Chapter 657
Chapter 657
No visiting team player would like the city of Utah, let alone the Salt Lake Palace Arena, which is dilapidated and old, and the noise of the home audience is particularly loud, which is particularly depressing.
Fortunately, this season will be the last season of service for this arena. Next season, the Jazz will move to the Utah Triangle Center Arena. Although this new arena cannot be compared with its own Oracle Arena, it is better than the Jazz. The team's current arena is much better.
After a day of recuperation, the players of the Warriors seem to be recovering well. It is no wonder that in this Mormon stronghold, the already slightly desolate city is even more miserable. There is not even a place to play, even the least The honest Rodman can only lie obediently on the hotel bed and sleep.
It's just that things like flying cannons, neither Nelson nor Li Weisi will allow it. Even though Rodman has rebelled now, he has not rebelled to this extent. On this issue, he dare not go beyond the threshold of.
He is smart enough to understand what is the bottom line of these people, and once he touches their bottom line, what awaits him is definitely no good fruit to eat.
Compared with the Warriors who have just lost a game after hastily rehabilitated, the Jazz are not only waiting for work at leisure, but also in excellent condition for a while, having won a wave of five consecutive victories.
In addition to using Hornacek to join the Jazz this season, with the growth of rookie Bruce Edwards in 89, the Jazz finally found a competent candidate at the small forward position.
In this way, coupled with the three old fritters in other positions of the Jazz, it can be said that as far as the starting lineup is concerned, although there are still some problems such as short height on the outside and Eaton is too old, but compared with the previous two seasons In comparison, the Jazz have made great progress, and the unreasonable problem of the lineup has basically been solved.
After the opening session ended, it quickly entered the official game. In the jump ball session at the beginning, Ma Long actually jumped over the tall and burly Eaton and successfully got the ball.
Although "Mammoth" is only 33 years old now, his state has declined sharply. The average blocked shots per game has dropped to a career low of 2.4 times. Perhaps this number is still much compared with other insiders, but Eaton, who is based on blocked shots, Obviously not enough.
Therefore, Eaton, who was obviously slow in the jump ball, lost to Malone, who was older than him, in the jump ball.
After Li Weisi received the ball, Stockton quickly stepped forward to defend, trying to delay the Warriors' offense.
Unlike the Jazz's tall inside line, the height of the Jazz's outside line has always been a big problem. Stockton is 185cm, Hornacek is 191cm, and Edwards is 193cm. The three are below the average height in their respective positions, so , If they want to strengthen the perimeter defense, they can only increase oppression and use enthusiasm to make up for the lack of height.
Stockton's enthusiasm is absolutely enough, and it can even be said to be too aggressive.
Facing Li Weisi, Stockton was very tight. In this position, knowing that Li Weisi couldn't shoot, he didn't dare to relax in the slightest, and took every defensive detail seriously.
For Stockton's defense, Li Weisi admires it very much. Although he has a lot of small moves and is a little dirty, but for him, a 185cm, thin and small point guard, he can enter the league's defensive second team. Can't do anything.
For a long time, people's only criticism of Li Weisi is defense.
Although Li Weisi's defense is not as bad as people say, he has also won the steals king, and most of the opponents' shooting percentages in front of them are lower than his regular shooting percentage, but Li Weisi's defense is still not recognized by everyone , not to mention the defensive lineup.
Among them, apart from the fact that Li Weisi's offense is too dazzling and his defense is mediocre, Li Weisi also does not use routine actions when defending. Li Weisi's defense is very clean.
Sometimes, cleanliness is not a commendatory word. Although cleanliness is a good thing, it shows that Li Weisi abides by the rules, but it also means that Li Weisi's defensive effect is always a little bit worse.
Defense sometimes requires more physicality than offense, and Li Weisi is at a disadvantage in this regard. Small movements are very helpful to players with physical disadvantages. Historically, players like Stockton and Paul have been recognized as Point guards who defend well and are physically disadvantaged are masters of small movements.
But Li Weisi is unwilling to do it. After all, in Li Weisi's eyes, this is breaking the rules. I have to say that in the eyes of fans, it is always a pity.
As for Stockton's intention to use small moves to interfere with himself, Li Weisi sees it clearly. If he doesn't use small moves, it doesn't mean he doesn't understand. In the past few years in the NBA, he has been baptized by small moves.
So when Stockton pouted his ass, he knew what the other person was going to fart.
So, the moment Li Weisi received the ball, he immediately dribbled the ball under his crotch, as if he was about to change direction, interrupting Stockton's "hand pinching hands" that had already been launched, and then dribbled the ball in Stockton again. As the center of gravity shifts, break through from the opposite side.
Seeing that he was about to break through his own defense, Stockton quickly returned to the defense, but when he posted Li Weisi again, the two had already appeared together one step away from the three-pointer.
This is already within the range of Li Weisi's attack. Stockton didn't dare to be careless, and quickly blocked Li Weisi again to prevent him from making a move or breaking through.
However, Li Weisi neither made a shot nor made a breakthrough. He just chose a pass that Stockton hadn't thought of.
With his left foot as the axis, Li Weisi began to rotate on the spot. While rotating, the ball in his right hand and the inertia of his body rotation shot out like a cannonball.
Not only Stockton, who was close at hand, did not expect this pass, but the Warriors and Jazz players in the entire restricted area did not expect it.
I saw a black shadow flying past in front of me with a "swish", and the ball reached the hands of Malone under the basket.
Since they had just settled down at this time, the players on both sides of the basket were in motion. After Malone got the ball, he took advantage of the opportunity to complete the layup.
Eaton, who was slow in his steps, realized it later, and by the time he wanted to block the shot, Malone had already completed a layup.
At this time, Li Weisi had just finished turning around, and stood there as if nothing had happened. The wind was calm, showing the demeanor of a master.
And this magical pass also made the audience silent, and even some Jazz fans couldn't help but exclaim.
No way, this pass is so beautiful, even though he knew that the Warriors were the enemy, he still made a sound with a very honest body.
With this beautiful pass and hit, the Warriors led 2:0 at the start.
(End of this chapter)