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"Carl, move, Alden, pay attention to your position and protect the basket!"

"Brian, press it out, expand it out, and stick to your defender!"

On May 26, 1994, the day after the Rockets and Nuggets series ended, when many sports media across the United States and even the world were regretting that the Nuggets were not able to perform a final comeback, the Jazz players had already begun to prepare for the next round of the game against the Rockets early in the morning.

Of course, although the Rockets confirmed that they entered the Western Conference Finals after defeating the Nuggets yesterday, the Jazz did not start preparing to deal with the Rockets today. As early as a week ago, the Jazz had been using the Rockets as imaginary opponents. However, although the Rockets were always using the Rockets as imaginary opponents, the Jazz's preparation method has not changed. During this period, Jerry Sloan made an adjustment to the team.

Although the Nuggets lost to the Rockets, the team's failure left more than regrets, but also some other things. For example, after dragging the Rockets into a tiebreak, it left some inspiration for some remaining teams in the playoffs to defeat the Rockets. Although the Rockets were forced to be miserably by the Suns in the first round, anyone can see that the Rockets and the Suns did not end at the end of the game. The reason why the Suns won {Long + Wind Rockets in two games as soon as they came up.

In addition to the fact that the Suns' offense is indeed powerful, Barkley is also indeed powerful. More importantly, the Rockets' preparations are not as sufficient at the end of the regular season. The Suns have been deliberately letting the Warriors go in the regular season in the second half of the regular season and have been preparing for the playoffs. Although the Rockets seem to be slow in sprinting in the second half of the regular season, this team cannot be without the pressure on the Spurs. The Rockets do not have the physical fitness of the young Supersonics, so they really can't rush up in the back, but this does not mean that they are not trying to keep the top three.

Therefore, the Rockets did not adjust at the beginning of the playoffs. The preparation was not as sufficient as the Suns. In addition, the Suns' style of playing with a little sunshine, the Rockets were a little confused as soon as they came up. In addition, Drexler also needed to integrate into the team, so the Rockets were 0-2 as soon as they came up, but soon, the Rockets, who had gained a foothold, immediately fought back against the Suns with three consecutive victories. So although the Suns once led the Rockets 2-0, the Suns did not teach others how to defeat the Rockets, and they did not prove that they could defeat the Rockets who were almost at their peak.

Although the Nuggets eventually lost the series, this team taught other teams how to defeat this team!

At least, the Nuggets used halftime to press the Rockets to press the Rockets, who were single-inside players, forcing the Rockets to handle the ball and attack difficulties, and then successfully defeated the Rockets three times with Mutombo, who had reached the peak in the state!

However, this Nuggets' tactic is indeed very effective for the Rockets who play inout inside and outside. The Rockets' peripheral players are not very strong in attacking except Drexler. Although the outside players are generally fast in speed, even the Suns' running and bombing cannot kill them. As long as these Rockets' peripheral players get the chance, they can really make a shot. But what if you use the half-time pressing and don't give these Rockets the outside chance?

As an NBA who has been dominated by inside players for decades, inout is a kingly tactic. This tactic is very simple. A team with strong inside can play almost any of them. There is no threshold. It does not require too many specific conditions like running, shooting, triangular offense or Princeton. This tactic is also a very easy-to-break tactic. Inout, combining inside and outside. Simply put, as long as the opponent cannot combine inside and outside, then this tactic will not exist, just like the Nuggets won the Rockets in the first three games.

If the Rockets cannot combine inside and outside, there are two options: to cut off the connection between Olajuwon and the Rockets' outside players, or to cut off the connection between Rockets' outside players and Olajuwon. Don't think that these two methods are just reversing the name. In fact, these two methods are completely different. Cut off the connection between Olajuwon and the outside. At Olajuwon's level, it would be impossible for the Jazz to do without an inside player like Mutombo or Ewing. If Olajuwon double-teamed, then this method will be invalid. The Nuggets are not sure whether Mutombo can cut off the connection between Olajuwon and the Rockets' outside players alone, so this team takes a two-pronged approach. Mutomboche O'Neal, other players cut off the remaining players of the Rockets. In the end, the Nuggets did this well in three games. The last game proved that Mutombo really couldn't cut off the connection between Olajuwon and Drexler by himself.

It is precisely because of this that the tactics of the Jazz's training in recent days have changed again and again. At the beginning, when the Nuggets were losing, the Jazz's way to deal with the Rockets was to double-team. Malone and Polynis trained how to double-team Olajuwon. When the Nuggets began to win continuously, Jerry Sloan began to practice the team's half-team press. When the Rockets used Drexler and Olajuwon to break the Nuggets' half-team press, today, the Jazz returned to the inside double-team strategy, but a little more was that the Jazz were also training for half-team press.

It can be seen that Jerry Sloan is no longer a constant tactical response, and he is also trying to make different changes. However, because his strength is not very enough, he has no choice but to let his players practice what the Nuggets have played before or combine other things together.

"I'm so tired, so tired. Lin, can you not stick to me so tightly? You know I'm not Drexler?"

Jerry Sloan is trying to make more diverse changes to the team's tactics, especially on the defensive end. This is a very good thing. For the team, this decision is good, but for the players. It is really tired and speechless.

After all, no NBA player is willing to train completely different tactical styles every day for a week. This will not only make the players uncomfortable, but also make the players feel that their coach is a bit unreliable. After all, how can they believe these things that are not even sure about the coach?

Fortunately, the Jazz players also know that Jerry Sloan has been trying to make himself better recently, so he is trying to change his style. Therefore, although some of the Jazz players are not very adaptable, they are not dissatisfied with Jerry Sloan.

"Shawn, although you are not Drexler, in Lin's eyes now, you are Drexler, hahahahahaha."

Of course, although the Jazz players have been training in recent times, fortunately, everyone is in a good mood. Even though Elliot, who plays Drexler, was very miserable by Lin Han, he was just complaining.

Compared with other players who pretend to be Drexler, the team's substitute Aron Williams, a Jazz substitute rookie who pretends to be Olajuwon, is really miserable. Although his strength is not as strong as Drexler, the gap is not that huge. When Aron Williams and Olajuwon are put together, they will be killed instantly. Moreover, for Aron Williams, Malone and Polynis, who pretend to be Olajuwon, who have been repaired by Olajuwon, they don't mind finding the place in the fake Olajuwon.

During the NBA playoffs, many teams will play this kind of game of pretending to be an opponent before the game. Aaron Williams was spotted by Jerry Sloan, mainly because he is like Olajuwon. Aaron Williams is also an inside player who can play anything, but what is different from Olajuwon is that Olajuwon plays everything very well and is a 5x5 king, while Aaron Williams is not good at anything.

"Yes, Sean, look at Aaron, he has no complaints at all. You have not been abused by me. Once you are abused, but twice or three times are the same?"

Lin Han looked at his teammate who was complaining in front of him, and after he smiled, he directly accelerated and snatched the ball in Elliott's hand with an extremely high steal rate, and then rushed towards the other half like a gust of wind and completed a dunk.

"Lin, very beautiful defense, very wonderful steals!"

"Hahaha, this kid is just a beast. He can break the ball if he doesn't pay any attention. I really feel a little sympathetic to Sean now. In fact, he is not as relaxed as Aaron at all."

Although Elliott is a posing as Drexler, Lin Han is still very serious during training. It can be said that when Lin Han entered the NBA, Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan couldn't bear to look at his defense. He just hoped that Lin Han would move a little, and he didn't expect Lin Han to defend anyone. But now in the team's training ground, Lin Han is already the most satisfied player on the defensive end.

So this time, after Lin Han cut the ball directly from Elliott and successfully made a quick break, Jerry Sloan kept applauding on the sidelines.

"If we also have a center forward like Mutombo, plus a super defensive end on the outside like Lin Han, the Rockets basically cannot be our opponent."

After watching Lin Han complete this dunk, Jerry Sloan on the sidelines sighed. After Jerry Sloan finished speaking, Fier Johnson nodded.

After the Nuggets opened a window to deal with the Rockets, Jerry Sloan did feel that his team's future was much brighter. They had something that the Nuggets didn't have. If the Nuggets had a player who could hold Drexler in the last game, Mutombo would not be so miserable, and the Nuggets might not lose, but there was no Lin Han in the Nuggets, and there was no Mutombo in the same Jazz.

And this is indeed a bit regrettable.

After the teams in the east and west part finals were all produced, the NBA's playoffs soon came to the final stage. Although the Nuggets' performance did make many media and fans admire them, the team almost created a miracle that had never been in history, but the Nuggets still lost, so soon, these media focused their attention on the Pacers, the New York Knicks, the Jazz and Rockets.

The Pacers and the Knicks are also old enemies. Last season, the Knicks swept the Pacers out of the playoffs in the first round of last season. However, although the Knicks won last season, the advantage was not that obvious. In particular, the Pacers' resilience is indeed excellent, especially the team's master Reggie Miller, who averaged more than 30 points per game against the Knicks in the playoffs last season. The three-point shooting percentage is as high as 50%. If it weren't for the team's defense, it might be more difficult for the Knicks to win. With Larry Brown this season, the team's defense and resilience are stronger, and the Knicks will naturally be more difficult. In fact, the Pacers can beat the third Bulls and the second Hawks in a row. It has to be said that this team is indeed a team suitable for playing in the playoffs.

The Pacers and the Knicks' match was indeed very interesting. However, it was still much worse than the Rockets and Jazz, because after the Rockets defeated the Nuggets, many media had already marked the showdown between the two teams with such a title.

"This is a round of finals that will be held in advance!"

This is a round of finals that was held in advance. The match between the Jazz and the Rockets was given the title of the winner. Although this doesn't seem to be so respectful to the Knicks and the Pacers in the East, this is the fact of public opinion. In the eyes of these people, the Rockets and the Jazz are indeed the strongest teams.

"The Jazz are very strong. They played easily in the first two rounds, but we never fear such a team, because in the regular season we have proved that we are even better. We have the most special player in the league, Hakim Olajuwon, who is an omnipotent player. As long as he is here, he will not fail. He will cover our penalty area tightly. No one can defeat our defense, let alone Lin Han and Malone. Even Jordan cannot do it. Hakim will collapse all Rockets opponents. He is the truly unique player in the league. He is the protective umbrella for all of us and the nightmare of other teams in the league, including the Jazz!"

"Lin Han and Michael? I said that Lin Han and Jordan are both excellent players, but in my opinion, the only one-of-a-kind players in the league is Hakeem. The Bulls can still enter the playoffs without Jordan, and even rank very high. Without Lin Han, the Jazz I believe they can also enter the playoffs and go very far, but if we don't have Hakeem, then this will be a disaster. He is the real MVP of NBA!"

When the league's eyes were all aimed at the division finals in the east and west, when the league's eyes were all aimed at the Rockets and Jazz's Western Conference Finals, Drexler, the Rockets' outside player, did not perform very well in most of the first two rounds of the playoffs, but in the most important game, he almost did not hide his flattery of Olajuwon when he came to Utah to interview media from around the world.

This even some Houston media were a little surprised. It seems that the former Trail Blazers player, who was once the top ten or even the top five in the league, seems to be willing to attack Olajuwon with the Rockets, which is definitely a great news for the Rockets.

"The performance of the previous game? Any team will have a completely different game after coming to the playoffs. The team and I need to run in, so my performance is indeed not excellent. But after 12 playoffs, I believe that Hakeem and the Rockets no longer have any problems. I will not have any bad situations in the game against the Jazz!"

"Lin Han is full of confidence in the championship? Of course, anyone can have full confidence in the championship. The Jazz team has this strength. Lin Han can dream of his championship because of this strength."

"However, as a player who has reached the Finals twice, I will give some dream-filled young people a piece of advice. The NBA is a very realistic place. The threat the Jazz posed to us may not be even comparable to the Nuggets."

"Clyde, do you think the Rockets can get rid of the Jazz in 6 games or fewer games?"

"Of course, why not!"

When the game between the Jazz and the Rockets got closer and closer, when the Rockets' team came to Salt Lake City, Lin Han and Jazz players who were unbanned had not fired fire at the Rockets, the Rockets' head outside players had already started to spray the Jazz and Lin Han.

In the current NBA, if you don’t say a few harsh words at the beginning of the playoffs and don’t throw a few trash words during the game, it will definitely be a shameless person to go out and see people.

So everyone likes Drexler's ruthless words to the Jazz on behalf of the Rockets before the game, but no one expected Drexler to be so ruthless.

Not only did he praise Olajuwon, he also placed Lin Han and Jordan directly under Olajuwon for Olajuwon to step on. Although Olajuwon is indeed very strong and can be called unique. If Drexler takes Olajuwon to step on Lin Han, there will be no people who will have any objections. At most, the media and fans who support Lin Han will choke twice, but he did not expect Drexler to step on Jordan directly.

You should know that recently, Jordan's fans are excitedly asking the Bulls and the League to invite Jordan back. The League and the Bulls are also creating public opinion for Jordan's comeback. At this time, Drexler said this is indeed surprising. After all, although Jordan left, he did not really announce that he would not play NBA anymore.

And according to the news about Jordan's baseball team, although Jordan is indeed playing baseball now, this guy always likes to miss the team's baseball training to keep his basketball training with his own basketball trainer. Many Chicago fans can even see Jordan often on the wild court. According to this speculation, Jordan has actually planned to make a comeback.

"Clyde said it well. Hakeem is a unique player. I think this Western Conference Finals Lin will prove that he is also a very unique player. Yes, I admire him very much. He is the best young player I have ever seen. Of course, if I have the chance, I will prove to Clyde again that I can still be a unique player."

What's even more crazy is that he has never responded to many things in the NBA. Even Lin Han joked that Jordan had no response to such things because he came to the league. After Drexler's "unique theory" came out, he actually stood up to respond. It was early for Lin Han and the Jazz to come forward to respond.

And judging from the meaning of this guy's words, this guy is really planning to make a comeback!

Faced with the provocations of the Rockets and Drexler, he could not tolerate Lin Han's character, especially after Sloan had no restrictions on him, it was even more impossible for him to tolerate it. However, what Lin Han did not expect was that Jordan actually stood up to help him respond to this matter.

This also made Lin Han, who wanted to come out and scold Drexler himself, didn't know how to join this battle for a while.

Because after Jordan came out to respond, Drexler's "unique" theory has a wide range of attacks. If Jordan said he was a unique player, no one would refute anything. Jordan has proved himself, but why is Olajuwon? Although this Rockets player is indeed very strong, he has not yet proved himself. Is it too early for Drexler to say this at this time?

Is Drexler really too arrogant? Or is it that in the Rockets' opinion, after they beat the Nuggets and the team has run-in, other teams in the league are no longer their opponents? So they feel that their championship is already in hand?

Judging from the current situation, it is naturally a more likely future. I am afraid that in the Rockets' view, they have indeed grasped the championship this year, especially after Drexler's remarks caused a huge shock, Olajuwon did not come out to make any response. His attitude as default can explain many problems.

"FVK, these guys are really arrogant, it's so unpleasant."

On May 28, 1994, on the morning of the Jazz and Rockets Western Conference Finals, Lin Han came to the team's training hall locker room early in the morning. After reading today's latest newspaper, he said with an upset expression, while the other Jazz players on the side had similar expressions at this time.

As the team with the highest regular season record in league history, whether the Rockets really look down on them or pretend to behave, this will make them very upset. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!