Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

All teams are looking forward to the arrival of the new season, especially those qualified to compete for the championship, who want to win the championship in the new season.

Meanwhile, the Lakers welcomed their first regular season game of the 2019-20 season at the Delta Center, home of the Jazz.

This was also the first regular season game of the new season for the Utah Jazz, so there were many fans at the scene. The audience stands were packed with people, and the attendance rate reached 1%.

You have to know that Salt Lake City is not a big city like Los Angeles or New York. It is very rare for a game like this to have a 70% attendance rate.

One reason is because this is the Jazz's first regular season game of the new season.

Another reason is because their opponent today is the Lakers.

The two teams met in the first round of the playoffs last season, and the Lakers defeated the Jazz 1:4 to advance to the second round.

So many fans came to the scene today hoping to see the Jazz win this game and avenge their defeat in last season's playoffs.

A group of Jazz players also wanted to win this game.

As soon as both teams came out on the field, Zhuang Yu felt the fierce gazes of the Jazz players, like a group of vicious wolves waiting for an opportunity to strike.

However, this has no effect on Zhuang Yu or the Lakers players.

He is just a defeated general, how can he be called brave?

After a warm-up, players from both sides returned to the sidelines.

A group of Jazz players gathered around head coach Quin Snyder. Coach Snyder spread out the tactical board, wrote and drew on it, and arranged: "On the offensive end, we must pay attention to taking advantage of the opponent's defensive disadvantage at the 3rd position, and make more use of pick-and-rolls and screens. After the switch, no matter who faces Korver, we must attack resolutely."

"Also, we need to run more. We need to move and use tactical coordination to get shooting opportunities and get space to break through."

"I don't need to say much about the Lakers' defensive strength. To break down their defense, we must run more, move more, and pass more. Do you understand?"

A group of players responded in unison.

Coach Schneider then continued his instructions: "On the defensive end, we still have to focus on defending Zhuang Yu, cut off the connection between him and his teammates as much as possible, and defend his three-pointers. We can let him score a few more points, but we can't let the Lakers score more points."

"As for the rest..."

As for offense, Coach Schneider believes that there is still a lot that can be done, but on the defensive end, it is indeed a bit of a headache because Zhuang Yu is really unstoppable.

In the playoffs last season, they played against the Lakers five times, and Zhuang Yu scored high points in every game. They tried every possible way but were unable to limit Zhuang Yu's scoring.

Now they still have no solution.

Of course, it's not just them. No team in the entire league dares to say that they can defend Zhuang Yu.

As long as they cannot defend Zhuang Yu, the Jazz's defense will be very passive. They can only choose gambling-style defense, cutting off the connection between Zhuang Yu and his teammates as much as possible and preventing the Lakers from playing multiple points. Otherwise, not only will Zhuang Yu get high scores, but other Lakers players will also play good offense. In that case, the Jazz will not be able to win the game.

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at the same time.

The Lakers here.

Everyone gathered around Coach Scott, who looked calm and indifferent.

Although this is the first regular season game of the new season and he wants to get off to a good start, it is ultimately just a regular season game.

The Lakers' goal is to defend their title and win the championship. The regular season doesn't really mean much to them. After all, with the strength of their lineup, making the playoffs is a foregone conclusion. The only difference is the ranking.

But what does the ranking mean to them?

In the past two seasons, the Lakers' record was not first in the Western Conference, and was even only third in the Western Conference, but in the end they still won the championship.

So Coach Scott was very calm.

Of course, we still have to take the game seriously. He said: "The opponent will definitely target Korver, and others must help Korver with assists and backup defense in time. In addition, the opponent's only strong point in scoring is Donovan Mitchell, so we just need to defend him well."

"Zhu, I leave it to you."

"We have an absolute advantage on the offensive end, so we just need to play according to the tactics..."

He did not make too many arrangements. After all, the strength of both sides was there, and he just had to fight step by step.

......

Both sides made some arrangements, the game officially began, and the players came onto the field.

The Lakers still have their regular starters, including Lopez, Anderson, Korver, Zhuang Yu, and Holiday.

The Jazz's lineup also underwent some changes during this year's offseason. Ricky Rubio, one of the starting guards last season, left the Jazz and signed with the Suns, while the Jazz sent Jae Crowder and two future draft picks to the Grizzlies in exchange for Mike Conley.

So the Jazz's starting lineup now becomes Rudy Gobert, Joe Ingles, Jeff Green, Donovan Mitchell, and Mike Conley.

First, there was a jump ball. Gobert touched the basketball first and slapped it to the backcourt, where it fell into Mitchell's hands. Mitchell did not give the ball to Conley, but chose to advance himself. After reaching the frontcourt, he gestured to his teammates, Gobert came up to screen, and Mitchell tried to get rid of it.

However, the Lakers' delay was very quick, and Lopez was the first to delay.

Just when everyone thought Mitchell would choose to pass the ball, he changed direction and accelerated, choosing to break through Lopez and go straight to the basket.

This was a bit unexpected. No one expected that Mitchell would play so resolutely at the beginning of the game. He pushed the ball to the frontcourt by himself and attacked the basket directly without passing the ball once, so the Lakers' defense was a little slow.

Swish!

Mitchell made a layup and the score was 2:0.

"nice shot."

"This ball was hit very decisively. Well done."

"It seems that Mitchell has a strong desire to attack today..."

The home fans cheered excitedly.

On the court, the Lakers attack.

Holiday got the ball in the backcourt and pushed forward to the frontcourt. He did not pass the ball to Zhuang Yu immediately, but called a pick-and-roll. Then he passed the ball back to Lopez, who cooperated with Zhuang Yu to pass the ball to Zhuang Yu and set a screen for him.

"Switch defense."

"Don't let him shoot threes."

The Jazz team had already been keeping an eye on Zhuang Yu.

Seeing Zhuang Yu and Lopez passing the ball to each other, they immediately switched defense and rushed to Zhuang Yu to prevent him from shooting three-pointers.

It's just that they obviously didn't study the Lakers' previous preseason games carefully.

After handing the ball over, Zhuang Yu took a step to the left, then raised his center of gravity, as if he was going to pull up. The player who rushed over to defend subconsciously jumped up, but Zhuang Yu accelerated and passed him cleanly, then rushed into the free throw line and threw the ball towards the basket with one hand.