the great gatsby

Chapter 54 Battle in Salt Lake City!
The game is held at the Utah Jazz's home stadium, and the Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City is an away game that all NBA players do not want to come:
One is being at a high altitude, and the players who just arrived will have some severe or mild altitude sickness, which is extremely uncomfortable anyway.

The second is that the fans here are very fanatical. The visiting team will always hear swear words and boos all over the sky when they play here. This is also a place where racial discrimination is quite serious-this is the territory of the Mormon Church.

In 1847, a group of Mormon believers led by Brigham Young established the pioneering house here. Since then, the church’s head office has been located in Salt Lake City, and more than half of the local people are members of the church.

The superstar Westbrook of later generations once sparred with Jazz fans here. Westbrook pointed out that the fans "had racially discriminatory insulting language". His lifetime ban proves it.

Gatsby looked around the Jazz stadium curiously. It is said that the design of this arena is quite unique. The fans stand is relatively steep. The players seem to be playing in a deep well. Gatsby looked up at the fans stand. The fan stand is much steeper than other arenas, and it looks a bit depressing when looking up.

The Utah Jazz this season is very strong, Kirilenko, Boozer, Deron Williams, Okur, Brewer, Millsap, Wesley Matthews, almost all famous people.

——Kirilenko is known as AK47, which is taken from the first two letters of his name and his jersey number, and his comprehensive and tough style of play is indeed like a heavy machine gun. In terms of defense, he has good jumping, long arms, and good blocking awareness Let AK become the league's most terrifying defensive player and shot-blocker.

When defending outside players, he can also use his long arms to create steals and form fast breaks.

——Boozer is known as the anti-bone cub and Yao Ming's nemesis.

What the Rebel said was that in 04, he agreed to stay with the Cavaliers, but then accepted the Jazz's offer and left. This made him the first generation of Rebel, and the second generation was DeAndre Jordan;

As for Yao Ming's nemesis, this is more interesting. The Jazz has always been the Rockets' bitter master. In the 06-07 season and the 07-08 season, the two teams met in the first round of the playoffs for two consecutive seasons. It can be said to be the sufferer of the Rockets, the sufferer of the Yao-Mai combination.

Under the leadership of Jazz veteran coach Sloan, Deron and Boozer's pick-and-rolls are flourishing, center Okur, plus Kirilenko, Millsap, Harprin, Brewer, etc. The abuse is that life is worse than death.

And how strong was Boozer in the 06-07 season?
He played in 74 games and averaged 20.9 points, 11.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. Garnett was the only one who could do this in the same season, so Boozer was selected to the All-Star team.

Not only that, but he also helped the team successfully enter the playoffs, coupled with Deron's growth and Sloan's pick-and-roll tactics, people even compared him with Malone.Of course, there is naturally a gap in strength, but it is enough to show the importance of Boozer to the team. He also ranked ninth in the league in the MVP selection that year.

——Deron Williams claims to eat and sleep and play Paul. During this period in the Jazz, it was his peak period. He has outstanding height, soft touch, and excellent overall view among point guards.

Especially the dribbling, although not gorgeous, but very steady, the rhythm is very well controlled, and the team's offense and organization are easy to handle.At the same time, Deron's shooting ability is also very outstanding among point guards.

Gatsby looked at Deron Williams and couldn't help sighing softly. If Deron didn't leave the Jazz, his peak could still be maintained. The Jazz has his best pick-and-roll, and Jerry Sloan trained him and Boozer Become a new generation of peerless Shuangsha, the combination of him and Boozer is indeed strong enough.

The Jazz's team system revolves around him.The Jazz have many players with outstanding shooting ability. As a dribbling master, Deron has enough space on the court for him to play.The team also has a group of outstanding role players. Under such a system, Deron's advantages are undoubtedly brought to the extreme.

But this is limited to the Jazz. Unfortunately, he only stayed for 5 years and left in a hurry.In the Nets, the team is like a mess, with weak management, insufficient signings, and the style of play is no longer what he is used to, which makes him extremely uncomfortable.

But at this time, Deron Williams is too strong. Today's game will be difficult against the Knicks, but Gatsby is not only not afraid, but also very excited. For a rookie, against top players in the same position, There is no shame in losing, but once you win, you will become famous by stepping on the bones of your predecessors.

But if the rookie is too far behind his predecessors and his mentality is not good, he may be beaten to the point where his mentality breaks down and leave a shadow in his heart.

Game start.

Coach Jerry Sloan's starting lineup is: Deron Williams, Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur, Andre Kirilenko and Ronnie Brewer.

The starting lineup arranged by coach D'Antoni is: Gatsby, Wilson Chandler, Larry Hughes, Danilo Gallinari and David Lee.

Gatsby won the trust of D'Antoni with his outstanding performance and physical fitness. Now it is the beginning of the season, and it is more convenient to change the lineup. If Gatsby can't play well, he can replace Du Hong at any time. The experimental lineup will do.

Although Chris Duhon was depressed, he didn't resent Gatsby and D'Antoni. He had to admit that his skills were not as good as others. He still had his own upper limit. Last season, D'Antoni gave him a lot of authority. Although he played the best season of his career, he is still not very conspicuous among excellent point guards.

Okur and David Lee jump the ball from the center line.

Turkish center Mehmet Okur relied on his height of 211cm to pass the ball to Deron. Deron was not in a hurry and slowly dribbled the ball across the half-court. Under Shuai's tactical system, the pick-and-roll is his life.

Jerry Sloan is not the inventor of the pick-and-roll tactic, but he is the one who turned the pick-and-roll tactic into a classic.

He successively created Stockton-Malone and Deron-Boozer, two pairs of pick-and-roll combinations that shocked the world. Compared with the Jazz team back then, the current Jazz team is more tactically rich. The team's offense has become more integrated.

I want to compare the previous Jazz team. The current Jazz team has more complete staffing. There are five very good players on the court, and Matthews, Millsap, Price, etc. are sitting on the bench. Excellent player.

(End of this chapter)