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Chapter 180 Double Flat Combination

Salt Lake City is located in northern Utah and is the capital of Utah, named after the Great Salt Lake.

The Great Salt Lake is the area with the highest salinity in the world after the Dead Sea. It is called the "Dead Sea of ​​America". It is also the largest inland salt lake in North America and the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere.

The city is located at the northern end of a valley with a high altitude, which belongs to a typical plateau climate area. The low pressure and hypoxic environment greatly affect the performance of athletes.

The Jazz moved from New Orleans to Salt Lake City in 1980.

After relocating to Salt Lake City, luck came. Stockton was selected in 84 and Malone was selected in 85. The two greatest players in team history were both present.

This season, the Jazz claim to have the devil's home court, and the home win rate in the regular season is particularly high. In the playoffs, they have never lost at home.

The two teams have played against each other many times since the 90s. For example, in the semifinals of 92, the Jazz defeated the Supersonics 4-1.

Last year, the two teams met in the Western Conference finals, and the Supersonics eliminated the Jazz 4-3 to reach the finals.

Therefore, fans in Salt Lake City hate the Supersonics. Last year, the Jazz almost made it to the Finals.

Now it's the Western Conference Finals.

There is actually not much difference between the lineups of the two teams. If there is a difference, maybe the Supersonics sent away one of the talented centers for Qin Fei.

But now many outside media have analyzed that the Supersonics center Johnson failed to reach an agreement with the team on the renewal of the contract. He was planning to leave the team.

In Qin Fei's previous life, without Qin Fei's supersonic stop in the second round, he lost in the overtime match against the Rockets G4. Although he was dragged into the tiebreaker, he failed to recover.

In last year's Western Conference finals seven games, the Sonics won four games at home, and the Jazz won all three games away. This year's Western Conference finals, the situation is reversed, and the Jazz have home court advantage.

The Sonics team came to Salt Lake City one day earlier and conducted field adaptation training.

This place in Salt Lake City is really deserted, because most people here are Mormons. Mormons are very disciplined and usually cultivate themselves, so there is very little nightlife at night.

Of course, the entire Sonics team didn't dare to go against the coach's ban to engage in nightlife at this time. Whether there is a nightlife has nothing to do with the Sonics.

On the second night, the team showed up at the Jazz's Delta Center arena on time.

Ten years later, Delta Airlines was losing money year after year and was unwilling to name the arena again, so the energy solution company took advantage of the void and won the naming rights.

But for the old Jazz fans, the energy solution arena is very difficult to pronounce. Just like the team's style of play, they stubbornly call it the Delta Center.

That night, as soon as he appeared in the arena, Qin Fei heard all kinds of wonderful greetings from the local area.

It can be said that it is rude, barbaric and lacking. There is not much tricks to turn it over and over again, but the fans are blushing and thick-necked, obviously they are trying their best.

He no longer remembers the details of the 97 playoffs, but he knows that the Jazz reached the Finals for two consecutive years in 97 and 98.

In the past two years, before meeting the Bulls in the finals, the Jazz have been very stable.

The strong men on the opposite side lined up, and Ma Long was the first to bear the brunt, revealing two arms thicker than ordinary thighs, and the muscles seemed to be branded on.

Ma Long's career has been rain or shine, nicknamed the postman, not to mention other things, his training attitude is really nothing to say, he is simply a model of professional athletes.

Imperial TV, Sports Channel.

Not long after the sports channel was newly opened, the double-even combination was selected for this broadcast event.

Host Sun Zhengping, commentary consultant Zhang Weiping.

The more famous commentators in the 80s and 90s included Song Shixiong, Sun Zhengping, Han Qiaosheng and so on.

Among them, Mr. Song Shixiong and Mr. Song should be the most respected.

Since 1960, he has been engaged in radio and television sports commentary work.

1981年、1982年、1984年、1985年、1986年报道了女排荣获“五连冠”的盛况。

In the late 80s, many major competitions began to be broadcast in China, such as the NBA, European Cup, and World Cup.At this time, sports broadcast commentary began to transform into a personalized way.

At about the same time, Song Shixiong also quietly retired.

Mr. Sun Zhengping said he was Song Shixiong's big disciple.

The two are indeed somewhat similar in commentary style.

For example, the opening at this moment is the classic repeat-style emphasis: "CCTV, CCTV"

Everyone is familiar with Zhang Weiping. He has been active until the 10s and witnessed Kobe's entire career.

Zhang Weiping was also very young at this time, only 47 years old. He is a model of the successful transformation of a former national player. He is 1.9 meters tall and has never gained weight.

He has many identities now, such as technical consultant for the youth women's basketball team, NBA and CBA broadcast commentary consultant, special guest host, "Sports Express" "Guide to Watching Games" columnist, etc.

Zhang Weiping has never met Qin Fei, but he is familiar with Xu Jicheng. When chatting with Xu Jicheng before, Xu Jicheng gave him two rookies in the NBA, one is Kobe and the other is Qin Fei. Later Zhang Weiping saw that these two people are indeed his favorites, and Qin Fei is also Chinese, which made him feel even more difficult.

Because he himself has the experience of studying in the United States. At the beginning, he came to study and work in the United States, and even did the work of "binding feet" for athletes.

What is foot binding?

That is, basketball players wrap their feet with a thin layer of sponge, and then stretch their feet with a bandage, which plays a protective role.

Athletes who have their feet bound then put on their shoes and socks, which are invisible to outsiders.

The feet wrapped in this way are not easy to be injured, and they can still run and jump.

After playing the ball, use scissors to "brush" to cut it open, and throw away the things that bound the feet.

This is a very common rule in Laomei, but Zhang Weiping saw it for the first time and never learned it, so he started to learn from this step.

At that time, he already had the experience of coaching the men's basketball team of the national team. He was able to put everything aside to study. He really loved the sport and was willing to learn something and bring it back to China to improve the level of domestic basketball.

At this point, the two had finished their awkward chat, and Sun Zhengping called out the classic repeat-style opening.

The Sonics won with a jump ball, and Payton took control of the first wave of offense.

Sun Zhengping said: "Gary Payton has been selected to the All-Star team several times, won the Defensive Player of the Year as a point guard, and has also appeared in the All-Star Game."

"Today is the first game of the Western Conference semifinals. It will be held at the Utah Jazz's Delta Center arena. This arena can seat [-] people."

"Strike, Gary Payton made a long-range two-pointer to open the scoring for the Seattle SuperSonics."

There was a pause, and Zhang Weiping began to answer the conversation tacitly.

"This is the usual style of the Sonics. Gary Payton controls the ball. After the pick-and-roll screen in the frontcourt, he gets a chance to shoot. The defensive player either changes in time, or continues to chase him around the screen. He hesitates, then he shoots."

The Jazz's offense is nothing fancy. When they come up, they will make big moves, and Stockton and Malone will perform pick-and-rolls.

Malone went down to catch the ball and made a mid-range shot in front of the Supersonics defense.

"Hey, good shot!"

Sun Zhengping said: "Karl Malone is 2 meters tall and weighs close to 06 kilograms. He is a player with excellent strength, but he also has a precise mid-range jumper."

Zhang Weiping continued: "Yes, the Jazz's pick-and-roll tactics are their usual style. The front line is very fast. If Stockton is delayed, Stockton will pass to Malone. If the flank double-teams, Stockton will pass to Hornacek. If you ignore him, he will shoot directly. You rush, he defends, and then shoots from the outside and has a good hit rate. Such a team is very difficult to defend."

In the opening game, the two teams were evenly matched, leading alternately. Ma Long felt overwhelmed and kept scoring goals.

(End of this chapter)