Foster couldn't bear McDies at all, and was squeezed into the penalty area step by step.

It was also at this time that McDyce completed the turn, easily broke through Foster, and scored a slam dunk.

Rushing~

After McDyce scored, the arena was filled with cheers from the Nuggets.

The Jazz began to serve, but what made Stockton frown was that Ji Liang did not return to defense, but clinged to him and did not give him a chance to receive the ball easily.

Not being able to catch the ball meant that Stockton could not organise the team's attack.

In this game, Ji Liang's defensive strategy was to prevent Stockton from receiving the ball, and then constantly engage in physical confrontation with him.

Regardless of whether Stockton has the ball in his hands or not, he will harass Stockton from the back and constantly engage in physical confrontation with him.

To put it simply, it is to drain Stockton's physical strength, and at the same time to prevent him from organizing an attack.

This is also the best way to deal with Stockton, his physical fitness is already average, due to age, his body is further degraded, and it is difficult to adapt to physical confrontation.

The most important thing is that in the position of point guard, Ji Liang is too strong.

In this case, Stockton was squeezed out of position and could not receive the ball at all.

As a result, Foster had no choice but to pass the ball to Hornacek, who held the ball through the half.

"Damn!"

In order to get rid of Chi Liang, Stockton began to run, but he was not Miller, he did not have excellent running skills, and his speed was not as good as others, so how could he easily get rid of Chi Liang.

Under Ji Liang's crazy entanglement, Stockton didn't touch the ball at all, let alone the opportunity to organize an attack.

This ball was finally forced by Ma Long, but unfortunately it came out of the basket.

Fortson grabbed the rebound and immediately handed the ball to Ji Liang, who organized the team's offense.

Regardless of whether there is a fast break opportunity or not, under the command of Ji Liang, the Nuggets will start to run and rush towards the front court quickly.

The Jazz team was helpless and could only accelerate back to defense and return to the defense first.

After holding the ball past half court, Ji Liang made a gesture, and suddenly his teammates began to pull, opening up enough space for him to break through.

Seeing the Nuggets' move, Stockton thought that Chi Liang wanted to break through, so he couldn't help but take a step back.

At this moment, Chi Liang saw an opportunity, he did not break through with the ball, but jumped straight up, and by the time Stockton reacted, it was obviously too late.

Swish~

Stockton is 185 cm, and in terms of height and arm span, there is an obvious gap between him and Chi Liang, how could he let go of such an opportunity.

In the next few rounds, Stockton felt very uncomfortable.

On the offensive end, Ji Liang always fights with him physically, and it is difficult to receive the ball; On the defensive end, with his weak body, no matter how good his defensive awareness and positive attitude are, how good can the defensive effect be.

In other words, in the offensive and defensive periods, Stockton was blown up, and in just three minutes, except for one assist, there were no other scores, and there were two turnovers.

If he is in his prime, Stockton is not afraid of Chi Liang, at least he will not be restricted so badly, but now he is already past his prime, and he mainly relies on consciousness to play.

Beep~

As a last resort, Sloan reluctantly called a timeout and replaced Ellis.

At the same time, on the defensive end, the Jazz adopted a change of defense, with Russell defending Chi Liang alone, trying to limit his play.

It's a pity that in the face of Chi Liang, who is in hot form, even if Russell tries his best to defend, he still hasn't achieved much effect.

In addition, compared with Stockton, backup point guard Ellis is much inferior, his overall view is not good, even if the Jazz have opportunities, he is always a slow beat, and the Jazz's offense is useless again and again.

On the Jazz bench, Sloan touched his forehead, frowned and looked at the game on the court, thinking hard about how to break the game.

Sloan is not without a way to break the game, but his subordinates are these people, even if they have a thousand strategies, the players are not capable and useless, and there is a feeling that it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

This Nuggets, in particular, almost restrained the Jazz's blocking and pick-and-roll tactics, making Sloan feel helpless because he couldn't find a player who could break the game.

In fact, poor player talent has always been a shortcoming for the Jazz.

Salt Lake City is remote and conservative, and most of the people here value their families, and even have certain restrictions on the consumption of alcohol and cigarettes, not to mention entertainment activities, so it can be said that it is a city with almost no nightlife.

That's why so few stars want to play in Salt Lake City.

Most NBA players, they have too many hormones and no nightlife, Salt Lake City, naturally has no appeal.

In addition, since the 80s, they haven't even picked a top-10 pick, which also has something to do with their results.

The 'Utah Twins' are very strong, both are superstars, but they have too few good helpers around them, and they are very talented, and it is difficult to develop good players.

But under Sloan's strategy, a bunch of low-pick players who lacked talent did their job, but they played hard.

It has to be said that Sloan's coaching ability is very strong. It's not that he doesn't know how to adjust, but he is limited by the talent of the players, and he can only do nothing.