197 I'm Coming!
Western Conference Semifinals!
Houston Rockets!
I'm coming!
I'm representing the Utah Jazz. I'm Donovan Mitchell! It is me, not anyone else, who raises his fingers high in the yellow floating paper in the sky and howls in the sky!
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In G5, Willis led a 25-point comeback, but Mitchell told the Thunder home fans: This is the last time you see me this season. What does that mean? G5's comeback was just a fluke, and I'm going to take the Utah Jazz to the sixth game to finish the playoffs. Don't think about going back to the home court to grab seven!
It‘s my time!
As soon as the opening kick-off, Mitchell took the lead. He received a pass from Rubio at the bottom corner three-point line, and his hand was soft and hollow into the net. The first goal of the game broke the deadlock.
It's like blowing the rallying cry for the home team!
Today, the Jazz wore the yellow team uniforms that are rarely used, and the fans should also be with their home team, the same color T-shirts prepared in advance, the yellow wave suffocated the five lonely thunder white, like a lonely boat sailing in the sea, and there is a possibility of being annihilated by the huge waves if you are not careful.
In the Yellow Army, the No. 45 Mitchell, who is only 1.91 meters tall, is the shortest of the ten starters, and is even a few centimeters shorter than his teammate, Rubio, the golden boy who plays point guard. But you can't help but notice him in the crowd, with half-length black hair on his head, a goatee on his chin, and a smile between his eyebrows and eyebrows—probably because his eyebrows and eyes are slightly down. But the most eye-catching thing is his figure, falling together, stopping and turning, all of which are faster than everyone on the field. Even the 0 in the opponent's formation can only catch up with him by half a beat. No. 45 is not tall, but he is like a dragon and a phoenix on the basketball court, killing in and out, like a true son in a yellow robe.
It's like being favored by God, this real genius can rely on his extraordinary physical fitness to meet Adams, a Thunder center who is 20 centimeters taller than him, and score the ball in counterattacks.
He can also play against the contender for Defensive Player of the Year, Paul George, who was dubbed "George of the Playoffs", and turned his dribble to a backward shot. People can't help but think of more than 20 years ago, there was also a 180-centimeter little man wearing the No. 3 in Philadelphia, facing the goal scored by the "basketball god" in the same posture.
But the Jazz, who started well, were suddenly changed. Point guard Rubio rotated off the court at the end of the first quarter, but went straight to the locker room. Before the first quarter was played, the first-hand news came from the sideline commentary: Rubio has an injured left hamstring and will not return to this game!
Mitchell was ordered to be the team's No. 1 position!
It takes talent and confidence to score on your own, but it obviously takes more intelligence and calmness to sort out the team's offense. Mitchell, who played the role of the brains of the team for the first time, was still a little uncomfortable, and he made several unfavorable offensive choices in the second quarter, and the Thunder counterattacked after the ball was broken by a strong burst, and the reluctant pass was also stealed and lost points. The Thunder launched an 11-3 attack wave, which not only instantly erased the four-point deficit in the first quarter, but also almost established a double-digit lead.
But Mitchell is super adaptable. After Coach Quinn Schneider took a timeout, the real man calmed down the tempo a lot, no longer rushing to push the pace to attack, but instead sought opportunities in the Jazz's best positional battles. Compared with the solitary battle of the opposite Thunder, the Jazz's ball really circulated patiently in the hands of each player, and near the end of the offensive time, Mitchell attacked again as a breaking point and exploded the Thunder's interior line! The Thunder contracted the defense, and the ball was distributed to the shooters on the perimeter, and Ingles hit two three-pointers in a row to close the score! And when the Thunder give up the bag and choose to defend one-on-one, Mitchell can shake off the defender and score on his own!
After this operation, the Jazz tied the score at halftime, 41-41 and left the contest for the second half!
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Donovan Mitchell's confidence may have been all innate, maybe it came from Nicholas's "black technology" special training, maybe both, plus the tempering of the whole season, and the grinding of the big three in the first five games of the playoffs, and finally reached its peak in the second half of the sixth game.
The small twists and turns of being a point guard in the first half have passed, and Mitchell, who is like a fish in water in his new position, is going to really kill people!
Pointers.
Pointers.
Pointers!
Three three-pointers in a row! In the tense playoffs, Mitchell's hand was actually silky and extreme (I am afraid it also has the effect of special training), compared with when he played against Yang Yiming at the end of the season, his shooting posture has become more and more standard, and there is no suspicion of lack of wrist strength and strong shooting by waist and abdomen. He shoots quickly, his wrists are straight, and the arc he shakes out is not particularly high, but the basketball spin is huge. With just the right amount of force and direction, you can not only dribble and find space to shoot, but you can also run without the ball like a shooter and shoot when you catch the ball. The three-point shooting points are different, but in the end they are all hollow into the basket!
The Jazz pulled the score to double digits, which was completely a wave of posture that killed the suspense of the game!
How could Russell Westbrook, the defending MVP on the opposite side, give in easily, he sacrificed the god-killing mode, and also scored crazy points to renew the life of the Thunder!
When G5 is in a desperate situation, it is Wei Shao's 45 points, and the building is about to fall!
Although Wei Shao's straight-up and down-down "zombie" shooting is much more ugly than Mitchell's, it is at least effective and can also shoot three-pointers. An MVP, a rookie, started the scoring mode. Mitchell's arsenal reserves are no less than Weishao, and even with his speed and agility, he plays a little more beautiful than the brave and domineering Weishao. With 6 seconds left in the offensive time, Mitchell faced Paul George's defensive maze and forced the inside, and in the paint area, he turned around and feintmed, plus a shooting feint, and shook not only George but also Anthony, the "melon" who made up the defense. And himself? A telescopic lever is sewn in the seam to add a pronation wipe to the basketball to score.
Is this still the "answer" Iverson who scored two points in front of "God" - it is simply the God Jordan himself who flies away from the sky and kills people and ghosts!
Mitchell's performance of Biao Weishao continues. Here, Wei Shao counterattacked and forced Gobert, and over there, Mitchell immediately ** Adams. It was Wei Shaozhong's turn to shoot two points, and Mitchell swept the ground and set up Paul's left-handed high toss board.
Hit and go to the free throw line!
The true son of 1.91 meters is like a giant Godzilla at the moment, and his arms are hanging on his chest like a giant beast. His roar was accompanied by the MVP shouts of nearly 20,000 Salt Lake City fans in the stadium, and the world was shocked!
It's an MVP call for Salt Lake City's own darling — and he really has the quality: Willis scored 20 of the Thunder's 29 points in the third quarter, and Mitchell scored 22 of the Jazz's 37 points. Better than the last MVP!
In the whole game, even though Wei Shao was still struggling to catch up in the fourth quarter, one person scored 46 points more than half of the team's score, but the Jazz, who played the whole team, only needed their MVP to shoot lightly at the most critical moment...
The margin narrowed to five points, and Mitchell shook Grant for a layup and missed the basket, and he made a layup with super fast rebound.
The margin narrowed to 91-92, and Mitchell knew that there were tigers in the mountains, and scored with a basket under the help of Paul George and Steven Adams. The basketball passed between the fingers, but no one could touch it...
In the end, George's three-point shot failed to make a foul, and the shot outside the basket was just hugged by Mitchell. The Thunder executed the foul tactic, and Mitchell made two free throws...
96-91, the series victory finally landed in Salt Lake City!
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After the win, Mitchell sighed and received a hug from the famed superstar. The 38 points in the game, and the series averaged nearly 30 points per game, undoubtedly made the congratulations and victory more and more sweet. Donovan Mitchell! Here's my declaration, the Western Conference Semifinals, the Houston Rockets, Harden Paul and Yang Yiming, I declare to you:
I'm coming!