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Chapter 333 Lin Han and Mad Experimenter Old Nelson

(I'm really sorry, the first chapter is late)

"The coach has looked a little haggard recently. He hasn't been in the training ground for so long. If there weren't a game with the Warriors today, he would probably be in the video room."

"Yes, the coach has been under a lot of pressure recently, and there is no way to do this. There is no way to go. There is no relaxation in the playoffs here. Moreover, our regular season record is so good, so it is certain that I am very nervous about this game at night. However, you guy can't see any tension or pressure at all."

On the afternoon of May 11, 1994, at the Utah Delta Center Stadium, the Jazz team was doing training to adapt to the venue for the evening game. At this time, the Jazz players were chatting on the court in groups of three or three on the training ground. Although it has entered the second round of the playoffs, because it has been a week since the game has not been played, for the Jazz players, they now do not seem to have the urgency of the playoffs, and it is impossible to make a team that has not played for a week immediately full of urgency. Therefore, at this time, the Jazz team is still very relaxed in the evening game against the Warriors.'

However, if these Jazz players were so casual in the training ground when they were about to play, as the team's head coach, Jerry Sloan would have been scolding him long ago.

But what surprised the Jazz at this time was that they were so distracted at this time. As the most feared guy in the team, Jerry Sloan did not show any expression, and still stood on the sidelines with his frown, as if he hadn't seen it. He seemed to be thinking about something.

"Yes, Lin, how do you guy regulate your emotions? It seems like you guy has never been nervous in such a game. You guy won't be born a big-hearted player like Larry Bird said, right?"

"But no matter how big the heart is, you may feel uncomfortable in this series. That Spreville is a difficult guy, and Old Nelson is the craziest head coach in the league. Who knows what weird tactics this old guy will use for you in the game. Especially in this game, you have to be careful."

At this time, the Jazz players were chatting together in groups of three or five on the training ground. Although Lin Han looked very calm on the surface, he was always struggling to use his golden milestone as a lottery or a skill. So Lin Han was actually a little bored at this time. Originally, Lin Han thought about it yesterday and then thought about it, he wanted to use the golden milestone reward to draw Stockton skills. It would be best to get Stockton's passing vision skills, but in the end, when Lin Han made up his mind, he was stopped by Ali, and Ali also gave him a very incomprehensible explanation.

"Your strength is strong enough for the Jazz. The Jazz have finally reached a balance again. If your strength has improved again, then this balance will be broken again. If it is okay in the regular season, the Jazz can slowly get in. Even after your strength is strong enough, as long as Malone and Stockton are willing, Malone and Stockton can even let you play around you. But now if your strength improves again and breaks the balance you have reached with Stockton and Malone and Malone, then your strength is not a good thing for the Jazz, or even a very bad thing."

"Didn't you realize that even you, Jazz, and Jerry Sloan's abilities can no longer keep up with the team's progress? If you show stronger strength and stronger control in the game, before the Jazz wins the championship, this team will probably be in a mess."

"So, no matter whether you are using this reward to get skills from Stockton, or using this reward to get special items that can improve your strength, I will stop you. Of course, whether you listen to me or not depends on yourself. If you still want to compete for this year's championship, then I think it's better to listen to me."

This is what Ally reminded Lin Han yesterday, which made Lin Han a little speechless. Lin Han really didn't know that his strength would hurt the team if he became stronger. However, seeing Ally's extremely serious expression now, Lin Han knew that this little girl did not deceive him. And wasn't the team's balance broken because of his surge in strength before? And this time, after Lin Han's strength surged again, would the Jazz be in a mess for a long time? Although Lin Han was not very clear about why, he seemed to believe in his heart that Aly was right, especially when Ally said that Jerry Sloan no longer had the ability to control such a strong Jazz team, Lin Han even kept nodding.

Of course, it is not necessary for a team coach who wants to win the championship to control the team. As long as the core players of the team can control the team, just like the Jazz now, is Jerry Sloan confused at this time whether Stockton, Malone or Lin Han doesn't care much about Stockton, Malone or Lin Han, because they all know that the current Jazz team, or the Jazz team after the last internal strife, is slowly becoming different, and Jerry Sloan's control over the team has been declining. Of course, most of the time the team still listens to Jerry Sloan, but it may not be possible when the team is going to fight to the death or be forced to a cliff.

But what made Lin Han a little worried was that after his strength was strong, would he really break the balance with Malone and Stockton? Isn’t a stronger teammate what Malone and Stockton need? Or is it true that Malone and Stockton need a strong teammate, but this powerful teammate needs a degree. The biggest limit is that this teammate is almost the same as them at most. If it is stronger, it is not the teammate they need.

So, Lin Han has been quite confused after coming to the team today. He really didn't expect that this time he would appear the argument that Jerry Sloan said to him before. That is, for the sake of the team Lin Han needs to suppress his strength, Jerry Sloan had said to Lin Han before. In the end, because Lin Han's playing style was too important to the team, and the team's internal strife and balance completely broke the reorganization, so Jerry Sloan did not have such an idea anymore, but he did not expect that even Alice would say such things to him at this time.

"Ali is right, this team is not just me."

Thinking of this, Lin Han ignored Karl Malone who was constantly rubbing his hair behind him, but threw the basketball in his hand directly into the basket in the middle circle with a complicated expression. When the basketball that Lin Han threw out in the middle circle hit the ball, the other Jazz players chatting on the field were all stunned. Even Ma Long, who was rubbing Lin Han's hair, looked stunned. Of course, Lin Han himself was also a little surprised. This was definitely an accident. His three-point range was not that far.

"It's been more than 10 days since I watched the Jazz's game at the Delta Center. I'm so excited. I really hope that the Jazz can still win this game and continue to sweep the opponent to advance."

"Hahaha, there is no way for the Trail Blazers and the Warriors to compete, but I also support the team to sweep the Warriors!"

"The game is about to begin, the Warriors players are coming out, everyone is ready to boo!"

In the first playoff game between the Jazz and the Warriors, Jazz fans were quite crazy at this time, although the team has indeed not been so reassuring recently. At least compared with the performance that was so outrageous in the regular season that made all the dark guys have nothing to say, now this team seems to have returned to the world from the God Realm.

But even so, this cannot stop Jazz fans from being enthusiastic about the Jazz. What's more important is that because the first round directly swept the Trail Blazers 3-0, this team and the team have not seen the team's game at home for more than a week. It's not a long time for more than a week, but for these Jazz fans who are eager to see the Jazz create team history this year, it's really a long time.

"The key to this game between the Jazz and the Warriors is who can score smoother. All the matches between the two teams in the regular season are extremely anxious. Both teams have extremely incredible talents. The Jazz have the strongest three-man combination in the league, and the Warriors may have the strongest five-man talent combination in the league. Before the game, Old Nelson said that in this game, he would not consider how to defend Malone and Lin Han, but would only consider how his team scored more points. Although this statement is controversial, for the Warriors, instead of studying how to defend Malone and Lin Han, it is better to think about how to get more points. After all, they have the strength to implement this tactic."

At 8 p.m. on May 11, 1994, when the Warriors players appeared, the Jazz fans had already given them the most terrifying boo. At this time, when the ABC commentator Larry Bird, who was sitting on the sidelines, saw the old Nelson bringing the Warriors, frowned and said, "The Boston Celtics king of football seemed to be worried about something."

"But I'm even more curious now how Jerry Sloan arranged this game. If Old Nelson didn't lie, then the Warriors would play a crazier attack than the regular season, and will the Jazz completely let go of their defense and the Warriors' attack? Or will Jerry Sloan still be a little reserved."

"Just look at the starting lineup where the Jazz will play later."

After Collins finished speaking with excitement, Larry Bird said with a still slightly locked brow at this time.

Before this game, both sides had many and many statements, both players and coaches, such as Weber and Spreeville, the Warriors' two eldest brothers, expressed their disdain for the Jazz, such as Nelson, the Jazz's regular season offense, and the two Jazz's leaders, Malone and Stockton, also expressed their respect for Nelson and their attention to the Warriors.

But apart from some brainless provocations and unconventional flattery, the most important sentence is that the old Nelson said that his team would not be able to study how to defend Lin Han and Weber in this game, which reflects the Warriors' style of playing in this game, and Jerry Sloan's words make people puzzled. The Jazz head coach did express the courage to attack the Warriors in this game, but it also means that the NBA game is not just offense. Defense is also very important.

It can be seen that Jerry Sloan was still swaying at this time, and such swaying was the thing Larry Bird worried about the most. Faced with this crazy Warriors swaying like this, the Jazz's end was likely to be the Spurs. They lost two games at home. As long as the Warriors were crazy, everything was possible.

Of course, at this time, Larry Bird was thinking about what the Jazz's starting lineup would be like in this game, and whether Jerry Sloan could fully liberate the team's offense against a special opponent like the Warriors. Soon, when the Jazz players came out amid the cheers of the fans of the court, when the starting players of both sides stood on the court to prepare for warm-up. Looking at the Jazz's starting lineup, Larry Bird shook his head helplessly.

The Jazz's starting lineup in this game made Larry Bird shake his head. This is not to say how bad the starting lineup is. The Jazz's starting lineup has been not bad since the big deal. In this game, the double guards composed of center PJ Brown, power forward Malone, small forward Russell and Linhan Stockton are the most balanced starting lineup in the league. In this game, the Jazz's starting lineup did not change much.

The starting lineup of the Warriors has not changed much. The team's center is Chris Weber, a super rookie this year, facing David Robinson, one of the four centers in the first round. Although David Robinson was beaten badly by David Robinson on the defensive end, David Robinson had no choice but to play this young inside line. Although he averaged more than 30 points per game compared to Lin Han and Hardaway in the first round. Weber is indeed a little lower in scoring, but in five games against the Spurs, the inside averaged 16 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 blocks per game. When Lin Han scored 5x5 in the first round and Hardaway was troubled by O'Neal in the first round because of O'Neal's trapped foul, Chris Weber was playing a triple-double. So after the first round of the playoffs, O'Neal, who has been gang-raped by New York media recently, was taken out by the media to turn it.

Although Chris Webber is indeed very strange now, and even the team's "good baby" Spreville was ruined by him, this guy does have the potential to disdain the Jazz. At least as a guest center, he almost played a triple-double in the playoffs against the Admiral, one of the four centers. This is excellent enough.

Since the Warriors pushed Weber to the center position, the team naturally doesn't need any power forwards, so both forwards of this team are swingers. Billy Owens, the No. 3 pick in 1991, a small forward with a height of 2.03 meters, averaging 15 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists per game in the regular season, and when facing the Spurs in the first round of the playoffs, Chris Mullin, the real boss of the Warriors, nicknamed God's left hand, facing the Lakers, who were led by the Magic, once scored 41 points in a game against the Lakers with one leg in the playoffs. One of the best pitchers in the league, is often due to injury.

The regular season only averaged more than 16 points per game, and was even suppressed by Spreville for a while. However, in the end, Old Nelson still chose to support the Warriors boss, and the Warriors completely gave up the double inside and played in the first quarter. The Warriors' madness began at this time. Although Chris Mullin's performance in the regular season was not very good, in the playoffs, the Warriors superstar's performance was 25 points per game, 5 boss and 4 assists, with a shooting percentage of 59%, and the three-point shooting percentage was as high as 50%. The Spurs were blown away by him on the outside. The biggest contributor to the Warriors' defeat of the Spurs was this member of the Dream Team.

As for the two defenders, Spreville, the shooting guard, ranked third in the All-North League guard position in the regular season, second only to Stockton and Lin Han, 21+5+5+2 in the regular season, and averaged 23 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists per game so far in the playoffs. The point guard, nicknamed young general Avery Johnson, former Spurs core point guard, nicknamed young general Avery Johnson, after coming to the Warriors, there are too many players who can control the ball and pass the ball. The Spurs' former point guard even gave him a position for a while.

On the bench, but after the Warriors decided to play as a senior and junior, the quasi-small All-Star point guard got a starting opportunity again. As a point guard, 10+5 in the regular season is not a good thing, but he is already very qualified for a 13+5 per game in the playoffs. Especially in a team like the Warriors, like many point guards around 1.80 meters, Avery Johnson also doesn't shoot well. However, the breakthrough is quite excellent, and the overall situation and passing timing are also good. As a small point guard, he does not stick to the ball, which is very important to the Warriors.

When the starting lineups of the two teams came to the court, Larry Bird really shook his head. This was not just because the Jazz had some conservative starting lineups, but more importantly, the Warriors, who are one-to-one and four-small, are really powerful now.

Every player on the court has assisted more than 4 times, each player scored more than 10 points, and even three players scored more than 20 points, which means that every player on the Warriors has the ability to hold the ball and have the ability to pass the ball. And these abilities are very good.

When five players of a team can attack and pass the ball, and there is an inside line that can average close to a triple-double per game. That is quite terrible.

Of course, although Jerry Sloan chose to respond to changes in this game, this does not mean that he does not know the terribleness of the Warriors, so when the players from both sides stood on the court, the Jazz head coach always frowned. But it was because he knew the terribleness of the Warriors that he chose such a somewhat conservative tactical style.

He is not sure that he pushed Malone to the center, Lin Han came to the power forward position, how will Elliott or David Wesley behave when he comes to the starting lineup, especially every player of the Warriors has strong one-on-one offensive ability. If he gives up the team's defense and attack with offense, what if the Jazz are beaten up during one-on-one attack?

If the Jazz had a lineup like the Suns and had a singles squad in five positions, he would push Lin Han to the power forward without hesitation. It has to be said that the West is simply a big chain now. The Jazz can restrain the Suns well because the Jazz have a Lin Han whom Barkley, who was completely unable to cope with the Suns. After Barkley was restrained by Lin Han, the Suns' offense would have great problems, but the Warriors are different. Even if Lin Han beat Owens at the power forward position, the impact on the Warriors will not be that huge. Similarly, the Suns can restrain the Warriors because this team also has five super personal players, and the Suns' style of playing is also speed-type running and bombing, and the organizational guards and inside are better than the Warriors. Even if the Warriors really attack against the Suns, they may not be able to win.

So after thinking about it for a while, Jerry Sloan chose a more conservative style of play. Compared with the first game of the playoffs, there is no way to lose.

Just as Jerry Sloan frowned on the sidelines and wondered what the game would be like, the game had already begun.

The player who jumped the ball on behalf of the Jazz today is PJ Brown, and the Warriors is naturally Chris Webber. Although PJ Brown is more dominant in height, PJ Brown is indeed more than one level behind Webber in terms of physical talent, and the Warriors also got the first wave of ball rights.

After the Warriors got the first wave of ball rights, the team quickly started to operate. For this team, they naturally had to prepare for a run and bomb. As the Jazz team, which has played for half a season, they are naturally not unfamiliar with this style of play, so the Jazz players have already retreated quickly.

Lin Han, who was playing against Spreville in this game, was also focusing on the Warriors player at this time. Many things this guy said before the game made Lin Han very dissatisfied.

However, facing Lin Han's extremely fierce look, the Warriors player who was running forward quickly did not care at all. It seemed that Lin Han did not exist. It was not until Lin Han and Spreville both arrived at the 45-degree three-point line on the right that the two stopped.

At this time, the Warriors' offense also started to fight. After Avery Johnson quickly pushed the ball into the frontcourt, he had almost no hesitation and directly hung the ball to Weber, who was already standing at the free throw line. After giving the ball, the Warriors point guard directly cut into the inside from Weber. As for the other Warriors players, except for Spreville standing still and even taking a step back, the other Warriors players, Mullin and Owens, were straight.

The left and right sides of Weber were pulled apart. When PJ Brown was still hesitating whether he should leave the inside to post Weber, he signaled Malone to assist him in defense at any time. When he met Malone, almost instantly, Malone's pass flew directly from the free throw line to Owens, who was one step from the three-point line on the left bottom line. The Warriors' small forward faced Avery Johnson's Malone who was distracted to assist in defense and cut into the basket and completed a wonderful dunk.

Although Lin Han was pulled outside the three-point line by Spreville, as the Jazz's most important defense player now, Lin Han naturally needs to pay attention to other situations on the court. When the Warriors launched an attack after Avery Johnson passed the ball to Weber, and Owens made a dunk, the entire offensive process did not exceed 5 seconds. This passing speed made Lin Han a little stunned.

"Lin, I said that we must be the winner of this series, and I will beat you and prove to everyone that I am the strongest defender in the league!"

When Lin Han stood there and was still stunned by the Warriors' almost smooth attack, Spreville put down a sentence and turned back to defend before Lin Han turned around. Lin Han also gritted his teeth when he looked at Spreville's back.

Obviously, Spreville did not participate in this offense just now because he could not pass, but because of his deliberate arrangements by Old Nelson, just because he didn't want Lin Han to participate in the Jazz's defense. For this reason, he could even destroy the most important outside player of the team.

As long as Spreeville stands outside the three-point line, even if Lin Han has strong assistive defense capabilities, it will be beyond the reach of other players of the Warriors. Unless Lin Han completely lets Spreeville go, it is obvious that with every player of the Warriors, every player of the Warriors averages more than 4 assists per game, as long as Lin Han dares to let go, Spreeville can get the ball to attack.

"What a sinister old guy"

When Lin Han thought of this, when he looked at the Warriors bench on the sidelines, the fat Warriors head coach was still sitting in his position with a smile on his face. It seemed that after feeling Lin Han's gaze, the Warriors head coach also smiled at Lin Han, which made Lin Han speechless.
Chapter completed!
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