Chapter 394: Dig your own grave

Chapter 397
On November 6, 7 pm Eastern time, at Charlotte Bobcats Arena in Charlotte (not even a big company is willing to name their arena but can only use the name of the team), the Suns regular season The fourth game of the game started here.
Before the game, the Suns announced the news, confirming that Amare Stoudemire will be absent from the game for two weeks due to a knee contusion. At the same time, Cole stated that the team is already close to signing Grant Hill. Very close, he is expected to join the team in Miami at the earliest to participate in the team and the Heat.
When Leon was asked that the team will use the life lineup and tactics to make up for Stoudemire’s absence, Leon officially stated that there must be someone on the team and that the Suns are experienced and prepared for this.
But only he knows in his heart that in this game, the team will conduct another bold experiment, but when the game just started, no one could tell that Leon replaced Stoudemire with Turiaf and continued the ball. The team's starting lineup is one big and four small.
Compared to the lack of generals in the Suns, the opposite Bobcats have a neat lineup. Their starting lineups are Gerald Wallace, Raymond Felton, Emeka Okafor, Primoz Brezek and Jay Mori Richardson, it should be said that this is a good lineup. Okafor, as the No. 2 pick in 2005, is very powerful. Wallace, Felton, and Richardson all have very good personal abilities. Only Primoz-Brazek is a relatively good one.
But it seems that this point might become a strong point tonight. At least some teams and experts think so. Primoz-Brezek is 7-foot-2. No one in the Suns can match it. In 05, 06 In 1999, Primoz-Brezek was an important inside point for the Bobcats, but his state fell sharply last season, and his scoring fell precipitously. The state of the first few games this season is equally worrying.
Some local media in Charlotte predicted before the game that they hope that Primoz-Brezek will perform well in the face of solar energy in this game and increase his confidence. After all, in the last game the Suns played against the Cavaliers, Gooden and Big Z scored 40 points together in the inside of the Suns, and Stoudemire missed the game again.
After the opening ceremony, Leon shook hands with Bobcats coach Sam Vincent. He played in the NBA in the 1980s and 1990s and played for many teams. He is considered a qualified role player. Last season he As an assistant coach for the Mavericks, he helped Johnson. As a result, the Mavericks created the best record in history and were hacked. The Mavericks coaching staff was disbanded and he was dug into the Bobcats as the head coach.
As the head coach, he is not well-known, so shaking hands with Leon is a bit guilty. I don't know what strategy the Suns will use in this game.
After the start of the game, the Bobcats took the lead in getting the ball. Raymond Felton held the ball for halftime and began to organize the Bobcats' first attack. Compared with the Suns, the Bobcats are a typical offensive constipation team, they can't average 100 points per game. There are two reasons, one is the offensive rhythm is slow, the other is the team's poor outside shooting level.
Whether it is Gerald Wallace, Felton or Richardson, they all have shooting ability, but they are not stable enough, especially Felton and Wallace, point guard and small forward. Insufficient scoring ability, so Leon made a clear arrangement before the game. He played a zone defense at the beginning and let the Bobcats play a while.
Sure enough, for the Suns’ opening zone defense, the Bobcats were a little bit unprepared. The ball was guided around outside. After a long time, there was no chance of a breakthrough. In the end, Gerald Wallace took the ball from the right bottom corner and went Step on the three-point line and take a large two-pointer.
"Boo!"
The ball hit the rim, and the ball was known to be crooked as soon as it was shot. Sean Marion struggled to grab a backboard and handed it to Nash. The Suns launched a counterattack.
After Stoudemire’s absence, the Suns returned to the past whirlwind rhythm on offense. Nash quickly advanced with the ball. Marion and Dior went down quickly. Bell drew to respond. After some observation and selection, Nash had a brain. After passing the ball to Turiaf, who came in from the end, Turiaf received the ball and made two big strides, hitting the basket from the center and dunking!
When Turiaf made a successful dunk, Primoz Brezek just rushed back, got the ball from the basket and just went to the bottom line to serve.
The 7-foot-2 Primoz-Brezek can't keep up with the speed. Although Turiaf has no offensive ability, he has the advantage in speed. The Suns took the lead in the start.
Tonight at the Bobcats’ home stadium, the number of fans is still sparse. The Bobcats have only been in the league for a few years, and their results have been poor. The last two seasons have improved slightly and they have begun to build their own core lineup. There are a few strong players, but they don’t. Own superstar. Among the starting players, none of them can attract young fans to watch the game, so in the stands there are many players wearing Sun Nash and Stoudemire jerseys swinging.
The Bobcats attacked. Before the game, their tactics were to focus on the inside. However, facing the sun’s zone defense, the ball was difficult to pass in. It could only be run on the outside. After a long time, Richardson finally made Richardson stronger outside the three-point line. Pulled one, the ball hit the basket neck, still missed. Marion got another backcourt rebound, Nash counterattacked with the ball, the Bobcats retreated fast enough, they failed to make a quick offense.
Nash gave the ball to Dior who was inserted. Dior received the ball in the corner. Then his wide field of vision spotted Bell in the bottom corner. He passed the ball to Bell in the left corner. Bell received the ball and pretended to make a shot. Richardson cut into the basket from the bottom line and Okafor made up the defense. If Stoudemire is there, Bale hits Stoudemire and catches the ball and then dunks.
But Turiaf obviously couldn’t. Bale passed the ball to him. Okafor could still turn around to defend. Turiaf didn’t have the ability to attack the basket. If he couldn’t get up in the three-second zone, he could only throw the ball. After it came back, Nash reorganized the attack.
After continuous crotch dribble, Nash used Dior's screen to cut into the inside, then used the rhythm to throw off Felton, a difficult low-hand shot with his right hand, and avoided the block of Primoz Brezek. The Suns scored two more points after finishing the basket.
It can be seen from the first three games that Nash's attacking desire is much stronger than before. People think this is the failure of Leon's offensive training, but Nash and Leon firmly believe that this will be an important reason for their success.
The Suns made a good start, and the Bobcats were caught in the quagmire of the Suns' defense. They once again tried to shoot from the three-point line. This time it was Raymond Felton, a three-pointer at the top of the arc, but still missed. , The ball pops to a long distance, a long rebound, Dior directly got the rebound at the top of the arc, and Marion has rushed far away, Dior directly a long distance pass, Marion directly received the ball in the frontcourt with both hands The dunk was successful.
At the 6:0 start, the Bobcats had to call a timeout. Obviously their coach was not well prepared before the game. They didn't expect the Suns' defense to be so firm and thorough, and the players would not be able to make long shots. Once a three-pointer missed, it would be too long Rebounding ~EbookFREE.me~ is a good opportunity for the Suns to break fast. With this kind of ball in a few more rounds, the Bobcats may be destroyed in the first quarter.
Vincent adjusted the Bobcats' lineup, no longer stupidly using Primoz Brezek as a big man, but replaced guard Jeff McGinnis to enhance his outside shooting and the ball. The Suns did not make substitutions for his rotation ability. To continue with this lineup, Leon is ready to open the score a bit and then go to his test lineup. In fact, he does not have enough confidence in his heart.
As the game continued, the Suns continued to hit the Bobcats at their fast pace, and the Bobcats had a better offensive under Emperor McGinnis. They moved the ball faster from the outside, and they started to hit outside shots. Let the Suns change their defensive strategy and return to routine.
At the end of the first quarter, the Suns led the Bobcats by 9 points at 30:21. At the beginning of the second quarter, the Suns played a 7:0 climax, opening the point difference to 16 points, laying a relatively large Advantage, so after a timeout, Leon began to substitute, he replaced Turiaf with rookie Dudley, so that the Suns put on a lineup without a true center.
Leon started this lineup experiment called "self-digging".
(End of this chapter)