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Chapter 774 Marathon Series



Chapter 774 Marathon Series

After the third game, the Kings got two days off.

The whole team had a day off, so Su Yang casually watched other teams' games.In the West, the Warriors successfully defended their home court, and the series with the Spurs became 1-2. In the East, due to LeBron’s injury and the internal conflicts between Butler and Irving, the Raptors successfully defended their home court. Leading the Cavaliers 2-1, the Celtics tied with the 76ers 2-2.

LeBron's injury has made the situation in the Eastern Conference confusing. Except for the Cavaliers, the other three teams are all fighting like chicken blood. They seem to have the excited mentality of "LeBron is down, it's my turn to be the king of the Eastern Conference". full.

The next day, the King's team resumed joint training. In line with the guiding ideology of 'pretending to be strong and being ready to do it', Su Yang told the Kings to separate the fourth game from the previous three games, and not to have a certain promotion Don't underestimate the Jazz.

After the Jazz changed their tactics three times, there should be no new changes. There is no need to worry about more offensive and defensive issues. The main Jazz lineup is still biased. What's the use.

Especially the Jazz's substitute, after Crowder changed to the starting lineup, Favors and the old Sefolosha basically have no scoring ability. .

In a blink of an eye, on May [-]th, Game [-] of the second round of the playoffs between the Kings and the Jazz continued at the Energy Center in Salt Lake City.

The Jazz followed Crowder's starting lineup, and the start went smoothly, and they were able to play back and forth with the Kings.

But in the middle of the first quarter of the game, the Kings suddenly fell into foul trouble. First, Antetokounmpo's defense was blown and blocked, then McGee's offense was blown, then Tatum fouled for rebounding, and Dun Luo's thugs, and finally Curry Squeeze through cover and get blown into...

With five fouls in a row, the Kings suffered a 10-0 attack by the Jazz, ending the first quarter 24-32.

During the pause between quarters, Su Yang checked the statistics and found that both the King and the Jazz committed 6 fouls on a single machine, but the Jazz's 6 fouls were relatively scattered and did not affect the rhythm of offense and defense. The King's fouls were particularly concentrated. Senseless.

"I went to Nima..."

Su Yang was so angry that he scolded the country, but he never thought that the second quarter would start, and the king would get another 8 fouls in a single quarter.

Both Brogdon and Antetokounmpo were fooled, and they didn't dare to go all out when defending. points, narrowing the gap of two points.

Back from the halftime break in the third quarter, the Jazz got 8 fouls, and the King overtook the Jazz with a three-pointer and entered the fourth quarter.

During the pause between quarters, Tatum said excitedly: "The referee has become fair! We only had 4 fouls in the third quarter!"

Su Yang and a group of assistant coaches chuckled when they heard the words, knowing that the referee's posture in the first half, the fair whistleblowing in the third quarter was mostly to pave the way for the Jazz in the fourth quarter, and it would be a king and Jazz at that time The number of fouls was about the same, which seemed fair.

As expected, the Kings started the fourth quarter. In just three and a half minutes, they were whistled for four fouls. Bridges got two fouls alone. Next, hit a 12 to 1 attack wave.

Although the referee blew the whistle, Su Yang didn't want to throw up his hands and admit defeat. After thinking about it, he sent Curry and a few people ahead of time, but the Jazz also arranged for the main players to appear on the field at the same time. They probably wanted to win the fourth game to avoid a tragic 4-0 at home. [-] The embarrassment of sweeping.

With the third foul in the fourth quarter, the Kings completely lost the momentum of chasing points and lost 101 to 107.

The score of the series became 3-1. Su Yang participated in the press conference after the game. The reporter teased him that he "failed to fulfill the promise of a 4-0 sweep". Instead, he replied with a smile: "Have your hat off to the Jazz for not admitting defeat. We in Sacramento See…"

The Jazz were not too happy. They also understood that although they won the game, they obviously had the help of referees, so they were embarrassed to boast.

The Kings team flew back to Saskatchewan overnight.

After a day off, the Kings played against the Jazz at home. The referee was not biased, and finally won 118 to 93.

With a score of 4 to 1 in the series, the Kings advanced to the Western Conference finals. Su Yang and Snyder hugged and saluted. After the game, he talked about how to evaluate Snyder. He said bluntly: "He is a very good coach. The lineup we have…”

What I mean right now is that the Jazz's broken lineup, Mitchell short, Ingles slow, Rubio Iron, Gobert partial, can play the fifth record in the regular season, and can also advance to the second round of the playoffs. It belongs to high-level performance, and losing to the king is too normal.

After sending the Jazz away, the Kings focused on their opponents in the Western Conference Finals, and the Spurs had already led the Warriors 3-2.

NO.11 Early in the morning, Su Yang convened the coaching staff and scouting team to prepare for the game, and directly used the Spurs as the opponent. The main battle of Tianwangshan, the Spurs won by 31 points. Even with the hard solution, Durant was singled out with the ball, allowing Paul, Danny Green, and Leonard to take turns suppressing Durant, which made Durant quite uncomfortable.

"In the next round against the Spurs, we have to be prepared to play seven games. We may lose home court advantage at the beginning of the series, or even lose two games in a row. If that happens, our coaching staff and scouting team must first not Feel flustered, and provide demonstration and confidence to the players by the way. In the same way, if we win two games in a row at the beginning, or even win three games in a row, we can’t relax. The Spurs are not an ordinary team. Everything is possible. Until the end, Don't get discouraged or relax!"

Su Yang didn't intend to spend too much time discussing offensive and defensive strategies. The King and the Spurs, and himself and Popovich, have played against each other too many times, and they basically know the basics. There will inevitably be a lot of on-the-spot adjustments. What needs to be compared is the details and Execution.

After the meeting was over, video analysis was carried out.

Su Yang said the same thing to Curry and others: "This will be our most difficult series in recent years. As long as we beat the Spurs and advance to the finals, we will definitely be the annual champions. This is not arrogance. but confidence…”

"YEAH!"

Antetokounmpo excitedly shouted and agreed, probably because he wanted to play against the Spurs as soon as possible. After all, WOJ and others broke the news before that the league has completed the MVP voting statistics. Leonard defeated Antetokounmpo by a small margin and will be elected as the MVP of this season.

That had a great impact on Brother Antetokounmpo, and his personal honor was lost. If he wants to get it again next time, the difficulty may soar further.

In the blink of an eye, the Spurs defeated the Warriors 119-115 at the Oracle Center and advanced to the Western Conference Finals 4-2.

Su Yang immediately tweeted that he was looking forward to the matchup with the Spurs, and wished the Warriors good luck in the coming year. Durant will leave the Warriors, and Green and Clay are likely to be traded and enter the rebuilding topic, which once again became a topic on Twitter Hot topic.

According to the schedule, the Western Conference Finals will start on May 14th, and the Kings still have three days to prepare. Su Yang leads the team to a long-distance run in college, using the oldest training method, adding a sense of ritual, so that the whole team can prepare for a marathon Preparations for the series.

 Unknowingly, this book has been written for almost a year. Some book friends have left or become silent after they came, and I can still see the votes of book friends who followed up on the book when it was first published. I am so moved.

  
 
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