Chapter 719 We want to become a dark horse
I couldn't help but burst into laughter again at the scene.
It can be felt that Nowitzki must be a good person to talk.
In the following time, Nowitzki reviewed his career, and his teammates also played one after another.
Many old fans returned to the past years with his story.
At the end of his talk, he also gave Barnes a cowboy representing Dallas, hoping that he would lead Dallas to stick to the city, and it also showed that the old driver really gave all his money to Dallas.
At the last moment, after the retirement ceremony of the No. 41 jersey was held for Nowitzki, Cuban moved out the championship trophy placed in the stadium and held it up again with Nowitzki, which attracted a heated cheer on the scene.
Driven by DJ on the spot, the fans sang "We are the Champions", which made the atmosphere reach its highest level.
When he left the American Airlines Center Arena, Tang Shuai felt a lot of emotion. He had watched many NBA stars in China, but now he wants to become a witness and witness their retirement one by one. This feeling is really touching.
However, this feeling was quickly crushed to his heart, because after another day of training, the playoffs of the 2o17-2o18 season officially kicked off.
The Lakers' opponent is the Jazz.
Speaking of the Jazz, this season, it can be said that they are in constant conflict with the Lakers. The main reason is that their head coach Snyder, the Spurs coach's defense against Tang Shuai has achieved unexpected results in the second half of the season.
Although Cousins' joining makes this tactic effective much worse than before, as a wise man of tactics, he obviously has a deeper understanding of this tactic.
It is precisely this understanding that makes Snyder full of confidence in this showdown. When facing media interviews, he said bluntly: "We are in the most favorable position in the playoffs. The Warriors are opponents that no one wants to meet. The Rockets have also undergone qualitative changes this season. In contrast, the Lakers' performance in the season is very unstable, and we have a precedent for success against Tang's defense here, so we have great confidence to become a dark horse and complete the feat of Black Seven."
Snyder's remarks have been supported by Utah fans. After two consecutive years of reaching the playoffs, the Jazz team led by Snyder has made people's expectations of it soar.
The Lakers seem very low-key when it comes to Snyder's remarks. When the players ask about their attitudes towards this matter, most of them shake their heads and say nothing. Even Lakers fans also make a move to Snyder's statement.
It’s not because they are afraid, but for teams that are determined to win the championship, the Jazz should obviously not be a resistance on their way to success.
On April 21, US time, the Lakers faced the Jazz's challenge at home.
The fans arrived at the stadium early, and there were many slogans on the scene, which made the Jazz players very angry after watching it, and they were eager to prove themselves.
This is very obvious in the game.
After the game, Cousins scored 4 points in the inside line to help the home team take the lead, but the Jazz strengthened their defense and all the players led the way, especially Millsep, who returned to the Jazz, made a series of shots in the offense, but instead played a 6-o attack wave to reverse the score.
At the critical moment, Tang Shuai made two beautiful hits in a row, helping the home team to regain the lead.
At this time, Snyder used his killer move. When he reached the offensive end, he used his tactics to give Mircep a single opportunity to be misaligned with Tang Shuai.
The audience was restless.
This killer move is the key to the Jazz's previous regular season victory over the Lakers. In the playoffs, fans are worried that it will become the key player in determining the outcome of both sides.
Tang Shuai used pure power to push Mircep. The latter seemed to know that Cousins would come to assist in defense, so he deliberately leaned to the other side and was preparing to end the round by turning around and leaning back.
When Tang Shuai saw this scene, a hint of undetectable smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Although he knocked down Leonard's death wrap, he had not used it in the game because of Cousins' existence. At this moment, Mircep's offensive method gave him a chance.
Of course, the fans didn't know this, so when they saw Mircep's back-playing smoothly, they couldn't help but show a look of worry for Tang Shuai.
"Bang!"
There was a sudden crisp sound, and at this moment, something that no one expected happened. Tang Shuai didn't know when or how to do it, so he took off the ball in Mircep's hand.
No one noticed how all this was born, or no one realized that it would be born. The next second, Tang Shuai had already run towards the front court after intercepting the ball.
Amid the cheers of fans at the scene, Tang Shuai's feet were full of wind and turned around and passed the defenses of the Jazz Burke and Hayward. He made a freehand throw and made a fast break layup.
Snyder looked surprised when he saw this scene. He had no idea how all this happened.
It was not until the first shot was played back on the LED screen on the scene that the head coach of the Spurs was the moment when Mircep held the ball in one hand and was about to turn around. Tang Shuai seized the opportunity to flash by and broke the ball.
Mircep has been fighting in the league for many years and has already become extremely skilled in back-to-beat technology. This moment can be said to be the only flaw in his technology, but he was caught by Tang Shuai and intercepted the ball in an instant.
"Is this a coincidence?" After watching the replay, Snyder's heart was confused. Everyone knew Tang Shuai's defense. If it weren't for Kupcheck's gambling-style tricks, the Lakers' record would have plummeted, but no matter how he wanted to break his head, he couldn't figure out how Tang Shuai's defense would have improved so much in a short period of time. So in his heart, he would rather believe that this was just a coincidence.
"This must be a coincidence." He muttered to himself softly, and then signaled the team to continue to find opportunities for Mircep.
Speaking of the tactical execution of the Spurs team, it is definitely better than other teams. Despite the hard defense of other Lakers, the Jazz still created the opportunity for Millsep to play Tang Shuai alone.
However, compared to the last goal, they did not seem so nervous because of Tang Shuai's performance of intercepting the ball to the bottom.
Mir Saip was much more careful when he hit his back at this time, and he always looked at Tang Shuai's hand, afraid that he would be cut off again.
Tang Shuai did not rush to take action, but instead calmed down his center of gravity and did not give Mircepu a chance to play in.
Millsaipu played for six or seven seconds, but he didn't have the chance to go in. In the end, he had to choose to shoot back again.
Tang Shuai took the steal, and Millsp successfully avoided it, but the threat he was still there, which caused his technical action to be completely deformed. In the end, facing the interference of Tang Shuai's eye-blocking defense, he leaned back and turned around and made a three-no-touch move.
A power forward played a point guard on the back and actually made a three-no-touch shot, which made the fans on the scene burst into laughter.
Snyder also seemed very dissatisfied. When Millsaipu returned to defense, he couldn't help but shouted at him: "What the hell are you doing?"
Mircep looked helpless. At this time, he was the most distressed person. In fact, he didn't know why Tang Shuai's defense became so strong. He obviously played every single shot in the regular season before.
"Defeat him and prove your strength!" When the Jazz attacked again, Snyder used an order tone to Millsep.
It was another chance to eat forcibly. This time Mircep's offense was much more fierce than before.
The muffled sound of "bang bang" continued, and the two people continued to collide with their limbs.
Tang Shuai was not superior in height and weight, but he was not at all inferior in strength confrontation, and the audience was also very excited.
At this moment, Mircep seized an opportunity and turned around and passed Tang Shuai, and got the ball and was about to start a dunk.
"Bang!"
However, the moment he started, he suddenly realized that he had lost control of the ball. When he looked back, he found that Tang Shuai had once again cut off the ball in his hand like a ghost.
"What..." He couldn't understand how all this was born.
But he could no longer stop Shuai Tang.
Tang Shuai's goal was faster than he thought, and he didn't give other Jazz players a chance to make up for defense. After rushing to the frontcourt with one-handed slash, he directly staged a one-handed slash.
The emotions of the audience were immediately inspired to **.
After hitting this goal, the Lakers counterattacked the Jazz with a 6-o-o-shot and regained the lead.
Snyder finally couldn't stand it anymore, so he reached out and called a timeout. It was said that things were only three times. Mircep failed to succeed in three consecutive singles. He also knew that Tang Shuai was not the Tang Shuai before.
The ball that Tang Shuai just now was played on the LED screen on the scene. It was not until this time that the fans realized that Tang Shuai was deliberately giving Mircep the chance to turn around. When he turned around, he grabbed the moment the ball was exposed and intercepted the ball directly.
This ball is bold, but what is even more shocking is the timing and degree of stealing, which is definitely first-class.
This time, not only Snyder, but even the fans do not understand why Shuai Tang has made such great progress on the defensive end.
However, unlike Snyder, the fans' way of thinking is different. They won't go into it too much. After the initial surprise, they will be excited.
If Tang Shuai's defense is so strong, he will obviously lead the Lakers to go further in the playoffs with an integrated offense and defense.
After returning from the timeout, Snyder adjusted his strategy, perhaps because he realized that Millsep did not have an advantage in movement and did not arrange for the latter to fight back. However, it was obvious that he was not giving up. He still didn't believe that Tang Shuai could have such a high defense improvement over a period of time, so he should use Burke to break out on the front.
And Tang Shuai's response was quite simple.
"Bang!"
After Burke swayed in the cross step and tried to pass Tang Shuai, his ball was slapped by Tang Shuai with one slap. (To be continued.)8
...
Chapter completed!