NBA Legends Manager

Chapter 439
The Clippers were out, which no one expected at this time. Looking at the lineups of both sides, the Clippers had two superstars, Paul and Griffin, and excellent substitutes like Pierce and Crawford. On the other hand, the Jazz only had Hayward, and Gobert was added this season. Neither of them was an All-Star, but it was this team that defeated the Clippers.

After the game, people commented: "In the Clippers Jazz series, the Jazz's greatest contribution was Gobert, who held up the Jazz's penalty area alone! The strength of the players trained by Presti is unquestionable!"

Soon the Western Conference semifinals began. Although after the Clippers and Jazz series ended, the outside world had a very high evaluation of the Jazz, but when they played against the Pelicans, no one thought that the Jazz would win, and many people even thought that the Jazz could not win a game at all.

At the beginning of the game, Paul George made a three-pointer with an arrow through his heart to open the scoring, and the Jazz's Hayward also hit a three-pointer in response. Thompson counterattacked and converted a three-pointer. George Hill assisted Dior and scored a dunk.
Green held the ball at the top of the arc, gave it to Curry who ran out of space, and fired a three-pointer! , Then George Hill connected with Gobert again, and dunked alley-oops and ravaged the basket!After that, Gobert followed up with a second attack to reproduce dunks. The Jazz started a wave of 13-0 and stopped the Pelicans! ,

Presti also immediately suspended the adjustment. After the adjustment, Curry moved a jumper to stop the bleeding, Thompson made a steady three-pointer from the bottom corner, and Davis dunked inside to chase the Pelicans. Paul George turned over and scored a jumper!The score quickly caught up!
Ingles received a pass from Hill from the outside and hit a three-pointer. Paul George made a layup and hit the basket. Then Paul George made a three-pointer from the outside and pierced Yang to help the Pelicans lead the score.

Back in the second quarter, Dior followed up with a dunk and took the lead to score. Davis responded with a throw against Gobert inside, and then he singled out Dior with a misplacement and scored 2+1! !Antetokounmpo flashed and made a breakthrough layup, and Hayward made a three-pointer from the top of the arc and made a steady hit!
Antetokounmpo made a throw near the bottom line, Antetokounmpo scored with a basket against the defense, George Hill made a three-pointer from the top of the arc and pierced Yang!Presti paused and replaced Curry!
As soon as Curry came up, Davis passed the ball in a straight pass. Antetokounmpo carried Gobert and scored 2+1. Dior was not to be outdone and wanted to dunk, but was slapped by Green's hat! , Curry pierced Yang with a super long three-pointer and made a steady hit. After halftime, the Pelicans led the Jazz by 4 points! .

In the second half, Presti adjusted his tactics. The center went up and pinched the ball holders, forcing them to make mistakes. With a monster like Davis, this tactic is the easiest to counterattack.

Because Davis moves fast enough to recover quickly, and Gobert has no range, as long as he plays the pick-and-roll, he can score along this path, and George Hill's ability to deliver the ball is average. Under this intensity of pinching, it is easy to make mistakes!
Soon the second half began. As soon as it came up, after George Hill held the ball, Curry and Davis immediately stepped forward and pinched George Hill. It was really covered. George Hill passed the ball to Hayward.Thompson catches the ball and hits a three-pointer!

On the Jazz's side, George Hill led the frontcourt, walked to the left, continued to pinch, and forced the ball. At this time, Thompson came out and stole again!Counterattack and rush to the front court, chasing three points!Hit again!

The Jazz could only take a timeout. After the timeout came back, the Jazz replaced Joe Johnson. Hayward caught the ball from the outside and threw a three-pointer without hesitation. It hit!Now the Jazz can only hope for the personal abilities of Joe Johnson, Hayward and George Hill!
Joe Johnson made a breakthrough, the Pelicans decisively shrunk the inside line and missed the attack, Green got the rebound and counterattacked, Davis followed up the middle and sprinted for a dunk!The Pelicans scored consecutively at the start of the second half!

The Jazz is still George Hill, Gobert came to cover, blocked Davis, went to the right, Gobert went down, caught the ball strong!But at this time, Davis had already recovered quickly, Gobert missed a strong throw, Green got the rebound and rushed to the frontcourt, followed by Thompson on the right, caught the ball and threw a three-pointer, and continued to advance!

Dior took the ball in the low post and made a strong attack, which caused Green to foul of course and made two free throws, but Gobert grabbed the rebound and made it up!Finally stopped the bleeding! , Thompson came out with the help of a cover pocket to catch the ball and throw it in a three-point speed, and there is!
And Hayward made a three-pointer at the top of the arc!There are too!In the third quarter, the Jazz fell into a solo fight and could only rely on dry shooting!

The ball couldn't move at all. After George Hill was pinched out of the ball, he was immediately intercepted!Paul George counterattacked and scored a layup. At the critical moment, Hayward stepped forward again and made a super long three-pointer, but then Davis made a low attack and scored!

But soon Hayward's heat dropped, and he missed several outside shots in a row, as did Joe Johnson, and the Jazz couldn't get in. The Pelicans quickly pushed the offensive and defensive transitions, and the score was pulled to 18 points in an instant!
The Jazz called two timeouts in a row, but to no avail. The Jazz's ability to attack at critical moments was really mediocre. At this moment, they couldn't score at all. On the other hand, how did the Pelicans play? At the end of the third quarter, the point difference came to 25 points!
The fourth quarter completely became garbage time, and in the end the Pelicans beat the Jazz 124:102!

In the second game, the two teams were fairly evenly matched in the first quarter. Under the leadership of Curry, the Pelicans relied on a wave of 7-0 offensive to gain the upper hand, but today's Jazz continued to score consecutive three-pointers in return for a wave of offensive overtaking by 3 points!
The point difference in the second quarter was still deadlocked, but the Pelicans suddenly misfired at the end, and the Jazz took the opportunity to counterattack and lead the score into the second half.

After adjustments in the third quarter, the Pelicans suddenly broke out. Thompson and Davis scored 12 points to lead the Pelicans to a 17-4 reversal.In the final quarter, the Jazz grabbed points several times to catch up with the score, but Paul George and Curry of the Pelicans can always respond!

At the end of the fourth quarter, Hayward and Joe Johnson were overwhelmed and scored consecutive three-pointers. However, Presti decisively used the pick-and-roll and replaced Gobert.In the end, the Pelicans defeated the Jazz again 124-115!

In the third and fourth games, Presti decided not to play complicated tactics, but to play pick-and-roll tactics. He kept pulling Gobert out for singles. Curry and Paul George singled Gobert from the outside.
No matter how the Jazz adjusts, there will always be weaknesses on the court. In the end, the Pelicans defeated the Jazz by double digits in both games. The series swept the Jazz 4:0 and entered the Western Conference Finals!

(End of this chapter)