NBA: Starting with the undercut by Parker and Bowen

Brent Barry, who was running on the field, felt a sudden pang of fear. He turned his head and saw Yang Lin looking at him with pity, completely puzzled.

Barry: What's going on? I'm not the one who's injured, why are you showing me any pity?

Yang Lin: Don't worry, elder brother, we'll see in two years.

he~~tui~~

Parker is absolutely disgusting!

It's a shame no video has leaked; bad review!

Pulling himself out of his reverie, Yang Lin refocused his attention on the rudimentary system.

He received the skill reward through his thoughts, and in an instant, the system screen changed.

Randomly triggered skill: Army of Justice (skill not triggered)

Offensive ability: Open three-pointers +30; Offense movement +15

Active Skill: Guaranteed Three-Pointer (Current Energy Storage: 2) Note: 1. For every 300 three-pointers of any kind that are hit, you will gain one Guaranteed Three-Pointer energy storage.

2. In the NBA, the maximum energy storage per game is 1 in the regular season and the first round of the playoffs; the maximum energy storage per game is 2 in the second round of the playoffs and the conference finals; and the maximum energy storage per game is 3 in the NBA Finals.

In international competitions (including only the Olympics and World Championships), the maximum energy storage per match in the group stage is 1; the maximum energy storage in the first round of the knockout stage is 2, increasing by 1 for each subsequent round.

Yang Lin was overjoyed when new content appeared on the screen, feeling that his rudimentary system still had hope and potential.

One act of righteousness yielded three rewards: two stat increases and one active skill.

Especially the active skills, which, as the name suggests, guarantee a three-pointer.

If used well, this means that you can make at least one three-pointer per game on average.

Based on this, Yang Lin felt that he could make it in the NBA.

If he could add some defensive skills, coupled with open three-pointers, he would be the kind of role player every team dreams of.

The only difference is that I'm a bit short, so I'm more suited to the point guard position.

If he could gain a few centimeters and match up against opposing shooting guards, he would be a perfect fit for the current Utah Jazz.

This useless system can't even make him grow taller.

Bad review!

Parker's injury and subsequent departure from the game undoubtedly impacted the Spurs' offensive performance.

With Horry's technical foul free throws, the Jazz gave their opponents a 9-2 run in the last three minutes of the first half, successfully tying the deficit they had been trailing since the start of the game.

51:51.

Compared to the sixty or seventy points that often played in the second half a decade or so later, fifty points in the first half seems rather pathetic.

At this point, this is already a pretty good halftime score.

Don't you see the Eastern Conference Finals next door? They've already played three games, and neither team has ever scored more than 50 points in the first half; they've both hovered around 40.

More than a decade later, fans complained that the games weren't as exciting or intense as they were in the first decade of the 21st century because of the high number of three-pointers and high scores.

Most of it is just complaining; not many people take it seriously.

If anyone actually believes this, they are definitely too young, have only watched some game highlights, and have not truly experienced the full immersion of NBA games in this era.

Long and tedious, slow-paced, with large defensive movements leading to numerous missed shots.

Having grown accustomed to the fast pace and high scores of later games, watching a match like this once in a while should be quite interesting.

But nowadays, apart from two or three teams, all the others are in the same situation.

Typical representative teams: Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs;

Typical examples of coaches: Larry Brown, Jeff Van Gundy.

With the playoffs going on this far, the person most worried is probably NBA Commissioner David Stern.

Because his two most hated teams, the Pistons and the Spurs, both made it to the conference finals.

Unfortunately, both teams are now leading 2-1 in the series.

Are the two teams going to meet again in the finals?

Stern gets goosebumps just thinking about the Finals two years ago.

Damn it, in those seven games, the two teams only scored over 100 points once, and the lowest score was only over 60.

At halftime, let alone reaching 50, even reaching 40 would be quite difficult.

That year's Finals really gave David Stern and many fans a psychological trauma.

If this happens again this year, it is foreseeable that there will be fewer sponsors and the ratings will once again plummet.

David Stern was present at the game.

Seeing the home team, the Utah Jazz, struggling and in trouble in the first half, he frowned deeply, wondering if he should do something.

Unexpectedly, the situation took an unexpected turn when Tony Parker suffered a foot injury and had to leave the game.

He certainly doesn't want Parker to miss the game due to injury, but if it changes the course of the game or the entire series, he wouldn't mind.

He now only hates that it wasn't Robert Horry or Bruce Bowen who were stepped on; those two really deserve to die.

After equalizing the score at halftime, the home team's atmosphere became much more relaxed.

The Jazz are a rebuilding team, and luck played a big part in their journey to the conference finals.

In the first round against the Rockets, they narrowly won in Game 7;

In the second round, they even encountered the Warriors, who were upset by the eighth seed, which was essentially a gift from them.

Facing the formidable Spurs this round, it seemed like the game was over. However, the opponent's key player was injured, which inevitably gave the Jazz players a glimmer of hope.

After all, they had all seen Parker's condition just now and knew that he seemed to be seriously injured.

If they miss about ten days, their finals might be on the table.

The finals! That's the finals!

The Utah Jazz have only been there twice in total, and both times they were just background figures for Danny, creating many memorable moments for him.

That would require a stroke of luck to get in, and if you were lucky again...

Wouldn't that surpass the team's legend?

With a bit of anticipation, the Jazz players stepped onto the court for the second half.

Unexpectedly, the Spurs delivered a ruthless blow to the home team right from the start.

With Parker absent, Popovich adjusted the starting lineup for the second half, bringing on his signature weapon, Manu Ginobili.

As everyone knows, the "Demon Blade" is primarily offensive; it either kills people or kills itself.

This time, Ginobili didn't betray his own team; instead, he turned the blade on his opponent, aiming for the heart of the Utah Jazz.

Upon entering the game in the second half, Ginobili immediately hit an unreasonable three-pointer; then he drove to the basket, drew a shooting foul from Boozer, and made both free throws;

He then received a pass from Duncan and hit a mid-range shot; facing Fisher's defense, he first faked a move beyond the three-point line and then pulled up for a three-pointer.

"Beep~~"

"Whoosh~~"

The referee blew the whistle, giving us a chance to score four points.

At halftime, the Jazz players were still in high spirits, looking like they were ready to do something big.

To everyone's surprise, just three minutes into the second half, Ginobili single-handedly scored a 10-2 run against them.

Another free throw made the Jazz's atmosphere immediately somber.

Seeing Ginobili's outburst, Sloan on the sidelines called a timeout and berated his own player.

He understood that it wasn't that his players weren't working hard enough. When a star player like Ginobili has a breakout performance, no one can stop him.

What's causing Sloan anxiety right now isn't just the scoreline, but also the foul trouble his own players are in.

Just three minutes into the second half, Fisher picked up his fourth foul of the game.

There was no other way but to replace him.

But who should we replace?

Giricek, the first backup guard, has also committed his third foul. He will have to replace Deron Williams later to fill in his rotation time!

Sloan glanced at the bench.

Seeing Yang Lin sitting on the edge of the seat, I couldn't help but think: Should I give him a chance?

They also made contributions in the first half.

Sloan acted decisively, immediately calling out to Yang Lin, "Yang, you're up next, replacing Derek."

Upon hearing Sloan's arrangement, Yang Lin was immediately delighted and took off his training clothes.

The timeout ended, and Ginobili made the free throw.

The home team, the Jazz, trails by 9 points at 62:53.

When the Jazz entered their offensive half, the team began running their plays.

As he took his first steps, Yang Lin found that his positioning strategy had become much clearer.

This is clearly not my previous strength.

Is +15's positioning really that good?

Yang Lin felt that he had underestimated the abilities the system had given him.

If a +15 rating on positioning is this good, then a +30 rating on open three-pointers must be... amazing.

Yang Lin originally thought he could only rely on his sure-fire three-pointers to get by, but now it seems that he has a greater chance.

Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer executed a classic pick-and-roll, Finley collapsed to prepare for a double team, and Yang Lin ran to the right corner to get an open shot.

But Deron Williams didn't pass the ball immediately. Instead, he took a mid-range jumper over the defense of Duncan and Finley.

"Bang!" The basketball slammed through the rim and went out of bounds.

Barbosa leaned on Okur and successfully secured the defensive rebound.

Standing on the sidelines, seeing Deron's offensive options, Sloan flew into a rage.

"Are you blind? There's an empty space."

"Why didn't you pass the ball? You son of a bitch, is your brain full of shit?"

Deron didn't dare look at the old coach and buried his head in his defense.

But Yang Lin on the field clearly saw that Delong's face was full of resentment and he was cursing.

A few years later, Sloan was forced to retire by Deron, and many people felt that Deron was ungrateful and had failed Sloan's mentorship.

He spent a few months with the Utah Jazz.

Yang Lin knew that the relationship between the two had always been rather ordinary, and there were even some conflicts.

Sloan was a stubborn and irritable coach who was very domineering towards his players and did not allow them to have any doubts.

For example, Gordon Gilsek, the team's primary backup guard, will be kicked out of the team next season due to his conflict with Sloan.

Deron Williams' dissatisfaction with Sloan stems from last season, which was Williams' rookie season.

Last season, the Jazz selected Deron Williams with the third overall pick, at a time when the Jazz's starting power forward Carlos Boozer was sidelined for most of the previous season.

Logically speaking, since the team is rebuilding and there are no performance requirements, and since the third overall pick was selected, let him play freely.

But Jazz coach Sloan refused.

Deron Williams was forced to play as a substitute for more than 30 games.

Following Deron Williams, Chris Paul, selected fourth overall by the New Orleans Hornets, became the team's core player from the start and dominated the season.

As we all know, Paul became the Rookie of the Year.

This has always bothered Deron.

Perhaps in Sloan's view, it was just a Rookie of the Year award, which didn't prove anything, and his team was destined for great things.

But for a player, the Rookie of the Year award is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Conflicts arise.

If the Jazz can achieve success and win the championship, the conflict between the two may be resolved with victory.

However, the normal outcome in the previous life was that after reaching the Western Conference Finals this year, this Jazz team did not achieve any decent results.

This inevitably led to their eventual breakup.

Spurs offense, Yang Lin guards Finley. Ginobili drives to the basket, Kirilenko collapses to help defend.

Seeing that Bowen was open, Ginobili immediately passed the ball out.

Upon seeing this, Yang Lin immediately released Finley and lunged at him.

Perhaps it was Bowen's 0-for-3 performance on three-pointers today that made him hesitate; instead of immediately taking a three-pointer, he dribbled the ball inwards.

Facing Yang Lin's help defense, he leaned forward and took a mid-range shot.

A moment later.

"Ah~~"

Another painful scream rang out from the field.

Yang Lin, who was standing in front of Bowen with his right hand raised, was immediately stunned, and two words involuntarily popped into his mind: Double Kill.