Chapter 206 The internal contradictions of the Jazz
After the timeout, both teams made personnel adjustments.
Since the Warriors played back-to-back games, the players' physical strength was more or less affected, so rotation adjustments were made in advance.
The Warriors replaced Ellis and David Lee and replaced Tony Allen and Allen.
The Jazz replaced Deron and Miles and replaced Watson and Hayward.
Seeing Delong being replaced, Sun Yi was slightly surprised.
It seems that this guy really has a big conflict with head coach Sloan.
Although De Xiaopang didn't play, the Warriors still can't take it lightly. They should fight as they should.
The Jazz attacked, and Watson quickly dribbled the ball forward and came to organize the offense outside the three-point line.
Millsap ran forward to coordinate the pick-and-roll.
With the help of the screen, Watson broke into the three-point line, encountered a switch of defense, and passed the ball.
Millsap, who was near the free throw line, received the pass, pushed past Curry who was defending him, and hit a mid-range jumper.
The Warriors quickly sent a baseline pass. Curry received the ball and sprinted forward. Just after half-court, he threw the ball to the right.
Sun Yi, who was on a fast break, received the pass, accelerated towards the basket, and after physical contact with Kirilenko, he threw the ball towards the basket.
The basketball hit the front edge of the basket and bounced out.
Sun Yizeng jumped up, grabbed the basketball in the air with one hand, and dunked into the basket.
Kirilenko, who was knocked back, staggered to steady himself, looked at Sun Yi hanging on the basket, and sighed helplessly.
If it were in the past when he didn't suffer from injuries, he would have been able to defend against this ball, but now he can't even jump.
Time is not forgiving, he is really old!
On the other side, Sun Yi landed smoothly on the floor, turned around and quickly returned to defense.
The Jazz attacked, and Watson and Millsap once again initiated a pick-and-roll cooperation.
This time he failed to succeed and Curry went around the screen in advance to pursue the defense.
When Watson saw the elementary school student in front of him again, he passed the ball without forcing his way to the basket.
Near the free throw line, Millsap received the pass and raised his hand to fake a shot. Seeing that he failed to shake the Arab League, he immediately released the ball and started to break into the penalty area.
Arab League quickly retreated, ready to move laterally to block Millsap's breakthrough route.
Millsap rushed into the penalty area, was double-teamed by Arab League and Chandler, and passed the ball through the gap to the basket.
Jefferson rushed to the basket and prepared to grab the rebound. He received the pass and completed a two-handed slam dunk.
The audience immediately burst into warm applause and cheers.
After the goal, the Jazz players retreated quickly and orderly, following their defenders closely to prevent the Warriors from making a fast break.
Falling into a positional battle, Curry came to the top of the key to organize the attack.
Chandler quickly ran out to coordinate the pick-and-roll.
The Arab League ran to the right corner to ambush, taking the defensive players out of the paint and emptying the Jazz's penalty area.
Seeing this situation, Jefferson did not follow out, but came to the front of the penalty area, where he could not only retreat to the basket, but also rush forward to interfere with the opponent's shooting.
After the pick-and-roll was ready, Curry accelerated around the screen, got rid of Watson's pursuit, broke through to the edge of the penalty area, made a fake move, picked up Jefferson, accelerated to the basket, and scored an easy layup.
Looking back, after the Jazz passed the ball many times, Hayward got an open three-point opportunity and missed the three-point shot.
"The Evil God"
Hayward was this year's No. 8 pick. He didn't get much playing time and was unable to fulfill his potential. This has a lot to do with the environment of his team.
Sloan, the head coach of the Jazz, prefers to trust the old players and is not active in cultivating young players.
Sun Yi rushed back to the basket, grabbed the backcourt rebound, and quickly turned around and advanced towards the frontcourt.
Other Warriors players quickly launched a fast break, tearing apart the Jazz's defense.
The Jazz players have very high tactical literacy and retreat very quickly, following closely behind their own defensive players.
Sun Yi dribbled the ball toward the frontcourt. Seeing that his teammates failed to take advantage of the opportunity, he slowed down and went to the top of the key to organize the attack.
At the same time, Chandler followed up and came to the right position to sideways block Kirilenko.
Sun Yi quickly bypassed the screen, sprinted one or two steps inside the three-point line, immediately picked up the ball, and threw the basketball in his hand gracefully.
A swish sound!
Hollow into the net!
After scoring the goal, Sun Yi quickly turned around and returned to defense, not giving the Jazz a chance to counterattack.
It was the Jazz's turn to attack. Jefferson hit the inside and used his superb inside skills to shake Chandler's center of gravity, turn around and go to the basket for a layup.
In the next few rounds, the two sides played evenly, and the point difference could not be widened.
Just like that, after the first quarter, the score on the big screen was 28 to 22, with the Warriors leading by 6 points.
Not long after, the inter-section break ended and the second quarter began.
The Warriors use Ellis as the core of their offense and develop tactics around him.
For the Jazz, Deron is back on the field, leading a group of substitutes in the rotation phase.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Jazz took the lead.
Deron dribbled to outside the three-point line, passed the ball directly to Millsap, and then ran to the corner.
Millsap received the pass, hit David Lee with his back, slowly reached the right edge of the penalty area, made a series of fake moves, and then turned around and hit a jumper.
It was the Warriors' turn to attack. Ellis cooperated with David Lee in a pick-and-roll, got rid of the defense, broke through to the mid-range area on the right, and hit a pull-up jump shot.
The Jazz served a baseline ball. After Deron dribbled across half court, he passed the ball out again and then ran to the bottom corner to grind against the Yankees.
On the bench, Sun Yi saw the scene on the court and guessed that Deron was still angry with Sloan and was not working hard on the court.
"This is the rhythm of trying to force Sloan away!" Sun Yi complained in his heart.
In order to get Sloan dismissed from get out of class, he did not hesitate to lose the game on purpose. This little fat guy is a cruel person!
Back on the court, the Jazz failed to score in this attack. The Warriors protected the backcourt rebounds and launched a defensive counterattack.
Ellis accelerated the ball to the basket, pulled the lever to avoid interference and scored a layup.
In the next game, the Jazz simply cooperated and then played singles, but the effect was not good.
The Warriors played very easily and their offense was very smooth.
With Deron as an undercover agent, it would be difficult for the Warriors to lose!
On the bench of the Jazz, head coach Sloan saw the scene on the court and almost vomited blood in anger. He immediately replaced Deron, intending not to let him continue to play in this game, and indirectly gave up the game.
Without Deron, the Jazz's strength has dropped significantly.
The Warriors would not be merciful and took advantage of the Jazz's civil unrest to quickly widen the point difference and lay the foundation for victory.
At the end of the half, the Warriors led by 18 points entering the second half.
After a short 15-minute intermission, the second half of the game began.
As soon as the game started in the third quarter, the Jazz did not give in easily. They played team basketball with everyone on board and worked hard to catch up with the score.
Although the Warriors were affected by their physical strength, after rotation adjustments, the players were in pretty good shape and were able to withstand the Jazz's crazy counterattack.
Moreover, he took out his trump card and launched the "elevator door" tactic.
Curry, Ellis and others made great achievements on the outside, further expanding the lead.
At the end of the third quarter, the Warriors led the Jazz by 25 points entering the fourth quarter.
After the start of the fourth quarter, the head coaches of both teams sent in role players with a tacit understanding to play out the remaining garbage time.
In the end, the Warriors defeated the Jazz 112-89, winning their ninth consecutive victory.
In terms of statistics, 5 Warriors players scored in double figures.
Curry was elected the best player of the game. In the 30 minutes he played, he made 5 of 10 three-pointers and scored 25 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals.
Sun Yi scored 17 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
Ellis scored 18 points and 2 assists; David Lee scored 16 points and 8 rebounds; Arab League scored 11 points and 5 rebounds.
For the Jazz, the most outstanding player is Millsap.
In 32 minutes on the court, he scored 18 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block.
After the game, Sun Yi stepped forward to shake hands with the Jazz players.
Among them, he did not find Deron, guessing that this guy might have returned to the locker room early.
After this game, the conflict between De Xiaopang and head coach Sloan can no longer be reconciled, and one of them will inevitably leave.
It's really sad that the master and the apprentice, who were originally brothers and sisters, turned against each other.
Sun Yi didn't think much about it. There were still hidden dangers hidden within them and they didn't want to mind other teams' business. After coming to the sidelines for a post-match interview, he went straight back to the locker room to join the team.
Chapter completed!