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In the Western Conference semifinals between the Warriors and the Jazz, in the first quarter of the first game, the Jazz and the Warriors were inseparable. This is definitely incredible for many people.

After all, in the minds of most people, the gap between the Jazz and the Warriors is the gap between heaven and earth. When the Jazz met the Warriors in the regular season, which one didn't they collapse in the first quarter?

In the entire West, the teams that can last a quarter under the super offensive of the Warriors are the Spurs and the Clippers. In the first quarter of this game, the Warriors scored 39 points in a single quarter. Strong offensive.

Under such circumstances, the Jazz did not collapse, but the backhand was a 40-point lead in a single quarter, which is quite interesting.

And what's even more interesting is that the Jazz's five starters in this game all scored more than 5 points in the first quarter.

Ingles scored the most points with 10 points, followed by UAE's 9 points, then Jordan's 7 points, Ilyasova's 6 points, and Gordon Hayward's 5-for-2. With 5 points, he was also the only starter for the Jazz who shot less than 50% in the first quarter.

However, considering that his opponent is Chen Xiao, being able to fight, fight, and shoot under such circumstances is already very impressive.

After all, he was replaced by Hood after more than half of the first quarter. He took 5 shots and 5 points in the half quarter. This is really daring to play.

Throughout the first quarter, the Jazz made 16 of 24 shots, 5 of 8 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws.

And what's more interesting?

What's more interesting is that when the game entered the second quarter, when the Jazz and Warriors fought for the bench.

The Jazz's rotation lineup is not in the slightest!

Gordon Hayward took Chen Jianghua, Hood, and Millsap, the original main players of the Jazz, plus the Jazz's first substitute insider Derek Favors, to form a rotation lineup.

Chen Jianghua, Hood, Gordon Hayward, Millsap, Derek Favors, the Jazz's rotation lineup is indeed very offensive. Five players averaged more than 10 points per game this season.

And the five of them are very suitable together, Chen Jianghua is very capable, Millsap and Derek Favors are very capable of grabbing, Hood and Hayward are very daring to fight and shoot.

They are really going to play well, and other teams are really very difficult to handle.

At the very least, the Warriors' rotation lineup of Gobert, Lopez, Ding Yanyuhang, Devin Booker, and Curry tonight is a bit overwhelming.

The rotation of the Warriors is not the strongest tonight. Barnes is not on the team. Devin Booker and Ding Yan Yuhang are generally not on the team at the same time. The styles of the two overlap somewhat, and both have some defensive problems.

But after all, this is the playoffs in the Western Conference, and it's not about playing the Eastern Conference or the Spurs in the finals.

The Warriors are still training.

So this is not an underestimation.

However, Curry, Devin Booker, and Ding Yanyuhang's perimeter defense really can't stand the three perimeter defenses of Chen Jianghua, Hood and Hayward.

This makes Gobert and Lopez need frequent help defenses, but the two are big centers, and the two insiders who are facing each other are very capable forwards under 2.08 meters, which will lead to their lack of rebounds. There is a problem with the protection and the protection of the inside line.

Let's just say it.

The Warriors' rotation, after the start of the second quarter, can only be described as internal and external failures.

The second team of the Warriors did not have Chen Xiao, who scored 17 points in a single quarter with 5 of 6 in the first quarter, 3 of 4 three-pointers, and 4 of 4 free throws.

In addition, Cole is another head coach who likes to give trust to role players, and will not wantonly rotate role players when the rotation players are not playing well.

Even because of the poor rotation, Cole will give them more opportunities to find confidence.

So, by the time Chen Xiao and the starters went up, the second quarter had already been played for 6 and a half minutes.

In 6 and a half minutes, the Warriors and Jazz scored more than half a quarter, 4 to 20!

Yes, the Warriors scored 4 points in most of the quarter!

Even these 4 points were scored at the beginning of the second quarter. In the 4 minutes before Chen Xiao and the others entered the court, the Warriors did not score a single point!

Cole also called a timeout during the period, but it was useless.

So much so, that the game has developed to the present, and even many fans of the Warriors are stunned.

"It's amazing, it's amazing, the Jazz team is also amazing!"

Even Jerry Sloan, the former head coach and current consultant of the Jazz who traveled with the team, was stunned.

The 74-year-old Sloan is still in good health because he has never coached Deron, a manly student, so although he has stepped down as the head coach of the Jazz, he is still the same as Jerry West. team advisor.

His consultant is basically the overlord who belongs to the general manager and head coach of the team, and has greater authority than Jerry West in the Warriors.

He really wants to intervene in the team's construction, and the Jazz's general manager and head coach are just decorations.

However, he has never intervened in the duties of the general manager and head coach of the Jazz, but has been at ease as an old man who does not understand football.

Therefore, Sloan was really surprised to see the Jazz playing at such a level in this game.

Facing the Jazz, the opponent in the Western Conference semifinals, although the Warriors said that they did not underestimate the enemy, they played like this when they started the game. After one and a half quarters, the score was 43 to 60, a full 17 points behind. There is a reason, and the reason must be insufficient preparation.

The Warriors played in the playoffs in the West, and they still felt that, except for the Spurs, the West was a group of weak chickens, basically they could be crushed casually, so they didn't spend much effort on the Jazz.

With this strength, why don't you study the Bobcats, Cavaliers, Bucks, and Spurs more, isn't it better than studying the Jazz?

But who knows, the Jazz has become so strong now.

"Although this Jazz team looks immature now, and the top players in it have not reached the level of superstars, but there are a group of players with strong combat effectiveness, and they play very tacitly. A very strong team, Snyder did a very good job with the Jazz, after Jerry Sloan left for two seasons, he successfully brought the team on the right track."

Although it is hard to say the outcome of the two teams in this game, at this time, as the commentator of this game, Chris Webber and Maizi have not been stingy in their praise of the Jazz and Jazz coach Snyder.

Quinn Snyder is the favorite student of Coach K. He is an academic in the NBA. After coming to the NBA, he first worked as an assistant for Larry Brown and Phil Jackson, and then even went to European teams as an assistant coach. Before becoming the head coach of the Jazz, his previous coaching career was only the head coach of the NCAA, and he was an assistant coach in other places, whether it was the NBA or Europe.

That's pretty interesting.

As Coach K's favorite student, Snyder's coaching experience in the NCAA is also very glamorous. It's easy, but he doesn't want to, he only works as an assistant coach.

Obviously, starting from being an assistant coach to Larry Brown in 1992, he has been studying hard for more than ten years.

And so many years have passed, from Coach K to Larry Brown to Phil Jackson, and he even worked as an assistant for Mike Brown in the Cavaliers. How many coaches has he learned?

I have to say, he does and does have a few brushes.

On the court, the Warriors, who were beaten by the Jazz as soon as they came up, of course cannot underestimate the Jazz anymore. Chen Xiao, Clay, Big Eyebrow, Bill, Jokic and the others are on both ends of the offense and defense. The intensity is up.

But obviously, the Jazz, which is already playing at this time, even if the Warriors all start the game, it is impossible to eat the Jazz in one go.

So in the second quarter, the Warriors still trailed by 10 points 22 to 32 at home.

At the end of the halftime game, the score of the two teams was also 11 points behind 61 to 72.

Although 11 points is still a big difference, it is still a lot better than the 17 points behind in the second quarter.

In the third quarter, because the home game trailed by 11 points at halftime, such a picture was really ugly, so the Warriors players continued to strengthen their game intensity in the second half, and the Jazz, even after a halftime break, also had Prepare for a tough battle, but they have never seen such a warrior.

After all, the Warriors players who were told by Cole during the halftime break played the Jazz as the Spurs in the second half.

Therefore, after being overwhelmed by the strength of the Warriors, a 79-win team in the regular season, the Jazz lost 20 to 30 in a single quarter by 10 points.

At the end of the three quarters, the Jazz's 11-point lead was only 1 point left. At this time, the score was 92 to 91, and the Warriors caught up at home.

The Jazz, on the other hand, seem to be on the verge of faltering.

Just when everyone thought that although the Jazz performed very well in this game, it was about to end, the Jazz actually withstood it in the fourth quarter.

After familiarizing themselves with the intensity of the Warriors in the third quarter, the Jazz played very hard in the fourth quarter.

Whether it is the team's boss and second child, Arab League and Jr., or Ingles, who started for the first time in his career, or Gordon Hayward, Hua Tsai, etc., these Jazz players are extremely tough.

Not only did the avalanche not appear, but also, in the fourth quarter, the Jazz took advantage of the height of their players to shoot crazy three-pointers, and the shooting percentage was very good.

For example, in the fourth quarter, Ingles made 2 of 3 three-pointers, while Jordan, the apprentice of Chen Xiao, who is famous for his lore, shot 2 of 4 three-pointers after constantly picking and rolling with the UAE. The Jazz scored 7 three-pointers in a single quarter in the fourth quarter!

In the end, facing the strong Warriors, the Jazz scored a 30-31 score in the fourth quarter. Jordan Jr. faced Bill with a three-pointer at the last moment, 121 to 121. The Jazz dragged the game to the Time game.

And when it comes to overtime, the Jazz's players are all fighting for the lead, all tough. Throughout overtime, the Jazz made 56% of their field goals, 50% of their three-pointers, and 100% of their free throws. The average team has long been defeated by the Jazz's united will.

only……

It's a pity that the Jazz are facing the Warriors, and the Warriors have Chen Xiao. Although the Warriors' other players are not in good offensive form in this game, Chen Xiao's offensive form is really good.

Especially in overtime, Chen Xiao's state is even hotter. In the whole overtime, he scored 7 of 7, 3 of 3 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 18 points in overtime alone. , the Warriors scored 19 points in overtime!

The other players of the Warriors scored 0 for 4 in overtime, and the only point for other players was Jokic's 1 for 2, scoring 1 point.

It can only be said that in the fourth quarter, it was Chen Xiao alone who overthrew the entire Jazz team.

In the end, the Warriors beat the Jazz 140-136 at home in overtime.

In this very thrilling game won by the Warriors, Chen Xiao made 28 of 40, 8 of 14 three-pointers, 10 of 10 free throws, and scored 74 points in 45 minutes of the game, a career high in the playoffs. Also created the record for the highest scoring in the NBA playoffs.

In fact, the whole world knows that Chen Xiao has the ability to score 70+ in the playoffs, but due to many reasons, he has not been able to achieve it.

But this time, the Jazz forced out the strongest Chen Xiao, that is, Chen Xiao, who is in the best condition and has the best teammates who need "Kerry" to stretch their hips.

And even the strongest Chen Xiao just led the Warriors to beat the Jazz by 4 points at home.

The Jazz in this game can definitely leave the Oracle Center with their heads held high.

In fact, after the game, the Warriors fans stood up and applauded the Jazz.

In this game, whether it is offense or defense, or hard work, the Jazz players are respected.

There were 9 Jazz players on the field in this game, and all 9 of them scored in double figures.

In the playoffs, more than 9 players played and all scored in double figures. This is also the first time in the history of NBA playoffs.

It can be said that the price for the jazz team to force out the strongest Chen Xiao is that the entire jazz players played their best performance in this game.

It can only be said that this united Jazz team is really not as easy to beat as those experts thought. They were not lucky to beat the Lakers in the first round. After all, they were 4 to 1 against the Lakers. In perfect condition.

And in the subsequent games, it also confirmed this point.

The Jazz lost the game by only 10 points at most, and even returned to the home court in G3. Taking advantage of the Warriors' unsteady foothold, amidst the crazy cheers of the Jazz fans, the Jazz won a game 125 to 118.

Originally, the Warriors felt that if they took a serious attitude, it would be impossible for them to lose against the Western Conference teams other than the Spurs.

I really didn't expect that the Jazz could still win one game. This is completely different from the Thunder's two wins in the first round.

In the end, the Warriors took the lead in reaching the division finals in the East and West four-group semifinals with a big score of 4 to 1.