On October 31, the Thunder will play against the Jazz at home.

Throughout the summer, Boozer, one of the Jazz's dual cores, and the main substitute Kyle Korver, also joined the Bulls as a free agent. The potential center Coofs was traded to the Timberwolves, and the main center Oku was absent due to injury.

The Jazz got Al Jefferson, turned Millsap into a starting power forward, and got Gordon Hayward, who perfectly fits Sloan's coaching system in the draft, and recalled his old acquaintance Laga Bale to the team to serve as the starting point guard.

Such a large lineup change has led to the strong Sloan being too late to get in, and he lost nearly 20 points in the first two games of the season.

The game started at 7:00 p.m., and the Jazz made a bold move, allowing rookie Hayward to replace Laga Bale to start.

Except Hayward, the other four Jazz are Deron, Kirilenko, Millsap, and Al Jefferson.

Su Yang was a little surprised by this operation and decisively adjusted the starting lineup, allowing Dai Quinn Cook to replace Sefrosa.

Anyway, Hayward will definitely not be the Jazz's main scoring point, and at most it will serve as a support. Cook's defensive pressure will not be too great. Hayward's defensive ability is average. Although he has a height advantage, it is not difficult for Cook to find out how to do mobile phones by running without the ball.

Amid the cheers of the whole audience, the Jazz won the jump ball, and the regular 4down tactics started, but unfortunately it was difficult to run out of the open space.

After striking around, Kirilenko took action against Durant, flew to successfully commit a foul, and Durant was so depressed that he shook his head repeatedly.

The Thunder attacked, and the whole team arranged tactics around Chandler, bullying Al Jefferson as tall and short, and scored with a hook.

Turning around to the Jazz offense, starting with a regular 4up tactic, launching an attack from the right side, but still failing to run out of the open space.

The basketball passed to Kirirenko again, and he tried to make a fake shot, but Durant was not fooled, and the basketball hit the basket and rebounded.

Westbrook grabbed the rebound and pushed the fast break, and passed the ball to Cook, who followed up, and made a big open three-pointer shot. However, Ibaka followed up and rushed to jump, suppressing Millsap, who was only 203 with his height advantage, and grabbed the offensive rebound and scored a tip-in.

The Jazz Yibing counterattacked, Millsam took the ball from the left waist and played the ball with the back. Seeing Westbrook double-teamed, he immediately divided the ball out.

Delong took the ball without hesitation and scored a snatch, and a three-pointer made a hollow into the net, with a very arrogant momentum.

Turning around, Chandler wanted to bully Jefferson once, but was held tightly and walked in a panic and violated the rules.

In the next round, Jefferson took the initiative to ask the ball to play with the ball from the low post, skillfully swayed Chandler and scored a layup.

Chandler almost wanted to pull his clothes and foul the foul in advance, mainly because he was shown a little embarrassed, like a puppet.

Seeing this, Su Yang clapped and encouraged her, knowing that it was not Chandler's defense, but Jefferson's footsteps were too terrible.

Jefferson's low-post footwork skills are the best in the league, not even inferior to Olajuwon, the peak of the 1990s. However, Jefferson's flexibility and explosiveness are much worse than Olajuwon, so the overall movements look less elegant and easier to defend.

With encouragement, Durant made a three-pointer, the Jazz grabbed the rebound and launched a counterattack, and Deron made a quick stop and scored a three-pointer.

Perhaps because Deron scored 6 points in a row, Westbrook wanted to perform, and he rushed to get a shot in the mid-range shot.

Kirilianko grabbed a long rebound, the Jazz team advanced from three lines, and assistant coach Sloan made a move to remind him to play the 43 tactics.

However, after Delon took over the basketball, he did not implement the tactics arranged by Sloan and then stopped and scored three-pointers.

The basketball went into the net in a hollow, Deron scored 9 points in a row, and the Jazz bench cheered and applauded, but Sloan looked embarrassed.

Delong was a little bit floating.

Last season, he was selected as the All-Star for the first time, 1810 in the regular season and 2410 in the playoffs, which greatly increased Delong's reputation. In addition, with Boozer leaving in the summer, Delong automatically became the real boss among Jazz players and began to want to control the team.

On the Thunder, facing a 4-13-degree trail, Su Yang did not request a timeout, but only allowed the entire team to attack around Durant.

Westbrook and his men had to do what they wanted, and Durant immediately began to hit the basket, causing Hayward and Kirirenko to foul.

When the Jazz attacked, Delong was still in a hot state. Except for the three-point long shot, he did not lose his signature double-changing mid-range shot.

In that way, Durant and Deron competed in the first quarter, and the Thunder fell behind 27-33.

Taking advantage of the timeout between the quarter, Su Yang reminded the whole team to pass the ball firmly and not to get 4 steals from the Jazz.

The second quarter started immediately. Su Yang temporarily adjusted the personnel rotation and arranged Westbrook to play in advance to play against former Thunder former player Earl Watson. He used Westbrook's height, speed and strength advantages to try to tear apart the defense from the outside of the finals.

After a few rounds, the effect reached expectations. Westbrook's main attack and the deputy pass was led to a 9-2 attack wave.

Seeing that the Thunder took the lead and scored, the Jazz hurriedly sent out the main lineup, and the two teams were in a situation of going back and forth.

After the half-time game, the Thunder led the Jazz by 2 points 58 to 56, and Durant scored 19 of them.

After returning to the locker room during the intermission, Su Yang briefly analyzed and summarized it, and then predicted what changes might happen in the Jazz in the second half, namely Laga Bale returned to the starting position, Millsap made more moves, and double-teamed Durant.

He has arranged a response strategy for every possibility, and once again emphasized that passing the ball requires decisiveness to avoid being tragically cut.

The third quarter started immediately, Westbrook used a round-screen 18-foot mid-range shot, scoring two points for the Thunder.

Turning around, he returned to the starting lineup, Laga Bale made a layup on the baseline and interfered with Durant from the backcourt.

Just like that, Su Yang guessed almost all of the Jazz's offensive and defensive strategies, and the entire Thunder team played with ease.

Ibaka not only made 5 of 5 shots by himself, but also used Chandler to assist in defense in advance, causing Millsap to make 1 of 5 shots.

The Jazz tried to double-team Durant who took the ball and feinted him, while Durant assisted Cook to hit a three-pointer and assisted Westbrook to cut and dunk.

However, Deron still performed well, with 7 points and 4 assists in a single quarter and a steal. In addition, Kirirenko stole two or three points. At the end of the third quarter, the Thunder led the Jazz only 93-85 and failed to establish the victory.

After the fourth quarter, the Jazz used the old routine and did not hesitate to defend wildly at the cost of fouls.

CJ Myers, Kirilenko, and Laga Bell took turns to fight. Durant's shots were greatly affected and he made three consecutive shots, while Deron and Al Jefferson scored stably, resulting in the Jazz taking the opportunity to catch up to only two points.

Faced with the precarious situation, Su Yang arranged for Westbrook and Chandler to clear the strong side and play the double player in a row.

Jefferson's pick-and-roll defense was average, and Deron had difficulty getting around Chandler's cover, so Westbrook scored one after another.

The Thunder also scored the inside line on the defensive end, allowing Jefferson, Kirirenko and Millsap to make 0 of 9 shots in total.

In the last half minute of the game, the Jazz realized that they used fouls to make a desperate attempt. Unfortunately, Su Yang had already made arrangements. The Thunder could send the ball to Durant every time, and Durant made all six consecutive free throws, but did not give the Jazz any chance to overtake.

In the end, the Thunder defeated the Jazz 115-108, Durant scored 36 points in the game, and Westbrook and Ibaka 20 doubles.

With the momentum of three consecutive victories at the start of the game, the Thunder flew to Los Angeles and easily defeated the Clippers after Griffin's comeback.
Chapter completed!