Chapter 458: The enemy general Thomas Xiong!

Sun Hao turned his head when he heard the sound, frowning slightly.
He didn't have many impressions of Tim Thomas.
The only impression is similar to other people, it comes from the phrase "you will regret" he said after he wanted to come to the Lakers and was rejected.
Hearing this sentence again, this big mouth is a bit owed!
Payton held the ball to the front court, and Sun Hao stretched out his hand to pass the ball.
He was not irritated by Thomas's words, because...people are not on the court and your anger doesn't make any sense.
The problem now is that the Lakers have to get the ball into the basket.
The offense and defense in that round just now shows that the Suns' counter-attack efficiency is one step higher than the Warriors.
In this case, the Lakers need to keep the rhythm down.
Or in other words, they need to guarantee the success rate of offense.
Sun Hao saw that the Suns did not double-team, and faced Pietrus's continuous shaking before turning around and breaking through.
The biggest change in this Suns team compared to history is that the starting shooting guard changed from Raja Bell to Pietrus.
Both body types and defensive styles are different, but the same is the defensive titan.
But one-on-one, they still had some difficulties to guard against Sun Hao.
But as soon as Sun Hao turned around to finish, he looked up and saw that Marion's defense had arrived!
Many people may not know much about Marion, and their knowledge of him rests on his ugly shooting posture.
Indeed, Marion has some shortcomings.
The ugly posture brings the unstable three-point shooting rate, and his personal ball-handling ability generally prevents him from becoming the top superstar.
But in addition to these two points, Marion's other abilities are super All-Star level.
Top air cutting awareness, finishing ability, running position, top speed and bounce on the front line, top single defense and assist defense capabilities that can defend from the second position to the fifth position...
It is hard to imagine a 2.01 meter small forward who has 8+ rebounds for most of his career, or even 10+ in several seasons.
Moreover, in addition to this, he can also average 2+ steals and 1.5+ blocks per game!
If these data are placed on Draymond Green, Green can blow himself up as the first inside line in NBA history.
Because of the brilliance of Nash and Stoudemire, many people tend to ignore his existence.
But when you really meet him on the field, you can't ignore him anyway.
Sun Haochang tried to accelerate directly past Marion, but Petrus had already doubled over from behind.
And the wingspan of these two men is very long, blocking his shooting and passing routes.
He can only choose to turn around and dribble to break the double-team, and then dribble back to the three-point line.
Although the ball was not lost, more than half of the offensive time has been wasted.
The defensive strength of the Suns is evident.
And this time offensively, it is difficult to guarantee the success rate if you want to catch Nash.
When Nash was still in the Warriors, no one could wipe his ass, but now in the Suns, four people are lining up waiting to wipe him!
However, Sun Hao reacted quickly and directly raised his hand to greet O'Neal to pull to a high position to pick and roll.
O'Neal has limited physical fitness, and it is the most energy-saving for him to stay under the basket on offense.
But the current situation is not the time to consider those.
O'Neill mentioned high position, and Sun Hao took a mid-range shot by covering.
O'Neal was originally bigger, but after getting fat he became bigger, like a Roshan.
Pietrus felt it was impossible for him to go around, in fact, he could only hit Roshan with his head.
And Sun Hao is a single-action shot, and Marion has no time to help defend.
"Huh!"
Basketball hollowed into the net.
The Lakers finally broke the scoring drought on the court!
After Sun Hao scored a goal with O'Neal, he also knew how to play the Suns team.
Nash continued to play the pick-and-roll with Stoudemire in the frontcourt. This time the Lakers contracted and Nash changed hands from behind to send the ball to the corner.
Marion received the ball over there and showed off his slightly ugly shooting posture.
"Huh!"
Ugly to ugly, but the ball still went in!
Unstable means that the fluctuation is relatively large, and it does not mean that there is no three-point ability.
In fact, in this ugly posture in the third and fourth years of his career, Marion made nearly 40% of his three-pointers for two consecutive seasons.
Even if the hit rate has declined in recent years, it is close to one-third.
7 to 2!
The Suns are opening the score!
Sun Hao's prediction before the game is correct. The Suns are their most difficult opponent in the playoffs so far!
"I have to say, the combination of this team is perfect."
In the commentary, Barkley could not help but speak.
Although he is still Sun Chui, he is also a sun star.
Kenny Smith nodded seriously.
Last season, the Suns turned from a countdown to a championship team, and then this season, offensive and defensive integration, neither D'Antoni, or Nash alone.
But as Barkley said, these players match perfectly.
Marion’s biggest shortcoming is that he can’t hold the ball, but when he comes to Nash, he doesn’t need to hold the ball to attack!
Stoudemire is the same, his possession is even more disaster than Marion, but by Nash's side, he is more comfortable as a tactical starting point!
Then back to Nash, he couldn't find strong teammates in the Warriors, but in the Suns, they were all strong players!
Not to mention that the Suns are still sitting on the bench with a panacea Boris Dior.
But if the Lakers are either easily defeated, that would be an underestimation of the Lakers and Instant Kill combination.
Before, the fans felt that the Lakers didn't make any effort, but they couldn't tell where it was.
But in the next round, they quickly discovered the problem.
In the previous game, in order to save O'Neal's lack of physical strength, both Sun Hao and O'Neal were using their abilities to solve problems.
Playing the Spurs, O'Neal focuses more on the defensive end, while Sun Hao is on the offensive end to kill the Quartet
Against the Warriors, O'Neal has an absolute advantage on the inside, and Sun Hao is more restrained on the outside;
But now, the instant kill combination reappears, and Sun Hao and O'Neal have started to play pick-and-rolls continuously!
The Suns were prepared this time, Thomas couldn't keep up, and Marion helped defend in advance.
Because the two teams had not played in the playoffs before, Sun Hao was not so impressed with Marion's ability to help defend, so the previous round was somewhat lacking in preparation.
But at this moment he already had a prediction, after taking it apart, he was looking towards the bottom corner.
Seeing that Ariza was empty, he knew Marion was on the way to help defend.
A fast pass, the quality of the pass is not better than Payton's, but the victory is in advance.
It was too late for Marion to help defend and go back.
Stoudemire at the basket hesitated, but still did not dare to pounce towards the bottom corner.
Because after the pick-and-roll, O'Neal did not stay in place, but has moved to the basket.
Ariza got a rare big gap, he adjusted his breathing, glanced at the frame, and then shot.
Compared with the ball in front, the trajectory and strength of this ball are much better.
"Huh!"
The result of this change is that basketball hit the net!
7 to 5!
It's back again!
"This is Sun's ability, you want to easily beat the Lakers, no way!"
Barkley yelled from the commentary.
Although it was a famous Sun team, it was on Sun Hao.
Sun fame? Sorry, Lao Tzu is a famous 76er!
The Suns had another pick and roll in the frontcourt, but Pietrus missed a 45-degree three-pointer on the right.
The Lakers counter-attacked the Suns with a fast break. Sun Hao was unreasonable while marching. He drew the ball into the basket against Marion who was behind Nash's defense.
7 level!
The Lakers quickly tied the score!
Nash then played the pick and roll with Stoudemire. This time Stoudemire tricked Payton and made a mid-range shot.
When Stoudemire first entered the league, he was still a poor defensive player, and he could only fly in and out.
After Nash came to the Suns, he often needed to swing to play center, and he was forced to improve his defense;
And because D'Antoni was more arranged as the starting point for pick-and-roll tactics, he developed the CIC.
Although he entered the league a year later than Yao Ming, he has become a complete body and reached his peak.
9 to 7!
The Suns went ahead again.
But they didn't lead by one minute. Sun Hao and O'Neal lifted the inside after a pick and roll. O'Neal received the ball and directly pressed Petrus to the basket.
If this is in the past, he will have to show a turn around or dunk.
But now, how to save effort!
9 levels!
After experiencing the opening lead and chasing points, the two teams began to enter a stalemate.
The Suns' hand feel dropped for a while, and the Lakers took the opportunity to gain a certain lead.
However, O'Neal's physical fitness is so little, Phil Jackson did not choose to keep him on the court in order to maintain the advantage.
Like the principle of "a full meal or a full meal", with the experience of last season, Jackson has become more cautious in using O'Neal.
The Suns took advantage of O'Neal's exit and recovered some points.
When both sides start to enter a large-scale rotation, the score on the field is...24 ties!
The two teams were evenly matched.
This situation is reasonable.
This year in history, the Suns eliminated the Lakers and the Clippers to advance to the Western Conference finals, and finally lost to the Mavericks who should have won the championship 2-4.
But such a result was achieved with a Stoudemire!
Now Stoudemire is not injured and it is normal to be evenly matched with the Lakers.
Because of the fast play, the number of rounds, and the physical consumption of the players, both sides invariably performed a nine-man rotation.
Barbosa, Pietrus, James Jones, Dior, Tim Thomas on the Suns.
On the Lakers side, Christie, Finley, Horry, Walker, Mourning.
In the first round, Horley received a 3-pointer from Finley from the bottom corner, but it was a pity that he didn't make it.
Dior quickly grabbed a defensive rebound.
Take a look at the technical statistics of the Suns, and you will find a very interesting thing, that is, this team has a lot of "short rebounding monsters"!
Stoudemire was 2.08 meters and Marion was 2.01 meters. Both of them averaged close to 10 rebounds per game. Dior was 2.03 meters and also averaged nearly 5 rebounds per game.
None of these three are the standard inside height, but they can grab nearly 25 rebounds in a game!
The Suns pushed back, and Barbosa was lightning fast.
However, Christie has rich defensive experience and started running back early, retreating to the top of the backcourt on Barbosa's breakthrough route.
Barbosa chose to split the ball to the right.
The Suns' V-shaped fast break, Tim Thomas has already followed up to the three-point line on the right side, and directly chose to stop the three-pointer after receiving the ball!
Although his mouth is big, his offensive ability is really good. The big man can receive the ball so smoothly and not many three-pointers.
"Huh!"
He feels good too, the basketball is wiping the net and pocketing it!
After the goal, Thomas narrowed his mouth and looked very arrogant.
However, there is great capital after a goal.
Finley broke through and scored a layup.
But immediately, Barbosa turned his head and crossed Mourning's defense through the pick and roll and scored a layup!
Walker still didn't have a three-pointer from the bottom corner, this time the Suns' fast break did not start.
After turning into position, this quarter only has enough time for the Suns to play the final attack.
Barbossa pressure time, pressure to the last few seconds and Dior then play the pick-and-roll.
He broke through to the basket and encountered the Lakers' double-team contraction, returning the ball to Dior at the free throw line.
Dior showed the "French Magician" ability, and knocked the ball to Tim Thomas at the top of the arc without looking at people.
Thomas took the ball and then took a three-pointer.
This time the mobile phone will be better than the last fast break.
Thomas seized the opportunity again and threw the ball before the buzzer.
The ball crossed a high parabola in the air.
The ball's trajectory looks very positive, but the strength is a bit strong.
"boom!"
After the ball hits the backboard, it rebounds and falls into the net bag!
Thomas didn't even shout after the goal, but when Dior came over to find him to hit his chest, he turned and shouted.
"You are sure to lose!"
It's the familiar sentence, but this time "they" has become "you", and they are shouting at the Lakers bench.
Zhu Fangyu almost didn't rush to punch him.
There was a burst of cheers at the scene.
He scored 2 three-pointers in more than two minutes of playing time, and Thomas' performance is not bad!
And more importantly, Horry and Walker's outside response from the Lakers did not score.
It felt like before Hulao Pass, Huaxiong killed several generals in succession!
Barkley and Smith also didn't consciously talk about the funny thing about the buyout deadline.
Because it's a small role, no one cares about Thomas' words that "will make the Lakers regret", or even just a joke.
It's regrettable that you are a small role, maybe not in the NBA at the end of the season~EbookFREE.me~ But just now, his performance attracted everyone's attention.
This is also ability.
Although, his way is as undue as Draymond Green in history.
"I think Mickey Kupchak should regret it now. Maybe it would be a good choice to sign him as Walker's substitute."
Kenny Smith even commented like this.
There was a pause between the festivals, and Sun Hao offered to invite Ying.
He wanted to go up and suppress Thomas' arrogance, and then he had a better memory.
But Phil Jackson did not agree.
And he made an absolutely unexpected substitution.
He replaced Walker with Zhu Fangyu!