Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

"Shh!"

The ball went in and the score became 8:2.

This made the home fans worried. They were beaten 8:2 at the very beginning, which was not a good start.

The Jazz attack.

Rubio came to the frontcourt and finally wanted to organize a wave and play a tactical cooperation, but he failed.

First of all, Rubio himself was unable to fully display his abilities under Holiday's defense, and after calling a tactic and passing the ball to his teammates, his teammates were still at a disadvantage in the matchup.

Hood originally had good scoring ability. He averaged 12.7 points per game last season, but he is now facing Zhuang Yu.

Facing Zhuang Yu's defense, Hood felt uncomfortable all over. His fake moves were useless in front of Zhuang Yu, and it didn't work if he tried to force it. He had tried it, but he was not as fast as Zhuang Yu, so he couldn't get past Zhuang Yu by speed.

What made him depressed was that he failed to use his body to force Zhuang Yu away, and he did not gain much advantage in the physical confrontation.

Facing Zhuang Yu, Hood's only advantage is that he is a few centimeters taller than Zhuang Yu. With a height of 203 cm, he can only face Zhuang Yu.

However, Zhuang Yu's jumping ability makes up for his lack of height, and since he is confident that Hood can only shoot, his defense can be very targeted.

So whenever Hood wanted to shoot against him, he would always be blocked, and neither of his two shots went in.

Favors has an advantage over Anderson in the confrontation, but he cannot take advantage of the height. In addition, the Lakers have fast help and backup defense, and the overall defense is also excellent, so Favors fails every time he receives the ball in the low post and tries to play one-on-one.

Center Gobert does not have much independent offensive ability. He is somewhat similar to the Clippers' DeAndre Jordan, and his scoring mainly depends on catching dunks.

This kind of player first needs his teammates to play well, attract defense, create opportunities for him, and pass the ball to him in the inside in time so that he can score.

Now that the rest of the team can't play well, it's going to be hard for Gobert to get a chance.

Among several positions, only Joe Ingles has a certain matchup advantage, because he is facing the weakest defensive link in the Lakers' starting lineup.

However, Ingles mainly relies on rhythm in his play. Although he has a certain positional advantage against Korver and he did play well, his scoring contribution alone is obviously a drop in the bucket.

After a few minutes, the gap between the two sides became larger and larger.

"Requesting a timeout."

Coach Snyder called a timeout.

The quarter hadn't been going on for long when the gap between the two sides had already widened to double digits. The Jazz could be said to have been completely crushed.

Whether on offense or defense, they were at a disadvantage.

Obviously, this won't work, so Coach Schneider called a timeout to readjust...

......

The timeout ended quickly and both sides returned to the court, but the situation did not change much and the Jazz were still at a disadvantage.

After this timeout, the Jazz actually improved on the offensive end, adding screens and pick-rolls. The offense no longer started from Rubio, but from Ingles. Rubio and Hood constantly used their teammates' screens and pick-rolls to get rid of them and shoot from the outside.

Hood scored a goal, but his shooting percentage was only average. Rubio, on the other hand, actually hit two three-pointers in a row from the outside, which surprised the Lakers.

You know, Rubio is a player who excels in organizational skills, scoring is not his strong point, and his career three-point shooting percentage is not high. In the past few seasons, his average three-point shooting percentage is only about 30%, and even in two seasons it was lower than 30%.

In the past few seasons, Rubio's most three-point shots were taken in a season with an average of only 2.6 shots per game and 0.8 hits per game.

And this is already two three-pointers in a row.

However, the Lakers were not panicked at all. Even though Rubio made two consecutive three-pointers, the Jazz still fell behind because the Lakers were also scoring.

The Lakers did not expect Rubio to make two consecutive three-pointers, and the Jazz did not expect Holiday to score consecutively.

First he scored a layup after a breakthrough, and then Holiday made a three-pointer facing Rubio from the outside.

In this way, Rubio's two three-pointers were almost offset.

What's more, the Lakers also have Zhuang Yu, Lopez, Korver and others...

......

Until most of the first quarter had passed and both sides began to replace their rotation lineups, the Lakers were still leading by as many as 12 points.

This made Jazz fans a little depressed.

Fortunately, when the Jazz entered the rotation time, the backup guard Donovan Mitchell performed very well, scoring consecutively and playing back and forth with Clarkson, which prevented the score gap between the two sides from continuing to widen. By the end of the first quarter, it even narrowed a little.

At the end of the quarter, the Lakers led by 10 points.

Entering the second quarter, the Lakers sent Holiday on to partner with Clarkson to lead the bench lineup.

Coach Scott also deployed the troops in this way in the last game, but the effect was not good. Holiday was in a low state and was suppressed by the opponent.

However, Holiday's condition was obviously different today. He played well in the first quarter, and now he is playing well with Clarkson. He has personal points, assists and passes, and on the defensive end he is also responsible for defending Donovan Mitchell, which reduces Mitchell's offensive efficiency.

"hehe......"

Seeing the score on the field expand again, Coach Scott smiled and said, "This is how Holiday should perform."

Assistant coach Madsen agreed: "Yes, this is his true strength. It seems that Holiday has adjusted."

When Holiday adjusted his mentality, his performance immediately changed. After all, he did have the ability, but he just hadn't been able to display it before.

After a few minutes, the score difference widened to 15 points.

The Jazz called a timeout and started replacing their main players, while keeping Mitchell on the court.

The Lakers also replaced their main players.

When the timeout was over, the Lakers still had the upper hand. Holiday had already scored 9 points, which was not only more than in the previous game, but also caught up with his average points per game in the past few games. Remember, this was only the second quarter.

Seeing Holiday's outstanding performance, the Jazz naturally did not dare to be careless and had to strengthen their defense against Holiday.

As a result, Holiday reduced his personal offense and began to focus on organization, creating opportunities for his teammates and feeding the ball to Zhuang Yu and Lopez.

Zhuang Yu started scoring mode.

When Zhuang Yu only focused on scoring, he was almost unstoppable on the offensive end. He shot three-pointers right after receiving the ball, dunked in the air, ran back to get the ball and broke through the jump shot, crossed positions with Holiday, and directly rebounded after handing the ball to him...

In just a few minutes, Zhuang Yu scored 12 points by himself.

When the first half ended, the Lakers were leading by 21 points.