Chapter 1266 The Desperate Gap Leads to the Next Victory

Millsap patted his head in annoyance. He actually hit the ball very well. Because the Lakers' fast break was very fast, the Jazz's overall defense was not fully in place. He followed Ji Feng and ran back with all his strength immediately. Therefore, Ji Feng is largely responsible for not going directly to the basket, and then he directly hit Bynum, and the defense was not out of position, but he really couldn't stop Bynum within the reasonable collision area of ​​the basket. Turn your back, sometimes talent is so disappointing.

The Jazz regrouped and Deron dribbled the ball to find space. He looked at Boozer's position and then gave up. In the end, he could only go straight to the basket and score the ball with difficulty under the Lakers' double team.

"Deron hit the ball very hard and responded well," Yang Jian said.

"There is no other way. The Jazz can't fight inside. They have no advantage at all. Okur has also rested. There is almost no way for the inside to pose a threat to the Lakers." Director Zhang's evaluation was to the point.

This season the Jazz is also a representative example of a plummeting record with the same lineup. Many people have commented that this is the impact of injuries. This is of course true. The main reason is that injuries have caused the Jazz to begin to decline inside.

Let us recall how the Jazz defeated the Rockets in the previous two seasons, who seemed to have a stronger lineup than them.

It's not Deron or Kirilenko who relies on it, but his two big insiders, Boozer and Okur.

Neither of these two players can be considered one of the best individually. Okur is weak in confrontation and moves slowly. Boozer is short in height, has insufficient wingspan, and is weak in the ability to play hard inside, but together they are surprisingly strong.

Boozer's mid-range and ability to pull out for pick-and-rolls are among the best in the league, which directly allows him to use his strengths and avoid weaknesses. Originally, as an inside man, his height and wingspan are not advantageous, but his advantages in pick-and-rolls, mid-range and movement have made him disadvantaged. It has become an advantage. He can do whatever he wants inside the Rockets. Dayao has nothing to do with him.

The same is true for Okur. His shooting range ranges from the inside to the three-point line, which makes his ability to create space stand out among the centers in the West. At the same time, his stable three-pointers provide the Jazz with stable outside firepower support. These two Once the abilities are combined, he becomes the best inside partner for a point guard like Deron who can break out and pass.

These two insiders played a major role in the rise of the Jazz, no worse than Deron. Even Deron's rise must be thanks to these two centers who are very suitable for him. Otherwise, in terms of breakthrough and passing ability alone, he Definitely not as good as Chris Paul, or even a lot worse. After several seasons, Deron's performance when the Jazz lost the interior twin towers can prove it.

It's very simple for them to play the Rockets, pick and roll, stretch, break up, and shoot.

Simple? Simple.

Can the Rockets solve it? They can't. Can the Lakers? It's very easy.

This is why the Rockets and Jazz lose every time while the Lakers win every time. Everything is interdependent.

That's too far.

Okur was replaced by Millsap in this game. This is a player with equally obvious advantages and disadvantages. Although he is short, his inside skills and confrontation ability are more than a little better than Okur. With a little polish, he has the opportunity to become another 20+ player. A member of the 10 Club, he may have a chance to break into the All-Stars in the future, but he is incompatible with the Jazz's tactics, especially Deron. He needs to drill ball by ball, not catch and shoot. At the same time, he needs to play. Taking up a huge amount of inside space, this is why it becomes increasingly difficult for Delong to break through.

As for Boozer, injuries have ruined everything for him. He has now degenerated from the former All-Star to an ordinary player, not even as good as an average blue-collar player. A player like Boozer, with his unique skills, has lost what he relies on to survive. time, the effect is basically negative.

So throughout the first quarter, you can see that although Boozer worked hard, he had a hard time facing Gasol no matter how he played or where he caught the ball. He was blocked twice in the entire first quarter. , he only scored one, but made three mistakes. It can be said that he was at a disadvantage across the board.

Millsap can provide some output, but he can't guard Bynum on the defensive end.

As for the second and third positions, forget about it. There are very few teams in the league that just get past the JK combination, so they usually give up by default.

In the end, the Jazz could only rely on Deron to solve the problem alone. This can be regarded as the epitome of the Jazz this season.

The Lakers' tactics are also very simple. After all, it is the first game of the playoffs. Basically, they will not show their true skills. The Lakers' tactics are to create opportunities inside and outside. Bynum and Gasol take turns playing singles. Ji Feng , Kobe is waiting for the opportunity, an old fish and a tool man, dribbling the ball, and occasionally the point guard will shoot a basket.

As long as the Lakers don't make mistakes, how can the Jazz counterattack? Besides, this Jazz is not the Suns, and the quality of the counterattack is also worrying.

The Twin Towers combined for 20 points in the first quarter, giving the Lakers a 32-20 lead in the first quarter!

"The Lakers haven't exerted their strength yet, and the Jazz are about to arrive." Barkley made the quintessential comment on this quarter.

The Jazz played quite lively on the scene, but the effect was really worrying. On the contrary, the Lakers played with ease, basically not revealing any strength, and easily got a double-digit lead.

Sloan, the head coach of the Jazz on the sidelines, has already frowned. He was too passive to be beaten like this in the first quarter. He wanted to make adjustments, but it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. The cards he can play are really Too little.

In the second quarter, Ji Feng sat on the bench. He had hardly exerted any force tonight. He was just slightly sweating after playing, but now it seems that he only needs to shake the towel.

Ariza, who replaced Ji Feng, faced off against Kirilenko.

Many people may have thought that Kirilenko was a sure winner before, but Ariza, who participated in the playoffs for the first time, showed his big heart!

He stole Kirilenko in the first round, and his gambling-style tackle gave him a fast break opportunity. He also seized the opportunity to score the first point of his playoff career!

After that, Kobe scored 6 points in a row for the Lakers. He had jump shots around the pick-and-roll and hook shots. His big hands covered the sky. No one on the Jazz could stop the Black Mamba who was starting to show off his power.

Ji Feng only played 4 minutes in this quarter and scored 3 points and 2 assists. He had 10 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds at halftime, but the Lakers led 67-40 at halftime by 27 points!

In the third quarter, Ji Feng led the bench to kill everyone. He used 3 consecutive three-pointers to teach Korver how to behave. Korver wanted to return one, but under Ji Feng's pressure, he couldn't even catch the ball, let alone Talk about shooting.

In this quarter, Ji Feng scored 11 points in a row and led the team to a 13-2 attack wave, with the score difference reaching 40 points.

Afterwards, the Jazz had no choice but to give up. The fourth quarter became garbage time, and both sides began to rehearse their lineups.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Jazz by 118-88 in the first game by 30 points and won the first game of the playoffs!