nba championship predators

Chapter 684 Fighting Salt Lake City Again

O'Neill might not be able to survive in Phoenix.

In fact, retirement is also a good choice.

O'Neill was born into the entertainment industry. After retiring, whether he was a basketball commentator or the founder of the "Five Big Jiong", he showed the proud and indulgent entertainment bacteria all over him.

But this fat man is probably not reconciled.

At the end of his career, he still wanted to get another championship ring, one more than Kobe.

Next, Ao Pang will probably embark on the road of collecting rainbow jerseys all the way...

Of course, this has nothing to do with Zhao Ke and the Grizzlies.

What matters is that they picked up a win for nothing, and that's fine.

The next game is the end of the four consecutive hells——

Utah Jazz!

After screwing up the basket at the Energy Solutions Arena early in the season and then losing, the Memphis Grizzlies took revenge twice at home and failed.

Although the Jazz is notoriously a dragon at home, a worm away.

But their lineup is designed to defeat the Grizzlies, and Zhao Ke is not at home, so the Grizzlies can only be beaten to kneel and sing to conquer at the door of their house...

In order to save John Stockton's face, Rick Carlisle still sent him back to Memphis to rest first.

The rest of the old men and kids had to face those perverted fans in the energy solution arena.

Jerry Sloan's tactics are very fixed, as long as it is effective, he will not change it easily.

Just like the pick-and-roll, he has played for more than 20 years.

Therefore, the Jazz's starting lineup has not changed much——

Point Guard: Deron Williams

Shooting Guard: Ronnie Brewer
Small Forward: Andrei Kirilenko

Power Forward: Carlos Boozer
Center forward: Mehmet Okur

Jerry Sloan is ready to continue blasting the Memphis Grizzlies at forward and...

Rick Carlisle was also pretty bummed.

But the position of power forward is being targeted, which is a flaw. There is really no good way. Even if it is signings, it will be a matter of next season.

Far water can't save near fire.

To win, Zhao Ke has to shoot, but when Zhao Ke shoots, isn't it all exposed?

Melancholy, I ask you how much you can worry, it's like Zhao Ke has become a turtle and can't vote!

After hesitating again and again, Carlisle sent out the starter like this:

Point guard: Mike Conley

Shooting Guard: Patrick Beverley
Small Forward: Zhao Ke
Power Forward: Grant Hill

Center: Greg Oden
At the power forward position, there is no suitable candidate for defending Boozer.

Since everyone's defense is the same, then simply give up defense and use Grant Hill instead. Anyway, Boozer's defense is not good, so just exchange the ball and see who beats who!
The rest is not a matter of technical level.

Everything depends on Zhao Ke.

Stepping onto the court, Zhao Ke took a deep breath, this is a real challenge.

Three-pointer?
Shots are impossible to shoot, dunks are okay.

However, there is no doubt that if Zhao Ke attacks the inside, Jerry Sloan, that old man, will definitely arrange for the Jazz to make a tactical foul on him.

After all, Zhao Ke has "Yip Syndrome", and killing him is more cost-effective than killing O'Neill.

Still have to avoid being fouled?
Think more!

We don't really have "Yips"!
He gestured to his teammates——

Come, come, let my brother take you to pretend and fly!

Immediately, everyone felt that the weather was so clear, the sun was so bright, the air was so fresh, and everyone was in a good mood...

He is also of the "Au" generation. Compared with Auden, Okur's physical fitness belongs to those who have to throw away, and who have to die...

Oden easily won the jump ball and the Memphis Grizzlies went first.

Conley threw the ball to Zhao Ke and ran away first.

Come on, Utah Jazz, are you ready?
Without hesitation, Zhao Ke patted the ball and rushed towards the Jazz basket with big strides...

Ronnie Brewer followed in Zhao Ke's footsteps.

He wanted to squeeze Zhao Ke into Kirilenko's defense zone. This is the defensive strategy formulated by Jerry Sloan before the game:

The old coach has realized that even if Zhao Ke has no shooting bag, it is still a stupid idea to defend Zhao Ke alone, and flanking is imperative.

However, they all underestimated Zhao Ke's power.

Ronnie Brewer couldn't push Zhao Ke at all. He could stagger and keep up with Zhao Ke's pace.

Who is squeezing whom?

The reason why Zhao Ke didn't "get rid of" Ronnie Brewer's defense for so long was because he was using the kid as a human shield to separate Kirilenko.

In this way, Zhao Ke led Ronnie Brewer all the way to the free throw line, and was about to take off and attack the basket.

Kirilenko couldn't stand it anymore.

Followed up from the left rear, stuck behind Zhao Ke silently like a ghost, ready to add a steal or block to his technical statistics form at any time...

At this time, the best choice is naturally a pass behind the back to find Grant Hill who was emptied by Kirilenko.

But Zhao Ke is not a jerk with a 360-degree vision. He didn't notice Kirilenko behind him, and naturally he couldn't "see" that Grant Hill was empty.

Therefore, although Grant Hill made preparations to catch and shoot at any time, Zhao Ke's pass did not arrive...

Even more dangerous:

Sure enough, after stepping into the free throw line, he took a big step, stood up, and was ready to jump and dunk?
Kirilenko, who would not be polite to him, also jumped up, took aim, and slapped the basketball Zhao Ke held up in both hands...

Zhao Ke didn't know it.

Still holding the basketball in both hands, he continued to rise, looking at Mehmet Okur who was getting closer and closer in front of him, a new idea suddenly popped up.

A bold idea.

For this ball, Zhao Ke was preparing a fake dunk for a true pass. After attracting Mehmet Okur, he played an alley-oop with Greg Oden!
However, Okur, who is shrinking under the basket like a quail at the moment, gave Zhao Ke a new choice, he can do the opposite——

Fake fax buckle!

Just do what he said, Zhao Ke quickly retracted the basketball behind his head, held the ball in his left hand, and passed it behind Okur...

Okur turned pale with fright and turned around to intercept.

Zhao Ke smiled slightly, silly boy, you have been fooled!

Changing hands in the air, through Okur who didn't take off, he took the ball with his right hand and slashed towards the basket...

At this time, Zhao Ke's left shoulder was in severe pain, his body was tilted, and he almost lost his balance.

It turned out that Kirilenko's back block was empty, and Zhao Ke suddenly retracted the basketball, not only deceiving Okur, but also allowing him to avoid the AK-47's block!
After hitting the ground, Kirilenko's big hand, which had no place to rest, slashed down, and it happened to land on Zhao Ke's left shoulder, and he slashed Zhao Ke's body.

But it was just a block, not a malicious foul. Kirilenko didn't use too much force, and Zhao Ke still insisted on completing the dunk.

It's just that the balance of the body has been destroyed, the height has moved down, and the tomahawk-style buckle has become a Kuhao-style free buckle...

Free deduction is also two points!

Don't take beanbags as dry food!

(End of this chapter)