Chapter 471: [Frustrated with hardships]

Even if Francis played super level in the third game, he made 4 of 5 shots from outside the 3-point line, but he didn't let the game go into garbage time for the third quarter.
Yao Ming made 9 of 13 shots and scored 18 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists. His offensive efficiency was the highest, but he did not take as many shots per game as outside defenders.
This time Guo Xu came to power, scoring a large double-double of 44 points and 10 assists, with a score of 111 to 96 and a 3-0 lead for the Suns.
Chinese fans who hope to see the Rockets and the Suns play classic games are disappointed. The Rockets can't pose any threat to the Suns. They can't even score 100 points.
Although the Suns pay more attention to defense than the regular season, the key reason is the use of Van Gundy. He is a rotation of 8 people per game, two offensive routines, the opponent is too easy to understand.
In the eight-man rotation, Morris Taylor and Mark Jackson are still defending black holes, and Guo Xu played on the court. The swingman Nakhba is not as strong as the Suns rookie Josh Howard, and his physical fitness is at a disadvantage.
In the first game, Van Gundy was a nine-player rotation. He also gave "big spoon" Witherspoon 11 minutes of playing time. This big brother with a height of 198CM and a weight of close to 125 kg looks like he went on a walk to lose weight.
A fan left a message after the game and said the piece of meat behind his neck looked delicious ... what level is this?
In the fourth game, Van Gundy continued the twin tower tactics, and the pick-and-roll prevention was as bad as shit.
The Rockets' play style is the same in every game, no adjustments are made at all, and even the substitution time is almost the same. In fact, no Van Gundy is the same. The players only need to take the time to rotate up and down.
This is why the Rockets will lead the opponents 2-0 in the first round of the two playoffs and then be reversed during Van Gundy's coaching period. It is too easy for the opponent to make targeted adjustments.
In the first half, the sun led 28 points, mainly anti-guests. Guo Xu, Stoudemire and Marion did not play again in the second half, sitting on the sidelines to watch the young teammates exercise.
In the face of a lineup composed of Diop, Haslem, Howard, Joe Johnson, and Blake, the Rockets started to fight a section that did not account for half the point, and the Yao name that had been in two games also became iron.
On the verge of being eliminated, players' mentality is prone to problems, they bear the mentality of wanting to win and fear losing, and then play abnormally. In Guo Xu's previous life, this kind of thing happened to the Rockets many times.
In 2004, they lost 78 to 97 to the Lakers. In 2005, the Rockets lost 76 to 116 to the Mavericks. In 2009, the Rockets lost 70 to 89 to the Lakers.
The Sun substitutes have no pressure, they have players backing them up, they are bold in their offense and defense, and don't have to worry about losing. Their defense is not bad, they can not only mark people, but also change the pick-and-roll. In the joint defense system, no matter which side Francis takes, he is caught near the penalty area and scored 21 points while shooting less than 40%.
In the end 102 to 78, the sun swept the rocket 4 to 0 easily.
Francis was beaten by Guo Xu for the first time in his playoffs. He shot 39.6% in four games and 40% in three-pointers but only scored 1 goal. He scored 18 points, 8 rebounds and 7.5 assists. There were also four unsightly errors. .
Guo Xu scored 30.5 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 steals in four games, shooting 60% from the field and 47% from three.
At the press conference after the game, Van Gundy did not find a reason for the defeat, and frankly said that he could not beat the sun.
"The Suns have excellent players in all positions. Their strength is far better than the Rockets. They are likely to win the championship this year. Jason Guo's personal ability is very outstanding. We can't limit him one-on-one. This is the reason why the Suns are strong."
Yao Ming attended the press conference and mentioned that Guo Xuxin had palpitations. "He's too fast. People say that being short has a disadvantage in playing basketball, but he turned his height into an advantage. Big players can't keep up with him. The Flash nickname is too suitable for him."
Francis said: "He caused us a lot of trouble. His defense is not as weak as people say. It is difficult for you to get rid of him. He is not afraid of confrontation and will continue to entangle himself unless the sun leads too much in that game. He did n’t take it seriously. "
After the game, the media reported on the game. Some fans on the Internet said that Francis had expressed a lot of point guards. Although the media never said that Guo Xu was a defensive expert, none of the league's point guards said that he was poorly defensive.
Fans also said that it was not easy to cite several point guards better than Guo Xu's defense.
"Jason's offense is too strong, it is easy for people to ignore his defense, Iverson defended less than 40% in the 2001 finals."
"Explosive power, bouncing power can get the dunk king, how can the strength be poor, he is the enhanced version of Iverson."
"Although Jason beat everyone, I don't believe he can make the best defensive lineup. The selection criteria are just that. The Suns have lost too many points."
"I think the Lakers will also be swept to the sun in the next round, of course, if the Lakers pass the Grizzlies first."
The Lakers and the Grizzlies battled to a 2-2 draw. The sun waited for work and sat on the hill to watch the tigers.
The Lakers are not as strong as the players 'reputation, and the Grizzlies are not as weak as the players' reputation.
The Grizzlies not only have two towers inside, Lorenzen White, but also swingers Mike Miller, James Posey, Mike Dunleavy, they can all make three-pointers, Posey is the kind of defense Kobe hates people.
If the fourth game is not Malone's critical moment to stand up and cast two CICs, the Lakers are likely to fall behind 1 to 3.
"Gloves" Payton entered the playoffs and suddenly became unplayable, and had no advantage over "white chocolate" Williams.
After the game, Phil Jackson, O'Neill and Malone publicly stated that there were people in the team who were too independent, and the Lakers were soon infighting, or have been infighting ...
No one in the Grizzlies can defend O'Neal alone, but he has shot less than 15 times in three games and was killed.
The fifth game was played at the Grizzlies at home, Kobe Bryant finally no longer singled out quickly very quickly, good at single defense, with height and wingspan Posi, began to cooperate with his teammates.
Kobe hits more than 20 goals in a game with a 40% shooting rate, or two-point shots, allowing the two insiders to watch the lively sidelines. The Lakers were lucky to win two games, relying on the efficient performance of the two insiders with a near 60% shooting rate, and led the team to climb out of the pit.
The "Zen Master" communicated with Kobe and said that he no longer had a heads-up confrontation, and let him know what "I don't go to hell, you go to hell".
After playing like this, before the "Zen Master" comes forward, Malone wants to stage an elbow with Kebi.
Malone is the last person regretted by the Lakers. He gave up his life in the Jazz and gave up the "one man, one city" beauty talk. Isn't joining the Lakers just to tease Kobe's wife ~ EbookFREE.me ~ to watch Kobe playing iron?
This time the Lakers returned to O'Neill to attack the low position, the old road from the inside out, immediately made Gasol and Randolph both exhausted on the defensive end. The chubby alone can't hold the chubby, the coach allows Chakalidis to play, but the offense has no effect.
O'Neal attracted a double-pointer in the low post, and his teammates improved the field goal percentage and received more flowers.
McBrinn said during the commentary: "It's not that Kobe is incapable, but that the Grizzlies are very good at defending the outside line. The Lakers let O'Neal's main attack be the right choice for fear of a low position attack."
98 to 90, the Lakers won the battle of Tianwang Mountain away, and achieved the match point.
In the sixth game, the Grizzlies had many young players, and the shortcomings of unstable core play appeared again. Gasol and Randolph played iron again and again. Although the swing people performed well, the Grizzlies lost 78 to 88.
The Lakers struggled to advance 4-2 in the first round and faced the Suns in the second round.
No one is optimistic about the Lakers, they swept the sun in the regular season ...