NBA’s aging star system

The strength of the Suns and Jazz teams is relatively similar. This game was evenly matched from the beginning.

In the next few rounds, the two teams once again fell into a quagmire.

The points difference between the two teams continued to rise alternately, but no team was able to completely occupy the initiative.

At the end of the first quarter, the Suns temporarily led the Jazz by 27 point 26-1.

"Actually, this is the normal state of the playoffs. Two excellent teams perform in different styles and the scores alternately rise. This is a normal state. A one-sided situation like the Lakers and Clippers is A rare situation," Buckley said.

"Indeed, you must know that this is the semifinals. They are already the four best teams in the Western Conference. Under normal circumstances, they will not be crushed." Kenny Smith agreed.

With the explanations of the two commentators, the inter-section break ended quickly and the second quarter began.

Su Tian was also watching the game carefully at this time, but Su Tian was more observing the Suns.

This is not to say that Su Tian is not optimistic about the Jazz, but if things develop according to memory, the Suns did reach the finals this year, but they gave Alphabet a championship in the finals.

In the second quarter, the two sides played again after substitution adjustments. Paul on the Suns side took a rest, and Booker was on hand to lead the team.

On the Jazz side, Mitchell naturally led the team.

In fact, both Mitchell and Booker are very good players, and they are both players at the second position. Naturally, they will be played up as rivals by some media.

But in fact, Booker and Mitchell have different playing styles and styles.

In the second quarter, Booker still maintained an efficient shooting efficiency, while Mitchell continued to impact with the ball and was full of momentum.

Halfway through the second quarter, the point difference between the two teams still did not change much. The Suns made substitution adjustments and Paul came on the field.

The effect was obvious after Paul came on the court. He immediately established a big advantage with some small advantages, and the lead difference reached 5 points.

But 5 points is still not safe enough, so strictly speaking, the two teams are still in a stalemate.

Time soon came to the second half. In the third quarter, both sides once again took the starting lineup, hoping to take the opportunity to widen the point difference.

However, neither the Jazz nor the Suns could achieve their respective goals. However, Paul relied on his experience and passing organization skills to steadily control the situation on the court and barely maintained a 5-point lead.

Until halfway through the third quarter, after Paul took a break, the point difference began to move, and the Jazz wanted to catch up with the score.

But just when Mitchell wanted to make a move, Bridges on the Suns side suddenly broke out and hit consecutive three-pointers that directly widened the point difference again.

Su Tian looked at Bridges and felt that this kid did look like a superstar. If he was trained well, he could really achieve something.

So the Suns relied on Bridges's breakthrough three-pointers to lead the Jazz by 9 points at the end of the third quarter.

At this time, the balance of the game was slowly tilting towards the Suns. The Suns had the lead, and Paul also got enough rest. Not only that, the Jazz's pursuit of points in the third quarter caused Mitchell to consume a lot of energy. This It will have an impact in the fourth quarter.

Not only can everyone see this clearly, but even the audience on the sidelines can feel it.

Soon the fourth quarter begins.

The Jazz are lagging behind and will naturally not replace the main players. They can only let the tired Mitchell play again.

On the Suns side, Paul has finished resting and adjusting and is in full condition.

So the Jazz unsurprisingly fell to the lagging side again.

Although Paul had a lead, the steady Paul did not rush to open up the score, but played steadily and always ensured the lead.

About halfway through the fourth quarter, the Suns still had an 8-point lead. At this time, Booker came on the court after resting, and the Suns had an opportunity to widen the point difference.

After Booker came on the court, the Suns finally had a scoring outlet, and the shells sent by Paul became more threatening.

In fact, there is only half a quarter left at this time, and maintaining an 8-point point difference is already a sure win, but Paul wants to be more safe.

So in the next half of the quarter, Booker started a continuous offensive mode and indeed performed well.

As for the Jazz, relying solely on Mitchell to ensure output is not stable enough, and the duel at the No. 1 position is equally exciting.

Mike Conley and Paul are both traditional point guards who are better at organizing offense than their own offense. However, the longer players of the same type stay together, the more obvious the gap becomes.

And this is especially true between Conley and Paul.

While Paul organizes the team's offense, he can also score some points from time to time.

But Conley doesn't have much possession of the ball, and he is really not good at attacking, so he can't score more points to relieve the pressure on the team.

So soon the two teams were divided into high and low.

At the end of the game, the Suns led the Jazz by 12 points.

The score difference at the end of the game was very big, but in fact fans who watched the game knew that the difference in this game was not big, or even very small.

But why there was such a big difference in points in the end? Su Tian could see clearly that the main reason was because of this guy Paul.

Paul accumulated some small advantages in the first three quarters, and slowly gathered them into a big advantage in the fourth quarter. Then he used the big advantage to widen the point difference, bit by bit, like a dull knife cutting flesh. , killing people invisible.

Of course, there are not many players in the league who can impact the team and the entire game like Paul.

If a team wants to replicate this kind of victory, it can only rely on the personal abilities of its own players or directly trade Paul.

At the end of the game, the Suns led the Jazz 2-1, temporarily occupying the leading position.

After watching the game between the two teams, Su Tian's thoughts on the Suns' promotion became even stronger. This was not only because of this game, but also because of the information revealed in this game.

The Suns' victory was more organized. Logically speaking, the Suns' victory was traceable and well-founded.

But for the Jazz, the winning game was more like a passionate young man beating his old master to death with random punches.

A young man full of passion can indeed beat the master to death with random punches, but it does not mean that he will succeed every time.

On the contrary, the "Master"'s winning rate will be greater.

After all, this is a series, not March Madness, not a decisive game.

After the game between the Jazz and the Suns ended, Su Tian recovered his mind and began to focus on the next game against the Clippers.

The Lakers are currently leading 3-0, and the Clippers are on the edge of a cliff. It is basically impossible to make a comeback against the wind.

But to be on the safe side, we must try to avoid a desperate counterattack by the Clippers, causing the Lakers to capsize in the gutter.