The Fifth Point Guard

  Chapter 523 The horse rides on Utah and reunites with Boozer (4k chapters)

   Placing the All-Star Game MVP trophy on the floor at the door, Shentong began to quickly undress one by one.

  The heart rate at this moment is comparable to any moment on the court.

  Not far from the soft big bed, Nina Dobrev is lying on her side.

  She was wearing a soft and wide JK outfit. The belt was not fastened, and she dragged a long stretch on the floor in front of the bed.

  White and tender legs are exposed from JK's short skirt, and they are dazzling under the dim light in the room.

   Fluffy hair, clear autumn waves.

  Shen Tong’s eyes were filled with Dubrov’s gentle smile.

  She looks like a fallen fairy.

  And now.

  Shen Tong walked up to Dubrov.

  Strong humans are about to invade cute elves.

  Dubrov "hum" and was picked up by Shen Tong.

  Next, the room is full of spring.

  At noon the next day, Shentong and Dubrov flew back to Cleveland by plane.

  When Dubrov limped and walked to the door of the house with Shentong's support, Dubrov turned his head and gave Shentong a charming look, but his mouth puffed slightly.

  Shen Tong smiled embarrassedly, and said, "I'm sorry, Nina, I didn't know why yesterday, but I feel like I have unlimited physical strength."

"Humph."

  Dubrov turned around, opened the door and entered the house.

  Shen Tong got on the sports car and remembered what Sister Hua said.

  Although Dubrov developed like a 20-year-old college student, her real age is only 16 years old!

   is still developing.

  At this moment, Shentong is a little regretful. If he knew he shouldn't patronize the sprint, he should dribble more, hit a 40% discount, and use the hormones in his palm to stimulate Dubrev's development.

  After the All-Star Game, the schedule enters the sprint stage of each team as usual.

  All teams that hope to make the playoffs are doing their best.

  After the end of the All-Star Weekend, the Cleveland Cavaliers will continue to visit the West.

   Their first game was the Utah Jazz.

  This is the first time they have played against the Jazz this season.

  Here, they will meet former partners.

   Carlos Boozer.

  Today's Utah Jazz has completely entered the stage of reconstruction.

  From 1983 to 2002, the Jazz, which reached the playoffs for 19 consecutive years, did not continue the record last season.

  The retirement of Stockton and Hornacek, the departure of Malone, and the injury of Harprin made the Jazz miss the playoffs for the first time in 20 years.

  But in fact, their performance is remarkable.

  42 wins and 40 losses more than 50% of the winning rate, only because they did not make the playoffs in the strong west.

  They used this kind of performance to smash the faces of the experts who predicted that they will be bottom of the league at the beginning of the season.

  The most important point is that although the players have left one after another, the coach Jerry Sloan, who has coached the Jazz for 16 years, is still here.

  In 16 years, this time that witnessed the loyal love between Yang Guo and Xiaolong nuv also witnessed the greatness of Sloan.

  He set the record for the longest coaching time among the four major sports leagues in the United States.

  In the 16 years of coaching the Jazz, the team's winning percentage has reached a staggering 62.7%. He is also the sixth-ranked coach in league history.

  Sloan is a great coach. Many people think that Malone and Stockton made Sloan, but the fact is that Sloan's greatness does not require anyone to achieve it.

  The Jazz in the transition period of last season is proof.

  According to the characteristics of the team, Sloan adopted an overall basketball game last season, with one or two strong points such as Kirilenko, which has made many teams unable to parry.

  In the new season, Sloan has more talented players to choose from.

  In the summer transfer market before the start of the season, the Jazz is definitely one of the biggest winners.

  They first renewed their contracts with team players Girisek and Arroyo, and then recruited Boozer, Okur and Collins, and their internal strength has risen sharply.

  Before the start of the season, the team spread good news again, and Harprin returned to the team from injury.

  In the post-Malone and Stockton era, the team’s starting five this season are Okur, Boozer, Kirilenko, Girichek and Arroyo.

  Oku, who came to the Utah Jazz from the Detroit Pistons, is the team’s starting center. He is 2.11 meters tall and has a three-pointer.

  In the two seasons with the Pistons, Okur's three-pointers all exceeded 30%.

  Although his untimely style of play seems a bit strange, it is precisely because of his unconventional style of play that often makes big centers like Yao Ming and O'Neal miserable on the defensive end.

   Defend, you will lose your position under the basket, and you can’t keep up.

  Don't prevent it, he can really make it.

  Thinking that the Rockets’ inside line was tortured to death by this way of playing outside.

  After coming to the Jazz from the Pistons, Okur averaged 12.9 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game, an overall improvement in his performance compared to last season.

  He also settled in the center position of the Jazz.

  Jerry Sloan even specially tailored a set of outside tactics for him because of his one-handed three-pointer.

  The start of the power forward is Carlos Boozer.

  The tough guy who also played for the Cavaliers last season.

  But for money, Boozer chose Utah.

  More importantly, his rough appearance is a bit similar to Karl Malone.

  But in the Jazz, Boozer experienced a period of pain.

  As the core of the team, he got plenty of offensive shots, and his scoring increased from 15.5 to 17.8, but his rebounds dropped by 2.4, and his defensive steals and blocks also dropped.

  Some Jazz players mocked him for getting a big contract and some slack, but Boozer quickly responded to the fans who questioned him with a double 20 performance.

  In short, in the Jazz, Boozer's space is indeed bigger, but he is still not forgiven by Cleveland fans.

  After all, he just ran away silently.

  In the case of a verbal agreement with the Cavaliers.

   Kirilenko's performance on the defensive end this season is very impressive.

  The average of 3.3 blocks per game is comparable to all the inside defensive champions in the league.

  He is also an alternative in the league.

  Five 5s such data, he typed out.

  After signing a major contract during the offseason, Kirilenko also proved that his worth is worth the contract in the new season.

   Averaged 15.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.6 steals, and 3.3 blocks per game. He was almost omnipotent.

   is also such a wonderful performance that put Matt Harprin, who has returned from injury, on the bench.

  The starting shooting guard is Gordon Girisek.

  This guy was severely humiliated by Shentong last season.

  His goal in this game is simple.

  I want revenge!

  After Girisek, there is still a Titan, Raja Bell, sitting on the bench.

  Although he is a substitute player, Bell has performed very well this season. With an average of 12.3 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists and a 40.3% three-point shooting per game, Bell has begun to threaten Girisek’s starting position.

  But this kind of healthy competition is something that every team’s coach is happy to comment on.

   At the point guard position, there is no tiger in the mountain, and the monkey is the king.

  The non-draft player Carlos Arroyo from Puerto Rico is the starter of this team.

  Arroyo, who has experienced two teams in the first year of his career, finally found a sense of belonging in the Jazz.

  In the Jazz's second season, Arroyo was promoted to the starting position by Sloan because no one was available.

  And Arroyo also responded to Sloan with amazing progress.

  The average scoring per game has increased by 10 points compared to the previous season!

  Rebounds increased by 2 and assists increased by 4.

  However, the characteristic of Arroyo is that his performance is not stable.

  It is almost unstoppable when hitting straight, throwing away from the three-point line.

When    is not going well, he will not be able to make an open shot.

  This kind of nerve-knife performance is actually not what Sloan's head coach who advocates stability expects.

  This season, Sloan is also fully tapping the potential of the team, allowing Keith McLeod, who is a free transfer from the Timberwolves, to share point guard time with Arroyo.

  I have to say that Sloan’s vision is savage.

   Mike Riod’s scoring, rebounding, assists, and steals have been upgraded from last season’s 2.7 points, 1.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 0.5 steals to 7.8 points, 2.1 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.2 steals.

  With the results of last season as a reference, experts generally believe that the Jazz in the new season is fully capable of making the playoffs.

  But to this day, the Jazz are only ranked tenth in the Western Conference, which is not in line with expectations at the beginning of the season.

  However, Jazz fans do not want the team they support not to make the playoffs for two consecutive years, including Jazz players.

  After a full rest during the All-Star Weekend, they will work hard to win every game in the second half of the season.

Sloan said in an interview: "If we want to make the playoffs, there is no way to retreat. This is how we play in the Western Conference. One goal. I know my lads can do it. As long as I help them as much as I can, we can beat any opponent."

  So, the Cleveland Cavaliers came to challenge and became a big test for Sloan and the Jazz.

  Before the start of the game, the basket **** space refreshed a game task.

  {

  Main mission: Horse riding on Utah

  Mission description: The angry knights are coming with grudges, riding through Utah with horseshoes, let the rebels regret it! I'd rather let the people of the world take the world, don't let the people of the world take me!

  Task requirements: a big victory over the Jazz with 15 points or more

  Main line reward: steal badge (purple epic level)

  Task status: pending

  }

  I would rather let the people of the world take on me instead of letting the people of the world take on me?

  If this sentence were placed when Shentong was 10 years old, it would have been scornful.

  Most of the people who have seen the Three Kingdoms have experienced this kind of mental journey.

  When I am confused, I like Liu Bei very much.

  I feel that if I were to be a monarch, then I would definitely be a Ming monarch like Liu Bei.

  But when you step into the society and experience the severe beatings of the society, you gradually recognize the reality and your mentality will also change.

  At this time, due to different reasons, many people will change from liking Liu Bei to Cao Cao.

  Only a hero like Cao Cao is worthy of his ambition.

  Of course, many people start to change because their interests and hobbies are similar to those of Cao Cao in adulthood.

  After receiving the task, Shentong felt that the task was actually quite difficult.

  On the stage of the NBA, no team dared to say that they would win by 15 points before the game.

  After all, the players here are all geniuses. In the case of outbreaks, upset games often appear.

  But for the main task, Shentong must fight for it.

  After all, it is the first time for Shentong to see "badge" type rewards.

  Before the start of the game, the two sides announced the starting list.

  Unexpectedly, Jerry Sloan put Raja Bell in the starting lineup, while Girisek was placed on the bench.

  From this substitution alone, we can see part of Sloan’s thoughts.

  This substitution must be an adjustment made to Shentong, and wants to be used as a tougher Bell to defend against the powerful Shentong.

  However, it doesn't matter to the Cavaliers.

  I am accustomed to the defensive arrangements made by each team against Shentong.

  What they have to do is very simple, is to set their own rhythm.

  The starting lists of both parties are as follows:

   Cavaliers: Big Z, Gooden, James, Shentong, Wagner.

  Jazz: Okur, Boozer, Kirilenko, Bell, Arroyo.

  Before the game started, the atmosphere was a bit awkward.

  The players on both sides did not behave friendly to each other.

  There are many reasons for this.

  For example, in the Jazz, there are no star players who have made friends with Shentong and James.

  For example, Shentong humiliated them here last season.

  For example, Boozer said before the game, "Cleveland fans are heartbroken."

"I don't welcome them. I found the feeling of home here, and here I have the room to give full play. The moment I joined the Utah Jazz, Cleveland has nothing to do with me. If they come, I will There is only one thing to do, as a Jazz player, lead the team to defeat them!"

   Obviously, these words hurt many people's hearts, and also made the Cavaliers players who left without saying a word to Boozer have a sense of disgust.

   Carlos chewing gum with his hands on his hips, standing with Gooden, staring at the basketball that the referee is about to toss, never even glanced at Shentong or James.

  Along with the ball being thrown high, Big Z and Okur stand on tiptoe to scrimmage the ball at the same time.

  Although the Big Z hardly bounces, it’s not like Okur.

  In this case, Big Z's height and arm length played a certain advantage ~ www.ltnovel.com~ After the ball was allocated to Wagner, the Cavaliers attacked first.

  The first attack at the beginning of the game, no doubt.

  Shen Tong and James crossed positions on the outside line, and Shen Tong came to the right side of the penalty area.

  James stood by the right three-point line, received a pass from Wagner and hit the ground to Shentong.

  At the moment, it is Raja Bell, who was given high hopes by Sloan, who is defending Shentong.

  The left side of the body against Bell, the right hand slaps the ball on the floor for a few times, shakes the left shoulder, then turns around with the right foot as the axis, and takes off.

   Facing Bell's block, Shen Tong throws the ball backwards.

   "Shoo."

  Hit the ball hollow.

  Shen Tong couldn't help shaking his wrist.

  Although there is no "vision" of the blue halo during the All-Star Game, he still feels hot.

  Jazz, the first attack was handed over to Boozer.

  (End of this chapter)