I feel hot in the NBA

Chapter 9 Jazz

It was the first time for Lin Yang to come to the Delta Air Lines Arena. From the parking lot with his teammates, it was Stockton Street—the opposite of Stockton Street was Karl Malone Street.

At the intersection of the two streets, that is, in the center of the square in front of the gate of the Delta Air Lines Center Arena, are two statues of Stockton and Karl Malone.

Almost all the glory-related moments of the Jazz are related to these two celebrities.

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The Delta Air Lines Center Arena is the league's most famous "devil's home stadium". The auditorium here is full almost every night. All Utah people seem to regard this place as a place to vent their grievances accumulated in daily life.

"Welcome you bitch bastards to Salt Lake City!"

"Look at these poor wretches, here they come again!"

"Dirk Nowitzki, you're a jerk, you killed the Mavericks!"

Entering the arena from the player tunnel of the visiting team and passing by the auditorium, Lin Yang could clearly hear some content in the auditorium, especially the last sentence. He noticed that Dirk Nowitzki, who was walking in front of him, trembled unconsciously, and obviously heard that sentence.

In last year's playoffs, the Mavericks entered the playoffs with the second place in the Western Conference, but met the Spurs in the first round, and were sanctioned by Popovich, an old coin riding a troika. This also made the Mavericks the only team in history that was only "black eight" and then "black seven".

The sky is about to send a big job to the people, and they must first play him as a sapphire!Lu Xun's words are vividly reflected in Nowitzki.

"Is that yellow skin the miracle boy who staged the McGrady moment in the NCAA finals this year?"

"Miracle Boy? Heh! It's pure luck. I watched him play in Las Vegas this summer, and his performance was extremely bad!"

Lin Yang also heard the comments about him from the audience on the sidelines. He followed the sound and took a look. There was a white man wearing gold-rimmed glasses. He was not a good bird at first glance, an absolute racist. Sitting next to him was a gaudy Caucasian woman with dark eye shadow like an owl.

The man seemed to have noticed Lin Yang's gaze, but he didn't panic, instead he laughed jokingly: "Damn Chinese people, wait to be educated properly!"

"NBA is not something you can stay in, China's Sabie!" The woman also cursed.

"Your mouth smells as bad as your body, put on more perfume!" Lin Sen turned his head and replied to them when he was completely in front of them. With just this sentence, the faces of the two men looked as ugly as if they had eaten poop.

They both do have body odor, and it's strong!
Stevenson followed Lin Yang, listening to his sharp counterattack, he silently sighed in his heart that times have really changed!When he first entered the league, he didn't dare to look up when he came to away games, and interacting with the audience on the sidelines like Lin Yang would only dare to do it three or four years later!This guy came to the away game as if nothing happened, hey, this is the "devil's home game", can you give him some face!

The NBA actually has clear regulations that players are not allowed to have uncivilized interactions with the audience, and players who violate the rules will be fined, but this is only a preseason game, and there are only two or three channels for broadcasting, and now is the time when players and fans have just entered the stadium, and these cameras have not yet been turned on.

Lin Yang only dared to fight back after noticing this. Otherwise, it would be too bad for him to lose his pocket because of his mouth addiction. He would not do such a thing like shooting himself in the foot.

***
Lin Yang went on the field to warm up for about [-] minutes, and the bright lights on the scene began to go out one after another. After they were all turned off, several follow-up lights hit the exit of the home team's arena passageway, and Jazz players slowly walked out there.

It's time for the home players' appearance ceremony!
The appearance ceremony of the home players is an important part of the NBA culture. Many players can have fun at the appearance ceremony, such as Shaquille O'Neal, his "human bowling" and "sharks out to sea".

Of course, every team has its own culture. There are teams with flashy appearance ceremonies, and there are teams with rigid appearance ceremonies. For example, the Mavericks met the Utah Jazz today. Under the watchful eyes of head coach Jerry Sloan, these guys jogged out of the field in a very uniform way from the time they came out to the bench to prepare for warm-up, and waved towards the audience expressionlessly.

But even though there was nothing new about the appearance of the Jazz players, there was a burst of wild cheers from the audience.

This should be the unique atmosphere of "Devil's Home Stadium", right?
The rigidity of the team and the fanaticism of the audience are completely two extremes.

One after another, the lights in the arena came back on again.

The home ceremony is over, and the field returns to the final warm-up and tactical arrangement of the two teams.

"Forest!"

Gordon Hayward ran over to greet Lin Yang while warming up. He clapped hands briefly, then hugged, and finally stretched out his fingers to point at each other. The greeting was over.

"Good luck!"

"You too!"

Lin Yang walked off the court. He was still playing as a substitute in this game, so the next warm-up time must be given to the starters. In fact, his warm-up time is still normal. Some players who are more water cooler than him have to start warming up earlier, and then give the field to them. The group of rotation substitutes who will definitely play, and finally the main players warm up before the game.

In short, in the NBA, even a small pre-game warm-up can reveal a player's status on the team.

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"beep!"

Beeping sound.

The starters for the Mavs and Jazz hit the court almost simultaneously.

The starting lineup for the Mavericks is point guard Jason Kidd, shooting guard Caron Butler, small forward Sean Marion, power forward Dirk Nowitzki and center Tyson Chandler.

The Jazz had a major personnel transaction this summer. The starting power forward Boozer was traded, and "Wolf King" Al Jefferson joined the Jazz to become a new pillar of the Jazz's inside line.

The Jazz's starting lineup today is point guard Deron Williams, shooting guard CJ Myers, small forward Kirilenko, power forward Paul Millsap and center Al Jefferson.

Al Jefferson jumped to the ball.

Deron Williams dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, found Al Jefferson after a pick-and-roll, went inside, layup and rebounded, and the goal was scored!
It can be seen from the first ball that although Boozer is gone, the Jazz's style of play has not changed. The newcomer Al Jefferson is also a good pick-and-roll player.

In fact, with Jerry Sloan in the Jazz, the team's tactics will always be based on pick-and-rolls.

　Chapter 1.

　　
　
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