Chapter 222 The Jazz in the winning streak
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When Drexler, the Rockets' player, left the game after the third quarter for some reason in the last game, in the eyes of many Jazz fans, even if Drexler was not injured, the Jazz were relatively dominant in this continuous showdown between the Jazz and the Rockets. Some of the more arrogant Jazz fans shouted the slogan of winning two consecutive games before the game.
But the final result of this game is speechless, especially the Jazz fans are very speechless. Although they know that away games are still back-to-back games, this is very difficult for any team, but the Jazz are back-to-back away games, and the Rockets are similar. This team is back-to-back at home. Although the Rockets are slightly better than the Jazz, they are not much better. Generally speaking, as long as the Jazz can stabilize, the Rockets' home advantage will not be much.
But what is very speechless is that at the beginning of the Rockets and Jazz game, the Jazz were unable to stabilize the game. The team played very impatiently, almost like the last home game with the Rockets. They wanted to suppress the Rockets as soon as they came up and then defeat the Rockets with the advantage of the opening game.
According to the strength of the Jazz and the Rockets, there is no problem with the Jazz doing this. They won the home court, but it is obvious that this game is not home, but away, and back-to-back away. When Jazz fans saw the game on TV, they kept hitting the irons at the beginning of the game. These Jazz fans were speechless. Even ordinary fans knew that when the back-to-back away team played away games, they needed to stabilize and try their feels before they could attack wildly. Why don’t these Jazz players understand? The reason why the Rockets were sneak attacked by the Jazz away was because this team was not stable enough when playing away games. Drexler kept underestimating Lin Han’s defensive ability. After being directly blown by Lin Han, he played a high [climax]. Such an example is right in front of him.
As a very excellent head coach, no one thinks that the Jazz attacked hard at the beginning of this game, and Lin Han attacked hard at the outside from a long shot. Malone shot from a middle distance. If Jerry Sloan really arranged the team to suppress the Rockets as soon as he came up, then Lin Han and Malone's offensive method was definitely not like this. Obviously, this is their own decision on the court.
This is also why Jerry Sloan called two timeouts in the first quarter of this game, and after the game was over, he was extremely dissatisfied with the failure of this game. He didn't know why several bigwigs on the team were so abnormal at the beginning of this game. Could it be that these guys really felt invincible as the newspaper said, because after defeating the Spurs, the Suns and the Rockets in succession, they really didn't have any IQ to analyze the previous game. If Drexler hadn't had physical problems with his physical fitness, and if Lin Han had not become a super defender in the last moment, the Jazz would have probably failed at home.
Of course, Jerry Sloan really didn't know why. Lin Han was just doing it all on the court. Jerry Sloan has always been tolerant to Lin Han. Although he wanted to transform Lin Han in recent times, he also knew that he couldn't hurry. In addition, he had already figured out Lin Han's pulse and made him feel confident in transforming Lin Han. The key point is that Lin Han shot wildly and attacked wildly. This is Lin Han's own personal style of play. He is like this. What are Carl Malone and Stockton going crazy? Seeing Lin Han shooting wildly, Malone also shot wildly. Stockton, as the team's big boss on the court, not only did not stop him, he also created shooting opportunities for these two people, and even deprived the shooting rights of other teammates on the court. What are these three people doing?
Anyway, after the game, Jerry Sloan was really angry. Because in this game, his three leading players did not let him see the indifference and momentum of a team that should be competing for the championship, but instead let him see three data brushes constantly brushing data on the court.
Of course, the Jazz lost to the Rockets away, which was nothing. After all, the Jazz's current record is no longer a one-and-two-game loss. The Supersonics' current record is 42 wins and 14 losses, which is far from the Jazz's 50 wins and 6 losses, and it is still 8 games away. In this case, the Jazz, who has already walked out of the Devil's schedule, even if they lose a few games, it doesn't matter. The key is that as a team that competes for the championship, such lack of stability is not a good thing.
However, what made Jerry Sloan a little difficult was that it was really difficult for him to talk too much to his core players at this time, because in this game, he called a timeout for many times. Lin Han, Malone or Stockton nodded to his arrangements and arrangements after the timeout, but when they stood on the court, they played again for a while and couldn't help but fight.
After the Jazz and Rockets' away game, Jerry Sloan was sulking on the plane, while his assistant Philip Johnson sat next to Jerry Sloan with a helpless look on his face.
Jerry Sloan didn't know why the three core players of the team were so impatient in such an important game. He knew very well. This was all because of the latest MVP rankings officially released by the NBA this morning. After the Jazz defeated the Rockets at home, after Lin Han won 5x5 data very versatilely, Karl Malone, who had dominated the rankings for half a season, was finally pulled down from the first place of MVP by Lin Han, and Stockton rose directly from the fifth place behind Olajuwon and Pippen to the third place.
Although many media are looking at Lin Han's all-round performance and Jazz's victory performance today, few people noticed changes in the MVP list, and even Jerry Sloan did not notice it because of the need for consecutive games, but Feier and Johnson definitely did not think Lin Han, Malone and Stockton did not notice such changes.
When Malone was torn off from the first position by Lin Han, this was not just that the competition for MVP had reached a fierce momentum, but the league was telling everyone that Malone was no longer so stable in the Jazz's boss position, and Malone's cornerstone for the team's winning was no longer Malone. Lin Han and Stockton had an opportunity. If Malone was still the cornerstone for the Jazz's winning game, no matter how outstanding Lin Han was in the data, he would not be able to surpass Malone. Now that he surpassed Malone, this means that the Jazz's winning cornerstone has changed.
Lin Han may not have any special thoughts because of this ranking change. Because his playing style is like this. Even if he has not entered the MVP rankings, he also plays like this, but Malone and Stockton are different. When Lin Han did not surpass Malone, he didn't care no matter how Lin Han played randomly, because the whole world knows that Lin Han is now assisting him. No matter how beautiful Lin Han's data is, it is also assisting him. Now, when Lin Han surpasses Malone in ranking, will Malone still foolishly think that Lin Han is assisting him? When he sees that Lin Han still plays like that, will this Jazz player still tolerate Lin Han?
Just like when Lin Han became the only leader of the team, he was willing to sacrifice for his teammates, if Ma Long was still considered the leader of the Jazz by everyone, he was willing to sacrifice for Lin Han, but if everyone no longer regarded him as the absolute boss of the Jazz, would he still sacrifice for Lin Han? Isn’t this obvious? Ma Long is not a saint, or how many NBA players are saints?
Especially for Stockton and Malone, who have been in the league for the past year, the regular season MVP is not even worse than the championship. Now they need to make achievements and honors.
Especially Malone, why is Barkley the number one power forward, but he is not the number one power forward? Is he apart from Barkley? Of course, it is not bad. Both are not dominant insiders, and neither has the ability to dominate other players. In theory, just like the retreating injury of the Magician and Isaiah Thomas, which caused the league to have no first point guard, and now there is no first power forward in the league. Malone and Barkley have very beautiful data, but both have fatal injuries. They cannot dominate many opponents. In this case, if you want to win the glory of the league's No. 1 power forward, you can only get it through Mount Honor. Barkley won the regular season MVP, so he is the number one power forward, and Malone is naturally unwilling to be suppressed by Barkley, the old opponent.
In this case, in order to win the MVP, when he and Lin Han had disputed areas on the court, Malone often made the final concession, because he knew that if he wanted to win the MVP, he needed the team to be stable enough to win more goals. The facts proved that his approach was correct. The Jazz won more and more games this season, and because of his concessions, many expert media also believed that he was mature, and he was too mature than before, and he was already a qualified team leader.
But now, when his efforts for most of the season finally turned into the current result, Malone would certainly not give in to Lin Han anymore. The team's record has been almost done. Now that his position has been shaken by Lin Han, according to Malone's idea, he can just take it back. In this case, in the last game against the Rockets, other players on the Jazz were simply bloody. Everyone was quietly watching Lin Han and Malone shoot desperately, watching Stockton be crazy about the ball while being crazy about the ball by Malone. The Jazz played very chaotic and radical on the court.
This is how the gods fight, and mortals suffer. Although Ma Long and Lin Han did not fight, even Lin Han was a little surprised that in the last game against the Rockets, Ma Long was not afraid when facing Olajuwon and began to attack wildly. So after the game began, Lin Han still admired Ma Long very much. If Ma Long knew what Lin Han was thinking, this Jazz's boss would definitely vomit blood in anger. With his ability, if he was willing, even if Olajuwon was strong, he wanted to be crazy.
It is very simple to take action. How could Ma Long's offensive methods and offensive abilities be completely suppressed? Ma Long is not Lin Han. When he was the leader of the team, he needed to consider the impact of his offensive efficiency on the team. Unlike Lin Han who can ignore it, the two are in different positions. Now, when Ma Long finds that he is about to be pulled down by Lin Han, he finally tore up the coat and mature label of his boss, and is ready to compete with Lin Han who can attack better.
So when I think of this, Feier and Johnson were also a little helpless. As the winner of the league's best coach, Feier and Johnson naturally knew that this kind of thing was almost everywhere in the NBA. The second brother's moves have always been more than the eldest brother, but the eldest brother has been defending the second brother. This is not because of the eldest brother's selflessness and maturity. Maybe there is such a reason, but more because the eldest brother feels that the second brother cannot shake his position, and if the eldest brother finds that his position is shaken, the situation is completely different.
This is the situation of the Jazz now, and although Fei Er and Johnson knew it at this time, he couldn't tell Jerry Sloane. Do you have to tell his good friend that all this is the change in the league's MVP rankings, which made Malone feel a sense of crisis, so Malone is ready to counter Lin Han?
I won’t talk about this or not, but I can’t say it at this time. After all, Lin Han and Stockton have more and more ball rights issues. Coupled with the shooting rights issues of Malone and Lin Han, if Jerry Sloan needs to solve these two major problems now, Fei Er Johnson feels that his good friend will be driven crazy.
So, since Jerry Sloan, the workaholic, doesn't know these things, forget it, and even if he knows, he probably can't do anything. The NBA is a league of players rather than a coach. In the entire league, except for a few people such as Pat Riley and Chuck Daly, no one can make the team's core players completely obey the coach's instructions. The Warriors' old Nelson is as big as a brand. Now they are not forced to die by two middle-aged boys, Weber and Spreville.
It’s just that Ma Long and Lin Han don’t do this in a mess on the court and don’t know when they need to wait. Maybe they need to wait until the end of the regular season, maybe they need to wait until the position of the MVP in the regular season has been decided. Maybe they need to wait until M Long once again recognizes the Jazz’s well-deserved boss again.
The Jazz suddenly caused such a big disturbance due to the MVP rankings in the NBA league, which made the team's assistant coach Fei Er and Johnson unable to handle it. Moreover, this problem was not caused by Lin Han, but by Malone, which was also a bit surprising.
Of course, at this time, Feier and Johnson felt that it was difficult to do it, and Starks was actually similar. The Jazz's point guard needed to execute the head coach's arrangements and share more of the ball rights for Lin Han. Let Lin Han try to organize it on the court, although Lin Han will eventually turn most of the ball rights that allow him to organize the team into his own attack. However, Stockton still needs to do it according to the coach's arrangement, and on the other side. Malone is his friend and his old partner. Since Malone wants the ball, he must not give it to him. In this case, a very team-oriented point guard like Stockton is in pain on the court because he is doing two big tricks of sacrificing team service.
After the Jazz defeated the Rockets at home, the team started their own away trip to the West. The away game on February 28 was just the beginning, and the away game of the Jazz was just the first game of the team's three away games.
Now the league has only 27 teams, so there are only two major regions and four communities. Almost everyone knows the two major regions, that is, the East and the West. As for the four communities, the Southeast and Atlantic areas in the East, and the West and the Pacific areas in the West. The Rockets, Spurs and Mavericks Texas are now in the Central and Western Conferences, which is the same as the Jazz.
Generally speaking, because there are only 27 teams at this time, teams in one division will play five games in the regular season, and even more extreme will appear that teams in one division will play six games in the regular season in one season. Last season, the Jazz and the Spurs played six games. After the Jazz defeated the Rockets away, they soon needed to adjust the San Antonio Spurs, a team also in Texas, on March 2.
The Jazz this season is really the victim of the Spurs. The team that Texas team fears the most this season is probably the Jazz, especially since the team's strength has declined last season. In this case, even facing the Jazz who have some problems in recent times, the Spurs still have not been able to defeat the Jazz who came to challenge away at home.
The Jazz's style of playing in this game has not changed much compared to the last game with the Rockets. The team still started with Lin Han and Malone's strong attack. Malone has a more aggressive desire than this season. In this case, the Jazz's previous style was a bombardment style, and the team's style of playing was only Lin Han, except Lin Han, and everyone else was a team-type style. After the away game with the Rockets, the Jazz's style suddenly changed. From a team that was originally mainly team-based to a giant team.
What is the playing style of a giant team? It is a team composed of two or more superstars. The team cannot combine superstars. In this case, the playing style of superstars is relatively simple and rough, and it is difficult to drive other teammates. In this case, the giant data of the giant team will be very terrifying. Two people often score 60 points together, three people score 80 points together, etc. The team's offense depends on the faces of the giants.
This style of play has very good advantages, that is, as long as the team's giants are strong enough, they play very impactful and beautifully. After all, every fan likes to watch the superstars on the court to brush up data. Jordan throws a three-pointer and David Wesley throws a three-pointer. Of course, this style of play also has great limitations. For example, if Ma Long and Lin Han feel bad in the last game, the team will be really tragic, and they can't change their offense if they want to change.
Fortunately, the Spurs are not the Rockets. Although this team also has three centers, the strength of these three centers is not worse than that of Olajuwon. However, they are indeed much worse in dominance, which leads to the two Jazz giants Lin Han and Malone who are very happy in this game.
Even some Spurs fans of the visiting team exclaimed when they saw Malone and Lin Han constantly using their talents and abilities to perform one-on-one in this game, especially in this game because of Rodman's foot injury. No one of the Spurs could withstand Lin Han. After Lin Han had no scruples in this game, he almost staged an inhumane kill against other Spurs outside players.
122 to 106, the Jazz actually defeated the Spurs by a huge advantage of 16 points away, and this game was a game of garbage time in three quarters. In the three quarters, Lin Han scored 36 points for 14 of 24 shots, while Malone scored 31 points for 12 of 22 shots. The two Jazz's giants scored 67 points in this game.
After defeating the Spurs, on March 4, the Jazz and the Mavericks also completed a away game against the Mavericks, 113 to 90. The Jazz beat the Mavericks 23 points away. In this game, the Mavericks were different from the Spurs. They never thought of trying to use David Robinson to dominate Ewing and Lin Han like Olajuwon. The Mavericks were very simple, but they didn't want to lose a big score, so almost the entire team was guarding the basket. The Jazz had the ability and threw them to death from the outside. Except for sending Marshburn to stick to Lin Han tightly on the outside, everyone else contracted. Even if Malone pulled the middle distance in the debut, they just defended symbolically.
In this case, the Jazz did not play as easily as the Spurs in the last game. Although they won a lot of scores, the Jazz's continuous away games in the first half had a very cold feel, so the Mavericks did not fall behind in the first half. After knowing that the Jazz got their feel back in the second half, the team widened the gap between the two sides.
Lin Han scored 41 points and 11 rebounds in the whole game, and made Lin Han gain a golden skill point after the end of this game.
In this game, Malone was also unwilling to be lonely. He made 13 of 25 shots and scored 35 points and 14 rebounds in the whole game, and also performed very well.
When the Jazz lost the away game against the Rockets, the team defeated the Spurs and the Mavericks in a row and quickly entered the winning streak again.
But the Jazz won the game in this way, but it gave people a feeling that it was not so down-to-earth.
Even though the team defeated the old rival Suns 114-106 away on March 6 and defeated the Trail Blazers who lacked Drexler and lost Drexler again won four consecutive victories, the team's head coach Jerry Sloan and the team's core point guard Stockton both frowned.
Of course, Jerry Sloan and Stockton were a little worried at this time, but Lin Han played very well, especially after Malone strengthened his attack, Lin Han felt that his pressure was much less instantly.
"Karl, you should play like this in the game. Why did you suppress yourself before?"
After defeating the Trail Blazers away, when the game ended, Lin Han, who had already become a bottom, performed very well in this game against the Trail Blazers, who had already become the bottom of the game, scored 38 points in the game and patted Ma Long's shoulder with excitement.
But Lin Han's praise made Ma Long speechless. This kid seemed to have not discovered what he wanted to do.
When he thought of this, Ma Long felt that he had misunderstood this guy.
However, Lin Han and Malone have really had a good fight recently. The two giants restrain each other, which has caused great headaches for the opponent, but the other Jazz players have really collapsed.
Chapter completed!