Chapter 185: Playing Jazz
Salt Lake City, Utah Jazz.
He joined the league in 1974 and became the eighteenth team in the NBA.
The team's style is the same as that of Salt Lake City, stiff and stubborn.
When these emotions are integrated into the team, they become patience, perseverance, and execution.
The old coach Sloan is the most famous head coach in the history of Salt Lake City, under his tutelage, the Utah Twins, and the new Utah Twins have led the Jazz team to be proud of the rivers and lakes for decades, and the record has been very stable, if the Spurs are evergreen, then the Jazz are at least an evergreen.
Even if you haven't won a championship for so many years, there is one thing to say, getting into the playoffs is a stumbling block, and there is no problem at all in playing the Rockets.
If it weren't for Delong's own death, persecution of his teacher, and forcing the old man to hang up his seal and retire from the rivers and lakes, then Delong Williams's own historical status would have been able to rise to dozens of positions.
You must know that when he played the league's No. 1 point guard Paul, it was as simple as eating and drinking.
To put it in layman's terms, Paul hangs all the point guards in the league, and he hangs Paul.
What a pity! Injuries have caused his form to slip prematurely.
In the years since Delon's departure, the Jazz have also sunk, and there have been no more players for a long time.
However, in recent years, under the leadership of Hayward, an Internet addict, the Jazz team, which is more than enough than the top, has gradually returned.
Especially after Gobert's outbreak last year, the entire Jazz team had points to rely on inside and outside and entered the playoffs, only to lose in the face of the Rockets.
Originally, they were thinking of making a comeback this summer, but unfortunately, the star Hayward announced that he was leaving and went to the Boston Celtics.
Fortunately, they also have a No. 13 pick in the first round this year.
In this position, a great guard was born, Kobe Bryant.
And in the just-concluded 16~17 season, Devin Booker, who scored 79 points, also came from this position.
So to fill Hayward's departure.
They picked a defender in this position – Donovan Mitchell.
And in the more than a dozen regular season games he has played, this guy has performed unexpectedly brightly, trampling so many guards in front of him under his feet.
At present, it is only a little worse than Li Ming and Simmons, and ranks third on the list of best rookies.
This ranking, in 2017, which is recognized as a big year for the draft, is a very good result.
At the very least, it turns out that the general managers of the 12 teams before him have all looked at the wrong people.
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United Center Arena in Chicago.
The atmosphere tonight is still hot, as if it has returned to the era led by Rose, and the ball market is hot.
After a series of preparatory activities, the referee's whistle blew and both sides took the lead.
Needless to say, the Bulls' starters include point guard Ming Lee, shooting guard Holiday and small forward Pounddexter, as well as two interior pairs, Mirotic and Lopez.
On the opposite side of the Jazz are point guard Rubio, shooting guard Mitchell, small forward Joe Ingles, power forward Jerebko, and center Favors.
The pressure of this game is naturally all on the Jazz's side, not to mention that the core of the house, Gobert, is out due to injury, and at the same time, it is still the first team in the league away from home, and the Bulls team who are on a winning streak and forget what it is like to lose.
If you don't say panic in your heart, you must be worried.
How to fight this game!
It was López and Favors who came out to jump the ball.
As a 10-year scout, Favors's talent is undoubted, but his height is only 2.08 meters, which is a short center, and he usually relies on mobility and physical fitness to make up for his lack of height.
But for things like jumping balls, it's better to have an advantage in height.
So López was the first to touch the ball, and with a flick of his long hand, it landed on Li Ming's hand.
Li Ming dribbled across the middle line and faced the famous golden boy Rubio.
As Rubio, who started playing professionally at the age of 16, he was much more popular back then than he is now.
In the U16 international competition, he first scored a quadruple-double of 19 points, 10 rebounds, 13 assists and 11 steals in the semifinals, and then scored a super quasi-quadruple-double of 51 points, 24 rebounds, 12 assists and 7 steals in the finals.
It's just that you don't treat your opponent as a human being.
It's also a typical go-your-horse basketball dream.
Entering the league with the name of the golden boy, the rank is also very high, the fifth pick in 09, the people in front of him are Griffin, Harden, and Evans, who is at the peak of his debut, and the people behind him are Curry, DeRozan, and Teague.
For a player who had never played in the NCAA to get such a draft pick in '09 shows how much attention and favorability he had.
It's just a pity that the golden boy has been playing in the league for 9 years unknowingly, from entering the league with a halo at the age of 18, and now becoming a starter with peace of mind.
His growth is certainly not at the upper limit.
may become a qualified starter, at least it also ensures that he does not hurt Zhongyong.
Again, this is a thing to be thankful for.
Rubio's height and weight are not inferior in point guards, which makes him face Li Ming without immediately shouting for a bag.
Li Mingtu naturally can't be as relaxed as he was in the last game against Bauer, but he has been in this alliance for nine years, and there will be no obvious disadvantage in terms of strength.
If Li Mingzhen forcibly eats him, he may not be able to resist to the end, so he still called a block.
But the Jazz's defense is very disciplined, and as soon as Li Ming wanted to block and dismantle, Mitchell on the scoring guard stopped him directly.
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Li Ming hurriedly passed to Holladay, who was in the vacant seat.
The latter was about to attack with the ball, but Ingles on the small forward made up for it.
With this hesitation, the rest of the Jazz team hurriedly retreated, and the vacancy formed by Li Ming just now disappeared in an instant.
With just one hand, you can see how disciplined this team is.
But that's normal, their head coach Snyder is a serious Spurs coach.
Although he didn't really learn from Popovich, Popovich was full of peach and plum all over the world, and he could meet two of them anyway.
Snyder is also a well-known wandering coach, and he has learned about Spurs tactics by hearing and seeing.
Coupled with the blessing of Sloan's iron-blooded defensive spirit that has been built for more than 20 years, this team has long learned to defend.
I just don't know when or how to defend it.
And now, Snyder's coaching whip has brought system to this team.
It can be seen from the position of dealing with Li Ming just now that this team is not simple.
Holiday hesitated, there was no room to shoot, he wanted to pass back to Li Ming, but Rubio was standing there, this is a guy who is very good at stealing, he really didn't dare to pass back so obviously.