Vol 3 Chapter 121: Win again

The playoffs are indeed more difficult than the regular season. The intensity of the game is much greater, and more importantly, as the series progresses, the two sides in the battle will become more and more familiar with their opponents, and their responses will become more targeted.
An Luo received special care in this game. This can be seen from Hill's preference to empty Westbrook and double-team Anlow with Ingles. However, they are forgiven for doing so. Although Westbrook is strong, it is not as efficient as Anlo.
Moreover, the two three-pointers of Anlow in the second quarter made the Jazz determined.
However, although the Jazz restrained Anro, they did not block the impact of Oladipo and Westbrook. Without Gobert, they really didn't have much to do with these two goods.
Donovan also caught the opponent's fate and beat him to death. At the beginning of the second half, he sent Westbrook, Oladipo and Grant who could rush up, constantly rushing into the Jazz penalty area.
This put the Jazz into a very uncomfortable situation. Too much pressure on the defensive end! An Luo's existence has caused their defense to be involved quite long. As a result, the inside line was vacated. When the inside line is empty, it is even more difficult to prevent the Thunder's breakthrough!
This is called a chain reaction. Gobert flicked the butterfly's wing, and for the Jazz, it was like a tsunami.
The dilemma on the defensive end made the Jazz's offense also problematic. Although Favors was able to score some points on Grant, it was only a drop in the bucket and could not solve the big problem.
The Thunder took less than five minutes to stop the Jazz in a wave of 16:6.
67:48
With Westbrook's one score, two plus one score, the advantage was further expanded to nearly 20 points!
The fans of Chesapeake Energy Arena have already started the carnival. Many people have stood up from their seats and danced to the music.
This is indeed something to be happy about. Not only is their team leading now, more importantly, this is the second game of the playoffs. They were satisfied with the playoffs this season. Now there is a big chance of reaching the Western Conference semifinals, which is exciting to think about.
Not only the fans, but even the Thunder players began to relax. Of course, except for An Luo. He has been running around for a few minutes, and he has almost never gotten a mobile phone meeting.
Having been a war correspondent, An Luo must have been unhappy. The guys like Westbrook and Oladipo became more excited as he fought. So excited that Westbrook started to shoot super long three-pointers again!
As the saying goes: happiness leads to sadness.
After the timeout, Joe Johnson of the Jazz came back into battle. The Jazz was able to suppress the Thunder for most of the last game, which has a lot to do with this veteran.
In this game, the Eagle King also showed his strength at his peak. The combination of his striker and Hayward is like an awl, piercing the Thunder's defense. And it just happened to pierce their weakest place.
Although Donovan immediately withdrew Roberson to the third position, Grant still seemed too immature in front of Johnson. The latter relied on his own personal ability, constantly singles Grant, and slowly approached the score.
In the last half of this quarter, the two sides played the same kind of game many years ago. The battlefield of their exchange of fire slowly shifted to within the free throw line, and a now rare hand-to-hand battle began.
When Robertson was on the court, An Luo went to rest. After all, the second quarter was full. Donovan is not the kind of coach who plays with only a few players. Furthermore, this period of time he has not much room to play on the court~EbookFREE.me~ The team's play style is too different from his technical characteristics. Had he not been able to involve the opponent's defense, Donovan would have let him down and rest.
An Luo, who was sitting on the bench, gasped for breath. In fact, he did not consume too much energy on the offensive end. On the contrary, it was a bit hard to defend Hayward. After all, being weak in height requires more concentration and proactiveness.
But the effect is still good. In those five minutes, Hayward only took two shots, and still failed to make a shot. Of course, this medal of merit was awarded half to Grant. He double-teamed in time to resolve the opponent's several attacks.
But this situation changed with the adjustment of the Jazz and Anlor's fate. After all, the team that made the playoffs really has two brushes.
The Thunder's 19 points were wiped out by the opponent in the last few minutes. At the end of the third quarter, the Jazz were only 7 points behind them.
During the inter-festival break, Donovan communicated with Grant alone for a while. He actually has the potential to become a top defender. The height, wingspan and jumping are very good, but also very flexible. It is a pity that the body is a bit thin and the resistance is a bit poor. On several occasions, he was squeezed directly behind him by Johnson.
In addition to defense, Donovan also emphasized the cooperation of internal and external players. These guys went crazy in the third quarter, each holding the ball and rushing inside. Although the effect is good, but they lack the explosive scoring ability that they always have.
Without scoring support outside the three-point line, once they are deadlocked with the opponent, they cannot continue to open the score. So Donovan emphasized that, especially the cooperation of Westbrook, Adams and Anlow, the entire third quarter was not able to play.
After that, the Thunder players will move to Utah City to play two games with the Jazz. For Thunder, this is the real challenge.