Can you imagine that a lone ranger without Doncic could equalize on aggregate?
This defeat is a signal that the essence of the Jazz has been exposed. In fact, the problem of jazz is exposed in almost every game against a strong team in the playoffs every year, because this problem is a structural problem, opponents cannot ignore it, and objective laws cannot be ignored.
As Dinwiddie and Brunson kept pounding on the Jazz, we saw the Jazz finally unable to hold on at the end of the fourth quarter, and they began to break down psychologically. Looking at his own strong lineup on paper, he was stunned that he could not suppress the attack of the Lone Ranger, and may be a little suspicious of life.
The so-called bystanders are clear, and the authorities are confused. We don't know if the Jazz can see their own problems or if Mitchell can see their own problems, if they can see clearly, they should have changed this season. But during the season, they traded Ingles, which weakened some of the wholeness.
A team like the Jazz that plays on a holistic basis has an essential difference from a really strong team, that is, there is no absolute singles strong point. Some people think that the sun is always missing something, the essence is because the whole is too strong, and the situation of singles is too small.
Don't think that a team with a strong integrity can completely win. As strong as the warriors' integrity, Durant's insurance is still needed. In fact, this logic is very easy to understand. When every defensive point can be defended wholeheartedly, the wholeness is cracked, and the team can't break the game without a single score. Then the most stable teams must be those that are very holistic, but there are one or more strong individual players.
That's where the Jazz's problem lies.
As an attacking number two, Mitchell undertakes individual solution tasks outside of the whole, but his ceiling is not high or has not been developed to a very high level. This makes the team unable to respond in the face of the opponent's repeated impacts, and in this situation, the Jazz's defense is actually stretched.
Behind the strongness of jazz as a whole is the composition of each position that is not strong enough, then in fact, jazz can be torn down and rebuilt. But if you still want to get the desired results with such a lineup, then the Jazz can only start from the details.
There needs to be a stronger defensive pressure, more attention needed to be focused on the defense, which would amplify Doncic's offensive problem of not being a loner, and Brentson should not be allowed to play so well. Even a few fouls can be committed to disrupt the rhythm of the lone ranger ball carrier.
While strengthening the defense of the ball carrier, it is necessary to pay attention to the projection power of the flanks. Kleber hit eight three-pointers in game two, not a normal performance, illustrating a mistake in the Jazz's letting go strategy. Kleber is not usually a person who is known for his projection, so it is not difficult for the Jazz to complete defensive goals with a little attention.
If you can't limit Brunson's attack on the outside, then simply don't limit him, there is no need to wrap him up, but let him attack alone, cutting off his contact with others. The same line of thinking applies to Dinwiddie. Because once the Lone Ranger has played a whole, Kidd is also very good at developing a certain person's assault ability, so the Jazz's defensive environment will become extremely complicated, and the defense will be stretched.
This game is such a pattern.
There is no restriction on the assault of a single soldier, nor does it limit the connection between a single soldier and the whole, so the Jazz finally can't hold back and is overtaken by the lone ranger. Emphasizing defense is to look for the possibility of attacking or to reduce the opponent's offensive possibility so that their attack can match.
Completely liberalized offensive standards, the Lone Ranger is higher than the Jazz, the Jazz's offense has the problems described above, basically can not have much room for improvement. It is also believed that a turret like Bojan's should reduce the posture of attacking with the ball and seize the time to hand the ball to Mitchell, who cannot be too rational.
The Jazz are still a team with more chances of winning, Brunson's stability is still unknown, and Kleber's accuracy will definitely decline. Therefore, the Jazz strengthened their defense and sorted out the offensive level, even if it was a change of heart.
One game is enough to expose the weaknesses, and the Jazz definitely can't let the Lone Ranger win another one. If the Lone Ranger continues to win, then the Jazz's interior defense will be the first to be breached. Again, these people are not top athletes, and their inner perseverance is not sufficient, and they must seize the opportunity to seize and release their strongest ability.