Chapter 395: adhere to

Chapter 398
The adjustments made by the Suns were expected. They led by a big score. At the same time, they lacked the important inside point of Stoudemire. They no longer have a center on the bench. Only Brian Skinner is left on the bench. The 6-foot-9 forward, let him go up and play center, it is better to make a transition than the last small man to ensure their firepower.
Leon replaced Dudley, the small forward who graduated from Boston College has height and weight. Although he is a third position, he can be slightly topped in the fourth position.
In this way, Dior was topped to the center position, which was not difficult for him. In 2006, he used this opportunity to make a blockbuster and was named the "French Magician".
For the first offense and defense after the lineup was changed, the Bobcats have completely abandoned their starting center and instead let Okafor play at the fifth position. Because Brezek is on the court, the offense is four-on-five, and the defense faces the sun's completely opened offensive formation, Brezek can't play any role.
Of course, this has something to do with Blazek’s ability. His decline in the past two years has been too great, so the commentators on the sidelines and TV commentators all think that this is the targeted use of the Sun in the face of the Bobcats. The transition lineup did not realize that Leon was debugging his regular play.
Because the Suns did not have a center forward, the first goal that the Bobcats returned was to make Okafor single. Okafor didn't score a point in the first quarter. His offense feels very bad today, and low post offense is not his strong point, but one shot. There was no problem playing Dior, he used his body to squeeze into the inside line, and a small hook shot with his right hand hit two points.
As for the Suns, Dudley was still a little rusty in his running position. After all, this was his fourth NBA game. Nash wanted to play an anti-running tactic, but Dudley and Marion’s running position collided. The opportunity was lost, Nash could only redeploy and divide the ball to Dior to organize the offense in the ribs.
However, Dior chose a back pass, which was seen through by Gerald Wallace. The Bobcats rarely launched a quick counterattack. The game has been going on and the Bobcats have been very difficult to score every time because they did not have a fast break.
This time the Bobcats' fast break worked. After receiving the ball, Richardson staged a beautiful counterattack dunk and scored two points, further narrowing the difference between the two sides to 12 points.
In the Suns' offensive round, Nash tried a direct 3-pointer after a screen after advancing into the half, but Okafor grabbed a backcourt rebound and the Bobcats quickly countered.
The Suns returned to the defense very quickly this time, but Field delivered a wonderful shot, Okafor cut to the basket, Field hit the ground through, Okafor took the ball and made a layup, and Dior had no time to react. , He was still running back with Okafor, but Okafor accelerated and threw him away.
The Bobcats have chased for six points in a row, and the Suns have not scored after switching the lineup. It can be seen that Dudley is a little unaccustomed to the position in the fourth position when playing this lineup.
And Dior glanced at Leon on the sidelines after a defensive error. This should be placed on the Celtics. Leon must be scolded to death. Today Leon was holding his chest on the sidelines and said nothing. Be patient.
The Bobcats have used this wave of offense to show some confidence and state. Once the players find the feeling, various things will come in, such as the feel of shooting, such as the position on the defensive end. The Bobcats are slowly recovering their decline.
On the Suns side, Nash will still pass the ball and they can score, but the offensive and defensive sides of the two sides lose strength. When the Bobcats start to score, they can't fight back like a whirlwind, and the scoring efficiency suddenly decline.
What makes fans and commentators even more puzzled is that Leon actually allowed this lineup to play for 7 minutes in the second quarter. He never meant to change to an inside line. At most, he had to replace Brent Barry with a poor performance. Dudley, let Jakovicius replace Nash and let their core rest.
Turiaf did not reappear until the end of the second quarter. At this time, Turiaf played, the score has become 56:50, the Bobcats are only 6 points behind, and Turiaf is unable to return. God, the status of the Bobcats has been played out.
After Vincent abandoned Blazek, he felt very good. The first and fourth minors played very smoothly. Until the end of the first half, the score between the two sides became 58:53. The Bobcats were only behind by 5 points, in the first half. They beat the Suns by 11 points in the second quarter.
The Suns’ five small team suffered a blow, but this was predictable to Leon. He kept thinking throughout the first half. Sure enough, a tactical idea and idea still needs to be practiced in actual combat. problem found.
There are currently several problems in the five juniors. One is on the offensive end. In the absence of internal support, the tactics are very weak. Several offensives eventually ended with a three-pointer. The Suns' three-pointer in the first half did not count. Great. Dior has tried to organize a high post, but the effect is mediocre because, except for Marion, other players have average cut, running or finishing abilities, and everyone's awareness is still not enough.
The second problem comes from defense. After five hours, the biggest problem on the defensive end is not the weakening of the low-post defense. With the Bobcats' low-post ability, there is no way to pose a real threat to the Suns. The problem lies in responding to quick counterattacks. The result of no one on the inside is to allow the opponent to use speed to attack the inside in a quick counterattack. Only Turiaf in the solar array has such a weight and can stop the opponent’s fast horse attack, but Leon put him on On the bench.
During an intermission, these problems are definitely unsolvable. Although Leon has a solution in his mind, he still has to finish the game first.
After the start of the second half of the game, the Suns returned to Turiaf's starting lineup at the beginning, and the two sides restarted the match. The Suns adjusted and regained the initiative on the field. Nash stood out and dribbled in the Bobcats three-second zone. On a day trip, after coming out, he made a two-pointer at 45 degrees on the left side and made a hit to help the Sun take the lead.
On the Bobcats side, Vincent tasted the sweetness of the first half with a major and four minors. He no longer let Blazek be the starting center, and directly let Okafor play five, starting a seesaw with the Suns on both ends of the offense and defense.
The Bobcats continued the second quarter and played well. Jason Richardson found his shooting feeling and hit three-pointers one after another. On the Suns side, Dior reappeared as a magician, giving Marion two consecutive beautiful assists, and Marion dunked directly inside.
In the absence of Stoudemire, Marion has become the omnipotent him in 2006. He is excellent on the defensive end and can put the ball into the basket after receiving the pass. In fact, before the start of the season, when Leon came to Phoenix ~EbookFREE.me~ there were rumors that Leon might not like Marion and wanted to trade him away. It is said that the Suns' target was Detroit Pistons power forward Rasheed Wallace, and the Suns were ready to pack Marion for the inside defensive titan to deal with Spurs' Tim Duncan.
The reason for this rumors is that Rashid Wallace is more like Kevin Garnett in position, but Leon came to support Marion, although his position on the court has been renewed. Distribution, but the importance of Marion has been affirmed, so he played very hard.
In this way, the Suns slowly stabilized the advantage and maintained the score gap at about 10 points, but it was already difficult to pull it further, because the Bobcats' state really played out. The original offense felt a mess. Cafu has now scored 10 points, 8 of which were scored in the second quarter.
Leon can already foresee that even if he wins this game, his five-small lineup in the second quarter will definitely be criticized or even scolded by experts on ESPN and other websites and fans everywhere. But he didn't care, everything went according to the predetermined plan.
In the middle of the third quarter, Leon called another timeout, replaced Turiaf and replaced it with a five-small lineup.
(End of this chapter)