Chapter 397: effectiveness

Chapter 400
Leon's idea is very good. The Suns also won the opening season unbeaten after they won the Bobcats, ranking first in the Western Conference.
However, a day later, they arrived in Atlanta, and when facing the Atlanta Hawks, the situation was not as good as it was against the Bobcats.
In the Eagles team, there is Leon’s old acquaintance Joe Johnson. This year’s Eagles also formed a team with Joe Johnson at the core, with Assi Law, Al Horford, Josh Smith, and Ma Vin Williams is the starting lineup. Among them, Al Horford and Asilao are this year's show and the No. 11 show respectively, and they quickly occupy the team's starting position.
Now, the Atlantans have great expectations for these two newcomers. Together with the other starters, the Hawks feel that they will gradually get rid of their past gluttony status and become a strong playoff team in the East.
Of course, the season has just begun and everything is still in the process of debugging. A strong Western team like the Suns is undoubtedly a good touchstone.
Before the start of the game, Leon and Joe Johnson came for a hug. The Celtics and Suns are his old clubs, but in the face of champions and money, he must still choose money. After all, no one will reject the tens of millions of levels. For Johnson, his dream of championship has come true in Boston.
In the face of the old master and mentor, Joe Johnson did not show mercy. They played very strong in the first quarter. Their head coach Mike Woodson is not a general, this old black man who looks a little demented, The team has been an assistant coach for a long time, so his pre-match tactical preparation skills are quite good and he is a very meticulous coach.
In response to the current emptiness of the Phoenix Suns inside, Fox-Leon is also thinking about playing a small lineup strategy. Woodson's response strategy is very simple, that is, let the striker hit the sun's inside.
The Hawks start with two 6-foot-9 forwards, Josh Smith and Marvin Williams. On the bench, there is also Childress, and three 6-foot-9 forwards that can run and jump. Players, from the beginning of the first quarter of the game, went crazy inside the Suns and grabbed offensive rebounds.
Originally, the Suns had only one Turiaf. In the middle of the first quarter, Leon also replaced Turiaf with Brent Barry and continued to test his five small lineup. The result was the Suns. Keep losing backboard rebounds. Although Marion and Dior are fighting hard, facing three beast-shaped strikers, it is really difficult to withstand their impact without a tall insider.
At the end of the first quarter, the Suns fell behind the Hawks by 4 points 27:31. Undoubtedly, this is a not-so-good start. The first quarter is very important for an offensive team like the Suns, and it is a foundation The team’s offensive feel sets the tone for the entire game. In the first quarter, their tone was undoubtedly not set, and several offensive rebounds were dropped, which resulted in them not being able to make continuous quick counterattacks. Nash had to rely more on his personal ability to score.
In the absence of Stoudemire, the positional ability of the ball lost is much worse, and without the circulation of personnel caused by the rapid counterattack, the offensive opportunities that Marion and Dior can obtain will be greatly reduced.
In the second quarter, Leon made adjustments to increase Turiaf’s playing time. At the same time, in the second half of the second quarter, when playing the five small lineup, Dudley replaced Bale and Barry replaced Turiaf. In this way, the team has four forward players on the field, and hope that even a small lineup can increase the height.
However, Leon’s adjustment did not work because Barry is too old. He can contribute passes and three-pointers on the offensive end, but he can't keep up at all on the defensive end and was played by Joe Johnson. Between the palms. There is a Nash on the perimeter, and there are loopholes in the defense. After Bell is missing, there is no need to worry about people grabbing offensive rebounds because they directly throw the ball in.
This wrong substitution strategy caused the Suns to not only not recover the point difference in the second quarter, but was further opened the score. After Leon realized this error, he immediately replaced Barry and let Bell re-enter the field. At this time Leon especially hopes that there will be Grant Hill on the bench. If he is there, the Sun's bench will be more fulfilled.
Compared to the chaos on the Suns side, the Hawks are playing more and more smoothly at home, and their flying forwards are playing more and more vigorously, because the Suns do not have an inside line to beat them. Childress, who came off the bench, grabbed consecutive offensive rebounds, and in the second half he even spurred the team's fast breaks to help the Eagles maintain their advantage.
The best performer on the Suns side was Nash. The Phoenix people had to rely on this 33-year-old white veteran. Nash was very efficient tonight, with a lot of points and assists. The Suns' offense is actually good, but it's not enough. Their offense is not enough.
In the starting lineup, only Sean Marion played a high level. Several other players, including the substitute players, played very averagely. In the offensive competition between the two sides, the Suns actually fell into a disadvantage. In the final period of the fourth quarter, Nash almost had a chance to turn things around with his three-pointers, but after hitting two consecutive three-pointers and narrowing the point difference to one point, the Hawks played a beautiful offensive coordination. Horford missed the basket, allowing Horford Blue to succeed.
Then, the Eagles double-teamed Nash in advance, Nash scored the ball to Bell, Bell missed a three-pointer, Josh Smith got a backcourt rebound, and the Suns had to foul Smith to the free throw line. Smith made one of two free throws. Leon called the timeout and arranged a two-point tactic~EbookFREE.me~ It was successful, but there was no time. Joe Johnson made two free throws and made two free throws. Finally, Nash A futile three-pointer missed, and the score was fixed at 110:106. The Suns lost their away game against the Hawks.
This is the first game that the Suns have lost this season. Nash scored a game-high 35 points and sent 11 assists. His performance is not uncommon. But on the Hawks side, three players scored 20, Childress got 5 offensive rebounds, and Josh Smith grabbed 4. This gave the Hawks a lot of second offensive opportunities, but also caused the Suns to fail to fight back, and the offensive efficiency dropped significantly.
Efficiency. At the end of the game, Leon had this word in his mind. For the Phoenix Suns, their speed has reached the limit, and the 7-second offense is no longer possible. So if their offense wants to become better, they must improve efficiency, make each round more valuable, and make every shot choice the best choice.
This is why he is experimenting with a small lineup. It seems that there is still a lot to go. Back in the locker room, Leon did not make too many summaries, and simply accepted an interview with reporters. After the game, he was the only one to attend the press conference, which ended hastily. After that, Leon called Cole: "It's better to get Hill's contract tomorrow."
(End of this chapter)