"Eddie dropped Carlos to cover Deron, and Carlos opened it and went down from the other side!" Following Hoffman's words, Deron, who was holding the ball, flicked the ball with his right hand, and the ball hit Griffin.

A hit on the floor in front of him bounced to Boozer's side.

Milicic inside had to choose to let go of Okur who was guarding him, and threw Okur to Griffin for defense while he pounced on Boozer.

Looking at Milicic coming up from the right, Boozer didn't have any worries.

Boozer swatted the ball with his right hand, and the ball came to his left hand. Being versatile with both left and right hands, he was confident of sending the ball into the basket.

However, just as he was dribbling towards the basket with his left hand, Kirilenko's reminder sounded in his ears.

Before Boozer could react, he felt a figure rushing towards him. He subconsciously swatted the ball to avoid it, but he still heard a familiar voice.

"Wood, Wood, lightning-fast defense and lightning-fast steals. With his 8th steal, he tied his single-game steal. Wood's hands are so fast. So fast that you can only choose to surrender." Bill Waugh

Dun shouted exaggeratedly.

Lin Sen got the ball firmly in his hands and did not rush to attack but waited for his teammates to get into position.

Linsen, who returned to the offensive end, once again cooperated with his teammates. In the end, Billups assisted Milicic and hit the rebound under the basket.

The point difference that was originally only one three-point goal away from being chased widened to seven points again. Jerry Sloan shouted to Deron holding the ball on the court: "Steady down, steady down and scored one!"

As the brains of the team, Deron's role for the Jazz is self-evident. Last year, Paul and Lin Sen, who was still a rookie, became the two candidates for the first point guard in the future, and he was not among them. Deron has paid for this

With more efforts, this season's explosion was achieved.

Deron, who was as calm as an old player who has been playing in the league for ten years, did not rush but chose to control the rhythm. When it was almost twenty seconds, Deron was still not in a hurry.

When twenty-four seconds were about to come, Deron caught the ball again and flicked the ball. The ball penetrated the Magic's defense and came to Okur inside. Okur received the ball and easily sent the ball into the basket.

basket.

"Deron is really calm. This pass is crucial. Utah is still 5 points away. Deron also increased his personal data to 14 points and 10 assists. Although it cannot be compared with Wood's data, there is no doubt that this is a

The only regret is that there are too few direct matches between Wood and Deron." Bill Walton said with some regret.

Led by the formidably calm Deron, the Jazz clung to the score. When there were two minutes left in the game, the Jazz were only four points behind the Magic.

"Utah's timeout was two minutes before the full game. Utah was only 4 points behind Orlando, which was playing at home. It seemed like enough time. However, Utah had been trying hard to catch up in the past six minutes or so but could not catch up.

If we can't catch up in the next minute and a half, the suspense of the game will probably be gone."

"You are right, it is true. It seems that the opponent is right in front of you, but it has been unable to catch up. This is a huge blow to Utah's morale. If it were not Jerry Sloan's Utah but other teams, maybe

They have collapsed a long time ago, and only they can be so strong." Hoffman said with a smile.

"The only regret is that Wood's steal data is stuck at 9, and his rebound data is stuck at 8. It is not easy to get 1+2 data in the last two minutes." Bill Walton looked at the data.

The statistics are very sad.

Hoffman looked at the statistics: "Actually, Wood's performance was good enough. In the fourth quarter, he really seemed to want to get steals, but after two steals were out of position, he gave up gambling steals. This shows that

His maturity, and he is less than 21 years old, but at such an age, he has a maturity that cannot be reflected by his age. This is the most important thing, and of course it is also a nightmare for opponents."

"Yes, Wood's maturity and calmness are indeed not as reflected in his appearance. Of course, the same is true and even a little better than Wood. But we can look at Wood's other statistics. 26 points is not a bad score.

Data. Although there is still a little gap from his scoring average.

22 assists. Yes, you read that right. Before the game was over, he had already sent out a terrifying 21 assists. This set a new record for his personal career. Unfortunately, this data can only be ranked as assists in a single game in Orlando.

In second place, in front of him is Skiles, who set an NBA record of 30 assists in a single game."

As the whistle blew, the game restarted, and all starting players from both sides returned to the court.

The Jazz, who came back from the timeout, did not use a pick-and-roll tactic but chose to screen non-stop, which resulted in a mismatch between Deron and Milicic.

Although Milicic is much taller than Deron, Deron is a defender and Milicic is an inside post.

Milicic forced himself not to stumble easily. But his speed disadvantage still left him behind Deron.

Lin Sen was very upset. If he hadn't been delayed by Oku just now, it should have been him who was against Deron. Although he was not as strong as Deron, he was not afraid of speed, and even though he was not as powerful, he was not completely crushed.

.

But at this moment, Lin Sen could only watch helplessly as Deron passed Milicic and then picked the ball into the basket.

"Deron's goal was only 2 points away. Utah's opportunity came." Hoffman said looking at the data.

And this 2-point gap was the closest the Jazz had chased since the second half. When the Magic turned from defense to offense, they were met with crazy defensive pressure from the Jazz.

After failing to find a good opportunity, the ball returned to Lin Sen's hands again. At this time, there were still eight seconds left before the 24-second attack time.

The person standing in front of Lin Sen became Deron. He put his body against Lin Sen and tried to make Lin Sen as uncomfortable as possible. As long as he defended this ball, the possibility of winning the game would increase.

Bang!

Lin Sen turned sideways and put the ball by his side with both hands. He bumped Deron with the left side of his body and then started dribbling.

Time did not allow Lin Sen to have too many ideas, and he urgently needed to open up some space.

What Delong always did was to force Lin Sen and not give Lin Sen any space.

Billups and Artest all ran over, and when they saw Lin Sen sliding back to the left again, he rushed directly to Deron's left side.

Bang!

Deron collided with Artest who was covering the ball, and Lin Sen used Artest's cover to get rid of Deron.

Kirilenko, who was guarding Artest, pounced on him immediately, watching Kirilian Collinson quickly change direction and then rush directly to the right.

With almost twenty-four seconds of buzzer blowing, Lin Sen threw the ball.

Due to Kirilenko's interference, the ball failed to penetrate the basket and bounced out. There was a cry of regret at the scene.

"Wood missed this key shot and Utah grabbed this key defensive rebound. With 1 minute and 18 seconds left in the game, Utah had enough time to complete this attack." Hoffman said while looking at the score.

"Defend!" Lin Sen clapped his hands. He was very passive when he missed the shot this time, but it was not irreparable. All he had to do was defend the ball.

"defen color!"

"defen color!"

"defen color!"

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The fans at the Waterhouse Center roared with voices that were almost hoarse, just to bring pressure to the Jazz's offense.

"Don't foul, hold on, hold on!" Stan Van Gundy rushed to the sidelines and shouted at the court. The Jazz's 24 seconds of attack time were running out.

"This time, Orlando's defense did a particularly good job, and Utah fell into the same predicament that Orlando just found itself in." Bill Walton said while looking on the court.

Just like the ball returned to Lin Sen's hands, the ball also returned to Deron's hands, and the time left for the Jazz was also less than eight seconds.

At this moment, it was Lin Sen who was guarding Deron. Lin Sen puffed out his chest and aimed his right hand at Deron's hands, looking like he was about to steal at any moment.

However, Lin Sen knew that he could not take risks at this time. If he failed to steal the ball, it would mean that the defense was out of position. He finally defended for nearly 24 seconds and could not fall short at this time.

Deron started dribbling with his back and bumped into Lin Sen with his body. He was stronger than Lin Sen, but this time Lin Sen gritted his teeth and withstood Deron's impact.

And Deron didn't dare to use too much force, but he remembered very clearly that Lin Sen played a trick in the first half to make him lose the ball.

Almost like the Magic just now, Boozer and Kirilenko inside also pulled out to create a double screen for Deron.

"Change defense!" Lin Sen shouted.

"Deron. With the help of the screen, Ron helped defend. He changed direction and rushed in! Dwight!" Hoffman shouted, leaving Deron with less than two seconds.

Just now, due to Artest's defense, he had to give up a pull-up jump shot and attack the inside. Looking at Howard, who came up to defend, Deron shook his upper body and lifted the ball with both hands.

"Don't jump!" Lin Sen reminded loudly, but Howard still jumped up.

"Damn it!" Stan Van Gundy cursed, and Deron laughed on the court.

beep!

When the whistle blew, Deron threw the ball and his whole body fell to the floor. Howard put his head in his hands and turned to look at the referee: "Sir, I didn't foul this ball, no!"

"It was only 0.5 seconds before Orlando could give Utah a 24-second violation. It was only 0.5 seconds away. Dwight's takeoff this time was really irrational."

"Deron did this intentionally. He calculated that Dwight would take off easily. Obviously he succeeded. He made two free throws. As long as he made the ball, Utah would tie the score." Hoffman said.

"But fortunately, even if Deron makes two free throws, Orlando still has a chance. Fifty-five seconds is enough for Orlando to complete two attacks. And there is still enough time. What Orlando does not lack are big-hearted players, Wood and Chauncey.

It will bring a huge test to Utah's defense." Bill Walton said while looking at Linson and Billups on the court.

Standing on the free throw line, Deron made the first free throw steadily despite the boos of the audience. There were no substitutions on either side. Deron also made the second free throw steadily.

Stan Van Gundy requested a long timeout so he could plan his tactics.

"After the timeout, I don't know what kind of attack method Orlando will choose. Wood has not had many key goals this season, but I think everyone will never forget the key goal against Los Angeles in the opening game of the new season, and he was still a rookie last season.

Wood has performed big moments many times, not to mention Chauncey's key ball ability, and Utah's defensive pressure is not small." Bill Walton said as he looked at the players walking on the court.

Lin Sen received Milicic's serve, and Kirilenko immediately pounced on him.

However, Lin Sen did not struggle with Kirilenko and quickly passed the ball to Billups. After serving the ball, Milicic stood up straight. After passing the ball, Lin Sen took advantage of Milicic's

The screen ran to the 45-degree three-point line on the right side.

Deron handed Billups to Kirilenko and went to defend Linsen.

Billups did not take on the offense. After bringing the ball to the top of the arc, Billups passed the ball to Milicic who was receiving the ball.
To be continued...