NBA restricted area bulldozer

Chapter 313 Trash Talking Is an Art

Same as pre-match predictions.

Nuggets starting lineup: Center Mutombo, power forward Rafonso Ellis, small forward Reggie Williams, point guard Chris Jackson, shooting guard Bryant Stich.

This starting lineup is the main force of the Nuggets. The general direction has been set by coach Dan Issel, which is to defend inside and play outside, but the mule is the horse, and it will always be pulled out. Play for a while, and which position will come out? Once the problem is solved, fine-tune it.

The meaning of the head coach is here. The same opponent, every game will be slightly different, and on-the-spot adaptation and tactical adjustment are the main subjects for evaluating a team coach. The only difference lies in the quality and quality of the role players they can mobilize. quantity.

At this point, Jerry Sloan is really at a disadvantage, because the Jazz bench is very embarrassing. The inside line is too strong to change, and the outside line is too weak to be changed. On the contrary, the Nuggets have more choices.

……

Midfield jump ball.

Mutombo has the same height as Li Shengli, and his jumping and timing are also very good. This is the basis for his 4.1 blocks per game. A teammate, you don't even have to run.

"Let's go, let's start." Li Shengli yelled to boost morale. Although it would be a bit of a second-guessing thing to shout like this usually, momentum is what is needed in the playoffs, and everyone is rushing to the championship.

"Bond, hurry up."

"Understood, come and stop me!"

"Tayrone go down to the bottom corner."

"Run, run, everyone!"

Li Shengli and Ma Long commanded on the spot, and the feedback given by his teammates was also very timely, and this round of offense... Li Shengli took a step towards the penalty area after giving Bond a pick-and-roll from a high position, and then received a pass.

At this time, Mutombo was pulled out a little distance, but Rafonso rushed forward bravely and shouted: "Get out!"

Swish!

The ball hit the net hollow, and the home fans immediately gave their applause when they saw the first ball played so easily, but Lafonso, who had yelled just now, was a little embarrassed because Li Shengli took the ball and took off directly. The imaginary hand-to-hand combat can't happen at all, catch the ball, take off, and shoot, all in one go.

"Beautiful, back on defense, back on defense!"

"Crotty keeps an eye on Chris, and quickly settles down!"

The opening attack was simply too smooth. Ma Long slapped his hands and led people back to the defense together with Li Shengli, while Mutombo and Rafonso were caught off guard, and only coach Issel's yelling could be heard.

"La Fonso, stick to him, how can you defend if you don't stick to him?"

"I just didn't expect this company to vote directly. This is not his style!"

"Okay, take it easy, they're not that scary."

"Don't tell me that, tell Chris."

"Stop talking nonsense, look at his state today, if not, the coach will replace him."

Raising his leg to attack the frontcourt, Mutombo had a headache, because his No. [-] scorer, Chris Jackson, was really unstable. He could play well when he played well, but when he played badly, he Picking the feet of the dishes, and the root cause is... This buddy is sick!

This is no joke. What Chris suffered from was 'Autonomic Dysfunction Syndrome', referred to as...Nervous disorder. The cause is long-term mental stress and excessive psychological pressure.

Speaking of the cause, we have to talk about the symptoms!

This unlucky neurological disorder, the most obvious manifestations are headache, dizziness, fatigue, unconsciousness, sudden tonic and clonic convulsions of the whole body or local muscle groups, often accompanied by disturbance of consciousness.

It is more troublesome to say that it is too official. In the words of the Nuggets players, this buddy can't be angry or too nervous, or he will twitch, and his anger index can be judged from the magnitude of his twitches.

In the final analysis, this problem is a physical disease caused by psychological factors, so Chris Jackson became a prostitute last season, using religious beliefs to stabilize his mind, and even changed his name to Rauf.

Thinking of this, Mutombo can only pray that Chris Jackson will be more stable in this game, not asking for a good performance, as long as he can reach a normal level.

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Back to the Nuggets offensive round.

Li Shengli and Malone settled in the penalty area ahead of time, and under the Nuggets' tactics of defending inside and playing outside, Mutombo and Rafonso still supported their teammates more, but after several attempts, they still couldn't find a chance to make a move, and they were holding the ball. Chris watched the time approaching, and simply retreated to the three-point line and made a three-pointer.

At this stage, all the backcourt players in the league don't shoot many three-pointers, and Crotty didn't expect the opponent to drop back three-pointers, and they were still playing Pacers leader Reggie Miller's kicking projection.

Speaking of Thunderbolt-Miller's kick projection, it is really annoying, because when defending him, you can't defend him if you are far away, and the kick will explode if you stick close. What's more annoying is that it is easy to be made foul.

Although many backcourt players know this trick, but no one has sent the master Lei Jian-Miller kicked hard and accurately, and Chris this time is really a dime, and Crotty can't help it. In the end, the Nuggets shot a three-pointer.

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The two sides attacked each other, and after a few rounds, the rhythm of the two sides was also determined.

For the Jazz, Li Shengli is the main attacker, Malone is the second attacker, and Crotty and others also have some shots, but the main position is still inside.

In the first quarter, Li Shengli scored 8 of 6, Ma Long scored 5 of 3, and scored 23 points including free throws. Knott, counting Crotty and Bond, the four 'jointly scored' 7 points.

In contrast to the Nuggets.

Dikembe Mutombo, who is known as a defensive center, was a bit out of sorts. He was blasted miserably in the first quarter. In terms of hand-to-hand combat, he did not encourage Li Shengli. After all, the defense still had a bit of an advantage. Known as the center forward textbook, every offensive method is shown one by one, but it is also extremely efficient.

Mutombo was exploded, Lafonso couldn't run away, and was stunned by Malone, and the two brothers only scored 10 points in the first quarter, which was less than half of the combination of Li Shengli + Malone.

However, the inside line is not good and the outside line is good. Chris, the main attacker in the backcourt of the Nuggets, really killed Crotty.

In the first quarter, he made 4 of 4 free throws, 1 of 1 three-pointers, and 8 of 4 two-pointers. He scored a violent 15 points in a single quarter.

It would be better if it was just a Chris, but Bond, the defensive colander, played normally, and he ordered takeaway food. In addition, Tyrone was taken down because of defensive problems, and Benoit took over the second half. Was scored 10 points.

So in the first quarter of the game, the score between the two sides was 35:30, and the Jazz fell behind by 5 points.

Both sides scored more than 30 points in a single quarter. It can be seen that the offensive rhythm of the game is very fast. Rorty can't do anything for the time being.

Isn't it nonsense to fight like this? !

Now the Jazz's problem is not on the inside but on the outside. If they can't suppress Chris, they will definitely overturn, but how can they suppress Chris? !Jerry Sloan has been thinking about this...

The circle of the NBA is not big, and the current 27 teams have a total of only a hundred or so starters.

Everyone knows about the deranged Chris, and if the dude is playing well, the most effective way to defend him is to spray a train of trash talk and make him angry, but this method is a little bit in Jerry Sloan's opinion. Dirty, he's too embarrassed to use it...

"Spray him, spray him for me!"

"Talk some trash to Chris!"

"Spray me to death, don't be afraid of being blown!"

Jerry Sloan's quality was three times in a row. Li Shengli was really sweating, and asked Malone to the side: "Is this our tactic in the second quarter?"

"What does it have to do with us? Chris outside is Crotty's business. Just watch, Mutombo and Raffonso will definitely spray us in a while, so prepare yourself." Malone smiled.

"Damn it, doesn't trash talk just need a mouth?"

"No, it's an art!"

(End of this chapter)