Guoshu basketball

Chapter 54 The Terrible Utah Jazz
Hundreds of millions!This number surprised Li Du. He never thought that basketball has such a great influence!Yang Yijia continued: "Generally speaking, there are many people who are influenced by basketball stars. Basically, as long as they are fans, they will be affected more or less. In terms of influence, basketball stars still have the greatest influence on teenagers, followed by young people. Yes Yes, among the basketball superstars, Kobe, Tracy McGrady and Iverson are the most popular, followed by James and Wade! But I promise, as long as you become a basketball superstar, your popularity will definitely be higher than theirs!"

Li Du's heart was moved by Yang Yijia's last words, and he quickly asked, "Brother Yang, how is my popularity now?"

"You are incredible now. Although you have not reached the height of Kobe and the others, you have surpassed many others. Even Duncan and Carter, who have been famous for many years, are not as popular as you!" Yang Yijia gave Li Du a reassurance, and then continued Explanation: "Now the only Chinese who are famous in the NBA are you and Yao Ming, so of course everyone pays attention to you! Of course, there are more people who pay attention to Yao Ming. After all, he was trained in China, and you were born out of nowhere. It takes a process!"

Li Du nodded happily, "Brother Yang, thank you! I will work harder to play!"

Yang Yijia smiled and said: "Don't be too polite, by the way, your interview hasn't been aired yet, after it airs, there will probably be more people who like you and pay attention to you! Wait for my good news!"

After hanging up the phone, from the excited look on Li Du's face, Preti knew that things were much more optimistic than Li Du imagined!Li Du laughed happily, picked up Priti and walked around the room several times, excitedly said to Priti: "Great, Brother Yang told me that there are many Chinese fans, and most of them will Influenced by the stars! I can influence others through basketball, and I can fulfill Master's wish!"

Preti hugged Li Du tenderly, and then put forward her own opinion: "Many Hollywood directors have asked you to make movies before, I think this is also a way, your compatriots in Hollywood, they used to I also said that if I want to find you, I can try it!"

Li Du nodded and said: "Yes! Not only basketball, but movies are also a method, and I heard from sister Ziyi that there is a director who wants to restore the martial arts of the Republic of China. I can just provide him with some materials and suggestions! After the season is over, I will Go and find out if there is a suitable movie script!"

Li Du, who had found his future development direction, was in a good mood. He invited Pelinka over and told him his thoughts.Pelinka is of course very supportive, and the more famous and popular Li Du is, the more his fame and income will increase accordingly!
After complacently consuming all of Li Du's meals, Pelinka told Li Du: "Li, the alliance's decision on your previous death block has come out!"

"Robert, what is a death cover? You speak as if I'm a horrible person!" Li Du muttered dissatisfiedly.

"Haha!" Pelinka laughed and said, "You don't know yet. After the game, the Raptors officially announced that Bargnani was healthy and had no mild concussion! I guess, he might have been beaten by you at that time. I was confused for a while. Because he was fine, the league did not impose any punishment on you. I just hope that the players will try their best to exercise restraint during the game and not do dangerous things that hurt others. But you got rid of him all at once, So now newspapers and media call your block a death block!"

Li Du heaved a sigh of relief, he was not fined or suspended, and what he worried about most was being suspended.

With joy, Li Du and the Lakers came to Salt Lake City, where they will challenge the Utah Jazz in an away game.

In the era of Stockton and Malone, the Utah Jazz used to cross the league. The classic pick-and-roll tactics of the two of them turned the basic tactic of "pick-and-roll" into a collective teamwork tactic, and even became an eternal classic in the hearts of fans. Tactics, unbreakable tactics!
After Stockton and Malone retired, the Jazz once fell into a trough. When the record was worst, they could not touch the threshold of the playoffs.However, in recent years, with the transformation and training of the team by the old coach Sloan, and Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer almost reproduced the classic pick-and-roll of "Utah Black and White Shuangsha", as well as Okur, Kee Lilenko and others gradually rose and matured, and the Jazz once again became the top team in the Western Conference.

After watching their game video, Li Du secretly marveled that the Jazz not only has a strong lineup, but every position is in line with the rules of basketball, and everyone on the team has good offensive and defensive capabilities. A man with a balanced offense and defense.What's even more frightening is that under the guidance of Coach Sloan, the Jazz are extremely resilient, even facing a stable and terrifying team like the Spurs, they will not fall behind!Falling behind several times, and struggling to recover the score several times!

A tough opponent is the most terrifying opponent!As in basketball, so in martial arts!

"This team is extremely resilient, it's scary!" Li Du was mentally prepared to fight the Jazz for the entire game. He knew that the Jazz would not rely on Kobe to explode like the Raptors or other teams they encountered before. The horror of scoring consecutive points, or strangling a certain point by yourself, you can win normally.Li Du even felt that even if he defended against one of their players today, it would not have much impact on the outcome of the entire game!

In the previous games, the reason why Li Du was able to play a crucial role was because the core players of each team were extremely clear, while the ability of others to actively score was much weaker, so Li Du only needed to put his defensive To achieve the ultimate, try to block the opponent's core players, can have a major impact on the situation on the court.

But in the face of the Jazz, where almost everyone can score and everyone can defend, Li Du felt a little uncertain.Li Du also raised his concerns to Kobe, but Kobe just smiled and said to Li Du: "Li, you are one of the strongest defensive players I have ever seen on the field. Don't worry, we will definitely Will win!"

After the boss said so, Li Du had no choice but to give up.Before the start of the game, Zen Master said a few words, nothing more than asking everyone to play according to the established tactics, and to use the triangle offense to open up space when attacking.

The home court of the Utah Jazz has always been called the "Devil's Home Stadium". The air pressure on the plateau in Salt Lake City is low, and the impact of the hypoxic environment on athletes is also very obvious.The air here is relatively thin, and players will feel strenuous after playing for a while.

Another reason is Jerry Sloan, who coached the Jazz for 23 years.He infused strong iron blood into every player who came to Utah.

And he also understands one thing that other coaches have never accepted or recognized: he understands that it is impossible for NBA referees to whistle every round, and not every foul will be noticed by the referee, especially in his own home field.Otherwise, I am afraid that each game will take 4 to 5 hours, all players will be sent off, and the fans at home will never agree.

It's that simple.Sloan took advantage of this and made his players play very tough at home, tougher than any opponent, challenging the bottom line of referees.

The Jazz players do everything they can on the court. In their eyes, the basketball game is not an art but a war.

What really made this arena scary was the crowd of crazy fans—the Energy Solutions Center was full of seats, and the fans wore all blue and white T-shirts, making the entire arena look like an ocean.

As soon as the game started, the fans began to shout with all their might, cheering for the home team and creating disturbance for the visiting team.Li Du once heard Kobe say that when you are in this arena in Salt Lake City, what you can feel is boring jazz. The arena is full of so many fans, and they treat the visiting team with cynicism. Always coming one after another.

Once you step into this arena, foreign teams can always feel a little bit-you can't blend in here, because every game here is a basketball feast for them.

When every visiting team visits the Energy Solution Center, it seems that they are cornered by a large group of people and have no way out.

The thin air on the plateau, the crazy fans at home and the high-decibel boos, torture the away players physically and psychologically at all times!
(End of this chapter)