Defending champion

Chapter 86 Phoenix Suns

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Offense and defense have always been eternal topics in the league.

Offense and defense are relative, and at the same time they are unified.

No one will deny the correctness of the saying "offense wins the box office, defense wins the championship", even you have to admit that the best offense on the basketball court is obtained through defensive counterattacks.

The Phoenix Suns are such an offense-oriented, offensive basketball team.Phoenix has taken the league by storm this year.They are subverting the entire league's understanding of basketball.

This season, the Suns ranked first in the league with an average of 110 points per game, which is eight times higher than the Dallas Mavericks, which is also famous for its hot offense at the airport. There are many, which shows the strength of its offensive firepower.

Moreover, the Phoenix Suns have also achieved very good results. They are currently ranked third in the Western Conference and sixth in the entire league in the league.

The main lineup of the Phoenix Suns mainly includes - Steve Nash, Stoudemire, Marion, Raja Bell, and Diaw.This is a lineup of one big and four small. The lineup of one big and four small can guarantee their speed and quick counterattack after grabbing a rebound.

Facing such a team that is good at offense, the Hornets are very difficult to deal with.But do the Hornets have options?They have no choice but to win this game to stop the losing streak.They must shoot down the sun and change their previous decline.

Hornets roster:

Center: Hilton Power Forward: David West Small Forward: Russell Butler Shooting Guard: JR Smith Point Guard: Chris Paul

After the official selection list was announced, Jack's list did not seem to be in the starting list.

At the beginning of the game, the Suns still followed the lineup of one big and four small that they have been using for a while this season. Their tactics are mainly due to the fast break.It's no wonder that the Suns will use the fast break tactics to see which one of the Suns starts, which one is young, strong and energetic.

If all the players of the Suns are like the old guys from the Spurs, and all of them have old arms and legs, the Suns will definitely not be able to afford this set of tactics.

At the beginning of the game, Steve Nash may have not scored for a long time and now he is very lonely. After changing his previous style, Nash in this game exceeded everyone's expectations.The desire to attack is very strong, as if with the help of God, he scored three three-pointers in a row. In less than 1 minute, they scored 9 points and 2 assists. The Hornets were beaten 13-0 by Phoenix at the beginning of the game.

The Hornets seem to be habitually slow, but they are not. This is all because the Hornets' offensive firepower is too strong.There is no way for the Hornets to reduce the speed of the Phoenix team, and another point is the disadvantage of the Phoenix Suns' rebound protection.Always successfully counterattacked by the Phoenix Suns.

Looking at the start of the Hornets today, you know that the Hornets are going to be tragic today.At the beginning of this quarter, all the mistakes made before were made again. The fans made random shots, and the tactics were not in place.The player is completely out of state.

After the head coach of the Hornets realized that something was wrong, he immediately called a timeout.Byron told the players about the problems that just occurred, but it is unknown if the players can hear them or not.Byron Scott couldn't help but roared a few times on the bench.A pair of iron and steel look.

Pause ends and comes back.

The players of the Hornets repented, first of all, Chris Paul assisted jr Smith.Smith, who was ambushing in the bottom corner, made a three-pointer.

Then there was the success of the pick-and-roll tactics of Chris Paul and David West, and David West scored a dunk at the basket.The next 6 minutes of the first quarter are the performance time of the Hornets, more precisely, the performance time of Chris Paul.He kept breaking through the Rockets crowd, up and down, left and right.Not only ignored Phoenix's defense, but also ignored the little overlord Stoudemire guarding the basket, and led the team to play an 11:2 round of attack waves.

The main reason why the Hornets have been so unscrupulous in the past few minutes is that they prevented the Phoenix Suns' attack wave through their own defense.Grab a lot of defensive rebounds and slow the Suns down.Another important reason is that during this period of time, the Suns' shooters were collectively misfired, and the Hornets seized the opportunity to quickly defend and counterattack.

However, the Hornets still have no way to shake the Phoenix Suns. It is no accident that they can achieve such brilliant results.

The Phoenix Suns saw that their players couldn't start the situation. In this case, the team leaders Steve Nash and Stoudemire carried the team's banner.This is also the master key of the Suns.

The Phoenix Suns relied on Nash and Stoudemire's pick-and-roll cooperation to create a lot of trouble for the Hornets.Stoudemire and Nash's three pick-and-roll cooperations were all scored.

The Hornets relied on Chris Paul's breakthrough to delay the score.

At the end of the first quarter, the 13-0 lead that the Phoenix Suns had established at the beginning disappeared, but Phoenix still led by 33 to 31, leading by two points.

The game has entered the rotation time, and both sides have replaced the rotation lineup.

On the Suns side, there is Steve Nash's substitute Eddie House as the leader of the bench, playing with a group of substitutes.

Eddie House is mainly known for his precise three-point skills. House’s three-pointer advantage is fast, ruthless, and accurate. Ready to shoot and hit 43 percent. 59.6 percent of House's shots this season have come from beyond the three-point line.

On the side of the Hornets, Jack came on as a substitute, in addition to Mason, veteran PJ Brown and so on.The Hornets' second team led by Jack is indeed much stronger than the Suns' lineup.

The use of pj Brown and Jack's pick-and-roll tactics has caused even more headaches for the Phoenix Suns' bench. PJ Brown and Jack did exactly the same thing as Nash and Stoudemire just sent them away.

However, this set of tactics is very suitable for Jack, and the three pick-and-rolls successfully sent the ball to the basket.Among them, Jack also sent a dunk and a tip-up.

And PJ Brown relied on his experience to create, the opponent's foul, PJ Brown stood on the free throw line, and made all the free throws.

It was too late, the Phoenix Suns immediately called a timeout.

(End of this chapter)