Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 658 Refusing to Lose Streak
The growth of the Jazz this season is mainly reflected in the offense, which makes the Jazz have a new offensive system in addition to the pick-and-roll.

Stockton and Karl Malone performed a classic pick-and-roll, and in an instant, holes appeared in the Warriors' seemingly tight defense.

As the record holder of assists in history, although Stockton was still young at this time, his grasp of opportunities was always at the top level in the league.

Don't look at Stockton's unpretentious pass, but it is the most basic pass that can find the most suitable receiver and find the Warriors' defensive flaws.

Although Stockton and Malone's pick-and-roll was used in this attack, the real killer move was Hornacek from the outside.

Since coming to the Jazz, Hornacek's off-ball ability has been fully released, just like when he first partnered with Price.

What is slightly different is that when partnered with Price, Hornacek's offensive methods are more diverse because both of them can play with and without the ball.

After the Jazz came, because Stockton's passing ability is better than Price, Hornacek increased the proportion of off the ball.

The seemingly inward move suddenly made an emergency stop and popped out towards the outside, throwing Richmond away, and with the Jazz pick-and-roll, ran an extremely favorable open position.

When the ball arrived, Hornacek took the ball without any adjustments, and directly chose a three-point shot.

For Sloan, this tactic was absolutely impossible to use before Hornacek came to the Jazz, but after he was hit by the three-point tactics brought by Li Weisi, coupled with Hornacek's three-point ability , which made Sloan decide to try, and this attempt made it difficult for Sloan to escape the law of true fragrance.

Richmond's block was one step late, and the three-pointer went hollow into the net, 3:2.

The Warriors attacked, and Li Weisi took the initiative to hand the ball to Richmond.

Being humiliated by his substitute once, he had to let Richmond get back on the field, not to mention that Richmond had the advantage in the matchup between the two.

Long before Li Weisi passed the ball, Richmond had already secured his position. At this time, relying on Hornacek, he received the ball with his back.

Richmond tested Hornacek's defense with his back. Yes, Hornacek pushed hard, but it couldn't stop Richmond.

Today's Richmond, although he failed to enter the All-Star this season, is definitely an All-Star level in terms of strength, and it is precisely because of this strength that Nelson, in the talented Warriors, Still arrange singles tactics for Richmond.

A simple temptation, followed by a back turn, successfully left Hornacek behind. Although Hornacek pushed hard, Richmond cleverly used Hornacek's force , successfully completed the breakthrough.

It can be seen that Richmond is also very smart, he can not only use his body, but also his brain.

After making a successful turn, Richmond didn't keep rushing inside. Karl Malone and Eaton standing under the basket were not vegetarians. After breaking through a step forward, they immediately chose a jumper with an emergency stop, and the basketball hit the board steadily. Falling into the basket, 4:3.

It can be seen that after the start, the two teams played back and forth, and both sides seized the advantages of their own teams and used their own good methods to score.

Gradually, with the deepening of the game, the scoring methods of the two teams slowly returned to the most primitive state of the two teams. Karl Malone of the Jazz still exerted strength, and the Warriors began to exert strength with the three outside guns.

The two teams' starters tied at 21 in the first quarter, which can be described as comparable, and then entered the rotation.

The Jazz's bench is not as numerous as the Warriors. They are on the bench, and there are only two effective helpers they can rely on, Thur Bailey and Darnell Griffiths.

The two are one mile away, and the tacit understanding honed over the years has doubled their power. Not only that, because the 8-man rotation was adopted, the Jazz actually included both Hornacek and Malone on the court after entering the rotation. superior.

In this way, the Warriors could not take advantage of any advantages during the bench stage. At the end of the first quarter, they were still behind by 2 points.

And this was just the beginning. At the beginning of the second quarter, the Jazz replaced Stockton on the court, and actually played a wave of offensive climax, which once opened the point difference to more than 10 points.

This point difference in the second quarter made the Warriors fail to catch up in the first quarter. At the end of the half, they fell behind by 7 points.

However, after entering the second half, the Royal Salute of the Warriors finally started to show off their power. Suddenly, three-pointers rained down, and the Jazz's outside line was jittery.

Under the interference of Rodman, the Jazz Malone missed a mid-range shot. Moses Malone protected the rebound and handed it to Mullin.

The Warriors quickly counterattacked. Due to the influence of Edwards, Mullin's long pass was a little bit high. Li Weisi wanted to catch this ball at an altitude. Even if he jumped high, he might not be able to reach it. It is easy to dribble the ball out of bounds. This situation made Li Weisi fall into it.

But Li Weisi reacted very quickly. He accelerated, leaped high before going out of bounds, and finally successfully received the ball in the air. Then he turned around in the air and passed the ball back to Richmond who was coming. The whole person fell into the auditorium.

After Richmond received the ball, the Jazz's Stockton and Hornacek had returned to defense, so Richmond did not choose to go inside to kill, but directly chose to shoot a three-pointer.

This season, although Richmond's three-pointers are not as good as the two bugs of Li Weisi and Mullin, they have also achieved a shooting rate of 38%. This shooting rate can even rank eighth in the league, second only to Bird's 38.9%.

Therefore, Richmond's three-pointers have always been underestimated. After several years of training with Li Weisi, Richmond's three-pointer ability is much better than when he first entered the league.

With his hands up and down, Richmond lived up to Li Weisi's double save and successfully turned Li Weisi's pass into an assist. He hit a three-pointer and the Warriors finally overtook the score again.

The tenacity of the Jazz exceeded the expectations of the Warriors. With their tenacity, they overtook the score again and entered the fourth quarter with a 1-point lead.

However, this is also the last stubbornness of the Jazz. The Warriors, who are good at the end of the quarter, launched an attack at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and successfully overtook the score just in the substitute stage.

After the Warriors returned from the starting lineup, they made persistent efforts and maintained their leading advantage until the end of the game. In the end, the Warriors won a difficult victory with 123:118 in the away game, rejecting the occurrence of a losing streak.

(End of this chapter)