Chapter 249 Strong Jazz, Strong Lin Han!
(Sorry, it's even later)
"Lin, do you know how arrogant you were just now?! We dared to confront the Rockets alone. We were frightened when we watched it, but it was so domineering. I like it, especially your gesture that made Claire shut up was great!"
"Boss, Alden is right. When I saw you and Drexler and the others confront each other just now, the momentum was really great. We were stunned by the side!"
The Jazz played a half-time tightening game against the Rockets. This defense method is a desperate defense method. Even if you play this defense, the New York Knicks, the best one, are not played in every game, and even if you play this defense in some games, you don't play in every game.
After all, such defense not only consumes a lot of physical energy, but more importantly, this kind of defense is a gambling defense with half of the advantages and disadvantages. Just as some players like to play gambling steals when defending, the team's half-time press is actually similar to the players' personal gambling steals. If you really defend well in the game, the opponent will be very miserable. This can be seen from the Rockets' Nuggets losing three games in a row in the last round, but if the defense is not good, you may be beaten by your opponent.
If the gambling steal is not successful on the court, then there will be a lot of space behind it, and the same is true for the half-time press. If the pressure is not successful and the opponent breaks through, then it will basically be a lot of space!
And more importantly, this defensive method depends on the players' momentum in the game. When the momentum rises, the pressure of this tight defense will greatly increase. Now Lin Han performs such a powerful move at the beginning of the game, which is indeed very impressive. At least after Lin Han scores first, the momentum in the center of the Delta has reached its highest peak, and the morale of Jazz players is also very good now.
Especially when these Jazz players saw Lin Han confront Drexler and other Rockets players alone, Kenny Smith, who was cut off by Lin Han, stood on the side with a pale face and looked a little shivering. The scene was indeed enough to shock these Jazz players.
"What's there to be afraid of? Do they really dare to beat me up at our home court?"
Looking at the group of excited teammates, Lin Han also said with a smile. After Lin Han finished speaking, Stockton and Malone on the side all gave this kid a blank look. As for the Rockets players' attitude just now, it is really possible that they will beat Lin Han on the court if Lin Han is more arrogant.
In fact, neither Stockton nor Malone's guess was wrong. After Lin Han left surrounded by Jazz players, these Rockets players almost gritted their teeth when they saw Lin Han's back.'
The Rockets probably have not had such hatred for a player in the history of their team. It has to be said that Lin Han's steal just now caused the Rockets players' originally stable emotions to fluctuate.
"Damn it, this kid is so hateful. Who do he thinks he is? Didn't he just cut the ball and dunk the blue one? Do he really think he is Jordan second?!"
"That's right, this guy is far worse than Clyde and Hakeem!"
"Okay, don't say it anymore, Kenny, pay attention to protecting the pass. This kid's speed and steal are very good."
Looking at Lin Han's back as he left, Olajuwon's face was a little gloomy at this time. They originally wanted to win the lead away in this game, but they didn't expect that Lin Han would be dislodged as soon as they came out.
"Clyde, you must be mentally prepared for this game. Although this kid is a shameless bastard, his strength is a little stronger than we imagined."
"Hakim, don't worry, I know what to do"
After Olajuwon reminded, Drexler took a deep breath and said, although the Rockets defender seemed to have returned to normal, his fists were just shaking his current mood. The Rockets' super outside line was still extremely angry at this time.
Of course, for the Rockets, who are bound to win this game, Lin Han was denied a move at the beginning, and he couldn't stand it on anyone. Fortunately, most of the team's veterans were the ones. With the crazy booed by the Jazz fans and the strong momentum of the Jazz team, the team still stabilized their position.
The most taboo thing for teams playing away is to be beaten by their opponents at the beginning of the game. This is how the two teams are in the fourth game of the regular season this season. Drexler was beaten by Lin Han as soon as he came to that game, and then the Rockets were beaten by him. Although Olajuwon finally led the team back to chase points, he still couldn't catch up.
This time Drexler was much calmer than that game, so after Kenny Smith carefully dribbled the ball to halftime, facing Stockton's sticker, the Rockets point guard almost handed the ball to Drexler's hand, while Lin Han was leaned behind him by Drexler, and he could not find a chance to intercept the ball.
However, when Drexler held the ball in the middle circle, he just took a look at the situation on the field, and the situation on the scene still shocked him.
At this time, all the Rockets players were surrounded by a Jazz player. He had seen this scene in the last round, but how could the Nuggets' half-time pressing match the Jazz?
The Nuggets' half-time pressing depends more on the momentum of the young people. The defensive skills of the team except Mutombo were not very outstanding. If it weren't for Mutombo, Drexler would not need the help of Olajuwon to break the Nuggets' pressing, because the Nuggets players he faced did not have much threat to him. Even if he pressed him closely, he could have easily broken through. If he hadn't been able to break through easily, he would have been able to give Mutombo 26 blocks in the entire series. On average, he would have been blocked by Mutombo in each game. It was because he broke through the outside line so easily that he had so many opportunities to hit the basket. However, if it weren't for Mutombo's super god, the Nuggets would have been beaten long ago.
Compared with the more amateur half-time pressing of the Nuggets, the Jazz's half-time pressing is obviously more powerful than one level, especially after the defensive player he faces becomes Lin Han, which is even more so. This kid is now like he is sticking to him.
Any of his movements seemed to be judged by Lin Han like before. In the past, even if the opponent judged his next move, Drexler would not care too much, because his playing style was originally a crushing style. Even if he told his opponent that he wanted to break to the left or to the right, the opponent could not stop it because the physical talents and abilities of both sides were not of the same level.
But this time, Drexler even felt that Lin Han was more powerful than before. Lin Han used to defend well, and he had to spend a lot of energy to get rid of it. Now Lin Han gave people a feeling that he could hardly break through!
"How come this kid's defensive reaction is so much faster? How is this possible?"
When Drexler received the ball in the middle circle, the first encounter between Lin Han and Drexler was the focus of all the players on the court, because everyone knows that the outcome of this game depends largely on what level the outcome of Lin Han and Drexler can reach. So when I saw Drexler try several times in the middle circle but couldn't get rid of Lin Han, the Rockets players on the court almost turned pale, and the Rockets head coach Tom Janovic on the sidelines was even more stunned at this time.
You know, he knew very clearly that although Drexler was indeed a little different from his peak at this time, his physical condition and technical movements were better than when he met the two teams in the last two times. This was also his confidence that Drexler could face Lin Han’s capital on both ends of offense and defense. What he didn’t expect was that Drexler encountered such great difficulties in his first attack!
After 15 seconds of getting rid of Lin Han's defense, he could not get rid of Lin Han's defense at all. Although he used his breakthrough ability to push the ball to the three-point line in the end, without teammates coming to help, when he pushed the ball to this position, the Rockets' offensive time was not much. In this case, when Tomjanovic saw Drexler finally facing Lin Han's defense and forced a three-pointer, the Rockets' head coach's face was even more ugly at this time.
This time, Lin Han and Drexler had no Rockets or Jazz players to help, because both teams wanted to know what the comparison between the two was like.
The final result was Drexler's incredible look. After he finally made three-pointers, he faced the Jazz fans who became crazy again on the scene. Not to mention that Drexler was a little confused at this time, even the other Rockets players were similar. Although most of them are old football players and have strong psychological adjustment ability, if they encounter such blows twice in a row, it will be difficult for players with strong psychological adjustment ability to adjust so quickly!
"I'm not mistaken? Drexler actually made a three-pointer under Lin Han's defense?!"
"Drexler faced Lin Han's defense and forced a breakthrough from the front, but he couldn't even enter the three-point line? How could this be possible? Is Lin Han's single defense so outstanding?!"
"I must be dazzled, I must be dazzled. Drexler's breakthrough is the strongest in the league. Even if he is not the strongest now, there is absolutely no problem in ranking in the top five. Now he can't even get into the three-point line?!"
Even after Drexler was not involved, many reporters supporting the Rockets from all over the world on the sidelines had a feeling of dreaming at this time.
"A very outstanding defense, Lin Han's defensive attention is excellent. Drexler wants to use his speed to force Lin Han to crush Lin Han, but Lin Han's reaction speed is too fast. He forced his turn around several times when he almost lost his position. If Lin Han can maintain such defensive intensity in every game, then even the best defensive player is not impossible for Lin Han."
Larry Bird appreciated Lin Han's defense very much, hoping that Lin Han could achieve such intensity every time he defended, but it was obvious that this was impossible. This kind of half-court tightening consumed physical energy. Although Lin Han's physical skills were pseudo-unlimited energy, Lin Han's non-use skills on the court did not consume physical energy. It can be said that it can help Lin Han save a lot of physical energy. Therefore, Lin Han's silver-level endurance skill is stronger than some golden endurance skills, but it is obvious that Lin Han wants to not use defensive skills and use his own body to defend Drexler with his ability, especially Drexler who has almost completely recovered, which is impossible. Even with the bonus of skills, Lin Han feels a little difficult.
"This guy is indeed stronger than the last time."
After Lin Han wiped the sweat from his forehead, he looked at the old opponent in front of him who was still very shocked, and thought to himself secretly.
The Jazz's first offense was to directly steal the Rockets' pass, while the Jazz's first defense was to directly defend the Rockets' outside number Drexler for almost 24 seconds. This is extremely exciting, both from the offensive end and from the defensive end.
Especially after the Jazz's second offense began, facing the away game, the Rockets, who are now a little confused and slow. Stockton, who was originally planning to advance slowly, actually found a chance to have a fast break when it was halfway through, which surprised Stockton himself.
In this game, the Rockets' defense against the Jazz is also a one-on-one man-to-man-target defense. In fact, most teams in the league are now targeting people. Only when facing players of a level like Jordan, Lin Han or Olajuwon seem to be considering double-teaming. Generally, superstars rarely let the opponent attack in the regular season. Of course, the stages of the playoffs and the regular season are completely different. But what Stockton and the Jazz didn't expect was that the Rockets did not attack Lin Han in this game. Although they cannot attack without the ball now, in addition to a close defensive player, they generally have one, two or even three players standing not far away and ready to assist in defense at any time. Now, there is no Rockets' assist in defense player besides Drexler!
When he saw this scene, Stockton's eyes were almost lit. Before Stockton even dribbled the ball through halftime, after seeing Lin Han was ready to get rid of Drexler's defense without the ball, the Jazz's point guard directly faced Kenny Smith's defense and swung one hand, a semi-signature one-handed pass and flew straight towards Lin Han.
Although Drexler's defensive skills are not very good, this guy's physical fitness is indeed excellent. Although he was a little confused by Lin Han on the offensive end, he was still very focused when defending. It was not so easy for Lin Han to get rid of him. In fact, when Stockton passed the ball, Lin Han had not yet got rid of Drexler. This guy not only had excellent physical fitness, but also had excellent running without the ball.
This is the talent of a natural defensive player. Lin Han has no idea why many people in the league say that this guy has defended very frequently, or that this guy used to defend with his eyes like him? Lin Han thought of it with some complaints in his heart.
However, although he could not get rid of Drexler quickly without the ball, Lin Han didn't have so much time to think about when he saw Stockton's passing direction. Even though he had not got rid of Drexler's defense, he could only run towards Lin Han's passing direction. What surprised Lin Han was that when he received Stockton's passing goal, he suddenly felt that Drexler, who had just been pressed against him, had disappeared!
"What?!"
When Lin Han appeared at the 45-degree three-point line on the left, facing an instantly unpredictable situation, with the instinct of a pitcher, Lin Han almost subconsciously jumped up and threw the basketball in his hand out very elegantly and picturesquely. After Lin Han made this shot, he looked down slightly. Lin Han, who had just received the ball with his back and turned to complete a jump shot three-pointer, saw Malone blocking Drexler directly from the position of the free throw line, and Robert Hawley was one step too late when he rushed towards Lin Han, so the Rockets power forward could only watch the basketball fly to the basket.
With a flash, a three-pointer hit, hollowed-in the net! 5-0!
When Lin Han made this three-pointer, the Jazz fans at the scene made another bang. After Lin Han scored five points in a row at the beginning, the entire stadium was shouting Lin Han's name!
"It's so beautiful. Lin Han turned around and pulled the three-point jump shot after receiving the ball with his back. However, Stockton's pass was also very good. His pass was not an ordinary fixed-point pass, but a guided pass. Stockton saw Malone's position and saw Lin Han and Drexler's position. So he passed the ball to a position that Lin Han could catch, Malone could cover, and had a very outstanding vision. Stockton is the best point guard in the entire NBA pass now!"
When Lin Han hit a three-pointer, Drexler did not look at Lin Han, but subconsciously looked at Stockton, because he knew very well that this time his defensive failure with the Rockets was not how outstanding Lin Han's ability to get rid of the ball was. If Lin Han held the ball and attacked, he was not sure that he could defend Lin Han, but for off-ball attack, although Lin Han's off-ball was strong, he was not bad either. The two were at the same level. The pass from Stockton just now directly raised Lin Han's off-ball running position by a level. A pass could increase a player's running position by a level, which was a bit terrifying!
Why, why can that kid have such a passer who passes the ball to him? But I don’t have it?!
At this time, Drexler's heart was full of dissatisfaction and jealousy for Lin Han. Although Lin Han had never understood the happiness of a team with an excellent point guard, this did not mean that others were like Lin Han.
At the beginning of this game, the Jazz's offense and defense intensity was so great that everyone did not expect that even the Jazz fans on the scene would never have thought that their team could play so openly in this game. This was incredible.
Who doesn't know that their team's head coach Jerry Sloan is an extremely conservative guy. When a tactic has both advantages and disadvantages, Old Nelson will definitely choose such a tactic, let alone half of the advantages and disadvantages, or even fewer advantages. But as long as it is effective, Old Nelson will definitely execute it. For Jerry Sloan, even if the benefits are far greater than the disadvantages, the Jazz head coach may have considered it for a long time before thinking about the disadvantages in tactics. This coach will find a way to completely eliminate the disadvantages. For this reason, even if some benefits are abandoned, it is acceptable to be a little mediocre. Such a coaching philosophy cannot be said to be good or bad, but it always gives people a rigid and conservative feeling.
And if anyone else dares to say that the Jazz are conservative in this game, it would be really blind.
I have seen a team that was playing the tight press in the half, but in the end I was so excited that I played the tight press in the whole game. Has this team been said to be conservative by others?
This is how the Jazz were. After a 5-0 start, the Jazz pressed the Rockets directly against the Rockets after the Rockets made the baseline ball, and that momentum almost swallowed the Rockets away!
When the Rockets finally pushed the ball to halftime under the cover of Olajuwon, they almost violated the rules in eight seconds. When the Rockets finally passed the ball to the inside line Olajuwon under the full pressure of the Jazz, Olajuwon had only four seconds left when he received the ball in the inside line. Under such circumstances, no matter how skilled the inside line is, he would not be able to play much inside line skills and footsteps. Lin Han's singles efficiency will be greatly reduced when only four or five seconds after receiving the ball, and Olajuwon is naturally no exception. In this case, when Olajuwon faced Polynis, he looked at the time and almost gritted his teeth and forced a jump shot directly from the right waist position. He did not use his best face frame to break through, because the time was completely insufficient.
And this time, a very hasty move hit Blue's neck and bounced out!
After squeezing away Robert Hawley against him, Malone grabbed the rebound without any hesitation. Seeing Lin Han running towards the frontcourt like crazy, Drexler was also backing back to defend frantically, Malone threw the basketball in his hand hard towards the frontcourt!
"Linhan and Drexler sprinted, too fast, too fast, these two men were like a gust of wind!"
Drexler was the fastest counterattack player in the league before, while Lin Han is the fastest counterattack player in the league now. When these two people start almost at the same time and chase the same target in the same direction, which of these two people will have a more terrifying speed?!
No one would know which of these two would be more terrifying, because at this time, when Collins on the sidelines saw Lin Han and Drexler rushing towards the Rockets' backcourt almost side by side, the former Bulls coach stood up from his seat almost directly!
Because the speed of these two guys is really terrifying!
Not to mention Collins, even the Jazz fans on the scene looked like two high-speed airships Lin Han and Drexler, and their eyes were wide open!
"Oh my god, Drexler still has such speed now. Is this true? He can still keep up with Lin Han's speed now?!"
At this time, the entire Delta Arena was shocked. Even Jerry Sloan, who had been smiling just now, saw Drexler and Lin Han twitching when he was racing.
In fact, Lin Han and Drexler were also extremely shocked at this time. Although Lin Han had known that Drexler must have a similar skill to improve speed at the peak, just like Lin Han's courageous move forward, he really did not expect Drexler to have such speed at this time. Even at this time, Lin Han wondered whether this guy had a talent for speed. Because he could not bear such speed because of his physical reasons in the past, he could not have been able to surge out. Now that he is in good health, he can use his talent, which is not impossible!
Similarly, Drexler was also shocked at this time. At his speed, although it was indeed a little worse than when he was at the peak, even Jordan at that time might not be worse than when he was at the moment. But now he actually looks similar to Lin Han?! This kid is faster than when he had the previous few confrontations!
Of course, both of them were very uneasy at this time. The reason why Drexler dared to say that he could defend Lin Han in this game was because he knew that his health was good and his speed was back. However, Lin Han was completely beyond his imagination at this time. He was already full of confidence and was already a little shaken.
Although both Lin Han and Drexler are very fast, they give people a completely different feeling. Lin Han's speed has an extremely strong sense of impact, and it feels like he can knock everything in front of him. Drexler's speed is more elegant, a simple beauty of speed, which reflects not strength but movement!
Therefore, when the two of them arrived at the free throw line almost at the same time, they felt that Malone's pass had arrived at almost the same time, and the two flew up almost at the extreme speed. After flying, because of Malone's pass, the two who were originally parallel quickly stuck together and had a fierce collision in the air!
After a bang, when Lin Han and Drexler's bodies collided, everyone in the Delta Center saw Drexler's contact with Lin Han, the Rockets player who looked like he was not shorter than Lin Han actually hit Lin Han in an instant and was knocked away by Lin Han in an instant!
It really ran away!
After Lin Han knocked Drexler away, he caught Malone's pass in the air, and directly raked a bang, gliding with one hand and dunked the basketball in his hand into the basket. When Lin Han completed his extremely domineering dunk, everyone at the scene, including the Jazz fans, was silent!
Drexler, who was knocked out by Lin Han, jumped and fell to the floor with a sound of Lin Han's dunk. Drexler, who fell on the floor, was still staring at Lin Han with a horror at this time.
He really couldn't believe all this. His speed was not slower than Lin Han, his bounce was not worse than Lin Han, and even his height and weight were not worse than Lin Han, but why did he lose so much when fighting in the air?!
At this time, Drexler and everyone on the scene were stunned by Lin Han's incredible dunk just now, and Lin Han, who had finished the dunk, also breathed a sigh of relief after getting off the basket.
Lin Han is actually not calm now. Drexler's speed and bounce just now did startle him. This glider is indeed worthy of being the title of glider. His speed and bounce skills are simply out of the box, but fortunately, Lin Han's courage may not be as good as Drexler's skill in increasing bounce and speed, but moving forward not only increases speed and bounce, but also strength and all other attributes!
"It's too strong, it's too strong. Lin Han and the Jazz started the game. This is a Jazz team I've never seen before. This team has never played such a basketball. It's too incredible and incredible!"
When Lin Han walked past Drexler, he paused for a moment. When Drexler's gaze looked at him with horror, he gently stretched out his right index finger and pointed it into the sky. The originally silent Jazz fans blew up after seeing Lin Han's action, and the entire center of the delta seemed to have been blown up.
At this time, Drexler's eyes were almost on fire after seeing Lin Han's action. Lin Han's action was too provocative. Even Drexler, who had forced himself to calm his emotions, felt a sense of uncontrollability at this time.
"Lin Han stood in front of Drexler with his right index finger at the sky. This is telling Drexler that even though he was called unique speed and bounce, the number one now is no longer him, but has become Lin Han?"
After Collins, who had an excited look, sat back in his seat, the former Bulls head coach also said with some uncertainty.
No matter what the meaning of Lin Han’s action is, at least Drexler and the fans on the scene think so!
At the beginning 7-0, Lin Han scored 7 points in a row. The Jazz started strongly in this way, and Lin Han is qualified to make such a provocation!
At least at this time, Jerry Sloan on the sidelines had a smile on his face because he knew that he had won the bet in this game! r1152
Chapter completed!