NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 68 Mastering the Initiative
"Unexpectedly, my dear younger brother has officially brought his girlfriend home. He was only a little older not long ago." Michelia was probably too depressed in the company, and she came back to play again.

Russell pursed his lips, obviously Michelia was going to hold a party again, and even called Nora's family.

Fortunately, this is just a small Christmas gathering for the two families, so it can be more casual.

"My dear sister, why don't you bring your boyfriend home? If you don't fall in love, you will grow old." Russell looked at Michelia who was chattering, and couldn't help stabbing her.

Michelia was really furious, and gave him more than a dozen blows with the small hammer. Luckily, Russell is relatively strong as an athlete.

In fact, he didn't know if Michelle had talked about it, but now this one seemed to be obsessed with the family business, and she seemed to be married to a career.

Russell is not like this, he can do what he wants in basketball, and he can also do what he wants in beauties, and he can have both, which is cool.

He didn't stay at home too much, and the arrangement of the party was done by professionals, so he just had to come over when the time came.

His time is still reserved for training and girlfriend.

Family gatherings are great, but so is sweet time for the two of you.

There are still relatively few times when they have nothing to do. During the week from Christmas to New Years, they can spend a lot of time.

The Suns still have a game before Christmas, and they are at home against the Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies have been a weakling in the West before, but after getting Mike Miller, Bunche Wells and James Posey last season, they finally made the playoffs.

They only made minor repairs in the summer, and the team framework for reaching the playoffs has not changed.

Coupled with the growth of their young players, Pau Gasol, Battier, Swift and others, the outside world believes that they will become a surprise in the West in the new season.

However, the surprise was the Suns and the Sonics, and the Grizzlies didn't start well.

How about the Grizzlies lineup, there are both inside and outside, there are people in the front and backcourt, and the defense is also very good, but the players in each position feel a little bit worse, it feels like a comprehensive strong team weakened Version.

Their best star, Gasol, is at the quasi-all-star or weak all-star level. The team is still weaker on the offensive end and does not have thick enough thighs.

As a defensive team, the Grizzlies pay more attention to three-pointers, which is different from the defensive type of the Pistons.

So Russell believes that they are not a defensive team, but a weakened version of a strong team.

The old coach Hubie Brown, who brought the Grizzlies to success last season, was unable to continue due to health problems shortly after the start of the season, but now he is also leading the Grizzlies with experienced coach Mike Fratello.

The Grizzlies still have the desire to rise, and they are not sloppy at all in terms of head coaching.

Fratello is also more flexible in coaching. The Grizzlies came to Phoenix and specially adjusted their starting lineup to play with Battier and Posey. They gave up the double interior and let Gasol play the fifth position. Limit the sun's three points to the greatest extent.

But in this way, their inside line will be a little weaker. With the strength of the Suns on the offensive end, their opponents have to make a choice, whether to focus on limiting Stoudemire or three-pointers. The Grizzlies obviously want to limit the Suns' outside line.

The game started, both sides started the pick-and-roll.

The Grizzlies also love the pick-and-roll, which is without a doubt one of the most used plays in the league.

White Chocolate Jason Williams and Pau Gasol’s pick-and-roll are also very threatening. White Chocolate is the most flamboyant passer among point guards. All kinds of showmanship, Russell is unbelievable. It’s not the same as White Chocolate that even deceives teammates thing.

However, after being traded by the Kings due to many mistakes, White Chocolate still restrained a little. Now playing pick-and-roll tactics with Gasol will not be messy, which is a very efficient offensive tactic for the Grizzlies.

Gasol and Stoudemire have different characteristics, so the pick-and-roll tactics are also different.

After Williams dismantled the ball, Gasol would take advantage of the soft touch of the mid-range shot.

The other points of the Grizzlies all have three-point capabilities, which is very similar to the Suns.

It's just that their attack is not so fast, it is only similar to the sun's positional warfare.

Relatively speaking, Stoudemire's performance is better, and Gasol's shooting is more likely to be restricted.

The Grizzlies soon felt that Gasol was the only one inside, and Stoudemire couldn't stop him.

But their offense is still playing well, Gasol performance in general, Mike - Miller is outstanding.

The current Bai Miller is still young, which is a very good ending point.

He played better than Joe Johnson, because Joe Johnson had Posey on his side.

Bai Miller also has height, plus Posey and Battier, the Grizzlies front and back have no restrictions on the perimeter.

Almost comparable to the Suns, only talking about the defensive aspect, coupled with the aggressive No. [-] position and the stable No. [-] position, the two teams are really matched in every point.

"It's really an imaginative pass, and the duel between Russell and White Chocolate is really more attractive than the score."

"They started the game very efficiently. It felt like the Grizzlies were brought up by the sun. Their offense was not so flexible in previous games."

"I think Russell's passing is stronger and more incredible."

"Stoudemire is like no one's land. The Grizzlies have too few restrictions on him."

Both teams performed well in the first quarter, the main players performed equally well, but the Suns performed better as a substitute.

Mainly Martin, Martin feels really aggressive when he feels good.

On the Grizzlies side, Bunch Wells is absent, while Swift, another rotation lineup, is like a chicken without a head, lost in the Sun's high-speed offensive and defensive transition.

As the No. 2000 pick in [-], Swift has a strong body, and his physical fitness is almost born for basketball. However, he has hardly improved in the NBA for several years, because this buddy has a worrying IQ and can only play by instinct.

If he meets other teams, he may be able to use his physical fitness to bully the substitute players, but the Suns are very fast-paced and the rotation is the same. He can't keep up at all.

The main players were out of shape, the Grizzlies' rotation couldn't stand it at all, and the Suns took the lead.

Grizzlies coach Fratello's reaction was not slow. He discovered the shortcomings in the first quarter. After the main force played in the second quarter, he paid more attention to the defense against Stoudemire, and paid attention to the defense in the striker era.

Only, this created other problems.

Today Marion feels very good, very active inside and outside shooting, the Grizzlies pay more attention to Stoudemire on the defensive end, and Marion has risen again.

He rose up and rushed up with Iguodala again.

The Grizzlies' defense is good, but it's really difficult to meet players with good physical fitness.

They can limit Joe Johnson, but under the attack of Stoudemire, Marion and Iguodala in turn, they have a taste of falling inside and outside.

The sun gradually took control of the initiative.

(End of this chapter)