From today on is the king

Chapter 150 149. Unrepeatable pick-and-roll

The Jazz take this game very seriously!
They take it seriously!
This year, the Utah Shuangsha’s old age has been further highlighted. In the first half of last season, they competed with the Lakers and Spurs for the first place in the Western Conference. However, in the second half of the season, due to physical problems, mainly Stockton’s physical problems, Stockton’s average playing time dropped from 35 minutes per game in the first half of the season to 256 minutes.

But this year, the Jazz are about to fall out of the top eight in the Western Conference. Now they are 13 wins and 11 losses, barely maintaining the eighth place in the Western Conference. The Los Angeles Clippers behind them are very tight.

Stockton and Malone did not miss the opportunity to practice before the game. At this age, it is difficult to warm up without much exercise.

Although Ma Long has averaged 20 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists per game this year, his shooting percentage is a career low of 40.00%.

"John, you seem to be optimistic about the No. 1 rookie on the opposite side?" Malone asked while warming up.

"How do you know?" Stockton asked with a smile.

"You usually don't accept interviews, but you said so much today." Ma Long was very upset, he hated all opponents who talk trash!
"That rookie looks a lot like me, don't you think?" Stockton laughed.

"No, he's not as selfless as you. He's just a clown, a selfish clown." Ma Long doesn't like Liu Mang, he acts like a clown all day long, and it's the same in this strange city.

"A clown?" Stockton seldom disagreed with Malone, but there was also a bit of recognition in the disagreement: "Ace is indeed like a clown, but the clown may be the most selfless. He can do what he is good at and doesn't care about his reputation. I think this is also a selfless expression."

I can't tell people with this kind of culture!Is it amazing to be a person who is almost 40 years old and going to study for a master's degree!Ma Long was noncommittal and continued to warm up.

Malone, who is 38 years old and will be 39 years old in half a year, is getting more and more difficult to enter the state.

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Game start.

The Eagles are still the previous starting five, Dean Grove, Jason Terry, Raheem, Muhammad, and Ratliff.

The Jazz's starting five are Stockton, Donyell Marshall, Brian Russell, Malone, and Greg Ostertag.

The Jazz Five Tigers who once ruled the West have retired one by one, and the old ones are still in the team. Only Stockton and Malone are still fighting.

Stockton, who turns 40 next March, and Malone, who will soon be 39.

Ratliff and Ostertag came to the center circle for a jump ball.

So long and so big!
Ostertag's body is bigger than O'Neill!Ratliff was already one size smaller in front of O'Neill, and looked so small in front of this first-generation Pyrenees!

It's too big!

He is 145 meters tall and weighs [-] kilograms!

If it is too big and too long, it may come slowly. This is human nature, and it is impossible to be big and fast.

Ostertag relied on his obvious wingspan advantage to win the jump ball, and the Jazz took the lead in attacking.

There is such a long and big center, and the dual core is so old, the rhythm of the Jazz is unparalleled slow, Stockton stepped on the point and dribbled through the half.

The fans just wanted to complain that the Jazz were too slow, but suddenly, the Jazz picked up speed again. It wasn't that the Jazz was slow, but that Ostertag was too slow!Dribbling so slowly is purely waiting for Ostertag to settle down!
Stockton speeded up to the three-point line, Dean Grove didn't defend tightly, Stockton directly chose a three-point shot!

Stockton's first three-pointer in the opening game!

Why is Stockton such a pass threat?The first is that he is comparable to Magic Johnson's shooting percentage among point guards!
How can a point guard with a career shooting percentage of more than 50.00% and a three-point shooting percentage of more than 30.00% be less of a threat?
Even if the opponent's defense is not tight at the beginning, after being shot like this, the defense will be tight next time after being frightened!

This game caught the Eagles by surprise, and the young players on the Eagles saw that Utah Shuangsha didn't care that much, and they all felt that this group of people was old. None of the Eagles played in the Western Conference playoffs. Most of them had almost been swept in the playoffs in the first round of last season.
Then as soon as Jason Terry received a pass from Dean Grove, he was intercepted by Stockton, who had a very low sense of presence and quietly touched it!
The first steal king in history!Stockton is so far the only player in NBA history with more than 3000 total steals!Six or seven hundred more than the second and third Jordan and Payton!
Stockton contributed a three-pointer and a steal as soon as he played!
This club hit the young players of the Eagles and woke them up all of a sudden!I remembered that the coaching staff took the trouble to emphasize the characteristics of the Jazz before the game, emphasizing that although the Jazz has a poor record, they are still very strong.

40-year-old Stockton, still Stockton!

The Jazz attacked for the second time in a row. This time, Dean Grove clung to Stockton after halftime. Stockton was old. Due to his short height, he was only 1.8 meters 80 and weighed less than [-] kilograms.

Stockton started a positive offensive and defensive round. Although he opened up the situation for himself, he also woke up the Eagles at the same time, and the Eagles' defense became tighter.

But Stockton has to do this. If he keeps shooting alone, he will be exhausted if he can't make a few shots.
Dean Grove is close to Stockton. Although Stockton is not big, but because of his short height, 78 kg is enough for his height, and the confrontation is not bad!And the older the age, the stronger the static strength, and Stockton squeezed Dean Grove to a 60-degree angle on the left.

Malone almost stepped on the three-point line with Stockton's front foot, and he followed up to block Dean Grove with his back foot, without gestures or even eye contact. The tacit understanding of cooperation is full!
Malone's pick-and-roll is very strange, very different from ordinary people's pick-and-roll. He didn't want to completely block Dean Grove, but deliberately put Stockton into the encirclement of Dean Grove and Muhammad who came out of defense!

Malone didn't completely block the man. Muhammad, who originally came out to switch to Stockton after the double-brake pick-and-roll, and Dean Grove, who was not completely blocked and didn't have to go around the pick-and-roll and switch, formed a double-team for Stockton!
Malone almost only blocked Dean Grove for half a second, and immediately went down to the bottom line. Stockton's pass hit the ground from the gap between Dean Grove and Muhammad when Malone just ran to the bottom line, and the ball arrived!Full marks for tacit understanding!

Malone catches the ball and hits a long-range two-pointer!
Too accurate, accurate shot, accurate pass, tacit understanding explodes!
The Jazz made a 5-0 start!

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can't read!
Liu Mang can't understand!
I really don't understand, just Malone and Stockton's pick and roll, how can the ball be delivered to Malone every time?

No matter what kind of pick-and-roll position it is, no matter how the Eagles defend, the ball can always be sent to Malone. If someone is replaced in advance to defend Malone, this guy's career-high 4.3 assists this season will use passing to teach young people how to behave!If you don't actively defend against pick-and-rolls and fall into the trap of being forced to double-team Stockton, Stockton will use his floor flow to break through layups, three-pointers, and mid-range shots to teach him how to behave.

The two old men, on the offensive end, relied on a double performance to revitalize the Jazz's entire offense!
"Ace, you see, their pick-and-roll, learn more." Coach Kruger continued to be persuasive.

Point guard, you are!See how a real point guard plays?

Obviously, Coach Kruger saw Stockton's pre-match interview, and it's really true when you think about it carefully!Both of them are thin and weak, with poor explosive power and poor jumping. When they were young, their speed was the biggest feature. The three-point accuracy seems to be similar, and Liu Mang is slightly stronger.

For this game, coach Kruger had already made sufficient tactical arrangements before the game, although there were some problems with the first two goals, mainly because of the interception.

But there is an obvious thing, why the Jazz is still good offensively this year, but their record is mediocre. It is because their defense is no longer what it used to be, and they are playing happily on the offensive end.
The current score is that the Jazz lead the Eagles by three points 19 to 16, and the gap is not that big!
So, Coach Kruger began to look for the next "template" for Liu Mang.

However, coach Kruger's persuasiveness and persuasion, in exchange for Liu Mang's blank eyes because he really couldn't understand the opponent's pick-and-roll.

There is no way to learn this stuff!It's not just about these two players at all!

This is the real Utah Shuangsha!

Liu Mang has seen the future Boozer and Deron's "New Version of Utah Shuangsha", but found that it is not the same thing!The difference is so obvious!It's not a level of pick-and-roll at all!

This is the 40-year-old Stockton and the 39-year-old Malone!Looks much better than Deron plus Boozer!

Coach Kruger's resentment soared!This kid didn't understand!Coach Kruger was so tired, he finally found a "best template", but he couldn't understand it!
Just at this time, the official timeout came, and coach Kruger yelled at Liu Mang angrily: "Go up to me and experience how a super point guard plays!"

　The next two chapters will be about noon tomorrow. I will go to bed quickly. I have to go to work at 12 o’clock tomorrow. I have finished my busy work in December. Now I am idle most of the time in the company. I will work harder and secretly code more!Continue to ask for monthly tickets!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)