Chapter 154: Two People Are Enough

The opening jump ball, Ji Guoqiu vs Oku, the result was not suspenseful at all, the Turks couldn't even win against Yao Ming, and they had no chance of winning against Brother Panda.

The referee blew the whistle, Ji Guoqiu jumped easily, reached out and dialed the basketball to Artest, and the beast passed the basketball to Black Parker, and the Clippers attacked first.

The Jazz players quickly switched to defense, and Dunleavy Sr. had already emphasized the brutality of the Utah defense yesterday, and the Clippers players had seen this on the road, which is why the Jazz fouled a lot.

The Utah have always liked to make their opponents uncomfortable with tough defenses, and have pinned their hopes on the referee to turn a blind eye to some hidden body movements. To put it bluntly, the Jazz are dirty defensively, they send opponents to the free throw line more times than any team in the league, and the Jazz players are so fierce on the defensive end that their actions can be described as rampant, so much so that people always wonder if they are in the same sport as other teams.

The Clippers used a switched defense on the defensive end, and Sloan did not have a similar arrangement, so on the offensive end, Ji Guoyi still played against Boozer, and Ji Guoqiu against Oku.

As soon as Boozer came up, he was in a direction that the referee couldn't see, and secretly gave Ji Guozhi an elbow, which was called Xia Ma Wei in Chinese.

"Bastard, I knew you were going to come to this trick, but Lao Tzu learned it from Camby, you eat shit!" Ji Guozhi used the method of Camby to play him at the beginning, and he used Boozer to take advantage of it.

The referee officiating this game is Steve, one of the five active whistlers in the NBA. Jia Wei, but the actions of these two people are carried out in secret, and the degree of concealment is very high. Even Javi didn't find out.

Boozer did not have a shame on the country. The lower abdomen hit the little fox by an elbow first. Fortunately, he has rough skin and thick meat, so this little damage is nothing.

Ji Guoyi took the opportunity to get rid of Boozer, rushed into the Jazz restricted area, jumped to receive an aerial relay from Black Parker, and poured the basketball into the basket with both hands.

The Utah's small action failed, and the Clippers' little fox gave the Jazz a dismount at the beginning!

Boozer was depressed in his heart, rubbed his stomach, and secretly said that the trick just now was really high. This kid doesn't look very old, but his methods are so vicious!

"Are you alright?" Oku asked aloud as he passed by, seeing that Boozer was a little distracted.

"It's fine." Boozer, of course, will not show weakness in front of his teammates, it is not an honorable thing to be plotted by a rookie, low-key and low-key......

Ji Guozhi was secretly happy in his heart, this move was a defensive counterattack trick learned from Camby, the Clippers fought with the Nuggets twice, but he suffered a lot in the hands of Camby, if it weren't for the fact that Camby had the temperament of a grandmaster, he would only punish him every time. The little fox is estimated to have been lying in the hospital for ten and a half days, just like Randolph.

But although I have suffered a lot. But under the repeated defeats, Ji Guoyan learned a lot from Camby, looking at Boozer who secretly rubbed his lower abdomen, he thought proudly: "You Boozer is a villain, grandpa and I are not good people, today is your fox grandpa's home field, just to have a good competition with you." ”

The Jazz's victory contribution value this year is WS (WinShares), and the No. 1 player is no longer Carlos last year. Boozer, Little Fat Delon the Young. Williams' WS of 11.3 far surpassed Boozer's 9.9 last season. So starting this season, the Jazz's core players have become the younger Delon. Williams, the little fat man, is now the new leader of the Jazz.

The future Brooklyn "webmaster", the current Utah "little fat man" has not fallen, but is working with Chris. Paul has the upper hand in the battle for the No. 1 point guard. This year, the little fat man has averaged 18+10 per game, and he is a proper All-Star point guard.

The elder Dunleavy dealt with the Jazz's defensive arrangement, although it was mainly on the inside, but he would not ignore Delong. Williams was shooting nearly 40 percent from three-point range, and Black Parker didn't give the little fat man a chance to shoot a three-point shot.

Boozer came out to block and dismantle, and the Jazz's blocking and dismantling tactics have been famous since the beginning of the double evil, and now the little fat man and the anti-bone boy still rely on blocking and dismantling and tough defense to fight the world.

However, the Clippers players watched the Jazz complete the pick-and-roll, and no one stepped forward to delay it. The Clippers defenders set up their formation, stepped on the free throw line and put on a posture that you would shoot directly in the high post and wait until you shoot correctly. But if you want to break in, then we will beat more people and less people, and we will kill you!

The anti-bone boy and the little fat man were very depressed when they saw this, and Delong saw that he was not under much pressure on defense, so he shot directly in the high position and hit a piece of iron angrily!

Delong. Williams' shooting percentage is not bad, but a single jump shot is not particularly accurate, and Black Parker also made some blocks for his shooting, and the little fat man is not an open shot.

Ji Guoqiu got the rebound, quickly passed to Black Parker, and then accelerated with his younger brother left and right. This is also the old Dunleavy's arrangement for the Jazz, most of the Utah players are black and hard, little fat, Brewer, Boozer, Oku, except for Kirilenko, the other 4 starters have excellent defensive ability when playing positional war, but their defensive ability is average, and it can even be said that it is not good.

When the center and power forward are on the fast break, they run in front of the team's scoring guard and small forward, which is absolutely the only one in the league. The speed of the two brothers is a little faster than Artest and Posey, and sometimes the Clippers' fast-break counterattack starts, giving people the feeling that they are five people playing fast-break together, more warriors than the Suns!

The Jazz returned to defense at full speed, Boozer and Oku still fell behind, the Clippers finished more and less, Ji Guoyi stopped on the wing and received the ball from his teammates in the middle distance, and scored another goal with an open jumper, scoring four points in a row in the opening game.

Sloane looked ugly on the sidelines, in the last game, they were exposed to the Clippers' joint defense at home, and that game was extremely ugly, and it was not easy to win the Clippers if it were not for the help of home court advantage and the home whistle. As soon as the game started, the Clippers showed their determination to win, which was not good for them.

The little fat man is an excellent point guard, receiving the serve, and not rushing to attack, dribbling to the frontcourt to gesture to his teammates. It's still steady.

The Clippers ignored the Jazz's pick-and-roll. Then they don't bother with the Clippers. If you can't fight each other, see who can't hold it first?

Boozer pulled down the high post again, the anti-bone boy didn't want to catch the ball in the low post and attacked, but the Clippers strictly defended the inside, and he fell to the low post to encounter a double bag, it was difficult to get a good offensive opportunity, it was better to come out and try to shoot the middle distance, as long as they could kill the Clippers on the outside. I am not afraid that the Clippers will not expand the defense.

The little fat man dribbled into the free throw line, and the Clippers immediately doubled up to wrap it, and Delon sent the basketball behind him without looking.

Boozer shifted to the wing to receive the ball and opened his hands to make a shooting pose.

Ji Guoqiu only came up at this time to reach out to block, and the basketball was thrown by Boozer in a gesture of throwing ** bags......

"Bang!" The sound was like a bag hitting a bunker.

The Jazz apparently missed the shot again, and both 18-foot shots ended in iron.

The corners of old Dunleavy's mouth moved, and he couldn't help but laugh. The opponent missed two consecutive shots, which was a huge boost to the Clippers' defensive confidence, and strengthened the defensive tactics they formulated before the game. In turn, the pressure on the Jazz will be greater than ever. When there is a lot of pressure, you will be nervous, and the biggest possibility of being nervous is naturally that the shot is more inaccurate. Jazz has no thunder. Aaron is such a big killer to break the joint defense. This is the reason why the elder Dunleavy dared to shrink back into defense.

The score was 7 minutes and 45 seconds in the first quarter, and the score was 11:4.

The Jazz got off to a bad start, shooting 2-of-8 from the field, and there was no other adjective to describe it except "iron."

Sloan finally couldn't take it anymore, called a timeout, and took the lead in making a substitution adjustment, which turned Ronnie, who had no three-point ability. Brewer replaces and replaces three-point shooter Kyle. Korver. This is an outside shooter they traded from the 76ers not long ago, so that they will not be at a loss if they encounter the Clippers' kind of defense. This season, many of the games they lost were lost because the opponent set up an iron bucket formation and couldn't shoot from the outside.

The game restarted, and the Jazz lineup became: Delon. Williams, Kyle. Korver, Andrey. Kirilenko, Carlos. Boozer, Memet. Oku.

The last time the two teams met, Kyle. Korver hasn't traded to the Jazz yet.

Dunleavy Sr. saw that Sloan had replaced a shooter and wanted to expand the team's defense, but after a little hesitation, he decided to take a look at the situation.

After the pause, the Jazz now has 3 reliable outside three-point players, Little Fatty, Korver, Oku's three-point lethality is not small, Kirilenko's three-point this season is not iron, the Clippers' defensive layout allows the Jazz to find an outside three-point opportunity without too much effort.

Posey and Black Parker caught the dribble and broke through the little fat man, and the outside line leaked out of Korver, Delon. Williams was an excellent passer, making a ground-and-ball pass that quickly sent the basketball to Korver, who had been ambushed on the outside.

Artest slammed forward and almost missed the ball.

The Clippers' defense will inevitably open the space, but they are not without ways to make up for it, and steals and passes are the top priority. Only passing the basketball over is called an empty position, and if it is broken, it is nothing. It's a pity that the little fat man is not an ordinary point guard, this ball passed to the ground, the angle and timing were very tricky, and he avoided Artest's interception.

Korver catches the ball and shoots quickly......

"Huh!" Basketball hollow into the net!

To Kyle. For a three-point shooter like Korver, if he can't shoot an open opportunity, it's a loss of work, and this goal is scored cleanly!

Old Dunleavy shouted at the players from the sidelines, "Expand out!" ”

Clippers players receive instructions from their coaches and immediately know what to do. Their kind of defense, unless the opponent does not have a three-point shooter, will inevitably send the team's three-point shooter to break the deadlock after facing their joint defense setback, forcing the Clippers to expand the defense to the outside.

The Jazz's goal has been achieved, 3 three-point shooters, and the Clippers will really be shot alive if they don't come out if they stay inside!

The Clippers attacked, the twin brothers blocked and dismantled on the line, and Black Parker broke through with the help of Ji Guoqiu's cover on the left wing, attracted the defense and distributed the basketball to James who was empty in the left bottom corner. Posey, who also got up and down, got back the three points he had lost for the Clippers.

The Jazz quickly counterattacked, the Clippers defense pressed to the outside this time, and the formation was changed to a three-two joint defense, and the two brothers stood in two waist positions, not only to make up for the outside breakthrough at any time, but also to prevent the Jazz from attacking in the low post. The defensive task is very heavy.

DeLong won't have a hard time breaking through Black Parker. A combination of speed and power. The little fat man changed direction with a simple change, and he easily killed Black Parker in the direction guarded by Ji Guoqiu.

"To wrap or not to pack?" Ji Guoqiu's heart is also entangled, no matter what he does, there will be loopholes, so he chooses to wrap up.

Boozer was let go and immediately cut to the basket. Williams sent a delicate air relay that went directly to Ji Guoyi's hands......

"How is that possible, when did he come running?"

Delon, who is proud that he is about to get an assist. Williams. and Boozer, who imagined that he was about to stage an air relay, shouted at the same time!

Ji Guoyan appeared out of thin air like a ghost at this moment and robbed the basketball from it.

The elder Dunleavy waved his hand hard off the court, which is why they have always insisted on playing joint defense, they have the most tacit interior line in the league, which can make up for the loopholes to the greatest extent.

Artest and Posey are already down, Ji Guoyi passed a half-court long pass, accurately found Artest, the beast took the ball with his ugly, but practical layup posture, pushed Kirilenko to put the basketball into the basket.

The Clippers fans in the "Staples" arena have long been strange. didn't immediately send their biggest cheers when Ji Guoshi broke the ball, but waited for Artest to score the basketball. That's a huge cheer for their players!

Kirilenko and Artest, nicknamed AK47, are both top defensive experts in the league, but Artest is more dangerous than Kirilenko on the offensive end, and his impact is stronger.

Ji Guoyi's break this time made Delong. Williams did not dare to cooperate with Boozer in a small area for a short time. The little fat man strengthened his breakthrough, and the three-two joint defense was very effective against the outside shooter, but the corresponding breakthrough would be insufficient. The NBA's three-second zone makes it easier to break through, but it also makes it more difficult to break through defensively, and it's hard for the Clippers to defend the interior with just two men, at least in Delon. Williams seems to be so.

The first quarter was tied at 24-20, and the Clippers' defense was significantly better at home than on the road.

The two brothers are becoming more and more well-founded on the defensive end, and the two of them are not like ordinary interior lines who only guard their own one-acre three-point land, sticking to the basket and selling high. They have been trying to be like Garnett or Duncan, moving around the court, combining speed and confrontation with a defensive style, constantly using their long arms, height, and speed to defend opposing players, and inflict extreme pressure on the enemy.

The defense required that the interior players not run around on the field, but the two brothers could, and they were in different positions each round, and the two kept switching positions, making Boozer and Oku one head and two big.

The Jazz were able to keep the deficit within five points in the first quarter, relying on their equally excellent defense, as well as the excellent play of the little fat man and the outside shooter, the Jazz's three-point shooting was a kind of explosion today, shooting 3 of 6, which is why they were able to withstand the Clippers' offense.

Sloan traded to Korver to make up for his team's weakness on the outside. Now it seems that the 76ers' three-point shooter is solid enough from the outside, and his three-point shot is a great addition to the Jazz.

"We're doing a good job, they're going to shoot three-pointers for the first quarter or even half of the court, but they're never going to be right for the whole game! We're now four points ahead, and we can extend the lead in the second quarter to show Utah that our second tier is no small either. ”

The elder Dunleavy was very satisfied with his team's performance in the first quarter, the two brothers played the first quarter, and the two of them had to rest for at least five minutes in the second quarter, which was the time of the team's second echelon.

The Clippers fielded a combination of Cassel, Mobley, Garcia, Thomas, and Davis in the second quarter.

The two brothers sat on the sidelines to rest, and the Clippers' second-echelon team changed to man-marking on the court, emphasizing that there was no wrap-up, and the players kept an eye on their opponents, and did not give the opponent too many opportunities for three-point and air cuts. In fact, this is a three-point defensive outside line-up that doesn't play the ball right away, which is completely opposite to the Clippers' previous defense.

In this game, the Clippers actually don't look like the Celtics' hybrid defense, and Dunleavy Sr. often cancels the one-man defense and four-man defense. They are now trying to defend as a team, with the two brothers defending the box and part of the mid-range, taking on at least half of the team's defensive duties, making the perimeter defense more solid, which is the formation they use specifically against teams that shoot from the outside. There are 29 opponents in the league, each team has strengths and weaknesses, and the Clippers cannot rely on a set of formations to play all over the world, and must change different formations at any time according to the opponent's configuration to deal with the enemy's various playing styles.

Normally, it would be difficult for only two people to defend such a large area, but the two brothers relied on their super mobility and excellent tacit understanding, and they really used only two people to complete the workload of three people in the first quarter. In this way, the Clippers are still airtight on the inside, and having three players on the outside can also ensure that they are not penetrated by the enemy's shooter group.

Jazz, Boozer scored 6 points in the first quarter, Oku only hit a mid-range, the two combined only scored 8 points, the two brothers' defensive performance is very good, except for Ji Guoqiu, when Boozer is alone, he can't defend the opponent.

In the second quarter, Sloan also sent the second echelon to the court, and the Jazz's bench depth was better than that of the Clippers. Hart, Ronnie. Brewer, Kyle. Korver, Paul. Millsap, Jalen. Corinthian composition.

In this lineup of the Jazz, the elder Dunleavy is most worried about Ronnie. Brewer and Paul. Millsap, Sloan has always liked such muscular, explosive players, this Millsap is a bit like a pauper-like Boozer, excellent defense, accurate half-volleys, good at grabbing rebounds, the disadvantage is that the ability to carry the basket is not good enough, too short, not flexible enough.

Old Dunleavy thought very unkindly in his heart that these advantages of Millsap should be enough to blow up three Tims. Thomas, he doesn't ask Thomas to defend the opponent, he just wants the opponent to score a few, he can make up for it on the offensive end, and that's enough. (To be continued......)