The Whip of the God of Basketball - Chapter 371

Chapter 374 1-1 is greater than 2

On the night of October 12th, at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, Fox Leon finally led him to the Phoenix Suns. Fox Leon returned to his familiar NBA arena after a year. Although it is still only the preseason, all the preparations for the game are proceeding in an orderly manner. The cleaners, cheerleaders, reporters, security guards, volunteers, show performers, and the sparse audience in the arena are all familiar and a little strange.

This is very different from the university arena. The most impressive thing in the university arena is always those enthusiastic school fans and basketball fans. This year at Davidson College, Leon fully experienced the madness of American college basketball. As for now, he often wonders whether he should continue to stay in college for two years. After all, compared with the NBA, there is the real basketball paradise.

But at the moment he walked into the Arco Arena from the player channel, Leon knew he would return to the NBA because he was booed at the scene. Yes, fans of the Kings don’t like Fox Leon. If Leon is the least popular in the league, there is no doubt that it is in California, led by the Lakers, plus offensive teams like the Kings and Warriors. , Would not like Puerto Ricans from Massachusetts.

As early as Chris Webber’s king, every time the Celtics came to Sacramento, there would be a death fight. After the king declined, the Celtics returned to the top. Although the two sides did not have any big hatred, after all, the playoffs could not meet. , But this does not prevent Sacramento fans from hating this guy.

Leon listened to the boos and inverted colors of the audience, and there was a little **** the sidelines with purple oil paint on her face, giving her an upside-down thumb. Leon knew that it was right to return to the NBA. He is not a masochist, but he enjoys the feeling of being booed and then leading the team to give them a hard kick, especially in the away game, beating the opponent’s fans speechlessly, and the audience is quiet. At that time, he could not wait to light a cigar immediately.

He hasn’t lit a cigar for a long time in the college game, after all, the campus is still different.

The boos of the fans certainly did not affect Leon’s mood. On the contrary, it is a kind of honor for a player or coach to be booed by the fans on the road. Leon never regards glory as a burden. Although it was only a preseason game, he was dressed very formally today, with a jet black suit and a beige polka-dot tie. It is not at all like when he first became a coach, his neckline was wide open and his hair disheveled.

He stood on the sidelines and communicated with D’Antoni, not discussing the game, but planning the entire preseason. D’Antoni understood for the first time that there was so much work to do in the preseason. In the past, when he was the head coach, he was reluctant to take care of the preseason, and he was handed over to the assistant coach. Although he played the game, he only asked the players not to get injured. Unlike Leon, he made detailed arrangements for the deployment of the next game lineup, players’ playing time and tactical requirements. He communicated these with D’Antoni and listened to D’Antoni’s opinions.

“Shawn’s offense with the ball is difficult to make a big breakthrough. He has a bigger personality. You know this guy never manages money and spends much. It’s like his skills. Although his shooting is ugly, it works. No It will be changed again.” Leon was talking about Marion with D’Antoni, D’Antoni commented.

Regarding what role Marion plays on the offensive end, Leon and D’Antoni have discussed a lot in the past few days. D’Antoni provided Leon with a lot of information related to Marion. An important reason for Anthony to stay, he can help Leon to understand the team faster. Leon has some new ideas and opinions on the use of Marion.

In 2006, Sean Marion shined because of Stoudemire’s injury. As a power forward, he was omnipotent in fast break, rebounds, blocks, and steals. He supported the sun with Dior. Inside. As a result, Stoudemire returned in 2007. Marion and Dior seemed to be less able to play. Especially in the playoffs, Marion’s weakness in the offensive end was magnified, and Nash was unable to provide enough at the critical moment. stand by. Unable to have three strong points with the ball like the Spurs did, but unfortunately lost.

Before the start of this season, Cole had already thought about trading Marion, but Leon believed that Marion had not been put in the right position and he had to change his role in the team and give full play to his role. .

D’Antoni knows Marion’s flaw, but the Sun’s system feels like a done deal, and it is difficult to make major changes. Leon certainly didn’t think so. The first game of the preseason was a test field where the Suns made changes.

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The game officially started at 7pm. Until the starting players of both sides stood, there were few people in the auditorium of Arco Arena. After all, this is just an ordinary preseason game, and the Sacramento Kings are no longer the ones in the early 21st century. Attacking the gorgeous Princeton Army, Webber retired in the Pistons, Divac retired, Christie retired, leaving only Mike Bibby and Brad Miller, and Ron Artest traded from the Pacers.

Before the game, Artest also greeted Leon, and the two shook hands and embraced. At the time in the Pacers, Leon beat the Pacers bad boy with three punches and two kicks, but he didn’t expect to beat the Pacers. Not only did he respect Leon in future games, but Artest, who had always been irritable, had obviously reduced his temper. In the 2005 conflict with the Pistons in Auburn Hills, Artest controlled his temper and did not beat him. fan.

As a result, the Pacers eliminated the Detroit Pistons in the semi-finals of the playoffs that year, and took revenge. Of course, it is a pity that the powerful Pacers were swept by the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals. The defending champions in 2005 were strong. Incredible.

With no chance of breaking through the Celtics’ green shadows, and Jermaine O’Neal began to suffer injuries, the Pacers began to break up and rebuild in the 2006 season. Jackson went to the Warriors and Ron Artest. Here comes the king. Obviously, Artest’s style and temperament are really out of proportion to the Kings. He doesn’t have a gorgeous offense, and his style of play is based on the toughness of the Chicago faction. This makes him feel like wearing the King’s jersey.

But when the game started, Artest was in a very good state tonight, with a three-pointer at the top of the arc, a three-pointer from the bottom corner, and a low-post attack on Marion. He scored consecutively on the offensive end. As for the Suns, Leon’s assignments clearly made the players feel a little awkward when playing. In addition to the differences in the game during the training on weekdays, the Suns did not play smoothly.

Especially Steve Nash, Leon asked him to score 30 points in a single game, which is not difficult for him, but it is really difficult for him to give up the habit of organizing the first offense and second game. And Stadameier had many pick-and-rolls with Nash after the opening, but all of them were cut-and-roll jumpers after the pick-and-rolls. Although he hit two goals, he always felt that he didn’t rush in and dunk.

As a result, the Suns played awkwardly throughout the first half, the offense could not let go, the defense was still the same, everyone was doing a different job than in the past, playing different styles, it is really difficult to get used to. D’Antoni looked at the team’s performance and couldn’t help but feel a little anxious, but watching Leon still sit still on the Diaoyutai, he couldn’t say anything.

At the end of the first quarter, the King of UU Reading www.uukanshu.com even led the Suns by 3 points with 20:18. The Suns’ 18-point scoring is really not like the whirlwind Suns in the past few seasons. . Leon called a short timeout, but instead of asking the players to change his style of play, he made a substitution. He replaced Lagabe with Jaskovicius and Turiaf. Dior.

Then in the second quarter, this lineup played for three minutes, and the effect was surprisingly good. After Jaskovicius came on the court, he was particularly good at attacking the position. He did a good job of transferring the ball several times, which immediately drove the running of the Suns. This created two opportunities for Stoudemire to attack one-on-one. Stoudemire made a strong jump and scored all the shots.

And Turiaf’s meaning is to go up and act as a blocker for Nash, because he doesn’t ask for the pick-and-roll to go down or outside, so his blocker is special. Nash couldn’t take care of that much anymore. Now that Leon allowed himself to score, he scored with all his strength. He shot twice from the three-point line and hit all.

The Suns suddenly overtook the score, and people suddenly vaguely saw a different Suns team. At this time, Leon said to D’Antoni: “Mike, we used to say that a good chemical reaction can make 1+1 greater than 2, but have you ever thought that 1-1 can also be greater than 2?”

(End of this chapter)