I’m Really Playing Basketball

In G1 with the Jazz, Chen Xiao almost had a 40+ triple-double or a 50+ triple-double in the whole game, directly defeating Gobert, who has been performing very well in the regular season and playoffs this season.

This made many Jazz fans in front of the TV and at the scene really desperate.

So much so that after the game, Jerry Sloan said helplessly in an interview with TNT Wheat: "We performed very well in this game. We faced the greatest team in the NBA at the greatest home court in the NBA. The greatest. players, they have always maintained their competitiveness, and in the end they did not lose so much, but, TMC, you are right, we did not have any chance in the whole game."

As the former head coach of the Jazz, Jerry Sloan was in very good physical condition after retiring. After all, he didn't have many things to worry about. His body was much better than at the same time in history.

There is no other way. In this time and space, Mr. Sloan really doesn't have much to worry about with the Jazz except for Malone's departure.

And the Jazz's record also gives him peace of mind.

Don't say it's good or bad, just save worry.

So after retiring, Mr. Sloan often attended some of the Jazz's away games. It would be impossible for him to miss a game like this when they play in the Western Conference Finals again after 20 years.

Even after the game, Mr. Sloan greeted Chen Xiao and congratulated Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao and Mr. Sloan can be regarded as ‘old acquaintances’.

Chen Xiao's first career regular season buzzer beater was given to the Jazz.

When Malone left the Jazz, there was also the excitement of Chen Xiao.

Of course, as the legendary coach who single-handedly cultivated and built the UAE, Chen Xiao respects him very much.

Not to mention his achievements in the NBA.

Just cultivating Ah Lian and shaping Ah Lian into the most perfect form he can achieve is a great contribution to Chinese basketball.

At least, without Sloan, the Chinese team would not have won the 2016 Olympic championship.

Therefore, Sloan's reputation throughout the country is also very high. He often appears on CCTV, and even after retirement, his Chinese is getting better and better.

A typical person who lives and learns.

According to his own words, when people get older, using their brains more will help prevent Alzheimer's disease, and Chinese is definitely the most brain-intensive homework. By the way, he also likes to play mahjong.

On May 16, Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals between the Warriors and Jazz continued at the Oracle Center.

The Jazz, who lost in G1, felt a little more pressure to give it a try in this game.

Although the first two games were away games, losing both away games would be a huge blow to the team's morale.

What's even more stressful for the Jazz is that Gobert, one of the team's best players this season, seemed to have a little bit of a mentality after the last game.

Therefore, in this game, Jazz head coach Snyder decisively changed the team's tactics.

Gobert, whose mentality was a little depressed after the last game, was put on the bench.

The starting players for the Jazz in this game are Yi Jianlian, Gordon Hayward, Ingles, Mitchell and DeAndre Jordan.

It is very obvious that there are one senior and four juniors, and all five players have very good offensive abilities.

This lineup is basically the same as the Warriors' starting lineup of Chen Xiao, Big Eyebrow, Wade, Luo Ge, and Klay.

It’s about attacking, and every player can attack.

It is true that no Jazz player can defend Chen Xiao, and there is really nothing the Jazz can do about the Warriors' offense.

But on the other hand, the Jazz can also improve their offense.

I have to say that Snyder is really a good head coach. After accepting the job left by Jerry Sloan, he has performed better and better in the Jazz over the years. There are reasons for him.

In fact, the Jazz put on an all-attack lineup, and after taking out Gobert, the offensive black hole, there was an immediate impact on the offensive end.

In the first quarter of this game, the Warriors and Jazz played 39 to 38. The two teams played an incredible offensive state and poked each other.

In this entire quarter of the game, the Jazz made 7 three-pointers, and the team sent out 11 assists in a single quarter. It was quite a team, and quite terrifying.

Of course, the Warriors on the other side also shot more than 50% from three-pointers, even 10 of 16, exceeding 60%.

In short, for the Jazz, the performance of the two teams in the first quarter, although they completely gave up defense, the Jazz did achieve the team's plan.

In fact, the most difficult thing for the Jazz was the second quarter. The Jazz mentioned Mitchell to the starting lineup. Mitchell lived up to expectations. He made 5 of 6 in the first quarter and scored 13 points extremely efficiently.

But during the rotation period, without Mitchell, can Millsap lead the team to take on the offense and perform equally well with the Warriors?

This is indeed a huge problem, and it can be seen from the Warriors' score of 31 to 26 in the second quarter.

In the second quarter, the Jazz's rotation was indeed no match for Devin Booker, Jaylen Brown and Curry Jr.

Of course, this is not surprising.

Since the Jazz have made such a change, they naturally have such expectations.

And such a gamble, for the Jazz, liberated the team's starting offense. In the third quarter, the opponent's hand was not very good. At the same time, Wade and Ron Howard only played less than half a quarter, and the Jazz even turned away from home. , 31 to 29, leading the Warriors by 2 points in a single quarter.

After three quarters, the Jazz only trailed by 4 points.

It seems that the Jazz have a very good chance of getting the result they want in this game.

In order to get this result, the Jazz continued to use all their strength in the fourth quarter without rest.

And the effect was obvious. In the first six minutes, the Jazz scored 22 points, directly tying the score.

Facing the Warriors' normal rotation, the Jazz's full lineup will indeed put a lot of pressure on the rotation led by Devin Booker.

However, when Chen Xiao and others came up with all their main players, the pressure on the Jazz increased in the second half of the quarter.

Throughout the fourth quarter, the Jazz scored 22 points in the first 6 minutes and 10 points in the last 6 minutes.

This contrast is a bit big. Of course, this contrast is not only a matter of strength, but also a matter of physical strength.

In the end, the Jazz relied on their strength in the second half of the fourth quarter to defeat the Jazz at home 135-127.

In this game, Chen Xiao made 13 of 20 shots, 3 of 5 three-pointers, and 9 of 9 free throws. He scored 38 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists in the game.

In addition, seven of Luo Ge, Wade, Klay, Dwyane, Devin Booker, Jaylen Rose, and Curry all scored in double figures.

In this game, eight players from the Warriors scored in double figures, playing a very good game in which everyone was involved.

On the other side, the Jazz's best performer in this game was Mitchell, who scored 27 points. In addition, Alian scored 22 points, Gordon Hayward 27 points, Ingles 19 points, and... Jordan scored 16 points, and all five starting players were in double figures.

Even the Jazz's five starters are close to 20 points.

This performance is really outstanding.

If the Jazz's five starters hadn't really performed well, it would have been impossible for the Jazz to win by 2 points in the third quarter, and only lost 1 point in the first quarter.

Therefore, in total, the Jazz actually won by 1 point in the first and third quarters of this game.

Unfortunately, the Jazz's bench in this game only scored a combined 16 points.

As for the Warriors, the bench lineup scored a total of 40 points, which is a bit big.

Therefore, after G2 of the Western Conference Finals, Jerry Sloan, the former head coach of the Jazz, once again said in an interview with Maizi: "The Jazz in this game was the best Jazz I have ever seen in my life. An excellent game. I can't express my love and respect for the Jazz players in this game. I don't feel pity now. My only thought now is that they didn't do anything wrong. They just encountered a better player. Their stronger team, this Warriors team, is the number one team in history."

Yes, Mr. Sloan was full of praise for the Jazz in this game, and even thought that Utah had never played such a game before.

Indeed, in this game, the Jazz scored a total of 111 points in the starting lineup. When the two sides faced off in the starting lineup, the Jazz even had the advantage.

In the history of the Jazz, facing a team of the same level as the Warriors, and a Warriors team that is invincible in the starting lineup, they performed like this. Isn't this the best in history?

As for losing in the end, it's really not that I'm not good, but that the opponent is too good. There's really nothing wrong with this.

The Jazz performed so well in two consecutive games, which made Mr. Sloan very excited and happy.

For the Jazz, who have re-entered the Western Conference finals after 20 years, these Jazz players can not be discouraged by defeat, and can stimulate themselves to become stronger every time they fail, which in itself is very worthy of respect.

Not to mention Sloan, even Warriors head coach Cole and Warriors player Chen Xiao were full of praise for the Jazz after the game.

After playing G1 and G2, the Warriors and Jazz will change home courts for G3, and there will be a four-day break in between. The game will not be played until May 20.

Logically speaking, after such a long break, the Jazz are back at home again. They should be able to perform very well in this game. Not to mention defeating the Warriors, it should be possible to play a game like G2. ?

What's just a little surprising is that the Jazz team's feeling in this game can be described as cold.

The Jazz shot less than 40% from the field and less than 30% from three-point range throughout the game. In the end, they lost 95-128 at home by 33 points.

In this game, in addition to the Arab League who scored 13 points on 6-of-9 shooting, DeAndre Jordan who scored 20 points and 11 assists on 7-of-16 shooting, Mitchell was 5-for-16, Hayward was 4-for-13, and Ingles was... 3 out of 10. All five of them performed well in the last game, but the only one who performed well in this game was Jordan.

Even the United Arab Emirates seemed to be very efficient, but faced with thick eyebrows and forward defense, the United Arab Emirates struggled a bit on the offensive end in this game.

It can only be said that no matter how well-maintained the body is and no matter how stamina is the strongest among yellow people, Ah Lian is still old. After all, he is already 34 years old, and his thick eyebrows are really in full swing, and his talent is also Really outstanding.

However, from another perspective, the 34-year-old Arab League can force his thick eyebrows to move forward, which in itself is a recognition of Arab League's strength.

After all, throughout the NBA, most superstar players don't like to go forward to defend offensive players.

Too uncool and too weak.

You can refer to the historical animated picture of James going around to defend Gasol. James's expression at that time can be described as ferocious, and his actions are also particularly funny. Let's put it this way, if possible, James would definitely not want to use this way to defend.

Of course, at that time, James was still willing to sacrifice everything for the team's victory and defense, including his own image.

NBA superstar players don't like to move without the ball on offense, and don't like to move forward without the ball on defense.

The same is true for thick eyebrows.

However, on the other hand, this is very disappointing for the Jazz, because they did not even force the strongest Warriors in the first two games.

The Warriors still have a lot of things that they haven't used, and the Jazz have used up everything they have.

Even for the Jazz, the Warriors in G3 may not be the strongest yet.

They just made Nongmei lose his handsome image in G3. You know, Nongmei is only the fourth leader of the Warriors.

When Chen Xiao, Wade and Ron Howard don't participate in the game in their own image, that's when the Warriors go all out.

Just like last season's finals, when facing the Bucks, the Warriors' three big guys suppressed Curry crazily and played without moral ethics. That's when the Warriors really tried their best.

On May 22, in G4 between the Warriors and Jazz, after a disastrous defeat in the previous game, the Jazz made a crazy decision in the face of disappointed Jazz fans. The entire team rotated seven players throughout the game. Among the seven, Gobert actually only played 12 minutes.

Of the other six players, five players played more than 35 minutes, and four players played more than 40 minutes, which is crazy.

Obviously, the Jazz will try their best to bring Jazz fans the first Western Conference Finals victory in 20 years in their last home court.

Facing such a Jazz team, it would be unwise to fight the Jazz here.

Therefore, the Warriors decisively rotated normally and did not try their best here with the Jazz who were working hard with a mission.

In the end, the Jazz won this precious Western Conference Finals at home 125-116.

This game was also the Jazz's first victory in the Western Conference Finals after 20 years.

Therefore, when the game ended, the entire Salt Lake City was boiling, as excited as if they had won the championship.

Two days later, on May 24, the Jazz died in excitement. They were defeated again 96-120 on the road, and were eventually eliminated by the Warriors 1-4.

And the Warriors reached the Finals for the fourth consecutive year!

And Chen Xiao will usher in the tenth finals of his career!

Can it be perfect?