Chapter 876 Home Score
Chapter 876 Home Score
There is not much time left for the Warriors to adjust. They only have one day off after returning from Salt Lake City. On the second night, the third game of the two-team series will start.
As the first round of the playoffs, the 5-game 3-win format has brought the Warriors to the edge of a cliff. As long as they lose another game, they will pack their bags and go home. Therefore, they can’t lose a game when they return to the home court. up!
That night, the Warriors' starting lineup was adjusted. Rodman returned to the starting position, and Horry returned to the bench. It can be said that, except for Mullin, everyone else on the team is in place.
After the game started, Spencer succeeded in jumping the ball, and the Jazz immediately launched an attack.
The first person to make the first offense for the team is still Malone.
In the first two games of this round of the series, Malone was undoubtedly the best player on the field. In fact, not only in the playoffs, he performed very well throughout the season.
Averaged 27.4 points, 9.9 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game. Before that, Barkley was considered the league's No. [-] power forward, but after going to the Rockets this season, the data has declined. Malone has now taken over the league's No. [-] power forward s position.
It can be said that the 32-year-old Ma Long has finally ushered in his belated peak. Unfortunately, there are too many teams with good records this year. Therefore, he is only ranked No.5 on the MVP list That's all.
Now, the gap between him and Barkley may be only one MVP.
Malone, who is at the peak of his career, is naturally very calm when facing the injured Rodman.
Malone doesn't have any eye-catching offensive methods, such as Jordan's fadeaway jumper, Li Weisi's ultra-long three-pointer, Olajuwon's dreamy footsteps, etc., but he just uses pick-and-rolls, fast breaks, downs, mid-ranges, etc. These "average" scoring methods have allowed his scoring to stabilize above 9 points for 25 consecutive seasons.
At this time, the offensive method Malone used was his best half-block. After receiving a pass from Stockton, he took a step and immediately took off to shoot.
Although the ball was interfered by Rodman, Malone obviously continued his touch in the previous two games and threw the ball in front of Rodman.
This ball was hit by Malone, which is not good news for the Warriors, because Malone continues to maintain a good state, which is obviously not conducive to the Warriors chasing points.
However, it was too late for the Warriors to think about it, and soon it was the Warriors' turn to attack.
After Li Weisi came to the front court with the ball, he decisively signaled Divac to perform a pick-and-roll. After the pick-and-roll, Li Weisi did not attack the first ball by himself. Decisively implemented a flanking attack, which is already a normal defensive strategy in their games.
Obviously, in order to lock up Li Weisi, they would rather let Divac go.
Li Weisi gave the ball to Divac, who went down. After receiving the ball, Divac immediately chose a layup. Unfortunately, due to the interference of Malone, the basketball was stunned.
Rodman, who was under the basket, grabbed the offensive rebound in time. At this time, because it was not easy to pass, he chose to make a layup. Unfortunately, he did not make progress under the interference of Malone.
In the end, the basketball was protected by Malone, and the Warriors missed their first chance to score.
This was just the beginning. After just 30 seconds, the Warriors came back and launched an attack again.
In this round, the Jazz's offense was not effective. Hornacek missed an outside shot and Rodman protected the rebound.
It was Richmond who had the opportunity for the Warriors this time. After receiving a pass from Li Weisi, he also chose to take a dribble and shoot directly.
It's a pity that they still missed, the basketball bounced high on the neck of the basket, and the Warriors once again wasted an offensive round.
In the game against the Warriors, the Jazz chose not to be as fast as they could, even if they gave up the opportunity to fast break, they were determined not to speed up the pace of the game.
This is the experience they summed up in the first two games. In the first game, the Warriors once evened the 16-point difference. The reason was that the rhythm at that time was pushed up by the Warriors.
After that, the Jazz gave up most of the fast break opportunities, resolutely settled down, fought hard to defend, and fought hard to consume. They planned to use this method to grind the Warriors to death a little bit.
It has to be said that this method is very effective for the Jazz, and the two consecutive victories have convinced them that this is the key to victory.
Therefore, tonight they continue to use their own game style, so far, the effect is still excellent, and the Warriors still seem to have no better way to attack this way.
After wobbly coming to the frontcourt, the Jazz patiently organized for a while, and finally it was Stockton and Malone's pick-and-roll to initiate.
The whole offense has no intentions, on the contrary it will make people feel a little boring, but the result is very useful.
The pick-and-roll made the Warriors put more defense on Malone, causing Stockton to be emptied suddenly, but Stockton did not miss this opportunity and quickly completed the shot.
To be honest, under normal circumstances, Stockton would never take a shot easily. In the first game, he took 4 shots, and in the second game, he took 8 shots. In this shot, there is actually a little bit of Li Weisi forcing him. In Li Weisi's view, he would rather let Stockton score a high score than let Malone continue to output steadily and efficiently.
However, Stockton was very competitive. He made Li Weisi pay for this choice. With no defense, Stockton hit the shot and the score became 4:0.
The Warriors still attacked next, but this time, even Li Weisi, facing Stockton's defense, also failed to hit.
The Jazz also missed again in the offense. Malone's mid-range shot also missed.
In this way, the game lasted for more than three minutes, and the score on the court was still 4:0. It seemed that every point was very rare.
However, the scoring shortage must be broken after all. It was Malone's turn again. After receiving the ball, he singled Rodman, forced a layup and caused Rodman's foul, and walked to the free throw line. He scored another 2 points successfully, 6: 0.
Seeing that the point difference that had persisted for so long was widened again, and the Warriors had not scored a point since the start of the game, Li Weisi was also very anxious inside, so in the next round, he stood up decisively again.
This time, he didn't call a pick-and-roll, because the pick-and-roll at this moment basically belongs to other people who can score, and Li Weisi must die!
In this case, Li Weisili used singles to forcefully break through Stockton's defense, and then completed a throw before other defenders arrived.
Li Weisi's touch is still so soft. Although this throw is still far from the basket, Li Weisi still hits it. 2:6, the Warriors finally scored at home.
(End of this chapter)