You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 292 The Frozen Sun

The ferocious Steve Nash once again confirmed the word-of-mouth legend with his performance in the first quarter: as long as he wants to, he can be the leading scorer.

The performance of 15 points in a single quarter is even higher than Kobe's 10 points.

However, the Suns did not show their overwhelming momentum and style because of this. On the contrary, their offense fell into an unexpected predicament.

Failure to make shots when there is an opportunity is the biggest problem the Suns have encountered.

At the end of the first quarter, Nash's offense basically wiped out the Lakers' outside line, and even Kobe, who has been in power for many years, has no integrity.

But the basketball game is not better than the individual and the overall performance of the Lakers, leading the Suns by 24 points 22 to 2.

In the second quarter, the Lakers' lineup changed slightly.

Kobe came up to play the second quarter, and Odom was replaced by "the smartest Laker".

For the Suns, Mike D'Antoni replaced Nash calmly, looking at ease, as if the situation was in hand.

"If Steve's offense can't save the Suns, then replacing Steve won't save the Suns." Cole was very happy about the MVP superstar with the same name as himself, "No one really thinks that the Suns will perform better without Steve?"

His partner, Marv Albert, who is also the main player in the commentary, laughed: "Coach D'Antoni seems to think so."

"This means that the sun's situation is not good." Kerr said.

D'Antoni's complacency lasted less than 2 minutes.

Within 2 minutes, Kobe first walked to the waist and threw a "see who is more ruthless" and then made a jumper.

Dior was fouled by Weixia on the offensive end, made mistakes, and lost the ball.

Brian Cook, who had been in a downturn for a long time, played a pick-and-roll with Weisha, and hit a hollow three-pointer at the top of the arc.

Tim Thomas hit the iron with two points, Kobe grabbed the defensive rebound and passed Wei Xia, who rushed to the frontcourt and dunked.

Only 1 minute and 40 seconds passed, D'Antoni changed his calm posture into an eager look.

Here comes Steve Nash!

The Lakers, who played a wave of 7-0, have already led by 9 points.

31 is better than 22
The scary thing is not that Nash is no longer being hit to an orgasm, the scary thing is that Nash is there, and it doesn't seem to work.

Nash didn't take the lead in the first quarter with full firepower. Nash had doubts about his style of play. Like Game 1, he should focus on passing the ball. Let's see what his teammates say.

He found Tim Thomas again, and the latter's three-pointer bounced out of the basket.

The Lakers of the "smartest Lakers" held the rebound in one hand while looking for someone to pass. He opened his eyes and saw Wei Xia.

Wei Xia took the ball and counterattacked again.

33 is better than 22
"The sun is tough," Kerr said.

Excited, Wei Xia stayed in the frontcourt and pressed Nash in such a way that he didn't put the MVP in his eyes.

"As an MVP, it's embarrassing to be pushed by a rookie." Albert said, "Unless you are an insider, how can the opponent have the courage to press the MVP guard who is at the peak?"

Cole said with a smile: "I've heard the story of Wish. His teammates said that he really doesn't seem to know what fear is. In the Lakers, he is the most active person to challenge Kobe."

The commentator's few words are long for the players on the field.

In terms of single defense and oppression on the ball, Wei Xia is no longer inferior to other top defenders.

Nash felt that his single defense seemed to have improved by leaps and bounds during the playoffs.

He seems to know that with his abilities, he can cause serious problems for any self-important ball handler if the referees give him a little room to play.

Few defenders dare to press their opponents all over the court as they like, which will waste energy and increase the risk of fouls.

Few defenders dare to put themselves in danger in order to make an offensive foul. Once the referee's scale is tested, he will play one after another, regardless of the opponent's feelings, even if the opponent wants to hit him hard.

As Albert said, few people dare to press the perimeter MVP at his peak, let alone Nash is an authentic guard.

Nash's dribbling rhythm was messed up, Wei Xia pressed up and broke the ball with his hands.In order to keep the ball, Zonda moved sideways, but stepped out of bounds.

"What a defense! What a pace! What energy!" Kerr yelled. "What aggression! I saw young MJ single-handedly guarding Isiah Thomas!"

"Your metaphor is really appropriate, that's the feeling, Wish wants to eat Steve Nash!" Albert reiterated, "He really wants to eat Steve!"

Wei Xia defended Nash, but his teammates did not make full use of his defense.

The ball he brought back was easily released by his teammates and missed the shot.

However, Nash's rhythm seemed to be destroyed by him. In the next round, he made a pass error and gave the ball to the Lakers again.

"I'd like to see who else says I'm not as good as him after the game!"

The more embarrassing Wei Xia defended Nash, the more excited Kobe was.

"It's not your defense." Wei Xia rolled his eyes.

Although it wasn't Kobe's defense, the setting in his heart is that his defense>Wecha,=Duncan Garnett, is better than others in the league.

If Wei Xia can prevent Nash from becoming an asshole, so can he.

Wei Xia caught Nash's pass error and took the ball from the outside to find a one-on-one opportunity.

The sun may be stupid.

Otherwise, why let Nash defend Wexia alone?

When Wei Xia saw Nash, he dribbled the ball straight like a chicken blood.

Now that he was facing Nash, Wei Xia had no option to pass the ball in his heart. He dribbled and attacked the obvious breakthrough.

Feng Zizi's defense was in place, but it collapsed at the touch of a touch. Before Wei Xia could make a move, the whistle sounded and affected his shot.

The ball that should have been 2+1 was hit 0+2.

Wei Xia made one of two free throws, and the Suns replaced Marion.

34 is better than 22
So far in the second quarter, the Lakers have beaten the Suns 10-0.

The Lakers then replaced Odom.

Four minutes later, the Suns, who averaged 4 points per game in the regular season, scored 108.

The 4-minute offensive drought was more terrifying to them than "The Grudge", and what was even more terrifying was that their offensive drought lasted more than 4 minutes.

Raja Bell hit an iron after Marion came up.

Fortunately, Kobe bought one and got one free, and he reciprocated the gift.

But it doesn't matter, forging iron, the sun is serious.

Marion came up to pay tribute to Kobe with an ugly steel that rolled over and turned back. He had an excuse, after all, after sitting on the court for a few minutes, it is normal to have no hand feeling.

But Kobe returned a layup and resolutely gave up such an interesting career as blacksmithing to his opponent.

Nash upheld the brotherhood of the 96 generation and rejected Kobe's free career. Instead, he used the "radar BUFF" that others used to describe his vision on mistakes.

Usually, you only hear the commentator sigh "How did Steve see that opportunity?" Today, you will hear "How did Steve make a mistake?" for the first time.

There are always opportunities on the court that players cannot see, but there are no mistakes that players cannot make.

Even the Son of the Wind has such a day.

His mistake allowed Kobe to complete another counterattack.

38 is better than 22
The Lakers have led the Suns by 16 points.

D'Antoni almost collapsed. The Suns under his command have never played such an unsightly game.

"Shame! It's a shame!"

he growled.

Back in the game, Diaw missed a jumper and continued the Suns' blacksmithing career of life and death.

Their hostility to the basket lasted for a full 6 minutes.

With 5:52 left before halftime, Raja Bell hit the Suns' first goal of the second quarter.

Bell's goal put the Suns 24 points behind the Lakers 40-16.

As long as someone scores a goal, there is a turning point.

Starting from Bell's goal, the luck of the sun has been reversed.

Marion, who was almost useless after being replaced, succeeded in attacking, but the premise of chasing points is not only to score, but also to prevent the opponent from scoring.

The Lakers, whose entire staff feels online, don't want to stop there.

The return of the Suns' touch is just to ensure that they will not be called garbage time at halftime. If they want to fill in the nearly 20-point hole, they have to wait until the second half.

30 seconds before the end of the half, Jackson replaced Wei Xia, who had played 21 minutes in a row, and Parker, who made three fouls in the first quarter.

Parker is the kind of person who "perseveres to the end" in the eyes of the famous Japanese coach Shigeru Tianoka.

Since the beginning of the pit, then the pit to the end.

If Phil Jackson dared to replace him in the second half, it wasn't the coach's fault, it was his lack of thoroughness.

The Grim Reaper incarnated as the Grim Reaper of the Lakers, and made an outrageous mistake, giving Bell a chance to counterattack at the buzzer.

Bell counterattacked and scored, 36 to 54.

"When was the last time the Suns scored 12 points in a quarter?" Kerr asked.

Albert answered: "When Steve Nash hasn't come yet."

(End of this chapter)