godfather in black

Chapter 19 019: Hardship away

019: Difficult away game

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Energy Solutions Center to watch tonight's game. The two sides of tonight's game are the great Utah Jazz and the Los Angeles Lakers." Hendry, the veteran commentator of the Energy Solutions Center, used his said the aging voice loudly.

The voice of the old man who has been working in the energy solution center for ten years continues to hover over the arena, "The game is about to start, come in and the Lakers have come out of the downturn. What kind of impact will they bring to Utah after two consecutive victories Can the new coach of the Lakers continue the good luck of the day? The referee blew the whistle of the game, Boozer won Divac in the jump ball stage, Utah went first..." Played for the Lakers for six years in the player era Hendry didn't have any harsh words for the Lakers in [-]. This may be the only good news for the Lakers in this arena!
"Hush." ​​As soon as Hendry finished speaking, the entire Energy Solution Center was booed overwhelmingly.Qin Tao had never heard such loud boos even in Los Angeles.Perhaps because of the different positions, Qin Tao felt that the boos here were particularly harsh.

"Chinese, go back..."

"Kick the ass of an Angeleno..."

"Utah must win..."

'This is the away game?This difficulty is too great! Qin Tao really felt a headache. If he had known the environment of the energy solution center was so bad before, he would definitely not have made that bet.Although the Jazz's record is not good, it is not the same as the Lakers' record, and they are also in dire straits, but the environment of this away game is terrible.

"Head, this is always the case in away games. Don't take it to heart. The harder they boo, when the time comes when they can't boo, it will be a very happy thing to see them speechless." Kobe stood in front of Qin Tao and whispered.

Qin Tao glanced at Kobe beside him, the uneasiness was much less, but when he thought of the simulated game in the afternoon, his expression became less panicked and more dignified.

Standing on the sidelines, the dignified Qin Tao felt sincere admiration for the two gray-haired old men in the arena. It has been 31 years since Hendry retired from the Lakers in 1963 and became the Jazz's on-site commentator in 1974. Until today, 30 years have been like a day. It is really not easy for him.

Sloan, who once led the Jazz to challenge the basketball god.Now Qin Tao finally knows why the Jazz didn't recover from a setback without a superstar in the team after losing Malone and Stockton.What they rely on is this iron discipline and super cohesion!They are a real team!
Just when Qin Tao was full of thoughts, the game on the court had already kicked off.

In the Jazz's first attack, Arroyo dribbled the ball across the half court, and a wobbly Atkins defense made a huge hole in an instant. Just like in training, Arroyo handed the ball comfortably. To Boozer.

Boozer, who has become famous in the NBA with his footsteps, will not show off his usual agile footsteps when facing the old Divac?Poor physical fitness, Boozer was reduced to the second round before being selected, but this does not mean that his strength is not good, in fact Boozer is very strong.

After playing with his back and completely squeezing Divac out of his defensive position, Boozer immediately turned around and dunked with both hands.Although the action was ugly and the dunk was not violent, it still aroused applause from all the fans in the Energy Solution Center. I don’t know if Boozer’s dunk made the fans vaguely see the figure of the man, the postman who holds the NBA appearance record .

"Chucky shouldn't be so easily thrown out of space by the opponent, Lamar pay attention to help defend." Qin Tao shouted loudly from the sidelines after another goal was scored by the opponent.Odom nodded as he ran past Qin Tao, saying that he knew what to do tonight.Perhaps this year's Lakers will not be as good as their city's Clippers, but this game is crucial to their coach and even the entire Lakers, and Odom can still make it clear.

Atkins handed the ball to Bryant in the frontcourt. In fact, his biggest role in the Lakers was to bring the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt.

Against Kobe's defense, it's obvious that Sloan put a lot of effort into the game.He asked AK47 to defend Kobe, while Gillisek was on the sidelines to help defend, not only that, but also Boozer's top defense at any time inside.The Jazz laid out layers of defenses waiting for Kobe to break.

However, Qin Tao, who had determined before the game to let Kobe beat Gilicek, also worked hard in this regard.Although Qin Tao is a rookie who has become a monk halfway, he still understands the most basic pick and roll on the court.Especially since he likes the Lakers very much, he has specially studied the triangle offense. He can still come up with one or two crappy solutions to this situation.

The triangle offense needs a flexible big man, and Divac is the obvious fit, but it's okay to have him come out to support the pass.Divac picked and rolled at the free throw line, and Kobe handed the ball to Divac.Then he accelerated to the basket, and Kirilenko was blocked by Divac without any extra moves. With more than ten years of experience, Divac quickly found Kobe's position.After getting the ball, Kobe faced Boozer with a calm fadeaway jumper, helping the Lakers get their first two points of the game.

Seeing the success of the tactics, Qin Tao finally felt relieved.Not since the last time a Caron Butler outburst caused a wildly different result in real life than in the controller.Qin Tao has always been worried. If Butler's outburst can change the result of the game, will it also change the result of the game if one of the opponent's players suddenly convulses?
Fortunately, the start of the game was exactly the same as the process of the controller, which allowed Qin Tao to sit calmly on the coaching bench.

The game in the first quarter did not have much twists and turns.The records of the Jazz and the Lakers are not very good. This season, they belong to the kind of teams that are expected to "hit" the lottery zone.In the previous bet, Qin Tao raised the jazz so much mainly because he hoped that Buck would accept the bet.Of course, the premise is that he doesn't know that the Jazz's home court will be so terrifying. If he had known in advance, he would never make this bet.

The Lakers trailed by three points 23-26 in the first quarter.At noon, in the simulated game of the controller, Qin Tao was still very calm at the end of the first quarter. The Lakers' final trump card in this game has not yet been deployed.But now he couldn't show that calmness.Because something happened in the next game that he will never forget in his life...

(End of this chapter)