NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 333 Maverick's Displeasure

The Mavericks have not changed much in the summer, but the signing of veteran Eddie Jones does not seem to be much different from the Spurs.

Of course, the salary of their team is already very high, so it is more difficult to operate.

Some deals are being discussed but have not been successful, which is still somewhat different from the Spurs' inaction.

However, like the Mavericks, they often behave indiscriminately, but it is still quite interesting.

Now, they are still in the original lineup. To say that the biggest change is to let Terry go to the bench, imitating the Spurs to use Ginobili.

In fact, the sixth man is indeed more suitable for Terry, and the small offensive type is more suitable for playing as a substitute.

A Terry, plus Stackhouse, feels like it can compete with the Suns bench.

Of course, the specifics will only be known after the fight.

Moreover, their back line defense is still relatively difficult. Eddie Jones was a defensive champion at the beginning, but now he is old and injured, and it is difficult to fight against the double All-Stars on the Suns back line.

Before there are major changes, the Mavericks still have insufficient defense at the back line and insufficient organizational skills at the last moment.

Even if they stand up in front, they are still the weak side at the critical moment.

However, in this game, the Mavericks got off to a very good start. Nowitzki has a good touch, and he made consecutive hits from the outside and caused damage.

In addition, Ray Allen didn't feel right away, and Stoudemire was the same. Of course, Stoudemire was worse. It was Stoudemire who got fucked by Dampier.

Stoudemire is going crazy. He has been insulted several times this season, but for a blue-collar player like Dampier, he is absolutely unwilling to lose to the opponent, even on the surface.

Russell and Durant are still doing well, but just the two of them are obviously not enough.

After the Mavericks took the lead, they chose not to be conservative at all. They replaced Terry and Stackhouse, tried to continue to strengthen their offense, and killed the Suns all at once.

Their head coach Johnson even has a bit of a bad taste. Don't the Suns like to attack and kill their opponents wave after wave? Today, the Mavericks let the Sun feel such a failure.

However, the Mavericks obviously overestimated themselves. After discovering that there was a problem on the offensive end, the Suns did not panic, but increased their defensive strength.

As a result, Terry and Stackhouse did not play a good offense when they came up. Instead, they hit the iron continuously, which caused problems with the Mavericks' offense.

Both of them have nerve knives, and sometimes they can throw them when they come up, but obviously not this time.

Unlike them, Ellis played much more stably on the Sun's side after he came up.

Ellis still has better physical fitness and can break through to the opponent who is closer to the basket.

After Hill played, his performance was relatively stable.

Today's Sun's bench lineup is not amazing, but it is better than the Mavericks, so that's enough.

The key is that after Nowitzki broke out, the Suns began to attack, and the Mavericks' players in other positions did not support the game.

But after the Mavericks switched to an offensive lineup, Ray Allen felt revived.

As a result, the game turned into the backcourt combination of the Suns beating the Mavericks violently. Many fans felt that they had seen this story before, and the Suns beat the Mavericks like this last season.

This season Joe - Johnson replaced Ray - Allen, they still play like this.

In fact, veteran Eddie Jones can defend against Ray Allen, at least he has a height that can interfere with shooting.

But Eddie Jones has no offense at all. Compared with the Spurs, the Mavericks believe in offense and choose to make substitutions. The result is that they can't change. Terry's height is destined to have some problems for him to defend alone.

By the time the Mavericks came back to their senses, the Suns had already caught up with the score.

Playing Eddie Jones at this time actually doesn't make much sense, the veteran will consume a lot, and he can't say that he can defend Ray Allen at this time, and he can't attack effectively.

This is entangled. Mavericks coach Johnson is a little confused. He obviously started with a good hand, but how did he become like this again.

Fortunately, the halftime break came soon, and both teams had time to consider how to adjust.

In fact, for the Suns, it is easy to make a decision on how to play, because the Mavericks are also a team that Russell is very familiar with. He can be a coach on and off the court, and the suggestion is very useful.

In the third quarter, the two sides began to fight defensively, and the scoring efficiency began to decline.

However, the Suns still bloomed a little more, playing as a team than in the first half, but scoring a little less.

The Mavericks are completely different. The Suns pinched Nowitzki, which made them uncomfortable.

But in the end Howard stood up and helped the team stabilize the score.

Durant is actually good on the offensive end now, but he has too little experience on the defensive end.

As a rookie in the league, there are still many strikers who can be presumptuous on his head.

Russell feels that even if he continues to impart experience, Durant can only improve significantly at the end of the season at the earliest, and he will not improve significantly until next season.

But this is enough for now. The Suns can still use offense instead of defense.

The main lineup fights wits and courage, and when it comes to the rotation period, it's just pecking at each other.

The state of the bench lineups of the two teams is average, with all kinds of attacks after holding the ball.

The Suns' rotation lineup this season may hold the ball a little bit more, and the integrity has not been fully utilized, otherwise they can be stronger.

Russell feels that the team still needs to cultivate a stable backcourt substitute, and Barea can give some opportunities.

Inexpensive players can be more stable. Russell's plan is to have Barea and Ariza in the backcourt, and it's almost enough to get inside.

Of course, this is just one of the plans. The Suns can use young players all the time. Anyway, with superstars flying, maybe they can save some salary.

How to do it, we won't know until each summer, who knows if there will be a team maliciously robbing people.

Russell is also a businessman, and he will not prevent players from going out to get high salaries, nor will he prevent transactions that are obviously beneficial.

Business alliances are all about win-win and multi-win.

Of course, the final big winner must be the Suns. It hasn't been long since this season, but Russell already has a lot of confidence in defending his title.

As far as the West is concerned, the two old rivals, the Spurs and the Mavericks, are actually not very threatening.

They haven't won before, and they won't have a chance this season.

If the Lakers deal is successful, we need to pay attention, after all, Kobe is still at a different level.

The other is the Celtics, which are different from the Big Three in history. You have to play against each other to know how strong they are.

It would be embarrassing if the player sent out by the Suns did it.

However, Russell is very familiar with Joe Johnson, and if he really meets him, he will definitely be given special treatment.

The Suns in the playoffs will definitely be stronger than the Suns at the beginning of the season. Russell is looking forward to the new matchup.

(End of this chapter)