Chapter 181: Locking up a playoff qualification

With Tyreck's strength, the Jazz's defense is obviously a little overwhelmed, although Carroll is fierce defensively, but mainly relies on his defensive vitality and enthusiasm, Carroll's defensive awareness and skills are not excellent, and the sophomore Hayward is also inexperienced in defense, and after Tyrek gets used to such a defensive rhythm, everything is under his control.

Although Millsap, Hayward and others in the Jazz team maintained a good shooting rate, but the overall strength of the inferior Jazz team was once again pulled away by the Kings in the second half of the second quarter, the Kings led 61-55 to end the first half, Tyrek scored 16 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists in the half, and performed well, the Jazz side Hayward was full of hands, scoring a game-high 18 points in the half, and the Jazz team can fight against the Kings The biggest reliance is Hayward.

At halftime, whether it was the live fans in the Sleep Train Arena, the many fans in front of the electronic screen outside the stadium, and the Kings fans in the entire city of Sacramento were full of happy smiles.

The 15-minute break passed quickly, and the two sides returned to the court, but the Kings' outside touch suddenly cooled in the second half.

Although Tyrek performed well in the first half, Hayward's performance was also not lagging behind, and the reason why the Kings were able to lead was not only Tyreck's offensive role, but also because of everyone's good play, and the comeback Caron. Butler, Garcia, Morrow, Cosby and others all have a good hand, which allows the Kings to open up the space on the court and have more opportunities.

And in the second half, there were all sorts of fires, the opportunity came out but continued to miss, this kind of ball was extremely demoralizing, and the Jazz team took the opportunity to play a wave of counterattack climax, chasing points continuously, and equalized the score again not long after the start of the third quarter!

The outside line is dumb, and this time it is Tyrek and West who stand out again!

Tyrek made consecutive individual breakthroughs, and at the same time, West also used a tough mid-range shot on Millsap's head in the third quarter, and in the third quarter of the 24 points scored by the Kings, Tyrek scored 10 points, West scored 8 points, and in the case of a cold outside hand, relying on the play of the two, the two teams tied again at the end of the third quarter!

The game entered the final quarter of the competition, Tyrek, who had scored 26 points, dribbled in front of the three-point line at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and saw that Hayward, who was defending himself, had a certain distance from himself, and directly raised his hand to shoot three-pointers, Hayward still lacked defensive experience, Tyrek had already shot at the same time Hayward subconsciously pounced, Tyrek hit a three-pointer and played 3+1 at the same time! A 3+1 for the Kings got off to a good start in the fourth quarter, and it was also Tyrek's first three-pointer of the game!

"Tyrek is really decisive in this shot, seeing the distance between Hayward and his body, although the three-point shooting rate is not high, but such an empty position is still worth shooting!"

"That's right, Grant, Hayward's defense this time was very unsuccessful, inertial thinking thought that Tyreck's three-point was not a threat, and the main defense Tyreek's breakthrough led to a backward position, but this season's Tyreek's three-point shooting rate is not high, but it is also more than 30 percent, so it is obviously not supposed to be put like this. The other is to go to the close defense when Tyrek has already shot, and the hand is not closed, although Hayward has excellent physical fitness but still lacks defensive experience, and sent a foul ......"

Add a penalty and hit steadily! Terek has already scored 30 points in this game!

However, Hayward was really fierce in this game, and after being beaten a 3+1, he quickly responded with a three-point shot, which once again stabilized the military spirit of the Jazz team, and the two teams entered a tug-of-war again......

Halfway through the fourth quarter, the Kings had a narrow three-point lead, but at this critical moment, the back-to-back duo of Tyrek and Cousins opened up the gap between the two teams. Cousins, who did not have much eye-catching performance in this game, broke out at the last moment, Tyrek assisted Cousins who pulled to the outside to hit a three-pointer, and then Cousins, who responded to the high position, assisted Cousins Tyrek to score an empty cut, and the two also contributed a beautiful cooperation in defense, Harris layup was blocked by Tyreck and Cousins, and then Cousins controlled the ball under the basket, Tyrek and Caron. Butler hit a double fast break, and Tyrek assisted on Cuarón. Butler makes a layup!

The Kings hit a small surge and pulled the score to double digits again with less than 4 minutes left!

At this time, the balance of victory has been completely tilted in favor of the Kings, the Kings did not give the Jazz any chance in the last few minutes, when the game ended with 1 minute and 20 seconds left, the Kings' lead reached 15 points, and Tyrek, who scored 37 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists in this game, was also replaced at this time, the audience applauded, Vivek and Anjiali on the sidelines also stood up and applauded him, Coach Westfair specially called a timeout to let Tyrek accept the cheers of the fans, Tyrek was the hero of the game, It is the biggest reliance on the Kings to make a leap this season, and he deserves the highest courtesy from the fans!

As the game wore to the end of the last second, everyone was venting themselves at this moment, and all the Kings players rushed to the court to form a group, and Tyrek jumped on Cousins' back and rode Cousins to roar wildly!

At the same time, the Jazz left the court of the Kings in disgrace, and no one on the scene paid attention to the Jazz at this time, although Hayward scored a career-high 38 points in this game, but this game obviously did not belong to him, and the situation facing the Jazz after losing this game will become more difficult......

The Sleep Train Arena has become a sea of joy both on and off the field, and no matter whether the people around you know each other or not, everyone hooks up and jumps and enjoys the moment.

"Well done! I love Sacramento! I love the country! The team has made the playoffs again since the 05-06 season! The team has gone through the previous dark period, and the future Kings will inevitably get stronger and stronger, and maybe we will be able to win the championship in the near future! Napier was already standing in front of the commentary table by this time, and if he wasn't still working, Napier would have rushed to the field to celebrate with the crowd.

Everyone now has reason to look forward to the future of the Kings, and the ability to qualify for the playoffs eight rounds early was something that would have been unthinkable in previous years, but now it has been done, and the team is still growing, and maybe in the future, a championship is really not a dream!