The Whip of the God of Basketball

Chapter 395

When Nash faced LeBron James and hit a difficult back-up jumper in a misplaced situation, the Suns' momentum reached a small peak. Although they only held an eight-point lead, the situation was the game. Control is in their hands.

The Cavaliers are still struggling to catch up. Their offense is somewhat constipated, but they have James. This year he is actually only 24 years old, but this is already his fifth year in the league and his performance is surprising.

James spotted the weakness of the Suns inside. He no longer played misplacement with Damon Jones, but kept feeding the ball inside, allowing Big Z and Gooden to overturn in the paint and create a chance to score near the basket. .

Leon watched Big Z and Gooden keep scoring points in the interior, but had no intention of replacing Turiaf to strengthen the interior, because he knew that even if Turiaf was replaced, his weight and defense ability , The same can't stop the Cavaliers from scoring high in the interior, and the two have already played.

On the contrary, if Turiaf is put on the field, it may be worse to destroy the team's offense and let them play four on the offensive end. This situation is even worse.

Sure enough, the Suns maintained a sufficiently high efficiency on the offensive end. After Jascovihus came on the field, their positional tactics became diversified. Nash's off the ball, Stoudemire's low post, and Dior's arc. Top organization, the defense that the Cavaliers have always been proud of can't find the focus.

Double control does have a lot of loopholes on the defensive end, but the benefits on the offensive end are huge. Jaskovicius' organization and three-point ability greatly expand the fire range of the Suns outside.

At the end of the half, the Suns led by 55:46, nine points, and the two sides returned to the locker room to rest.

Before returning to the locker room, the reporters on the sidelines grabbed Leon and wanted to conduct an interview. Leon thought for a while and left a few words. In fact, he has never liked sideline interviews.

"The Suns were very aggressive on the offensive end today. Is this your arrangement before the game? My mind is double point guards."

"of course."

"Uh...will you stick to this style of play in the second half? Or in future matches, or are you still experimenting?"

"I don't know, who can predict the future?"

Leon’s answer simply made it impossible for the beauty reporters of the TV station to pick up. In fact, these reporters all know Leon’s urination, but sometimes you have to interview him.

Seeing that he had no problem blocking the reporter's mouth, Leon returned to the locker room, but when he returned to the locker room, he found that the future was indeed unpredictable.

He saw Stoudemire sitting on the bench, applying an ice pack to his knees. Now that the game is not over, he started applying ice?

"What's the matter?" Leon asked.

A team doctor stood beside Stoudemire, and he replied: "Amare's knee doesn't feel very comfortable, he feels a little sore."

Leon said: ‘’I’m asking Amare, answering me. "

Stoudemire looked a little depressed. Hearing Leon's question, he responded: "It's just that the knee is a little uncomfortable, maybe...maybe the old injury is a bit repetitive."

Stoudemire missed the entire 2006 season due to a knee injury. Although they made Boris Dior that season, in fact they also lost a good chance to enter the finals. If Stoudemire is there, they are The Western Conference finals may not be the opponent of the Dallas Mavericks. And now, Stoudemar's heartbreaking knee seems to have a problem again.

Leon stepped forward, patted Stoudemire on the shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, it will definitely get better. You have to trust the doctor of the sun and the weather in Phoenix."

The climate in Arizona is quite suitable for patients to recover. After Stoudemire had undergone minimally invasive surgery before, his recovery was quite good, and the rare thing still maintained his strong explosive power. You must know how many birds and beasts have become the result of minimally invasive knee surgery. Old man on the floor.

"OK, in the second half, I think we need someone to replace Amare and score at least 20 points on the inside. Ronnie, if you can do it, I will let Amare give you a little bit of his salary."

After knowing that Stoudemire could not play, Leon joked with the players. Although this was only a regular season, at the beginning of the season, the general's body had problems, which was undoubtedly for the players and others. It was a blow, including Leon himself. He can only pray now that Stoudemire just feels a little uncomfortable, instead of recurring old injuries or appearing new injuries. Without Stoudemire, Leon would not be able to lead the Suns to a breakthrough even if he was so good.

Leon's joke made everyone relax, but the joke is a joke, the game is still to be played, leading by nine points in the first half, which is not reliable at all. The Suns' offense is good enough, but the defense really can't contain the Cavaliers' inside line. Now that Stoudemire is missing, the inside line is even more difficult to see. If you go to Turiaf, the offense will not open.

At this time, Cole received the news that Stoudemire felt his knee discomfort and went to the locker room. After asking the team doctor about the situation, Cole pulled Leon aside and asked him what he thought of it.

Leon said: "Wait for the results of tomorrow's examination. Although I am not a doctor, from the first half, the problem will not be too big. I may be absent for a few weeks."

Cole asked: "The team's record?"

"Do you still care about this? When is this, the first week of the regular season, don't worry so much."

"Of course I am in a hurry. This is my first year in office and the first week you started coaching."

Cole's words and Leon can understand, no one wants to get out of the basket right after taking office, regardless of whether the basket was stabbed out by himself or not. Therefore, Cole wants to trade so much, especially for the insider. Now if Stoudemire is absent for a long time, the hole in the Suns' insider line will become bigger. This is a big deal for the Spurs. Not good news.

Leon thought about it again and said, "Hurry up and take Grant Hill down. As for the inside, I don't think there will be a big problem with Turiaf."

Cole looked incredulous and said, "Are you serious?"

Leon nodded. At present, there is indeed only one Turiaf available in the sun's inner line, and the single defense is acceptable, the supplementary defense is average, and the offense is basically not. It is really a bit dangerous to rely on his sun. But he still insisted that the team wanted to sign Hill. After the last visit, the two sides were only one step away from signing.

Leon added: "I think it's better for Hill to appear on our plane to Charlotte." After the game against the Cavaliers, the Suns are about to start a road trip. If Stoudemire can't go there, Leon hopes that a useful veteran can appear in the team lineup to ease their urgent needs.

Cole said: "No problem, then I will talk to the boss about this tonight and complete the contract as soon as possible."

After discussing all this, the intermission time almost passed. Leon did not have time to summarize the tactics with the players, and everyone was a little worried about Stoudemire's sudden discomfort. Leon re-adjusted the starting lineup in the second half. He sent Turiaf on the field and simply reset his tactics, asking the team to speed up the game and play more fast breaks.

In this way, the Suns have returned to 2006, and they have won an excellent record without Stoudemire.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Stoudemire did not appear on the sidelines, which made the fans a little worried. Barkley saw this and said: "Stoudemire did not appear. According to the midfield reporter, he will miss the second half because of his knee discomfort. The rest of the game. I don’t know if this will affect his other games this season. This kid has a serious knee injury."

Kenny Smith also expressed his concern, but the game still has to continue. After Turiaf came on the field, as Leon expected, his limit on Gooden on the defensive end is still quite good, but he has a large height and arm length. Z had nothing to do. At the beginning of the second half, Big Z cooperated with James, using his long arm to hit two consecutive outside jumpers in the middle distance, reducing the point difference to 5 points.

On the Sun's side, Nash took the lead. He used Dior's pick-and-roll in the counterattack to hit a 45-degree three-pointer on the right side and stabilized the situation on the offensive end of the Sun. Then, Nash began to help the Suns start to accelerate, they began to play a proficient 7-second offense, quickly counterattack, after the half-court opportunity to shoot. Marion became a vanguard, they made full use of the big Z's slow defense, the opportunity to play more and less in the frontcourt, and rushed to get points.

Then, the Suns performed a perfect offensive and defensive suppression on the second lineup. After Jaskovicius came on the field, the Suns' fast offense was uninterrupted, and the three-pointer speeded up a wave of attacks~www.NovelMTL. com~ They relied on this method throughout the third quarter to make a 20:8 attack wave.

In fact, Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown did not expect that midfielder Stoudemire would leave the field with an injury. The routines arranged by the midfielder were of no use. Instead, he was caught off guard by the Sun’s old routines and instantly lost his advantage. Opened the points difference.

James’s performance is very steady, but facing the Suns, he obviously doesn’t rely on steadiness. He has been trying to use the pass to help the team open the situation from the outside, but neither Hughes nor Damon Jones can give it outside the three-point line. He supported his firepower and only relied on Big Z and Gooden to eat pie in the three-second zone. He obviously couldn't beat the Suns. What's more, Big Z was stunned by the Suns' fast break.

In the end, the game lost its suspense in the fourth quarter. The Suns used their old method to defeat the Cavaliers in the second half, which is really a bit surprising. However, this victory did not make Leon feel excited. After all, they lost a leader. Before going to Charlotte, he needs to know what is going on with Stoudemire, otherwise he will not be able to go to the east with peace of mind.

Moreover, he has finally built up the offensive tactics he is testing, and it seems that he needs to be re-adjusted again, which really caused him a tremendous headache.

(End of this chapter)