The Godfather of Basketball

Salt Lake City, the capital of Utah, is named after its proximity to the Great Salt Lake.

More than a hundred years ago, thousands of Mormon believers pioneered and built a city here, and now it has developed into the third largest city in the interior of the United States.

Salt Lake City is rich in ore and has a large number of tourist attractions, but compared to these, the most famous thing here is its altitude.

Most of the entire Salt Lake City falls on the left in a valley at an altitude of 1320 meters. If you exercise vigorously in this city, you will soon feel short of breath.

The Energy Solutions Arena, home of the Jazz, is located in the heart of the city.

And this is the biggest reason for the Jazz's "devil's home game", and it is also what the Rockets will face immediately.

It is precisely because of this advantage that despite two disastrous defeats, the Jazz players still appear confident.

Jazz core Deron Williams said in an interview that the team will launch a counterattack at home.

"Our regular season home win rate has reached 90% this season, and the last time our opponent entered the playoffs was a 2-0 lead and was reversed, so we have absolute confidence."

"We'll bottom out and kick our opponent's ass," Boozer said in an interview with a more provocative tone.

The two leading cores of the Jazz have this attitude, and the whole team is also full of confidence.

On the second night, the energy solution arena was full, and the seats that could accommodate more than 18,000 people were already full.

As the headquarters of the Mormon Church, nearly half of the people in Salt Lake City are Mormons, which makes the fans in this city extremely united.

Tang Tian led the Rockets players out of the player tunnel, and immediately felt an invisible pressure.

Unlike all other arenas in the NBA, the seat slope of the Energy Solutions arena is very large, and it can even be said to be a bit "steep". The entire arena looks like a deep well, which is chilling.

The role of this design has already been reflected when the players were introduced. When the starting players of the home team were introduced, all the cheers rolled down the arena like waves, and people's eardrums were shaken. Some tingling.

The players of the Jazz team have long been used to all of this. Facing the cheers of the fans, they shouted excitedly, one by one spitting chicken blood.

"Oh my God! This is crazy!" Mike Breen in the commentary was deeply shocked by this momentum.

"This is Salt Lake City, the City of Devils." Reggie Miller said on the side. As a commentator, he is still young, but as a player, he has played too many games like this in this arena.

Many members of the Rockets had shocked expressions on their faces. Many of them had never played in the playoffs here, and this was the first time they had seen such a scene.

However, because Tang Tian had been vaccinated many times before, their psychological fluctuations were much smaller than expected.

After the introduction of the players from both sides, the game started soon.

The starting lineups on both sides are the same as in the previous two games.

"beep!"

With the whistle of the referee, Yao Ming and Boozer jumped up to scramble for the ball.

Boozer jumped to possession for the Jazz, and the Jazz took the lead.

"Come on! Jazz!"

Deafening shouts followed at the scene.

Thibodeau on the sidelines frowned subconsciously. The sound was louder than before, and it was different from pure cheers. It was also mixed with a lot of trash talk and boos, which was simply noise pollution.

He turned his head to look at Tang Tian, ​​and found that the latter's expression basically didn't change much.

He had to admire Tang Tian a little bit, the arena was always so calm.

Just then, the Jazz launched their first offense.

Unlike the previous two games, Sloan made tactical adjustments. Instead of letting Deron hold the ball to launch an offense, he let Boozer hold the ball on the right side and played an inside pick-and-roll with Okur.

After the defender changed from Yao Ming to Millsap, Boozer chose to play with his back.

Millsap and Boozer are a bit similar in style, but the latter's height and wingspan are obviously more advantageous.

After continuous foot movement, Boozer chose to turn around and hit the board to shoot.

Millsap struggled to block and missed the hook, and the ball went into the frame.

The cheers at the scene immediately exploded.

The players on the Rockets field felt their ears buzzing.

The Rockets' offense, Blake took the ball to the frontcourt and handed the ball to Yao Ming.

The Jazz also made adjustments on the defensive end. Kirilenko stuck close to McGrady and didn't give him a chance to catch the ball at all.

Yao Ming gave the ball to Blake in the corner.

The noise from the scene rolled in like a wave.

"boom!"

Blake's three-pointer missed and the rebound was grabbed by Okur.

The Jazz pushed back, and Deron fast-breaked an accelerated pass Battier for a layup.

4 to 0, the Jazz swept away the previous decline and played aggressively at the beginning.

The cheers at the scene were loud.

The voices of the two commentators in the commentary booth were completely covered by the sound waves.

After the sound passed, Brin shook his head helplessly and said loudly: "This is really crazy. In this place, it will definitely be very difficult for the Rockets to win the victory here."

The Rockets' offense, Millsap's air cut found an opportunity, Yao Ming gave the ball in time, and his layup caused Okur's thug foul.

Millsap got to the free throw line and he had a chance to score the first point for the Rockets.

After the referee signaled to Millsap, he then gave him the ball.

But as soon as he caught the ball, the noise from the scene was overwhelming.

It was really like a tide, as if my ears were about to explode.

Millsap took a few deep breaths, and then made a free throw.

"boom!"

The first penalty was missed.

This level of interference is really not something ordinary people can bear.

Millsap adjusted, took aim for a while, and then shot.

"boom!"

Still missed the second free throw, Boozer got the rebound under the basket.

Missed two free throws!

The interference effect of the home court is simply explosive!

After receiving the ball, Deron held the ball and advanced to the Rockets half.

"Come on! Jazz!"

The shouts of the fans at the scene swept again.

Thibodeau yelled from the sidelines that the Rockets' defense was still airtight, and the Jazz's several pick-and-rolls had no chance.

However, the shouts at the scene did not weaken at all.

Seeing that the time was coming, Deron directly chose to make a strong three-pointer against Yao Ming's defense after borrowing Okur's pick-and-roll.

The basketball passed Yao Ming's fingertips and flew straight towards the basket.

"boom!"

The ball hit the backboard, but after rebounding, it went in!

7 to 0!

The Jazz gave the Rockets a full blow at the start.

The cheers broke through the sky, and the fans were completely excited.

The scene shot was given to Tang Tian, ​​and the photographer hoped to use it to "add fuel to the flames" of the atmosphere of the home court.

But after the camera passed, everyone found that Tang Tian didn't have the expected flustered look on his face, and was still sitting there with a calm expression.