Chapter 385: Time to show one hand

Chapter 388
Nash appeared very excited when the timeout came off, he and Leon high-five each other, the smile on his face made him look like a 1.9-meter child. D'Antoni looked a little puzzled from the side. If the Suns needed Nash to start scoring before, the team’s offense was no longer good. At this time, Nash will be very tired. The expression on his face has always been serious, and it will never be as relaxed as now. freely.
But under Leon, he seems to be so relaxed. So far, D'Antoni feels that Nash hasn't exerted any strength yet. Could it be said that this year's Nash has reborn and improved his skills? But Nash will be 34 years old this year, reaching the late stage of his career as a professional player.
Of course Leon knows that Nash is old, and he knows that Nash can maintain his state even if it is good. Don't think about it, so I need to save Nash, so Leon replaced Nash with Jakovicius during the suspension. , Let him sit under the court to rest and rest, the leader on the sun court became Stoudemire again.
This rotation is very different from the previous Suns, but Stoudemire's performance in the first half proved that he can support a team's offense. On the Lakers side, Kobe remained on the court. He experienced the rationality of the first half and then continued to fire in the second half. Kobe has entered the game state. When he enters the state, no one can stop him offensively.
For the first offense after the timeout, Kobe hit a 3-pointer from the outside with his hand open, reducing the point difference to 1 point. Turning around, Jaskovicius made a three-pointer and hit an answer-ball after pick-and-roll with Stoudemire in the high post.
Stoudemire’s internal threat is really too great, giving Jaskovicius plenty of shooting space. This guard who is good at three-point shooting is merciless, because in Leon’s offensive system, the point guard has You must shoot if you have an opportunity to shoot, and you must shoot if you don't have a chance to create an opportunity. In this system, Jaskovicius no longer has to go to a fixed position like he did in the Pacers, to make tactics for his teammates, and then watch some people waste opportunities with the ball.
After both sides made a three-pointer, the shooting percentage of both sides suddenly declined in the late third quarter. Kobe continued to hit the offensive end, and his shot seemed a bit impatient; and the Suns did not manage to do so. Taking the opportunity to expand the score advantage, Stoudemire was double-defensive by the Lakers. The Lakers emptied Dior, not allowing him to support and pass the ball, and let him move in the blank area of ​​the middle distance. He wanted to shoot casually and close the door suddenly.
The mid-range jumper is not Dior's strong point. This is only the second game. He is still a little unfamiliar with how to control the team's offense like a point guard, and there is no tacit understanding between the cooperation with Jaskovicius. The attack came to a standstill. In this way, the offenses of both sides did not score for many consecutive times, and the offensives were played in a mess, and the head coaches of both sides were still very calm, sitting calmly on the bench watching their own team X play.
Phil Jackson also whistles twice from time to time, and Leon doesn’t bother to look up and focus on chatting with Nash. In Leon’s view, chatting with Nash is more important than watching the game. .
"I have an idea. Let you play for four or five minutes in the first and third quarters, and then give you more time before the end of the first half and the final stage of the fourth quarter so that you can control the game." Leon In discussing with Nash about the distribution of his playing time, Leon wanted to save Nash on the one hand, and on the other hand, he wanted to maximize his function when he was on the court.
"I think this is a good idea. Today I feel that I am in a good state and I use less brain." Nash said with a smile.
He was supposed to lie on the sidelines and watch the game. Leon called him to the bench to chat with him. In such a game, he talked and laughed so much that D'Antoni sighed, thinking that this guy would not care about the game. The situation? Without arranging any tactics during the timeout, I knew that the players would solve the problem by themselves. In his impression, Leon was not like this with the Celtics in the past. Anyway, as long as the Celtics had a timeout, they would have an immediate effect after playing.
But judging from the two games at the beginning of the season, it seems that he has decided to throw away his hands.
The third quarter went on for more than half of the game, with 4 minutes and 35 seconds left. Kobe hit the basket and caused Stoudemire to foul the free throw line. The score of both sides was 82:79. The Lakers were only behind by 3 points. Kobe made two free throws. The Suns also replaced Nash again, and Stoudemire was off to rest. He was mediocre in the third quarter and failed to help the team support the offense, but he did a good job on the defensive end, contributing two blocks, and the leakage was not serious.
After Nash came on the field, Leon put Brent Barry on the field again, so that the two slow defensive and ordinary whites outside the Suns made the eyes of fans watching the Suns hurt. But after Barry came on the field, the offensive role was obvious. Leon gave him a very clear positioning, a transfer station for the ball from the outside, and the little prince from the bottom corner. Barry was very clear about his responsibilities, and everything else. Don't want to, do your job well.
As for the defensive issues, leave it to Marion, Bell and Turiaf. After the score came to 82:81, in the Suns offensive, Nash and Turiaf made a pick-and-roll, and then cleverly scored the ball to the corner. Old Barry Three-pointers hit, 85:81.
Then, in the defense, Marion first blocked Kobe’s breakthrough, and then flew to interfere with Fisher’s throw. Turiaf received the backcourt rebound, Nash took the ball to push back and counterattacked Nash in three. There was a pause outside the point line. Seeing that the opponent's defense did not come up, he shot a three-pointer at 45 degrees on the right! Nash's shooting speed is not fast, but in the absence of enough interference, his shooting arc is unusually stable, and he makes a steady three-pointer.
After two consecutive three-pointers, the Suns opened the gap again. Leon extended his three-pointer strategy in Boston to Phoenix. In fact, in addition to pure blue-collar insiders like Turiaf, players in the Suns rotation All have three-point ability, including Stoudemire.
The Lakers did not expect that Nash would be fully fired in this game, taking shooting as their first choice. Their preparation on the defensive end was obviously inadequate, and they hardly gave Nash too much pressure outside the three-point line. , Allowing him to handle the ball more calmly, including starting shots at a slower speed.
Jackson immediately called a short timeout to re-arrange the defense. He replaced Sasha Vujacic, on the one hand to enhance his outside shooting, on the other hand he asked him to start a bite defense against Nash. This worked to a certain extent, but Nash is Nash after all. When the Lakers began to focus on his defense, they seemed to forget that this was the assist king of the past two seasons. He consecutively assisted Marion for a layup, and the difference between the two sides was further increased. open.
By the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Suns had led the Lakers by 10 points at 95:85. Their advantages in hard power began to show little by little, especially the advantages of the players' personal ability. Except for the point of shooting guard, they almost Every position is better than the Lakers.
However, the 10-point gap ~EbookFREE.me~ is not a big problem for Kobe. After a short break at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Kobe reappeared and played a lot of iron in the third quarter. Changed his offensive method and began to forcefully attack the inside line and succeeded in two consecutive three-pointers. Although Stoudemire also relied on singles to make a layup, but Kobe turned around and hit a three-pointer. The score became 100: 95, the Lakers approached the score a little bit.
D'Antoni watched Kobe’s offense and felt better and better. He remembered how terrifying Kobe had been in the playoffs in the first two seasons. He was anxious and couldn’t sit still. He wanted to stand up a few times, but he was not the head coach and couldn’t stand He got up to command, and had to continue sticking his to the bench.
As the Suns missed another offensive, Kobe counterattacked with the ball. There was no one in his eyes, no teammates, and no opponents. He was like a snake, with a keen body and rhythmic dribbling, shuttled between multiple people. , The last changer avoided Marion's block and scored two points to turn the score into 100:97, and the point difference was reduced to three points.
At this time, Leon finally stood up from the bench, asked the referee for a timeout, and took out the tactical note from the inner pocket of his suit. He knew it was time to show his hand and lay out some strategy, otherwise Others really think he doesn't care about anything anymore-although no one dares to think so.
(End of this chapter)