Bishop of the Devil

The most ferocious villain also has a soft place in his heart...

The Jazz home fans, and I guess some of them sympathize with the Trail Blazers players, are really miserable, with scars all over their bodies.

Under such circumstances, when sympathy arises in my heart, how can I be willing to boo others.

Soon at the referee's whistle, the starting players of both sides began to appear...

When the Jazz generals saw the blood marks on the Trail Blazers players, their scalps went numb. How much pain did these lunatics endure...

The Jazz's starting lineup: The center position is second-year rookie Greg Ostertag, the rookie center the Jazz selected with the 28th pick in the first round in 1995...

The strength is a bit sluggish, whether it is immediate combat power or potential, there is no bright spot.

This is also the reason why the Jazz want to trade O'Brien before the door to the trade market closes this season...

It can be said that the center position is an absolute shortcoming of the Jazz, and they are also looking for ways to strengthen it.

The power forward position is Postman Malone, one of the league's super giants. There is nothing to say about this, everyone knows about Malone.

The player at the small forward position is named Brian Russell. He was a substitute last season. This season he has become a regular player. He has good three-point shooting and is also good on the defensive end. He is almost at the same level as Bowen right now...

Of course, this guy definitely doesn’t have Bowen’s yin…

The starting backcourt is Stockton and Jeff Hornacek. Like Malone, Stockton has nothing to say. Everyone on earth must be familiar with the player who tops the NBA's historical assists list...

And Jeff Hornacek will be familiar to fans. Although his physical fitness is very average, his golf IQ is quite high, his shooting is accurate, he has won two three-point contest championships, and he is a typical traditional shooting guard template for the Jazz. The third in command of this team.

It can be said that the Jazz can dominate the Western Conference, and "Death Gun" Hornacek plays a key role in it.

The iconic trilogy of free throws and face touching, before each free throw, take three serious shots of the ball, no more, no less, then touch your face, finally close your eyes and meditate, and finally take the shot...

According to his own statement, this action was because he wanted to remind his three daughters that dad was about to start performing...

Speaking of Hornacek's three daughters, they are simply a man's dream. They all have long legs, are as beautiful as flowers, and are versatile!

Especially Abby Hornacek, she is definitely at the level of a goddess. Anyway, Richard remembers clearly that among the basketball novels in his previous life, at least one of the ten novels had a heroine named Hornacek...

She is 178cm tall, has great looks, and a hot figure. She has won the third runner-up in the Miss Beauty Pageant. She is versatile and is good at basketball and volleyball. She can obviously rely on her looks to make a living, but she has to rely on her own strength...

If we really want to find the perfect goddess in the NBA circle in the minds of fans, Abby Hornacek would probably be at the top of the list, because this girl is so perfect, perfect enough to make God jealous.

When Richard saw Hornacek on the sidelines, he was thinking about his daughter. If Hornacek knew about it, he would probably rush to the Trail Blazers bench and strangle Richard to death...

Because Abby is only three years old right now!

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"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle, and the centers of both sides executed a jump ball.

Rookie center Gregg is 218 centimeters tall and young. There is no reason why he would lose the jump ball to Old Salvador, and he directly won the ball for the Jazz in the first offensive round.

Stockton controlled the ball and pushed forward, and Kobe stepped forward directly to press.

The Trail Blazers' defensive tactics are man-to-man, and Kobe's matchup target is Stockton.

Of course, Kobe didn't dare to rush up and reach for the ball. He suffered many losses against Stockton in the regular season, and now his memory has improved...

Stockton advances, and Kobe shrinks back. Anyway, Stockton cannot rely on breakthroughs to score under Kobe's defense.

After the ball reached the frontcourt, Malone reached the high post, and his strong body was directly stuck in the elbow area. At this time, Ben immediately switched to guard Stockton to prevent Stockton from shooting...

Next, Malone rushed towards the penalty area like a tank.

With Kobe's small body, how could he stop Malone? Malone, who drove straight ahead, received Stockton's pass and jumped directly inside the free throw line to take a mid-range shot!

"Whoa!" There was a crisp sound of the basketball hitting the net, and the Jazz took the lead.

Rashid raised a finger towards the bench with some guilt, indicating that the ball was his fault.

Before the start of the game, Richard had already told Rasheed to always pay attention to help Kobe Bryant's defense. As a result, this offensive round still gave Malone an easy chance to make a shot.

In the next offensive round of the Trail Blazers, Kobe passed the ball to Sasha under the basket. Sasha was moving around under the basket and failed to find a suitable shot. Rasheed happened to respond, and Sasha passed the ball directly to Rasheed. Germany, the latter scored a mid-range shot!

At the beginning, the two sides were almost evenly matched.

It's the Jazz's offensive round again. This time Rashid learned the lesson from the previous round and stared at Postman Malone directly after the Jazz pick-and-roll!

But what hurts Richard is that this time Stockton did not pass the ball to Malone, but immediately passed it to Brian Russell on the outside...

Russell's three-pointer from the outside rose and fell directly into the net!

This is the strength of the Jazz team. A simple pick-and-roll tactic can evolve into countless small tactics. If Rasheed didn't keep an eye on Malone just now, Stockton would definitely pass the ball to Malone, let Malone take an easy mid-range shot.

And Rasheed focused on Malone. Stockton, who has terrible organizational skills, immediately found Russell, who is strong in three-pointers. The latter hit a three-pointer while he was half open!

Don't forget, in addition to Russell, the three-point shooter, the Jazz also have Hornacek running wildly on the outside, waiting for Stockton's ball.

The Jazz's ability to compete with the peerless Bull is really not just luck.

Stockton, the engine of the backcourt, is definitely the point guard with the strongest organizational ability in the league today, the strongest, bar none!

When he distributes the ball, he can always distribute the ball to the most appropriate output point, which allows the offensive firepower of Hornacek and Russell to be maximized as much as possible!

The cooperation between Malone and Stockton can be said to have reached the level of proficiency.

Malone's personal strength is extremely strong. He is a super all-around power forward. With Stockton's top engine, he is even more powerful!

If we really have to find a shortcoming in the Jazz lineup, it would undoubtedly be the center position...

If the Jazz can find a center with secondary offensive ability, good rebounding, and good interior defense, then it is foreseeable that it is not unbelievable for this Jazz to defeat the Bulls.

This is also the reason why they are eyeing Xiao Ou. Xiao O's performance this season has been relatively good, at least better than Greg's current performance.

If he continues to grow next season, he will definitely be able to make up for the shortcomings of the Jazz center position!

Looking at the entire league, the Jazz have no bargaining chips to acquire famous and reliable blue-collar centers, such as Mutombo, and they also have no salary space...

So you can only choose newcomers.

Among the newcomers, only this year's No. 2 picks Camby and O'Brien are suitable for the Jazz...

Camby's value is too high, and the Jazz can't get anything out of it, so they can only target O'Sullivan with the 17th pick.

What hurt the Jazz management was that Richard didn't even give him a chance to discuss it and refused directly.