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In the Western Conference semifinals between the Warriors and the Jazz, in the first quarter of the first game, the Jazz and the Warriors actually played inextricably. This is definitely unbelievable to many people.

After all, in the minds of most people, the gap between the Jazz and the Warriors is the gap between the sky and the ground. When the Jazz met the Warriors in the regular season, which time did they not collapse directly in the first quarter?

In the entire West, the teams that can hold on to a quarter under the Warriors' super offensive are the Spurs and the Clippers. In the first quarter of this game, the Warriors, who scored 39 points in a single quarter, are absolutely explosive. Strong offensive.

Under such circumstances, the Jazz did not collapse. Instead, the backhand was a 40-point lead in a single quarter, which was quite interesting.

And what's even more interesting is that the Jazz's five starters in this game, in the first quarter, all scored more than 5 points.

Ingles scored the most with 10 points, followed by the United Arab League with 9 points, then Jordan with 7 points, Ilyasova with 6 points, and finally Gordon Hayward with 2 of 5 points. With 5 points, he was also the only starter for the Jazz to shoot less than 50 percent in the first quarter.

However, considering that his opponent is Chen Xiao, being able to fight, fight, and vote under such circumstances is actually quite outstanding.

After all, he was replaced by Hood after more than half of the first quarter. He made 5 points in 5 shots in the first quarter. This is really daring to play.

Throughout the first quarter, the Jazz made 16 of 24 shots, 5 of 8 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws. The efficiency is simply amazing.

And what's more interesting?

What's more interesting is when the game enters the second quarter, when the Jazz and Warriors are fighting for the bench.

The Jazz's rotation lineup has not fallen behind at all!

Gordon Hayward took Chen Jianghua, Hood, Millsap, the three original main players of the Jazz, plus the Jazz's backup first insider Derek Favors, to form a rotation lineup,

Chen Jianghua, Hood, Gordon Hayward, Millsap, Derek Favors, the Jazz's rotation is indeed very offensive, with five players averaging more than 10 points per game this season.

And the five of them are together, and they are very suitable. Chen Jianghua is very capable of charging, Millsap and Derek Favors are very capable of grabbing, and Hood and Hayward are very daring to fight and shoot.

They really want to play the form, other teams are really very difficult to handle.

At the very least, the Warriors tonight's rotation of Gobert, Lopez, Ding Yanyuhang, Devin Booker, and Curry can't stand it.

The Warriors' rotation tonight was not the strongest. Barnes didn't play. Devin Booker and Ding Yanyuhang generally didn't play at the same time. The styles of the two overlapped a bit, and they both had some defensive problems.

But after all, this is the playoffs in the Western Conference, and it is not the finals to play against the Eastern Conference or the Spurs.

The Warriors are still training.

So this is not an underestimate.

However, the perimeter defense of Little Curry, Devin Booker, and Ding Yanyuhang did not hold up to the three daring perimeter players Chen Jianghua, Hood and Hayward.

This makes Gobert and Lopez need frequent help defense, but the two are big centers, and the two inside lines are very capable of grabbing the inside line of 2.08 meters or less, which will lead to their lack of rebounding ability. There is a problem with the protection and the protection of the internal line.

Let's just put it that way.

The Warriors' rotation lineup, after the start of the second quarter, can only be described by internal and external failures.

The Warriors' second lineup did not have Chen Xiao, who scored 17 points in the first quarter, 5 of 6 from three-pointers, 3 of 4 three-pointers, and 4 of 4 free throws.

Plus Kerr is another head coach who likes to give role players credit and won't arbitrarily rotate role players if they don't play well.

Even because of the poor rotation, Kerr will give them more opportunities to find confidence.

So, by the time Chen Xiao and the starters went up, the second quarter had already been played for 6 and a half minutes.

In 6 and a half minutes, the score between the Warriors and the Jazz was more than half a quarter, it was 4 to 20!

Yes, the Warriors scored 4 points in most of the quarter!

Even these 4 points were won at the start of the second quarter. In the 4 minutes before Chen Xiao and the others came on the court, the Warriors did not get a single point!

During the period, Kerr also called for a timeout, but it was useless.

So much so that even many fans of the Warriors were stunned by the development of this game.

"It's amazing, it's amazing, and the Jazz are too amazing!"

Even Jerry Sloan, the former head coach and current adviser of the Jazz, was stunned.

Because he has never coached Delong, a manipulative student, the 74-year-old Sloan is still in good health, so although he has stepped down as the head coach of the Jazz, he still plays the same role as Jerry West. Team Advisor.

His advisor, basically the emperor who belongs to the general manager and head coach of the team, has more authority than Jerry West in the Warriors.

He really wants to intervene in the construction of the team, and the Jazz's general manager and head coach are just decorations.

However, he never intervened in the responsibilities of the Jazz general manager and head coach, but was relieved to be an old man who didn't understand football.

So, Sloan was really surprised to see the Jazz play this game at such a level.

In the face of the Jazz, the Western Conference semifinal opponent, although the Warriors said that they did not underestimate the enemy, but the game was like this when it came up. After a quarter and a half, the score was 43-60, a full 17 points behind, this must be There is a reason, and the reason, certainly, is a lack of preparation.

The Warriors are playing in the playoffs in the West, and I still feel in my heart that, except for the Spurs, the West is a group of weak chickens.

With this strength, it is better to study the Bobcats, Cavaliers, Bucks, Spurs more, which is more fragrant than studying the Jazz?

But who knows, the Jazz have become so strong now.

"Although this Jazz team looks young now, and the top players in it have not reached the level of superstars, but there are a group of players with strong fighting ability, and they play very tacitly, this Jazz in the future West, can become A very strong team, Snyder did a great job with the Jazz, and after Jerry Sloan left for two seasons, he managed to get the team back on track."

Although it is difficult to say the outcome of the two teams in this game, but at this time, as the commentary of the game, Chris Webber and Maizi have not stingy in their praise of the Jazz and Jazz head coach Snyder.

Quinn Snyder is Coach K's favorite protégé and an academy of the NBA. After coming to the NBA, he first served as an assistant to Larry Brown and Phil Jackson, and then even went to a European team as an assistant coach. Before becoming the head coach of the Jazz, his previous coaching career was only a head coach in the NCAA, and other places, whether in the NBA or Europe, were assistant coaches.

That's pretty interesting.

As Coach K's favorite student, Snyder also has a very bright coaching resume in the NCAA. In this case, he wants to find a job as a head coach in the NBA, and he wants to find a job as a head coach in a European team, which is almost It was easy, but he didn't want to. He only worked as an assistant coach.

Obviously, he has been studying hard for more than ten years since he became an assistant coach for Larry Brown in 1992.

And after so many years, from Coach K to Larry Brown to Phil Jackson, he even served as an assistant to Mike Brown in the Cavaliers. How many coaches did he have to learn?

I have to say, he does have a few brushes.

On the court, the Warriors were beaten with a sap by the Jazz. Of course, it is impossible to underestimate the Jazz. Chen Xiao, Klay, Nongmei, Bill, Jokic are on both ends of the offense and defense. Strength is up.

However, it is clear that the Jazz team, which has already played at this time, cannot eat the Jazz in one go even if the Warriors start the game.

So in the second quarter, the Warriors were still 22-32 at home, trailing by 10 points.

At the end of the half, the two teams were also 11 points behind, 61-72.

Although 11 points is a big difference, it is still a lot better than the 17 points behind at most in the second quarter.

In the third quarter, because the home game trailed by 11 points at halftime, such a picture was really ugly, so the Warriors players went to the second half and continued to strengthen their game intensity, while the Jazz, although after a halftime break, also Prepare for a tough battle, but they have never seen such a warrior.

After all, the Warriors players who were told by Kerr at halftime treated the Jazz as the Spurs in the second half.

Therefore, after being fooled by the strength of the Warriors, a 79-win team in the regular season, the Jazz lost 20-30 in a single quarter by 10 points.

At the end of the three quarters, the Jazz's 11-point lead was only 1 point left. At this time, the score was 92 to 91, and the Warriors caught up at home.

And the Jazz seemed to be shaky.

Just when everyone felt that although the Jazz performed very well in this game, when it was about to end, the Jazz actually withstood in the fourth quarter.

After getting acquainted with the Warriors' intensity in the third quarter, the Jazz played very hard in the fourth quarter.

Whether it's the team's boss and second child, United Arab and Jordan, or Ingles, who is starting for the first time in his career, or Gordon Hayward, Andy, etc., these Jazz players are extremely tough.

Not only did the Avalanche not appear, but in the fourth quarter, the Jazz took advantage of their players' height to make crazy three-pointers, and the hit rate was very good.

For example, in the fourth quarter, Ingles made 2 of 3 three-pointers, and Jordan, Chen Xiao's apprentice famous for his lore, made 2 of 4 three-pointers after constantly picking and rolling with the UAE. At a rate, the Jazz made 7 three-pointers in a single quarter in the fourth quarter!

In the end, facing the strong Warriors, the Jazz scored a big score of 30-31 in the fourth quarter. Jordan faced Bill's three-pointer at the last moment and tied the game, 121-121. The Jazz dragged the game into the game. time game.

And in overtime, the Jazz players are also competing for the first place, each tough, the entire overtime, the Jazz shot 56%, 50% three-pointers, 100% free throws, this should be replaced by The average team has long been destroyed by the unity of the Jazz.

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It's a pity that the Jazz are facing the Warriors, and the Warriors have Chen Xiao. Although the other players of the Warriors are not in good offensive form this game, Chen Xiao's offensive state is really good.

Especially when it came to overtime, Chen Xiao's state was even hotter. Throughout the overtime, he made 7 of 7, 3 of 3 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 18 points in overtime alone. , the Warriors team scored 19 points in overtime!

The Warriors were 0-for-4 in overtime, and the only point from the other players was Jokic’s 1-for-2, scoring 1 point.

It can only be said that in the fourth quarter, Chen Xiao alone overturned the entire Jazz team.

In the end, the Warriors beat the Jazz 140-136 in overtime.

In this very thrilling game won by the Warriors, Chen Xiao scored 28 of 40, 8 of 14 three-pointers, 10 of 10 free throws, and scored a career-high 74 points in the playoffs in 45 minutes. Also created the NBA playoffs record for the most points.

In fact, the whole world knows that Chen Xiao has the strength to score 70+ in the playoffs, but for many reasons, he has not been able to achieve it.

And this time, the Jazz forced out the strongest Chen Xiao, that is, Chen Xiao, who is in the best condition and feels the best teammate who needs his 'Kerry' to pull his hips.

And even the strongest Chen Xiao, only led the Warriors to beat the Jazz by 4 points at home.

The Jazz in this game can definitely leave the Oracle Center with their heads held high.

In fact, after the game, the Warriors fans stood up to applaud the Jazz.

Whether this game is offensive or defensive, or hard work, the Jazz players are respected.

The Jazz had 9 players on the court in this game, and all 9 players scored in double figures.

In the playoffs, UU reading www. uukanshu.com played more than 9 players, and all scored in double figures, which is also the first time in NBA playoff history.

It can be said that the price for the Jazz team to force out the strongest Chen Xiao is that the entire Jazz player played the best performance in this game.

It can only be said that this united Jazz team is really not as easy to beat as those experts thought. They were not lucky to be able to defeat the Lakers in the first round. After all, they were 4-1 against the Lakers. In perfect condition.

This was also confirmed in subsequent games.

The Jazz lost the game by only 10 points at most, and even returned to the home court in G3, taking advantage of the Warriors' unsteady foothold, the Jazz won 125 to 118 in the crazy shouts of the Jazz fans.

Originally, the Warriors felt that they had taken a serious attitude, and it was impossible to lose to a Western team other than the Spurs.

I really didn't expect that the Jazz could still win one game, which is completely different from the two wins the Thunder won in the first round.

In the end, the Warriors took the lead in reaching the conference finals with a 4-1 score in the semifinals of the Eastern and Western Divisions.