legendary basketball guard

Chapter 187 233, the next opponent

This season is the second full season coached by Tyrone Corbin. Compared to the regular season, the performance is quite good. However, in the highly competitive playoffs, they were beaten by the Mavericks last season. In the key game that must be fought, Tyrone Corbin's performance has some shortcomings.

His poor preparation before the game made the Jazz fall behind in the first quarter. Although two consecutive timeouts disrupted the rhythm of the Mavericks, the veteran Rick Carlisle will definitely not give him a chance to overtake.

The Jazz’s next adjustment, the fans can only come, must be the main inside, because compared to the Mavericks inside single defense, everyone has certain disadvantages, assist defense is their strength, but single defense is not very good .

"Next, we try to shrink the inside line as much as possible, and don't give the opponent too many offensive opportunities and space. The outside defensive counterattack will speed up again, and we will strive to solve the game in three quarters. I don't want to stay in this place at all."

After the timeout, the two sides reappeared, the Jazz attacked, and the Mavericks started a 23-zone defense according to Rick Carlisle's arrangement.

Paul Millsap took a better position inside, and Devin Harris hit the ground to pass the ball. Paul Millsap just received the pass from Devin Harris, and the Spurs' shrinking defense took effect. Lin Xiao immediately covered it, Double-teaming, it became very difficult for Paul Millsap to get the ball inside.

He held the ball and looked for an opportunity. After a few seconds, he was so wrapped up that Paul Millsap could only pass the ball.

The basketball flew into the hands of Alex on the outside line. He directly shot a three-pointer, and Lin Xiao also quickly turned back and rushed over to interfere. The interference was not in place, but Alex hadn't found the touch of the outside line. The ball still didn't go in!
The effect of the Mavericks' shrinking defense was quickly revealed. In the next few minutes, instead of opening up their inside line, they combined internal and external tactics, making many mistakes, and many opportunities from the outside line. It also keeps recovering.

But this is obviously not what Tyrone Corbin wants. Their plan is to drive the outside attack from the inside. They didn't expect the outside touch to come out first. The Jazz are very chaotic now. The outside line, even their starting point guard, is hesitant to continue feeding the inside line because they have better touch and more opportunities. They have their three-pointers, touch, and even mid-range shots.

The Jazz's offense fell into a dilemma. For the Jazz, winning the third game has gradually become a luxury.

In the second quarter, Rick Carlisle continued to adjust, and Jimmy Butler began to pinch the opponent's outside line. His current role is to limit the opponent's scoring points. If anyone feels the touch, he will be arranged by Rick Carlisle to defend.

In the second quarter, you must die and continue to become a one-sided situation. Alfarouk Aminu's breakthrough has also received good results. After a season of hard training, the three-pointers have gone from 30% at the beginning of the season to the current one. 34% can be regarded as a lot of offense, and the Jazz, after struggling for half a quarter, found their rhythm, and their offense began to improve. Lin Xiao was quickly sent up by Rick Carlisle.

The fans of the Energy Solutions Arena have always been very fanatical and loyal, even if they are behind by a big score, all kinds of annoying language, trash talk, and booing for the Mavericks have always accompanied their every ball, every offense and defense.

In the end, the game ended, and the Mavericks won the third game of the series with 24 points, winning three consecutive games, and the Mavericks became stronger both offensively and defensively.

With a big score of 3:0, no one has hope for the Jazz's victory. In the fourth game, if there is no accident, the Jazz will usher in another fiasco.

In the fourth game two days later, the bus that the Mavericks took almost didn't arrive at the arena. Their fans were really terrible.

It seems that in order to solve the game as soon as possible, Rick Carlisle directly started a lineup this time, but this lineup is completely a double-edged sword. Their inside line has become extremely weak, and the touch of the outside line is not very good.

This time Tyrone Corbin was extremely resolute on the inside, and Rick Carlisle quickly made adjustments. Langdon Haywood, fight with you.

However, Paul Millsap's performance in this game was also very good. He obviously wanted to win a game, but the Mavericks didn't give them a chance. Dirk Nowitzki defended desperately, although he couldn't completely limit Paul. Millsap, but the physical exertion is also very huge.

At the end of the game, Lin Xiao participated in the press conference, together with Jose Barea, who performed the best game since his comeback, and Dirk Nowitzki.

Rick Carlisle and Dirk Nowitzki were a little bit emotional. If it was still Sloan's team with a pick-and-roll combination, maybe they wouldn't lose so badly, and even said that the Mavericks wouldn't win so easily.

"You two performed really well. I didn't expect Jose to be in such a state. If this continues, the championship this season must be ours." Rick Carlisle.

The championship may be a little far away for other playoff teams, while others are close at hand. For the Mavericks, it is very close.

There is no team that cleanly solves opponents like the Mavericks. They are back in Dallas, and they will face their next opponent, who is not yet known.

If nothing else, there will be a great possibility to face the Clippers, or the Grizzlies, but judging from the current 3:1 situation, the Clippers have a great advantage.

The Lakers and the Nuggets are also extremely anxious and are about to enter the tiebreaker.The Thunder and the Spurs collided with sparks flying everywhere. Four games consisted of three game-winning shots, one with Durant, one with Duncan, and one with Tony Parker.

In the East, the Heat 3:1, and will soon get rid of the Pacers.In this series, many people are very optimistic about the player Paul George, and the confrontation with LeBron James is not a disadvantage, and the statistics are only slightly different, but the team is not very good.

However, LeBron James, who was defended by Paul George, was very efficient, but he himself was a little worse.Rick Carlisle and a group of them are still in the final training before the game. Not surprisingly, it must be against the Clippers.Lamar Odom is like a fish in water in the Clippers, the third position, the fourth position, or even the super sixth man, and he has completely found his form, but his girlfriend, or his wife, is not very good. Peace of mind.

(End of this chapter)