Chapter 41: Escalation of the Battle
In the first half, the Jazz relied on a wave of outside long-range shots to quickly open up the difference, and in the second half, the team relied on Williams' excellent play to give the team a chance, and the ball was activated from the outside to the inside.
At this time, the Jazz played more like the old Sloan's basketball, team, tight, and meticulous, and the offense was not very flashy, but they continued to attack the Hornets from all angles.
Without Horne, the Hornets lost their vitality in the transition between offense and defense, and always lost their lives in the half-court offense, and the whole team seemed to be missing something. The Hornets are okay with the average situation, but now it's clear that the Jazz are playing their best, and the Hornets can't parry it again.
Marv Albert looked at the mess of the Hornets' interior defense, and couldn't help but sigh: "The Hornets played too badly this section!" ”
"It should be more accurate to say that the Jazz played too well, but in fact, the level of the Wasps' play in this section is okay. The bad thing is that Williams and Jazz have been playing too smoothly for a while! ”
Reggie Miller corrected Albert in another way, and Albert could only nod and say, "Yes!" After the Jazz were tied in the first half, they played even better in the second half, and this team is really tough enough. ”
Ball saw that the Hornets were leading by 2 points, but in the middle of the third quarter, the Jazz led to 70:60 and the difference was stretched to 10 points.
The team was pulled away again, and Horn played again, and as soon as he appeared, both sides of the court immediately remembered the cheers. Hornets fans have also fallen in love with Horne after all this time together.
Kicking off the ball on the sideline, Horn used to make a pick-and-roll at 45 degrees and send Collison to the top of the arc, and then Horn began to tentatively cut to the Jazz's basket.
Even though Horn's cut was an attempt, he felt the pressure right away, and Millsap pushed himself out so hard that he didn't let himself get close to the box. At this point, the Jazz's defense went up a notch.
Horn isn't the type of player who gets stuck and runs to the other side when he's in trouble on one side, and Horn's wide range of runs makes Millsap have to be pulled out, leaving room on one side of the Jazz.
Paul took the opportunity to break through at this point and broke the opponent's defense in an instant, and in the crowd Paul turned back and passed the ball to Horn.
Horn took the ball and shook it, took a step to the left, got up and jumped directly, and when Horn was jumping, Kirilenko, who chased from the side, was very stealthy to the side of Horn's body and hit Horn's leg underneath.
The jump shot is the most balanced, and Horn is a big man, and he hit Horn underneath and suddenly lost his head.
The basketball hit the edge of the basket and flew out, and Horn lost such a good opportunity, and he immediately turned around and yelled at Kirilenko.
"What are you doing! Do you want to die! ”
Horn yelled at Kirilenko and then yelled at the referee: "Sir, didn't you see him in action! He's fouled, you should do something! ”
Horn was very excited, he didn't have a very good temper, and it was absolutely unacceptable to be ruined like this.
However, the referee didn't pay attention to Horn at this time, and turned around and left as if he hadn't heard Horn speak.
The referee is not prepared to take care of this! Kirilenko also smiled at Horn in his success, don't look at Kirilenko's face smiling, but his psychology is very proud. This guy was very explosive by Horn in the first half, and his psychology has exploded. In the second half, he got the manager's will to play dirty, and he immediately used the means to Horn.
To say that Kirilenko is not a good person! He was the centerpiece of the Jazz before Williams and Boozer didn't come. Then these two people came, and he was marginalized.
I can't blame others if I am marginalized! He doesn't have the ability to attack with the ball himself, his shooting is inconsistent, and it's normal to be marginalized. But after returning to the national team and playing well, I started crying and making trouble, which is really crying and making trouble! Like a shrew, everywhere said that Sloan did not reuse him, and everywhere said that Sir was sorry for him.
He's doing it! Old Sloan could put up with him and persuade him. But at that time, the team's boss Williams began to accuse him of not training hard when he was average, and never practiced shooting.
It can be seen from this what kind of person Kirilenko is, he does not improve when he has problems, but blames the team and the coach for not giving him a chance. As if he was the absolute core in Russia and should be the absolute core everywhere.
How can this kind of person be broad-minded, he was shot by Horn in the first half, and immediately came back to find trouble with Horn in the second half. If you're in trouble, you have to make a smile on your appearance.
Horn is by this guy! On the defensive end, Horn used his anger on the rest of the Jazz players.
Horne quickly ran back and forth to defend, constantly moving, and in this way, Horne suddenly took the Hornets' defense up a notch. Horn's tall man, combined with his quick movement and good positional sense, does make it very difficult for any team to deal with.
Jefferson finally singled out Horn in the baseline spying step, but he also missed. West grabbed the rebound, and the Hornets made a quick push to get through.
Horn's impressive performance on the defensive end immediately made Marf Albert say: "Horn's defensive ability is still unquestionable, and once he comes back, he immediately brings vitality to the Hornets' interior defense, and the mobility is greatly increased." On the offensive end, Horn is just emerging, but on the defensive end, Horn is very stable! ”
Old Sloan also frowned vigorously at this time, and Horn's defense really caused a lot of trouble for the Jazz.
The Jazz's pick-and-roll tactics are actually pursuing a misplaced effect. Horn's rapid movement back and forth can greatly change the effectiveness of an area's defensive forces to disrupt the blocking tactics. Therefore, Horn's defense of such a wide range of movement is also very restrained for the Jazz.
Paul pushed over quickly, immediately made a block with Horn, and then passed the basketball to Horn, Horn held the ball to face the pounced Kirilenko with a simple probing step, and just as Horn was about to shoot, Kirilyenko kicked up and hit Horn's knee in front.
This guy is a feint again, Horn was suddenly a little angry, and immediately broke through to the left, but at this time the Jazz's way also became faster, and Millsap, who broke through Horn, suddenly pounced and made an offensive foul on Horn.
Horn's defense is good, and the Jazz's defense isn't vegetarian either.
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