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Chapter 1031 The insider is king(1/2)

The rhythm of this game is completely different from what people imagined. At this time, the foursome said in disappointment:

"Today's game is not intensified and exciting. The Pelicans are injured teams, while the Jazz are not ready. Neither team has taken out their best form!"

"Well, especially Jazz, Jazz's performance today is too scattered!"

Weber did not miss any opportunity to criticize the Jazz.︽

Although Kenny Smith prefers jazz, he also said at this time:

"The Jazz are indeed not like a strong team competing for playoff spots today. Overall, they have poor rhythm control and are too despised by the opponent in defense. The Jazz's aristocratic spirit is still too strong!"

If the game is not good, no one will say that the Pelicans are because the Pelicans are originally a rookie team, so it is not easy to play to this point. Everyone can understand any mistakes, but the Jazz are an old-fashioned team with a long history. Once they cannot play well, everyone will immediately blame the Jazz.

The Jazz's first game was not exciting enough today. Everyone will blame the Jazz, and no one will blame the Pelicans. This is the gap.

The game was like this, and all the Jazz players on the bench, Quinn, Hayward, and Gobert felt a fever on their faces.

Jazz fans have more requirements for Jazz than other teams. Other teams only need to win, but Jazz not only needs to win, but also have to win beautifully. This is caused by the history of Jazz.

Today, the Jazz not only did not win, but they also played ugly. At this time, Quinn also said:

"This is our home court. We have played very poorly in the first three quarters. Now I don't mind that we play a bit ugly, but we have to win. In the fourth quarter, I only have one requirement. Defend to the death, treat the Pelicans as a Chicagoan, and treat the Pelicans as a Chicagoan who has given you humiliation!"

When the Pelicans arrived at the last quarter, Van Gundy also encouraged his players:

"The Jazz looked down on us today. They didn't make any effort since the opening. Now I guess they are going crazy!"

"But we should let them know that we are not the kind of team they encountered in the regular season. They can play at will in the first three quarters and win in the last quarter. We have to prove it with our own practical actions. As long as they underestimate us, even if it is a second, they will lose!"

Van Gundy is also a player who motivates himself, and the Jazz is also a player who motivates himself. In this way, the fourth quarter becomes a battlefield of life and death.

When I came back from the fourth quarter, the Pelicans' ball started. Now it has reached the last quarter, and the strength of the Pelicans has also increased.

Turner brought the ball over, and the Pelicans immediately hit Li Feng's catch. Li Feng used the cover from the bottom corner and ran out quickly to catch the ball.

Li Feng, who received the ball, sprinted in the middle, attracted the opponent's defense, and immediately passed the ball to Paul Gasol at the basket. Paul Gasol raised his hand to make a fake move under the basket.

Favors, who was on the Jazz side, took this fake move, jumped up and hit Paul Gasol and was fouled.

Favors was fouled when he came up, which shows that the Pelicans' offensive center of gravity has also shifted to the inside.

After getting on the free throw line, Paul Gasol made two free throws steadily. The Pelicans scored when they came up.

Just as the Pelicans scored, the Jazz quickly caught up, and the Jazz also made a simple attack at this time.

Burke came up and passed the basketball to Favors, who was supporting the top of the arc. When Favors got the ball, Hayward ran over and handed him the pass.

Hayward, who received the pass, took a three-pointer and directly scored a three-pointer. When Hayward made a three-pointer, Li Feng was stuck in the back and did not chase him out.

And at this moment, Hayward made a three-pointer and hit a "swish!" Hayward came up and threw a three-pointer.

This shows that Hayward's murderous intent is stronger, and Hayward wants to win the game by killing his opponents.

At this time, Director Zhang also said:

"Hayward was very proactive in the third quarter. Now he took the ball in the fourth quarter and showed that Hayward has decided to start a big kill now!"

The Yu family also said at this time:

"Indeed, the Jazz should play with all their strength now, otherwise they would be a little sorry for the audience!"

At the end of the game, there was a reverse development with the beginning of the game. At the beginning, the Pelicans played on the outside shot, while the Jazz played on the inside. Now in the fourth quarter, the Pelicans started to play on the inside. The Jazz started to shoot on the outside, which made people a little confused.

The Pelicans advanced very quickly at this time. Once they advanced, the two big men went to the high position to support each other.

With the support of another big man, Li Feng easily broke through to the wing and then moved the basketball to the other side.

When the basketball reached this side, Paul Gasol and Granger immediately crossed the cover. Granger passed the ball to Paul Gasol. Paul Gasol took the ball and dribbled the ball against Feworth, and then used his trick again, throwing a small throw while moving.

Paul Gasol is a big man who uses small skills, which is indeed different from ordinary big men. Favors is also not happy with this. When he reacts, Paul Gasol made a throw shot.

In the fourth quarter, Paul Gasol actually scored 4 points in a row. At this time, the Jazz was depressed. Everyone in the world knew that the Jazz's inside line was the best in the world, with two towers and two advantages, but now when they saw that the Jazz collapsed the first one was the Double Tower.

Al Jefferson defeated Gobert in the third quarter, and Paul Gasol seemed to be defeating Favors in the fourth quarter. It felt like the Pelicans' inside line was stronger than the Jazz, and Barkley shook his head on the side.

"The Pelicans have all the insides. Al Jefferson will play singles at low posts, Kelly will support three-pointers, Paul Gasol's exquisite feel at the basket, Henson can relay in the air. In terms of talent, the Pelicans' insides do not have to be bad at the Jazz. What they are worse is their experience and experience, but today, from the performance point of view, they seem to have used the Jazz to train directly!"

These inside players of the Pelicans are indeed distinctive, and Weber also said at this time:

"These four inside players are indeed very big men. Henson has the highest upper limit in terms of physical fitness, and Kelly has the highest upper limit in terms of personality. Paul Gasol is a veteran. His technical style determines that he can only play like this. As for Al Jefferson, he has now been finalized and is a low-level singles player!"

The Jazz's strongest place was challenged, so they naturally had to rebound. Favors was beaten by Paul Gasol two times in a row, and he was a little anxious when he came up. Today, he was beaten like this by Paul Gasol. He came over and was eager to get back his face. When he came up to get the position, he hit Paul Gasol with a brutal "clang" and suddenly.

This time, Fevors hit him very clearly. Fevors was a very emotional player. At this time, the referee was willing to not brag, but Paul Gasol was hit by him and immediately sat on the ground, covering his face in great pain.

In this way, the referee could only give Favors an offensive foul. Who made his moves big? Favors was eaten continuously and was called a offensive foul. He even said to the referee, but the referee ignored him. Favors still walked back unhappily.

When Quinn saw Feworth's appearance, he quickly asked Gobert to stand up and warm up. He was about to replace him. Quinn knew Feworth very well, and Feworth was a very emotional player.

Once he plays smoothly, his offense is very powerful. His defense is very active, but once he plays smoothly, his offense is very poor. His defense is very invisible. Instead of letting Favors have poor offense and invisible defense, it is better to let him come down early to adjust.

The Pelicans played here, Turner gave the basketball to Li Feng. Li Feng took the ball and saw where Favors looked smelly, and then looked at Paul Gasol's cunning gaze. He immediately saw the opportunity and immediately passed the basketball to Paul Gasol.

Paul Gasol is good at cutting empty spaces, and the success rate of low-post singles is not high, but at this time Fewors had a small problem, so his defense was not very good. In this case, Paul Gasol took the ball and turned around and hooked it, and comfortably scored 2 points.

El Jefferson scored 11 points in a row in the third quarter, and now Paul Gasol scored 6 points in a row at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

The Jazz could no longer let the previous tragedy happen, so when the Jazz saw Paul Gasol score consecutive points, he immediately called a timeout.

As soon as the Jazz called out this timeout, Kenny Smith said:

"The Jazz were in trouble today. They encountered a counterattack from the Pelicans inside. Paul Gasol and Al Jefferson performed very well today. Their performance was definitely something the Jazz had expected before. The Jazz now needs to solve the problem of the inside first!"

"After all, the Jazz still despises their opponents. If the Pelicans were not given the inside chance from the beginning of the game, the Pelicans would not play so easily in the inside. In terms of strength, the Jazz have an advantage!"

Reggie Miller was still criticizing the Jazz at this time. The Jazz called a timeout, while Quinn immediately took down Favors, then used Gobert to play center, Joe Ingolzer to play the fourth position, and further shifted the tactical focus to Hayward and Gobert.

When the Jazz substitutions, the Pelicans did not substitutions. Van Gundy saw that Paul Gasol was in good shape today, and Al Jefferson was completely excited to play. At this time, since they were in good shape, they should use them more.

After the timeout, the Jazz attacked. Burke dribbled over at this time and waited outside with sophisticatedly. Gobert used his teammates to get stuck in the basket before he successfully delivered the basketball to Gobert.

Gobert was also depressed today. He was beaten by Jefferson and was inconspicuous. At this time, he also had a strong desire to retaliate with the ball. He forced Paul Gasol to dribble at the basket, then got up and threw a hook.

Gobert had no advantage in playing Paul Gasol's size, but his footsteps and wingspan were advantageous. Just above Paul Gasol's head, Gobert made a hook shot with ease.

Just when Gobert made a shot, the Energy Solution Center Stadium finally burst into cheers. Their inside line hasn't scored such a decent score for a long time, so the Energy Solution Center has to cheer twice when seeing such a simple inside line attack.

Gobert's ability is still there. He made up his mind to score in the inside and still got points.

The Jazz finally relaxed a little, and at this time the Pelicans quickly caught up. The Pelicans had a clear idea at this time. Since they played well, they continued to play for the inside, and the basketball advanced.

It was difficult for Paul Gasol to catch the ball, so the basketball went directly to Al Jefferson on the right waist position. Al Jefferson still had some physical advantages in playing against Joe Ingorze at this time.

He took the ball and pushed hard towards the back, but he was not a power-type inside force. He had no absolute advantage in targeting Joe Ingorze, and his footsteps were not faster than Joe Ingorze. In this way, it was a bit difficult for him to hit Joe Ingorze, so he took a step and wanted to use his height to attack Joe Ingorze's head.

But just when Al Jefferson took action, Gobert came to make trouble. He jumped up from behind to block Al Jefferson's hook, so Al Jefferson missed the shot.

The basketball went straight out, Gobert got the basketball at the basket, and the Jazz defended carefully in the inside, and Al Jefferson really couldn't get points easily.

The Jazz finally held one, which was not easy for the Jazz.

The Jazz finally held on the side and played back quickly, Burke passed the basketball to Gobert on the right waist.

At this time, Gobert beat Paul Gasol with his back, and took two steps to squeeze out Paul Gasol. Paul Gasol's strength was still first-class, and he could not fight him with strong strength, so Gobert could only turn over and try to pass Paul Gasol from the bottom line.

Paul Gasol was very smart at this time and took a foul to pull Gobert back. At this time, the two teams had less than a few fouls.

The Jazz could only attack again, but the Jazz attacked again and made a mistake like Old Yu, a player like Old Fish, and he actually stepped on the line while controlling the ball.

The ball rights were converted to the Pelicans. The game was full of tangled plays and the scores were not happy, but the intensity of the game finally came out, and the inside monsters of both teams began to bite bloodily.

This feeling has a bloody smell. This is the taste that should be the Western Conference Finals of the season. At this level, the Pelicans still started playing from the inside, and the ball came directly to Paul Gasol.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the game became the world of the inside. The Pelicans and the Jazz fought hard against the inside. This was originally the Jazz's strength. But after the Pelicans beat the Pelicans, they actually took advantage.

The main reason is that at the beginning, the Jazz still didn't take the Pelicans' two inside players seriously.

In the fifth minute of the fourth quarter, the Pelicans still led the Jazz by 5 points, 99-94. At this time, the Jazz were worried about Hayward.

Hayward is a very competitive player. He really wants to take a playoff trip to lead the team alone. At this time, he saw that the team was no longer able to do so, and he immediately became very eager to turn the score back.

So Hayward immediately got the ball and played Li Feng singles. Hayward had a certain success rate in singles before.

But Li Feng gradually found some tricks to defend Hayward. If he wanted to defend Hayward well, he would destroy his rhythm, so Li Feng immediately put a soft nail on Hayward, and while making Hayward unable to exert force.

Hayward forced a move at a critical moment, but he didn't make a shot. Hayward felt very good in the first three quarters, and in the last quarter, his condition was a little unsatisfied. After all, he was much tired than Li Feng, and it was definitely not easy for the Jazz to play the Spurs in the last series.

Hayward did not play a single with the Jazz, and the Pelicans immediately counterattacked back. Li Feng ran over quickly and passed the basketball to Luo Teng on the wing.

Luo Teng took the ball and used Li Feng's body to cover it. He suddenly hit the Jazz's basket, and actually made a layup in the air, scoring two points on Gobert's head.

Luo Teng actually performed this way. After scoring, Luo Teng shouted excitedly.

The Jazz can be broken through by Rotten now. At this time, the Jazz fans were very disappointed. The Jazz himself also felt a little unhappy. From the beginning of the game to now, the Pelicans gave the Jazz a very unhappy feeling.

When the Jazz plays the Pelicans, they seem to be unable to exert their power at all, but the Pelicans can hit the Jazz's weakness again and again.

The Jazz is now unable to catch up at the last moment, and when they hit again, they are still caught in a personal singles.

This time Gobert was at a low post and asked for the ball again. Paul Gasol fought to the death behind him. Gobert's physical fitness and endurance were not as good as Hayward. He was so big that he fought for two consecutive series. Now he came to compete with a group of young people. He was not as physically strong as when he first came on the court. He took the ball and fought against Paul Gasol one step, then got up and threw a hook. The ball became lighter as soon as he shot.

It fell on the ring and was picked up by the Pelicans. The Pelicans picked up the basketball and chased after it quickly.

Compared with the Jazz, the Pelicans have too much physical reserves and are young, so they will definitely not be able to run. Before, the Jazz could delay the Pelicans, but now their physical fitness is not good, so there is no delay in the Pelicans.
To be continued...
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