The Whip of the God of Basketball - Chapter 396

Chapter 399: Awakening

In the third quarter, after the Suns replaced the five small lineups, the Bobcats once again played an excellent offense. Felton, Richardson and Gerald Wallace took turns to attack the weak Suns with the ball. Inside, constantly scoring and causing kills. When the Bobcats improved their efficiency on the offensive end, the Suns’ offense became relatively difficult, and it was difficult for them to push back.

And at the beginning of the third quarter, the Bobcats reduced their three-pointers. Their three-pointers were originally not high. If they missed them, they would give the Suns captain a rebound and give the Suns a chance to launch a quick counterattack.

Therefore, the Bobcats simply gave up the three-pointer and let the three outside players take turns to rush in, bullying the Suns’ lack of inside height and no barriers.

Leon discovered the third problem of the five small lineups at this time. Once the opponents start to engage in hand-to-hand combat, the team will feel strenuous offense and defense.

However, the Suns still rely on the player’s personal ability to maintain the lead in the score. Steve Nash is full of firepower in this game. When the team chooses a small lineup, he has become the absolute core of the field again.

And Boris Dior’s support and Marion’s air cut are also gaining points for the Suns, helping the team survive the difficult third quarter and maintain a 7-point lead into the fourth quarter.

In the fourth quarter, Leon was still stubbornly not sending Turiaf on the court. He replaced Bell with Jaskovicius, and then used Barea to top Nash for two minutes. Inside Marion took a rest. .

Two minutes into the fourth quarter, the Bobcats seized the opportunity to attack with a wave of 8:2, narrowing the difference between the two sides to only 1 point!

Leon had to call a timeout, when Dan D’Antoni sat on a stool and said to Leon: “Substitute, put Ronnie on it, this lineup can’t be played at all, it just destroys the Great Wall! No more! This goes on.”

Mike D’Antoni said: “Don’t talk about my brother, Fox has his ideas. This game is not that important.”

Dan said again: “But we obviously played well before.”

Leon replied: “But no one has supported my play before!”

Indeed, in the few games before the five small lineups, Leon’s tactical routines did not get the support of the coaching staff, fans and critics. Now because of injuries he designed new routines, and some people began to put forward opinions that the previous ones were good. Up.

As soon as this was said, no one spoke. Leon gathered the players and said: “We are disadvantaged in height, which is bad, but we have the advantage in vitality and speed. Don’t just care about our disadvantages. , And forget our advantage. Play more boldly and open up. As long as the offensive end is efficient, our pressure on the defensive end will naturally be reduced!”

Leon did not deliberately ask the players to strengthen their defense. On the contrary, he asked them to strengthen the offense, especially in the offensive rebounds. After observing the performance of the five small lineups for nearly two quarters, Leon has deployed several lineups. Think this is the best solution. Taking offense instead of defensive, for the Suns, their offense can be higher, and these five small lineups are the key to their major breakthrough!

After thinking about this, Leon continued to insist on a small lineup on the court and returned to the game. Nash and Marion re-appeared. Jaskovicius and Nash formed a double-short backcourt. Vincent on the opposite side was snickering, thinking that such a backcourt would be vulnerable on defense, but he didn’t expect that Raymond Felton and Jason Richardson could limit their three-pointers. ball.

Sure enough, for the first offense after the timeout, Jaskovicius took possession of the ball, and Nash used his flexible running position to get a chance of dislocation at 45 degrees on the right, facing Jason Richardson, who was defending from dislocation. , He used a difficult drift three-pointer to help the sun stabilize the situation. This is the third three-pointer made by Nash in this game.

The point difference came to 4 points. When the Bobcats entered a positional battle, their offensive efficiency would decline, and the continuous breakthroughs in the third quarter caused Richardson and Felton’s physical strength to be lost to a certain extent, and the sun successfully defended One goal.

This time, Nash did not force a quick counterattack anymore. If in 2006, the Suns of this small lineup would definitely force a counterattack, as they did before. But Nash seemed to realize something. They didn’t want speed, but success rate. Although in many cases, speed means success rate, but sometimes speed also means mistakes.

He controlled the tempo and waited for his teammates to be seated. Then he observed Jaskovicius’s running position. With the help of Dior and Marion on the left, he slipped to the left bottom corner. Nash immediately A big oblique pass passed and Jaskovicius received the ball from the bottom corner. Felton was too lazy to pounce on seeing it, and watched Jaskovicius make a three-pointer and score again!

The point difference came to 7 points, 91:84. The Bobcats’ previous efforts were wiped out by two easy three-pointers, which was a major blow for them. Vincent didn’t call a timeout, he didn’t have a lot of timeouts, and he had to save it for later key moments.

But there may not be a critical moment. It is a positional attack again. The Bobcats chose to let Okafor eat alone from the low post. This time he encountered a double-team-Lagabell’s big lock interrupted his ball from his hand, the Suns The team fought back again. This time the Bobcats desperately ran back to the defense, but Nash slowed down and he looked for opportunities very patiently.

Because the Suns are five small, and everyone has the ability to shoot outside, so Nash felt that blindly fast counterattack and strong charge, in fact, a bit of a waste of five small ability to open space. The V-shaped offense they used to make full use of the two wings’ three-point firepower and the mid-range penetration ability, but in fact they have more articles to do, in the wide area between the basket and the three-pointer.

Nash dribbled the ball into the inside, and then went around. Dior in the middle caught the attention of some defenders. Nash did not choose a difficult hit to the ground, and instead passed the ball around from the bottom. Bell in the horn position, Bell shot a mid-range jumper in the horn position. Leon asked anyone during the timeout to make a decisive move once given the opportunity.

This is very different from his style in the Celtics. In the Celtics, he accurately calculated the shooting area that each player is good at, requiring them to attack in the good area, and in the Suns, it only takes half past half. Everyone can vote if they have a chance.

However, the ball was missed, and the two points from the mid-range weren’t Bell’s strong point, but Marion struggled to grab the offensive rebound, then caused Okafor’s foul at the basket and stood on the free throw line.

Charlotte fans can once again appreciate the most bizarre free throw position in the NBA. Marion’s push and shoot, but the shooting rate is quite good, making two free throws and 9 points. The Suns’ offense came back to life, and Leon regained control of the situation.

The Bobcats are a weak team after all. Once they are at a disadvantage in terms of scenes and points in the fourth quarter, they begin to become incapable of playing, as if they are back in the first quarter. In particular, the Suns engaged in another zone defense, which caught the Bobcats off guard, and again began to throw wildly from the outside. They missed a few goals and gave the Suns a chance to counterattack.

These few times ~www.mtlnovel.com~ The Suns have seized the counterattack opportunities very well. Nash and Jaskovicius have teamed up to control the field. They are not impatient or impatient. They can find offensive opportunities through running positions and precise passing. , And the Suns players were extremely resolute in their shots, and at the same time the people inside were vying for offensive rebounds. Even Nash rushed to the inside to grab rebounds, not giving the Bobcats any chance to easily counterattack.

Relying on a 14-0 super offensive shock wave, the Suns pulled the score to 15 points at once, and at the same time completely defeated the Bobcats. On the Suns bench, the assistant coaches closed their mouths, and the small lineup showed a bit of power. In the end, the Suns beat the Bobcats 101:90 with 11 points. Nash scored the team’s highest score of 30 points and sent 8 assists. The second highest score came from Marion, who scored 21 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, including 4 offensive rebounds.

The final buzzer sounded, Leon was greatly relieved, the last quarter thanks to the players themselves also understood some of the essence of this lineup, especially Nash, otherwise even if he struggled to drool, the players who really played Bad fight.

If we continue like this, we will play another five or six games. When Stoudemire returns, Leon will be able to sit back to his hand-handling shopkeeper and watch the team move forward quietly until he meets those strong opponents and needs him to stand up. when.

(End of this chapter)