Reborn in the 96 golden generation

Chapter 39 The Sophisticated Jazz

Stockton dribbled the ball beyond the 45-degree three-point line on the left. Malone quickly came over to do a pick-and-roll to block Van Exel who was marking him. At this time, Stockton had two options. One is to use Malone's block The man screens and directly jumps up to shoot, and the second is to continue to hold the ball and rush inside.

Zhou Yu naturally switched to defend Stockton, even though he knew that Ma Long was about to make an air cut.

Sure enough, Stockton was lucky, and suddenly came a tricky and fast oblique pass. Malone just received it, and took a step forward to the penalty area.

O'Neal immediately came over to defend, and the duel between the strong man and the macho man was about to be staged, but unfortunately, Malone was not in a hurry to make a shot, but raised his hand and waved it. The small hook makes it easy to hit the board.

This ball fully demonstrates the tacit cooperation of "Utah Black and White Shuangsha", which can be described as a two-in-one shampoo.

"Hey, Stockton, is it interesting to always make wedding dresses for others? Let me see your offensive strength anytime."

Zhou Yu provoked a little unconvinced.

Stockton has always been unsmiling, but responded lightly:
"You do not deserve."

Zhou Yu glared at Stockton angrily, thinking to himself, if he has a chance later, he must reward him with a few hot pots to let him know how good I am.

The Lakers handed the ball to O'Neal again. Facing the weak white center Ostertag, O'Neal looked confident.

It's just that the upper body leaned back slightly to squeeze out some defensive space, and then made a clever internal turn to forcefully squeeze into the penalty area.

But he ignored the existence of Ma Long, and Ma Long had already booked a seat in advance and waited for him.During the friction and collision of muscles, O'Neal's small turn hook failed to hit, and the rebound was grabbed by Malone.

The Jazz immediately launched a quick counterattack, Stockton suddenly accelerated with the ball, and Van Exel was still defending him.

Zhou Yu kept a close eye on Ma Long, for fear that he would have a connection with Stockton again and quickly scored.

But unexpectedly, Stockton did not pass the ball, but shot directly from outside the three-point line.

After a crisp sound of "swish", the basketball went into the net hollowly, and the score immediately changed to "5:3", and the Jazz overtook the Lakers by two points.

"Don't you want to see my offensive strength, are you satisfied?" Stockton smiled slightly. Although his smile was uglier than crying, it still made Zhou Yu very unhappy.

On the next ball, Zhou Yu directly mentioned the high position support, so that Malone could be involved in the inside and create better opportunities for O'Neal.

Regrettably, the Jazz seemed to have been prepared for this, and suddenly changed to Ostertag to defend Zhou Yu, and Malone was responsible for defending O'Neal.

Zhou Yu knew that although Ma Long was not as tall as O'Neal, his bench press strength was almost the same as him.

Sure enough, O'Neill tried to hit Malone a few times with a back hit, but found that the effect was not great.In turn, he switched to a turn and cut technique, hoping to use his dexterous shark turn to find a good shot.

But the sad reminder is that Malone has rich experience after all, and his position judgment is very accurate, which makes it difficult for O'Neill to move an inch.

Especially Ma Long's pair of iron elbows that are unparalleled in the world, even O'Neill can't stand it, and has the urge to break dance.

In desperation, he had no choice but to pass the ball to Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu saw that the skin of Ostertag in front of him was really fair and snowy, and couldn't help but make fun of him:
"Hey, Big Pyrenees, you are so clumsy, can you guard me?"

"How did you know my nickname was 'Great Pyrenees'?"

Ostertag was a little surprised.

Only then did Zhou Yu realize that this guy's nickname was indeed "Big Pyrene Bear". Not only was his skin white, but he was also 2.18 meters tall, 4 centimeters taller than him, and weighed more than 250 kilograms.

To deal with this tall and clumsy center, only speed can handle it.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yu first held the ball with both hands to lower the center of gravity, and made a few probing steps, but the opponent was still standing upright, unmoved. He probably didn't dare to move, and would collapse if he lost his center of gravity even a little bit. .

In the next second, Zhou Yu simply dribbled and accelerated, preparing to pass Ostertag directly.

But he obviously underestimated Ostertag's defensive strength. Although he looked clumsy, he had a strong sense of positioning, and he had already established his position in advance, blocking Zhou Yu's way.

Zhou Yu seemed to have hit a wall of flesh and was bounced back.

In desperation, he had no choice but to use his usual step-back shot, but just as he jumped up to shoot, Ostertag's big hand quickly enveloped him.

Although the ball was not blocked, it also lost the sight, the basketball bounced out of the basket, and the rebound was grabbed by the Jazz again.

The Jazz's fast break started again, and Stockton still controlled the ball and advanced quickly, but this time, he passed the ball to Hornacek, who was open on the weak side, and Hornacek made a three-pointer. Hit steadily.

"8:3", the Jazz instantly expanded the point difference to five points.

Seeing O'Neal and Zhou Yu's offensive setbacks, Kobe couldn't bear to start the "single play mode".

Facing Hornacek's defense, he dribbled the ball again in a daze. Just as he was about to break through with the ball, the basketball in his hand was cut off by Hornacek with quick eyesight and quick hands.

Although Hornacek has no obvious technical expertise, he has no major flaws, and his shooting level is also very stable. It can be said that he is a typical 3D player.

In this round of fast break, Malone finally showed his prowess for a quick layup. After receiving a second pass from Stockton, he took advantage of the situation and made a three-step layup, putting the basketball into the basket lightly. It's as easy and freehand as a postman delivering a letter.

"10:3", just over 3 minutes into the game, the Jazz led the Lakers by as much as 7 points, which forced Harris to call a long timeout.

"The Jazz are much more experienced than us, and they are good at taking advantage of the opponent's mistakes to play fast breaks, so I hope everyone will strengthen their cooperation, don't make hasty shots, stabilize your mentality, don't panic, and play our due level."

Harris reminded with a solemn face.

Zhou Yu was convinced after hearing this. The average age of Malone, Stockton and Hornacek on the Jazz team has reached about 33 years old. do it.

"Coach, I want to use the 'triangular offense' tactics to deal with them. Specifically, I, Kobe and O'Neal become the starting point of the offense, and other players do a good job of blocking, covering and running. The side players should try to run out of the open space to form a good shooting opportunity.

Van Exel, you are mainly responsible for blocking and covering Kobe, and Kersey, you are mainly responsible for ambushing outside the three-point line and waiting for opportunities. "

In desperation, Zhou Yu suddenly took the tactical board in Harris's hand, and while writing and drawing on it, he arranged tactics for his teammates.

All the Lakers players were a little confused, and they couldn't help but look sideways at Harris. Zhou Yu was obviously suspected of "conspiring to usurp the throne".

Harris was a little embarrassed at first, then listened to Zhou Yu's tactical analysis, nodded with a smile and said:
"Wang Zhizhi is right. For old-fashioned sticks like the Jazz, we must use the screens, running positions and passing in the 'triangle offense' to open up more shooting space."

After hearing this, the team members nodded in reassurance, otherwise the fate of following Zhou Yu's "uprising" would not be very good.

This scene of Zhou Yu's gesticulation happened to be seen by Susan in the commentary, and peach blossoms appeared in her eyes. From the moment Zhou Yu entered the arena, her gaze basically never left him.

"As commentators, shouldn't we say something?"

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar cleared his throat and reminded.

"That's right, I should say something. I think that although the Lakers are temporarily lagging behind, but after all, they have a coach like Wang Zhizhi and players who can take care of them. The difficulties are probably only temporary."

Susan woke up like a dream.

Although Chu Xiaoxiao spoke incoherently, Kareem had no choice but to continue:

"Wang Zhizhi is indeed a very versatile player, and he is also very smart in playing, but he is facing the sophisticated Jazz team after all. If he wants to win, he should strengthen cooperation with his teammates."

"Mr. Abdul-Jabbar, you are right. However, while the Lakers strengthen their cooperation, they should also minimize mistakes and prevent the Jazz from making fast breaks and counterattacks."

Susan analyzed objectively.

Seeing that Susan's spirit had finally returned to normal, Kareem nodded in relief.

　Ask for a ticket, ask for a ticket

　　
　
(End of this chapter)