NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 157 Shocked

Russell said that he worked hard on offense in the summer, and everyone believed it, but in terms of how far his offense can improve, except for passing, everyone actually didn't have much expectations.

In the preseason, Russell did not kill the Quartet. At most, in the regular season, it was because of the lack of Stoudemire's more shots, and he would get a little more points than last season.

But for an All-Star who is good at scoring, Russell is really too mediocre in this regard.

Of course, Russell's strength does not lie in scoring, his passing is enough to ensure his superstar position.

So what he said in the interview was taken as a joke by everyone.

"Hehe, you didn't believe that Russell could play well last season, and you didn't believe that the Suns could win the championship. It's really full of prejudices. But I believe there will be fans who really understand the game who believe in Russell as much as I do. If you practice offense, you will definitely be able to score high points in the game."

"The son of Phoenix will not lie, Russell will definitely score 30+, 40+, 50+ in the game. The Suns will win, the Suns will be the champion!"

In November, the new season began, and Russell was a little dumbfounded reading the newspaper articles.

He still remembers the guy who blackmailed him, how he looked like he was optimistic about him from the beginning.

At first he thought he was thick-skinned, but he still underestimated the person with the pen.

The Suns are still very good. The first game of the regular season is at home again, and the fans are excited and enthusiastic.

For players, summer is a time of rest, and even players who like basketball will feel refreshed.

But for the fans, there is no comparison in the summer, which is very difficult.

Now that the regular season has started again, and Phoenix is ​​already the defending champion, the fans are certainly excited.

On the first day of November, the Suns played against the visiting Mavericks at home.

Now the two teams can be regarded as having grievances in the playoffs. Compared with the opening of last season, the Suns are now receiving more attention.

The Mavericks' lineup for the new season has no fundamental changes, just minor repairs.

It seems that it is not right to say that, their biggest change is to lay off Finley.

The team's second in command last season was forced to buy out by the team. Mavericks owner Cuban must be a ruthless character.

So their minor repairs are at the team's second position, Adrian - Griffin, Doug - Christie, are defensive veterans.

In other words, the Mavericks are now more willing to give Terry and other players the ball, and Finley can make up for this position with team players.

On the surface, the Mavericks are not as dazzling as last season. In fact, without Finley, their lineup is more reasonable and their combat effectiveness may be stronger, but the organizational problem is still not well resolved.

There is no way around this. A good insider is the most rare in the league, and a good playmaker is the second rarest. The Mavericks can only figure it out slowly now.

The two sides are also relatively familiar, but the Suns do not have Stoudemire now. The Suns' starting lineup is their lineup for the last game of the preseason, and Varejao appeared in the starting position.

In this position, when there is no better choice, Varejao is the most stable candidate.

Varejao's screen practice is also very good, not worse than Stoudemire, he is not a pure tank, he is very good in tactical understanding, so the Suns' tactics can still be rich and colorful.

Without Stoudemire, the sun is still a bit worse at the jump ball, and the Mavericks got the chance to attack first.

But the Suns made a perfect defense, forcing a turnover from Josh Howard and a successful steal by Marion.

In the counterattack, Russell rarely received a pass from Marion and did not pass the ball, but made an emergency stop at the three-point line.

A three-pointer was hit, and the Meixi Arena gave out loud cheers.

Many fans thought of the glory of the Suns last season, cheering and doing their best.

Everyone hasn't noticed that Russell wants to fire with full firepower. It's not surprising that the Suns fast-break three-pointers, and Russell also has the ability to shoot.

Russell was low-key in the preseason, but this game must not be low-key.

With Stoudemire out for months, he has to give the team and the fans enormous confidence.

The low-key before was to catch the opponent off guard, otherwise it would be embarrassing if the pretense failed.

His passing was beyond recognition, as was his uncanny shooting.

Without preparation, let alone the Mavericks, even if the Spurs come over, it will be the same.

Therefore, the upgraded version of Russell in the new season is here.

Back, Terry hit two points, the Mavericks are also fully prepared for the new season.

Terry's organizational ability at the No. [-] position is average, but his offense is good. He has proved this in the Hawks. He just didn't have enough possessions last season.

Without Finley in the new season, he will be one of the Mavericks' main attacking points.

It's the Suns' turn to attack again, and the Mavericks' defense is also focused. Without Stoudemire, they must pay attention to Joe Johnson and Marion. When Varejao came up to cover, they stared at Russell and watched him pass the ball to where.

They think they are also very familiar with Russell, and Russell may also give the ball to Varejao, but Varejao does not have the explosive power of Stoudemire, and it is not difficult for Dampier to prevent people.

But what they didn't expect was that when Varejao made a cover, Russell took a horizontal step to bypass the defense and pulled it up.

At this time, the Mavericks' defense was only half a step away from Russell, because Varejao was not Stoudemire, and their guards didn't need to help delay, and they didn't let Russell go.

But Russell just pulled it up, like those offensive backcourt players who only have the basket in their eyes.

Hands up and down, three points and then hit
Amidst the cheers, the Mavericks players faintly felt that something was wrong, and their head coach, General Johnson, frowned even more.

What are the Suns doing? They haven't played like this in the preseason.

Could it be that the young people were excited at home in their first regular season game? After all, they won all the honors last season, and it is normal for some to regard themselves as heroes.

If Russell really has this mentality, it would be a good thing for the Mavericks to take the initiative to reduce the unpredictable passing.The Mavericks can't defend against that kind of pass, but it's not difficult to pinch a young guy who scored mainly by opening up last season.

It is this speed that is difficult to grasp. What kind of defense can reduce Russell's shooting efficiency while allowing him to continue shooting. If Russell concentrates on organizing, the Suns without Stoudemire will not be so easy to deal with.

Little General Johnson struggled, and didn't remind the players on the field immediately that he couldn't scare Russell.

But soon, he couldn't care about anything else.

The head coach of the Mavericks in a suit and leather shoes swears directly on the sidelines, because Russell broke out directly, which is completely unreasonable.

"Oh my God! Russell shot this far...and went in!"

"It's another screen and then it's shot. Is this Russell? Didn't we watch the match-fixing?"

"It's amazing, Russell's shooting is so accurate, he scored in double figures so easily, MVP!"

(End of this chapter)