218. Wolves Assault Sorry, Brother...
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The Jazz are now forced to the cliff, and they are behind by a big score of 1-3. As long as their opponent wins another game, they will go home and go fishing.
If they lose to the Spurs, it would be fine. Even old-fashioned teams like the Mavericks and Suns are understandable. Besides, their core Deron is still young and has opportunities, and may not be unable to accept failure. But if they lose, they cannot lose to the Warriors. Last season, they just killed the opponent 4-1. Is he eliminated by the same score this year?
I can't afford to lose this person.
Especially, Chamberlain, the absolute core of the Warriors, was trapped in the wrist injury in this game, and was their home court, so it was the right time, place, and people were on their side. If they lost again, it would be really embarrassing.
Jazz players knew about this, so they had the determination to fight back in this battle. The problem is that the Warriors' attack in the first quarter was too crazy.
Chamberlain's dunk after flying Boozer out of Oku was really arousing morale. Moreover, because of Swat's unfair treatment of Chamberlain, the Warriors are now united. In addition, the outside world's speculation about Chamberlain's injury and the team's ability further stimulated them. Now they are not only mourning soldiers but also angry soldiers.
So, the Jazz was in trouble.
After following Chamberlain, Billups stole Deron's pass and assisted Ellis to fire first. Killenko made a counterattack. The Warriors immediately attacked Ellis. San Francisco's first shot was well-deserved. He broke through again and rushed into the penalty area and made a small trolley. He almost rode Boozer and scored two points.
The Jazz were unwilling to fall behind, and Boozer covered Deron with revenge rage. The latter rushed into the basket to attract double-team passes to Boozer. After getting the ball, Boozer stepped into the basket and became stronger and dunked. Then the Jazz began to counterattack. Kirilenko snatched Harrington's rebound after missed the mid-range shot and passed it to Oku. The latter hit a mid-range and long shot at a high position, and the two sides quickly tied 6-6.
The Warriors began to strengthen their defense. Billups personally played Deron alone. After turning around and making a mid-range shot, he immediately planned an air relay to assist Harrington in the attack. Then Billups became more and more brave and presided over several attacks from the Warriors, and made a 12-2 attack in a row, forcing the Jazz to call a timeout.
Although Deron is known as the new generation of super point guards, he shows his immatureness in front of Billups today. Billups used his experienced breakthroughs to pass him vividly. The small-scale attack hosted by the point guards, in addition to pick-and-roll, also passes.
After returning from the timeout, the Jazz strengthened the inside offense. Sloan ordered Boozer and Oku to complete the connection in the penalty area. The two took turns to score in the inside, opening the situation. But then, West, who came on the bench, began to show his power. He first made a three-pointer through the net, and Billups scored and assisted, making Deron look dissatisfied. The Warriors scored 7 points in a row and continued to expand their lead and led 28-14.
There is no doubt that the first quarter was completely under the control of the Warriors, or under the control of Billups. In the last 30 seconds, West's eyes were red in red. A jump shot from the emergency stop and another three-point line fired from outside the three-point line, scoring 5 points in succession, helping the team lead 33-19.
West's power made Jazz fans look pale. Chamberlain finally honestly, but he didn't know that the two monsters, Billups and West, began to show their power again.
Chamberlain tried several attacks in the first quarter, but both hook and projection were biased. The injury on his wrist had a great impact on him, and his originally not soft touch was completely lost. In the second quarter, Old Nelson replaced him off the field and asked Evans and O'Briant to match in the penalty area.
O'Bryant's template for the first draft was O'Ku. Now that the copycat O'Ku meets the real O'Ku, the gap in the inside strength suddenly appears.
Seeing Chamberlain's out-of-field, Rooney Price, who replaced Deron, immediately passed the ball to Oku in the penalty area.
After getting the ball, Oku tried O'Brient's strength backwards. Billups hurriedly directed Jackson and said, "Go to assist in defense, man, go to assist in defense!"
Before his words could be finished, Oku launched a strong attack. He made three back-hits in a row. O'Briante couldn't help but take a step back. Oku seized the opportunity and turned around quickly, cut into the basket and jumped up, hooked up and layup.
If you dare to play this kind of ball in front of Chamberlain, it will definitely be a hit, but it will be accurate to deal with O'Brient.
After the start of the second quarter, the Jazz took advantage of the inside advantage to score 4 points in a row, narrowing the gap to 10 with 23-33. Seeing this, West smiled coldly. Facing Korver's defense, he sneered: "Boy, I heard you are a sharpshooter? Three-pointers are very accurate?"
Billups waved his hand to signal West to come up to cover himself, but Mr. Mad Dog's rabies had symptoms, and he insisted on reaching out to pass the ball and playing Korver alone. If it were half a season ago, Korver would not take anyone of West's level seriously.
He doesn't take West seriously because he is confident. Korver's defense is very active, but his speed is slow, his physical fitness is not very strong, and he usually can't keep up with the players he defends. If he goes against Kobe, Carter, and McGrady, he often appears as the background of the ESPN5 best or the top ten NBA goals. However, he has a good sense of stealing. He averaged 1.2+ steals per game in the 2004-05 season.
West was not famous at that time, and he was notorious for the lone wolf. Korver liked to steal people the most because they did not pass the ball.
But now it is no longer possible. After West came to the Warriors, he suddenly shone brightly and became the second comet the Warriors have harvested this season - and it is also a rising comet. Thanks to Chamberlain and West's strong rise, Old Nelson is now known as the newcomer expert. At the upcoming draft, many rookies admitted that they hope to be selected by Old Nelson.
Back to the topic, when he saw West posing as a single, Korver's handsome face showed a hint of tension, and he quickly spread his feet to retreat to the side to defend: his speed was too slow, and West nicknamed Mad Dog. In addition to saying that he was crazy, he also praised him for being fast like a dog.
West raised his brow and stepped forward like lightning. Korver immediately stepped back. Seeing this, West smiled fiercely but pulled back his left leg, grabbed the ball and took a simple move. When it landed, the ball was still flying in the air. He was like Chamberlain, clenched his fist and raised his arm high. Then, the ball fell into the ring!
West's three-pointer was very arrogant. The Warriors immediately launched another 8-2 small ****. Only Millsap made Evans a foul and made two free throws, which temporarily stabilized the Jazz.
Sloan could only call for a timeout again, and Deron made a comeback again. During the period when he was sitting on the bench, Sloan had been teaching him by example and deeds, teaching him how to fight Billups. This time he appeared again, Deron's condition was much better.
After the opening, Kirilianko rushed to the basket and was blocked by Evans. Deron chased and grabbed the ball from behind and then took the opportunity to hit.
Just as the Jazz knows that the Warriors' core is Chamberlain, the Warriors also know that the Jazz's key point is Deron. Billups is now attacking Deron at all costs. He wants to open up the situation by defeating Deron this point and let the Jazz get out of the playoffs completely.
Immediately afterwards, Billups ended the game with a single shot and scored two points with a mid-range shot. In this way, the battle between the two point guards officially kicked off. Deron used Boozer's cover to directly enter the penalty area and scored a basket. Then, Billups immediately made a move and relied on his personal ability to rush to the basket and make a throwing shot.
Two point guards have one ball, one ball, and I have one ball. Although both teams are trying their best to defend, the superstars' abilities are no longer something they can stop at this moment, and the point guards' confrontation has officially entered a white-hot heat.
Halfway through this quarter, the Jazz united and took advantage of Deron's powerful organization to launch attacks. Oku first made a jump shot, and Boozer dunked again. The Jazz made an attack wave of 11-4 in more than 3 minutes. The difference between the two teams was narrowed to 8 points, and finally returned to single digits.
When Old Nelson saw that things were not good, he wanted to pause and deployed Ellis' offensive machine on the court. Ellis did not disappoint the old coach. After appearing, he even scored 5 points. Billups' long-range heavy artillery began to show off frequently. Evans grabbed an offensive rebound and threw it to him, then scored a three-pointer and hit it!
Seeing this, the Jazz was anxious, Delon tightened his face and pushed forward quickly. Billups shouted: "Surrender, novices, what you have to do now is to go home and fish. I know a fishing location is good, and it is located in Lake Ontario. What a boy, are you interested in playing?"
"I'll play with your mom!" Delong roared and stopped and jumped. Although Billups kept whining, he was paying attention to Delong's movements with all his attention. When he found that the latter was taking off, he jumped up first to block his way of attack and slapped the ball cap away.
Ellis grabbed the ball and rushed forward with a fast break. Miles followed behind to defend. The latter just turned 20 this year. It was a young and strong and passionate era. Ellis' unscrupulous attack had already made his hatred itch. Seeing that Ellis wanted to end the game with a dunk this time, he pushed it out from behind with a ruthless heart.
Myers was a little negligent, that is, Ellis did not return until the playoffs. He was previously because he was pushed from the back and suffered a back injury. As the saying goes, he learned from his mistakes. Although Ellis has always been called a "good player in the Second Academy", in fact, he is not stupid and rarely falls twice in one place.
He noticed Miles' intent with his eyes. Ellis swung the ball into the air and twisted his waist and rushed out of the field. Miles was now lost, jumping in the air and had nowhere to leverage the force. This was dangerous. He directly hit the floor with his shoulder, howling and collapsed to the ground.
After seeing Miles make a malicious foul, Chamberlain and other bench players stand up all of a sudden. After Ellis avoids it, Miles is unlucky and falls to the ground, they burst into laughter. A group of people slammed each other's high-highs. Chamberlain laughed and said, "The evil people are beaten up by evil people. How reasonable is our Chinese old sayings!"
Chapter completed!