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Chapter 218 Perfect One Hundred Victories
On October 31, the Thunder played against the Jazz at home.

Throughout the summer, Boozer, one of the Jazz's dual cores, and Kyle Korver, the main substitute, also joined the Bulls as free agents. The potential center Koufos was traded to the Timberwolves, and the main center Okur may be reimbursed due to injury. .

The Jazz got Al Jefferson, turned Millsap into a starting power forward, and got Gordon Hayward, who perfectly fits the Sloan coaching system in the draft, and recalled the old acquaintance Lagabell to the team. Let him serve as the starting shooting guard.

Such a big lineup change made it too late for Sloan to run in. The first two games of the season were defeated by nearly 20 points.

The game started at [-] p.m., and the Jazz made a bold change, allowing rookie Hayward to start instead of Lagabel.

In addition to Hayward, the other four Jazz are Deron, Kirilenko, Millsap, Al Jefferson.

With such an operation, Su Yang was a little surprised, and decisively adjusted the starting lineup accordingly, letting Dai Quinn Cook replace Sefoloza.

Anyway, Hayward will definitely not be the Jazz's main scoring point, and will act as a support at most. Cook's defensive pressure will not be too great, and Hayward's defensive ability is average. Although he has a height advantage, Cook looks for opportunities by running without the ball. , is not difficult.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, the Jazz won the jump ball and started with the conventional 4DOWN tactics, but unfortunately it was difficult to run out of the open space.

Going around, Kirilenko made a shot against Durant, feinted and made a successful foul, and Durant shook his head again and again depressed.

The Thunder switched sides to attack, and the whole team arranged tactics around Chandler, bullying Al Jefferson for his short height and scoring hooks.

The Jazz turned to attack, started with the conventional 4UP tactics, and attacked from the right, but still didn't run out of a good space.

The basketball was passed to Kirilenko again, and he tried to take a fake shot again, but Durant was not fooled, and the basketball rebounded from the basket.

Westbrook grabbed the rebound and pushed the fast break, gave the ball to Cook who followed up, and made a wide-open three-point shot, but Ibaka followed up and took off. With his height advantage, he overwhelmed Millsap, who was only 203, and caught the offense strongly. Rebounds, putbacks.

Easy Bian Jazz counterattacked, Milsam took the ball from the left waist and hit back, Ya saw Westbrook double-teaming, and immediately distributed the ball.

Deron took the ball without hesitation and rushed to shoot. The three-pointer went into the net with a bang, and the momentum was quite arrogant.

Turning around, Chandler wanted to bully Jefferson again, but was firmly held back, and walked in a panic, violating the law.

In the next round, Jefferson took the initiative to ask for the ball to play in the low post, and with skillful footwork, he coquettishly swayed Chandler for a layup.

Chandler almost wanted to pull the clothes and fouled early, mainly showing a little embarrassment, like a marionette.

Seeing this, Su Yang clapped his hands vigorously to encourage him, knowing that it was not Chandler's defensive stretch, but Jefferson's footsteps were too bad.

Jefferson's low-post footwork skills can be called the first in the league, not even losing to Olajuwon, the peak of the 90s, but Jefferson's flexibility and explosive power are much worse than Olajuwon's, and the overall movements look less elegant and more Easy to defend.

Between encouragement, Durant hit the iron with a three-pointer, the Jazz grabbed a rebound and launched a counterattack, and Deron made an emergency stop and shot a three-pointer.

Perhaps it was because Deron scored 6 points in a row, Westbrook wanted to perform, and in a hurry, he made a mid-range shot.

Kirilenko grabbed a long rebound, and the Jazz team advanced in the third line. Assistant coach Sloan gestured and shouted to remind him to play 43-[-] tactics.

But after Deron took over the basketball, he did not implement the tactics arranged by Sloan, and made an emergency stop to shoot a three-pointer.

The basketball went into the net hollowly, Deron scored 9 points in a row, the Jazz bench cheered and applauded, but Sloan showed embarrassment.

Deron was a little flustered.

Last season, he was selected as an All-Star for the first time, 18+10 in the regular season, and 24+10 in the playoffs, which greatly increased Deron's reputation. In addition to Boozer's departure in the summer, Deron automatically became the real boss of the Jazz players. Started wanting to take control of the team.

On the Thunder's side, facing a 4-13 deficit, Su Yang did not request a timeout, and only let the whole team attack around Durant.

Westbrook had to follow orders, and Durant immediately began to hit the basket, causing consecutive fouls by Hayward and Kirilenko.

When the Jazz attacked, Deron's state was still hot. Except for the long-range three-pointer, he did not miss the signature double-directional mid-range shot.

Just like that, Durant and Deron faced each other in the first quarter, and the Thunder fell behind 27-33.

Taking advantage of the timeout between quarters, Su Yang reminded the team to pass the ball resolutely and not to be robbed 4 times by the Jazz.

In the second quarter, Su Yang temporarily adjusted the rotation of personnel and arranged for Westbrook to play in advance. Against former Thunder veteran Earl Watson, he used Westbrook's advantage of height, speed and strength to try to tear the defense from the periphery of the final.

After a few rounds, the effect was as expected. Wei Shao made a sudden pass and led the team to a 9-2 attack wave.

Seeing the Thunder go ahead and score, the Jazz hurriedly dispatched the main lineup, and the two teams fell into a back and forth situation again.

After halftime, the Thunder led the Jazz by 58 points 56 to 2, and Durant scored 19 of them.

Returning to the locker room at halftime, Su Yang briefly analyzed and summarized, and then predicted the possible changes in the second half of the Jazz, namely Lagabel returned to the starting position, Millsap took more shots, and double-teamed Duran special.

He arranged a coping strategy for every possibility, emphasizing once again that the pass needs to be decisive to avoid being intercepted
The game started in the third quarter, and Westbrook used an 18-foot mid-range shot to cover the screen and scored two points for the Thunder.

Turning around, Lagabel, who really returned to the starting lineup, slipped to the bottom line and made a layup, and also interfered with Durant from the backcourt.

Just like that, Su Yang guessed almost all of the Jazz's offensive and defensive strategies, and the Thunder team played with ease.

Ibaka not only made 5 of 5 shots, but also used Chandler to help defend in advance, making Millsap 5 of 1 shots.

The Jazz tried to double-team Durant who was feinting with the ball, and Durant assisted Cook to hit a three-pointer and assisted Westbrook for an empty dunk.

However, Deron still performed well, with 7 points, 4 assists and 1 steal in a single quarter. In addition, Kirilenko stole two or three points. At the end of the third quarter, the Thunder only led the Jazz by 93 to 85. Failed to secure victory.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the Jazz adopted the old routine and resorted to frantic defense at the cost of fouls.

CJ Miles, Kirilenko, and Lagabel took turns to confront each other. Durant's shot was greatly affected, and he made three consecutive shots, while Deron and Al Jefferson scored steadily, causing the Jazz to take the opportunity to catch up. Only two points away.

Facing the precarious situation, Su Yang arranged for Westbrook and Chandler to play duo with the strong side in succession.

Jefferson's pick-and-roll defense was mediocre, and it was difficult for Deron to bypass Chandler's good screen. Westbrook scored consecutively.

The Thunder still choked the inside on the defensive end, allowing Jefferson, Kirilenko, and Millsap to make a combined 9-for-0 from the field.

In the last half minute of the game, the Jazz belatedly used a foul to make a desperate attempt. Unfortunately, Su Yang had already arranged for the Thunder to send the ball to Durant every time, and Durant made all 6 free throws in a row. Give the Jazz any chance to overtake.

In the end, the Thunder defeated the Jazz 115 to 108, Durant scored 36 points, Westbrook and Ibaka doubled 20.

With the momentum of the three-game winning streak, the Thunder flew to Los Angeles and easily defeated the Clippers after Griffin's comeback.

The whole team simply celebrated Su Yang's 100 regular-season victories in his coaching career, and set off for Portland that night, preparing to challenge back-to-back the Blazers, who have a relatively well-organized team and won five consecutive victories after the start of the game.

(End of this chapter)