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Chapter 187 Yan Hua's Weaknesses
Chapter 187 Yan Hua's Weaknesses
On December 2009, 12, after defeating the Nuggets in an away game and winning the Christmas game, the Kings set off for Salt Lake City, preparing to face their next opponent, the Utah Jazz.
As the hottest team at the beginning of this season, the Kings have become a team that the entire league is targeting and researching since they won the start of 18 consecutive victories, especially those who are in the Western Conference with the Kings The team even put the Kings at the same level as the Lakers and Spurs.
Although the Portland Trail Blazers and the Oklahoma City Thunder are also known as the three major youth teams, compared with the other two youth teams, the Kings are undoubtedly much better in terms of record. When they were still on the verge of fighting in the playoffs, the Kings were already one step ahead of the Thunder and Trail Blazers and became the top players in the Western Conference. The home field advantage in the first round of the playoffs is basically a certainty for the Kings.
Although the main lineup is still very young, having a champion like Tony Allen in the lineup, who also reached the second round of the Kings in the playoffs last season, does not lack game experience, so compared to the Thunder And the Trail Blazers, there are more bricks and beasts who are optimistic that the Kings can make a difference in the playoffs, and Charles Barkley, who has always supported the Kings, even claimed that he is very optimistic about the Kings' ability in the game when explaining the Kings game. In this season's playoffs, it has gone further than last season.
The Kings reached the second round of the playoffs last season, and the next step is the division finals. Although those media who supported the Kings and Yan Hua also hoped that the Kings would win this season as Barkley said. Reached the conference finals, but these media still couldn’t believe Barkley’s rhetoric. Yan Hua, who entered the league’s second season, led the Kings to the conference finals. The media laughed at Charles Barkley as a foolish dream.
As for the Kings, Charles Barkley obviously has no confidence in being so optimistic about them, especially Reggie Toyce, who is the head coach, even said in private that Charles Barkley, a bastard, is flattering them. An 18-game winning streak at the beginning has already made the Kings the public enemy of the entire league. Now Charles Barkley has jumped out to claim that the Kings guarantee the Western Conference Finals. Isn't this putting the Kings on the fire!
However, Yan Hua, who is the core of the team, was obviously moved by Charles Barkley's remarks, because after publicly supporting the Kings on live TV, Charles Barkley found Yan Hua after the game , said to Yan Hua: Hakeem Olajuwon was able to reach the finals in his second season in the league, and Tim Duncan even won the championship trophy in his second season in the league , so if you want to match these legends, or even surpass them, you must set yourself a goal now, a goal that can match or even surpass them, and the conference finals is already the lowest goal.
Therefore, Yan Hua is now trying his best to make himself stronger and his teammates better. Regardless of whether he can achieve the small goal that Charles Barkley said in the end, Yan Hua has decided to give it a try. Try, and the first step to achieve this small goal is to try to achieve a good record ranking in the regular season. If you want to achieve a good record in the playoffs, strength and luck are indispensable, and home court advantage is also very important. one of the major factors.
Just when Yan Hua was working hard and preparing to lead the team to a wave of victories after the Christmas game, narrowing the gap with the Lakers, and even overtaking the Lakers in the record rankings, the King encountered a wave of losing streak.
The Jazz, currently ranked seventh in the Western Conference with a record of 16 wins and 13 losses, has long regarded the King as their imaginary enemy. Therefore, in the King's games in the past month, Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan After a careful study, especially the Christmas game between the Kings and the Nuggets, Jerry Sloan, who spent Christmas at home, did not miss it, but waited by the TV early, While spending Christmas with my family, I took a small notebook to record every detail of the field, as well as every flaw of the Kings and Nuggets.
Although the Nuggets failed to reverse the Kings, which made Jerry Sloan feel very regretful, but the Nuggets made Chauncey Billups continue to misplace Yan Hua in singles at the last moment of the game, but Jerry Sloan Long's eyes brightened.
In the previous game against the Kings, Yan Hua basically went berserk as soon as he met the Jazz, all kinds of 20+20, 30+10, the Jazz center Mehmet Okur almost doubted his life, and Jerry - Sloan has nothing to do with Yan Hua, who has the top mobility, can defend beyond the three-point line and retreat, is excellent in low-post singles, and has mid-range shots. He is not afraid of going around the center forward.
After watching the game between the Nuggets and the Kings, Jerry Sloan felt that he had found a way to deal with Yan Hua. In terms of pick-and-roll tactics, the Jazz can be said to be at the master level. Great ability, Jerry Sloan is also quite confident in Deron Williams.
Therefore, in this home game against the Kings, Jerry Sloan changed the pick-and-roll tactics of Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer, allowing Deron Williams and Mehmet Okur Run the pick-and-roll, and then let Deron Williams get a chance to misplace Yan Hua in singles.
Although on the defensive end, Mehmet Okur and Carlos Boozer could not defend Yan Hua, but on the offensive end, Deron Williams has repeatedly misplaced Yan Hua in singles.
In the end, under the leadership of Deron Williams with 38 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, the Jazz sat at home and defeated the Kings 97-88.
In the King's away game against the Jazz, Yan Hua's lack of defense and small ability was magnified to the extreme. Therefore, in the King's next away game against the Hornets, Hornets head coach Jeff Ball also Follow the cat and draw the tiger, let Chris Paul like Deron Williams, displace Yan Hua after the pick-and-roll.
Faced with almost all insiders in this league, Yan Hua, who has been able to deal with it freely, has now encountered Waterloo on those small guards, first Deron Williams, and then Chris Paul, at the end of the Christmas game After that, the Kings ushered in a wave of two-game losing streak.
(End of this chapter)