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Chapter 64 Suppression
"Boy, I will let you know how unwise your actions just now are!"

Seeing Yan Hua, who was surrounded by his teammates, turned around and glanced at him, O'Neill almost gritted his teeth and screamed in his heart. From the perspective of a bystander, Yan Hua's turnaround jump shot just now was completed. It is quite beautiful, even with Yan Hua's figure, being able to complete that level of turnaround jumper can be described as miraculous, but as a defensive Yan Hua player, what O'Neal feels is not beautiful and miraculous, although Yan Hua This turnaround jump shot doesn't look as powerful and domineering as O'Neill's dunk just now, but this kind of face-to-face SHE is no less humiliating to the defensive player than the dunk.

"Rookie, feel the anger from the big shark!" After the baseline shot, O'Neal ran directly to the frontcourt, and when O'Neal reached the basket, Yan Hua, who retreated early, had already stood up and waited. After walking to Yan Hua's side, O'Neill stared at Yan Hua with a gloomy face, preparing to give Yan Hua a good look in the next attack.

"Terry, Shaq is in great shape today." When O'Neal held the ball and pushed Yan Hua away with his back, and then hit a hook, Alvin Gentry, the assistant coach of the Suns standing on the sidelines, I can no longer hide my inner excitement. Since being traded to the Phoenix Suns in the second half of last season, O'Neal has played nearly 50 games for the Suns, but Alvin Gentry has never seen O'Neal Playing as excited as today.

"If Shaq can maintain this state, the playoffs will definitely not be a problem for us." O'Neal's physical condition is good, and his fighting spirit can be seen from the two opening attacks. O'Neal is also the O'Neal that Terry Porter has been looking forward to. Terry Porter, who took over the team from Mike D'Antoni, has a lot of pressure on his shoulders, because D'Antoni's Suns, in addition to not scoring the total In the finals, except for not winning the championship, he has basically achieved the ultimate, and if Terry Porter wants to secure his position, he needs to lead the Suns to achieve better results than D'Antoni, and O'Neal's performance is Whether Terry Porter can do better than D'Antoni is the main factor.

D'Antoni's several seasons of coaching the Suns have fully proved that it is impossible to win the championship only by relying on offensive running and bombing tactics. Therefore, when Terry Porter took office, he started by changing the Suns' defense. Terry Porter believes that his changes can definitely play a role, and he will also lead the Suns to a better record than D'Antoni.

"Haha, that kid is going to die, let me just say, he was definitely fooled by that ball just now."

"That's right, I still want to play back-up singles in front of Shaq, and I don't even look at my own weight. Even the kid from Magic doesn't dare to play like that in front of Shaq."

After O'Neal once again scored Yan Hua's back-up single, everyone on and off the court expected Yan Hua to use that special turnaround jumper to hit O'Neal again like in the previous round, making this new-old matchup become more exciting. It was even more intense, but Yan Hua's shot under the eyes of everyone was a hit.

Although Yan Hua's shot was solid this time, O'Neal did not let Yan Hua go. Instead, after returning to the offensive end, he singled Yan Hua with his back again. The dunk also caused Yan Hua's defensive foul by the way. O'Neal scored again under Yan Hua's defense, and it was still a 2+1. And Yan Hua is undoubtedly the one who lost, but with Yan Hua's current strength and status, even if he lost the duel with O'Neill, it would not be a shameful thing.

After O'Neal scored 6 points in a row in the opening game, Reggie Toyes immediately called a timeout, ready to change his defensive strategy against O'Neal. From the two minutes after the opening, it can be seen that Yan Hua alone is Can't prevent O'Neal, but Reggie Troyes also has some doubts about the problems he may face after double-teaming O'Neal. After all, double-teaming O'Neal means relaxing the attitude towards Amare Stoudemire. Defensively, the consequences of letting Stoudemire go must be more serious than not double-teaming O'Neal.

"Reggie, we don't have to double-team the big fat man, we can let Yan try to defend him around the front." While Reggie Troyes was still hesitating, assistant coach Tyrone Cole Bin put forward a suggestion to Reggie Toyi. Yan Hua's movement speed is not slow, and his strength and agility are also excellent. It is absolutely possible for him to go around and defend O'Neal. To completely block O'Neal's receiving route can only reduce the number of O'Neal's shots and reduce his offensive success rate is enough.

"Okay, you can try." After thinking for a few seconds, Reggie Toyes accepted Tyrone Corbin's suggestion and arranged for Yan Hua to defend against O'Neal in the next defense. At the same time, he also instructed Yan Hua not to go too deep into the basket on the offensive end, to fight hand-to-hand with O'Neal under the basket, and to pull it out as much as possible. You can try to shoot from the middle distance like the first offense in the opening game, as long as Yan Hua hits If the rate is not so bad that it is terrible, O'Neal will get out of the basket sooner or later.

After the game restarted, when Yan Hua started to defend O'Neal on the defensive end, and stopped looking for opportunities to single O'Neal on the offensive end, the game between the Suns and the Kings finally returned to normal. The players on both sides began to use frequent running and screens to tear apart the opponent's defense. Instead of pulling everyone apart as before, the centers of both sides played one-on-one singles under the basket.

When the Suns and the Kings fought, the Suns' advantage in overall strength gradually emerged. O'Neal's shots were greatly reduced under Yan Hua's madness, but the Suns' offense was not affected by O'Neal. Because in addition to O'Neal, the Suns also have Amare Stoudemire, an offensive killer. Before O'Neal came, Stoudemire, who averaged 25 points per game, was one of the core tactics of the Suns. , So when O'Neal's offense was blocked, Amare Stoudemire took over the offensive initiative with ease, and led the Suns to maintain their suppression and lead over the Kings.

(End of this chapter)