Chapter 78 Beat your ass
The Jazz's offense always takes John Stockton to get the ball and then look for opportunities in the pick-and-roll. His cooperation with Karl Malone is also the Jazz's main method to score. ◎
This time, Kal Malone pulled to the high position and made a pick-and-roll for John Stockton. The Magic's defensive player focused all his attention on John Stockton. At this time, Kal Malone, who ran to the penalty area with John Stockton, seemed to be ignored. At this time, John Stockton made a pass, and Kal Malone caught the ball and rushed to the layup.
"Beautiful cooperation! Jazz adds another two points!"
Looking back, the Magic's attack, Anfini Hardaway's one-stop layup was actually interfered by Ostertag, and the ball failed to score.
Then, with the Jazz's pick-and-roll cooperation, this time the Magic missed John Stockton, and Horris Grant's backup defense missed Jeff Hornersek. When the ball was in John Stockton's hands, any leak was fatal, so the ball quickly appeared in Jeff Hornersek's hands. Jeff Hornersek made a three-pointer and successfully hit.
As for continuing the Magic's offense, Anfini Hardaway was still not convinced. He broke through John Stockton's defense with the ball. John Stockton's defense was not very good. However, when Anfini Hardaway rushed into the inside, the appearance of a group of muscles and sticks immediately made Anfini Hardaway's breakthrough difficult. He had to pass the ball outside the three-point line. After Nick Anderson got the ball, he ignored Jeff Hornersek in front of him and took action.
Regardless of the sound of the duang, the ball did not enter.
The Jazz grabbed the rebound and quickly organized a counterattack. Their speed was very fast. Jeff Horacek rushed to the frontcourt and received a long pass from Kal Malone. He jumped and made a three-pointer, and hit it with a swish!
The Jazz's success in several consecutive offensive and defensive successes almost instantly widened the gap. Just at the beginning of the first quarter, the Magic fell 8 points behind. Ricci Adubatu quickly called for a timeout. The situation on the field had taken a sharp turn and he could not hesitate.
"Penny, your condition seems to be not very good today. Leave the ball to Joni. Joni, play more balls, cooperate more, and don't miss people on the defensive end. Joni, your opponent is just Brian Russell. Don't worry about him. Come back to the defense!" Ricci Adubatu knew that the current situation, just like Kevin Harlan said before this game, the only thing that the Magic can expect is Joni Lee's performance.
On the Jazz, Jerry Sloan was still a little unsatisfied with Jonny's defense. As a coach in the league, Jerry Sloan had long seen the magic that appeared in was at the end of his strength. If it weren't for Jonny's rise, they would obviously not be able to maintain such a record by relying solely on an Anthony Hardaway with a minor injury.
Therefore, Jerry Sloan's goal in this game is also very obvious, that is, Jerry Sloan is silent, but now Jerry Sloan is a little confused. To be honest, the scoring method Joni used was nothing more than European steps and unexpected three-pointers. In the game against the Lakers, Jerry Sloan also reviewed before this game, after all, it was Joni's battle to become a god.
And that game gave Jerry Sloan the impression that it was a shocking crossover, but in the game against the Kings, Joni's crossover was almost gone, replaced by various three-pointers and emergency stop jump shots.
In this game, Jerry Sloan observed the first five minutes of the first quarter and finally saw something coming, so he said to Brian Russell: "Brian, guard against Joni Lee and hold him tightly! Don't give him space to shoot! Do you know?" Jerry Sloan's somewhat stern face, coupled with his expressionless tone, shocked Brian Russell, and then nodded and agreed.
As both sides returned to the field, the Magic's adjustment was that Jonny got more ball rights, while on the Jazz's side, there was no problem with their opening offense, so their only adjustment was Brian Russell, who was asked to stick to Jonny.
And when Jonny got the ball, Brian Russell held on Jonny tightly.
"Hey, brother, is your sexual orientation not right?" Joni felt that he was too uncomfortable to be posted, so he made fun of it, hoping that Brian Russell would stop posting so tightly.
Brian Russell was like a child at this time, his whole face was pressed into Joni's arms. Then when he heard Joni's words, he raised his grin and said, "Boy, be careful that I will knock your butt off later!"
Joni was shocked immediately. Could this guy be really bent? But Joni did not show weakness. What if he was really bent?
"Crack off my ass? No no no! Your ass is bigger, you should be careful of your ass!" Joni said nothing wrong. Since entering the NBA, Joni found that the black players in the NBA have their butts larger than the other. Of course, Joni had never met Charles Barkley at this time. If he met, Charles Barkley's butt might refresh Joni's three views.
Seeing Brian Russell pressing him tightly, Jonny knew that it was unlikely to make a shot directly, so Jonny turned around.
Brian Russell held onto him, which was still very beneficial to Joni's turn. Brian Russell was like a cylinder, giving Joni a support for turning. Joni's turn seemed to be done in one go, and the speed was much faster. After turning, there were no other defensive players in front of Joni. He rushed into the three-point line directly. Although Brian Russell tried his best to block Joni's way, Joni was already rushing forward at this time.
However, Joni was not very brave to enter the Jazz's inside line. There were two muscles - muscles - sticks - which made Joni feel chilling, especially Anfini Hardaway, who just rushed in, was elbowed by Kalmaron, which made Joni even more afraid to enter.
He rushed forward and didn't take a few steps, and immediately stopped in an emergency. Seeing that Brian Russell could no longer stop the car, Joni jumped up and took action.
"Jonny Lee's emergency stop jump shot, take action! Enter!"
"I've entered! Joni is in very good shape in this game. He has already hit three consecutive goals, each of which is a quick stop jump shot."
Every one is a quick stop jump shot. In fact, you are a little helpless. It’s not that he must take a quick stop jump shot. It’s really that Brian Russell’s defense is too strict, and Joni has never met an outside defender like Brian Russell. Doug Christie of the Raptors already has a bit of an outside gate, and Eddie Jones of the Lakers’ outside defense is also very good. However, this is the first time Joni has seen a defensive gate that is like Brian Russell, who keeps pressing on himself and then doesn’t give him a little space to shoot.
Chapter completed!