Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 197. 197. First round sweep
Throughout the game, the "Utah Shuangsha" was somewhat miserably restricted by the Timberwolves' defense.

其中德隆威廉姆斯只交出11分2篮板6助攻的数据，而队内得分王布泽尔同样只有14分8篮板以及1次助攻。

And Boozer, who shot 56% from the field this season, was limited to less than 40% from the field. After the game, he kicked over the trash can in the aisle angrily.

If it weren't for Mehmet Okur who made a few three-pointers from the outside at this point to help the Jazz complete their life extension, the Jazz would enter garbage time early in the three quarters.

In addition, Jazz sixth man Matt Harprin also contributed 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists when he came off the bench.

But in the case of the poor performance of the two core players, the Jazz is still unable to recover, and can only watch the game being taken away by the Timberwolves.

As for the Timberwolves, the best performer is naturally Iverson, who scored 37 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals.

As a legendary star who played in the playoffs for the seventh time in his career, the fierce confrontation in the playoffs was naturally not taken seriously by Iverson, and even in Iverson's view, it was not much different from the regular season.

Facing the defenses of many players such as "Old Fish" Fisher, Deron Williams, Girisek, and Di Brown, Iverson seemed to be in no man's land as if dreaming back to the peak. The Jazz's defense took a good lesson.

The Jazz's defensive efficiency is still only in the middle of the league even though they have an excellent defense player like Kirilenko, because the Jazz only have Kirilenko and Fisher on the defensive end.

What makes Fisher outstanding is that he has excellent core strength, using the body of a point guard to withstand the power of small forwards and even power forwards.

But for a speedy defender like Iverson, Fisher's lateral movement speed is too cumbersome. As long as Iverson starts to break through from the right, Fisher can only follow behind and eat ashes.

In terms of others, Artest and Ben Wallace also played well.

The defense of Artest and Ben Wallace in this game is the key factor for the Timberwolves to beat the Jazz at home.

The restricted area where Ben Wallace sits allowed the Jazz to reduce the number of kills in the restricted area, and made Deron Williams play very uncomfortable, so he could only look for opportunities on the periphery.

虽然本华莱士没能正面对位奥库有些遗憾，但本华莱士全场依然轰下6分17篮板3助攻2抢断以及4次封盖，将蓝领中锋的任务发挥到了极致。

It can be said that Ben Wallace is the "King Kong of the restricted area" of today's league. Even if his foot speed is getting slower and slower than when he was young, when Ben Wallace sits in the restricted area and does not need to go out, Ben Wallace is still the best in that league. Defensive center.

至于阿泰斯特同样交出了一份13分6篮板2助攻5抢断以及2次封盖的数据，且投篮命中率高达76%，堪称是抓住了所有进攻机会。

However, relative to Artest's contribution on the offensive end, Artest's real core contribution is to limit the personal performance of Jazz scoring leader Boozer on the defensive end.

Frequent physical confrontation and mad dog-like hungry wolf pounced on Boozer throughout the game was very uncomfortable.

If there is a choice, Boozer would rather face Garnett's defense than Artest, the "beast".

After all, Garnett only has no shortcomings in defense except strength, while Artest has an abnormal head, and his tough physical confrontation always makes people want to fight with him.

The most embarrassing thing is that every time Boozer couldn't help but want to get angry, he looked back and saw Artest's fierce expression, Boozer could only lower his head to comfort himself: "Everyone is a quality person , On the court, we should use strength to speak, not fists..."

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In the first game of the playoffs, the Timberwolves beat the Utah Jazz by 22 points at home. This result did not seem to surprise the fans.

Even if the Timberwolves star is reimbursed for the season and cannot play, the overall gap between the two teams is still visible to the naked eye.

Unless the Jazz are extremely eye-catching in this round of the series, the chances of being able to upset the Timberwolves are too low.

This also led to the Timberwolves still being bloodless in the next two games, beating the Jazz by 24 points and 26 points respectively, holding the match point with a big score of 3:0.

The Jazz lost a total of 72 points to the Timberwolves in the three games, which can be called a disgrace in the playoffs.

But no matter how frustrated the Jazz generals are, they have to accept this cruel fact.

Now that the Timberwolves are holding the match point 3:0, this round of the series has basically lost suspense. After all, there has never been a team in history that has been able to complete a comeback when it fell behind 0:3.

No one thought the Jazz would be the first team to eat crabs.

The final outcome was as expected by the fans. Although the Jazz fought their backs in the fourth game, they wanted to avoid being shaved in this round of the series.

But the Timberwolves, who can rest early and rest early, will naturally not give the Jazz this opportunity.

Even if Sloan arranged for players to flank Iverson from the beginning, Iverson still drove the offense of other teammates with his rich experience in the playoffs.

Iverson is not an excellent passer, at least not at the same level as Nash and others.

However, Iverson also contributed an average of 7.9 assists per game in the highest season of his career. Iverson, who frequently encounters double-teams, knows how to drive his teammates in this situation.

整场比赛艾弗森一共只出手了12次投篮创下系列赛新低，但15分3篮板16次助攻的数据却带领球队再一次战胜爵士，大比分4 : 0横扫晋级。

Iverson used 16 assists to prove to the Jazz that although he is the league's scoring leader, the means to kill the game are not just scoring!

In the whole round of the series, Iverson played very passionate inside and outside shots. After four games, Iverson averaged 31.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, 9.4 assists and 2.8 steals per game.

And with an average of 22 shots per game, Iverson still controlled his shooting percentage at 46.8%, and even made 33.4% of his three-pointers.

From the perspective of offensive efficiency alone, it can be found that although time has taken away part of Iverson's speed, it has also made Iverson more and more mature.

When the mature Iverson met the Timberwolves' mature defensive system, what happened to the Jazz's defense seemed so natural.

After the game, players from the two teams hugged symbolically, and Iverson patted Deron Williams on the back of the head to comfort him.

Although Deron Williams is not a dish in Iverson's eyes, after the series was swept, Deron Williams' helpless eyes seemed to remind Iverson of a past.

Thinking back to his various encounters in the 76ers, Iverson turned his head and looked at the current teammates around him. Iverson, who is 31 years old this year, couldn't help laughing.

　Ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a recommendation ticket, thank you, third child!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)