During the pause, Chen Zhi looked at the other side of the court, the head coach of the Jazz team, who was talking about something, was absolutely passionate, but unfortunately after the addition of that face, it became hideous.

In contrast, the Bulls, who have always been more serious on the training ground and on the field, are simply amiable.

The timeout passed quickly, the game resumed, and the Jazz did not rotate personnel, but Coach Snyder's on-court strategy clearly changed.

On the offensive end, the Bulls still focus on the Bulls' interior line, Favors frequently plays in the low post on the left side, and Barnes attacks with his back, while Gobert scrambles for offensive rebounds and conducts secondary offenses.

At the same time, the Jazz made adjustments on the defensive end, with Favors and Gobert switching defenses, with Gobert opposing Barnes while taking care of the help defense inside. The Jazz made such an adjustment, mainly because among these players on the bull court, Barnes is currently the worst three-point shooter, and the coldest so far, plus the pressure put on Barnes by Favors on the offensive end, it will obviously make Barnes's three-point accuracy drop more.

The Bulls on the court now are somewhat similar to the Rockets in positional battles, but even crazier than the Rockets, with five three-pointers in the Bulls lineup. For such a team, feel is a very important factor, and three-point teams with poor defensive levels like Bulls and Rockets usually either shoot the opponent to death or shoot themselves to death.

Especially in the face of a team with very strong rebounding strength like the Jazz, missing three points often means that you have to suffer from the opponent's counterattack.

However, the Bulls came to the home court of the Jazz today, and they felt surprisingly good, not at all like in the last game against the Rockets, when they were almost overturned by the Rockets because of the cold touch.

After the Jazz called a timeout, the score was still gradually stretching, and although Snyder's coaching strategy was effective, the players were really hot.

It's just a pity that the Bull lineup can't last long, and in the entire Bull team, there is only Nowitzki who can pull out and shoot three-pointers, and physical fitness is the biggest problem for him.

After a few rounds, Carlisle replaced Nowitzki to rest, his current physical state, can only maintain about 25 minutes of playing time, close to the age of 40 years old for an inside player, it is indeed a huge test, let Nowitzki play center on the court, undoubtedly accelerated his physical consumption, after all, and Gobert on the two half of the blood is gone.

After Nowitzki was replaced, the two sides quickly entered the bench rotation lineup, Chen Zhi and Matthews were also replaced and rested soon after, leaving only Barnes on the court.

In this game, the main players of the Bulls felt hot, and the substitute players could only be regarded as average, but with DeLong controlling the offensive rhythm of the rotation lineup, the Bulls played very organized.

Point guard has always been a major weakness of the Bulls, Delon is indeed no longer at his peak, he is also older, and he has lost the ability to break through the killing inside, as the main starting point guard is a little reluctant, but on the bench, his organizational ability is immediately highlighted.

Even so, the Jazz's bench lineup is still gradually shrinking the difference. In addition to George Hill, the Jazz have another important addition in the offseason, and that is Hawks king Joe Johnson.

In this game, Joe Johnson continued to play his all-round skills and unsolvable singles, Justin Anderson was strong and strong, but in the face of singles Joe, who had reached his twilight years, he just couldn't limit the opponent's various fancy scores.

The Jazz bench continued to chase points, especially Joe Johnson's play, which made the home fans even louder, accompanied by boos for Delon.

However, after the return of the Bulls' main lineup in the second half of the second quarter, the Jazz's momentum of chasing points was immediately stopped, and Chen Zhi hit two three-pointers in succession, which immediately lowered the noise of the Jazz's home court.

However, then the Jazz also launched an attack wave to close the score, which cheered up the home fans again. In this game, Hayward put too much energy on the defensive end and played poorly on the offensive end, scoring only 8 points in the first half, but Gobert played like a fish in water, cutting inside and dunking after blocking and dismantling one after another.

After another block with George Hill, Gobert cut inside, the opposing Bogut couldn't get back to defense, and Nowitzki left the low post Favors to go under the basket to make up for it.

Gobert dribbled after receiving the pass, Nowitzki immediately tried to cut the ball off, as for the idea of blocking Gobert, he wouldn't even think about it, even if there was a possibility of completing the block, Nowitzki would not try to block here, if it was a critical moment in the playoffs.

Nowitzki tried to cut the ball unsuccessfully, Gobert stretched out his long arm after receiving the ball, and Nowitzki was a dunk through the defense to the basket, and at the same time the referee's whistle sounded, Nowitzki fouled the beater, and Gobert dunked 2+1!

Nowitzki's current physical state can't stop Gobert from rushing up, and he was hit by Gobert's body after the dunk, and directly withdrew from the sideline under the basket.

Gobert, who completed this slap, excitedly clenched his fist to the sky, and at the same time roared loudly, and then withdrew his arm and smashed his chest hard!

The atmosphere of the fans at the scene was once again ignited by Gobert's violent shut-in!

Even the Jazz players have a feeling of being in good spirits, and the ball is very morale-boosting.

Gobert walked to the free throw line, steadily hit the free throw, and when he turned to the backcourt to prepare to return to defense, he heard a voice say, "Dirk, don't worry, we'll get you back on the court right away!" ”

Hearing this, Gobert frowned slightly, turned his head in the direction of the voice, and said that it was the short Huaxia point guard!

Although Gobert heard this, he didn't respond to anything, and this is not even trash talk in the NBA! But he's happy in his heart, and he wants to find a dunk and a court? Hehe! You have to ask me if I agree!

Gobert was completely unimpressed! Aren't you avoiding my block for the whole game, relying on the three-point shooter to open up space to dare to attack the basket, do you dare to face me directly under the basket!

When he heard this, Gobert only saw Chen Zhi's back, if he saw the confidence on Chen Zhi's face when he said this, he might not think so, and of course he might be even more disapproving!

In his opinion, Chen Zhi is indeed a very powerful player, even a very headache, Coach Schneider emphasized this guy in the pre-game meeting before the game, but that is because of his excellent shooting touch and lethal projection ability.

Oh, Coach Schneider is still this guy with outstanding strength, Gobert thought when he was in the backcourt to defend, it seems that there is such a thing, but he was distracted, he didn't listen carefully, and how strong the guards are, how strong can they be, the point guard Lowry of the Raptors is also known as a steel cannon, and he is not enough to see in front of the center!

In the process of advancing with the ball, Chen Zhi slowed down and waited for Bogut to keep up with the pace and said: "Andrew, wait for you to go to the low position, don't leave the penalty area too far." ”

Bogut nodded, "Anyway, I'm just away from the basket, and Gobert won't follow." ”

Chen Zhi gestured on the way to the offense, and Nowitzki, Barnes, and Matthews each landed outside the three-point line on the weak side, leaving a large space on the right side for Chen Zhi.

As soon as Hayward saw the strong and weak side of the Bulls, he was immediately under a lot of pressure, and his game was about to be broken into a sieve, and the fans who watched this game probably questioned their defensive ability!

As a pure white forward, Hayward's physical fitness is actually very good, and he may still be a little thin and deficient in his rookie period, but after he has focused on strength training in the past two years, his physical confrontation ability has been greatly improved.

But now he feels that defending James's strong physique is certainly hard work, but defending Chen is a defender-level guy with this strength and rhythm, and he is even more powerless, especially since he is also a shooter who can shoot the ball in one step.

However, this time, Chen Zhi did not use any rhythm change in the face of Hayward, shook the ball in his right hand, started directly, and wiped Hayward's left arm to forcibly kill the Jazz team's inside, Hayward's strength relative to the guard line is indeed good, at least it was not directly bounced away by Chen Zhi, but the resistance brought to Chen Zhi was far from enough to make Chen Zhi stop the ball.

Hayward, who was forced to pass in the past, only then did I know that I x, it turned out that this guy had always had reservations in the face of his own defense before, and he used a variety of rhythmic changes in his passing style, and he couldn't stop it by himself, this starting speed was too fast, and this power was too strong!

Gobert saw Chen Zhi complete the breakthrough very quickly, and immediately moved to the basket to make up for the defense, as long as Chen Zhi was not intimidated, he was confident to send a big hat!

After watching Chen take off and jump, holding the basketball high in his right hand, it seemed that he was ready to complete a tomahawk slam dunk, Gobert said in his heart that this guy was going to find a field, and he was really going to dunk, and the bounce was very high!

Gobert also jumped immediately, and the long arm of his right hand slapped it directly, this time I am afraid that this guy will be slapped directly to the ground, Gobert also thought about whether to retract his strength, don't be injured by swatting on the ground like a fly! Gobert's defense is defense, and there is really no idea of hurting!

But soon he knew that he was thinking too much, and the opponent jumped up in mid-air and quickly switched the ball to his left hand, completing a violent dunk of changing hands, and he didn't get it at all!

Gobert couldn't help but shake his head! It's a pity that just now I was only assisting in defense from one side, and I didn't completely stand on that guy's breakthrough route, otherwise I would have a chance to block even if I changed hands!

The Jazz offense ended with a hit on the batter, and the Bulls attacked again.

Gobert suddenly discovered, yo, the Bulls are still in the same position as just now, and there is no intention of changing tactics, is it still the same Chen Zhi with the ball alone? It's best not to break in, otherwise this time, you will definitely know the taste of hot pot!

Thinking in his heart, Gobert is a few points away from Bogut, and one foot has stepped directly under the basket, it depends on whether you dare to come in again!

It is estimated that he will not come in again this time, although Gobert hopes that Chen Zhi will rush in again, but the probability is a little low, and the opponent is likely to choose other finishing methods.

However, he soon found that this time was exactly the same as the previous round, and Chen Zhi squeezed Hayward again and rushed over. Under Hayward's physical confrontation with all his might, Chen Zhi's dribbling rhythm was a little chaotic, but then he adjusted, didn't even pause, and continued to rush towards the basket!

Gobert was optimistic about Chen's breakthrough route, and stood on the sprint route without hesitation!

Chen Zhi saw that Gobert, who was already waiting for him in front of him, did not hesitate at all, and jumped up directly with the momentum after the breakthrough!

Gobert immediately jumped on the spot, stretched his hands vertically, and prepared to cover the dunk with a volleyball cap front! This kind of capping method can try to ensure that you do not encroach on the opponent's cylinder, and it is not easy to foul in the sealing process.

However, before Chen Zhi's right-hand tomahawk that stretched out backwards arrived, the bodies of the two sides collided first, and Gobert felt as if he had been bombarded by a cannonball, and his upper body immediately fell backwards, and before he could reach the highest bounce, he fell down from mid-air!

Gobert's body leaned after the collision, the long arms that were blocked in front of Chen Zhi had subconsciously retracted to protect himself who fell in the air, Chen Zhi slammed a heavy button, the momentum sank strongly, and after the buckle, one arm grabbed the basket, and the whole body swayed in the air!

By grabbing the basket to stabilize his body, Chen Zhi did not fall to the ground! In the collision with Gobert just now, he tried his best to not grab the basket, and he really couldn't contain his body!

The players on the bench and the members of the uniform team who were watching the game on the sidelines, after seeing Chen Zhi's buckle, none of them stood up, and they all leaned back on the back of the seat with their mouths wide open!

Cuban even hugged his head with both hands, as if it was him who was the one who was in the shackle! After Curry and the electric fan reacted, they immediately flew the towel show!

The Jazz home fans collectively let out a consistent "Oh! And then there was no sound! They obviously won't applaud Chen Zhi, because it was their favorite defensive pillar that was overturned!!

After Chen landed on the ground, he glanced at Gobert, who slipped out of the baseline after landing, and turned to the half court to defend himself.

Gobert did a good job of landing protection, no injuries, he looked at Chen Zhi's figure, his face was full of incredulity, he was overturned by this person!!

It turns out that this guy was looking for a scene just now, not just to dunk, but to dunk himself!! The hand-changing dunk just now turned out to be just an introduction to attract myself to the front as a background!!

After this dunk at the beginning of the third quarter, Gobert's state, which had been like a fish in water, plummeted, as if he was in a full circle, and it seemed that the fall had wiped out his previous state.

Chen's score in this game finally fell to the 50 mark, and it fell a lot, only 32 points, mainly because, after three quarters of the game, he didn't play again, and the hot cow has already beaten the Jazz team after three quarters of the game!

The Jazz's home court finally quieted down, and there was no more boos for DeLong, after all, the crowd had already dispersed early.

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