Superstar Tyreke

Chapter 178 The Jazz Wants to Win Too

"Okay, viewers, this game is about to start. Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides. This game is not only a key battle for the team to enter the playoffs, but also the team veteran Caron Butler. Comeback battle. Caron, who had just celebrated his 32nd birthday a month ago, suffered a fracture of the first metacarpal in his right palm in a game against the Trail Blazers on February 2. After two months of rehabilitation, Caron in this game Will return to the court, Caron averaged nearly 8 points per game before the injury, and is the team's fourth firepower. The complete lineup welcomes the arrival of the playoffs! However, the team's starting number three in this game is still Francisco. Caron has just recovered from injury and will wait on the bench to look for the game. The team's starting position in this game No surprises in the lineup, regular starters of Tyreke, Jimmy, Francisco, David, DeMarcus."

Reyz picked up the starting list and continued: "For the Jazz, Devin Harris, Gordon Hayward, DeMarre Carroll, Paul Millsap, and Al Jefferson are composed. In the starting lineup, the Jazz have now hoarded a lot of high-ranking young players. In addition to Gordon Hayward, the No. 10 pick in the 9th season who started this game, there is also the No. 10 pick in the 3th season on the bench. Derek Favors, the No. 11 pick in the 3th season, Enes Kanter, and the No. 11 pick in the 12th class, Alec Burks, it can be said that the future of the Jazz is quite bright, and the Jazz has a lot of opportunities this season. I hope to make it to the playoffs, after all, the competition between No. 5 and No. 10 in the Western Conference is quite fierce, and anyone may fall behind at the last moment!"

Players from both sides are already in position, and the game is about to start. As Cousins ​​and Jefferson stand on the middle circle and start to jump the ball, this extremely important game for the Kings officially begins!
The Kings took the lead to get the ball. Tyreke dribbled the ball halfway to organize the team's first attack. At this stage of the season, all teams knew Tyreke's scoring ability. The Jazz naturally dared not use Harris. Against Tyreke, the Jazz will use Hayward and Carroll to take turns against Tyreke in this game.

Facing Hayward who was defending him, Tyreke signaled Cousins ​​to step forward to cooperate with him in the pick-and-roll. This season, Tyreke not only broke through the shaking, but also the pick-and-roll with Cousins ​​is also a great offensive weapon, as a personal offense An extremely capable point guard, coupled with Cousins, a big center with extremely rich offensive methods, as long as the two cooperate with each other tacitly, the power of the pick-and-roll must be extremely powerful.After two seasons of running-in, the cooperation between Tyreke and Cousins ​​can be said to be perfect.

Cousins ​​came forward knowingly, Cousins' huge body was an excellent cover, Tyreke bypassed Cousins ​​to the left, Hayward tried to squeeze past Cousins, but failed for a moment, Jefferson, who was defending Cousins, immediately stepped forward to help defend. With Tyreke's breakthrough ability, it was too late for Hayward to bypass Cousins ​​and hold his position. Jefferson dared not let Tyreke go even for a short time. for a moment.

After Tyreke successfully passed Hayward's defense, Cousins ​​immediately separated from Tyreke. At this time, Hayward still wanted to chase Tyreke, and Jefferson also intended to help defend. Ke found the gap and gave the ball to Cousins. Cousins ​​was in the open space in a short period of time.

Since Cousins ​​has a shooting range as far as the three-point line, although it is not a big open space that is completely empty, Cousins ​​still can choose to shoot without hesitation and hit the first goal of the game steadily!
Tyreke and Cousins ​​high-fived each other during the retreat. The personal abilities of the two made it extremely difficult for them to handle the pick-and-roll. As a power center, Cousins ​​has the attack distance to cover the three-point line. Singles skills, offensive footwork, and dribbling ability are all excellent, and Tyreke has the league's top breakthrough ability and beast-like physical fitness on the back line. Once the defender loses his position in the pick-and-roll between the two, he basically declares defense Failed, but even if the defense is changed, the defender will face a dilemma.

The Kings played at home, and with the fanatical atmosphere of the fans, the Kings quickly entered the game state. Driven by Tyreke and Cousins, the game lasted for 6 minutes, and the starting five scored. The Jazz However, in the sleep train arena, he did not find the touch for a long time and missed consecutive shots. It was not until 2 minutes and 12 seconds into the game that Millsap made the first goal. The Kings led the Jazz by 16 points 6-10. .

However, this game is an extremely important game for the Kings, and it is also a game that cannot be given up for the Jazz. The Jazz, currently ranked 9th in the Western Conference, still has great hopes of reaching the playoffs. They have to fight every game.

From the Utah Shuangsha era of John Stockton and Karl Malone to the Jagged Jazz team led by Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer to the current team with Millsap and Jefferson The brand-new Jazz team headed by the inside combination, their tough style has always been their label, and they will never bow their heads easily in the face of strong opponents.

The Jazz quickly regained their touch after the timeout. When Tyreke was resting, the second-year player Hayward took the lead. A chasing three-pointer blew the rallying call for the Jazz to counterattack.

Then Burks steals the pass from Thomas Jr. to Jimmy to complete a fast break layup, Millsap hits West in a low single, Hayward breaks through Jimmy's defense and hits a mid-range half-block shot, the Jazz play a wave of 9-0 by color.

At this time, there were still 3 minutes before the end of the first quarter, and the Kings only led 22 to 21 by 1 point. Coach Westphal called out the first timeout of the game.

"Jerry, from the beginning of the game, I thought this game would be won easily. I didn't expect the Jazz to resist so fiercely. This game seems difficult to deal with..." At this time, the anxious score on the field made Napier Gradually calmed down from the excitement before the start of the game.

"That's right, Grant is like this. The Jazz are also very eager to win this game. In addition to this game, there are only less than 10 games until the end of the season. For the 9th-ranked Jazz, every game is very important." It is about the fate of this season, and the Jazz really played very hard on the court, it seems that the Jazz will be a spoiler in today's game that is of great significance to Sacramento!"

(End of this chapter)