Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

After two days of rest, the Pacers faced another opponent at home, the Jazz, who currently have 13 wins and 10 losses.

The Jazz reached their peak during the Utah Double Disaster Period and entered the Finals twice, but their opponent was the Bulls led by Jordan...

A relatively cold knowledge is that Malone and Stockton, whose careers lasted in 18 and 19 years respectively, have been eliminated in the first round 9 times.

Of course, this is not to discredit them. When your team has Malone who averages 31 points per game and Stockton who averages 27 points and 14 assists per game, the team is swept out by the opponent Warriors 3-0 in the first round.

, I’m afraid it’s not an exaggeration to say that my teammates are like cats and dogs.

The main reason for this situation is that their home stadium is Salt Lake City in Utah in the western part of the beautiful country.

According to 2010 statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau, the proportion of black people in Utah is only 1.6%...

Do you think this is a racist city?

It doesn’t count, it doesn’t count.

It doesn’t count because people in Utah don’t discriminate against black people. In fact, they are very friendly to black people, or anyone who wants to stay in Utah;

After all, it’s because in this beautiful country where Christianity is everywhere, Utah was founded by a group of persecuted “Mormon” white believers.

Sometimes, pagans are more hated than different skin colors.

Another trivia: Mormonism has been suppressed by the Christian church in various ways because of its advocacy of polygamy.

However, Mormonism is not without its benefits. The religion preaches no smoking, no drinking, and family harmony.

And one of the words above is also very important, yes, that is pioneering.

The Trail Blazers are named after the Trail Blazers because Portland is the center of the western development of the beautiful country;

Salt Lake City has nothing to do with the Jazz. It's just that when the New Orleans Jazz moved away from their original home stadium, they did not give up the name provided by the city's citizens during the name competition.

It has nothing to do with urban culture, the main reason is the geographical environment:

Salt Lake City is a typical plateau climate area with strong ultraviolet radiation.

The low pressure and hypoxic environment at plateau will have a direct impact on athletes' performance.

The Utah Jazz Energy Solutions Arena is located in Salt Lake City, about 1,300 meters above sea level.

For comparison, the elevation of the Pepsi Center, the famous "Devil's home stadium" located in the Colorado Plateau of the Denver Nuggets, is 1,606 meters.

A little bit different, but not a big difference.

Salt Lake City has great adaptation problems in terms of climate, jet lag, eating habits, altitude sickness, ice quality, snow quality, spectators, etc.

By analogy, it is probably similar to Qinghai. With such a geographical environment, it is very difficult to have a big football market.

What's even more terrible is the "Utah Double Evil" period that the Jazz relied on for their rise.

Since no one was willing to come, the Jazz recruited a group of mediocre talents, such as Mark Eaton, an older young man who was no longer wanted in the draft after college and had to work at a gas station. Even the famous Stockton was only 185cm tall.

Centimeters, weight 79kg, a player of "average size".

Anyone who has actually played football knows that it is very difficult to defend players who are taller, stronger, and more talented than you.

Therefore, "playing dirty" became the characteristic of jazz in that period.

"Iron Elbow" Malone is the leader. He relies on his tendons and a pair of iron elbows to dominate the world. He once beat the admiral into shock. Thomas, the Smiling Assassin, was beaten by him and needed more than forty stitches. Even in his later years,

When he came to the Lakers, he once gave Nash a chance to have his teeth filled at his own expense...

Perhaps, the small ball market has also improved Malone's public opinion environment to a certain extent.

There is a remote mountain village. People say that there is the Valley of Evil, which is dedicated to imprisoning evildoers. Among the many martial artists who come to participate in the World's No. 1 Martial Arts Tournament, a young man from this mountain village has mediocre talent, but he just got the opportunity to participate through hard work. This

It's a perfect protagonist template.

But there is only one thing. This young man is vicious and often beats people before fighting. He can instantly transform from a protagonist to a qualified villain.

Everyone hopes that this villain will die a good death, and so does Jazz...

The Jazz, who have been in the NBA for 38 years, are just as the fans hope. Even if they have the opportunity to reach the finals, they have never won a championship. Even if Utah is a double disaster, Deron Boozer has not succeeded no matter how long he works.

In February 2011, Jerry Sloan, who had coached the Jazz for 23 years, announced his resignation.

Now, the Jazz have entered the third generation. Their leaders are Millsap and Al Jefferson, and the second-year No. 9 pick Hayward is also gradually showing his talent.

"The opponent's inside line is very strong, and we must take strict precautions."

Vogel was worried that the team members would be too energetic after two days of rest, so he warned him more seriously,

"Outside players should also pay attention to cutting off the opponent's passing routes."

After everyone nodded, they were allowed to appear.

The Pacers still have the starting lineup of Hibbert, West, Granger, George and Collison;

The Jazz are Al Jefferson, Millsap, Hayward, Laga Bell and Devin Harris.

George took a deep look at Hayward on the opposite side, and then turned to look at Jefferson and Hibbert walking towards the center circle.

"Gordon Hayward was the 9th pick in 2010, so there is something exciting to watch now."

Stephenson certainly knew what George was thinking and said with some gloating.

Of course Qi Tian knew that George was the 10th overall pick and had the same position. I am afraid that George was a little dissatisfied with Hayward being selected before him, right?

It's a coincidence that among the top ten first-round picks in 2010, except for two guards in Waltner and two centers in Cousins-Monroe, the other six were actually forwards.

If you add the two power forwards of Favors and Udoh, there will also be four small forwards of Wesley Johnson, Aminu, Hayward and George.

Everyone is over two meters tall, so why are you at the top of the list?

Qi Tian understood George's thoughts, but he didn't think so himself.

After all, he is not Draymond Green. How many brain cells would it take to remember the players ranked ahead of him and the teams selected?

No matter how much Green remembers, he only needs to remember 34, but he has to remember 58!

What a magical number...

"Dudududu!"

The referee blew the whistle to start the game, and Hibbert jumped up hard and slapped the basketball behind him.

Collison advanced with the ball, first found George, and then prepared to run tactics.

But today, George's scoring ambitions are rising. Facing Laga Bell, he directly shot a three-point jumper!

"ah?"

Seeing George still choose to take action despite his opponent's defense being in place, Brian Shaw on the sidelines immediately screamed.

"How dare he?"

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the basket and was collected by Jefferson.