The world of basketball

Chapter 33

In the third quarter, they changed sides and fought again. Taking advantage of Gobert's rest and Favors as a guest at the fifth position, the Spurs used Gay and Walker to continuously break through the Jazz's inside line.

Favors defends well and has enough strength, but his height and wingspan are still a bit short. Facing the breakthroughs of Lonnie Walker, Jeremy Lin and Gay, plus Kuzma's air cut and Adelaide who can open up space are outside While supporting and playing the role of an off-ball shooter, the Jazz seemed a little overwhelmed.

On the defensive end, Mitchell's breakthrough and Ingles' continuous display of power on the outside made the Spurs unable to defend for a while, and the two sides were a little bit about to start a confrontational battle.

Three minutes into the second half, Popovich requested a timeout.

"What are you guys doing?" Popovich yelled, "Lonnie, what about your defense? You got passed by Donovan so easily?"

Then, Popovich pointed at Kuzma again: "Kyle, keep up with Ingles, don't switch defenses when you encounter a screen, squeeze over, his shot is not fast."

"LaMarcus, defend Favors in the low post and be tougher." When talking about Aldridge, Popovich's tone was much calmer.

After the timeout, Mu Xiaobei replaced Gay and Gobert returned to the court.

Mu Xiaobei received a pass from Gobert, but Gobert interfered with his turnaround jump shot. The ball went wide, and Favors took the rebound.

Mitchell quickly pushes the counterattack, but they are actually a team that rarely launches a counterattack. Lonnie Walker chases and defends very quickly.

Mitchell suddenly stopped and pulled directly from outside the three-point line. Kuzma, who was galloping, slapped the ball that Mitchell hadn't shot yet.

"Beautiful! Kuzma's enthusiasm is really high. Although his draft pick is not high, his strength is really good, and he doesn't have the spirit of a high-ranked rookie. He dares to fight and fight. Decisive." Yang Yi said.

"Now I can see his progress in the Spurs, and I think he can become a very good player in the future." Yang Yi spoke highly of Kuzma.

The Jazz served the ball from the sideline, Ingles got the ball, and a base pass was given to Exum, who was cut in the air, and Exum made a throw.

"Okay, Exum, if Exum continues to play like this, Rubio's starting lineup is likely to be lost." Yang Yi said.

Jeremy Lin dribbled the ball, and Exum's long arms blocked Jeremy Lin's breakthrough pace.

It is really important to have a brain on the court, because the coach can only explain how to play in general, but cannot direct the movement on the court in detail, but if there is a player on the court who has a good understanding of tactics, it will be different.

In many cases, an offensive round, especially a team that plays small balls and fast breaks, does not implement tactics so thoroughly, and relies more on the players' on-the-spot performance.

Therefore, it is generally not that you can become a strong team by playing small balls and playing fast, but that you have the top players in the league like Paul Harden, James Curry, Durant, and Green Clay to have the confidence to play fast and counterattack.

Even the Pelicans dare to play fast with a strong player like Holiday Dimirotic Davis.

Jeremy Lin handed the ball to Ade, and Mu Xiaobei pulled it down beyond the three-point line at the top of the arc.

Alder carried Favors on his back and chiseled twice, turned around and made a fallback jumper.

Although Favors has sufficient upper body strength and stability in the lower body, the most important point of Adelaide's back-and-back shooting is to use strength, which is to use your strength when defending to turn around and shoot backwards.

Swah——

There was a wave in the Nets, fade-away, and Aldridge hit a mid-range jumper.

"The good shot came from Aldridge's mid-range jumper. Since Adelaide had a long conversation with Popovich last season, Adelaide seems to have changed back to the all-powerful All-Star power forward of the Blazers." Ke Fan said.

"Adelaide and Gasol should be the most important players in this team now. Adelaide is in his prime. In the past quarter of this season, Adelaide's performance should be able to be selected as an All-Star." Yang Yi said.

Gobert assisted Exum with a pick-and-roll, and Exum broke through quickly.

At the same time, Ingles and Mitchell crossed along the three-point line. Ingles received the ball and passed the ball to Gobert with a strange angle.

Gobert supported Mu Xiaobei with one hand, and the other hand threw the ball and hit Mu Xiaobei's fingertips.

The French giant seems to have a full defensive skill tree before entering the league, but on the offensive end, he can only pick and roll and go to the basket to eat cakes.

However, Gobert's offensive methods have been enriched year after year. Skills such as hooks at the basket, throws and so on have allowed him to shoot 16% from the field and 60.00% from the free throw in the 60.00th season. Averaged a career-high 14 points per game.

Last season, Gobert was plagued by injuries and could also score 60.00 points with a shooting percentage of 13.5%.

This season, Gobert was able to average 18 points per game, completely becoming the absolute inside core on the offensive and defensive ends in the Jazz. The combination of him and Mitchell also made Salt Lake City fans full of fantasy.

Mu Xiaobei received the pass, Adela was near the free throw line, Mu Xiaobei turned his back and went around the baseline, thinking of pushing Gobert to wipe the basket with his strength, but was embarrassed to find that he seemed unable to hold Gobert.

But Kuzma made an empty cut without the ball very quickly. Mu Xiaobei hit the ground and passed the ball to Kuzma. Kuzma pushed Ingles and hit a backhand layup.

"A good shot. Originally, a dead ball was revived by these two young people. Ingles is good everywhere, but he is a little slow and his physical confrontation is a bit weak." Ke Fan said.

"If Ingles had the same body as James, wouldn't he be James with accurate shots? This is even more terrifying." Yang Yi also spoke highly of Ingles.

Exum still handed the ball to Mitchell. Lonnie Walker did not suffer from Mitchell's hard steel on the defensive end, but Mitchell is a very mature second-year pick.

Due to a miscommunication between Jeremy Lin and Kuzma defending the cross pick-and-roll between Exum and Ingles, Exum was left open.

Mitchell gave the ball to Exum who was outside the three-point line, but Exum's three-pointers were average last season, and his average field goal percentage throughout the season reached 20.00%.

Sure enough, this time it was the familiar sound of iron strikes.

The play style of the two sides determined that this game was not so passionate, but there must have been a lot of confrontation. After playing for 7 minutes in the third quarter, Mu Xiaobei's physical strength was a bit exhausted. Popovich saw that Mu Xiaobei continued to fight. Blacksmith replaced Mu Xiaobei.

As a yellow race, Mu Xiaobei's advantages lie in height, golf quotient, footwork, shooting ability and learning ability, but many yellow players, especially Asian players, have such a problem-physical problems and injuries.

The intense physical confrontation and fast pace of the NBA will greatly consume an athlete's physical energy, and will also place a great load on an athlete's body.

Therefore, Mu Xiaobei only averaged 28 minutes per game in his rookie season, which is about the same as a regular rotation player.

At the end of the third quarter, Mitchell and his Jazz felt fluctuating, while the Spurs were still very stable. In the end, the Spurs entered the fourth quarter with a 90:81 lead.

(End of this chapter)