The world of basketball

Chapter 31

November passed quietly. Throughout November, the Spurs achieved a total of 23 wins and 12.7 losses. Mu Xiaobei averaged 5.5 points, 2.7 rebounds, [-] assists and [-] blocks per game.

In the selection of the best rookie of the month in November, Mu Xiaobei defeated Ayton Dongqiqi and was elected the best rookie of the month.

The player of the month in November was won by Durant, who achieved 27.7 wins and 8.2 losses, with 1.9 points, [-] rebounds and [-] blocks.

东部这边，富尔茨以13.5分5.5个助攻当选月最佳新秀，而大帝恩比德以25.5分11.1篮板和3.5个封盖当选东部月最佳球员。

On December [-], the Spurs faced the challenge of the Jazz at home. Last season, they lost George Hill, Hood and other important main rotations, and even lost the team's top player Hayward.

But they still made the playoffs and won the first round against the Thunder, which had the Big Three.

Most importantly, they ushered in their new king-Donovan Mitchell.

This 1.9-meter-one shooting guard has great physical fitness, strong explosive power, and most importantly, his leadership qualities-we can often see him take responsibility at the last moment and hit key balls, and we can also see him appease the teammates above him .

You can see him stepping back and shooting, and you can see him hitting the rim.

Their inside combination of Gobert and Favors is equally strong. The tall and long-armed French giant is definitely the Jazz's inside core, the best defensive player, and he is the most reliable barrier for the Jazz's defense.

Favors is relatively tough defensively, has a relatively stable shot, and has a good sense of defense. The inside combination of him and Gobert has supported the Jazz's defensive end.

Rubio's defense has always been criticized, but in the Jazz he has someone to defend him.On the offensive end, he is a good player in sorting out the team, a very traditional point guard.

Rubio has always been nicknamed Lu Yizhong by fans. Last season, he averaged 3.5 three-pointers per game and hit 1.2. The shooting rate is not ugly.

Coupled with the Australian Ingles, he averaged 5.7 three-point shots last season and was able to hit 2.5, which provided the Jazz with a strong offensive firepower, and this high-ball quotient player played at the critical moment of the game last season. Already contributed a lot of wonderful performance.

With these teams, plus Crowder, Burks, Sefolosha, Exum and other bench players, the Jazz has become a strong team in the West and a strong team to stop the Brave Fire.

In the previous five games, the Spurs won the Trail Blazers and the Lakers twice, but lost the game against the Rockets and the Jazz. Yes, this game is a revenge battle at home.

"Welcome to the NBA regular season game between the Spurs and the Jazz brought by Penguin Sports. I am Ke Fan. I am very happy to invite Teacher Yang Yi and Guoguo to watch the game with you." The chubby Ke Fan said.

After a season of commenting on the CBA, I once experienced the turmoil of not turning off the microphone in the commentary game, and was sent down by Penguin Sports to comment on the CBA. This season, I returned to the stage of commenting on the NBA.

"Teacher Yang Yi, Mu Xiaobei only scored [-] points against Gobert last time, and the Spurs also lost. What changes do you think Mu Xiaobei and the Spurs should make to win this game? ?”

"In the last game, Xiaobei, like Adelaide, still played a lot in the low post, but Favors and Gobert are both players with excellent strength and defense. It is definitely not efficient to go low post." Yang Yi said.

"I think, we can let Jeremy Lin, Mudiay, and especially a few pitchers play more shots from the outside, because compared to the inside, the Jazz's outside defense is not so good, including Mu Xiaobei or Ah. Germany can be pulled out to give Walker and Jeremy some breakthrough space."

"Okay, the whole game started, the two sides jumped the ball, Gobert picked the ball to Rubio, and the Nuggets took the lead in attacking."

Rubio's offense is well sorted out, but whether it is outside shooting or the ability to finish at the basket, it is basically the downstream level of the league's No. [-] position, so Rubio generally prefers to wait until his teammates run out to pass the ball out.

Mitchell received the ball, faced Mu Xiaobei's defense and formed a small fight, ready to play singles by himself.

Mitchell rushed up with a stride, and Mu Xiaobei hurriedly shifted his focus backwards, trying to keep up with Mitchell, but Mitchell took a step back with the same strength as he was going forward.

Shooting directly from outside the three-point line, the opening feel is not good, and there is no three-point shot with a step back.

But although Mudiay stuck Gobert in front of him, Gobert still used his long arms to pick the rebound into his hands, and then made a throw.

But Gobert still failed to score with a throw, and Alder protected the rebound.

Sure enough, as Yang Yi said, the Spurs' opening game raised both Mu Xiaobei and Ade to a high position, widening the space inside.

The Spurs played a bull-horn tactic that Mu Xiaobei is very familiar with, but after Mudiay passed the pick-and-roll, Mu Xiaobei and Ade did not choose to go down, but chose to go to the top of the arc and a 45-degree angle.

Lonnie Walker made an air cut, and Mudiay had already grasped the tactical timing of this practice for many days. When Walker ran to the basket, Mudiay delivered the ball.

Walker went directly to a reverse basket, and the Spurs took the lead in scoring.

Rubio handed the ball to Favors, who was in the high position. Favors did not forcefully hit Ade. Cher.

Facing Kuzma's defense, Mitchell still seems to choose singles.

Kuzma is considered to be between the third and fourth positions. The speed and explosiveness of the third position are not enough but tall enough, and the strength and height of the fourth position are not close but fast.

This type of play is good, like Kuzma and Tatum.

But the current Kuzma's speed is a bit behind Mitchell. Mitchell rushed to the basket, faced Mu Xiaobei's supplementary defense, and then failed to make a layup.

"There seems to be something wrong with Mitchell's touch today. He has missed two goals in a row," Ke Fan said.

"But how to defend is still how to defend." Yang Yi said with a smile.

"Of course, this type of player may start at any time." Ke Fan also responded to Yang Yi.

Mu Xiaobei received the rebound and handed it to Mudiay. At this time, Mudiay was standing on the left side of the top of the arc, Kuzma was standing at a 45-degree angle on the right, and Mu Xiaobei and Walker were standing at the bottom of the arc. At the corner, Alder mentioned the free throw line for Mudiay's pick-and-roll.

But Mudiay waved his hand to signal Adela to leave, and after Adelaide took Favors away, Mudiay continued to change directions ahead of time to find a breakthrough rhythm.

Suddenly, Mudiay accelerated his shoulder against Rubio and made a few steps to the basket. Gobert defended and Mudiay was already in midair.

Mudiay had a physical confrontation with Gobert. Mudiay threw the ball to the backboard, and his body fell and rolled a meter away.

"Beep—" the referee whistled.

"Shua—" The basketball high-hitting board fell into the net bag.

Mudiay scored 2+1!

Sure enough, the defense against Rubio is quite effective, Popovich thought.

　The Spurs won, happy.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)