overlooking the pitch

Chapter 540 Test lineup, first defeat

In the second quarter, the Clippers fans thought that this quarter would be An Sheng's performance, but it seems that tonight, An Sheng's old partner took away his aura, suppressing An Sheng in the first quarter, even in the second quarter, After An Sheng became serious, he was still suppressed. For such a scene, he has almost never seen it this season.

The Jazz's home has always been a crazy home, and all their fans will wear Jazz jerseys to cheer for the home team in almost every game, even if they have been in a rebuilding state for several years.

Gordon Hayward became their new core, and this new core actually suppressed the flourishing An Sheng in the first half of this game, and they also led the 17-game winning streak in the first half. Chuan scored 7 points, which made them a little unbelievable, but after seeing the score, they just stood up from their seats and continued to cheer for their best first half of the season.

"Anson! Do you feel that your good partner is a bit difficult to mess with now?" Brad Stevens smiled. In the first half, he deliberately let Anson play for 21 minutes, compared to every time before There were more in the first half, but they fell behind unexpectedly. This is a bit unacceptable for the Clippers. After all, even if they thought they would overturn, they didn't expect to be here.

An Sheng shook his head. Obviously, he was not very satisfied with his offense or defense today. Although he had a little obvious altitude sickness today, his performance in the first half was indeed a bit poor.He himself was helpless to feel uncomfortable because of the altitude of more than 1000 meters, but his poor performance and state proved that all this was true.

This time, Brad Stevens chose to replace Anson, who was in a bad state. The altitude sickness and the bad state should have given Anson more rest. The 21 minutes just now were regarded as nostalgia for his college coaching days Bar!No matter what An Sheng said next, he had no intention of letting him play again.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Brad Stevens is ready to try his new lineup again, and this time, they push Kenyon Martin to the 5th position, Anthony Davis to the 30th position, At the same time, for the last chance of the No. 9 rookie Nemanja Nedovic they selected this year, they must not let this pick directly rot in their hands. I still hope that he can decline in the status of the two starting guards. When Lun was one year older, he was able to play in the guard rotation for a few minutes. Now there are only four guards available. The 10-[-] rotation of the Clippers is no problem for the young striker, but For their oldest back line, this is a very serious problem.

It's a pity that Nemanja Nedovic's performance is very poor. His physical disadvantages are more obvious when facing Trey Burke than in summer league and preseason. In the state of still playing in Serbia, a 191cm tall point guard was squeezed directly in the penalty area by Trey Burke, a 185cm85kg point guard, and completed a beautiful layup.

And this is just an appetizer given to the Clippers by the Jazz. Kenyon Martin’s playing time has dropped sharply this season. Even though the Clippers often clock out of work in three quarters, his playing time is still not much. The reason for the illness, and another point is because Brad Stevens is deliberately cultivating the effect of Ryan Gomez as the backup fourth position.

And now Kenyon Martin is blowing up against Derek Favors on the court. After all, this is a high-ranking pick this year. He has a very good singles ability at the basket, but even a guy named A little-known insider like Remy Evans bullied two of him in a row, which is very wrong. In just one quarter of the game, the opponent scored 18 points on his head.
Defense, this is the problem that bothers Brad Stevens the most when using Kenyon Martin. Of course, when Kenyon Martin just joined the Clippers the year before last, he made a great contribution to the Clippers' offense. Contribution, but now, what the Clippers want is not offense. The further strengthening of the outside line and the cooperation of the inside line allow Jordan and Gorgui Dieng to play a good effect inside. He is not so irreplaceable. Last year , Kenyon Martin has been marginalized, and after this game is over, it is estimated that Brad Stevens has already put a fork on Kenyon Martin's playoff journey .

The Clippers were already lagging behind, and with the damage caused by the two defensive loopholes to the Clippers' defensive system, the famous Clippers had already gone to nowhere in the third quarter, and what followed was The Clippers lost the score in a single quarter for the first time in the third quarter of this season. At 21:34, they were 13 points behind in a single quarter. Coupled with the lag in the first half, the Clippers had fallen behind by 20 points in the first three quarters!
Interestingly, after the Clippers trailed so much in the first three quarters, Brad Stevens instead sent their main lineup in the fourth quarter, scaring the Jazz audience into a big enemy. The same is true for the coach, who hastily let the main lineup that had planned to rest go into battle again.

The Clippers dual-core team, which had been resting for a long time, really brought up suspense again in the fourth quarter. An Sheng's desire, which had been held back for a long time, poured out as soon as he played, making a breakthrough and insulting Ines once again. Kanter's inside defense, and the Jazz's inside line are like this. Both of them are typical offensive strong and defensive weak.

An Sheng scored 8 points in the first 14 minutes of the fourth quarter!And Chris Paul sent 7 points and 6 assists. This dual-core performance in the fourth quarter directly caused all the Jazz fans in Salt Lake City to break out in a cold sweat. The celebration ceremony for this victory after the game was prepared, and some local reporters had written notices in advance.

The suspense lasted until the last minute, when the point difference was only 1 points. At this time, Gordon Hayward, the hero of Salt Lake City tonight, stood up again. He scored a crucial goal on his head, leading by 5 points in 40 seconds. After Chris Paul's desperate three-pointer, it was officially announced that the Jazz had secured the victory in this game.

(End of this chapter)