NBA: I was the No. 1 pick at the beginning

After the little boy thing is over.

Chen Tian also had to put his heart and soul on the court.

After all, there are not many regular season games left, and they are now preparing for the playoffs.

After playing the Wizards, the Lakers next played back-to-back against the Jazz.

As a result, when he went to Salt Lake City the next day, Monty announced that Kobe and Anthony would be rested.

Even Tucker and Yi Jianlian are on rotation.

When Chen Tian saw this scene, he knew that the old guy Monty was definitely taking revenge on him.

The main players of the team are all rested.

Let him lead the team alone, not military training him, what else can it be.

Especially when heading to the away game, Monty glanced at Chen Tian with a smile.

This smile was full of strangeness in Chen Tian's eyes.

But it was no problem for Chen Tian to lead the team alone.

But the Jazz obviously didn't intend to give the game away.

The Jazz are currently in ninth place in the Western Conference.

The difference between him and the Mavericks is only one game.

So the Jazz is also at the most critical moment now.

Seeing the Lakers lineup, the Jazz are of course happy.

At least they still have a chance to fight.

After the game started, the Jazz showed their determination to win.

It can be seen that the Jazz's lineup is really full of talents.

There are defensive champions like Gobert and Favors on the inside.

There are Hood and Hayward on the outside.

There are also substitute magic soldiers like Joe Ingles on the bench.

And from the start of the game, Chen Tian could clearly feel that the Jazz was completing their transformation.

Chen Tian glanced at the head coach of the Jazz.

All of this is the team culture that this head coach brought to the Jazz.

The head coach has not had many years of coaching in the NBA.

He only started coaching the Jazz in 14 years.

But after he coached the Jazz, in two seasons, he brought the Jazz back to the playoffs.

This is also a manifestation of his outstanding ability.

The Jazz are a team in the small ball market, and it is difficult to attract big-name players to join.

So basically they rely on cultivating stars.

But it is such a team that has become a playoff team in the West for many years.

It didn't take long for the Jazz to rebuild after the combination of Deron and Boozer.

Then they made it back to the playoffs.

I have to say that Jagged Salt Lake City is really not joking.

And this game also reflects the significance of the Jazz's completion of reconstruction.

After the game started, Hood's side began to play.

Hood feels hot, no matter how he casts.

Gobert on the inside also made consecutive passes to Hayward, and the inside scored with cakes.

On the other hand, the Lakers are hindered everywhere on offense.

I have to say that Jazz head coach Schneider is really good at defensive tactics.

He kept Gobert and Favors from coming out.

This makes it basically impossible for the Lakers to break through to the inside.

It was very difficult for Chen Tian to break through every time.

And tonight the Lakers' outside touch is not very good.

This makes the Lakers play even more difficult.

In the end, there was no other way, Chen Tian directly took over the game.

Facing Hayward consecutively, he completed difficult shots and scored the ball, which also stabilized the situation on the court.

Schneider watched Chen Tian's performance from the sidelines and shook his head helplessly.

This is the NBA. In the face of absolute talent, all defenses are futile.

Schneider also changed tactics quickly.

Let everyone on the team focus on the defense of others, and let Chen Tian leave him alone.

But when he broke through to the inside line, he was double-teamed.

Facing such a defense, Chen Tian abruptly evened the score in the second quarter.

After halftime, Chen Tian returned to the locker room.

Thinking of the Jazz's tactics in the first half, it feels very familiar no matter how you think about it.

Finally, Chen Tian also remembered.

In the previous life, the Rockets of the next season formed a three-point team.

When playing against the Jazz, the Jazz used this trick.

That is to prevent the players around Harden. As long as Harden breaks through with the ball, Gobert, Favors and others will immediately retreat.

Harden's skills were not as high as Chen Tian's, so in that game, the Rockets were grinded to death by the Jazz in the end.

Isn't the Jazz using this tactic to beat the Lakers now?

Chen Tian was also convinced. This is really bullying the Lakers.

If Anthony is here, the Lakers can play like this.

Schneider was too exhausted to use such a tactic.

But there is no way now, the rest of the Lakers don't feel very good.

On the opposite side of the Jazz, Hood didn't know what kind of illness he had tonight.

How to make this shot.

Chen Tian didn't dare to switch defenses yet. After all, it would be even more difficult for Hayward to play again.

In the third quarter, Chen Tian carried the team again.

But at this moment, Jokic finally started to play.

This guy's consecutive singles in the interior of Gobert also used his footsteps to score the ball.

This action also shared Chen Tian's pressure.

Just when Chen Tian was about to launch a counterattack in the fourth quarter.

Monty let Chen Tian sit on the bench.

Then Chen Tian never played.

Chen Tian knew that Monty had given up on this match.

Because with Monty, it is no problem to give up some games as the playoffs are approaching.

What's more, the Lakers are now firmly ranked second in the West.

For the number one position, Monty doesn't care.

Because he knows that even if they give the Warriors an extra win, they can't beat the Lakers.

Therefore, it is the most important thing for everyone in the team to find their status.

Sure enough, in the fourth quarter, although Chen Tian did not appear again, JR and others still found their own touch.

After all, with Chen Tian on the field, JR and the others must be playing tactics around Chen Tian.

Seeing everyone's performance, Chen Tian also knew what Monty meant.

Then Chen Tian also looked at Monty and said.

"I said coach, did you do it on purpose? If so, I won't be in the third quarter."

I only saw Monty glance at Chen Tian, ​​and then nodded.

"Yeah, I did it on purpose."

As soon as these words came out, Chen Tian almost lost his mind immediately.

Kaleman on the side even laughed a little bit.

Chen Tian immediately had a depressed expression on his face.

I knew that this old guy was taking revenge on himself.

On the court, after Chen Tian didn't play, the Jazz also opened up the score.

In the end, the Lakers still worshiped here in Salt Lake City.

In the end, the Jazz beat the Lakers 123:112.

Hood scored 30 points in the game and made eight of nine three-pointers.

He made 13 of 11 shots from the field, which is quite a high percentage.

With Hood's perfect performance, the Jazz still have hope of entering the playoffs.

After playing the Jazz, the Lakers will have two more home games.