Plateau's home game in Salt Lake City is a back-to-back, which is indeed very physiologically affected. So this is a test. Someone has calculated back-to-back games, and the probability of losing will suddenly increase a lot. And the probability of being in poor condition will also be higher. Go
After arriving at the plateau home court, he felt even more uncomfortable. Lakers veteran Pierce didn't feel very happy that day. Larry Brown was also very reasonable and quickly put Pierce on the injured list to rest. Because for Pierce
, the playoffs are where veterans like him really start to show their strength, not here. This is also the correct usage of many veterans, play casually in the regular season, and really show their strength in the playoffs.
Pierce exploded in the playoffs last year, which is a typical example.
The Jazz currently have 36 wins and 37 losses this season. There is still hope for entering the playoffs, but they must win more and lose less in subsequent games. Therefore, the Jazz have been playing very fiercely recently, which makes the teams that play against them feel it.
It's not an ordinary tough game. In this game, the Jazz also broke out collectively. This kind of game is very difficult to play, very difficult to play. Basically, the probability of losing is more than 80%. Even if it happens to the Warriors,
It should also be easy to kneel.
Therefore, when many teams encounter this situation, they simply give up and don't waste energy trying to fight.
In the first quarter, the Lakers felt that it was difficult to play. The opponent did not play like a team on the edge of the playoffs, but like a super strong team, with tacit cooperation, tricky movement, and smooth shots. This is
The overall status is online, which is very troublesome. An ordinary player can probably play the role of a star or a quasi-star in this game. The Lakers' starting five is still Tang Qian + Randle + Ariza
+ Butler + Rondo. The impact of Bosh's injury and retirement has gradually been minimized. The "collapse" that many experts and professors talked about has not occurred.
The Jazz's starting lineup tonight is: Rodney Hood + Shelvin Mark + Derrick Favors + Gordon Hayward + Rudy Gobert. In fact, these people are not famous, at least
It is still the case now. Gobert's defense has not really reached its peak, and the real star player is Hayward. No, it is still the 15-16 season, and Hayward has not been selected to the All-Star team at all. So this ball
The team's star power is really low. Therefore, this game will naturally not be taken seriously, and it does not have the benefit of a national broadcast.
The Lakers are now in great momentum, with 20 consecutive victories, and the run-in after the All-Star Game has basically been completed. Therefore, everyone feels that the entire league, except for a few teams, is not worth mentioning. They are not their opponents. This kind of
We all know that this mentality should not appear, but, when you are really winning all the time and are indeed much stronger than your opponent, this is an uncontrollable emotional secretion.
Besides, when the Lakers play against the Jazz this season, it’s like playing against Sun Tzu. Every time they play, they’re always on time, so they’re inevitably a little careless. It’s better to be as serious and cautious as the Warriors and Spurs prepare for the game. Of course.
, to continue playing in the same pre-game state as against the Warriors and Spurs for the entire season is simply asking for death. Human energy cannot bear it.
There is an old saying that goes: one piece of mind and one piece of mind, the way of civility and martial arts is not unreasonable.
Therefore, this game is a game that everyone feels can be used to "relax" and rest a little.
As a result, they all got slapped together from the beginning. Tang Qian was a little confused when the other team attacked the basket crazily. Moreover, Derek Favors, the "snake man" on the defensive end, actually made Tang Qian an offensive foul at an absolute disadvantage.
???Tang Qian committed three personal fouls at the beginning and had to come off the court to rest. Without Tang Qian sitting at the basket, the Jazz played even crazier. Favors hit the basket with the ball and succeeded, and Gobert succeeded.
He turned around and got rid of Thackeray's defense, and then relied on his super wingspan to dunk the ball with a slight tiptoe. He also caused the Lakers' defender to make up for it. 2+1 was successful.
This was just the beginning. Then there was an attack. The Jazz missed a shot from outside. Then Gobert actually succeeded in a one-handed dunk through the defensive player. This time, the Jazz's momentum was completely opened up.
Now, Gobert has also begun to perform strongly in the paint. His wingspan has reached 235cm, which is a super monster level. Many of the Lakers' goals that should have been scored have been interfered with by him. The worst one is Randall.
, his impactful play became a target in the first quarter tonight, and he was blocked 4 times in a single quarter, of which Gobert alone accounted for 3 times.
Although he is a space-based insider, Gobert's defensive awareness and positioning are very talented. Tang Qian looked at it from the court and couldn't help but frowned. This guy is really good. He will probably enter the defense in the future.
That's it. Without him, he is very likely to grow into the absolute core defensive level competing for DPOY. Even with the substitute lineup, the Jazz played with great momentum, tip-in and dunk, which happened several times in a single quarter.
.The Lakers were actually scored a full 40 points by their opponents in the first quarter???
This is extremely rare, and it shows how confused the Lakers were in the opening game.
So fierce? Is this still the Jazz? Isn’t this the Warriors? Damn, this is definitely abnormal!
Larry Brown was still shouting loudly on the sidelines at first, but gradually, he also stopped shouting. Because as an experienced head coach, he could see that this was a collective explosion of the opponent's state.
This kind of ball is not easy to hit. If you hit it, it means you are unlucky tonight. Of course, Larry Brown made adjustments, but in the second quarter, his opponent's long shot started again, which was a bit difficult to resist.
It doesn't seem possible to drop anyone. An unknown Chris Johnson has already made three 3-pointers. What are you going to do?
If you defend in a zone, your opponent will shoot from long range, and if you mark him man-to-man, your opponent can still score in isolation, and your rebounding will also be blown up because Tang Qian is not around. In addition, your perimeter will be affected by back-to-back games at home in Plateau, which is very bad. Currently, you have made 13 shots.
Only 2 hits were made this time. This hit rate is appalling. It's 15% at the bottom. What about the opponent's three-pointers? It's more than 45%. This is the team's hit rate. Normally it should be much lower than 40%.
For example, even the Warriors this season are only a little over 40%. This is because their Splash Brothers are at their peak this season. Otherwise, the Warriors used to be less than 40%. An average team,
35% or 36% is about the same. A bit closer is just over 30%. So you can imagine what the Jazz's 3-point shooting percentage is now.
If that's the case, forget it. There's no way to do it. You can just go for it, and then wait for the opponent's touch to return to normal before strengthening the defense and slowly chasing points. With the strength of the Lakers, the probability is still not small. But, people are all different.
Everyone has an amazing touch, Derrick Favors, which clearly shows that he is a player with no long-range shooting ability. Although he beat Cousins and Monroe in the draft that year, it was only his physical talent and physical potential that were overlooked.
Everyone is optimistic about him. In addition, he has a gentle temper and does not have much anger when playing, so he has never been able to achieve much success. Excessive weight gain has also slowed down his athleticism and movement.
But for such a person, in this game, he roared loudly after a domineering dunk, which was abnormal. Moreover, this big brother also made a step-back jumper under Randall's defense.
His posture was not good-looking, but he scored. Still, Randall's ball hit his face. This made people a little frustrated. This guy's mid-to-long-range shots within 16 to 23 feet only had a career shooting percentage of just over 30%.
Ah. This hit rate can be played like this? Why do I not believe it?
Coupled with Shelvin Mark's emergency mid-range shot, second-year Hood's triple threat directly pulled out Butler, and the Lakers' defense was in a mess.
In fact, if you watch the game, you will know that the Lakers' defense basically has no major problems, and it should be defended in this way. However, tonight's obviously very good defense was a bit unable to guard against people. These people can't even defend some ordinary players.
It was really unexpected that the ball that could not be hit at all could be made at one's fingertips. The Lakers prepared in a hurry and suffered a heavy blow from a charged shock wave.
The defense was like a chaotic step after step. When the help came to the defense, the opponent actually started the team's high-energy organization. It was almost perfect to break the defense and get the ball. After receiving the ball from the outside, he hit another mid-range shot. Larry Brown called
A timeout was called, but the effect was not significant. The Lakers seemed to have lost their momentum in this game, and the opponents also collectively exploded, leaving everyone speechless.
So, let's just give up on this game.
Larry Brown also had this thought in his mind, but at this time someone disagreed. As soon as No. 29 saw the former's substitution, he immediately stood up and interrupted: "Sir, this ball can't be played like this, we still have time.
, we still have a chance to win." Larry Brown looked at Tang Qian, hesitated, and gave him a face. But when Tang Qian came back on the field, when everyone thought that the core bones had returned, they could counterattack in one fell swoop. Jazz.
The team's two consecutive three-pointers extinguished the Lakers players' counterattack.
There's no way around it. The Jazz were too accurate tonight. Look at the shooting percentage. It's almost 50% from three points. How can we play like this?
Forget it, it doesn’t matter if you give up a game.
If you lose this kind of game, you don’t blame the players, it’s just unlucky.
We will encounter it several times in a season. Whoever encounters it will be unlucky.
Larry Brown is also very direct. He simply cuts it off. It’s not worth fighting for a regular season game like this. This is also what most protagonist coaches do. There is no problem. There are 82 games in the regular season. This situation is not normal.
, fighting hard is too laborious. Giving up appropriately is also a coaching art of a head coach. If someone really wants to never lose a game and win every game, this kind of person is more suitable for college basketball, because that is a single-game elimination.
, but not with NAB Professional Basketball.
In the locker room, Larry Brown announced his decision. He didn't mean to give up directly, but he could see the clues from the substitutions. It turned out that he didn't use all the main players. This was the third quarter, and it was basically the same from the beginning.
It’s time for the main players to return. So, even if I don’t make it clear, everyone knows it. Although it’s a bit depressing, they are all professional players, and there seems to be nothing unacceptable. I won’t go on a rampage until the Jazz is in a normal state next time.
That’s it? Let’s vent our anger then.
The opponents tonight are all buffed. They are too difficult to defeat.
But at this time, someone said: "Let me play." Everyone turned their eyes. After seeing this person, they all chose to persuade them. Mainly because they felt that there was no need to spend so much energy for a regular season. Everyone also
It's all back-to-back, so we need to slow down a little bit. It doesn't matter if we fight hard in the playoffs, there's really no need for it in the regular season.
After listening to everyone's opinions, Tang Qian said after a while: "I understand what you mean. I don't ask everyone to fight every game. Indeed, it's not worth doing it back to back. I also know the state of my opponent. However, I
I still want to go up and give it a try." Tang Qian really wasn't forcing everyone by saying this, he also made it clear what he meant, and he is different from these people, he can just sleep and won't get into back-to-back troubles
.Therefore, when he said this, he really had no other meaning.
It's boring to push his teammates too much. Although he also wants everyone not to give up, he has seen the situation in the locker room now. There are almost no people on his side. Even the head coach doesn't support him doing this. So, he might as well do it himself
Go up and give it a try. If you can't win, at least you have tried hard. If you win, you can use your actions to teach everyone a lesson.
Actions are always louder than words.
Tang Qian never doubted this.
So he has to play. Moreover, if he doesn't play, many things will really be lost. All things considered, he must go up and give it a try.
Larry Brown saw that Tang Qian insisted on playing and had no objection. However, he made it clear to Tang Qian that he would not let the others go up to avoid excessive consumption and increase the possibility of injuries. Tang Qian expressed his understanding.
What the head coach needs to consider and the starting point he needs to consider are indeed different from those of the players. So he doesn't blame Larry Brown and nods to show that he has no objections.
Therefore, at the beginning of the second half, the outside world was "scared" by the Lakers' lineup.
What, what is this? Only one starting player is on the court??? What is going on???
Tianchao Sports Channel.
"Director Zhang, this is, what does the Lakers mean? This lineup?" Meteor Rain has never played professional basketball, so he is still a little confused. Zhang Weiping saw through it at a glance.
He shook his head and said: "This is Larry Brown and the Lakers preparing to give up this game. Yes, they have lost so much and the opponent is in good overall condition. It is not a bad idea to selectively give up. He is very experienced.
It makes sense. The Lakers are definitely in the top three in the Western Conference now, so they don’t have to spend too much money in one regular season. Plus, it’s back-to-back, so the players’ consumption is not small.”
Meteor Rain didn't really listen to the rest of the analysis, but he just heard one thing: The Lakers are going to... give up this time?
"Admit defeat? Hot, I'm sorry, our state is really terrible tonight, it's normal that you can't win." The boss Hayward on the opposite side rarely can show off in front of the league's number one center, so he feels in a good mood,
It's very refreshing. Even if this is not the normal strength of the Jazz, a win is a win. It's okay to chat and have fun while the situation is good. I really don't know when the next time will be.
To be happy in life, you must have all the fun.
After hearing this, No. 29 on the opposite side suddenly asked: "Who said we gave up?"
"Ah? You didn't give up? Then why did you put this lineup together?" Hayward was also a little confused, because it was obviously basically all substitutes. What else is this but giving up? There is nothing that can't be said about giving up tactics.
Yes. We are all professional players and we all understand.
"Of course it's to win. There's no need to ask. Are you playing to lose?" Tang Qian's words are not wrong. There is nothing wrong with him. Who comes to play to lose? But, but, this is wrong, you guys
This must be a bluff. Thinking of this, Hayward regained his composure and said: "Don't be ridiculous, this kind of joke is too low and has no meaning. Even a fool can see what your head coach means now."
"Then be careful, you are worse than a fool." After Tang Qian finished speaking, he turned to the other four Lakers players and said, "Are you all ready? Defend your opponent, reverse the score, and then go to the next away game to win. All of them.
understand?"
I bet, this guy really knows how to act, he does all the tricks.
Hayward sighed a little.
PS: I will continue to try the 10,000-word explosion tomorrow~Please give me some support~~~~Give Xiaozi some motivation~~~~~~~