Chapter 475 Pick-and-Roll and Make-Up Defense

"Grab the hat, lethal grab the hat, Hammer used his great defense to completely kill the Jazz's offense!" The roar of the Suns' on-site commentator sounded like rolling thunder.

The sun is about to set, and Marbury assists Joe Johnson again.

4:12, the Suns led by 8 points.

After the first quarter, at 18:29, the Suns led by 11 points.

In this quarter, Li Ba mainly attacked at the basket. He made 6 of 6 shots and 3 of 6 free throws in a single quarter. He scored 15 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 4 blocks.

He took the ball 8 times and scored 6 times, including two plus ones twice, and 2 cuts.

He then gave Okur a block again, and another block when he helped defend Boozer.

On the offensive end, he continued to play hard, causing Jazz five fouls in the whole quarter, Okur 2 times, Kirilenko 2 times, and Boozer 1 time.

This data shows that the Jazz's tactics of pulling out from the inside have basically broken the restrictions on him on the defensive end under his quick return to defense.

But working hard on both ends of the offense and defense, and back and forth between the left wing and the paint area, his physical energy consumption is also greater than before.

In the second quarter, the Suns came off the bench, and the Jazz were half-main and half-substitutes. Halftime ended, 45:50, and the Suns led by 5 points.

Back at halftime, the game continued, the Jazz attacked.

In this quarter, Jerry Sloan made another adjustment, moving Kirilenko from the right wing to the left wing, on the edge of the paint area, between Li Ba and the basket, Li Ba wants to return to the paint area, a detour must be made.

Li Ba sensed trouble, and his path was blocked by Kirilenko and Posey.

"Oh, Jerry Sloan is indeed a treacherous and slippery man. With such a simple trick, he broke the hammer's return defense."

Zhang Lili looked at it and said in surprise.

Lopez advances to the right wing, and Lagabell comes over from the top of the arc for a pick-and-roll.

Marbury and Joe Johnson switched defenses, and Joe Johnson faced Lopez.

"boom!"

Lopez swayed, and then dribbled past Joe Johnson, killing to the right elbow.

"Lost it!" Yu Jia yelled.

At this time, Marion came up to defend, and Lopez immediately passed the ball to Boozer, who made a jumper and made a mid-range shot.

47:50, the Jazz trailed by 3 points.

In this defense, Li Ba became a spectator.

After half a quarter, 61:62, the Suns only led by 1 point.

In half a quarter, Li Ba was still working hard on the offensive end. He took the ball 5 times, was cut 1 time, and was blocked by Kirilenko. He made 3 of 4 shots, 2 of 3 free throws, scored 8 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. .

In his basic game, on the defensive end, he didn't contribute much, just 2 rebounds.

But he once again caused Okur and Kirilenko each a foul, the former three fouls, the latter four fouls.

In general, playing hard at the basket on the offensive end and substituting offense for defense can temporarily stabilize the situation.

The Jazz today replaced Boozer with Kirilenko to help defend Li Ba, which was beyond the expectations of the Suns.

In this situation, the Suns' plan to take down one of Okur and Boozer has somewhat failed, but it is possible to take down Kirilenko.

Boozer now has only two fouls and is far from graduating.

The sun called a timeout, and Frank said to Marion: "Sean, you should strengthen your low-post breakthroughs. Boozer's defensive awareness is poor, and he moves slowly laterally. He likes to foul when defending breakthroughs. Try to beat him down."

"Okay, I understand." Marion nodded.

In this half of the quarter, Boozer took the most shots for the Jazz. He made 4 of 5 shots and scored 8 points. He was the most threatening.

"James, when the Hammers come back into the paint, you're going to cover the pick-and-roll. If they pass to Okur, you cover him."

Defensive coach Ron Adams said of Posey.

"clear."

Percy nodded.

The timeout ends and the Suns attack.

The ball was given to Marion in the low post on the right wing.

Marion took the ball, took half a step back, turned to face the basket, and prepared to break through.

With arms outstretched, Boozer stays put.

"squeak!"

Marion sticks his right foot out very quickly to the right.

Boozer swung instinctively to the left.

But at this moment, Marion's protruding right foot just hit the ground, suddenly retracted, and then stepped to the left very quickly again, while dribbling the ball with his left hand, and broke through.

Boozer instinctively reached out and pulled Marion's arm.

Marion is not Li Ba. If it was Li Ba, he would have rushed over, but Marion let out an exclamation and was pulled away.

At this time the whistle sounded, Boozer drew a foul, this section has reached the number of free throws, and Marion made free throws.

Jerry Sloan shook his head again.

Kirilenko four times, Okur and Boozer each three times, a little trouble.

Marion made both free throws, 61:64, and the Suns led by 3 points.

Jazz attack.

Okura reached the 40-degree position of the left-wing three-point line, but Li Ba still let him go more than three meters away.

And Kirilenko and Posey stayed a little below the left elbow, blocking the route between Li Ba and the basket.

Jazz's offense is still launched from the right wing.

On the right-wing three-point line, Lagabel came to the pick-and-roll for Lopez, and then Lopez bypassed Joe Johnson's defense and killed to the right elbow. take away.

Meanwhile, Boozer continues to step back, taking Marion away.

In this way, Lopez took the ball from the right elbow into the Suns' no man's land.

Just as Lopez entered the paint with the ball, Li Ba suddenly took a step down, bypassing Kirilenko and Posey.

Kirilenko tried to stop Li Ba, but was blocked by Posey.

After Posey made the pick-and-roll, he immediately began to approach Okur, ready to make up the defense.

On the left-wing three-point line, an open Okur is reaching for the ball.

Lopez saw Li Ba rushing into the paint, so he didn't dare to attack by himself, and passed the ball directly to Okur.

As soon as he passed the ball, Li Ba immediately turned around and rushed towards Kirilenko.

At the same time, Percy accelerated towards Okur.

Okur receives the ball, Posey is in front of him, he passes straight forward and throws the ball to Kirilenko.

Kirilenko was about to catch the ball, but at this moment, Li Ba came out from behind and broke the ball with one palm.

"pretty!"

Zhang Lili became excited, and shouted: "Hammer and Posey perfectly cracked the Jazz's offense through continuous pick-and-roll and supplementary defense."

The sun was about to set, and Marbury turned around first, leading Lagabel by one meter. After entering the top of the arc, he dropped the latter by two meters and made a layup and hit a goal.

61:66, the Suns led by 5 points.

The Jazz attacked and called a timeout.

"Andre, pay attention to the pick-and-roll, make sure not to let the hammer enter the paint and keep him out."

"Raja, after switching defenses, follow Marbury closely and stay close to each other. Don't let them play fast breaks easily."

"Mehmet, shoot, shoot decisively, you must shoot the ball when it comes to you, don't pass it any more."

"Raul, give the ball to Mehmet, he must use his open space."

Jerry Sloan shouted very seriously.

The timeout ended and the Jazz served from the sideline.