The Whip of the God of Basketball - Chapter 389

Chapter 392

On Sunday night, the Phoenix Suns ushered in the challenge of the Cleveland Cavaliers at home. This is the third game of the season for the Suns.

As the dark horse of last season’s playoffs, under the leadership of LeBron James, the Cavaliers made history, magically reached the finals, and then had a shaved head.

It stands to reason that the Cavaliers should make every effort to reinforce the lineup during the offseason and let the team enter the ranks of the championship. But the Clevelandans seem to be quite satisfied with their lineup. They didn’t make any big moves in the summer and kept the lineup that reached the Finals-although this lineup was almost the same as everyone else except LeBron James, without a real backbone. core.

In the first two games of the season, the Cavaliers lost one victory and one defeat to the Dallas Mavericks in the opening game. In the second game, they found their place in the new York Knicks, and in the third game they hit the Suns.

This is the first game of the Cavaliers’ six consecutive away games at the beginning of the season. Next, they will come to the Western Region for a half-month tour. No matter who the opponent is, the game process will not be comfortable.

The game started on time at 6 pm Eastern time. T-NT TV broadcasted the game live. Big Mouth Charles Barkley and old partner Kenny Smith explained the game together.

Barkley’s voice, like a broken gong, appeared in front of the audience along with the game’s signal. Of course, Barkley has a lot to say about this very interesting game.

“The Clevelands reached the Finals in the summer, and they thought they could still have this kind of luck this season without any substantial reinforcement? Didn’t they know that Kevin Garnett was back this season? I still don’t know that Ray Allen has arrived in Boston, and the Celtics are starting a three-game winning streak, as long as Garnett protects his knees.”

As a good partner of Barkley, Kenny Smith certainly has to refute: “Charles, have you forgotten where this game was played today? Phoenix! The Suns are very interesting this season.”

Barkley was very disdainful: “If I’m still in the Suns, I agree with that. But Steve Nash is one year older, Stoudemire still can’t defend, see what they get in the summer. Tattered goods, old and disabled, I don’t believe Fox-Leon can combine these old, weak and sick. They still can’t get past the Spurs. Trust me Kenny.”

“Hmm, it’s like the Suns couldn’t pass the Rockets back then?” Kenny Smith revisited the old story. When the Phoenix Suns lost 3:4 to the Rockets in the playoffs for two consecutive years, Barkley felt a pain. But now Barkley, who is as thick as a city wall, certainly doesn’t care about this attack. He turned to say: “The Suns thought Leon could bring them a strong defense, but now they are becoming nondescript. I don’t know they are playing. What basketball, boxing basketball?”

Recently, some basketball commentators think that the Suns have a lot of singles now. Even if Stoudemire has singles, Nash has started singles. Is this still the Suns in the past. It’s just that the Suns have won both games. If they lose the game, there will be a **** storm. Losing is inevitable, and it’s just a matter of time.

The Cavaliers are upstarts in the East. LeBron James has gradually reached its peak since last year. Even if the Cavaliers did not make a big reinforcement in the summer, as long as James is still there, his continuous improvement will be the biggest reinforcement to the team. Therefore, this game has attracted much attention and is a duel.

After the opening ceremony, the starting players of the two sides are ready to start the game. The Suns are still the small five starters with Stoudemire as the center, and the Cavaliers are Ilgauskas, Gooden, James, Gibson Gallary- Hughes’ starting lineup.

The Cavaliers’ lineup looks more tall and complete. They have an absolute advantage in the interior. At this high point, Gooden is also an orthodox power forward. The Suns let Stoudemire play the fifth position alone, in rebounds and Inside defense is bound to suffer.

“If the Suns insist on letting Stoudemire play center, they will definitely suffer!” Barkley said without shy from seeing the Suns’ starting lineup. At this time, the NBA is still the world of super power forwards. Duncan, Garnett, and Dirk are all at their peak. They will be matched with a tall and strong meat shield center, so that the inside offense and defense are integrated. As for the Suns, Stoudemire’s defense is inherently bad, and if it doesn’t match the defensive interior, this starting lineup will feel like a death.

Leon stood on the sidelines, before the start of the game, and the players for the final instructions, he pulled Dior, Marion and Bell three people, arranged the main points of defense.

“Don’t shrink easily, leave room for LeBron, expand the defensive formation and be flexible. If they want to score inside, let them get it, try to protect the backcourt, but fast break is more important. They fight and strangle their outside two points, especially Gibson. Don’t let his three-pointers feel like it. This is your job.”

Leon specifically asked Laga Bell to “take care” of Gibson. This little man shined in this year’s Eastern Conference finals, using a series of deadly three-pointers to beat the Steel Pistons into a live screen, and he is still a rookie. For such a player, the focus should be taken care of at the beginning of the game, so that he is not allowed to feel his hands. In this way, he lacks the ability to adjust and experience, a game will not play a big role.

After the arrangement was completed, the players stepped onto the court floor and Leon sat back on the bench. It was the first time D’Antoni saw Leon make such serious preparations and deployments. He said that the Cleveland Cavaliers are indeed a powerful opponent and need to be taken seriously. But what D’Antoni didn’t expect was that this was the first time Leon seriously deployed defense in this game, and it was also the last time.

Leon is very knowledgeable about how to defend James. He and Kobe are different types of players. After entering the state, he also has the explosive scoring ability, but the most terrifying thing about James is not that, but that he has better than players of the same age. Mature and calm, his reasonable distribution and transmission of the ball, as accurate as a missile pass, is the most deadly place.

This is why he can bring a group of bad teammates to the finals. Leon watched the entire Eastern Conference finals. James’ explosive performance in the fifth game fully entered Field mode; in the sixth game, Gibson broke out and severely cut his opponent. Leon watched the Pistons’ defensive strategy and shook his head. After the league abolished the Handcheck rule in 2004, the Pistons’ original iron barrel meat grinder lost a half of their defensive power, and Sanders lacked a systematic defensive training. In the East, they were completely crushed by the Celtics.

After finally waiting for Leon to leave, Garnett was reimbursed. As a result, the Pistons died under the hands of the new emperor. The barrel defense was ineffective against James. His sharp spear must be blocked by multiple levels of armor. For Bell, Marion and Dior, Leon has enough confidence, not because the three of them are particularly strong, but the Cavaliers will not have a good solution.

After the game started, the situation really developed according to Leon’s idea. James was surrounded by three people outside the sun. Marion defended, Dior and Bell assisted in defense; they adopted encirclement instead of trapping, blocking instead of grabbing. The strategy, built a barrier in front of James, does not completely block you, is to respond to you, while cutting off the pass line between James and his teammates.

On the offensive end, the Suns used Nash and Stoudemire’s pick-and-roll strategy at the beginning of the game, quickly attacking the inside to score, establishing an advantage, and stopping the Cavaliers with a 7-0 opening. Among them, Nash opened a three-pointer, Stoudemire broke through the basket twice, a dunk, and Bo fouled a free throw. Everyone didn’t sweat much.

Leon saw the timeout, took the tactical board from under his feet, and handed it to D’Antoni, and said, “Mike, set it up, I won’t stand up.” D’Antoni took the tactical board that Leon handed over and stared. Like him, seeing Leon had no intention to stand up at all, he had to get up and call the players off the court together, just to say a few words.

Leon was really sitting on the bench and didn’t participate in the discussion within the team at all. Anyway, there is nothing to say about this 20-second adjustment short timeout~www.mtlnovel.com~ He doesn’t want to waste saliva. This season, the start of the Suns’ schedule is quite easy. After this game, they will go to the East for a road trip, and their opponents are not strong. The strong enemy in the West will basically not be met until the middle of next month when they go to the Southwest Division. So the November game was very friendly to Leon, and his mind has been put on the experimental lineup.

“Oh, look at the bench for the Suns, is Fox Leon being emptied? He sits there and doesn’t stand up?” Charles Barkley looked at the camera and turned to the bench for the Suns, pretending to be surprised. This is not at all like his style when he was in the Celtics, and his coaching is very Buddhist.

Kenny Smith said: “Let’s make a bet, will Fox Leon stand up from the bench in today’s game, how many times will he stand up?”

Barkley responded: “I bet three times. It doesn’t count to leave during the intermission. At most three times!”

“OK, I bet five times, you can count it clearly.”

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(End of this chapter)