Chapter 207 The battle of the first candidate for the championship team?
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"Lin, I won't come anymore, I will never play singles with you again. It's really miserable. Can you not be so cruel? Compared to yesterday, I feel that you are much stronger. If this continues, I don't think many people in the league can defeat you in singles."
On February 27, 1994, on the day of the game between the Jazz and the Rockets, on the Jazz training ground, the Jazz's super small forward Elliot was holding the basketball in his hand with a depressed look on his face and said.
At this time, whether it was Lin Han who was standing not far away with him, smiling or other Jazz players watching the fun next to him, they all laughed.
Although Lin Han's style of playing on the court made many Jazz players feel uncomfortable, it has to be said that Lin Han does not feel like she was on the court, and she gets along very well with her teammates. Lin Han is now the number one popular superstar in the NBA and a young and energetic young player who has just passed the 20s. Such a player does not have much arrogance on the court, which is really very popular.
It would be even better if Lin Han could give them such approachable feeling on the court, but this would be really good. At least, if there is a problem with the style of playing on the court, it is on the court, and everyone gets along well off the court.
Because after coming to the Jazz, both Elliott and David Wesley performed very badly. The pressure on these two Jazz players is actually very high, and they cannot express this pressure on the court, and the only way to express the pressure is to be off the court. Only these two are not little princes at nightclubs, so they can only choose to find Lin Han, the Jazz team's one-on-one battle against the world to relieve the pressure in recent times. Whether it is success or failure, they always need to vent their emotions.
So in recent times when training with the Jazz, there was an interesting show about how Lin Han beat Elliott and David Wesley. Of course, the most important thing is David Wesley. Elliott and David Wesley are different. This small forward doesn't have so many concerns, and he also has a very comprehensive offense. He has a ball, a skill, and a three-point basket, and is five centimeters taller than Lin Han. Although Lin Han can beat him in a one-on-one challenge, Elliott cannot say that he lost badly most of the time before. After all, this guy is an All-Star. If he doesn't have two tricks to become an All-Star as an outside player in the West? You must know that the Clippers' Jordan terminator Ron Hapa is so powerful. He can almost average 22+7+7+2 per game at his peak.
But what Elliott didn't expect was that after the team's training ended today, when he was still fighting Lin Han as usual, he was really abused by Lin Han today. Needless to mention defense, he did not expect himself to defend Lin Han's offense. Even today, he lost some of the advantages in the offense. In today's game, Lin Han gave him the feeling that there were almost no defensive blind spots, no matter up, down, left and right. This feeling could only be felt from Pippen or Jordan back then. The oppression was simply unbelievable, which made him lose a bit miserable today.
"Hahaha, I said, Lin Han is just a beast. Let's forget about playing a one-on-one fight with him. I think a high school student said before that he can beat Jordan by fighting alone? I think Lin Han is not far from this. If the NBA's current game becomes a one-on-one fight, I think our Jazz will definitely be the champion of this year."
After Elliot finished speaking depressedly, Kalmaron on the side was also unconventional and said, touching the back of Lin Han, who was walking down the court with a smile, and then saying.
"I'm not sure whether I can beat Jordan alone, but it's absolutely no problem to beat Drexler alone."
After Kal Malone finished speaking, Polynis also added that the game between the Jazz and the Rockets is not only very important to the Rockets but also the Jazz. This game is also an important game for the Jazz to find confidence in winning the championship. However, after Polynis mentioned Drexler, Lin Han, who had been smiling, looked a little solemn at this time.
Although he knew that his current defense had further improved, at present, he still couldn't confirm whether he could completely block Drexler. Although he had this confidence, Lin Han was also full of confidence when the two fought last time, but the final result was not that good.
Both the Jazz and the Rockets attach great importance to this regular season game, both the Jazz and the Rockets. Of course, the same is true for many American football experts and experts. The remaining two games of the Jazz and the Rockets will be the most important game for them to judge this year's championship. Especially when Ewing led the team to be humiliated by Olajuwon in Houston the day before, it failed in the two matches of the Rockets this season, many American experts have determined that this year's NBA championship is likely to be produced in the West. After all, a team as strong as the Knicks and the strongest team in the East have miraculously been doubled by the Jazz this season and then doubled by the Rockets. Although the regular season record is nothing, who can say that the regular season record cannot determine something?
At least, in the eyes of many NBA experts, the Jazz, who has hit the fourth-ranked Suns in the West and beaten three times in a row, can almost be sure to enter the Western Conference finals. On the other side, who will win another Western Conference finals, the second-ranked Supersonics and the third-ranked Rockets, can get another Western Conference Finals, but more people are optimistic about the Rockets with Olajuwon and Drexler. After all, although the Supersonics are strong, Sean Kemp is indeed very good in assisting defense, but he has completely abandoned Thorpe's Rockets' firepower on the outside is even stronger. Can Kemp just stare at Olajuwon like before? Of course it is impossible. If Olajuwon's offense is completely liberated, it is basically possible to say goodbye to the Supersonics.
Therefore, the Jazz and the Rockets are the two hottest champions in the league. Such a game that can almost certainly belong to the championship is absolutely extremely eye-catching.
Malone vs Olajuwon, Linhan vs Drexler, four NBA top superstars are likely to directly stage a one-on-one conversation in this game.
This is an absolutely super game, both in terms of importance and in the showdown between superstars, so on the day of this game, two hours before the start of this game, the fans of the home game, the square outside the Delta Center Arena were already blocked. This can also show their madness at this time. In the eyes of these Jazz fans, this game is tantamount to a super playoff game.
On February 27, 1994, at 8 o'clock on Sunday evening, Utah Delta Center Stadium was already crowded. This game between the Jazz and the Rockets was a live broadcast game across the United States. Before this game, even the special program of ABC about this game had already ended, and the TV screen of ABC had already been aimed at the field. At this time, as a team playing away, the Rockets players had already appeared.
Of course, Rockets players are actually not unfamiliar with Delta Center Arena. This team has lost here this season and won here, so when these Rockets players enter the court in the face of crazy booing, almost no one has too many expressions on their faces, and it looks like they don't exist when Jazz fans do not exist.
"Larry, it seems that the Rockets are ready for this game."
When watching the Rockets players coming to his bench to sort out their equipment with great calmness in the booing of the whole game, Collins, abc commentator on the sidelines, also said with a smile that this game is perhaps the most important regular season game this season, no one. As many people say, this game can tell which of the two teams is more champion this season. Collins also agrees with this view, so he is also looking forward to the Rockets and Jazz teams being able to play a very exciting game in this game.
"The Rockets are really well prepared for this game, but I think the Jazz should be similar."
When the Rockets players appeared, the Jazz players also appeared one by one, especially when Lin Han, who was the third player, came out, the entire Delta Center ushered in a climax, because from Lin Han, to Stockton and then to Malone, these three are the real core of the team and are also the most influential players at the team. When these three players played continuously, you can imagine how crazy the Jazz fans on the scene would be.
At this time, both Larry Bird and Collins smiled and nodded after seeing Lin Han and the Jazz appear. Recently, the Jazz's situation is good or bad, because no one can see this team that they have entered the running-in period after the trade. The team's overall playing style has not been fully running-in, so the All-Stars were almost knocked down by outside super teams like the Clippers and the Kings. Of course, it is hard to say that this team has won four consecutive home wins in a while ago, defeating the fifth-ranked Spurs in the West and fourth-ranked Suns in the West. It can be said that this team is a very elusive team.
Originally, the Jazz have always been one of the most stable teams in the league. After coming to Lin Han this season, as Lin Han's strength continues to increase, the imprint of this team Lin Han is becoming stronger and stronger, so the style is also contaminated with some of Lin Han's styles. A team that was originally extremely stable has now become very unpredictable due to Lin Han's reasons, because Lin Han is a very unpredictable player.
At this time, when the starters of the two teams walked towards the stadium after warming up, when Lin Han and Drexler stepped into the stadium from both sides of the center line almost at the same time, the Jazz fans on the scene were almost booed after a burst of exclamations, because they saw on the big screen of the scene that Drexler and Lin Han, the new players who had just returned to the Rockets in this game, confronted each other in the center circle when they stepped on the stadium.
"Boy, I will let you see what my real strength is in this game. I will not hold back at all in this game!"
After confronting Lin Han for a moment, Drexler looked at Lin Han deeply and said calmly. Seeing Drexler so calm, Lin Han was a little surprised.
"Of course. I hope this is the case, because I don't want you to lose the game like that fat man and refuse to admit your account."
Lin Han said lightly after being a little surprised and turned around and left. At this time, Drexler, who had an extremely calm expression, couldn't suppress his anger anymore. Obviously, the fat man Lin Han mentioned was naturally not someone else, but Barkley, who was blown up by Lin Han in the last game. After the game, the Suns' player really directly denied that Lin Han was blown up by Lin Han, but found a lot of reasons. For example, he was in a bad state in this game, and was no longer in the best health, etc.
Although Drexler is very confident and dislikes Lin Han very much, he also knows that for players of his level and Lin Han, it is difficult for him to truly defeat Lin Han 100% confidently. So he will not say the victory declaration to Lin Han.
Lin Han's words were obviously his declaration of victory. Before the game started, Lin Han dared to say this. Is this contempt for him? Drexler, who had always suppressed his anger, was quite angry and dissatisfied.
"Clyde, don't be fooled, this kid's mouth has always been very smelly."
Just as Drexler was about to be unable to help looking at Lin Han's back, Olajuwon on the side reminded him after he was afraid of him that after Olajuwon reminded, the Rockets' outside superstar calmed down a little.
"I must have this kid look good in this game!"
But at the end when he turned around and left, Drexler secretly sweared in his heart after looking at Lin Han tightly that Lin Han completely angered him in this game. Whether it was intentional or unintentional, Drexler was indeed angry by him at this time.
The Jazz's starters in this game were center Polinis, power forward Malone, small forward Russell, shooting guard Lin Han, and organizational defender Stockton.
In terms of personnel, the center PJ Brown, who has been playing the main players for a while, was taken from the starting game. Compared with opponents like Olajuwon, if a young man like PJ Brown is put on, he is seeking death. When facing Olajuwon, the most famous joke in the league is that the eighty-year-old man defending Olajuwon is better than the eighteen-year-old man. Of course, this is just a joke, which means that as long as he stands there and does not move, even if he succeeds, Olajuwon makes his movements fancy, he can't shake the eighty-year-old man. It's not that the old man doesn't want to jump or is not fooled, but that he can't jump even if he is fooled.
Unless PJ Brown has the physical fitness of a bird like Sean Camp, it is more suitable for Olajuwon to face Polynis. Of course, for the Jazz, they now have many choices in the center position, which is much better than before. Moreover, Polynis is known as the Haitian beast. As long as he can withstand, even if he can't defend Olajuwon, he can still make the Rockets center uncomfortable, which is enough.
The Jazz's personnel changes. After Drexler chose to come back, the Rockets also changed. The center is still Olajuwon, the power forward is Robert Hawley, the small forward is Mario Ailly, the shooting guard is Drexler, the organization guard is Kenny Smith, and the team's original shooting guard Maxville came to the bench, which made the Rockets' bench even more gorgeous.
After the warm-up between the two teams, Polynis, who showed off his power in this game, took the opportunity to get the team's starting center position back, was very excited at the beginning. While standing in the center circle to compete for the ball with Olajuwon, he was still jumping up and down. But what made Lin Han and other Jazz players speechless was that although the Jazz player who was jumping up and down excitedly really wanted to defeat Olajuwon, when referee Bavita threw the basketball in his hand into the air, Olajuwon defeated the Haitian beast without any suspense. This Haitian beast seemed to be at all of the same level as Olajuwon.
"This is so embarrassing"
Seeing this scene, Lin Han felt a little embarrassed. Not to mention Lin Han, even Polinis smiled embarrassedly and embarrassedly after failing to jump the ball.
This game between the Jazz and the Rockets is not only a game where both sides prove who has a better championship, but also a game where Drexler proves to everyone that he can still become the No. 1 shooting guard in the West. So, when Olajuwon successfully jumped the ball and Kenny Smith got the ball in the backcourt, the Rockets' shooting guard went straight to the frontcourt.
In this game, Lin Han, who was facing both offense and defense, saw Drexler taking a stance to prepare for a strong attack as soon as he came up, so he naturally couldn't stand on the side. When the players on both sides of the Rockets and Jazz were on the stance in the Jazz's half, Kenny Smith also dribbled the ball and advanced to the half.
Although the Rockets point guard has the name of the point guard, he is actually a pseudo point guard. Before Drexler came, Maxwell was the main person who controls the ball from the outside. Now that Drexler has arrived, there will be no controversy at all, so the Rockets point guard is ready to find someone after halftime. Whether it is to give the ball to Olajuwon or Drexler, this is the current Rockets' tactics. Playing traditional in-out for Olajuwon, and Drexler is to let Drexler attack with force, cut in without the ball or break through to pass the ball to organize the offense.
But at this time, Kenny Smith looked at Drexler who was crazy about to fall with Lin Han and was about to ask for the ball. The Rockets' point guard still gritted his teeth and prepared to hand the basketball in his hand to Drexler.
After all, this is Drexler's first game for the Rockets, and he also knows that the team's new outside core and Lin Han's relationship is really a life-and-death one.
However, when Kenny Smith passed the basketball in his hand to Drexler not far from the right of the free throw line, everything that happened next almost drove the Rockets point guard crazy.
When the basketball he passed was flying towards Drexler after hitting the ground, before it could reach Drexler's hand, he was directly tied up with a long hand behind Drexler and broke the ball. Drexler was directly led down by Lin Han who was wandering out. After the ball was successfully intercepted, Lin Han had almost no hesitation. He rushed out under Kenny Smith's stunned gaze.
At this time, it was not just Kenny Smith, but even Drexler, who was led down by Lin Han, was a little incredible at this time, because he had just blocked Lin Han's position, so how did this kid get around? He knew Lin Han's close-fitting defense. Although Lin Han didn't use much in the last game, he knew that Lin Han's close-fitting defense was very good. It was just that Lin Han suffered too much in terms of strength, so he didn't dare to use it. Now, Lin Han not only faced him closely at the beginning, but also made him extremely surprised to break the basketball in his hand?!
"In this game, Lin Han's defense against Drexler was really tight, but Drexler still didn't seem to be completely surrounded by Lin Han. He was able to attack, so he kept asking for the ball from outside. Huh?! It's broken? Lin Han intercepted the ball!"
Of course, at this time, after seeing Lin Han intercept the ball, the Rockets immediately started chasing back after a little stunned. It seemed that Kenny Smith had already made it directly to prepare for him to not let Lin Han dunk even if he threw Lin Han down. What was even more embarrassing was that Kenny Smith on the sidelines had just been preparing to say that Kenny Smith passed the ball very well. When Drexler received the ball and was about to attack, Lin Han had already intercepted the ball. It felt as embarrassing as if Collins had eaten a fly.
After upgrading to LV3, Tony Allen's iron clamp defense not only increased the horizontal and vertical movement speed of defense. In close-fitting defense, it even increased the record of cutting the pass route by 50%. Although this probability has always been a scam, such as a superstar, when he was close to the body, the ball was cut off almost 20%. After all, as long as the NBA superstar has the ability to hold the ball, it will be impossible to make mistakes twice in a game with 10 catches, which is almost impossible, so even if it is increased by 5.
The 0% chance is just to turn the highest 20% into 30%. This chance is actually not high. However, if a superstar is focused and adds this additional effect, Lin Han may not even have 20% interception of the ball. However, if a super player is not focused, then the additional effect will be of great effect. And more importantly, if the superstar does not pay attention to protecting the ball and Lin Han's locked defense is also locked on him, then the superstar does not pay attention to protecting the ball in front of Lin Han is seeking death.
Just like Drexler now, if Pippen was behind him, he would never just push Lin Han behind him with his side, and would definitely pay more attention to protecting the side. However, because it was Lin Han, even though he knew that Lin Han's defense was very good, he still did not upgrade Lin Han to the level of Pippen or Jordan. In this case, Drexler not only gave Lin Han a chance to intercept the ball, but Lin Han also rarely triggered the effect of holding the opponent and letting the opponent fall.
When Kenny Smith was chasing back frantically and had already planned to directly pounce on Lin Han and to prevent the ball, he suddenly found that even if he really wanted to knock Lin Han down, he had a little difficulty. In the face of the unpreserved Rockets backcourt, Lin Han launched a courageous move, no one of the defensive players on the field could catch up with him at speed. When Lin Han quickly came to the free throw line, he flew up directly. Amid the cheers of Jazz fans all over the court, the Jazz's No. 8 rookie completed the attack with a Drexler-like gliding dunk.
At this time, when the camera on the scene finished buckles, it was very interesting to point the camera at Drexler who had already stood up from the ground. The expression on Drexler's face was very interesting at this time.
"Beautiful, so beautiful. Lin Han's interception is so beautiful!"
Collins, who had just been a little embarrassed by Lin Han, stood up from his seat after the attack was completed and shouted at the Jazz No. 8 who was still hanging on the basket. The commentator Lin Mi was very excited at this time.
Larry Bird, who was beside him, nodded after a brief surprise.
"This kid's defense has improved compared to before. It seems that Drexler underestimated the opponent in this game."
The Celtic legendary player thought secretly in his heart.
Drexler did underestimate the opponent. He regretted it after being intercepted by Lin Han. The reason why he gave in was not just a lack of estimate of Lin Han, but also the point is that he was planning to break through directly after receiving the ball and complete the cutting and breakthrough with a one-stop move. This is one of his best skills. However, it is obvious that Drexler's move is indeed very useful when facing ordinary players, but he not only gave in to him the side, but also thought of passing Lin Han in one step. This has to be said that Drexler was still putting Lin Han's impression of defensive strength in the last game when the two people met. In that game, Lin Han was constantly being fully exerted by him.
But for now, Drexler knew that he was thinking too naive. This kid was even stronger in defense than the last time.
"Boy, you're doing a good job!"
When Lin Han got off the basket amid the crazy applause and cheers of Jazz fans, the Jazz players on the court had already surrounded Lin Han and suppressed the Rockets' momentum at the beginning, which was too important for this game.
After all, the two teams are close in strength, and they are comparing momentum and on-the-spot performance.
Chapter completed!