On October 16th, Beijing time, the NBA preseason continued, and today the Jazz sat at home to welcome the challenge of the King, before this game, the Kings had suffered 3 consecutive defeats, and they urgently needed a victory to boost morale, although it was a preseason, but a game without winning could not be justified, I thought that in the face of the weak Jazz, they could easily win the game, but the team finally lost to the opponent, and then we will briefly talk about the game process, and then talk about the players' performance.
Contest Recap:
At the beginning of the first quarter, Kessler and Sexton combined to score 4 points to help the Jazz open the situation, Sabonis scored 5 points in a row to respond, and the two sides played very close in the first quarter, relying on Clarkson to hit both free throws at the end of the quarter, and the Jazz led by 1 point to end the first quarter. McLaughlin and Fox combined for 4 points in the second quarter to help the Kings overtake their opponents, but under the leadership of Markkanen, the Jazz also withstood the opponent's offense in this quarter, and the two sides were still inseparable, and the Jazz led by 2 points at halftime.
In the rematch, Kiyant, George and Kessler combined for five points, and Sexton and George combined for five points to establish a 10-point lead for the Jazz, but McLaughlin scored four points in a row at the end of the quarter and Fox hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer to help the Kings trail by six points to end the third quarter. DeRozan and Ellis scored in the final quarter, and the Kings caught up with the difference, and the two sides fell into a stalemate, with George hitting both free throws in the final 16 seconds of regulation time, while Fox missed a three-pointer to give the Kings a 114-117 loss.
Six Jazz players scored in double figures
Although the Jazz team does not have a lot of talent, they can do everything to win, and this spirit is commendable, even if the team is limited, we will not play badly, and we will fight every game. Although the Jazz will most likely be at the bottom of the West in the new season, they should be able to win a lot of games that are not favored. Markkanen continued his excellent performance in the previous game, scoring 21 points and 4 rebounds on 4-of-10 shooting from the field and 3-of-6 from three-point range.
Kiyont George also had a rare outbreak, scoring 24 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists on 7-of-14 shooting from the field and 3-of-10 from three-point range. Sexton finished with 16 points and six assists on 6-of-10 shooting from the field. Off the bench, Clarkson had 11 points, four rebounds and five assists, and Collins had 12 points and four rebounds.
If you want to say that the Jazz have played the most surprising player recently, then it is Kessler, after being corrected as a starter, Kessler proved his dominance on the defensive end, and got 10 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist and 4 blocks on 4 of 4 shots in this game, Kessler should actually be corrected last season, but because the team wanted Collins to play a good performance and then trade, so Kessler was allowed to play as a substitute, but Collins could not be traded away this summer, and he had no choice but to keep him and let him play as a substitute.
The Kings lost the trade
4 consecutive defeats, it is estimated that this is what many fans have guessed, DeRozan joined, and the team formed the Big Three of Fox, Sabonis and DeRozan, although the three of them do not have supergiant strength, but all three of them have All-Star level, such a luxury combination, and the time of the past few three-core games is guaranteed, this battle is even more fierce to the end, it stands to reason that they can win, but they have been losing so much that they have a problem.
Judging from the past few games, DeRozan's arrival has indeed allowed the team to have a more stable wing scoring point, but the team's offense has not become stronger because of his arrival, because the team's space has become worse, he and Xiao Sa are not good at shooting three-pointers, and the team has shot 10 of 38 three-pointers in this game, with a shooting rate of only 26%, which is very spicy. Then the team's defense is not good, and now there is no qualified No. 4 position in the starter, and the team's defense is also very tired.
Sabonis shot 11 of 21 from the field, 1 of 3 from three-point range, and got a quasi-triple-double of 29 points, 16 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals, including 11 frontcourt boards, which didn't win! Fox had 22 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists on 9-of-22 shooting, DeRozan had 17 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals on 6-of-15 shooting, and the trio combined for 68 points, and Keegan Murray also scored 21 points and 5 rebounds in the starter.
In fact, so far in the preseason, their three-core performance has been very good, but they just can't win the ball, maybe the original trade was not as good as imagined, although Barnes's personal ability is not as good as DeRozan, but he has defense to play the No. 4 position, and he also has the space ability to open up space for Fox and Sabonis, maybe in terms of personal functionality, Barnes is more suitable for the team, and in order to get DeRozan, they not only sent Barnes, but also sent 2 second-round picks and 1 protected first-round pick.
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