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Chapter 634 The King's Nemesis Appears

At [-]:[-] p.m., inside the Energy Solutions arena.

After the appearance ceremony, the lights were turned on, and the excited Jazz fans shouted one after another, and the sound waves rushed.

The long whistle sounded, and the game entered the final stage of preparation. Su Yang suddenly felt something, turned around and looked at the Jazz bench, and happened to meet Snyder's eyes, and saw the strong fighting spirit in the opponent's eyes. Obviously want to win.

"Good luck!"

Su Yang gave a thumbs up, and then recalled the pre-match interview. The reporter asked how to evaluate Snyder's speech: Regarding coaching, I have learned from many famous coaches, and Su Yang has the most profound influence on me. He is younger than me. Small, the perspective of looking at problems is very novel. I have been coaching with him for 5 years, and I have learned a lot of tactics and ideas for leading the team, and I am currently fully demonstrating it!
Speaking like that, it was obvious that he had thought about it.

Su Yang's answer was also very straightforward: "Even if Snyder didn't coach with me, he is also the best level coach. He has rich research spirit and bold tactical ideas. This season, the Jazz has a well-organized staff. I believe the fans can see it." A lot of new ideas, but they still have a way to go, and of course that's not Snyder's problem. Anyway, get ready to see the Jazz rise."

Between the question and the answer, it was a battle of the mind.

A short whistle followed.

The two teams start to enter the field.

On the Jazz side, Dante Exum, Rodney Hood, Gordon Hayward, Diaw, and center Gobert.

That kind of lineup can defend the league's lowest average of [-] points per game, which is really surprising. Gobert is naturally strong as the best player, but it is more because the Jazz's defensive system is better, which can make up for Gobert's only shortcoming. Pick-and-roll defense.

After watching the video of the Jazz before the game, Su Yang found that apart from the basic strategies of local three defenses and two defenses and flanking, the biggest feature of the Jazz is their super strong execution. I don't know what kind of magic Snyder used to make a group of young players so obedient.

Cheers erupted in the arena.

Gobert easily won the jump ball and the game started.

The horn formation starts, Hayward crosses the ball to Dior in the left elbow, turns around and uses Gobert's back cover in the right elbow, and goes down, suddenly stops and runs back, clearly intending to retreat to the 45-degree position of the three-point line After receiving the ball, Dior raised his hand and hit the ground in advance to pass the ball.

The basketball flew straight off the sideline.

The referee blew his whistle and whistled for a penalty error.

Seeing this, Su Yang turned around and instructed assistant coach West to record: "Hayward and Dior obviously lack tacit understanding, and you can try to use it..." The main purpose is to use it against the King's offense. After the two made a mistake, they did not communicate. They turned around after looking at each other. run forward.

Offensive and defensive transitions on the field.

Curry ran across the center line with the ball, passed it to Cousins ​​at the top of the arc, turned to run to the right, and made a WIDE screen, while George took the opportunity to use the screen to temporarily get rid of Hood and rush to the top of the arc.Meanwhile, Cousins ​​passes the ball to Mbah a Moute on the left wing.

The strong and weak sides operated at the same time. The king attacked with hidden murderous intentions, but the Jazz defended and did not lose half a step.

Attention is full!

Cousins ​​turned around after passing the ball, and then continued to cover for the oncoming George, which is equivalent to a split version of the triangle offense. George received the pass from Mbah a Moute, immediately raised his hand and hit the ground to pass again. Antetokounmpo at 45 degrees on the left bends down to take the ball.

The king hasn't had a chance yet.

The attack time has already run out of ten seconds.

George turned around quickly after passing the ball, strode to the right waist, and together with Cousins ​​and Curry, the three got together.

Stack stacking tactics were formed accordingly.

The king trio covered each other and circled around.

In the blink of an eye, George bounced to catch the ball, took a big step, defended against Hayward, and barely took off to make a mid-range shot.

The basketball bounced back with a clatter.

Gobert immediately got stuck, Diaw rushed to get the rebound, and the Jazz launched a counterattack, and the rhythm was quite fast.

"Rush up, rush up, defend well..." Snyder applauded from the sidelines to remind the Jazz generals, a little excited.

Su Yang didn't care about the Jazz's offense. Instead, he recalled the Jazz's defense before. The entanglement was really well done, especially when the stacking tactics were started. The communication between Exum and Hayward was very good. Bell also gave up space in advance to avoid mutual blocking.

It can be said that the thinking is clear and the execution is full.

While thinking about it, Hayward misplaced his back and hit Curry, but failed to make a jumper. The King grabbed a rebound and launched a counterattack.

Real defensive shouts erupted in the arena.

Brother Antetokounmpo rushed with the ball, but the Jazz retreated very quickly, and left four people to guard the three-point line. Seeing that Brother Antetokounmpo came over and directly sacrificed a small-scale double-team, Brother Antetokounmpo could only slow down and stop, and turned around. Pass the ball to Cousins ​​and follow up to the top of the arc.

The king fell into positional warfare.

Cousins ​​stepped to the left and made a hand-to-hand screen with Curry, while Antetokounmpo turned and stepped to the right to make a cross-block screen for George. The two screens were completed almost at the same time, and the Jazz, Dante Kesum came and squeezed through Cousins' wall.

In the blink of an eye, Diaw, who was supposed to switch defenses against George, decisively gave up George and moved laterally to intercept Curry's breakthrough.

George suddenly got the space, lowered his center of gravity without hesitation and made a strong charge, while Curry lobbed the ball synchronously and tacitly.

I saw George catch the ball and start three steps.

But Gobert, who has a short corner on the left side of the weak side, has long since given up on Cousins ​​and shrunk to the basket. If he is strong, there will be no good results.

George still took off instinctively, just passing the ball with a low hand in the air, and Cousins, who followed up, caught the ball and took off on the spot.

The fit is pretty perfect.

It's a pity that the Jazz's defensive rotation is also awesome. Hood, who was chasing George, jumped up and interfered at the same time, and the basketball rebounded and fell with a bang.

Gobert, who had already landed and stood firm, took off again, grabbed the rebound, landed straight to Hood, and the Jazz launched an attack.

"I'm a turtle..."

Su Yang was a little surprised. The Jazz did a great defensive rotation. It seemed that every player had a deep understanding of the Kings offense. When the first step was strong and weak at the same time, Dior on the weak side did not lose his position. The second step was Curry. When passing the pass, Gobert on the weak side noticed ahead of time and changed defenses decisively. In the third part, he passed the ball in a small area under the basket. Hood's defense was changed in a timely and bold manner. It's amazing!
Diaw's old fritters have already been quite lazy in the Spurs, but he didn't expect to have a second spring in the Jazz.

Between sighs, the Jazz's offense failed.

The King's internal defense was too strong, and it was difficult for the Jazz to break through. They could only float on the outside and hit the iron with a three-pointer, almost timed out.

Offensive and defensive transformation on the court.

Antetokounmpo suddenly took two steps outside the three-point line to cover in advance, and Curry took the opportunity to launch a rush attack, trying not to grind the ground with the Jazz.

Dior switched defenses without hesitation, and while gliding to catch up, usually interfered with his right hand and prepared to block the shot with his left hand.The defensive attitude is full, and the defensive operation is completely correct. Compared with the Spurs' defensive performance of the bastard in the later stage, it is simply a different person.

Curry didn't know what to do for a while, and instead threw the ball to the top of the arc, then turned around and made a WIDE screen for George, and the weak side on the left side was activated simultaneously.Antetokounmpo observed for a while, chose to pass the ball to the left, tried to assist Cousins, but threw the ball out of bounds.

The referee then whistled for a violation and gave the Jazz the ball. The main reason was that they did not grasp the height well, and Cousins ​​​​was not ready to take off.

"Hey, hey, look at me..." Snyder stood up and shouted at the field, raising his index finger and calling for a tactic.

On the king's side, the assistant coach West, who had been staring at Snyder, hurriedly reminded: "The opposite side raises their index finger and calls for tactics..."

Su Yang raised his eyebrows when he heard the words. He didn't think of the tactics for a while, so he could only continue to watch. Fortunately, the Jazz were here at halftime.

There were cheers everywhere, and the Jazz horn formation started, but Dior and Exum stood at the elbows on both sides,

And Gobert stands in the left corner.

Seeing the position and the direction of Gobert's eyes, Su Yang immediately reminded: "They want to play inside..." In fact, it is a tactic of pretending to play high in the high position, but actually playing in the basket. A variant of the thumb tactic.

The voice spread to the court, and the kings will move one after another. Cousins ​​did not follow out and waited for Gobert at the basket.

The basketball was really given to Gobert who disassembled the inside cut, but Gobert's rough low-post back-up technique forcefully bumped into the space, so he could only turn around indiscriminately, and then he saw the basketball. Didn't hit the frame, almost missed the board.

Cousins ​​grabbed the rebound, George took the ball and counterattacked, hit the top of the frontcourt with a three-second kill, and rushed to the basket against Sexum.

It's a pity that Gobert's defense was very fast. George could only pass the ball to Cousins, who was following up, but Dior's supplementary defense was in place simultaneously.

There were shouts all over the court, Cousins ​​turned around and threw the ball to the top of the arc, Antetokounmpo caught the ball wide open, but didn't rush to shoot a three-pointer.

I don't know why.

Curry quickly ran to the right wing, took the basketball and broke through Hood, and quickly slammed to the basket, but faced Gobert again.

The basketball was passed to Cousins ​​again, Dior made another defense, and Cousins ​​threw the basketball to Antetokounmpo who was in a wide open position at the top of the arc.

It doesn't make sense not to vote anymore.

Antetokounmpo took off with the ball, returned to defense in small steps against Dior, and made a steady three-pointer, hitting the iron with a bang.

The arena burst into cheers.

Snyder applauds with a little growl.

In the TNT live broadcast, the host Kevin Harlan sighed: "I think the Jazz are the most successful team defending the Kings."

Guest Reggie Miller nodded: "In addition to their super execution, they pay great attention to defending the line, not giving the King too many opportunities to easily cover and run, and resolutely execute the squeeze screen and three-pointer. It is really too late to switch defenses. The rotation is very good... "

Between the talks, the first quarter of the game was over.

The Kings lead the Jazz 16 to 15.

That weak 1-point advantage is completely unable to withstand the physical exertion caused by back-to-back battles and all-out attack and defense.

On social platforms such as Twitter and Weibo, the topic of discussion about the game between the two teams soared. Fans of many teams expressed surprise: The king's nemesis appeared, and other teams can copy their homework in the future, especially the Jazz's defensive move. Absolutely!
Only let the Kings score 16 points in a single quarter. Although the Kings have back-to-back disadvantages, they won 20+ at every turn before.

And on the court, the king's bench,

Su Yang glanced at the statistics and shot distribution of the two teams, looked up at the Kings players who were somewhat confused, and said with a smile: "It's not the first time the Jazz's defensive thinking and execution ability have appeared in the NBA. It's time for us to take out the traditional skill..."

(End of this chapter)