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Chapter 54

On November 11, US time, Sacramento International Airport.

Everyone in the Kings is in the VIP waiting room, and they are about to fly to Salt Lake City for an away game against the Jazz!

The Kings are a professional league team in a small market, they don't make much money in the first place, and it is even more impossible for the boss to buy a special plane for the team!

What's more, the owner of the Kings is selling the team everywhere!

It is even more impossible to invest money in buying an airplane!

And according to rumors, the Maruf Brothers didn't have the money to buy a plane. The reason why they sold the team was not only because the team didn't make money, but also because there was a problem with their main assets!

Their main business is to open a casino, and the casino has encountered a serious financial crisis in this financial crisis. They have already owed 4000 million in loans, and before the repayment deadline, they simply cannot repay this huge amount. loan.

Jiang Yan was the last one to come to the airport, because everyone else has their own car, which is of course convenient, but he still needs to take a taxi!

Seeing that Jiang Yan came last, Smart didn't show Jiang Yan's face as usual!

Jiang Yan sat beside Outlaw with her backpack on her back, and closed her eyes to rest her mind!
On the other hand, Outlaw looked at Jiang Yan with a gossipy face, wanting to ask Jiang Yan about Lawrence!
But a few minutes later, without Jiang Yan saying anything, Lawrence was in front of him!
Lawrence was wearing a sexy skirt, followed by the serious manager Haili!
Lawrence went straight to Jiang Yan, sat down, and picked up a magazine from the stool next to him to read!

The rest of the Kings looked at Lawrence and Jiang Yan in bewilderment!
What is this going to do?
Play away and bring your family?
Subconsciously they looked at Smart.

But they found that Smart didn't respond!
How did they know that this was arranged by Hai Li, Patric and Duffy!

It is to attract attention and make the 'romance' between the two high-profile!
With her eyes closed, Jiang Yan didn't know Lawrence and the others were coming!

He didn't know Lawrence existed until he got on the plane, and he was by his side!
What is this about?
Glancing at those gossiping eyes, Jiang Yan took a deep breath, and he decided to show his cards!

"Why are you here? I'm just pretending to be a couple with you, but I don't really want to be a couple with you!
So stay away from me in the future! After finishing speaking, Jiang Yan picked up her luggage and boarded the plane!
The onlookers were dumbfounded, what is this for?
.........

At three o'clock in the afternoon on November 11th, in the Energy Gymnasium in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The game between the Sacramento Kings and the Utah Jazz has officially begun!
The starting lineups for both teams are:
Kings:
Point guard: Jiang Yan

Shooting Guard: Tyreke Evans

Small Forward: Salmons
Power Forward: Thompson

Center: Cousins.

Jazz starting lineup:
Point guard: Randy Foye

Shooting Guard: Mo Williams
Small Forward: Gordon Hayward

Power Forward: Paul Millsap
Center: Al Jefferson.

This game was broadcast live by ESPn, with commentators former Hornets coach Scott and a retired Rockets player Brad commenting!

Cousins ​​and Al Jefferson bounced the ball in the middle of the court amid the chants all over Salt Lake City.

After the referee's whistle, Jefferson didn't take off, turned around and retreated to the backcourt!

Jefferson is very self-aware, his height is only 208cm, and jumping is not his best, so naturally he will not compete with Cousins!
Cousins ​​passed the ball to Salmons behind him on the left. After Salmons got the ball, he passed it to Jiang Yan in the backcourt!

It was Jiang Yan's first start in this game, although he played with Cousins ​​and the others as before.

And before the game, Smart said most definitely today that Jiang Yan will distribute the ball on the court!
At the same time, he designed a set of tactics that is the easiest for Jiang Yan to conduct!

After Jiang Yan got the ball, amidst the wild boos of the fans in Salt Lake City, he came to the front court very cautiously. Facing Foye's defense, he didn't think that he had to play the first ball himself, but put The ball was passed to Evans.

Evans and Mo Williams stand together like a stick and a chopstick.

Seeing this, Jiang Yan waved to the Kings players on the field and gave a thumbs up.

The meaning of this gesture is in the Kings team, which means that the ball is going to Evans singles!
After Jiang Yan passed the ball to Evans, she skillfully pulled it out of the three-point line in the bottom corner on the right side of the court!

After Evans saw Jiang Yan and the other players open up the space, he started to break through.

The usual physical body clears the way, unstoppable!

It's like a tank, hanging the thin Williams directly on the gun mount, and pushing straight forward!

However, the Jazz's inside line is not really evacuated!
At the very least, as a representative player of a real power forward, Millsap's defense speed is the best in the entire league!
The reason why the Jazz were able to enter the playoffs last season was because of Millsap's outstanding performance, which allowed the Jazz to catch the last bus in the Western Conference playoffs!

And what is Millsap's most important contribution to the Jazz?
Defense!

So when Evans pushed Williams not far from the three-second zone, Millsap had already returned to the left side of Evans!
Evans was focused on breaking through, and he couldn't see Millsap's supplementary defense. He took it for granted that Williams was the only one around him at this time.

Just as Evans was laying up, Millsap's dark and thick hands covered the basketball in Evans' hands.

A side cover!
Jiang Yan witnessed all this with her own eyes in the bottom corner on the right!
Suddenly, there was another burst of cheers in the arena, the loudest cheers Jiang Yan had ever heard.

It is indeed the home of the devil!
The Kings served the ball, and after Jiang Yan took the ball, she looked at the other Kings players on the field and found that each of them was entangled!

At the moment he was observing, Foye stepped forward decisively and hugged Jiang Yan tightly, while still making various small movements!

Damn, what are you doing?

Although Jiang Yan has experienced small movements on players of other teams, they are not so dirty!

First twist the flesh on Jiang Yan's side, then pull Jiang Yan's clothes, and step on Jiang Yan's feet along the way!
"........."

Jiang Yan felt bad all over, and the hand that was dribbling the ball stopped for an instant.

Then the ball was snatched by Foye!

It turned out that although Foye was making small moves against Jiang Yan, his full attention was still on the ball in Jiang Yan's hand!

As soon as Jiang Yan stopped dribbling, he immediately pushed the ball away with quick eyesight and quick hands!

Then there is a tiger pounce, get the basketball, and take advantage of the trend to make a fast break!

Foye was known for his speed, and no one in the audience could catch up to him!
Foye, who had no one to chase, came to the backcourt of the Kings and slammed a dunk!

Although somewhat reluctant!

2: 0.

The Jazz took the lead!
At this time, Jiang Yan was long overdue!
After dunking, Foye saw Jiang Yan, grinned and said in a teasing tone: "Rookie, welcome to the NBA!"

Jiang Yan heard the words and looked at Foye!
Is this the so-called rookie welcome ceremony?

He smiled coldly in his heart, but he still had that poker face on his face!

Jiang Yan stood on the baseline and sent the ball to Thompson who had just come over, and then took the ball from Thompson.

Coming to the front court again, Foye tried to steal Jiang Yan again.

But this time Jiang Yan took advantage of Foye's step forward, first took a step back, and then quickly wiped past Foye!
How could Foye have imagined that Jiang Yan would do this!

In his opinion, Jiang Yan is just a little chicken, and she came here to give her warmth!

After Jiang Yan wiped Foye, he went straight to the Jazz basket!

Seeing this, Millsap resolutely gave up on Thompson in front of him, quickly moved across to the route of Jiang Yan's breakthrough, and stood ready!
When Jiang Yan saw someone coming from the inside, wouldn't she know that the Kings had a vacant seat at this time?
With a glance in his eyes, he saw Thompson in the mid-distance position on the right baseline and no one around him at this time!
Immediately a through ball, trying to pass the ball to Thompson.

But what Jiang Yan didn't expect was that a black hand suddenly appeared on the way the ball flew towards Thompson!
Take the ball straight away!
When Jiang Yan turned around and looked over, this person had already dribbled the ball and rushed towards the backcourt of the Kings!
However, some of the Kings players finally reacted at this time.

It's Evans, and behind the stealer is Evans.

But Evans is not as fast as the opponent!
When they got to the basket, there was still a gap between the two!
In desperation, Evans had no choice but to pull the other side to prevent the other side from dunking again!
"Di!"

After Evans stopped this person, the referee's whistle sounded in due course!
Two free throws!

Jiang Yan came to the backcourt with a blank face. In fact, he was a little annoyed in his heart, annoyed at his own carelessness!

When he was halfway through, Vigelis stopped him from the sidelines.

"Yan, pay attention to your passing habits, they must have studied you!"

After Jiang Yan heard the words, she nodded. It is true that the pass just now often appeared in the first few games of the Kings.

For an NBA team with a professional analysis team and statistics team, how can it be impossible to find out its own habits?

Taking a deep breath, now that he knows how the opponent expected how he passed the ball, it is easy to come up with a countermeasure!
Foye stood on the free throw line and made a free throw. Yes, it was Foye who stole Jiang Yan!
Foye made two free throws.

4: 0.

Jiang Yan was about to go to the baseline to catch the ball, but when Foye passed by him, he jokingly said again: "Rookie, welcome to the NBA again!"

Hearing this, Jiang Yan clenched her hands tightly, feeling a little angry!

But then he relaxed, ignored Foye, and continued to walk towards the bottom line expressionlessly, ready to catch the ball!

Conflicts on the basketball court should be resolved with basketball!

After Jiang Yan received the ball, she came to the frontcourt. This time, Foye learned how to behave. He didn't step forward to force Jiang Yan, and wanted to make a steal!

The defeat in the last round is still vivid in my mind. If Jiang Yan hadn't been too careless, the Kings would have scored the goal just now!
Foye stood one step inside the three-point line, watching Jiang Yan warily.

Although Jiang Yan's offensive ability is notoriously poor, she still has the ability to score!
Jiang Yan stood outside the three-point line and made a six-point gesture with her hands. This is also a tactical gesture!
This set of tactics was just practiced yesterday. To be honest, I am still a little unskilled!

But something is better than nothing!
I saw Cousins ​​and Thompson on the inside suddenly running, the two covered each other, each changed a defender, and then ran outside the three-point line in opposite directions.

Salmons and Evans, who were originally outside the three-point line, suddenly cut to the inside.

This time, the formation of the Jazz was messed up. Except for Foye, the other four had no idea who to defend against!

For the Jazz's inside line, they should defend the two Evans who came in from an air cut.

For Hayward's two outside players, they should go after Cousins ​​and the others.

But these four people formed a 45-degree angle on the field.

There is no time to switch defenses!
So they had to chase their opponents separately!
Seeing this, Jiang Yan threw it into the air and headed straight for the basket!

Just when the basketball was about to fall, Salmons jumped up, grabbed the basketball with one hand, and dunked it towards the basket!
"bump!"

4: 2.

A dunk by Salmons finally gave the Kings a good start!

(End of this chapter)