"Coach, he's very popular here!" As soon as Rudy watched the head coach of his own team come out, the Salt Lake City fans who had been applauding them applauded the head coach of the Suns one after another.

After the victory over the Trail Blazers, the Suns slept well that night, and the next morning rushed to Salt Lake City, the capital and largest city of Utah, named after the Great Salt Lake, but for NBA fans, the most impressive thing about the city is the wonderful performance of the first generation of Utah - Stockton and Malone in the league.

"Of course, Rudy." Middleton replied.

Although Jeff Hornacek debuted from the Suns, he really became famous with the Utah Jazz, when the elder Hornace joined the Utah Jazz, he played 81 games as a starting point guard, averaging 16.5 points and 4.3 assists per game. He and Stockton ranked No. 3 and No. 1 among NBA guards on 51.4 percent and 54.2 percent shooting, respectively, and were the most efficient golden duo in the league, and he played well in the following seasons, and he must have made many fond memories for the Jazz. Seeing the Jazz fans applauding the head coach of the Suns in front of the camera, he immediately explained to the audience watching the live broadcast. CCTV Sports Live Station bought the copyright of Li Mojie for the whole season, and still sent a combination of Su Qun and Zhang Weiping to explain the game.

Seeing this, Hornacek was also very moved and waved to many Jazz fans present.

Abby, a reporter accompanying the Suns on one side, was also moved and took many photos in the audience.

However, in 2007, Hornacek became the Jazz shooting coach, and in 2011 he became the team's assistant coach, and it was only this year that he became the head coach of the Suns. When Sloan fell out with Delon and resigned in '11, the team chose his colleague, fellow Jazz assistant coach Tyro Carbin, but did not choose Hornacek, and it would be impossible to say that Hornacek didn't hold his breath.

Some people say that you Hornacek is not capable enough, of course I don't choose you, in fact, Lao Huo's ability is not bad, the original world 2013-14 season, in the case of not being favored by the outside world, the Suns with Goran Dragic and Eric Bredsoe as the core, with the outside line everywhere, played a new version of the Kombat whirlwind, won a 48-34 record (25-57 last year), ranked ninth in the West and missed the playoffs (the West is so cruel!). ）。 In the same year, Dragic was voted the most improved player of the season, and Hornacek was ranked second in the Best Coach Poll!

And what about Taylor Robin? The Jazz were at the bottom of the league when he led the team, and after firing him in 14 years, he was replaced by former Hawks assistant coach Quinn Snyder as the team's new head coach, and with the same lineup, the record immediately changed from 27-57 to 38-44

"I'm going to win this fight." Hornacek swore in his heart.

The Jazz started with five players: point guard Trey Burke (6'1"), point guard Alec Burks (6'6"), small forward Gordon Hayward (6'8"), power forward Derrick Feifers (6'10"), center Enes Kanter (6'11"), and former dunk king Richard Jefferson and 05'05 Marvin Williams and other fierce men on the bench.

The Suns are still the starting five: point guard Eric Bledsoe (6'1"), point guard Chris Middleton (6'7"), small forward Marc Jay Lee (6'8"), power forward Markieff Morris (6'10"), center Channing Fry (6'11").

As soon as the game started, Li Mojie experienced this Jazz-style defensive style, positive defensive attitude, tough physical contact, easy switching between man to man defense and zone defense, and the ubiquitous defensive traps. All of that reminded him of his last NCAA game, which was a bad memory.

However, at this point, he is no longer facing the same immature NCAA players, and now he is facing a group of NBA players, and when they come to implement NCAA defensive tactics, that efficiency is naturally good.

In the first quarter, Li Mojie took the ball to organize the offense as usual. But the third-year Hayward's defense is really good, he is not the kind of player who debuts as a genius, on the contrary, he has become the top name of the Jazz team this year step by step from averaging 5.4 points per game, and he naturally relied on a defensive ability above the league level before he became famous.

"Oh? This guy doesn't eat easily! "Li Mojie is not the current James who relies on his center weight guard speed to eat opponents, his ball-handling offense is more like Pierce, taking the ball and shaking it a few times, but Hayward is indifferent, and Treyback on the side is still eyeing it, and has no choice but to pass to Bledsoe.

Bledsoe forced a layup against this year's No. 9 pick, but was deflected wide by Kanter's interference.

But on the other hand, the Jazz offense is also very picky, last year's top scorers Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap were sent away, and the best offense was Hayward, who averaged 14.1 points per game last year. But Li Mojie didn't succeed in scoring just now, and now he is holding back the fire, and he is following Hayward, Hayward saw that he had no chance, and passed to Burke on the outside, and Trey Burke on the outside saw that the time was up, so he could only shoot three points and missed.

The first quarter slipped away in the time when you play an iron and I play an iron on both sides, and the fans in front of the Phoenix TV are drowsy, but the Jazz fans on the scene like the Jazz's consistent style, confrontation, muscle collision, fouls, and positional battles......

"Damn, these Salt Lake City bastards don't deserve to make the playoffs and be eliminated."

"It was too ugly to play, 19:21 in the first quarter, the two teams only scored 40 points, and it was too slow."

Many fans who are accustomed to Phoenix's run-and-gun style of play shouted in front of the television.

"Marc Mod, you take a break in the second quarter and then run off the ball, is that okay? I remember giving you a lot of guidance on running off the ball. After Hornacek arranged everyone, he specifically told Li Mojie.

"Well, okay, Coach, I remember." Li Mojie thought for a while, nodded, and replied.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Morris brothers and Ramon Sessions did a good job, facing Jeremy Evans, Richard Jefferson, and Marvin Williams played well, and before Li Mojie came on the court, the score became 24:30.

After the Jazz scored, Li Mojie came on the court to replace Marcus Morris, the Suns attacked, Li Mojie wandered outside the three-point line, suddenly accelerated to get rid of, and used Rudy Gobert's cover to pull out the vacancy, Middleton saw this and immediately divided the ball, Li Mojie effortlessly shot the first shot of the game.

The next offense, Marc Jay used the same method, using Gobert as a cover, and got rid of Hayward again, yes, a third-year player, Hayward's strength after gaining weight is not bad, but the attribute of flexibility is the strength of the yellow race, and then in the home court of the Jazz, such an interesting phenomenon was discovered.

"Damn, you coward, can you stop running?"

"Mouse, you're a mouse!"

Jazz fans saw that Li Mojie, who was tall as a small forward, was flexible like a 1.9-meter guard, and the small man twisted his waist to bypass the interior players covering him, and then his own Hayward hit it solidly, and then Li Mojie's jump shot was quite accurate and decent.

Hornacek, who was standing on the sidelines, smiled, this is talent! This Li Mojie's talent allows him to run and shoot like a guard, organize passes like a point guard, rush to the basket like a small forward, and play with his back like an inside. Li Mojie himself is not difficult to get along with, as long as he is given a certain right to shoot, he is willing to give up the ball of the organization, and then with this talented champion show as the core, he will still make a lot of achievements this year.

"This guy!" Another Hornacek on the sidelines, Abby, who took pictures of Li Mojie, was in a much more complicated mood than her father, she was happy that Li Mojie found a way to deal with Hayward, and her father could win this game, this villain Li Mojie's performance was very good in the last game, and he still performed well in this game, I have to say that from the style of the ball to the appearance, the rookie he has seen in recent years is his most star-like fan. Fox Sports sent himself to follow the Suns this year, and Li Mojie is naturally the main subject of his interview, he plays well, receives a lot of attention, and he also earns money.

"But he's still a bad guy!" Abby suddenly said what was on her mind.

"Huh? What did you say? The cameraman next to him turned his head and asked.

"Ah, nothing, nothing." Abby looked at Li Mojie, who was smiling and patting his teammates on the field, blushing and shaking his head, and quickly denied it, but I have to say that she is indeed very interested in digging and interviewing this Chinese rookie who performs amazingly.