NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 168 Goal
Russell's offensive power soared after he had an incredible shot, so now he always scores first to drive the pass.

After Russell went up, he dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and made a dry pull, but he really hit it.

Parker looked like he had seen a ghost, and Russell turned around with a smile. He knew that Parker's short arm would not interfere with him.

The main reason is that he didn't react. Russell's current three-point shooting method is relatively rare in the league now, and it's not that he hit the lore moment. Even if he has shown it before, it is difficult for defensive players to keep an eye on it during the game.

Defensive habits have terrible inertia. Russell dares to bet that they will still not get used to other teams next time. He will be fine with this benefit for several seasons.

He won't need to change things until the league gets used to this style of play.

This time Russell did not flank Duncan in front of him, but suddenly flanked in the fourth quarter, which can be said to be immediate.

This season, the Spurs' three-pointers have improved a little, but Parker and Duncan must be on top at critical moments, and sometimes they have a blue-collar insider. The Suns still have little defensive pressure on the three-point line.

However, the Spurs still focus on defense now. If they can't do it on the offensive end, they can't do it, but they must also drag their opponents into the water.

The Spurs also have a lot of research on the Suns. Now Russell is unexpected, but the Suns' pick-and-roll and inside cuts are still the same as last season, and the Spurs are also strictly guarding against death.

Speaking of execution, the Spurs' players are indeed the first in the league.

The head coach has great prestige, and the boss of the team has this kind of benefit. Many team coaches can't handle the players, and the boss has privileges. How can the team have executive power.

The score of the two teams has not been opened, and after half a quarter, everyone knows that it will be the last to start.

The Spurs changed the lineup to one big and four small ones. In the last few minutes, Duncan had to work hard on both offense and defense.

The Suns still honestly took Varejao up this time, and they can't be careless against the Spurs. The opponent's defense is too strong, Duncan is too strong, and they don't want to chase points, so they won't play a small lineup.

Russell holds the ball, and his teammates keep coming to cover.

Last season was dominated by Stoudemire, but this season there are more tricks.

Varejao is just a pure tool man, and the tactical level is not good enough, so the Suns added outside pick-and-rolls.

Russell sometimes plays singles, but it is relatively rare, because his dribbling and breakthrough are only average, so his teammates need to keep coming to disrupt the opponent's defense.

And when the Spurs' defense was a little bit fragmented by the cover after cover, Russell would make a shot, or send a second pass to give the opponent a fatal blow.

The Spurs still want to give Duncan habitually, and Duncan is their pinnacle.

But the Suns flanked very firmly. Duncan could only distribute the ball, and the ball reached Parker. Russell was one step away from him, just defending the breakthrough. Go up, Parker strikes the iron.

Under the basket, Varejao desperately squeezed Duncan out, and he was almost exhausted.

While his teammates entangled Duncan, Marion grabbed the rebound with a snap.

In this regard, Varejao is better than Stoudemire. Stoudemire has to save his strength to attack, and it is impossible to let go of hand-to-hand combat with Duncan.

The Spurs retreated quickly, and Marion handed the ball to Russell on the move, and Russell began to control the rhythm again.

Now the Suns can fast break fast. If there is no chance of fast break, Russell will slow down his success rate. It's a little bit close, now he can control the rhythm with confidence when he can play singles.

The Suns are not as fast as last season, but their scoring efficiency is about the same, at most a slight difference. That is because their success rate has improved, so they are still the top team in the league.

Duncan didn't have a chance to make a phone call. He tried to bump Varejao twice, but the effect was not good.

But the Spurs still have to hand over the ball to him, otherwise it will be difficult to break through the Suns' defense.

Of course, Ginobili can also be taught to play freely, but that is unknown. Ginobili is not particularly stable, which is another reason for his constraints besides physical strength.

What the Spurs pursue is stability, so Popovich would rather play more complicated and slower than take risks.

With 5 minutes left in the game, the Suns only led by 2 points.

But in the next 1 minute, Russell passed Marion twice in seconds, one of which Marion scored 2+1, and the score gap suddenly came to 7 points.

This is the horror of the sun, the opponent can't relax for a minute.

Then Duncan managed to make a kill, and it took two free throws to stabilize the Spurs again.

It's just that Russell quickly hit another two points, and the Suns continued to maintain a good lead.

When it was almost 2 minutes, the sun had a little trouble, and Varejao six made a foul.

The Suns chose Wang Zhizhi at a critical moment, and even double-teaming Duncan requires height and wingspan.

In addition, on the offensive end, the Suns still want to call Duncan out.

There is no need to use a small lineup to take the lead, so they basically showed their faces.

There is no problem with the defense. The coaching staff has roughly agreed that Duncan will be blocked behind him when he goes up. Don't attack, and Marion will go over to interfere.

Wang Zhizhi executed well, but Duncan failed in his attempt to attack strong.

Looking back, all five of the Suns were outside the three-point line, Duncan was called out, and Marion seized the opportunity to cut inside and receive a pass from Russell to score.

The ball was almost a conclusion, and then the Spurs used foul tactics.

Russell stood on the free throw line 4 times without any mistakes, and once again won a big double-double and led the team to victory.

The two strongest opponents in the West, the Spurs and the Mavericks, were fucked once by them. This is really a complete start.

The Spurs don't have any undefeated golden statues, so Popovich was also very casual after the game, saying that this is just a regular season, and they did not do as well as the Suns.

However, this only shows that the Spurs lost to the Suns, and all of them were very uncomfortable.

In contrast, everyone in the sun is very happy.

Marion also said in an interview: "In the new season, we have also found the key to victory."

Joe Johnson even said: "A strong team will not become weak because of a certain player's rest. Our goal has never changed. We will do a good job of Amare's share together."

Stoudemire, who is still trying to recover at home, is also a little uncomfortable seeing Joe Johnson's slapstick, and looks forward to continuing to kill the Quartet on the field after recovery.

"I'm going to be stronger than before, I'm going to shock the entire league..." he encouraged himself.

Two days after the team adjusted, as the leader of the West, the Suns played back to back again.

Back to back is still a bit tiring, but much better than last season.

The schedule is better, and Russell has adapted. He just warned himself that there will always be things with a bad schedule. The Suns will have to resist at that time, and they are eager to defend their title.

(End of this chapter)