basketball hero

Chapter 887

"Chauncey, come to the plateau to end the game, are you okay!" Greg Sagel said with a smile.

"I'm okay. When I was playing, I played for the Denver Nuggets, so I'm quite used to home at the plateau." Chauncey Billups said with a smile.

"Tell me about this game, after Gordon Hayward left, how much impact do you think it has on Utah?" Greg Sager asked.

"There must be an impact. Gordon is a very good offensive striker. His presence allows this team to have a stable outside scoring point and a reliable point at critical moments. Of course, they are a team. The team, so even without Gordon, it is still very competitive!" Billups explained.

"Who do you think they're going to match up with?" Greg Sager asked.

"I think the most likely one is Rodney. He is about the same height as Ying, and he moves fast, so he won't be easily thrown off by the opponent! Of course, it is not enough to rely on one person to limit Ying, and the defensive cooperation of the team is required. ’” Billups said.

Gobert and Ibaka prepare the jump ball near the middle circle, and the game is about to start.

Gobert is tall and long, like a big spider, looking scary.Ibaka is not short in height and has a long arm span, but standing in front of the opponent, he is obviously more than one size smaller.

Gobert took advantage of his height and length, and easily beat Ibaka with a jump ball.

Rubio slowly dribbles over.Since he left the Timberwolves, he came to the team-based Jazz. From the current point of view, he has performed well.

The Jazz's offense is holistic, with big men covering, rolling down, and cutting outside, all of which are available; outside players move without the ball, screen without the ball, open up space, and perform their duties.

In this team, Rubio is the team's backcourt commander.His nickname "Lu Yizhong" is still often mentioned, although his current outside shooting ability has improved a lot compared to when he first entered the league.But for most people, the stereotype always exists, and even if he has improved, he is still not good at outside shooting.

Ibaka's height is much lower than that of Gobert, but the opponent is not an offensive center, so his inside defensive pressure is not so great.

The Jazz cooperated with multiple screens, and Hood cut the ball from the weak side and made a mid-range shot-hit!
The Jazz take the lead!
Jeremy Lin slowly dribbled the ball across half court.He is not as good as Rubio in terms of passing ability, but he is superior to the opponent in terms of comprehensiveness of offense.

On the Jazz side, as Billups said, let the faster Hood face Yingxiong.

Hood's defense against Yingxiong's side without the ball is very tight. The defensive task assigned to him by the head coach Schneider is to entangle the opponent at all costs.

Hood goes to match Yingxiong, and Ingles here can only go to match DeRozan.

DeRozan cut out to catch the ball, and with the help of a screen, forced Ingles.

Ingles didn't move fast enough, but his defensive attitude was very good, and he kept trying to retreat to prevent the opponent from easily breaking through.

DeRozan slammed on the brakes, then stopped and shot a jumper-hit!
The two sides started the game with a 2:2 tie!
"Demar played very smartly. Rudy, the opponent's inside line, has a long arm. He really broke into the penalty area. It really doesn't mean he can take advantage of it. But using his footsteps and bullying Joe makes it difficult for the opponent Limit," Chauncey Billups said.

Here, Favors forcibly attacked the basket of the Jazz and was blocked by Ibaka!
Gobert grabbed the strong and made another strong, but no!

Ying Xiong received the rebound and pushed forward with the ball.

"Rudy's ability to finish at the basket is really a problem for him!" Greg Sager said, shaking his head.

"If Rudy is more sure of finishing at the basket, he is indeed a perfect defensive center!" Billups said.

Ying Xiong came over with the ball, faced Hood's defense, changed direction drastically while moving, used his body to squeeze the opponent away, cut directly to the basket, took a big leap to shake off Ingles, and succeeded in a layup!
4:2, the Raptors lead!

"The gap between Rodney and Ying is obvious!" Greg Sager said.

"The height of the two is the same, and the weight difference is 10 kilograms, which can explain the problem!" Billups explained.

For the Jazz, Favors made a mid-range jumper—hit!
The two sides draw!From the beginning to now, the offensive success rate of the two teams is very good.

"Derrick has now developed a stable mid-range, so that he can start with Gobert without blocking the offensive space." Greg Sager said.

"Yes, in today's league, big men need to be able to shoot, so if Derrick is going to start, he must be able to shoot as a 4th position." Chauncey Billups added.

Both sides fell into a scoring drought after the battle reached 4 draws.On the Raptors' side, Ibaka and Siakam, who can open up space when attacking, aimed at attacking Gobert's slow moving speed, but they frequently hit the iron on outside shots; on the Jazz's side, they can shoot outside Ingles and Hood were marked to death, and the outside opportunities all came from Lu Yuanwai.

Poor Yuanwai Lu still seemed a little lacking in confidence when faced with open shots, but it really made him shoot, and his shooting percentage in this field is still very painful.

Halfway through the first quarter, the two teams tied at 12!The offensive success rate of both sides is not high, because Ibaka and Siakam have poor shooting touch, so the Jazz are particularly decisive in attacking Yingxiong and DeRozan.

The Raptors called a stop first, and team coach Devin Casey was a little dissatisfied with the offensive performance of the two insiders.You must know that the two of them got a lot of opportunities to open outside, even if one of them missed, the other party would not be so fierce in attacking Ying Xiong and the others.

After returning from the timeout, the Raptors replaced Ibaka with Valanciunas, Siakam with Anunoby, and Jeremy Lin with Lowry, playing "one big and four small".

The Jazz did not make any substitutions for the time being, and the game continued.

Lowry dribbled the ball, and with the help of Valanciunas' cover at the top of the arc, he broke through forcibly, broke into the penalty area, and scored the ball on the left wing.

After receiving the ball, Ying Xiong dashed forward, forcibly walked the baseline, pushed away the thin Hood, jumped under the basket, and passed the ball to his teammate Valanciunas under the basket in the air.

Because Gobert went to block Yingxiong, Valanciunas got an open opportunity, and he directly made a one-handed dunk!
And here, Favors came to help defend, but it was too late, and he sent a thug foul!
"Derek is irrational!" Greg Sager said.

Valanciunas made a free throw!The Raptors lead by 3 points!
(End of this chapter)