Chapter 310: The playoffs are coming

This season, the regular season ended, and the entire league has reached the annual honor harvest season.
The five big data kings are talking on data. No one can make a comeback at this point of lock. Poor Malone has almost killed O'Neill in the next few days.
As for other items such as regular season MVP, one-on-one defense, best rookie, best sixth man, etc., will be announced during the playoffs. Although these are also data-dependent, they are ultimately determined by media reporters and professional ball critics. Members vote, the uncertainty is great.
Malone lost the scoring champion and naturally wanted to compete for the MVP, but this competition will be more difficult than the scoring champion, because there are many competitors, Jordan, Olajuwon, Robinson, and even O'Neill can Fight, after all, Magic has made a big leap in the Eastern Conference this season.
However, to say the biggest possible item, Ma Long's answer is Li Shengli.
To know the changes in the Jazz after Li Shengli's joining, the blind can see that the previous strong team was right, but only ranked in the middle in the west, and did not run every year, four or six, and then... the championship last season, the first in the west this season First, the leap in power is more terrifying than the magic, because the magic only hit the middle east from the eastern edge, but the jazz hit the peak from the middle.
However, these things are no longer decided by the players. Everyone is looking at the upcoming playoffs this season. The Jazz's playoff schedule has also been released. The first round is against the eighth Denver Nuggets in the West. .
The time against the Bulls was on April 24, and the first game of the playoffs was on April 28. There was a 4-day interval between them. It was neither easy nor easy. Fortunately, according to the system of the first round 221, The first two home are jazz, there is ample room for preparation.
The only bad news is... Stockton's shoulder injury is more serious than expected. The playoffs are definitely not going to be played, and the Jazz's playoff journey is destined to be more difficult than last season.
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On the evening of the 28th.
Opponent Denver Nuggets is estimated to be afraid of the Devil's home at the Jazz. The second day after the regular season, he went to Salt Lake City. He took the first step to adapt to high-altitude operations. The Jazz who had prepared for a few days will finally wait for the first round. The first game.
Pappa!
In the locker room, as the coach Jerry Sloan clapped his hands to signal the team's pre-match meeting, and Li Shengli and Ma Long called people together to wait for Sloan to speak.
"Guys, everyone has played well this season, but the regular season is the regular season and the playoffs are the playoffs. The first regular season does not mean a championship. I hope everyone can get up and running because This will be the second trip to the championship in the history of our team!"
"It's a pity that John hasn't played in any playoff games, but these are not important. I want to see that each of you has done your job well. And...our opponent today is Nuggets, even if they are the eighth and we are the first, don't let go."
"Now, my request is very simple. No matter what round it is, we can't lose at home, nor can we play one game, starting today!"
The defender should be the guest.
Throughout all NBA games, the home win rate is greater than the away game, and the influencing factors are complex. The advantage of the Jazz as the first in the West is that each round will have one more home game than the opponent, and as long as it is unbeaten at home , The chance of killing the series will naturally be greater.
As for the Jazz's starting main force today, there has been no change or change. Li Shengli and Malone are still inside. The three groups of Croti, Tyrone and Bond are responsible for auxiliary attack and peripheral defense.
When Stockton was still aside, in addition to Li Shengli and Malone, the shots in the other three positions were not too small, because Stockton could always pass the ball to the most suitable shot, but he was not... Jazz It has become an absolutely typical internal and external weak team, invincible than the entire league, and inferior to the outside team.
In contrast, the internal and external comparisons of the opponent's Nuggets are more balanced.
Center Mutombo, defensive center, this is the third season of his career, got a double-double data of 12+11.8 per game. Looking at these alone, there is nothing worthy of attention, but surprisingly... …He is the second person to win blocks per game, averaging 4.1 per game.
If you have to deal with one, two or three, Mutombo can't make it into the center's first echelon, but under the first echelon is the top, which is the Nuggets' inside guarantee.
As for the Nuggets' four-position assistant Lafonso Ellis, who was born in the same draft with Li Shengli and O'Neal, the fifth overall pick in the first round, the rookie season got 14.7+9.1 data, and this season in After partnering with Mutombo, there have been some changes in both figures.
Mutombo's rebound remained at 10+, but the score slowly decreased, because Lafonso shared a part of the shot; Lafonso's score increased slightly, but the average rebound fell, because Mutombo took on more Defensive mission.
The combination of the two makes the Nuggets' management very satisfied. Although they can't compete with Jazz's Lee Shengli + Malone, and they can't compete with the new team of David Robinson + Rodman than this season, but after two seasons In terms of performance, no matter which team you play against, the inside will not suffer too much.
As for the Nuggets' backcourt players.
Chris Jackson is the No. 1 scorer, followed by Bryant Stitch and Lightning Strike Williams, averaging 18 points, 12.5 points and 13 points respectively.
To be honest, evaluating a player's strength and weakness, looking at the player's score alone and not looking at other data, this is of little significance, but there is no doubt that this data reflects the Nuggets' peripheral firepower from the side and intuitively.
The Nuggets' outside line is definitely not weak.
Speaking of...The Bulls have super giant Jordan, and the triangle attack is simple and rude. The Nuggets do not have such a big brother to lead the team. They can only match the supersonic speed and play all five positions as firepower points. Fortunately, they really save. Out of a good lineup, stumbled into the playoffs as the eighth in the West.
The mean is not wrong, nor does it mean that there is no hope of winning the championship, even if it is very small.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the Nuggets locker room is dignified, which is far more tense than that of the Jazz locker room. The Jazz is thinking about the Nuggets, and the Nuggets are not thinking about how to deal with the Jazz, and today's game...Mutum The mission of Bo + Lafonso is too difficult, because they will face the double king in the inside!
It’s easy to win the Jazz. Li Shengli and Ma Longgan will lie down, but it’s also difficult to win the Jazz. Li Shengli and Malone have never been on the same party, no matter offensive and defensive.
"Man, do you have any ideas?" Even if the game hasn't been played, Lafonso's face is not very good.
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"Don't worry, this time we only need to prevent the Jazz's inside shot. Our shots should be handed over to Chris." Mutombo's expression was much calmer, because he played his defensive type in this game. The true nature of the center, winning or losing depends on the play of the Jazz inside attack and the Nuggets outside attack.
"It's not my discouragement. I can't defend Malone 100%, because you also know how he plays. But compared to Malone, I'm afraid that you have a problem. No one can bear that perversion. "" Lafonso whispered, because this season they met with the Jazz, the two of them were really scared.
"This is not discouragement? Listen to me, it's not back now, don't play with the regular season set, you can't prevent them from pulling them down with fouls, you can't lose, you lose nothing Now."
Both are playing for the first time in the playoffs, which is of great significance to them. Obviously Mutombo is more stable, and the Nuggets coach has also prepared a group of meat shields waiting for the inside of the Jazz. After all, the outside defense The requirements for the defenders will be higher, and the inside defense can be a meat shield.
At this time, there was no tight time for the Nuggets, because the staff had informed them to debut, the first round of the first game officially started.