Learning in the NBA can make you a god

Chapter 165

April 2008, 5 local time.

"Guys, the Hornets have a 2-0 lead over the Spurs. We must win this game strongly tonight and go to Salt Lake City with a big lead." Kobe was in the locker room before the game, cheering up his teammates.

"Why do you want to win that forcefully? If you want to do it, you have to sweep it, and sweep it to advance to the Western Conference Finals. At the very least, you have to be a gentleman to sweep it to advance." Farmar yelled out of time.

"Haha, I like Farmar, and I don't think it's meaningful for Kobe to win this game strongly. If you want to do it, you have to sweep it." Odom echoed.

"Sweep, sweep." The locker room shouted loudly, and everyone mustered their momentum, wanting to sweep the Jazz in this round of playoffs.

Phil looked at his disciples with such confidence, but he was relieved, but he couldn't take it lightly.

Under Sloan's training, this Jazz team is not so easy to solve.It is this group of players who made it to the Western Conference finals last year, and the young people have grown up for another year, so it will definitely be more difficult to play.

After the splendid entrance ceremony, the game officially ended.

The starting lineup of the two teams has not changed.

The game was televised nationwide on TNT.

"Kenny, the Lakers beat the Jazz last game, what do you think of this series?" Barkley asked Smith beside him.

"How else can I look at it? The probability of the Lakers winning this game is still very high. The Jazz can't solve the Lakers' offense at all. At the same time, their own offense can't be played." Smith watched the last game seriously.

It’s just Kobe Bryant, plus Gasol, who can play strong inside and support his teammates at the same time; now there is another Li Tian, ​​who can shoot accurately from the outside, open up the Lakers’ offensive space, and is invincible at the basket .No matter how you let the Jazz play, other role players can shoot well.

"This Lakers team is really hard to play. I support your opinion." Barkley raised his hand in agreement with Smith's opinion.

"Hahaha, fat man, do you still agree with me?" Smith had a trace of doubt, which was unbelievable, but Barkley had been against him all the time.

"I don't want to be slapped in the face. It hurts too much. The first round prediction is to be slapped in the face." Barkley blushed.

"Hahaha, Barkley's IQ has increased a lot recently."

In the TNT studio, the two elders looked like lovers they hadn't seen for a long time.

"Can Li's explosive performance in the last game continue?" Barkley looked affectionately at Smith beside him.

"Don't look at me with those damn eyes anymore, it's disgusting. It's impossible to explode like that. After all, Sloan will never allow such a player to exist, and he should choose to double-team Lee." Smith doesn't think that Sloan will If you continue to defend Li Tian in this way, you will not be a famous coach of the generation.

"The game started, Gasol won the jumper, too soon, Kobe has scored a breakthrough." Barkley shouted.

Li Tian is still sitting on the bench, but he is not worried. He plays steadily and can help the team open up enough offensive space. When Gasol is off the court, he can also replace the team's center forward.

Kobe went all out at the beginning, and the Lakers also showed their bloodthirsty side, which was even worse than the previous game.

The second-year rookie Ronnie Brewer couldn't stop Kobe's breakthrough at all. He passed Brewer in one step and went to the basket. Okur stepped forward to defend.

"Di!"

The referee blew his whistle to indicate a foul by Okur.

In the case of being fouled, Kobe still threw the ball into the basket.

"Wow, this old guy is still so good, and he scored 2+1 again." Barkley's voice filled the studio.

"Kobe, Kobe, Kobe." The fans shouted loudly, whistles continued.

Sloan stood up on the bench. He couldn't sit still at all. In the last game, Okur had very little playing time because of a foul. In this game, he received his first foul before playing for 1 minute. .

His brows were furrowed, his right hand was dragging his chin, and he was thinking about countermeasures.

Extra penalty scored.

The Jazz are still the same old, or their pick-and-roll tactics, which they have polished for countless seasons, and Malone and Stockton have brought this tactic to the top of the league.

Okur lifted up and blocked Fisher who was chasing him.Deron small hit big, singles Gasol.

The dazzled dribble still tricked Gasol and hit a jumper.

2: 3.

Kobe continued to attack with the ball, and the Jazz directly changed their strategy, no longer letting Brewer single-handedly defend Kobe, and let Kirilenko come up to double-team.

Since Li Tian's arrival, Kobe has already pressed the pass button.

A hit, pass the ball to the open skier.

A catch-and-shoot jumper slams out of the frame, and Gasol squeezes Okur out of the way for an offensive rebound.

Okur, who had a foul on his back, didn't dare to make a big move. Seeing that the rebound was hopeless, he had to give up the fight and prepare to defend.

Gasol used his footsteps, shook Okur, and scored a layup.

Seeing that Okur, who was backed by fouls, was timid on the defensive end, Sloan was a little crazy. Okur is an important part of defense. Now that he is so timid, the Jazz will lose half of their defensive threat.

While Okur sent the baseline ball, he called Kirilenko.

Whispered, "Tell Okur, don't worry about fouls, and don't be afraid to defend."

Hearing Kirilenko's message, Okur is also ready to let go of his hands and feet and do a big job.

Okur is no longer intimidated, and the success rate of the Lakers breaking through the basket has dropped a lot.

The Jazz's pick-and-roll tactics also played a few times. Deron got two shots, but the shots all came out of the frame.

Kobe turned around, killed the basket again, passed back to Fisher on the outside, and hit a three-pointer.

Driven by Kobe, the outside line of the Lakers was also opened.

The Jazz, who originally shrank the basket and put up two or three defenses, opened up the outside line of the Lakers and had to change their strategy.

After a three-pointer, the score came to 10:18, with the Jazz trailing by 8 points.

Seeing the changes in the situation on the field, Phil waved his hand and replaced Odom and the skier, allowing Li Tian and Wharton to appear on the stage.

"You guys are great." He yelled while high-fiving Odom.

"We want to sweep, we must sweep." Odom responded loudly.

"Help me beat Okur down together." Gasol whispered.

Comparing the OK gesture and seeing that Kobe no longer breaks through the basket, I feel that Gasol has already discussed with Kobe.

"Hahaha, Lee is on the stage, I'm really looking forward to his performance." Barkley said cheerfully.

Reaching out for the ball, Kobe understood, made a false pass, attracted a flanker, and gave the ball to Li Tian at the basket in a high-profile manner.

After receiving the pass, he used his footsteps to sway the defensive Boozer, attracting Okur to double-team.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to the open Gasol, he scored a layup.Gasol is really, he will never dunk if he can layup, as long as he is not frequently hit by the defense, he generally will not dunk to vent his emotions.

"Haha, your assists have finally become a little more comfortable." Gasol stepped forward and clapped his hands in celebration.

"Damn it, that was my assist, why didn't he layup?" Bryant couldn't help complaining.

"Paul's vacancy has a much higher success rate than mine." Tell the truth.

"Well, your choice is better."

"Hahaha!"

"Hey, how did Lee go to the basket, shouldn't he shoot a three-pointer from the outside?" Smith was a little puzzled.

"Haha, that's how it should be played, but it's not that tough. You shouldn't use your footsteps, just sit down on your buttocks, and you can turn around and dunk directly. How cool." Barkley yelled.

"You think everyone is a big fat man like you?" Smith said angrily.

"Isn't it right? I was invincible back then," talking about history for a few minutes.

Seeing that Li Tian was not on the outside line, Sloan was relieved at first, but when he saw those footsteps that were even weirder than Dream's footsteps, he felt a headache.

It feels like the three-pointer and the basket are two cups of poison, and I can't drink that cup.Reluctantly, he can only choose the two-point basket. This seems to be at least one point less.

The Jazz attacked, Deron initiated a pick-and-roll, passed to Okur under the basket, and hit a jumper.

Continue to attack under the basket, this time no longer divide the ball, but face Okur's defense and force a layup.

"Di!"

The referee blew his whistle again, signaling Okur's thug to foul.

When the whistle blew, Sloan signaled Boozer to go up and claim a foul, but the referee was unmoved.

Sloan's brows were puckered, his drooping eyelids blinked a few times, his eyes widened, and their luster had already lost.

Penalty hit.

Okur serves and Deron catches.Sloan, who was thinking about it for a long time, called a timeout at this time.

"Haha, I successfully beat him down, and finally relaxed a bit." Gasol said.

Millsap, who was swept to the Jazz's bench, began to warm up, his heart constricted, and he thought to himself, "No, this guy is going to play." 'Try to recall the scene where I played against Millsap, and I have to work harder on defense next.

The timeout ended, and both Millsap and Korver were scheduled to play.

'I'll go, directly arrange these two great gods to play, and ask online for guidance on how to defend. Li Tian looked up at Staples.

"What are you doing?" Kobe asked.

"I'm asking God for help."

Jazz attack.

Deron and Millsap cooperated with the pick-and-roll, returned the ball to Millsap, and Walton stepped forward to defend.

Millsap passed Walton in one step, went to the basket, and scored a layup.

There is a contribution when you appear on the stage, and you are worthy of being the great god of later generations.

After a few rounds, the Jazz had Millsap and Korver's outside containment, and Kirilenko and Deron successfully played several pick-and-rolls.

Phil saw that Walton was struggling to chase Millsap, so he immediately called Walton to the sidelines.

"You go to defend Korver, and Millsap asked Lee to defend." Wharton nodded and agreed, and it was indeed difficult to follow the defense by himself.

He came to Li Tian and said softly, "You will defend Millsap, and I will defend Korver."

"No problem." I also want to challenge myself.

Wharton was also relieved to hear that the place agreed.

After several rounds, at the end of the first quarter, Millsap, who was defended by Li Tian, ​​did not get an easy shot.Facing Li Tian's close defense, Millsap was still a little caught off guard, and his response was a little messy.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led by 18 points at 33:15.

After gaining a huge lead in the first quarter, the Jazz, who made a strong counterattack in the second quarter, were hit by three-pointers from the outside line of the Lakers, extinguishing the hope of counterattack.

The entire game was suppressed by the Lakers, and the point difference was never within 2 digits.

This game was played smoothly, and the cooperation between the players was also very smooth.Okur was fouled consecutively by Gasol and Kobe in the fourth quarter, clocked out of get off work early, and only got 25 minutes of playing time.This is also one of the important reasons why the Lakers won.

Although the Jazz's defense is good, the Lakers still shot 57% from the field, while the Jazz only shot 44%.

The Lakers easily won again with 98:120.

科比只打了33分钟，就拿到了34分，效率不可谓不高，罚球更是12中11；费舍尔更是外线5中4，拿到20分；加索尔也拿到了18分；李天同样拿到18分；奥多姆15分、武贾西奇10分。

The Jazz, who are all soldiers, scored in double figures, and none of them could stand up at the critical moment. This is their disadvantage. It is okay to win the next game, but it is too difficult to win the next round of the series.

Two days later, the Lakers were a guest in Salt Lake City.

The most glorious history of the Utah Jazz is that in 97 and 98, it became the background board of the Chicago Bulls for two consecutive years and became the background board of Jordan's godhood.

After Jordan retired, he encountered the OK combination in his peak period, and once again fell into the West, he didn't even have a chance to touch the floor of the finals.

After Malone came out, the Lakers formed F4, the Utah Shuangsha fell apart, and the Jazz fell into an underestimation since then, struggling for many years before returning to the playoffs.

In Salt Lake City, the Jazz's first home game, the team fought desperately, but still did not win the victory.

In the first half of the game, the Jazz entered the second half leading by 5 points for the first time.

In the second half, Kobe turned into a god of war and scored consecutive baskets; Wharton and Li Tian frequently hit three-pointers from the outside to overtake the point difference.Since then, the Jazz have never been able to overtake the score again.

At 106:99, the home game was once again bitter.

Throughout the game, Kobe scored 34 points, Li Tian scored 20 points, Fisher and Gasol both scored 13 points, Walton scored 11 points, and the Lakers once again won a victory from Salt Lake City.

The Jazz team tried their best, played team basketball, and 5 players scored in double figures. Millsap, who performed well in the last game, only got 15 points in 2 minutes of playing time.

The playoffs are the stage for stars. Although the Jazz has four All-Stars, none of them are players who can make a final decision at a critical moment.

In the fourth game, the two teams tied at 108:108 in regular time.

During the overtime game, Kobe and Li Tian stood up one after another and did not give the Jazz any chance.

Kobe Bryant turned over and broke through the basket, causing consecutive fouls at the basket by Kirilenko, and left the field with 6 fouls.

Lost Kirilenko's Jazz, defense problems.Li Tian frequently ran out of three-pointers and hit two three-pointers, which once again extinguished the momentum of the Jazz's counterattack.

At the end of the game, all the Jazz generals left the arena in dismay, like walking dead.

The fans continued to abuse, but the Lakers players didn't care at all and celebrated the victory.

After winning this game, the Lakers swept again 4:0 and advanced strongly to the Western Conference Finals.

The two rounds of the series were sweeping, making all the media feel that this Lakers team will reproduce the strength of the OK Dynasty.

Which team the Lakers will face in the next round has not yet appeared. Everyone originally thought that the Hornets would sweep the defending champion and advance to the Western Conference Finals.

But it was surprising. Back in San Antonio, the Hornets also lost two games in a row, and the Spurs tied the score at 2:2.

In this round of the series, Hackberry became confused.

However, the Lakers still regard the Spurs as their opponents in the next round. With GDP and the veteran Popovich, they are more optimistic about the defending champion.

(End of this chapter)