NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 72 Restraint
This season, the NBA does not have a holiday for the New Year, so some teams are still playing games.

The sun's schedule is more suitable, and the players have got a good rest.

In the first game of the new year, they returned to Phoenix. Their opponent was the Trail Blazers who didn't want to play well, but their results were neither bad nor bad.

The Blazers' managers are very busy during the holiday season, busy negotiating with various teams.

They all want to sell the big contracts in their hands, but it is not so easy to sell them.

Sometimes they don't sell it if they really want to, and they can hit the record.

However, if you want to improve your performance but can't, and if you want to sell people but can't sell them for a good price, the work of the management is also very difficult.

In the middle of the struggle, the team still has injuries. Ratliff is absent this time, and they will not be able to form a three-inner lineup.

The No. [-] Blazers were also replaced by Nick Van Exel. The former All-Star Fan Crazy now only has wild shots, and his shooting percentage is terrible, so he, the Blazers with an expired contract, cannot be sold.

In the first quarter, the opponent hit the iron with bang bang bang, no matter whether it was two points or three points, Russell felt that his defense had improved.

The Blazers still rely on Randolph and Raheem on the offensive end. With only two left in the paint, the two of them actually played better.

Therefore, the start is actually that the Blazers entered the state earlier.

The idea of ​​the team has nothing to do with the players. Randolph played very well and was very aggressive.

The good news is that without Ratliff, they can't contain Stoudemire at all.

Russell didn't even intend to shoot, just sent the ball in, and Stoudemire was able to score.

But when the sun really rose, it was after Iguodala opened with a three-pointer. During the consecutive holidays, the rhythm of the players was easily disrupted. Joe Johnson's touch was affected, but Iguodala felt good.

With this point, the five Suns can fully play on the offensive end. The various coordination is dazzling, and they can give opponents a fatal blow both inside and outside.

And when Marion also rises, the Blazers can't resist.

Russell silently scored double figures in assists at halftime, and the Suns' lead also reached double figures.

But this is Stoudemire's game. He scored close to 30 points in the first half. In the second half, D'Antoni thoughtfully arranged for him to score points. The bully scored a large double-double of 50 points and created his own score. Record.

At the end of the quarter, Stoudemire spent the whole audience screaming wildly.

The Blazers also don't want to be in the background, but they can't stop it at all.

This guy pretended to reporters after the game that he didn't think about whether he could score 50 points. Russell didn't want to expose him, and didn't think about why he scored crazy in garbage time.

When D'Antoni complimented him as one of the greatest players in the NBA, Stoudemire was overjoyed.

Russell couldn't help joking with the reporter, "I told him that you have to learn how to make free throws now. If the free throws are more accurate, maybe you can get 75 points. I have never seen anyone miss 7 free throws and still get 50 points." [-] points."

In this way, the Suns started their winning streak again.

Then the results of the second round of the All-Star voting came out, and Stoudemire was immediately thrown cold water.

He was so crazy, the votes still haven't caught up.

However, it is much better than before, after all, the publicity effect has already come out.

It's a pity that his opponent is Yao Ming, and it is impossible to have a chance to grab the starting position.

Instead, Russell is closer to the top two guards in the Western Conference and has a chance to fight.

This result is not much of a surprise, and Russell had hoped to surpass it directly.

It seems that it is still not so easy, especially McGrady, who got a lot of votes.

This also shows that the strategy of looting Huaxia fans is correct. Russell thinks that the following publicity can be made more diligent.

After all, the effect has been seen, and he is the only player in the sun who has a chance to counterattack.

There is indeed a chance, but it still takes time for the publicity to ferment, especially after more than a week before the Huaxia interview was released, and now there are many Huaxia fans who are paying him back tickets.

Russell has a little nostalgia for the social media of later generations, when information transmission was convenient and fast.

Now that Facebook has just developed and is still being promoted in universities, Twitter has not yet been born, and the influence of blogs on people is too small. Russell thinks it is more reliable to play investment participation.

But he doesn't have that much energy. Most of the investment is more troublesome than film and television investment. As a noble person who regards money as dung, Russell just told Michelle some information. If there is an opportunity, the family can share some benefits.

Most of Russell's thoughts are still on the team and on the game.

After enjoying a wonderful home game in the new year, the team is about to usher in a tough schedule.

Away games, back to back, intensive schedule.

Both Christmas and New Year's holidays are enjoyed, and the Suns are sure to make up for it in January.

With so much work and so much work, Russell felt tired ahead of time.

The team attaches great importance to back-to-back away games in the West, because the first stop is the Timberwolves who killed them last time.

And at this time, the Timberwolves' record is not that bad. They can be regarded as competitors in the West, including the Rockets after that. The coaching staff thinks that they will all be potential opponents in the playoffs.

The Timberwolves' record this season has not met expectations, and they hope to turn the tide in 2005.

Opponents like the sun are the best tools to boost your energy.

Because no matter how good the Suns record is, they can only be regarded as upstarts in the West, and they may be challenged.

Moreover, the outside world believes that the Timberwolves are very restrained by the Suns. Garnett is one of the few insiders in the league who can face Stoudemire alone, and he can also contain the Suns' inward cuts by the way.

The inside gate, the best defense regular, is so arrogant.

Another player in the West who can achieve this level is Duncan. The Spurs abused the Suns not long ago.

But today the Timberwolves are a bit strange. They didn't use the starting lineup that won the Suns last time.

Olowokandi started, and Garnett did not directly play the fifth position against Stoudemire like last time.

Maybe they think Olowokandi can also protect the frame and help Garnett reduce the pressure on the defensive end.

The Timberwolves also need Garnett to perform on the offensive end. They may have considered more, and also referred to the arrangement of the Spurs. The Spurs just got Duncan, a blue-collar guard.

Although Olowokandi is recognized as the No. [-] pick in parallel imports, he is only the No. [-] pick. If you look at him as an ordinary NBA player, it's not too bad. His height and wingspan can help the team.

However, starting him was not a good decision.

This buddy's game attitude may not be as good as another parallel import champion Kwame Brown, and he doesn't fight hard at all.

So as soon as the game started, Stoudemire taught him how to be a man.

Timberwolves coach Philip Sanders also knew that he was overthinking, and chose to make a substitution in just 3 minutes.

Otherwise, their defense will collapse.

(End of this chapter)