According to the schedule, the Lakers have four days to prepare for the next away game against the Jazz.

In order to adapt to the objective environment of plateau combat in advance, the team took a special plane to Salt Lake City the next day. After entering the hotel, they took the bus that they had in advance and headed to the stadium they booked in advance, and conducted daily shooting training as usual.

Su Yang arranged the training content, turned around and sat down on the sidelines, chatting with several assistants.

"To be honest, I used to think that Stephen Curry would change his basketball game style, which was a little exaggerated." Assistant coach Mike Brown stared at Curry on the court and said, "But after observing this time, I realized that you are not kidding..."

Su Yang looked over and saw Curry hit the 50th consecutive three-pointer in the field, and he took action from different positions, which was a bit shocking.

Compared with three-point shooters such as Nosteve Novak, Curry's biggest advantage is that his/her man and ball combination is his/her shooting pace is super fast.

That is the result of the combined effect of strong coordination, flexibility and explosive power, so Curry's 84 kg bench press 10 times, and his jump was comparable to Griffin. It was not without the data, but Curry's physical fitness was better than other point guards.

The public always says that Curry has poor physical fitness, which is mainly because he has a narrow understanding of physical fitness and is too focused on muscles and sticks.

If Westbrook had the coordination and flexibility of Curry, Westbrook would be several times stronger, or Ross would be taller.

Anyway, the two point guards in 2008 and 2009 are always a little different than the perfect body, but the style is also extremely obvious.

Just Michael Jordan, that's what you really want. He has height, wingspan, long, shoulders and width, all of them are top-notch, and the explosive endurance and flexibility are all full. The key mental attributes are also first-class. The only disadvantage is that the three-pointers have not reached the top level.

"You have to really see him playing games before you can fully realize how excited he will make you..." Su Yang recalled Curry's three-pointer winning goal in a trance. Compared to Lillard's three-pointer winning goal, there was more casualness between the players.

No, why are you always hurt?

Su Yang almost laughed out loud as he thought about it, and suddenly he thought that Curry would be scheduled for rotation soon, and he suddenly felt a little headache.

Curry deliberately followed the Lakers to Salt Lake City this time, mainly because he received permission from trainer Kirk Lairs and team doctor Gary Witty. He has reached the point where he can participate in the game, but to be on the safe side, he should participate in the joint training first.

In short, it is best not to participate in the playoffs just after returning, as the intensity of the confrontation is too high, and the Jazz especially likes large-scale fouls.

If you are injured again, it will have a huge negative impact on Curry himself and even the entire Lakers team.

"Since the transaction was completed, I can see him training almost every day. In more than a month, his muscle growth and his body balance have increased rapidly. At the beginning, Lyles gave him a one-foot movement. He swayed as soon as he raised his legs. Now he can hold on for a long time. When breaking through, he no longer relies on his ankle force. There are many changes..."

Assistant coach Snyder also praised, and assistant coach Ham, McMillan, and trainer Lyle all nodded in agreement.

Su Yang had a headache when he heard this.

With Curry's influence, he must be given a starting position. Blake can play as a shooting guard, but Sessions and Jeremy Lin are not that easy to deal with. From his personal selfishness, he thinks that Jeremy Lin is mainly because it will be cheaper to sign next season.

Because Lin Crazy did not happen because he traded Jeremy Lin before, but the Rockets still wanted Jeremy Lin.

There was no way, after taking Yao Ming's benefits, a player of the same skin color appeared in the league, and Alexander still wanted it.

Previously, famous reporter Shams revealed that after the Rockets missed the playoffs, its general manager Morey had prepared a poison contract to snatch Jeremy Lin from the Los Angeles Lakers and make up for Dragic, who is likely to return to the Suns.

On the management side, Kupchek and others wanted to keep Sessions, after all, it was a high-profile exchange of Wharton's draft picks.

Therefore, after Curry starts, who will leave the remaining time for the point guard to be something that Su Yang needs to seriously consider.

The worst result is that Jeremy Lin and Sessions were unable to stay, but that was still okay. Blake just played the point guard again.

While thinking, Su Yang made up his mind.

After Curry started, he asked Jeremy Lin and Sessions to play in a rotational manner according to their condition. He proposed to keep Jeremy Lin in the offseason and then report to the league overnight to block Morey's chance of taking advantage of the Arenas clause loophole that "the salary increase in the third year can reach the basic salary."

If it succeeds, Morey cannot easily get Jeremy Lin and Asik. If he really wants to open a contract honestly.

Even if it is not successful, it can be regarded as a reminder to other teams in the league, not to use the poison contract to steal high-quality players.

In a blink of an eye, the shooting training ended.

After the players were resting for a while, Su Yang clapped his hands to signal the team's low-intensity training match, and asked Curry to participate together.

Curry didn't participate in the previous team competition, but Su Yang praised it very hard, and finally it was the time to show it.

Su Yang assigned Curry to the white team where Kobe was, and instructed to play the arc top deal routine, but the dealer became McRoberts, Kobe and Curry both went to run, Arte and Hill were responsible for covering, and various complex routines were used in turn, free and bold.

The training match began immediately, with Kobe and Curry running at the same time, and Gasol commanded the Blue Team to defend Kobe.

Curry ran around, stopped in various emergency stops and took steps continuously, and did not strictly follow the running tactics, but just kept reading the defense.

Sessions was dizzy when he was run, while Curry received the ball and made consecutive shots, causing the Blues to completely lose the focus of their defense.

After the half-hour training game, Curry made eight three-pointers, all of them in athletic state, not a fixed point. The key is that the running without the ball is too awesome, which greatly improved the evaluation of Kobe and other Lakers veterans, and Sessions and other point guards became obviously convinced.

Arte quipped to Curry: "I am willing to do ten thousand unball covers for you, which makes me feel very valuable..."

Curry laughed when he heard this, turned to look at Su Yang, and continued: "We should thank Coach Su Yang together. It was him who allowed me to play freely, and it was him who designed those exquisite cover tactics. This is the treatment I have never enjoyed elsewhere."

The Lakers laughed, and Su Yang clapped his hands calmly and said, "Let me show you your level of offense with the ball..."

Curry's offense without the ball is very sluggish, but the ball-holding attack is Curry's strongest form, which is easier to destroy the confidence of the defender.

The Lakers players do whatever they say, Curry shows his offensive level with the ball, and Kobe went to lead the defense himself, and he played well.

After the afternoon training, the whole team watched the second round of potential opponents of the Clippers and the Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies led by 18 points in the first quarter.

As a virgin in the playoffs, Griffin's opening performance was a bit eye-catching, with fouls and mistakes taking turns, and frequent shooting.

After the half-time game, the Grizzlies were still 19 points ahead. Atai and others said: "There is no suspense..."

The Grizzlies' style is stable, slow pace and strong defense. If you are behind 15 points, it will be extremely difficult to reverse.

Su Yang smiled and said, "If the Clippers let Rudy Guy fight, there is still hope of turning the tables. Guy is the Grizzlies' biggest shortcoming..."

Atai and his men shook their heads and refused to believe it. After the third quarter, the Clippers were behind by as many as 21 points. When the fourth quarter game started, Guy caused Xiao Mo to foul for the first attack, and then scored a penalty, helping the Grizzlies establish a 24-point lead.

Seeing this, Atai and his friends laughed at Su Yang wildly, feeling that they finally caught Su Yang's mistake in predicting something, and laughed happily.

But gradually, the Clippers intend to let Guy play, and the Grizzlies' scoring efficiency becomes less and less, and Ate and his men gradually look serious.

What surprised Artai and others even more was that Nick Yang suddenly hit three three-pointers in a row, helping the Clippers catch up until only 3 points left.

The subsequent game was like a written big reversal script. The Grizzlies only scored two points in just one and a half minutes, and Paul scored the final free throw.

"Coach, I'm so stupid!"

Seeing the Clippers complete a counterattack, Atai was stunned, "I shouldn't doubt your prediction, you are always right..."

Su Yang chuckled and responded, but Kobe and the others laughed wildly, and the topic turned into "If you meet in the second round, you can't underestimate the Clippers."

After watching the game, Su Yang returned to the room, pasted and copied the email written by assistant Taylor, and sent it to the league, proposing to ban the use of the Arenas clause loophole, or temporarily limit the third-year salary increase ratio before the league introduces improvement strategies.

The four-day rest time passed quickly.

On May 5, the third game of the Lakers' first round of the playoffs against the Jazz started at the Salt Lake City Energy Program Arena.

The Jazz played very tough at the beginning, and the team suffered 9 fouls in the first quarter, but the gap in strength was too big, and they were still behind the Lakers.

In the 234th quarter, the offense and defense of the two teams did not change. The Lakers finally won 103-91 and led 3-0 in the series.

Seeing that the overall situation has been decided, Su Yang decided to officially let Curry play in the fourth game for a few minutes, and the best time for garbage is available.
Chapter completed!