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Chapter 60 Welcome to the NBA
At around 12:8 p.m. on December 7th, more than an hour before the start of the game between the Suns and the Kings, the US Airways Center, the home of the Phoenix Suns, was already full of people. As the most beautiful team in recent seasons, The Phoenix Suns, holding high the banner of offense, have been one of the most popular teams in the entire NBA in recent years. Therefore, the Suns' home game against the Kings today was also arranged to be broadcast live across the United States by TNT.

The Phoenix Suns have always had the tradition of playing small ball tactics, especially after Mike D'Antoni took over, the Suns centered on Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire, holding high the big ball of running and bombing. The flag, repeatedly playing pleasing games, the sun's head star Steve - Nash was crowned as the regular season MVP for two consecutive seasons.

However, helplessly, the Suns failed in the playoffs for four consecutive seasons and failed to realize their dream of reaching the finals and winning the championship. In these four seasons, the Suns lost to Youti three times. The Spurs led by Tim Duncan, although in these three series, the Spurs also used some unscrupulous methods, but the shadow and deterrence that Tim Duncan brought to the sun is real, It is precisely because of this that the Suns fired D'Antoni and traded Shaq O'Neal from the Heat. They wanted to use the inside combination of Shaq O'Neal and Amare Stoudemire to get Tim - Duncan's Spurs.

However, the exchange of Sean Marion and Shaq O'Neal not only did not bring the strength and record of the Suns to a higher level, but instead made the Suns' tactical system chaotic. Before O'Neal joined, the Suns had always been the main running Bombing tactics, extreme offense with mercury pouring down the ground, and fast offensive and defensive transitions made the Suns the highest scoring team in the entire league. However, after the big guy O'Neal joined, the Suns' offensive and defensive speed suddenly slowed down. A team that pursues an offense in 7 seconds has transformed into a team that relies on positional warfare.

Although the slow-paced positional warfare can play the biggest role of O'Neal, the Suns, who are used to fast offense, are not so easy to slow down, and after the offensive and defensive rhythm slows down, especially the Suns' original inside core Amare- Stoudemire, under the new tactical system, is obviously a little uncomfortable.

It is also because of this that the difference in the Sun's current record has also fallen below the glasses of all the experts. You must know that in the previous four seasons, the Sun's record in two seasons was the first in the West, and the worst one. The season also achieved 55 wins, but now they are ranked ninth in the Western Conference, struggling for a place in the playoffs. Even though the current structure of the league is that the West is strong and the East is weak, the contrast between the Suns and the previous seasons is a bit too big up.

"You said today's game, what will the king's Yan and Shaq look like?"

"I choose Shaq to win, the big shark is omnipotent! Besides the big shark, Phoenix also has the bully!"

"Of course it is Shaq. Although this rookie has performed very well recently, no matter how good a rookie is, he is just a rookie. I don't think he can make any waves in front of Shaq."

The players from the Suns and the Kings haven't played yet, but the topic of Yan Hua and O'Neal has already begun in the press box. Obviously, although Yan Hua's performance in the last two games is very good, the outside media are also pursuing him Yan Hua, but when Yan Hua met O'Neal, these reporters still stood firmly on O'Neal's side. As the best insider and the most dominant center in the past ten years, O'Neal has proved himself to everyone Strength and deterrence, and as a rookie, Yan Hua has just started on the road.

After the head coach arranged the starting lineup for today's game, game tactics, and matters that need attention on the field, the entire Kings team walked out of the locker room one after another, walked along the player tunnel, and walked into tonight's game field. Phoenix US Airways Center.

And when Yan Hua walked out of the player tunnel first, he immediately felt the enthusiastic atmosphere of the Suns fans on the scene. To be honest, since entering the league, Yan Hua has never felt such "enthusiastic" boos, perhaps in the past Well, Yan Hua is just an inconspicuous rookie, so it's not worthy of such a big welcome from the fans of the visiting team.

In today's game, the king's starting lineup has not changed. It is still center Yan Hua, power forward Drew Gooden, small forward John Salmons, shooting guard Kevin Martin, and point guard Benno - Udri.

For the Suns, the starting center is Shaquille O'Neal, the power forward Amare Stoudemire, the small forward Raja Bell, the shooting guard Grant Hill, and the guard Steve Nash. I have to say that the veteran Grant Hill, the former successor of Jordan, once became a glass man after joining the Magic and was reimbursed for many consecutive seasons. A veteran who is not in shape, but he has a second spring. He played 70 games last season and averaged 32 minutes per game. This is the season that Grant Hill has played the most and played the longest in the last 7 seasons. The Suns Its medical team was once known as the best medical team in the entire NBA.

"Yan, the big fat man on the other side seems to be looking at you with unfriendly eyes." After the appearance ceremony, Yan Hua, who was about to warm up on the stage, was suddenly pushed by John Salmons beside him.

Following John Salmons' prompt, Yan Hua looked towards the Sun's half court. The big fat man who had just left the bench and was about to come on stage was staring at Yan Hua intently, with contempt flashing in his deep eyes, Unwilling, even angry, but after seeing Yan Hua looking at him, Oni raised the corner of his mouth slightly and gave Yan Hua a smile that was not a smile.

"Cut." After O'Neal turned his head and appeared on the stage, Yan Hua shook his head and walked onto the court with an indifferent expression. In fact, only Yan Hua knew the worries in his heart.

After trying to shoot more than a dozen mid-range shots, the warm-up time was over. Under the reminder of the referee on duty, Yan Hua, who represented the king's jump ball, walked into the mid-range circle very skillfully, starting from the season opener Yan Hua, who has always represented the king's jump ball, is now familiar with the opening jump ball.

After Yan Hua walked into the middle circle, the big fat man also walked into the middle circle. After looking up and down Yan Hua with malicious intentions for a while, O'Neill said to Yan Hua: "Rookie, welcome! Come to the NBA."

(End of this chapter)