The Whip of the God of Basketball

Chapter 420 MVP

The Suns relied on Dior's outstanding performance in the middle of the second quarter to reverse the situation and take the initiative on the court. The Suns are a team that is very good at playing downwind. Once they take the lead, they will bring the speed up, and it is very likely that the point difference will be widened to the gap that the opponent can't catch up.

This is where the Suns are strong in the regular season, but it is also the reason why they lost the Spurs twice in the playoffs, because a strong dialogue in the playoffs will not give you so many chances for a tailwind.

The Jazz can be regarded as a strong team in the playoffs. After Sloan paused, the Jazz regained their momentum and played a tough defense and offense in the second half of the second quarter. Carlos Boozer changed his offensive strategy and stopped. One-on-one and Dior singled, and turned to grab offensive rebounds for the second offense.

Regardless of Boozer’s average running and jumping qualities, he has a good card position and is very cunning at the basket. The Suns do not have a backboard rebounder. He grabbed backboards continuously at the basket and then used a good sense of rhythm under the basket. , Lick the basket twice successfully.

Regardless of the Boozer's five big and three rough, they are really good at playing, and they use small skills very well. There is no way to play Fadio in this way. It is definitely impossible for him to block. He is not Duncan or Howard, and the Suns' backcourt rebounds have been a problem since the beginning of the season. They were repeatedly blown by their opponents. Field rebounds.

This is exactly the opposite of the Celtics coached by Leon in the past. The Celtics would rather not have the opportunity to break fast, and all have to leave behind to protect the backboard. And at the peak, they had Kevin Garnett and PJ-Brown two backboard protection gods inside, and the backcourt protection ability has always been at the forefront of the league.

The Suns are different. Not only do they have no rebounders in the backcourt, they sometimes have to stand outside in order to launch a quick counterattack, so it is only natural to lose backboards.

And Leon doesn't mind this. The Suns team has always had obvious advantages and disadvantages. He thinks that the disadvantages should not be enlarged, and the advantages must be further enlarged. In the face of the continuous loss of backcourt rebounds, the sun's response is very simple-you grab the frontcourt rebound, then I also grab the frontcourt rebound.

Both Stoudemire and Marion have strong frontcourt impact, and it is a pity for the Jazz that their big center Okur is not there, so the Suns are also grabbing frontcourt rebounds, scoring a second offense from the basket, and passing the point. The difference remained firmly at around 5 points until the end of the first half of the game.

By the third quarter, the Suns began to show that they were different from the past. Nash really participated in the team's offensive operation at this time, and he began to score by himself.

Deron Williams is a good player playing Paul in the same class, but Nash is different from Paul. Williams has an advantage in any point guard force, but Nash is not afraid of any point guard who is better than him. , Because almost all point guards in the league are physically better than him, it doesn't matter at all.

Nash Stoudemire’s pick-and-roll started to exert its power. Without Okur in the interior, Carlos Boozer’s slow lateral movement was magnified. Although the other Jazz players tried their best to make up for it, Nash’s pass was too thief and his own offense. The firepower is fierce enough, causing the Jazz to be unable to take care of both defensive points.

The sun hit a small climax of 10:0, pulling away the difference in one fell swoop. Sloan called a timeout, and he realized at this time that the Suns were simply closing the game in the first half, and it was only in the second half that the Jazz were caught off guard. This style of rhythm adjustment was not available in the past sun. D'Antoni believes in the stability of rotation. The regular season is an eight-man rotation. From start to finish, one rhythm kills the opponent.

But if you can't kill the opponent, or if the rhythm is mastered by the opponent, the only thing that will die is the sun.

As an experienced veteran coach, as soon as he played against Sloan, he felt that Fox-Lyon's transformation of the Suns has been half-successful, just like his painstaking efforts to continuously temper the Jazz. It's just that he spent more than ten years, and in the end only half succeeded. If he fails to win the championship, the other half of the success will continue to get.

On the bench for the Suns, Leon sat on the bench and started a daily daze. The tactical reminders were handed over to D'Antoni and Steve Nash. Yes, now Nash occasionally picks up the tactical board to set up his teammates. Tactics. After all, he is the real commander on the field. He is the one who knows best how to attack and how to run.

Leon just sat there and listened anyway. This is considered a kind of stealing. He has a good memory. He can remember everything Nash said in his head. Maybe he can use it sometime. Tell Nash, "This is the tactic you deployed after the first timeout when you played against Team XX in the third quarter."

Nash will definitely not remember it anyway, and Leon will draw out the tactics and guide everyone. Of course, today Nash's tactics are very simple-he wants to open himself to play.

This season, Nash's offensive desire is extremely high. In the past, he was a last resort to score again. That kind of situation basically means that the team is about to lose. After Leon came, everything was different. He no longer scored in desperate moments, but when he expanded the results, relying on his efficient scoring to continue to widen the point difference with the opponent.

Nash found this trick very useful, because once the opponent lags behind, the defense is tightened, the team cooperation will not necessarily be good, and the turnover will increase. It is not as effective as playing alone and even doing several of him. With a ten-point difference of 20 points, the average team is basically defeated.

The Jazz are not an ordinary team, but they can't escape Nash's clutches at the American Airlines Center tonight. Deron Williams is a third-year student after all. How can he compete with Nash, the two-time MVP and the old churros of the stadium.

So when the timeout came back, the Jazz scored one first. Turning around, Nash made Deron's foul in the counterattack and made a free throw from the free throw line. Nash made more than 90% of his free throws and sent him to the free throw line to give points.

After steadily scoring two points, the Jazz organized an offensive position. The Jazz still had no problem offensively. However, Boozer was really unable to attack with the ball after Dior's attack. With a limping leg, and without Okur, their ability to open space is much worse.

Williams wanted to challenge Nash to hit back. As a result, the mid-range jumper was interrupted by Marion, who was defending. He missed. Stoudemire got a backboard and handed over the ball to Nash. Nash did not pass the ball as usual. He took the ball by himself and hit the bottom line directly, and then made a difficult recoil shot!

The American Airlines Center cheered. Nash seemed to be possessed by Kobe. He would not pass if he had a chance. He just wanted to make a difficult shot, or he was able to score. Such a goal is really enjoyable.

This is not over. Deron was beaten twice in a row. Deron's mentality was a bit unstable. During the attack, he was fouled by Nash, but with a heavy shoulder, Nash fell. The referee did not hesitate. Blowing the whistle~www.NovelMTL.com~ Deron could only helplessly hand the ball back to the referee, and there was cheers.

The louder cheers are still behind. Nash has already fully felt. He dribbled the ball from the 45-degree three-point line on the left to single out Deron. After a series of fake moves, he finally shook Deron away, and then Cut in from the left, under Deron's follow-up defense, a difficult low-handed throw from the left hand hits, and Deron was pushed down by Deron, who made another foul and added a penalty!

At this time, Williams' mentality was completely broken. He complained to the referee, but did not get any response from the referee. Nash was pulled up by his teammates, stood on the free throw line, and made an extra penalty, which suddenly reduced the difference between the two sides. Pulled to 20 points.

The seemingly powerful Jazz last season suddenly became a paper-like existence in front of the sun, and was directly beaten in three quarters. The audience was chanting for MVP. People thought that this season, the Suns would start to go downhill. Unexpectedly, after Steve Kerr took office, he made a good signing and he brought Fox Leon back. Suddenly, even Steve Nash had the opportunity to touch the regular season MVP trophy again.

In another half a month, time is about to enter 2008. For Phoenix people, this may be destined to be an extraordinary year.

(End of this chapter)