The Whip of the God of Basketball - Chapter 380

Chapter 383

On the evening of November 4th, the American Airlines Center Arena in Phoenix was fully occupied at 7 pm. Today, the Phoenix Suns will usher in their home opener here. After a regrettable season, the Phoenix people are against basketball. The enthusiasm for the championship will be rekindled here.

In the morning, the Suns conducted tactical training, and Leon participated in the training, but did not conduct tactical guidance. They just had a simple exchange with the players and talked a lot about their experience and ideas in playing, especially with Nash. In addition, the whole team still listened to D’Antoni’s arrangements and practiced methodically.

In the afternoon, Leon gave the players a holiday again. When everyone arrived at the arena at 6 o’clock in the evening, after the warm-up, Leon gathered everyone in the locker room. There was more than half an hour before the start of the game, and Leon played once. Simple pre-match talk.

“Tonight is our second game of the season and our first home game. The American Airlines Center, passionate Phoenix fans, no one is qualified to let them down. I will give everyone enough rest and relaxation in these two days. But I want to tell you, don’t forget our goal this season, the championship. We are already on the road. The rest is to move more quickly, not to eat and die.”

Compared with the looseness of the previous few days, Leon became completely serious in the game. He dressed meticulously, each button was tightly fastened, the hairspray fixed the hair meticulously, and the scars on his face were revealed again. The atmosphere in the entire Suns locker room is a lot tense, the players are serious and they are listening carefully to Leon’s words.

“OK, I believe Mike has set out the tactical points for you. The opponent is our defeat, but don’t take it lightly. Cheer my friends and create a good start.”

Leon finally said, and then the whole team left the locker room to go to the player channel, and the opening ceremony was about to begin. At present, D’Antoni is responsible for the team’s tactical details, pre-match tactical layout and other work, and Leon is just the check. Two years after the Celtics won the championship, Leon began to hand over more detailed tasks to the assistant coach. He was only responsible for the general direction and on-site command.

The Suns are a mature team with a mature structure and mature tactics, as well as a mature coaching staff. He does not need to spend too much time on details. He followed the players into the arena. Today The American Airlines Center in the evening is very lively and has become an orange ocean.

Leaving Boston’s harsh green, Arizona’s orange makes people feel warm and enthusiastic. In the opening ceremony, the US Air Force stationed in Arizona sent a military band to participate in the opening ceremony, singing and playing the American national anthem. Following the player’s appearance ceremony, when Kobe Bryant was introduced as a visiting player, he was booed by the audience. This is also normal. In the past two seasons, the two teams have played twice in the playoffs. Even if the Suns double kill the Lakers, the Suns fans still have to politely boo the Lakers’ number one star.

And there is another reason. Kobe’s life in the past two years is really bad. On the court, he blocked and killed the gods and Buddhas, but the problems kept off the court. From the Eagle County incident in 2004 to O’Neal in 2005 Discord, and then in the 2006-07 two consecutive years, the team stopped the first round in a row, and the farce of asking for a trade in the summer, Kobe can be said to have been questioned round after round. In public opinion, from the past, the beloved Peter Pan, He has become a lonely black Mamba, and the only place he can justify himself is the basketball court.

This year the Lakers did not take much action in the free market. The key signing in the free market is Derek Fisher’s return to Los Angeles and the inclusion of Phil Jackson under the leadership of Phil Jackson. This is also Jackson’s consistent style, in charge of a new After the lineup, he likes to recruit old players from the past team or the old lineup. After all, his triangle offensive concept is not so easy to understand and accept.

In the draft, the Lakers used the pick and Turiaf in exchange for Barbosa, the sixth man of the Suns. Barbosa also returned to his homeland in this game, but only one Barbosa and one Fisher, It’s still hard to feel the hope of the Lakers’ revival.

Even so, Bryant broke free from trading rumors and stayed with the Lakers for the time being. Although he lost to the Rockets in the first game, under the training of the Zen Master and the commitment of the management, the Lakers’ military spirit is still relatively stable. He just smiled at the full boo and he wanted to respond to them with his performance on the court.

When the Suns entered the field, the lights went out. Amidst the passionate voice of the DJ, the Suns made their debut one after another. Stoudemire, Marion, Dior, Bell, Nash, this set of accompaniment to Phoenix people through three good season The lineup is still active on the field. With Nash’s final appearance, the cheers on the scene reached a climax, and the lights were all turned on.

In the end, the DJ added the phrase “coach, Fox Leon from Boston” plainly. The cheers on the scene have disappeared, and even one or two boos can be heard. This is also normal. So far, the Suns have only played one game. Although they have won the ball, many Suns fans believe that Leon has turned the Suns into an “nondescript” freak.

“They have neither a whirlwind attack nor a steel defense. They are neither high nor low. I would rather watch 7-second bombardment than such freaks.”

This is a statement supported by many fans on the local basketball forum in Phoenix. A small number of local fans even formed an “Anti-Fox-Leon League” to collect comments from netizens, asking the Suns to replace the coach of Leon, and prophesy. Leon will definitely dismiss in the middle of the season, just like Larry Brown who left the Detroit Pistons for the Knicks before.

Leon has heard of all this and he certainly dismissed it. The season has just begun and he has enough time for everyone to shut up.

Both players stand on the court and the game is about to begin. The Lakers’ starting lineups are Kobe, Fisher, Luke Walton, Kwame Brown and Morris Evans. Odom missed the game because of an injury. In the game, Jackson had to top Luke Walton to the starting position to play power forward. Fortunately, the Suns also took a small lineup. Jackson did not worry about the height issue.

Before the start of the game, Leon and Jackson shook hands near the center line, nodded to each other, and returned to the bench with almost no eye contact. In the past two years, Leon was proud of the spring breeze, and Jackson experienced many twists and turns. The disintegration, leaving the Lakers, and returning to the Lakers, it can be said that they are all thanks to Leon. Jackson vowed to do something again with the Lakers this year, but Leon came back to the West again and went to the Suns. It was really a narrow road.

Jackson, who sat back on the bench, adjusted his suit, folded his hands again, and watched closely the situation on the court. Tonight, he was going to give Leon a blow.

The two sides jumped the ball. Stoudemire won the ball and the sun ball. The game began in the hustle and bustle of the scene. Nash got the ball for half of the court, but he immediately gave the ball to Dior who came forward. Dior controls the ball, and he rolls in from the left. This is the new tactical thinking of the Suns this season. Dior is going to take the ball forward, while Nash plays off the ball, but this is also the place that has caused controversy among experts and fans. In short, everything is still being tested.

It’s not that Nash is in control of the offense. The Suns’ players are obviously a bit uncomfortable. They are a little bit stiff when running, and they always have to be stiff. Nash makes a big circle from the bottom line to the bottom corner. Lyon played a half-pick-and-roll screen, and then divided the ball to Marion who cut in. Marion caught the ball with an ugly small throw, the ball flew out around the ring and missed.

The Suns didn’t compete for offensive rebounds, they retreated quickly, and didn’t give the Lakers a chance to counterattack. Lakers Fisher held the ball, facing Nash Fisher, first handed the ball to Brown in the horns, then went down to the left waist to ask for the ball, received Brown’s pass, and hit Nash with his **** and back. www.mtlnovel.com~ It seemed that as soon as the game started, Jackson was right, and wanted to play Nash on the defensive end.

Fisher was strong and Nash couldn’t stand it at all. Dior, who was on the line, could only come to help defend. Once he helped defend, he leaked. Fisher turned and passed to Luke Walton who was inside. The sun’s defense line contracted again, Walton. A beautiful hit, Kobe, who was inserted diagonally on the right, received the ball and made a layup, and scored the first point of the game! After scoring Kobe and Walton high-five, the Lakers played the team very reasonably on the first goal.

The offensive and defensive transition, this time Nash stopped handing the ball and controlled the offense by himself, but after half of the game, Fisher suddenly snatched up, and then Kobe came to double-team, and the two sandwiched Nash in the middle like a hamburger. Nash had to jump up and pass the ball, and Bell stepped forward to catch it. After getting the ball, he took the ball and went inside, and then divided the ball to Stoudemire. As a result, the ball was not passed and was broken. The Lakers immediately launched a counterattack.

Kobe received a quick and steady dribble for the pass and passed halftime. He looked back, turned around and passed it to the other side. Evans caught the ball and threw off the defender to score a layup. The Lakers Use fast break to add two more points. In the two offenses, Kobe played very reasonable. It seems that people see a different Kobe from last two years. The Suns’ offense didn’t seem to find any sense yet, but Leon was not in a hurry, he knew that the time had not yet arrived.

(End of this chapter)