NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 247 Victory Begins

The Suns have a tight schedule in the first month of this season. Anyway, there will be a little change every season. Last season was easy, but this season will be more difficult.

This is actually a bit difficult for players who have just experienced the summer, and they are prone to physical inability to keep up, leading to injuries.

But the Suns have a large number of players, which is just right. Everyone doesn't play so much time, but they can gradually adapt.

Coupled with Russell's relationship with this aspect as always, and the team's medical team is also very good, the Suns are hard to be defeated by injuries.

Their team medical team is really extraordinary. The players who came to the Suns at the beginning can maintain good physical condition.

In the second game, it was still the Los Angeles team, this time it was the Clippers.

The Clippers have a lot of ideas this season, and they feel they can go further.

They were in the Western Conference semifinals last season, and this season they might be able to enter the Western Conference finals to challenge the Suns.

And they feel that the Suns are not as difficult as other teams, and they may still be able to win the championship.

Everyone likes to dream, and it is understandable for the Clippers to think so.

They didn't make major adjustments in the summer, and let go of some role players because they didn't want to spend too much money.

But they won Thomas, thinking that their strength has become stronger.

Thomas's performance in the Suns last season was not as impressive as in the original history, but his efficiency is also very good, and the Sun's expectations for him are not too much.

It's just that some players need to know how to use it to be useful.

The Clippers came up with the idea of ​​cultivating Livingston again this season because Cassell was one year older.

Although he has not been cultivated for two seasons, Livingston is still very young. They feel that Cassel will lead him to rise up, so they let him appear in the starting lineup.

And Thomas also started, the Clippers gave up last season's twin towers, let Thomas partner Brand.

You must know that the Clippers relied on the Twin Towers to play against the Suns last season. They will not play the Twin Towers this season. Russell doesn't know how to evaluate this kind of brain circuit.

It's good for the Clippers to adjust, but to adjust to the bad is to cheat the team.

It turns out that Dunleavy has also coached the Clippers for several years in history, but he has been unable to enter the playoffs. It is not without reason. His coaching can no longer adapt to the current league. Last season may have been wrong.

Without the twin towers, without Kaman's help to do some dirty work, Brand can't handle the Sun's inside line alone, even if Stoudemire is still guarding and playing.

The Suns are too familiar with Thomas, who is floating outside waiting for an opportunity, and will not give him a chance at all.

Russell also bullied Livingston. In fact, he hasn't bullied Livingston for a long time. This moment seems to return to the first season. The Clippers had high expectations for this buddy, but he was beaten by Russell.

It was okay at the beginning, but now it's a real slap, but Livingston can't beat Russell at all.

The Suns quickly took the lead, but the Clippers still have a better defense than the current Lakers, and they can only rely on defense to support them.

The Clippers will be better when Kassel and Kaman play.

Otherwise, their offense in front of them was completely disorganized, no one organized well, and they would not even be able to win rebounds.

When the lineup is rotated, at least someone organizes and rebounds, which can put a little pressure on the Suns.

It's just that the Sun's rotation is still super strong. Martin, Wallace, Ellis, Barbosa, Ariza, and Varejao are no worse than the starters of weak teams.

As far as their lineup is concerned, they can compete for the best sixth man in the team. Martin, Wallace, Ellis, Barbosa, anyone is possible as long as they are given a chance.

In fact, in the second quarter, the team was most efficient when the Clippers twin towers partnered.

But Coach Dunleavy didn't know what to think, he wanted to switch back to the original lineup.

The result was that they were abused by the Suns again. The Suns led steadily in the first half, but in the third quarter, the opponent's original main lineup was beaten again.

Livingston played better in the second half. In fact, he has some advantages, but his style of play is not mature enough. Some players can go directly to the NBA in high school, but some players still need some tempering. Livingston is obviously the latter.

In terms of rotation, the Clippers played well again, and their lineup made the bench stronger.

Maybe they didn't think that the previous lineup was not good, but that a strong team should have a strong substitute lineup.

But at the end of the quarter, Russell found that the Clippers really trusted the new lineup.

At the critical moment, although Cassell was replaced, they still did not play the twin towers.

The Suns expressed their gratitude and let them know that their inside defense was not very good.

Therefore, they hit the inside several times at the last moment, stabilized the lead, and made another victory in the new season.

Stoudemire is playing better and better now, and he was also very embarrassing in the interview after the game. He said: "I have already fully recovered, and I feel that I can score 50 points. Now the playing time is controlled, just in case , I believe that the team will lift the time limit on me soon."

It is normal for the Suns to win two consecutive victories, but if Stoudemire recovers well, the Suns this season are really unmatched. Many people outside have already begun to talk about the big end.

Russell felt a bit poisonous. In the grand finale at the beginning of the season, accidents often occurred.

Fortunately, if the strength is strong enough, accidents can still be avoided. Russell still believes in the team.

In the current situation, the team will definitely give Stoudemire enough tactical status, so Joe Johnson and Marion will definitely leave in the future.

After they leave, it's a sure thing to get some more wool.

For the team's front line, Russell asked them to learn more from them. Joe Johnson can teach some offensive and defensive skills of the back line. He is considered a swingman with solid basic skills.

Marion can also be said to be a striker now. Of course, he is more of a small forward. Several young strikers must learn from him, and Wallace can also discuss it together.

The young strikers of the Suns will also struggle in the future.

For example, Millsap can learn forward skills and inside skills. The references are Marion and Stoudemire.

In fact, Varejao is the only one who takes the regular inside route in the team. It's not for tactical reasons, but because there is no such material for the time being, and he can choose a few to train in the future.

Like some good second-round picks, such as the next Gasol Jr., should they be given to others.

The sun has only one day to adjust the time, and then it is back to back, very hard.

But the more this is the case, the more important the training at the beginning of the season. At the end of the season or the playoffs, the training will focus on easy recovery, but now it is to let the players fully enter the game state, which is very targeted.

There is no doubt that the sun has done a better job in this regard.

(End of this chapter)