Bulldozer of the NBA’s Restricted Area

On the 28th and 29th, the first round of G1 games between the East and West were all played out. The Jazz didn't care at all about the victory or defeat of others, and their second game against the Nuggets was scheduled for the evening of the 30th.

In the G1 game, the two sides fought back and forth, but in the G2 game, the Nuggets suffered frequent defeats from the beginning. Chris, who was mentally disturbed on the outside, stalled. Although he performed well on the inside, he still couldn't withstand this situation. Malone broke out and lost points in each of the four quarters.

Lafonso was directly exploded, and Malone scored 39+10; Mutombo was in normal condition, blocking 5 blocks in the game, with a score of 18+11.

However, Mutombo's encounter with Li Shengli made him look like he was both Shengyu and He Shengliang, and the defense he had always been proud of was torn to pieces. Li Shengli also had 5 blocks, plus 28+18 The data.

Crotty on the other side, because Malone played so well, he once again worked hard to become an invisible man and a full-time defender, and his suppression of Chris was the third reason for the Jazz's victory besides Li Shengli and Malone. factors, the score between the two sides was 80:100, and the Jazz got the match point in the first round.

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May 2, Game 3 of the first round.

All the pressure is on the Nuggets. Even at their home court, the Nuggets players are quite nervous, and the fans at the Nuggets' home court, McNich Sports Arena, are also extremely excited, because they lose another game. The Nuggets' playoff journey is over.

Compared with the Nuggets, the Jazz just want to get off work early. This is not to underestimate the enemy, but that the Nuggets really have no hope of coming back. And throughout the history of the NBA, there has never been a black eight incident.

The first quarter of the game.

Nuggets coach Iser's formation is really not new. The inside line is inside and the outside line is outside. The offense is all launched from the outside, trying to create an advantageous situation of leading the outside in the first game. However, the Jazz, who control the match point, did not use this layout at all. The Nuggets didn't have an explosive feel even though the defense on the outside wasn't too crazy.

So in the second quarter, the Nuggets changed their formation out of necessity.

For a long time, their offense rarely attacks the inside, but when the outside shooting efficiency is not high, they have to bite the bullet and hit the inside. This is indeed what the Nuggets players who are fighting against the odds do. The combination of sudden shots makes this team The penalty area of ​​every game was packed with people.

As you can imagine, there is no three-second limit on defense, and there are not many three-point shots. Almost everyone is crowded inside the three-point line. Once the battle starts, everyone is on horseback, and there are more and more frictions in the middle. , and what’s even more terrible is that this Nuggets home court also has the blessing of the home whistle.

Fortunately, under the defensive barrier set up by Li Shengli, the Nuggets breakthrough players suffered enough and used their strong bodies and blocks to beat everyone out. In the entire second quarter, they blocked 6 shots. Got 3 fouls.

6 blocks + 3 fouls?

These two statistics can reflect the intensity of defense. Even if the Nuggets got free throws due to three fouls, the Jazz still led by 20 points after two quarters. Because Li Shengli's defense and Malone's offense complemented each other, the only bad thing was The news is that Li Shengli's fouls included 1 in the first quarter, and 4 in the first half.

The core committed 4 fouls in the half, which was very fatal, but the Jazz's 20-point halftime lead was as effective as a quick-acting life-saving pill. But even so, Jerry Sloan still kept protesting to the referee, because the worst of the 4 fouls At least 2 fouls were controversial.

However, the referee was the referee and did not dump Sloan at all. Several referees even wanted to give him a T, but the game continued like this.

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In the third quarter, Sloan had no choice but to replace Li Shengli and use Felton to cooperate with Malone's offense. However, the Nuggets saw that Li Shengli, the big brother in the penalty area, was out of the game, and their offensive inside became more and more fierce. However, in the third quarter, In the fourth quarter, they pulled the score back by 6 points and entered the fourth quarter trailing by 14 points.

The Nuggets are basically in ruins!

Jerry Sloan let several starting players continue to play on the court. I don't know whether it was because of his support or other ideas. Even though the Nuggets were chasing the point difference in the fourth quarter, he still kept Li Shengli by his side. , allowing the players on the court to play freely. At this time, on the Jazz bench, Sloan and Li Shengli, an old man and a young man, sat together.

"Li, what do you think of this game?" Sloan turned around and asked.

Li Shengli didn't know what kind of medicine Sloan was selling in his gourd. Although the fourth foul was embarrassing, it made sense that he didn't make it in the third quarter, but it didn't make sense that he didn't make it in the fourth quarter. But Sloan still asked at this point in time. What does he think? !

"We basically won, swept the Nuggets, that's it, nothing else!" Li Shengli responded sternly. With 6 minutes left in the game, the Jazz still led by 10 points, although the Nuggets were chasing points in the third and fourth quarters. The pace was too slow to make up for the 20-point deficit in the first half.

"Yes, you are right, we did win." Sloan said nonsense seriously, which made Li Shengli feel a little weird.

You must know that Sloan's style can be said to be vigorous and resolute. As a head coach, he will scold anyone who does not play well. He will never mince words when speaking. Even Malone and Stockton have been scolded a lot, but now they are saying something meaningless. The nonsense made Li Shengli feel that... Sloan was looking for something to say, or wanted to say something else.

"Coach, do you have something to say?"

"Of course, I'm waiting for you to ask me!"

"Damn it, when did you become so tactful?" Li Shengli scratched his head. After all, the players and coaches were all employees of the team, and as the absolute core of the Jazz, he had no restrictions at all when talking to Sloan.

This feels like when you are about to graduate from high school, facing the class teacher who once tortured you, you have no restrictions anymore, and you even want to... beat him!

"Let's just say it. Anyway, I already know the worst news that Jazz gave me."

"Ahem...it's nothing. I just want to apologize to you." Jerry Sloan's rare old face turned red, and the head coach's dignity was shattered. He kept his voice low for fear of being heard by the players next to him.

"Damn it, why don't you let me go on the field to brush up the data for such a stupid thing? Are you a little too idle?" Li Shengli waited for a long time, thinking it was something big, but what he didn't expect was an old man who apologized, and Jie Li Sloan was already ashamed and panicked, but after being hurt by Li Shengli, he couldn't calm down anymore...I apologized so sincerely, but you take it for granted and still call me idle?

"Okay, I won't scold you!" Sloan glanced at Li Shengli, "Huh... you poor wandering boy, remember to fight for something more for yourself next season, don't give it to your teammates like you did in the Jazz. It’s really silly to increase statistics and give Karl the scoring title, you know? Although I understand that your relationship is good, in the final analysis, people still have to consider themselves.”

"Are you done?"

"Why, don't you have any insights?"

"I feel so stupid when I step on a horse, but you let me play, the game is almost over!" Li Shengli went crazy, because Sloan's speech was not sensational at all, "Quickly call a timeout and let me play, didn't you let me fight? , I’m going to brush the data now!”

"No, you have to tell me what you think!"

"Did you take the wrong medicine today? You want to get some shitty insights. I'll brush up the data for anyone I like. No one can care about me. Why are you whining? Let me go!"

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In the end, the Jazz won the game, sweeping the Nuggets 3-0 to advance.

Sloan, who seemed to have been willful once, seemed to have drunk fake wine. He did not let Li Shengli play in the end. An old man and a young man sat together and quarreled. Not to mention the timeout in the last quarter, the opponent did not even set up a formation when they called a timeout, leaving the Nuggets and the last two teams. Millions of fans felt extremely humiliated.