Because of Lin Han's comeback, the Jazz's defensive strength can no longer be described as one or two levels stronger. It should be said that the team's outside defense has improved qualitatively. In the last game, when the Rockets were pressing, the Jazz's outside line, which was almost a bit blown by the Rockets, once again became like a wall of iron!

Especially Sam Kassel, the young Rockets point guard, performed very well in the last game. Although he started this game, after Lin Han helped directly assist in the defense for the first time, the Rockets point guard became quiet for the next period!

This is not to say that Kassel's psychological quality is not high, but there is really no way. Although his strength is very good, his pass, control and attack are very good, his breakthrough and three-pointers have not yet been polished to the top level. In this case, he can only play jump shots at mid-range. Even if he can get rid of Russell, when he jumps at mid-range, most of the entire court is covered by Lin Han. In this case, it is inevitable that he will hesitate on the offensive end!

Anyone who encounters Lin Han’s incredible defense on the first offense will find it difficult to really get back their confidence in a short period of time!

In this case, it directly led to the fact that although the Rockets could slightly break through the Jazz's tight defense, the team's efficiency on the offensive end was not so high. Before Olajuwon pulled out a single, other Rockets players still could not fully open the offense. So when the game started, when the Rockets team was extremely confident to defeat the Jazz in this game. <><> Novel This team actually lagged behind from the beginning!

Therefore, when he saw the Rockets players sitting and running back on the court under the Jazz's defense, the Rockets head coach Tom Janovic on the sidelines was a little dull. In this game, he did think that Lin Han would bring great changes to his team after he came back, but he didn't expect such changes and deterrence to be so great.

Although Drexler's role in this game is not that important, and the chances of holding the ball and attacking are not high, which is why Lin Han has a lot of energy to focus on assisting defense, even so, Drexler is also a superstar. When a player defends a superstar, he can still have such a terrifying deterrent power in assisting defense, which is a bit ruining the view. This made the Rockets head coach think of the Bulls' Spiderman Pippen. At this time, Lin Han and Pippen are probably not inferior at all, right? He is even stronger in the oppressiveness of defense!

"This guy?!"

Looking at Lin Han who was almost everywhere on the defensive end, scaring the Rockets' outside players to a terrible look, Tom Janovic looked a little ugly. For the entire NBA, Lin Han was the only one who could make his Rockets so miserable. Even Jordan could not do it at the beginning. It can be said that except for Olajuwon, other players of his team were almost made out of shadow by Lin Han. He was the first team's first scorer.

Kswell was so scared by Lin Han that he didn't dare to take action in front of Lin Han. Then, Robert Hawley, the young forward, scored more than 60 points in a single game by Lin Han, and was directly beaten by Lin Han on the court. As for the outside core like Drexler who came to the team, this Rockets player was so terrible that Lin Han was terrible in this series. And now in Kassel, Tom Janovic was really full of resentment towards Lin Han at this time!

In the NBA ruled by a veteran, a player like Lin Han appeared, which made Tom Janovic not know what to say, especially when seeing the Rockets' outside players on the court were a little upset when facing Lin Han.

He would not blame his players for their strong willpower. This is not a matter of willpower, but the team has no advantage as a whole and has been suppressed and beaten. Even if they have fighting spirit, they cannot play out. In this overall depressing atmosphere, coupled with Lin Han's deterrence against them, it is very normal for the players to become hesitant and uncertain. If the Rockets become more powerful, it will be useless even if Lin Han's deterrence is strong. Just like in the last game, when the Jazz were in the overall situation, even if Malone, who was always afraid of Olajuwon, played very toughly?

"Jerry, it's great, we will definitely win this game!"

Of course, at this time, the Rockets head coach Tom Janovic was really helpless. After he made the final personnel adjustment, although it was effective, this effect was not enough to change the general trend of the game. This was an embarrassing thing. On the other side, the Jazz's bench, when Lin Han returned to the team, the team showed unparalleled athleticism and talent in defense again, as the team's assistant coach, Fei Er and Johnson jumped up excitedly at this time!

Everyone knows the importance of this game. This game can be said to be the most important game in this round of series. Both sides have little room for adjustment. In this case, whoever wins will be the real stronger team. Although the Jazz are now leading 2-1, if they lose the game and are tied, although the Jazz can still adjust slightly in the future, it is also extremely dangerous.

In this case, before the start of this game, Jerry Sloan and him were under a lot of pressure, especially Jerry Sloan. When the Jazz beat the Rockets in the first two games, all the criticisms of Jerry Sloan disappeared, and all turned into flattery and praise for him. After losing in the last game because there was no Lin Han, the head coach of the Jazz was not criticized by experts across the United States, but the media's sarcasm was still everywhere, such as a nanny coach, and no player can play his own tactics.

Although Jerry Sloan has been trying to better be a nanny-type head coach recently, he doesn't want him to accept such a title. After all, he is trying to do this now just to improve himself, not to set himself up. And some sarcasm is indeed a bit too far for Jerry Sloan now. However, after the Jazz head coach lost so badly in the last game after Lin Han was gone, he was simply two different teams.

Although Lin Han's return to the team to win in this game cannot completely wash away some of the controversies on him, as long as the team can win, no one will say anything more. After all, after Feier and Jackson won three consecutive championships, who would stare at him all day and say that he is a nanny?

So, when Jerry Sloan on the sidelines saw the situation in the first quarter of the game back to the rhythm he wanted, the Jazz head coach was also very excited.

Especially when the first quarter of the game ended. When the Jazz came down from the court with a score of 22-16, the Jazz head coach even stood up to greet the players who came down from the court.

"The Jazz and Rockets have both excellent defenses in this game, but the Rockets now need to improve their offensive efficiency. Before Olajuwon can't get out of the attack, the others of the Rockets need to do better. Otherwise, they may have to lose this game!"

After the first quarter, Larry Bird said with a smile as he watched both starters come off the court.

Judging from the match between the two sides in the first quarter, the two sides played very fiercely in this game, and it was considered a full-scale battle. Although the Jazz regained their pressing defense, Olajuwon did not have a personal attack in the first quarter. In this case, the Jazz team except Lin Han. After playing for a few minutes of pressing defense, they basically did not continue pressing. Both sides entered the regular offensive and defensive battle.

Although the Jazz didn't press down, because Lin Han was too good at defending on the periphery, when Lin Han Lin Han could assist in defense with a huge range, other Jazz outside players could of course be assured to assist in defense of the inside and defend Olajuwon, because they knew that even if they did not keep up with the defenders, Lin Han could help them fill the position. In this case, even if the Jazz started playing in a regular lineup, the Rockets' offense improved slightly, but it did not improve much. It can be said that because of Lin Han's existence, the Jazz's defense played at an extremely high level.

Similarly, although the Rockets' offense is restricted, the performance of this team on the defensive end is also impeccable, because Olajuwon, the most defensive deterrent player in the league, has a great strength in the outside defense. For example, against Lin Han, it is constantly attacking. Drexler leads the defense and others come to attack. As for whether other Jazz players will be spared, other Jazz players who are released have the ability to shoot all the balls outside. If you want to kill to the basket and complete the attack on Olajuwon, that is a dream.

Drexler is one of the few players in the league who can keep up with Lin Han one-on-one. In this case, the Rockets did a good job of pinch-striking against Lin Han. Lin Han could not complete his attack before pinch-striking like before.

When Lin Han was pinched to death in this game, the Jazz's offensive focus unexpectedly came to Malone. Although Malone's offense was also excellent, when most of Malone's offense was mid- and long distances, the Rockets were not very afraid. Just like in this game, although the Jazz scored better in the first quarter and scored 22 points, facing the Jazz, such defensive efficiency was already amazing!

Because Lin Han only made 4 times in the first quarter of this game, and scored 5 points on 2 of 4 shots. It was a very successful one like Lin Han who scored only 5 points in the first quarter!

Therefore, although this game was behind at the beginning, the Rockets were successful in defensive strategy. The key is to look at the offense. Before Olajuwon took over the offense, the Rockets could not fall too much!

After all, anyone can see that Olajuwon is preparing to take over the game at the last moment! And if there are too many behind ahead, even if Olajuwon can really take over the game at the last moment, there will be no physical problems, but whether he can catch up is also a question.

After all, if the Jazz were too far ahead in the last moment and the Rockets were unable to put pressure on the Jazz in the score, the Jazz would not be able to play tight pressing while leading by a big score, and also gave Olajuwon a lot of singles opportunities. Even after seeing Lin Han's huge deterrence on the outside defense, the Jazz could even press and defend without taking risks from now on.

In Larry Bird's opinion, Tom Janovic would never have made such arrangements when attacking before the game. For the Rockets' in-out tactics, outside players cannot attack, which is also a tactical failure!

"Tom Janovic should be very troubled now, right? I didn't expect that Lin Han is no longer an ordinary defensive strongman on the defensive end. He has already had a tactical deterrent power and is already a tactical defensive player. To some extent, he has reached the level of Olajuwon."

Looking at Tom Janovic, who was yelling at his players on the bench at this time, Larry Bird also said with a smile.

When the Jazz players got off the court, because the score was ahead, both Lin Han and other Jazz players were very happy in this game. Even Malone, who had been very depressed in the previous series, was in a good mood at this time. Because the Rockets pinched Lin Han in this game, he became the team's first offensive point for a long time. Although he was a little worried that Lin Han would throw it around even when facing double teams due to Tom Janovic's instigation. But in the end, his concerns were proved that Lin Han was very redundant. Lin Han was very calm on the court and didn't seem to care much about his performance on the offensive end, which made Malone very happy.

Even in the minds of this Jazz boss, if Lin Han focused on defense in the future and put in a little effort on the offensive end, it would be fine, but it was obvious that Malone knew that this idea would not be possible to become a reality.

However, even so, the Jazz boss's face looked quite good. He kept talking and laughing with Lin Han after the game, which directly led to the Jazz's atmosphere being very good now.

But compared with the good atmosphere on the Jazz, the Rockets are completely different. When the Rockets' starter came off, Tom Janovic directly sprayed at them. This is extremely rare.

So when the Rockets fans on the scene saw this scene from the big screen, they were a little shocked, but this cannot be blamed for Tom Janovic. He laid a lot of preparations before the game, but after this game, he did not see the success he wanted. On the offensive end, they still couldn't completely break through the blocks caused by Lin Han, just like the Jazz couldn't break through Olajuwon. If it were just like this, he would forget it. The key is that the team's offensive players did not show the Jazz's offensive efficiency. If the game started, the Rockets players were a little scared by Lin Han's deterrence.

It's fine, is it the same when Malone faces Olajuwon at the beginning? But after the game started and the two sides entered the stable period, Lin Han could not have such a deterrent force in every goal, and Olajuwon was the same. In this case, Malone slowly started attacking at the middle distance, some far away from Olajuwon, because Malone knew that Olajuwon could not come out of this distance, but most of the Rockets players did not dare to do this. Even if they were at a certain distance from Lin Han, as long as they saw Lin Han moving slightly in their direction, they would not dare to attack.

In this case, the Rockets are too passive on the offensive end. As for the defensive end, Tom Janovic originally wanted to instigate Ma Long and Lin Han before the game, but they did not succeed. These two guys don't know why the division of labor in this game is very clear, and it is so clear that Tom Janovic has a brick-and-mortar impulse.

This was not the case before?

But at this time, Stockton knew what Tom Janovic was thinking, and the Jazz point guard would definitely laugh.

Whether on the offensive end or other aspects, Tomjanovic's arrangement seemed to have failed at this time. In this case, it would be impossible for him to remain calm. Therefore, when the Rockets player left the court, this coach who rarely sweared directly started to squirt on the bench!

"Shot, shoot me whenever you have the chance!"

"What are you afraid of? Can that guy block you every time?"

"Do you know how cowardly you were when you were on the court just now?!"

Of course, at this time, with the substitutes of the Rockets and Jazz teams on the court, Tom Janovic was still squirting these starters who had just been on the court, which made Lin Han sitting on the side feel very interesting.

Not to mention Tom Janovic, even many other head coaches with extremely irritable tempers rarely turn on the hair dryer so directly on the court. At least this is the first time Lin Han has seen it.

"It seems that the Rockets are really anxious."

Lin Han thought to himself with a smile on his face as he looked at the Rockets player who was roaring by Tom Janovic.

Of course. At this time, just as Lin Han was watching Tom Janovic train on the sidelines, the Rockets and Jazz substitutes were a bit difficult to solve. I have to say that since Elliott and David Wesley took over, the Jazz substitutes are no longer a weakness. Although David Wesley is not as good as the regular season, Elliot has gradually entered the state. Of course, although the Jazz substitutes now have no problems now, the Rockets are not bad. Under the leadership of Maxville and Mario Ailly, the team's substitutes are also very strong.

Therefore, when the two teams finished playing substitutes and when the starters of both sides came on the court again, the score between both sides became 34-29, and the difference between both sides was still within the acceptable range between both sides!

Originally, according to the previous few games, the Jazz would definitely have to open the full-game press. However, because the Jazz did a good job in the defensive end in this game, and because of Cassel, the half-time pressing defense was also very effective, but because no one could limit Sam Kassel's point, there was a loophole in pressing. After all, there was only one Stockton, and Stockton could only choose one between Kenny Smith and Sam Kassel. Kenny Smith and Sam Kassel were both point guards of 1.91 meters, both were much taller than Stockton and much shorter than Russell.

Stockton posted Kassel for a while in the last game. This guy has excellent ball control ability. Although Stockton can keep up with the footsteps and has the advantage in experience, he cannot completely pinch Kassel. On the contrary, Russell was made very difficult by Kenny Smith, an old ball player. A loophole-pressed defense has similar effect than the current normal defense effect. Even if it is good or good, it is limited, the Jazz really does not need to consume a lot of physical energy to press the Rockets at this time. After all, no one can tell that Olajuwon is pretending to be dead and is waiting for the second half to suddenly exert force!

Of course, Olajuwon is now focusing more on the defensive end, and Lin Han is the same at this time. It is not the time for the decisive battle for both sides!

However, although both sides had not yet fully exerted their strength in the first half, because of Tomjanovic's "breathing" on the bench just now, when the starters of both sides appeared on the court again, almost everyone could see some changes in the Rockets.

“Huh?”

When Lin Han was pressing Drexler as usual, even if the whole team did not press on him, he was pressing Drexler with all his strength. When he saw Russell assisting in defending Olajuwon at the basket, when Olajuwon was facing the attack from Polynis and Russell without a strong attack, he passed the ball to Cassel outside the three-point line, as usual, as he always was still staring at Drexler, but he deliberately moved a step towards Cassel at the top of the arc. This was Lin Han intentionally, and even in order to let Cassel and the others see, Lin Han even deliberately made his movements very big.

To put it bluntly, even though Lin Han is very physically excellent now, this kind of long-distance sprinting and assisting defense still consumes physical fitness. Lin Han cannot be really in place every time. There will always be true and false, so it is precisely this true and false that scared the Rockets players in the first quarter, which eventually led to them being turned on the hair dryer by Tomjanovic.

But what surprised Lin Han was that when Lin Han took out this move to make up for defense this time, Kassel did not hesitate as before. He did not wait until Russell had a chance to return to defense, but instead gritted his teeth and decisively pulled it up and threw it out of the basketball in his hand!

Although Lin Han was still a little surprised to see Kassel throwing this three-pointer, he didn't make a hit in the end. At this time, Tom Janovic on the sidelines had already stood on the sidelines and applauded Kassel, looking like Kassel made a shot.

"It seems that the Rockets have recovered now."

When Kassel gritted his teeth and threw out the basketball in his hand in Lin Han's fright, Larry Bird on the sidelines also smiled excitedly.

In this game, because of the Rockets' double point guard tactics and a superstar like Drexler on the outside, the Jazz's pressing defense is not that threatening to them. After discovering this, the Jazz did not press down. In the end, the two sides became a comparison of conventional tactics. When playing conventional tactics, the Rockets had a little advantage. Although Lin Han's defense became better in the playoffs, and he even reached a strategic defensive player at the same level as Olajuwon, even so, when playing conventional tactics, both sides were actually similar in terms of defense and offensive strength.

There shouldn't be any situation where both sides fell behind by 6 points after starting in the first quarter. It can be seen that these Rockets' outside players' fear of Lin Han is even far higher than that of the Jazz's inside players such as Malone, and otherwise such a situation would not have happened.

From now on, although Cassel is still a little psychologically afraid, it is a good thing to dare to take action. After all, he is a young player. Even if he is really mature, he cannot ask for so much. As long as Cassel faces Lin Han's intimidation, he can take action. Naturally, other Rockets veterans cannot shrink.

Of course. Although the ability to make decisive moves and whether to score points are completely different, just like the Rockets letting go of Russell in order to attack Lin Han, Russell was also decisive in the shooting, but this player who averaged 3 shots per game in the regular season was able to hit 1 three-pointer, which is one of three shots. Although it looks similar to Van Eksell and Maxville in terms of hit rate, the shooter and non-shotsman are completely different in deterrence, although it is similar in hit rate. But let Russell

He may not be able to win 2 if he throws 6, and he may not be able to win 30 if he throws 100. For players like Russell, the opponent can let go because they know that even if Russell scored 6 of the first 6 and throws 30, he may not be able to get 10 if he throws 30. These Rockets' shooters are different. If the Jazz really lets them go, there may be problems. So Tom Janovic's request is very simple. You just need to take action. Even if you can't win at the beginning, as a shooter, there will always be a time to win!

In fact, after the second quarter started again, although the Rockets did experience a short period of discomfort, the Jazz and Rockets, who were playing conventional tactics, finally came to the same level at this time!

It has to be said that the strength of these two teams is indeed extremely outstanding. Although many people thought that the Rockets, which played conventional tactics more, in the first half of this game, when Lin Han no longer showed himself on the offensive end, and Malone and Stockton began to become the team's tactical core on the offensive end, although the team has not played such a pure pick-and-roll tactic for a long time, the tacit understanding between the two was still enough. In this case, in terms of team nature, without Lin Han's participation, the Jazz would not lose much to the Rockets!

Although Lin Han did not participate too much in the Jazz's offense, the Jazz's offense was very rigid and had little talent. Even in terms of explosive scoring, the Jazz has dropped to a higher level, but in terms of the current situation, Lin Han's faces with a pincer attack is indeed beneficial to the Jazz. This is also the reason why Tom Janovic was so angry on the sidelines and also the reason why Jerry Sloan was a little surprised.

"I didn't expect that Lin Han actually put all his energy on the defensive end? This kid can really suppress his offensive desire?"

When the starters of both sides played again and were indistinguishable, Larry Bird on the sidelines saw Lin Han who had been defending and assisting all his strength since the start of the second quarter, almost giving up the attack. The former Celtics king of football was also a little stunned.

It seems that this kid really wants to win this game?

When the half-time game ended, amid the booing of all the fans, the Jazz ended the first half with a score of 45-41. Looking at the Jazz's No. 8, Larry Bird also thought secretly in his heart.

8 points, 10 rebounds, 4 blocks, 2 steals and 2 assists. This is Lin Han’s data in the half. The score in half is not double, which is a miracle for Lin Han!

When Larry Bird saw the Rockets' super center data again, he was also stunned, with 8 points, 10 rebounds, 4 blocks, 2 steals, 6 assists?!

In addition to assist data, Lin Han and Olajuwon's data are exactly the same?!

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Larry Bird, who came to his senses, smiled thoughtfully when he saw Olajuwon and Lin Han walking down the stadium. (To be continued, please search for Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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