After defeating the Grizzlies, the Warriors rushed to Salt Lake City overnight to challenge the Utah Jazz back-to-back.

As we all know, the Jazz’s home stadium, Energy Solutions Arena, is known as the “Devil’s Home Arena”.

Playing here not only has to overcome altitude sickness, but also endure the boos and abuse from the home fans.

These are only external factors and cannot play a decisive role. The most important thing is that the Jazz itself is not weak.

They are a strong team that has made the playoffs all year round and are known for their iron-blooded defense. No matter who wants to withdraw from Energy Solutions Arena, they have to lose a layer of skin.

Therefore, most players in the league dislike coming to Energy Solutions Arena to play.

Their state is very easily affected here and they cannot produce good data.

The most important thing is that there are very few bars and nightclubs in Salt Lake City, and there is a lack of places to relax.

To sum up, it is very difficult for the Warriors to escape unscathed, so they can only give it a try.

During the entrance ceremony, Sun Yi felt the "enthusiasm" of the Salt Lake City fans.

"Oh my goodness, these fans are so crazy. They remind me of the game against North Carolina in the NCAA finals. I wonder what it would be like to silence these lunatics."

Sun Yi listened to the boos and curses and complained to Curry on the side.

"Sun, you still have a strong psychological quality, and you can still talk and laugh at this time."

Curry eased his nervousness by chatting and joking with Sun Yi.

After that, the two came to the bench and got ready to play.

After the entrance ceremony, the starting lineups of both sides were displayed on the big screen.

Warriors starting lineup: Curry, Moreau, Maggette, Sun Yi, Randolph.

Jazz starting lineup: Deron, Matthews, Kirilenko, Boozer, Okur.

Seeing the Jazz's starting players reminded Sun Yi of the Mosaic team's game against the Jazz in the past.

Under the guidance of coach Sloan, the Jazz were simply the Mosaic's nemesis. They continuously eliminated the Mosaic in the playoffs, making it impossible for the Yao-Mai combination to overcome the Jazz.

Moreover, Boozer also became famous and was labeled as Yao's nemesis.

Sun Yi doesn't think Boozer is better than Dayao. It's just that this guy relies on the Jazz's tactical system to avoid the important and take the easy.

If Dayao is given a reliable fourth position, he can hang up Boozer and Okur with one hand.

Without thinking too much, Sun Yi swept away the distracting thoughts in his mind and concentrated on preparing for the battle.

Not long after, the game officially started.

Not long after the game started, the Warriors fell into a disadvantage.

It may be due to back-to-back reasons, or it may be due to the influence of the Devils' home court, which makes the Warriors' players out of shape and their strength is greatly reduced.

The two shooters Curry and Moreau encountered the Jazz's strong defense and frequently failed to shoot three-pointers.

Even if he can't score from the outside, he often makes mistakes in passing and cutting coordination.

Sun Yi found that when he passed the ball, his teammates were always half a beat too slow to react, leading to passing errors.

For this reason, he did not dare to lead the ball again, but waited for his teammates to reach the designated position before passing the ball.

The shortcomings of this are very obvious. It is impossible to avoid interference from opponents, and the shooting percentage will also be affected.

In this way, the Warriors couldn't open up the offensive end, couldn't play smooth running and gunning, and it was very difficult to narrow the point difference.

As for the defensive end, the Jazz used a classic pick-and-roll tactic to defeat them.

As a run-and-gun team, the Warriors have no need for defense and can only rely on offense to compete with their opponents. Now that they don't even have an offense, it is natural that they lose.

In the second half of the fourth quarter, Sun Yi and Curry could only sigh together on the bench, feeling that they were pitiful and weak.

It’s so miserable!

He was beaten by the Jazz throughout the whole process, and was badly damaged on both offense and defense.

Without the powerful output point of Ellis, it is indeed impossible to compete with a strong team at the playoff level, even if all members of the Warriors perform normally.

In the end, the Warriors lost to the Jazz 84-102.

The performance of the Warriors Gemini was a bit disastrous.

In the 36 minutes played, Sun Yi scored a double-double of 15 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 blocks.

Although his data seems to be quite satisfactory, there is still a certain degree of moisture in it.

When most teams play against a run-and-gun team, they basically don't fight for offensive rebounds, but seize the time to quickly return to defense.

This allowed Sun Yi to seize the opportunity and easily pick up a few backcourt rebounds, which made the data look better.

Curry's performance can only be described as outstanding. In the 30 minutes he played, he scored 9 points and 3 assists.

It was the first time this season that the juniors scored less than 10 points.

Under high-intensity defense, Shaku's physical strength has problems and he cannot support him to play for longer. 30 minutes is basically the limit.

Moreover, a primary school student was at a disadvantage in all aspects against a defender with strong physical fitness like Deron. His thin body could not withstand the impact of Deron, and he was severely taught a lesson.

Back at the hotel where he stayed, Sun Yi did not go back to his room to rest, but went to the gym to use training to relieve the grief of being crushed.

"Hey! It's still too weak to hit more with less like Naocha. It seems that we need to seize the time to upgrade the system level."

Sun Yi devoted himself to training and turned his grief and anger into motivation.

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After losing back-to-back games to the Jazz, the entire Warriors team flew back to Oakland the next day.

The loss to the Jazz did not frustrate the Warriors players.

Because the strength gap between the two sides is indeed too large, the Warriors, who are short of major generals at this stage, simply cannot defeat them.

After returning to Oakland, general manager Larry Riley announced good news.

Former Suns general manager Steve Kerr officially joined the Warriors as an assistant coach in player development.

Warriors players gave Cole a symbolic welcome to Cole's joining, but the management's arrangements have nothing to do with players like them.

Kerr also didn't expect that fate would be so wonderful, and he would still be able to coach Sun Yi, Curry and others after going round and round.

Although he is only an assistant now, he will one day become the head coach of the Warriors.

After the welcome ceremony, Cole couldn't wait to come to Sun Yi's side.

"Sun, long time no see."

"Mr. Cole, long time no see."

After greeting each other, the two exchanged a few words and then went about their respective affairs.

"At this stage, Sun's function is too single, which is simply a waste. I must tap out all his talents."

Cole made up his mind, went to the office, and began to formulate a plan to train Sun Yi.

Sun Yi didn't know that he was being targeted. Even if he knew, he would actively cooperate with Cole. After all, he also wanted to become stronger quickly.

Training time always flies by, and in a blink of an eye it’s game day again.

After a day off, the Warriors faced the Chicago Bulls at home.

At this stage, Derrick Rose has not yet become the youngest MVP, but his strength cannot be underestimated and he has already shown his talents.

This season, he averaged 22.3 points, 3.2 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game, and his strength has reached the All-Star level.

During the warm-up activities, Sun Yi looked at the "roses" that were gradually blooming, and felt silently for the primary school students.

I met two big guys one after another, and their styles were very different. I wonder if Shaku did something sinister and unlucky to be so unlucky.

"I hope Shaku will still be strong after this game."

Sun Yi didn't think much and continued his warm-up activities.

Not long after, the game officially started.

Not long after the game started, it was just as Sun Yi expected.

Rose, who was not seriously injured, was extremely sharp with his dribbling breakthrough. He easily passed Curry and rushed into the paint without any help from his teammates.

Sun Yi rushed back to the penalty area to defend, but was unable to stop Ross who was flying and escaping.

This guy is so fast!

Although they could not prevent the Bulls' offense, the Warriors made up for it on the offensive end.

In this game, the Warriors players regained their form and felt better.

Relying on smooth running and gunning, the Warriors and Bulls were inseparable.

When the game entered the fourth quarter with about three minutes left, the Bulls led by 2 points.

I thought I could reach the final decisive moment.

But at this time Rose stood up strongly and scored 5 points with sudden shots, widening the point difference.

The Warriors wanted to attack from the outside, but Curry and Morrow's three-pointers hit one after another, and they lost the best opportunity to chase points.
To be continued...