NBA: There is nothing wrong with bringing a ball in a fight!

Chapter 87 Ye Qingchen Defends Karl Malone?The big elbow opened the way, and the elbow was broken for you!

In the cognition of Jazz coach Jerry Sloan, all opponents who pose a threat to their team are enemies.

Now, their team's enemy is Ye Qingchen's Lakers team.

Originally, this season, the Jazz had a very good start record, and Karl Malone even almost became the best of the week.

This makes Jerry Sloan full of hope and expectation for this season.

Therefore, before the game against the Lakers, he gave the players a task to win the game.

Jerry Sloan has an absolute right to speak in the Jazz, and all players must listen to him.

Therefore, the task he gave is also for the players of the Jazz to regard it as an imperial decree, thinking about winning the game as soon as possible.

However, what they didn't expect was that in the first round of the opening, Stockton was already directly carried away.

This is a heavy blow to the Jazz, Stockton is the offensive engine of the Jazz.

Without Stockton, the Jazz is equivalent to lacking a locomotive and directly losing the direction of offense.

However, it is impossible for Jerry Sloan to give up the game directly because of Stockton's injury.

In his opinion, the Lakers lineup is also quite weak.

Although the No. 28 rookie player looks quite good, but in Jerry Sloan's view, he is far from enough.

The Jazz will never give up this game because of this. Jerry Sloan rearranged the team's tactics, focusing the offense on the inside, and handing over the ball to Karl Malone and Jeff Malone.

Karl Malone is on the inside and Jeff Malone is on the outside. There is also a good chemical reaction between the two.

And the head coach of the Lakers, Lao Dengtou, is actually quite disgusted with the Jazz.

He hated Jerry Sloan's dead face, as if others owed him forever.

Of course, Jerry Sloan's personality also affected his players, and the Jazz players' personalities are also quite rigid and mean.

Therefore, every time he meets the Jazz, Old Deng feels very upset.

Originally, when he saw Karl Malone fouling Ye Qingchen fiercely, Old Deng wanted to attack the referee directly.

But in the end, it turned out that Ye Qingchen was not injured, and Stockton became the scapegoat instead.

This put Lao Deng in a good mood. It was really quite comfortable to see Jerry Sloan deflated, and it was the result of his players.

However, Old Dengtou still knows a lot about Jerry Sloan.

This game has just begun, although they lost Stockton, but he will never give up this game.

Even, in the next game, their offense and defense will become more aggressive.

Therefore, Old Deng also directly warned Ye Qingchen that he must pay attention to protecting his personal safety in the next game.

Now, for the Lakers, the most important thing is to ensure Ye Qingchen's health. It doesn't matter whether he wins the game or not, but Ye Qingchen must stay healthy.

Because Ye Qingchen is already an important training target for the team, if he gets injured because of fighting for the victory of the game, it is really not worth it.

Even many times, Old Deng wanted to hint to Ye Qingchen that playing basketball really doesn't have to be so hard, they don't care about the outcome of the game anymore.

But he was also worried that Ye Qingchen would lose the sense of urgency to fight after knowing the team's goals.

So, in the end, Old Deng still chose not to tell Ye Qingchen this fact.

After the referee replayed the process of Stockton's injury, he did not make any changes in the penalty.

The timeout ended and the referee signaled for the game to continue.

Ye Qingchen had two chances for free throws, and Ye Qingchen who walked to the free throw line easily made both free throws.

Ye Qingchen's free throw score is currently 78, which can only be regarded as quite satisfactory.

However, Ye Qingchen also discovered that as long as he made free throws in the regular season, his shooting percentage was quite high.

However, if it was at a critical moment, and after making a free throw to overtake the score or tie the score, Ye Qingchen felt that his shooting percentage might not be so stable.

However, free throws pay attention to psychological quality, and he has put a lot of thought into free throws. He doesn't worry too much about free throws.

2: 0!

The Lakers took the lead!

Jazz offense.

Jeff Malone dribbled the ball halfway, and Karl Malone had already succeeded in getting a position at the basket. Jeff Malone quickly passed the ball to Karl Malone.

It was Divac who defended Karl Malone. Divac's defense was actually not good, especially when facing Karl Malone, he still felt afraid of Karl Malone in his heart.

After all, Karl Malone's reputation is not good in the shadow of a man's famous tree.

Therefore, Divac has been staring nervously at Karl Malone's bucket-thick elbows.

However, Divac also discovered a problem at this time, that is, now he sees Karl Malone's elbows are not as thick as before.

Because he felt that Ye Qingchen's elbow seemed to be thicker than Karl Malone's, and now Divac seemed to be less afraid of Karl Malone.

At the same time, Karl Malone leaned back with the ball in both hands. After testing Divac's defensive strength, he didn't even dribble. Failed to interfere with Karl Malone's shot.

Hit it!

2: 2!

Ye Qingchen was entangled with Thirl Bailey at this time, and he didn't have time to help Karl Malone, so he could only watch Karl Malone hit this turnaround jumper.

I have to admit that the Jazz's offense is still quite methodical.

Each of their players has their own fixed responsibilities, and Jerry Sloan has strict and demanding requirements for them, and they must appear in the correct position.

If a player does not move according to his requirements, he will definitely be substituted immediately, and then he will be scolded head-on and face-to-face.

Although Jerry Sloan's coaching method is quite strict, the effect is also quite effective.

Many players are obviously very afraid of Jerry Sloan, so they will implement Jerry Sloan's tactical arrangements very seriously.

This is why the Jazz is called the Jagged Team.

However, when facing off against Thiel Bailey, I also discovered that the center of the Jazz is actually a paper man.

He felt that Thirl Bailey didn't even weigh a hundred kilograms, and Ye Qingchen could push him out easily.

Therefore, in the next attack, Ye Qingchen directly blocked Thirl Bailey behind him, and at the same time he succeeded in getting the position, the basketball had already passed to him.

However, when Ye Qingchen successfully caught the ball, the Jazz's double team came immediately.

Double team from Karl Malone!
The Jazz's double-teaming was quite fierce and came very quickly!

From the corner of Ye Qingchen's eyes, he had already spotted Divac who was in an open position under the basket, and he made a clever pass behind the back. After receiving the ball, Divac easily completed a dunk.

Beautiful internal pass and internal coordination!

The Lakers fans at the scene immediately cheered and shouted. They found that Ye Qingchen's passing style really had many similarities with Magic Johnson.

It seems to be an understatement and a very risky pass, but the result is passed to the teammates just right.

This is the essence of Magic Johnson's passing, always surprising the opponent and cleaning it up.

Therefore, in the following games, Ye Qingchen became the support point for the Lakers. Whenever he caught the ball and was double-teamed, he could always find open teammates and assist them to score.

Of course, the Jazz's offense is also very methodical, and the Lakers' defense can't help them.

Therefore, throughout the first half, the scores of both sides alternated and led.

When the first half ended, the score came to 45:48.

The Lakers are even 3 points behind.

The reason why the Lakers will fall behind is that their defense cannot limit the Jazz's inside and outside.

When Karl Malone received the ball inside, Divac couldn't guard him at all, so of course the Lakers' defense had to shrink.

After the Lakers shrunk their defense, there was a gap on the outside.

Bruce Edwards has a precise three-pointer on the perimeter, and he has become the biggest threat to the Lakers' perimeter.

After hitting several three-pointers in a row, the Lakers could only give up the method of shrinking the inside line and chose to sacrifice the inside line.

And Old Deng never agreed to let Ye Qingchen defend Karl Malone. He was really worried about Karl Malone's terrifying elbows.

As a result, this directly led to the Lakers trailing by as much as three points at halftime.

Regarding this result, the Lakers fans on the scene were actually a little disappointed. After all, the Lakers' previous record was really quite good, which made them have high expectations for the Lakers.

But in fact, the depth of the Lakers' lineup at this stage is really average. With James Worthy's injury and Divac's weakness inside, the Lakers' defense can even be regarded as vulnerable.

These are the biggest problems for the Lakers at this stage.

Ye Qingchen saw all this in his eyes, and he also slowly saw through some things.

He even felt that Old Dengtou didn't seem to care much about the outcome of the game.

Especially when the team is lagging behind, even the inside line has been blown out, and Lao Deng still sits firmly on the Diaoyutai.

This made Ye Qingchen start to think about some things.

When Ye Qingchen looked at the Lakers from another angle, he realized it!
The Lakers are going to suck!

For this season, they don't care at all!
What they care about should be next season!

Because next season, Shaquille O'Neal will land in the NBA.

If the Lakers can get O'Neal, then this season's poor performance will be worth it.

Thinking of this, Ye Qingchen thought everything through.

It turns out that the management of the Lakers was playing O'Neal's idea!
However, from Ye Qingchen's point of view, whether or not he gets O'Neill doesn't have much impact on him.

Anyway, I will become the king of Los Angeles this season.

Ye Qingchen feels that the team cannot be allowed to develop according to the ideas of the team management.

He wants the team management to see his strong leadership ability!
He wants to let the Lakers, who are about to fail, return to the playoffs!
Therefore, during the intermission, Ye Qingchen also directly said to Old Deng:
"Hey, coach, Verratti obviously can't defend Carl, you still let me defend Carl, I guarantee that it will become difficult for him to take a shot!"

Old Dengtou saw that Ye Qingchen came to ask for a fight again, and he also said helplessly:

"You have players to defend, you just do your own defense!"

However, Ye Qingchen didn't stop there this time:
"Coach, I already know what you want to do, but what I want to say is, I don't think this season will be wasted, you can give me the team and let me try!"

Ye Qingchen's words caused Lao Deng to be stunned for a moment.

He looked at Ye Qingchen with some doubts, he didn't know what Ye Qingchen meant, but he vaguely felt that what Ye Qingchen wanted to express was what he thought.

This matter is actually tacit.

When Old Dengtou saw Ye Qingchen's firm eyes, he knew that what Ye Qingchen said was true.

He really guessed what the team's goal was.

Moreover, Old Dengtou also saw the strong self-confidence in Ye Qingchen's eyes, he was infected by Ye Qingchen's eyes.

In the end, Old Deng nodded slowly and said:

"Okay, then in the second half, you will defend Carl!"

"However, the premise is that you must protect yourself well and don't get hurt!"

"Otherwise I might replace you directly!"

Old Deng's promise made Ye Qingchen quite happy:
"Don't worry, he should be the one to worry about!"

When Ye Qingchen said these words, a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He really wants to see Karl Malone's deflated expression under his own defense, it must be quite exciting.

The intermission is over, the second half of the game continues!

Ye Qingchen's performance in the first half was actually remarkable. He achieved a triple-double again in the half, with 15 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists, and 3 steals.

Now, Ye Qingchen seems to have become accustomed to getting a triple-double.

Therefore, the Jazz rearranged their defense against Ye Qingchen.

They decided not to double-team Ye Qingchen, and let Ye Qingchen shoot from the outside, preventing Ye Qingchen from breaking through the three-point line easily.

Because after Jerry Sloan's observation, they found that Ye Qingchen had never shot outside the three-point line, which proved that Ye Qingchen had no three-pointers.

Therefore, after the opening of the second half, both sides found that the opponent's defensive strategy had undergone tremendous changes.

The first to attack is the Lakers!
When Ye Qingchen was holding the ball at the top of the arc, he saw Thirl Bailey, who was defending him, standing directly two meters away from him, and even gestured for him to shoot a three-pointer.

After seeing Thirl Bailey's action, the Lakers at the scene encouraged Ye Qingchen to shoot.

Encouraged by the fans, everyone looked forward to Ye Qingchen's next move!
(End of this chapter)