New Century Basketball Frenzy

Chapter 247 Against the New Utah Shuangsha
As soon as he got off the plane, Zhang Yi felt a completely different atmosphere from Los Angeles, less bustling and more streamlined.

Picking up the Lakers, the visiting team bus driver said to himself, "This city hasn't experienced an NBA championship parade for many years..."

This sounds a bit sad, but it is the voice of the 27 teams. There will only be one championship every year, and for so many years, the Golden State Warriors have won 5 championships.

If there is no Los Angeles Lakers, Zhang Yi, Wally and Robert are not joining the strong rookies, this year's championship will still fall into the hands of the Warriors with a high probability.

The Utah Jazz compete for the championship every year and run with them every year.It seems that in the history of the NBA, they are destined to be supporting roles.But it doesn't matter, the fun of competitive sports lies in being able to stand up after failure.

This was the case with the Utah Shuangsha back then, and so is the new version of the Shuangsha.The Utah audience has never forgotten that their home team has the heart of a championship!
Since it was a back-to-back game, Wacker only gave the players a brief warm-up in the afternoon and then sent them back to the hotel.This is just a preseason game. Zhang Yi and others no longer need to rely on this kind of game to test their strength, so keeping healthy is the first element.

Before the official game in the evening, nearly [-] spectators had poured into the Energy Solutions Arena of the Utah Jazz.The popularity of the ball market in Salt Lake City was completely beyond the expectations of Zhang Yi and others.

Especially tonight, the British center Gerrard and point guard Francis will play, just like the San Antonio Spurs, they have also advertised that this game will send a full lineup.

For the Los Angeles Lakers, they seem to have become a unit of measurement for many strong teams in the West to test their strength.Everyone wants to find a sense of presence in Zhang Yi and others.

On the one hand, this is to adapt to the opponent's tactics in advance in the new season, and even more want to consume this little Curry's successor through this kind of game.

In comparison, it is more polite for the Sacramento Kings to send only one main player to play.This is mainly because the Kings are still quite confident in their own strength.And the main point guard Flaka insisted on saving the chance to fight until the opening of the new season.The head coach will not force his absolute core just because of this dispensable victory.

The Utah Jazz are different. They are already hostile to anyone hooked up with Curry.In addition, Zhang Yi has indeed shown super strength in these games.

"The grass that just emerged should be cut down in advance!" point guard Francis said coldly.In the Jazz locker room, he has absolute say. With a strong black man of 1 meters, a gangster background, and a fiery personality, Francis has always been a shooting guard.But Jazz coach Freddie discovered his talent for supporting.

Just like the big predecessor Stockton, Francis has super offensive ability, and also because he has been working with gangsters since he was a child, he has exercised his super overall view and reaction speed.There were even rumors that the teenage Francis once dodged a bullet.

This is most likely nonsense, but it also shows from the side how amazing Francis' reaction speed is.Like Aria, Francis also participated in the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest when he debuted three years ago, and won the championship with a shocking vertical lift-off crotch dunk with full points!

From this we can see how powerful his accusation ability is.Although the shooting ability is the short board of Francis, and the bad hand feeling has not changed much today, but all the audience expect him to develop jump shots and post shots like Michael. In that case, Francis is simply invincible...

The same British center Steven Gerrard, a family of sportsmen, is amazingly talented. He is 2 meters tall and weighs only 13 kilograms, which is a bit light for an inside player, but his athletic ability is amazing. He even broke the NBA record for 190 yards in the physical test.

Among the many black people with exploding bodies, this white guy is like an outlier, which is why he is called a muscle freak.Gerrard's body fat rate is maintained at around 5% all year round, which is better than that of most professional bodybuilders.

Coupled with his super shooting ability, he can shoot from any position in the opponent's half.In order to prevent himself from being blocked, his shooting posture is very weird, and there is a lot of room for leaning back, a bit like the golden rooster independence of "German Chariot" Nowitzki, but in order to increase the speed of his shooting, his toes never leave the ground.

A high turret with super shooting ability, a button guard with explosive athletic ability, such a pair of strange combination constitutes a new version of the Utah Shuangsha.

Although there is no 'Postman' Malone's iron elbow, nor Stockton's historical overall view and field control ability, Gerrard and Francis averaged 50+ points, 22 rebounds, 15 assists and 4 steals and 3 blocks per game. Enough to put them on the shortlist for the strongest duo in history!
Such a Utah Jazz team cannot break the fate of being eliminated by the Golden State Warriors in the first round, which itself is unimaginable.Except for the unexpected injuries of Francis and Gerrard in the past two years, luck and strength did not stand on their side in the end.

For Gerrard, who wants to enter the Hall of Fame, he still does not have any hard honors at the age of 30, and now he can only pin his hopes on these two seasons.

If you can lead the team to defeat the Golden State Warriors in the series, then even if you don't have a championship in your life, or you don't have honors such as MVP, DPOY, and FMVP.But in his career, he has 3 first teams, 6 second teams, 5 defensive first teams, 2 second teams and 9 consecutive All-Star games, including two All-Star Most Valuable Player trophies. By accident, you can enter the coveted Hall of Fame after retiring.

Before the game started, the audience was already excited when the two teams entered the arena.Especially the enthusiastic cheers when Francis and Gerrard ran out of the player tunnel, and the loud noise and boos when Zhang Yi came on the field, you can see why the Energy Solutions Arena is called the Northwest Devils Stadium.

Although he knew that the Utah Jazz would have a full lineup, Wacker still did not arrange for Oscar and others to play.Because he wanted to see how far Zhang Yi and others could fight.

In front of the league's best pick-and-roll teams, if the Los Angeles Lakers' brand new starting lineup can just live, it means that their defense in the new season at least doesn't have to worry too much.

In addition, the more the Utah people care about this game, the less Wacker wants to make them happy. This is also part of the psychological warfare.It's useless to be excited, no matter whether you win or lose this game, everything will return to zero in the new season, it's that simple!
(End of this chapter)