After the game with the Rockets, Ye Xuan didn't have time to catch up with Harden in private, so he had to rush back to Los Angeles non-stop, because they were about to welcome a new opponent on their home court, the Jazz. And this Jazz team is not easy to mess with, although they did not bring in any personnel in the summer, but in the same way, they did not have any personnel outflow, so after a summer of baptism, the Jazz finally fulfilled their talent.

In the first game of the new season, the Jazz directly pressed the Spurs to the ground and rubbed them, so that the Spurs had little to fight back, and the Spurs did not take the lead in the whole game, and were pressed and beaten by the Jazz throughout the whole game, of course, this is also thanks to Tyrick Evans, who suddenly woke up, after being traded to the Jazz, he can almost be said to have played soy sauce for a season and a half, but this season, I don't know if he has played enough, or he has opened his mind, In short, he suddenly found the direction of his life, not only organized the team's ball in an orderly manner, but his own data was also flying, in the preseason, he once scored 32 points and 11 assists in a single game, and against the Spurs, although his offense was contained, only 14 points were scored in the whole game, but he sent 12 assists, so that the Spurs team that lost Duncan was beaten into scum. Aldridge alone couldn't withstand the bombardment of Favors and Gobert in turn, plus the various rebounds of these two, so the Spurs also lost temperlessly.

And this is still a game played when Leonard killed the Jazz's nominal big brother Hayward, it can be seen that after the Spurs failed to recruit Gasol this summer, their own internal problems slowly became prominent, if the Spurs were not able to solve this problem, then it is estimated that it is unlikely that the Spurs want to hit the championship this year.

Last season's Jazz won fewer games than they lost and unfortunately missed the playoffs, but the 2015-16 season just passed gave Jazz fans a glimpse of the end of the tunnel. The Jazz last made the playoffs in 2011-12, but since then, their rebuilding has been fruitful. In 2012-13, they had just 25 wins, but after two years, they have increased their winning tally by 15 games thanks to the draft and the focus on developing young players from the draft.

Last season, the Jazz averaged just 97.7 points per game, which ranked 28th out of all 30 teams in the league, though it's worth noting that a lot of that is due to the fact that they have the lowest pace of their game, yes, 91 games per game, which ranks 30th out of 30 teams. And when you look at their offensive efficiency, you'll see that they can score 105.9 points per 100 possessions, which ranks 16th.

The Jazz rely on one of the best defenses in the league: they rank seventh in the league in defensive efficiency (points conceded per 100 possessions) at 103.9, and concede the second-fewest points per game (95.9) in the league – just more than the San Antonio Spurs, who concede 92.9 points per game.

Against the backdrop of the offensive banner, the Jazz's style of play to reduce the number of rounds seems to be contrary to the trend. However, their performance against elite teams seems to confirm the correctness of this style of play: they tied 1-1 with the Cavaliers last season, dragged the Thunder and Warriors into overtime, and lost by just two points against the Spurs. So, despite missing out on finishing in the top eight in the West, their performance was still enough to keep the management confident, which led to a series of moves in the offseason.

After signing Boris Dior of the Spurs and former Hawk king Joe Johnson, the Jazz's roster has been improved like never before. Another rare thing about the Jazz's 40-win record last season was that they suffered quite a bit of injury: first Dante Exum suffered a torn cruciate ligament in his left knee for the season, and then Favors, Gobert and Box also suffered serious injuries and missed at least 20 games.

However, the loss of Seon and the injury of the main players have given the youngsters more room to grow, and second-year guard Rodney Hood and rookie forward Trey Lyles have made great strides with the progress of the season and are now important rotational members of the team. In the new season, with the return of injured players, thriving newcomers, and the introduction of three veterans, the Jazz not only have a reasonable age structure, but also the depth of the roster has become amazing!

In this new Jazz team, the starting five will be made up of Evans, Hood, Hayward, Favors and Gobert, and on the bench, Exum, Johnson, Box, Ingles, Lyles and Dior will provide strong support for them.

Last season, the Jazz were the league's fourth-lowest assist percentage, but newcomers Dio and Johnson are among the best passers at their respective positions. Evans has a career assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.56 as a point guard, and since most of the Jazz's possession is in Hayward's hands, he is reassuring to help run the team's offense. Defend steadily, improve your offense, and victory will roll in.

Both the 26-year-old Hayward and the 24-year-old Gobert are both heading into potential contract years (if Hayward chooses to jump out of his contract next summer, Gobert can't renew his contract before the season starts), and both will do everything they can to improve their individual and team performances, both publicly and privately. In addition, the 25-year-old Favors and the 23-year-old Hood have enough reasons to continue to improve. Under the leadership of disciplined head coach Quinn Snyder, this team not only has the strength to impact the top eight in the division, but may even become a dark horse and do something on the stage of the playoffs!

The Lakers faced the Jazz on their home court, and this game can be regarded as the Lakers' official appearance in Stamps, and in the game between the preseason and the Mavericks, Ye Xuan and other main players basically didn't play much, so it was not an official debut. And in this game, the Lakers are bound to play well, strive to prove their strength at home, and also provide a wonderful game for the fans who have always supported them.

At the beginning of the game, Gasol lost to Gobert and was slapped away by the opponent, Evans began to organize an attack after half the court, in fact, Evans is also one of the few players who are physically strong and very flexible among the point guards, and this is the case with Harden, and the same is true for Evans in this game, but Evans is still a little worse at the technical level, and there is no way to face Ye Xuan's defense, so he can only hang the ball to the inside Favors single.

Favors received the ball and was ready to hit Randle directly with his back, but although Randle did not have an advantage in height, his lower body strength was still good. After Hayward received the ball, he pulled it up and made a three-point shot, but unfortunately the Solomon Hill defense on the side was still relatively strong, and it was directly a face-sealing kill, and Hayward's three-point shot was also directly brushed out of the basket.

Gasolka's main position allowed Ye Xuan to grab the rebound, and after Ye Xuan grabbed the rebound, he immediately began to organize a fast attack. Although the Jazz's defense is among the top in the league, their defense is more reflected in the positional battle, and the speed of the retreat is not particularly good due to the limited movement speed of the two big men, Favors and Gobert, which also gives Ye Xuan the opportunity to easily catch up with Solomon Hill to complete the dunk after the fast start.

The Jazz are naturally not to be outdone, and immediately Evans assisted Hood to hit a mid-range shot, in fact, in addition to their style of play, they also have a characteristic, that is, they are the league's most favorite team to use mid-range shots, this 90s style of play has also made their scores not go up, and because they prefer to use mid-range shots, the efficiency of scoring is often limited to a certain extent.

However, people such as Hood, Evans, Favors and others in the team are now beginning to strengthen their three-pointers, and I think I hope to adapt to and integrate into the current NBA environment, after all, most of the team's main offensive means are now all transferred to the outside three-pointer, the most characteristic of which is the Warriors and the Rockets, the two teams, the Warriors are the team that shot the most three-pointers last season, Curry alone hit 402 three-pointers last season, and the Rockets are even more wonderful, Last season, they have completely integrated into this utilitarian style of play, and the whole game is either a three-point shot with higher scoring efficiency, or a basket shot with the highest success rate, and the number of mid-range shots is only in the single digits after a game, and even a few games last season The Rockets set a strange record of not hitting a single shot in a game.

In the next few minutes, the Lakers gradually used their outside advantage and Gasol's flexibility to open up the situation, I have to say that a high school forward who can shoot three points and can hold the ball in a high position can indeed greatly enrich the team's offensive options in terms of tactics, and it is also a great help to open up the space, of course, the most important thing is that Ye Xuan's offensive ability at this point is very reliable, after his teammates opened up the space, Ye Xuan can always impact the opponent's interior line with a dynamite bag to score points, In addition, Ye Xuan has now obtained Kevin Martin's deception and foul skills, so the effect of impacting the inside line is even more effective with half the effort.

Six minutes into the first quarter of the game, when the game entered the time of the TV pause, Ye Xuan scored 10 points and 3 assists alone, and Ye Xuan's 10 points, 6 points came from free throws, and Gobert was also replaced and rested during this timeout, because he had already received a second foul in order to make up for the defense, and had to be replaced to rest.

After Gobert was forced to be replaced, the Lakers also took the initiative on the court, and used their lineup characteristics for the rest of the first quarter to stretch the difference to about 10 points in a direct wave. But just when the Lakers felt that the game was over, the Jazz benches began to go crazy, Boris Dio and Joe Johnson's excellent play instantly helped the Jazz chase the difference.

In the middle of the second quarter, the Lakers replaced Ye Xuan and others, and Ye Xuan also stood up and completed his mission as the leader of the team, hitting three three-pointers in a row, plus two plus one after hitting the inside line, scoring 12 points in just two and a half minutes, which directly helped the Lakers establish their advantage again, and this time, the Lakers were no longer careless. did not give the Jazz another chance, and continued to attack the opponent's defense in one go.

Although Evans began to wake up this season, he was still a little immature in his control of the rhythm, as Ye Xuan continued to improve the rhythm of the game, Evans involuntarily began to speed up, as a result, the Jazz team did not adapt to this rhythm for a while, and suddenly his pace was disrupted, if it wasn't for the head coach to call a timeout in time, the Lakers might have been able to take a 20-point lead at halftime.

After adjusting their condition, the Jazz still chose to play steadily, and the two teams remained deadlocked until halftime, and the Lakers returned to the locker room with a 13-point lead. Ye Xuan also knew that this game was a time to open a new chapter for the Lakers, so it was categorically impossible to make a difference, so before the second half of the game began, Ye Xuan chose to quietly use a bottle of small physical recovery potion to restore his physical strength, and as a result, in the second half, Ye Xuan really killed the Quartet again, and Evans was able to cause some trouble to Ye Xuan in the first quarter, but in the second half, not only did his single defense almost fail. Even his teammates were a little difficult to wrap together, and Ye Xuan completely controlled the rhythm of the game in the third quarter, not only announcing to the audience that he was the future leader of the Lakers team, but also helping the Lakers gradually expand the difference to 25 points.

Soon after the start of the fourth quarter of the game, Ye Xuan and the others were replaced and rested, after all, the 25-point difference was not something that the opponent could catch up with. At the end of the game, the Lakers finally defeated the Jazz on their home court, winning the first two consecutive games.