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Chapter 128 The Villain
The inner and outer core of the Jazz are still Karl Malone and John Stockton, and they still use the old pick-and-roll routine.

More than ten years as a day can describe the state of the Jazz.

Their core is as efficient as ever, and their regular-season results are as good as ever.

Everyone knows how they will fight, but it is not so easy to beat them.

Ma Long's muscular body is definitely undefendable, because of the configuration problem, Zhang Chen doesn't plan to flank him like he did in the past with the Heat.

Confrontation, facing a team with All-Star players inside, the Warriors' current tactics are all offense and offense.

You hit your inside line, I hit my outside line.

But the more troublesome thing is that the Jazz are not that kind of traditional inside team. Their shooting is very good, and many of Malone's offenses end with shooting.

Moreover, Stockton's outside core is really not defensive, nor is it not defensive.

He is not the main point of attack, it is not very useful to entangle him, and the other points of defense are really difficult to deal with. If you can prevent this, you can't prevent that. The other players have relatively average scores. Even if Zhang Chen defends one of them to death Also pointless.

At 114:123, the Jazz ended up laughing in this offensive battle. Their previous shooting percentage was too high. When the shooting percentage dropped in the last quarter, Malone played a breakthrough again. This free throw shooting percentage is not low, and fouls are not good , The Warriors can only suffer away.

The next four games are played at home, but the opponents are not ordinary people.

On the 13th, the opponent is the Trail Blazers.

This team is really hard to play, not to mention their first-choice insiders Rasheed Wallace and Arvidas Sabonis, and even their backup insider, Dell Davis, last The season is still against the Pacers and the Heat. Sean Kemp, although he is fat Kemp now, is also better than the Warriors inside.

Outside Damon Stoudemire, Steve Smith, Scottie Pippen, Bunche Wells, no matter how good Zhang Chen is, he can only handle one. When the lineup is rotated, the Warriors are really crying .

A luxurious lineup is a luxurious lineup. If the Warriors have a complete lineup, it is not scary. After all, there can only be five players on the field, but now the Warriors are short of major generals and have encountered too many players who can create scoring opportunities on their own. They can't play at all.

At 93:101, amidst the cheers of the home fans, the Warriors had no choice but to lose.

It’s not that they don’t work hard, Zhang Chen has a feeling that the Warriors team has been working hard since the beginning of the season, causing some players to enter the fatigue period much earlier, and they can’t keep up physically. There is no other way. It can only be stubbornly resisting the past.

Two days later, they ushered in the Houston Rockets.

The Rockets are now hitting the top eight positions in the Western Conference. Of course they will choose to go all out when they meet the Warriors.

The Rockets' strength has also improved this season. First of all, it is the growth of Steve Francis and Cutino Mobley. Both of them can average 20 points per game, which can be regarded as a qualified "double gun".

And their inside line is not very bad. First of all, the old Olajuwon can still support the team with experience, and their other inside line, Morris Taylor, was still the core of the Clippers in the first two seasons. The Rockets are also very competent as the "little three".

In this game, Jamison returned to the inside, and he needed to suppress Morris Taylor.

Between Francis and Mobley, Zhang Chen finally chose to defend Francis. The stats of 20+7+7 proved his role in the Rockets.

With strong offensive power and ability to grab rebounds, Francis is not a point guard like a point guard.

It can be seen from the data that this player's physical fitness is excellent, but Zhang Chen must freeze him, facing a team that may threaten their position, he must use 120% of his energy.

And Francis has never given up his plan to compete with Zhang Chen. In the first offense of the Rockets, he let Zhang Chen feel his strength and breakthrough skills.

Continuously changing direction and sticking to Zhang Chen, rushing towards the basket, jumping up and wanting to hit the frame with one arm.

Zhang Chen was taken aback. This guy was stronger than the last time he fought, but Carter wouldn't even think about dunking him like this.

Zhang Chen slapped the ball fiercely, and the referee's whistle sounded.

He didn't expect the opponent's first attack to be so wild. When Francis was about to dunk, he had lost his best defensive position and had to pay a foul.

There are constantly powerful guys emerging, this is the NBA, Zhang Chen licked his lips, and once again warned himself to concentrate, not to be careless just because the other party entered the league a year later.

He was fouled on the field, so of course Zhang Chen would express it.

Catching the ball with his back and turning around, Francis was fully prepared, and his strength was also very good. When I watched Zhang Chen hit other players with his back in the past, I felt that he would definitely not be like this when defending.

Shooting, hit, Francis was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that Zhang Chen didn't follow the script at all, and just shot like this.

He has good physical fitness and active defense, but his defensive skills are average, that is to say, his judgment of the opponent's offensive players is not very accurate.

For the second ball, Francis chose to hit Zhang Chen with his back.

The power is really good, Zhang Chen was still thinking silently in his heart, suddenly a very strong force came over, making his body stagnate, Francis took advantage of this opportunity to turn over and make a jump shot.

However, the other party didn't completely push him away this time. When he realized it, he immediately jumped up and blocked it with his hands.

Still a little short, but the ball missed, too.

In fact, Francis was also surprised in his heart. Zhang Chen really had good physical fitness. Just now, even ordinary inside players had to be pushed aside by him, but the opponent just paused physically.

At this time, Zhang Chen also had a judgment on the current Francis. The pure strength would not be much worse than him, and his explosive power might be higher than him. Could it be that this one also has a full value.

But if you want to defeat him like this, it is impossible.

Not only can't let the opponent defeat, but also limit the opponent to the maximum. There must be no mistakes in this game. Feel carefully. Take advantage of it.

At this moment, Zhang Chen himself felt a bit like a villain.

In a similar position, with the same back, Zhang Chen suddenly leaned back and turned over to make a jump shot.

The hit was premeditated, and what's more, Zhang Chen's height and wingspan had the advantage.

"Little friend, this is the correct posture." Zhang Chen found that this type of trash talk has a wide range of adaptability, and he is also very slippery when playing it.

This is also his overall performance, he can play most of the moves, as long as he does not encounter some perverted guys, he can basically use this method to deal with other players.

Francis was really furious, "Fuck your correct posture, I will teach you various correct postures after I blow you up."

"Don't just talk and don't practice, I'll be there anytime."

The opponent snorted coldly, and took the basketball from the Rockets teammate who was serving the ball.

Their head coach Tomjanovich reminded Francis loudly to keep calm and organize the Rockets' offense instead of reckless.

But this man took the coach's words as a deaf ear, and started to accelerate when he reached the frontcourt, and he was very proficient in making rapid changes in direction. If Zhang Chen was not very familiar with this kind of technique, he might have passed him.

When he got near the free throw line, he started, rushing like a dunk by Zhang Chen.

"It's a pity..." Zhang Chen jumped up violently, and took a picture of the basketball in the opponent's hand.

It's a good cap. If Francis shot a jumper honestly, Zhang Chen would have no way to block him, but this guy is too confident, or his style of play is a bit unwise, and he chose the most difficult path, so he This ball is tragic.

Francis didn't expect to be blocked at all, and his face changed drastically.

The Warriors have launched a counterattack here, Francis was slow to return to the defense, he simply pulled Zhang Chen directly, and the referee immediately called a foul.

This is also considered a tactical foul, but this behavior still aroused the dissatisfaction of Olajuwon, the boss of the Rockets. Although Olajuwon is no longer the core of tactics, as the boss of the Rockets for so long, he can speak The weight is still the heaviest.

He frowned and yelled at Francis, "Steve, you have to lead the team to win instead of acting on your will."

Although Francis didn't take it seriously, it's okay to pretend not to hear what the coach said. He still wants to listen to what the senior in the team has to say.

Anyway, the whole game is still needed, so he must find his way back.

After Olajuwon came forward, the Rockets' offense entered a normal mode. Zhang Chen stared at Francis, but Cummings couldn't guard Mobley, and their offense came alive.

Zhang Chen also began to create opportunities for Jamison. Facts have proved that in the first two seasons of the Clippers, there was really no talent for Maurice Taylor to play at the core level. His ability is much worse than that of Jamison. Jamison can almost knock him out.

Zhang Chen suppressed Francis again, and the Warriors still had a slight advantage on the scene.

But at this time, Olajuwon stepped up his offense, and the skinny camel was bigger than a horse. This super insider in the 90s was really difficult to deal with, but the difficulty did not necessarily have to be solved. His current age could no longer support him. It's been a long time.

Years are ruthless, even if he wants to, he is powerless.

"Hey, buddy, the old man has also gone down to rest, let's go heads-up to save trouble." Zhang Chen moved over at the right time.

"Basketball is not one-on-one."

When Francis made such a serious sentence, Zhang Chen thought that his plot had failed, but he didn't expect the other party to immediately answer, "But you are really annoying, so come here, I'm afraid you won't succeed."

Zhang Chen smiled slightly and opened his posture.

Take this opportunity to accept this game. With the current situation of the Warriors, it is not easy to win.

(End of this chapter)