On the afternoon of the 18th, the Kings' team flew to Salt Lake City, had a dinner as usual and watched the Warriors play against the Spurs as planned.

As the winner of the first game, the Spurs did not stick to their previous strategy of unlimited defense replacement, and took the initiative to double-team Durant and boldly let Zhu Meng Green go. As a result, Zhu Meng really dealt the cards to the end, and made frequent three-pointers in the open space.

Those three-pointers turned into long rebounds, and the Spurs played fast breaks one after another, and scored 16 points in the first quarter to lead.

When the Warriors changed their strategy and helped Durant support them, the Spurs changed to unlimited defense replacements, which made the Warriors lose another wave of defeat. Popovich taught Cole a lesson. After Clay's scoring efficiency dropped sharply, the Warriors only had Durant's single-handed challenge as a stable scoring method. Curry Jr. was defensively defended by Paul and Danny Green. Compared to his elder brother Stephen, there was still a big gap.

The Spurs finally defeated the Warriors with a 19 advantage and took a 2-0 lead, and the key was to firmly control the rhythm of the series.

"After Paul is out of the ball more, the difficulty of defense will increase greatly. We will have to use infinite defense swaps at that time. In that way, we will face many small-scale situations, which depends on how good the CP3 is..." Su Yang felt a little panicked, Popovich was too skilled.

In fact, the change is quite small, which means that Green or Leonard dribbled the ball through the half-time and handed it over to Paul who was surrounded by cover, but the rhythm was faster and it increased, similar to the big center not directly blocking the ball, but instead running to catch the ball with cover, with a very different rhythm.

"Change defense. When Paul asks for a big man to cover, I will change defense. I can follow him in 90% of the situation..." Antetokounmpo suggested excitedly, not deeply aware of Paul's profound purpose as arranged by the Spurs. He only showed one level of loss last time.

Su Yang's mind flashed through Antetokounmpo's defense, but the Spurs handed the ball to Leonard and Adid to play a duo, or Paul brought Antetokounmpo out of the inside and let the other Spurs hit the basket. The biggest deterrent to no ball is restraint.

After watching the Western Conference, there were also Cavaliers in the East. Coincidentally, the Kings team was not in a mood and they just broke up.

The next morning, Su Yang got up and took out his mobile phone to browse the news. He found that the group chat was not read 99. He was curious and opened to check it out. It turned out that LeBron was straining his groin during the game, while Butler and Irving competed for dominance, and the Cavaliers suffered a big reversal.

Looking at the Twitter discussion, Woj and others revealed that LeBron needs to rest at least ten days, and the Cavaliers are currently in internal strife, which may lead to the Cavaliers losing the series. In that case, the Celtics are most likely to advance to the finals in the East.

"Can this still happen?"

Su Yang was a little confused and thought that except for the Cavaliers, other teams in the East advanced to the finals, which was to give it purely. In the West, no matter the King himself, the Spurs or the Warriors, the three teams will strip away the Eastern teams outside the Cavaliers alive.

The sudden accident may lead to the series between the Spurs and the Warriors in the West becoming more intense.

It doesn’t matter if you play harder, you’ll get money when you enter the finals.

After nine o'clock, the whole team started training.

Based on his memory, Su Yang speculated that the Jazz might make adjustments and make corresponding arrangements: "According to Coach Quinn Snyder's habit, after they suffered a loss from the outside in the first two games, they will definitely attack the inside at the beginning of the game, and they will make the average Gobert with low-post skills. We cannot underestimate Gobert on the defensive end. When changing defense, they must go around and attack.

In addition, they will definitely adjust the starting lineup. They previously believed that double highs could bring rebounding advantages, but when Derek Favors faced our lineup, his role was very small. As a 3D positioning, Claude can better target us..."

After the arrangement is completed, the corresponding training will be carried out.

Su Yang casually looked at Curry and others' tactical running positions, and instead accepted an interview with ESPN, directly told the Jazz's potential adjustments. If you want to fight psychological warfare, you can fight to the end. Even if you don't have a correct prediction, it doesn't matter. Anyway, it's a business without foundation.

The next day on the 20th, the third game of the second round of the Kings and Jazz playoffs started at the Salt Lake City Energy Center.

More than 18,000 Jazz fans wore blue T-shirts to express their support. They began to boo and put pressure on the starter when the announcer introduced the Kings. However, the Kings core players had experienced a 4-3 turnover, and all booing was like drizzle.

The game scene of the Jazz defeating the King before the central large screen played simultaneously, and the boos from the audience turned into cheers again.

The announcer then introduced the Jazz's starter: Rubio, Mitchell, Ingles, Claude, Gobert.

As Su Yang predicted, Claude replaced Favors and obviously wanted to give it a try and try not to get 3 to 0.

The Jazz won the jump ball in the whole audience.

Rubio dribbled the ball and started the horn formation. Mitchell pretended to be lifted up and received the ball with the help of Ingles in the left elbow area, but in fact he went around and returned to the left wing. Ingles then ran to the right wing with the help of Gobert's cross-blocking cover in the right elbow area, and also took the initiative to catch the ball, but in fact Gobert took the opportunity to lift up and block Curry on the top of the arc. Rubio took the opportunity to drive the ball and break through.

In general, the Jazz starts with a horn, connects ghost cover and cross-block cover, and finally comes with a back cover, one move after another.

Unfortunately, the Kings did a great job in chasing high defense. Mitchell and Ingles did not get any open positions. Cousins ​​decisively stepped forward to delay Rubio's breakthrough. Tatum also contracted from the right wing to control the Rubio's Olympic ball and pass route, delaying the connection between the local three defenses and one.

For a moment, Rubio could not pass the ball to Gobert who had dismantled the inside, so he could only hurriedly throw the ball towards the bottom corner on the right.

But facing the three-man siege, the basketball was intercepted by Tatum as soon as it took off, and he also launched a fast attack, causing a tactical foul.

The boo suddenly resounded throughout the audience, and Su Yang took the opportunity to get up and set up the sideline ball tactic: to play a fast continuous cover and hand it over.

The referee's whistle sounded, and the Kings' four-man box formation was placed in the field. Brogden turned around and set up a wall to cover it. Cousins ​​took the opportunity to get rid of Gobert, and mentioned that the 45-degree three-point line on the left was taken over Curry's pass. After Curry's free throw, he stepped into the field. With the help of Brogden's cross-travel cover, he rushed to Cousins ​​quickly, took over and passed the ball, and went to the top of the arc to face Gobert.

The Jazz operated clearly and adjusted the defensive strategy.

Su Yang saw it and clapped his hands and shouted to remind him to take it slowly. Curry seemed to think of a group, which attracted Claude, who was on the right wing, to shrink and raise his hand to pass the ball to Tatum. But Tatum just caught the ball and encountered Ingles to make up for defense, and then passed it to the right bottom corner.

Antetokounmpo ran and received the ball in a large open space, and rushed with two big steps. Gobert, who ignored Gobert's return to defense, dunked with a clang.

On the tnt live broadcast seat, Reggie Miller sighed: "I want to pay tribute to the Jazz. They have no absolute advantage over the King, but they continue to try and their determination to win is the representative of sportsmanship."

Grant Hill also sighed: "The sidelines continuously cover and hand hand hand hand hand hand, forcing Rubio to catch up, hand hand hand hand hand made Mimitchell unable to change defense, Curry got the opportunity to misalign and could have taken action directly, but he chose a more secure way, and Tatum and Giannis' choice is the same. It is too difficult for the Jazz to defeat the king full of wisdom and patience."

In the meantime, the Jazz started with the inner and four outer formations.

Gobert mentioned the ball at the top of the arc, turned to the right and passed it to Ingles, who was mentioned with the help of Claude's positioning cover, then ran up to provide a cross-blocking cover for Claude, and then played a pick-and-roll with Ingles, and took the opportunity to turn around and rush down the basket.

Between continuous cover, the Jazz's intentions are quite concealed.

But Su Yang had predicted before the game, and the Kings had practiced. Tatum changed defense immediately and interfered with Gobert's catch. Cousins ​​was also ready to retract and defend. Claude, who received the ball at the top of the arc, foolishly passed the ball straight to the basket.

Bang! Tatum slapped the basketball off and bent down to grab it in his hand. The other Kings players then launched a fast attack.

The thru series of tactics were put out. After Tatum crossed the ball, he cut in, provided cross cover for Curry, and then went back to the top of the arc to catch the ball. He followed the situation and nailed Gobert to the high position again, and then passed the ball directly under the basket, ran back to Curry in the paint area. He received the three-step start of the basketball, and scored against the ball on the air pull rod, which made Ingles, who was chasing him lose.

On the live broadcast seat, Miller shrugged: "Grant, have you seen Su Yang's pre-match interview? From the current situation, he has nearly 100% predicted the changes made in the Jazz in this game, including playing inside and replacing Claude as the starter..."

Hill nodded: "The Jazz is too difficult, but the complete prediction is not the key. The key is that the Jazz scores too little. The continuous cover at the beginning and the continuous cover just now look quite complicated and confusing. The executable player is not threatening."

The game continued on the field, the two teams went back and forth, and the Kings ended the first quarter 32-23, but Curry received two fouls.

The foul situation was also expected by Su Yang, and the rotation was adjusted accordingly. The Kings beat the Jazz 5 points more in the second quarter.

When the halftime break comes back, the referee may not want to endure it anymore. He slapped Brogden and Tatum for 6 fouls, but the Jazz gave him a chance but failed to win. Not only did he fail to take the opportunity to narrow the gap, but he also allowed the Kings to win another 3 points in a single quarter, and the situation was almost fixed.

The Kings entered the fourth quarter with a 17-point lead, and finally defeated the Jazz 121-101.

After checking the statistics after the game, Su Yang found that Curry, Brogdon, Tatum, and Antetokounmpo all had 5 fouls, but in that case, the Kings could still win 20 points and grab 4 more rebounds than the Jazz, which can be said to be a comprehensive crush.

With the lead in the series of 3-0, the Kings locked in the Western Conference quota in advance. After the game, the reporter asked in a joke to see if he was worried about the Jazz making a big comeback. Su Yang cooperated and replied: "I am already considering the opponent in the next round, and it is not now. Before the G3 starts, I have already considered the opponent in the next round of the Spurs..."

To be honest, I was successful in pretending to behave, but I also deserve a beating.

But there is nothing we can do!
Chapter completed!