Chapter 138: Attacking Eagles
The next day, while the sports media were reporting on the Cavaliers' downturn in Atlanta, the Hawks also went to experience back-to-back misery on the road.
On Nov. 25, the Hawks didn't have time to celebrate the unexpected victory, so they went home and got a good night's sleep, flew to Salt Lake City en masse at noon the next day, and then perfectly replicated what the Cavaliers had suffered in Atlanta yesterday.
The Hawks' players were affected by yesterday's game and had no touch today, shooting a miserable 5-of-20 three-pointer to lose 89-101 to the Jazz, who were strong inside.
The Jazz's interior played its full strength in this game, easily blowing up the Hawks' interior line.
The Jazz brought in the anti-bone boy Carlos last year. Boozer went on a rampage inside, scoring 26 points and 13 rebounds, and Boozer, who was solid and accurate in the middle of the shot, completely blew up the jumping boy Josh. Smith, especially Boozer's shoulder-mounted jumper, got Josh out. Smith almost collapsed, no matter how high he jumped, he couldn't cover it.
Jazz center Oku also contributed 18 points and 10 rebounds.
In addition to the two major interior plays, the Jazz's No. 4 pick this year, point guard Delon Brown. Williams also started today, scoring 18 points, 9 assists and 5 rebounds on 7-of-10 shooting.
The Hawks lost all of them today, and the team's leading scorer, Al A. Harrington was also in the Jazz's defensive gate, and Kirilenko, nicknamed "AK47", was fully defended by the original form, and he couldn't score points at all.
Sun Yue's performance today fell with the team, and he only got 14 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 block in 31 minutes of play. He shot 3-of-12 from the field and 1-of-4 from three-point range.
Face Delong. Williams, a physical point guard, will inevitably suffer a little against the average Sun Yue, especially Jerry, the Jazz's iron coach this season. Sloan's UCLA offensive system uses high post blocking as the starting point of tactics, coupled with UCLA's subtle and complex running, transmission, and coverage to create scoring space.
In this system, Boozer, Kirilenko, Okul and others block and dismantle the space opened up by the cover so that Delon has a huge room to play, he can change direction in front of the body, retreat jump shots, and burst shots, which also makes it more difficult for Sun Yue, who is suffering from weight loss, to restrain this stocky little fat man.
Despite this, the outside media still believes that the "Best Rookie of the Month in the East" in November will be won by Sun Yue without any suspense.
In the month since the start of the game, the Hawks have played a total of 11 games, with a record of 6 wins and 5 losses, sweeping the record of the fish belly team last season, Sun Yue played a crucial role in it, especially yesterday in the home game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Sun Yue defeated the prestigious little emperor James face-to-face, this game added a lot of points to him.
Atlanta's media gave Sun Yue's personal data since the start of the game before the Hawks and Jazz game, and he averaged 15.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 8.7 assists, 1.2 steals, 0.6 blocks and 2.8 turnovers in 10 games, shooting 46.7% from the field, 39.6% from three-point range, and 78.6% from the free throw line.
ESPN also affirmed Sun's leadership role, "Skipper is more ferocious defensively than he was in college, more aggressive offensively, and most importantly, he has played his leadership qualities, and his run-in with his teammates is getting better and better." ”
ESPN thinks the New Orleans Hornets' Chris. Paul is the best rookie player other than Sun Yue, the Hornets have a 5-5 record so far, Paul averaged 16.3 points, 2.4 rebounds, 8.1 assists, 1.7 steals and 2.1 turnovers per game, shooting 47.9% from the field, 39.3% from three-point range, and 89.4% from the free throw line.
The performance of him and Sun Yue can basically lock in the best rookie in the East and West in November, except for the two, whether it is the mediocre performance of Marven. Williams and Bogut, or the emerging Ellis and DeLong. Williams, and the disappointing Sean. Neither May nor Webster could threaten the performance of the two.
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Even Atlanta himself didn't expect that the Hawks now have an excellent record of 6 wins and 5 losses after the start of the game, temporarily ranking sixth in the East. The point is that none of these opponents are weak. The Cavaliers and Rockets are both strong teams in the league, and the Hawks' victory over these teams has made fans and players more and more confident in the Hawks.
"You say, can we finish in the top four this season and get home advantage in the first round of the playoffs?" The next day's recovery workout, some of the Hawks' players began to swell, and Childis, warming up with his teammates, was actually concerned about the team's home-court advantage in the playoffs.
Because the trend of the league this season is still that the East is weak and the West is strong, Eastern teams often have less than half of the winning percentage to enter the playoffs.
"It's only 11 games into the regular season, so it's too early for us to say that, but if you think about it, how many of these wins have been due to luck and danger." Sun Yue was very dissatisfied with the complacency that permeated the team, and even though he was a rookie player, he couldn't help but say it.
The six games they won, in addition to most of them at home, one of them was Sun Yue's explosive hand, one was the opponent's back-to-back, and one was the opponent's two starters whose mentality collapsed, and the other three opponents were all weak teams, in fact, none of them were really tough battles.
Sun Yue knows that this kind of win is too fortuitous, as long as he is a little less lucky, or he is not playing at home. That might not be a 6-5 record, but a 4-7 win or worse.
Sideline head coach Woodson and general manager Billy Woodson. Knight was discussing the team's lineup, "The team's defense still has a big shortcoming, and it's an indisputable fact that our bench lacks firepower. "Woodson Billy. Knight was half-marked, but the latter understood what he meant: the team needed a trade to ensure competitiveness.
"The owner has agreed to my request to strengthen the team, and we will make a difference in the player market during the trade period." Billy. Knight revealed to Woodson the team's plans for this year, and the Hawks' changes this year have clearly made the team's top management have begun to have playoff ambitions, and naturally have the idea of strengthening the team's roster.
Woodson and Billy. Knight has both trade ideas, but the specific trade plan is a little different, and Woodson prefers to put Al Ander with a trade plan. Harrington was traded away in exchange for two players with strong immediate combat power, which can not only trade Harrington, who has been trying to compete with Sun Yue for the position of the team's boss, but also strengthen the team's lineup while clarifying the core of the team.
And Billy. Knight is still reluctant to trade Harrington, he prefers to supplement the team's bench lineup through a small repair and minor repair trade, after all, Harrington came to Atalanta and he also handled it, and now he can't trade him away to admit that he made a mistake in the decision.