On February 16th, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, today is the last day of the All-Star Weekend, the Warriors ushered in back-to-back games, they lost to the Clippers yesterday, the team also wants to win and usher in a happy All-Star weekend, they visited Salt Lake City to challenge the Jazz, the two sides played to the last moment, and then we will talk about the game process first, and then talk about the players' play.
Contest Recap:
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Markkanen hit a three-pointer for the Jazz to take the lead in opening the situation, Kuminga and Wiggins responded with a wave of 6-0 climax, Kiyant George hit a three-pointer, Dream Green responded with a three-pointer, and as George hit another three-pointer, the team overtook the Warriors, and then the game entered the time of the Jazz, under the leadership of Sexton, they once led the Warriors by 11 points, but at the end of the quarter, relying on Klay's play, they chased down by 3 points to end the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Podemsky hit a three-pointer to help the team tie the score, Davis and Sharic scored successively to help the Warriors catch up with the difference, this quarter Podemsky played a furious performance, he hit consecutive three-pointers to help the team establish the lead, this quarter Podemsky scored 13 points in a single quarter, the Warriors scored 48 points in a single quarter, and the team also established a 16-point lead at halftime.
Yibian fought again to chase the dream of the inside kill for the Warriors to expand the lead, Markkanen free throws to stop the bleeding, Sexton and Kessler combined to cut 4 points The team directly stopped the Warriors, seeing that the opponent was about to get up, Dream Green and Wiggins responded with 5 points in a row, Sexton and George combined to score 5 points, Klay hit 2+1 response, although the Jazz played a good offensive firepower in this quarter, but the Warriors relied on more blossoms to withstand their offensive, and the Warriors led 21 in the third quarter.
Markkanen finally regained his touch in the final quarter, he first made free throws, then hit a three-pointer inside, and with his help, the Jazz directly chased down the Warriors by 10 points, and then the team chased down to only one point under the leadership of him and Sexton, but the team's mistakes at key moments ruined their good game, and they lost to the Warriors 137-140.
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After chatting about the game process, let's talk about the players' play, the Jazz played the best on the side of the game is Kiyont George, in order to cultivate George, the Jazz recently reduced Dunn's playing time, so the team lost a lot of games that should not be lost, but the coach's persistence also made the Jazz usher in the return, George played a good performance in this game, he got 33 points and 6 assists in 11 of 20 shots.
The Jazz intend to train George to be the team's ball-handling core, he has shown good potential, and Sexton is also relying on his excellent performance and is now recognized by the team, with 35 points, 9 assists and 3 rebounds on 10-of-17 shooting in this game, Collins scored 18 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist, Clarkson got 13 points and 8 assists, and Dunn scored 8 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals.
However, the team's big boss Markkanen's performance is not satisfactory, this game Markkanen faced the encirclement of the opponent's multiple forwards, he also played very struggling, 6 of 22 shots, 4 of 10 three-pointers got 20 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, and the whole game was covered 2 times, although Markkanen played very much like Nuo Tianwang, but the ability to resist interference on the offensive end and ignore the ability to kill in the offensive space still needs to be improved.
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Curry can be said to play very easily on the side of the Warriors in this game, because of Wiggins' recovery recently, as well as the excellent play of Podemski and Kuminga, Curry has indeed played easier than before, he shot 4 of 14 in this game, 2 of 8 three-pointers got 16 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists, Kuminga's killing is still very good, he got 13 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block on 5 of 6 shots, Wiggins scored 19 points and 7 rebounds, and Pojam got 18 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.
Klay changed the starting lineup in this game, Klay's brainless foul at a critical moment in the last game may have caused Kerr's dissatisfaction, he let Klay enter the bench in this game, Klay was substituted last time, Dream Green has not yet entered the league, Kerr was able to make such an adjustment It is estimated that he also asked Klay's opinion, and Klay played at the level of his peak in this game, he did it after being ashamed, and Kerr seems to have found a way to use Klay.
In this game, Klay shot 13 of 22 from the field, and 7 of 13 three-pointers got 35 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and he only took 26 minutes to win these data.
Speaking of which, what do you have to say about the current Warriors and Jazz?