NBA Please Answer 2007

Chapter 190 The Last Battle

After losing to the Rockets, the Warriors defeated the Mavericks, Trail Blazers, Kings and Timberwolves one after another, and their record is still sixth in the West.Failure to win the Rockets ruined the Warriors' fifth plan in the Western Conference.

In the final game of the regular season, the Warriors' opponent is the Jazz. This is the last chance for the Warriors to enter the fifth place in the Western Conference, but the Jazz will never give up lightly. Their current record is 48 wins and 33 losses. If they win this game, their record will surpass the Hornets and get the final spot in the playoffs.

On the 15th, the Warriors played against the Jazz at home, as the last game of the regular season, facing the national live broadcast.The cheers at the Oracle Center were earth-shattering. The Jazz have repeatedly defeated the Warriors this season. Fans hope to see revenge in the final battle.

Warriors starters are: O'Neal, Milicic, Barnes, Li Zhi, Jackson.

Nelson continued to play a big and four small lineup. The difference was that Gerald Green was replaced by Barnes. Barnes was more capable of single-handed defense. He could go to the top three to defend Kirilenko, and let Li Zhi go to the Jazz's shooting guard CJ Myers.

Jazz starting lineup is: Mehmet Okur, Boozer, Kirilenko, CJ Myers, Deron Williams.

After the game started, O'Neal jumped to the ball, and the Warriors Jackson took control of the ball for halftime.At the high position, Jackson passed the ball to Li Zhi, and Kirilenko took the initiative to defend Li Zhi.

In the first three games, Kirilenko has caused troubles to Li Zhi many times. He is the slender type and can restrain Li Zhi very well.

Li Zhi knew that Kirilenko was not singled out. When Barnes came to pick and roll, Li Zhi took the opportunity to break through, allowing Barnes to take away Kirilenko, and Li Zhi faced CJ Miles.

Miles is 198cm' tall and is an athletic left-handed shooter with good physical fitness, which gives him the conditions to defend swingmen.But Li Zhi didn't care about him, CJ Miles' physical fitness was worse than Super Saiyan.

Li Zhi controlled the ball on the right. After a few trials, Li Zhi dribbled the ball behind his back and passed CJ Miles in one step. CJ Miles defended Li Zhi, jumped up hard when Li Zhi made a layup, and wanted to block the block, but Li Zhi was one step ahead of him, throwing the basketball to the backboard ahead of time, and at the same time made physical contact with Miles.

"Beep beep!"

The referee whistles, 2+1
Li Zhi made an extra penalty, 3:0
The Jazz attacked, and Deron beat Jackson and chose to break through. Jackson used a routine and gave it to Deron without defense.It was a trap. After passing Jackson, Barnes was waiting for Deron on the breakthrough route. Deron didn't stop and ran straight into Barnes.

Dribbling the ball into someone, Deron had a look of atmosphere, the Warriors' defense was too rogue.Layer after layer, like a maze, this is the 23 defense, and it caused a lot of trouble to Deron in the last game.

Jazz coach Sloan has a bad temper. Seeing that the Warriors made two fouls at the beginning of the situation, he quickly called a timeout and re-arranged.Back from the timeout, the Jazz replaced Korver at shooting guard.

Sloan didn't think Korver's defense could be better than Myers'. He replaced Korver just to create better space for Deron.The Jazz defended, and Kirilenko chose to help defend.

O'Neal reached the top of the arc to hold the ball, and Li Zhi ran.O'Neal is also an insider who passes the ball very well. When Li Zhi used Milicic's pick-and-roll to get rid of Korver, O'Neal's pass arrived.

Li Zhi received the ball, without hesitation, and made a three-pointer.

6:0
The Warriors fans are very excited. This season, they have become accustomed to the team playing against others. In their opinion, the Warriors' basketball is the best in the league.The Warriors are not only different from the positional battles of the Celtics and Spurs, but also different from the singles of the Lakers. The Warriors play smoothly and have a high shooting rate, which makes fans feel comfortable watching.

The Jazz attacked, and Deron relied on Okur's pick-and-roll to get rid of Jackson and break through to the inside.Milicic made up the defense, and Deron passed the ball to Boozer, who scored two points in the shot.

6:2
Jackson dribbled the ball across the half court and made a mistake when dribbling behind his back trying to avoid Deron's interference. The basketball didn't bounce, and Deron picked up the ball and made a fast break.

6:4
Jackson's dribbling skills are still good. He is very depressed. This ball is obviously bad luck. He originally wanted to dribble behind Deron, but he didn't expect to hit his face.Li Zhi patted him on the shoulder and asked him to go to the bottom line to serve.

In the Warriors' offensive round, the Warriors still used double pick-and-roll tactics to block Korver and Kirilenko. Li Zhi took the opportunity to break through with the ball and made a jumper one step away from the penalty area.

The emergency stop jump shot is not Li Zhi's skill. Li Zhi relied on his feeling for this shot, but he was lucky and made the shot.

8:4
Jazz coach Sloan was dissatisfied with the Jazz's defense, and shouted when the Jazz players were attacking, asking Kirilenko to defend Li Zhi to death.

Kirilenko looked serious, and the commander Jazz increased the defensive intensity.

In the Jazz, the current core is Deron and Kirilenko, one of them is the main offense and the other is the main defense.Carlos Boozer's boss status is not guaranteed. He will become a free agent this year. The Jazz can't provide him with a bigger contract. In addition, Boozer's defense has always been disliked by Sloan, and the Jazz management does not plan to keep him.

But this season, Sloan had to use him. Sloan is best at pick-and-roll tactics. Boozer has poor defense, but his offense is in line with Sloan's system.

The Jazz attacked, Deron didn't use the pick-and-roll, and passed Jackson directly, Barnes made up the defense, Deron gave the ball to Boozer, and the latter hit a jumper with one step inside the three-point line.

8:6
The Warriors attacked, Li Zhi received the ball and wanted to play singles, Kirilenko defended Li Zhi's breakthrough, Li Zhi passed the ball to O'Neal, O'Neal received the ball and was fouled by Okur, and missed two free throws.

Boozer grabbed the rebound and passed the ball to Deron. Deron advanced quickly. When he reached the center line, Korver had already come near the three-point line.Barnes walked inside to defend Deron for a layup. Deron scored for Korver and made a three-pointer.

8:9, the Jazz overtook.

The Warriors' defensive intensity is very high, but they are overly tense.Barnes subconsciously thought that Deron would make a breakthrough, but ignored Korver. When Li Zhi arrived, Korver had already made a move.

Li Zhi took the ball to the front court and handed the ball to O'Neal in the high position.O'Neal protects the ball with his back, behind him is Okur.Li Zhi moved, and under the cover of Milicic, he got rid of Kirilenko and came behind O'Neill.

The two passed the ball hand in hand, Li Zhi took a step, broke through from the left of O'Neal, Kirilenko interfered, and the basketball still fell into the basket.

10:9
Kirilenko likes to defend technical players like Kobe and Tracy McGrady, and uses his long arms to interfere when defending, but Li Zhi has a strong body and lays up completely close to Kirilenko.

Kirilenko's state is no longer at its peak. Although he is still the core of the Jazz's defense, his single defense ability has degraded.This season, the Jazz's poor record has a lot to do with Kirilenko's regression.

Father Sloan tried to put Kirilenko on the bench for a while, but it didn't work.It even caused a farce.Kirilenko denounced the old coach's injustice in front of the media, and threatened: "I would rather go back to Russia than play for Sloan again."

The Jazz management tried to trade away Kirilenko in the middle of the season, but Kirilenko's situation is the same as Boozer's. The contract is too big and his state is declining. No one wants to be a receiver.

In this game, AK47 was depressed. Kirilenko had restricted Li Zhi very well in the previous games, but Li Zhi's style of play changed in this game.He would never have thought that Li Zhi's breakthrough would be replaced by Iverson's instead of Kobe's.

(End of this chapter)