new lord of the rings

Chapter 194 Shake Gobert!

The second quarter begins.

The Warriors are led by Zhang Xin, and the remaining four are Andre Iguodala, Harrison Barnes, Sean Livingston, and Leandro Barbosa.

The Jazz sent Gordon Hayward, Ian Clark, Rudy Gobert, Trey Burke and Derrick Favors.

Gordon Hayward was obviously a little frustrated. He was completely crushed in the matchup with Zhang Xin. This was a great injury to a young player, especially when he was in a good mood!
Zhang Xin doesn't care about this. Hayward is not a rookie. He has been playing in the NBA for several years. If he can't stand this setback, then the NBA is not suitable for him!
The NBA has never been a place where you, me, and everyone are well. This is a battlefield covered with flowers on the surface and bones on the bottom!
Ian Clark was an undrafted pick in 2013. He was signed by the Jazz. His performance in the Jazz can only be said to be average.

But Ian Clark will be recognized in the two seasons of 15-16/16-17 with the Warriors to win a championship.

Ian Clark came up very actively, running constantly, tearing the Warriors' defense, but the Warriors' defense is not that simple.

In this lineup, Zhang Xin did not follow Hayward closely. He had to take into account the overall situation and be a defensive sweeper. Harrison Barnes defended Hayward.

Barnes' defense is of course also very good, but it is still weak to block Hayward. Hayward started to score under Barnes' defense.

The Jazz's overall offense still couldn't open. Zhang Xin's sweeping defense made the Jazz pass the ball cautiously, and eventually fell into singles. Hayward let Barnes defend alone. Although he could score, he only played piecemeal.

The Warriors' offense is much smoother. The Jazz's defense looks good, but it seems that there are flaws everywhere in the vision of a smart attacker:

Livingston dribbled the ball halfway, Zhang Xin came out to hold the ball at the top of the arc, David Lee made a high pick-and-roll to block Hayward, Zhang Xin took a step sideways, and David Lee went down to take Hayward away.

Gobert faced Zhang Xin directly!
Rudy Gobert is 216cm tall, weighs 111KG, and has slender limbs. He is a defender with long arms and legs, averaging two blocks per game!

But that was when he was guarding the basket. Now Gobert is pulled out of the three-point line to face Zhang Xin directly. This is not his usual defensive area.

Zhang Xin took two steps back to gain momentum, a simple change of direction in front of his body, and rushed to Gobert's right. Gobert quickly stepped back and turned his hips to keep up with Zhang Xin's footsteps. Zhang Xin made an emergency stop and switched to his right hand, breaking through Gebert. On Bell's left, Gobert was shocked and wanted to turn around forcibly. His center of gravity was too high, and he stumbled on both feet, and fell to the ground as if pushing a golden mountain and falling a jade pillar!

Zhang Xin dribbled the ball and took a step back, bowed and shot an arrow, and made a three-point shot. The orange basketball looked so beautiful under the bright light, and it spun and drew an arc and fell straight into the net, making a wonderful sound through the net. Voice!
"Wow!!!" There was a wave of sound from the Oracle Center, as if thousands of troops were galloping, shouting, shouting and killing could be heard endlessly!
Coach Quincy Schneider was hesitating whether to replace Gobert, but after thinking about it, he gave up the idea. He didn't think Kanter's going up would improve Zhang Xin's defense, but Quincy Schneider called a timeout, and he needed to arrange the defense .

His idea is that Gobert can go up to delay, but Hayward has to chase and defend, and David Lee can be defended by Favors. Zhang Xin cannot attack Gobert wantonly!
At the end of the timeout, Trey Burke got a mid-range shot under Gobert's high pick-and-roll.

Livingston quickly dribbled the ball across the half court, and then gave Zhang Xin to handle the ball.

Zhang Xin seized the loophole and always played until the opponent took the initiative to make a change. He beckoned David Lee for a high pick-and-roll, and David Lee quickly raised it to block Hayward.

Gobert rushed forward to block Zhang Xin's breakthrough. Zhang Xin saw Gobert's approach and immediately understood Coach Quincy's plan. Zhang Xin dribbled the ball and took two steps back to keep a distance from Gobert.

Sure enough, Hayward chased and defended, and David Lee hurried down.

Zhang Xin took a step back diagonally, out of the restraints of Hayward and Gobert, and made a fast, accurate and ruthless pass to the ground, passing through Hayward, and Gobert went straight to David Lee's hand!
Favors hurried up to block, David Lee threw the ball into the sky, and Iguodala, who was ambushing the bottom of the basket, made a dunk!
The internal line can also give empty calls!
Coach Quincy Schneider shook his head. Zhang Xin's top level of throwing the ball is really not covered. Gobert's long arm and Hayward's speed can't stop Zhang Xin's pass. This trick can't be used!

At that time, Mo Williams commented on Nash: "To evaluate the quality of an organizer, you should not look at how many assists he has, but how far he can make the team's tactics execute. And Nash's tactic of running 85 times can be successful [-] times. , This is extremely terrifying efficiency!"

If you use this sentence to praise Zhang Xin, it is equally applicable. Although Zhang Xin has more assists, his success rate in executing tactics is higher!
Under Zhang Xin's threading, the Warriors' offense was like quicksilver pouring down the ground. The Jazz's tight defense against other teams was as smooth as a hot knife slicing butter against Zhang Xin's organization. Can't stop it!
In the second quarter, the Warriors slowly landed on the ground. It seemed that the rhythm was slow, but they scored 38 points!
The Jazz scored 24 points in the second quarter, but the point difference has been widened to 29 points!
These books are the rhythm of two quarters.

Wang Meng and Yang Yi sighed in the Tencent live broadcast room.

"I originally thought that the Jazz this season could use defense to limit the Warriors' offense, but I didn't expect to open up 29 points after the second quarter, and the Warriors lost the game in two quarters." Wang Meng sighed.

"The Jazz's defense in the first quarter was pretty good. The Warriors didn't even hit a three-pointer in the first quarter and only scored 28 points. The Jazz's own offense was not good enough to pull the score. But it's no wonder the Jazz, because the Warriors' defense It was originally in the top three levels of the league, and that is a stronger defense than the Jazz."

"Needless to say in the second quarter, when Zhang Xin leads the team alone, he can kill people with just a high pick-and-roll. The key is that as long as he catches your loopholes, he seems to be able to play the whole game. Quincy Schneider didn't It’s only natural to find a way to solve this pick-and-roll,” Yang Yi said.

At the beginning of the second half, all the main players of the Warriors did not play, and the rotation lineup played the entire second half. The final score was 89:121. The Warriors won by 32 points.

Zhang Xin scored 25 points, 10 assists, and 8 rebounds in this game, while Hayward, who was facing him, only scored 14 points, 5 assists, and 6 rebounds. The statistics seem to be only a half-chip, but look at the playing time Something was wrong, Zhang Xin only played for 17 minutes, while Hayward played for 37 minutes, this efficiency is not the same.

(End of this chapter)