I have a data panel in basketball

Chapter 209

After this game, there was a lot of commotion.

In addition to the hot discussion about Lin Ri, there is also the fact that the head coaches of all teams in the league, as well as reporters and experts from various media have a new understanding of the strength of the Suns team.

Still the same sentence, it may be a coincidence to beat the Cavaliers by a big score. For example, the Suns are in a very good state, or the Cavaliers are in a very poor state. In short, the "one game theory" cannot be taken seriously in the NBA.

But the current situation is not a theory. The Suns have "slaughtered" the Cavaliers in two consecutive games, which can only show one thing, that is, they are indeed stronger than the Cavaliers in some aspects!

ESPN even issued an article after this game: "Halfway through the season, the most powerful team of this season has surfaced - the Phoenix Suns, showing their fangs!"

In this article, they officially called the Suns "the team with the strongest overall strength this season."

On the "ESPN Team Strength Ranking" updated at the same time, Phoenix also officially killed the Cavaliers and climbed to the top of the list.

Obviously, in ESPN's view, the team with the greatest hope of winning this year will officially change ownership after tonight!
Of course, it's also normal. It's weird not to be praised as a genius by ESPN for being able to beat the Cavaliers into such a team twice.

However, Phoenix fans were worried all night after they heard that ESPN had praised the Suns.No way, being favored by ESPN experts is a terrible thing.

If possible, what they want to see more is that ESPN can criticize their team severely, the harder the criticism, the better, then they will be happier...

Fortunately, the Suns do have a few brushes.

Even with ESPN's "poisonous milk" them, they are still invincible in the game.

After beating the Cavaliers, the Suns ushered in another round of "back-to-back". At first, everyone thought that this team had just finished beating the Cavaliers, and now it is facing "back-to-back". The performance of these two games will definitely not be too good.

But unexpectedly, the Suns won all these two games.

In the first game against the Jazz, they continued the fiery touch of the previous two games. In Salt Lake City, known as the "home of the devil", they made 16 three-pointers abruptly.

And the first 11 three-pointers are the number of three-pointers they scored in the first half.

Jerry Sloan's face has not been better throughout the game.

The main players of the Suns "clocked in three quarters" to get off work.

It is rare that Lin Ri did not get the "20 plus 15" data, and only scored 16 points and 8 rebounds. This game has also become one of the few games this season that he did not lead the team to win.

However, although the scoring and rebounding are "low", Lin Ri's performance on the defensive end exploded again.

The reason why the Suns can complete the "three-quarter check-in" is that apart from the fact that the Suns are constantly shooting three-pointers to "forcibly" open the score, there is one more important point, that is, the defensive formation of the Suns with Lin Ri at the core can defend Salt Lake City's offense well under the basket.

This led to the Jazz being able to solve problems only by shooting for a large part of the game.

With the Suns hitting three-pointers one after another, it was difficult for them to maintain a good shooting mentality, and naturally they quickly fell into a disadvantage.

In fact, the contribution of the defensive end is often not reflected by the data alone, but Lin Ri got 6 blocks in this game, which can still explain a lot of problems.

This is the data he got when he clocked out of get off work in three quarters.

It can be seen how fierce Lin Ri was on the defensive end in this game.

In fact, the exact time for Lin Ri to leave the field is 7 minutes and 14 seconds in the third quarter. If he is not allowed to leave the field, he will continue to have the speed of "hot pot" on the defensive end in this game.

It's not too difficult to get 10 blocks in this game!
But in order to play well in the next game, Gentry can only pretend that he didn't think about this aspect.

As for the reason!
Gentry is also to allow the Suns to establish a system on the defensive end as soon as possible. Well, I am all for the Suns!As long as the defensive system is formed, I promise, you can do whatever you want!

He said this silently in his heart.

Lin Ri's game is based on the defensive end, which is naturally arranged by him.

After seeing Lin Ri's terrifying ability on the defensive end in the last game, the matter of establishing the Suns' defensive formation as soon as possible was put on the agenda by Gentry.

Although in his heart, Lin Ri is already the best candidate to build the Suns' defensive core.

It's just that he hasn't thought much about the specific defensive formation and tactical arrangements. They are all supported by the tacit understanding between Lin Ri and other Suns players.

However, after the last game, he suddenly felt that it was time!

Time to put these things on the agenda!

Judging from the effect of this game, it is really good.

He has also seen that Lin Ri and his teammates have formed some basic small coordination. These cooperation are not based on his tactics, but they have groped out between them.

What Gentry has to do now is to refine and summarize these tactics.

No, even if it was "back-to-back", Gentry didn't arrange a rotation or anything.

The All-Star Weekend will be in a few days, and the Suns will have no games to play the day before the All-Star Weekend. Adding the All-Star Weekend and the day after that, it means that as long as all members of the Suns do not participate in the All-Star Weekend, they will have at least 5 days of rest.

And can rest!
Even for those who participated in the All-Star Weekend, he was very relieved that he would find a way to give himself time to rest.

Of course, with a guy like that in there, there might not be much time to rest.

That person is Lin Ri.

Although it was only his first season in the league, Lin Ri seemed to be the busiest person in this All-Star Weekend. He was featured in the Rookie Challenge on the first day, he was in the Slam Dunk Contest on the second day, and he was still in the All-Star Game on the third day... In this way, this All-Star Weekend seemed to be held for him.

But it's normal to think about it.

This guy, as this year's All-Star "Ticket King", if he is not busy, then he is too unstern. With that guy's pissing nature, he can't wait for Lin Ri to participate in more and more events.

In this way, the ratings of the All-Star Weekend are guaranteed!
For this player who basically shows up every day, Gentry can only say "you can ask for more blessings". Fortunately, this is still a 20-year-old young man with plenty of strength.

And this year's Western All-Star team coach, if nothing else, should be his.

At worst, he will reduce Lin Ri's playing time a little bit.

Of course, he also knew that this was the first time in Lin Ri's career that he played the All-Star Weekend. If he didn't perform well and stayed on the court, it wouldn't be good. The time that should be given must be given.

As for how much time to give him...

Well, let's see how far he has been "playing around" in the past two days!

Gentry said so in his heart.

In fact, the candidates for the head coaches of the All-Star Eastern and Western Conferences have not been officially announced, but the selection of the head coaches is very simple. Everyone knows that they are the head coaches of the top teams in the Eastern and Western Conferences.

Unless the head coach of the top team in the East and West has already served as the head coach of the previous All-Star Game, otherwise, the list will definitely come from here.

Although the All-Star Weekend has not yet officially arrived, there are still three or four games, but the Suns are currently leading the Lakers by 3 games.

Unless the Suns lose all of the next few games and the Lakers win all, otherwise, the head coach of the Western Conference must belong to Gentry.

After working as an assistant coach for more than ten years, I didn't expect to become the head coach of the Western Conference in the All-Star Game as soon as I came back. This feeling is really dreamy.

At least last year, Gentry certainly could not have imagined that the changes in his life would be such earth-shaking changes because he became the head coach of the Suns.

Of course, his gains this season should be far more than that.

Recently, more and more reports believe that "this year's season's best head coach award will be Gentry".

As the "Oscar" of the NBA head coaching session, winning this award can definitely increase the qualifications of a head coach.

However, for a head coach, the most important award is not the "Best Head Coach of the Season". Just as there are inevitably parallel imports among the previous top picks, there are also "parallel imports" among the previous "Best Head Coaches of the Season", such as Mitchell of the Raptors.

It can be seen that even if it is the "Best Head Coach Award of the Season", at most it is to increase some qualifications. The main force of a head coach is actually quite limited.

For a head coach, what can really increase his qualifications is the championship.

Only by winning the championship and being crowned the title of "Champion Coach" can you never be afraid of not having a job in the NBA.

This point was fully reflected in Rivers and Tyronn-you know the ball quite well-Lu later. No matter how many 1-3 comebacks or cuts, as long as the general manager of a team in the league dismisses get out of class, their names will be mentioned immediately. There is no other reason, just because they have championship rings in hand!
Coincidentally, Gentry also has the possibility of pursuing a championship this year!
So, this year is really a dreamlike year for Gentry. In the past, even if he was killed, he would never have imagined that he would encounter so many encounters this year!
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The Suns continued with the rest of the schedule.

This is followed by the second game of the "back-to-back".

This time the Suns' "back-to-back" schedule is quite cruel, and they are all away games, and they are not weak.

They played the Jazz in the last game, and they played the Trail Blazers in the next game.

It can be seen from the beginning that the physical energy of everyone in the Suns team was greatly consumed, and they did not play a "Suns-style" offense at all in the first few minutes.

Running is not as fast as the Blazers.

It's no wonder that after playing against the Cavaliers, they also encountered two consecutive "back-to-back" away games. The problem is that there is no problem with physical fitness.

Even if they are the Suns with very good physical fitness.

More importantly, once the physical fitness is not enough, the Suns are often the most affected team. After all, many of their tactics are based on "running".

This also makes them very passive on the court once their physical fitness has problems.

The Suns trailed 7-11 in the start.

So far this season, this situation is really very rare.

With the current configuration of the Suns, they often play an offensive that makes the opponent passive from the very beginning.

Hubie, an ESPN commentator who explained the game, said: "Sure enough, making this team incapable is the best way to defend this team!"

However, after Hubie finished speaking, he also laughed.

Obviously, he also knows that it is not a simple matter to consume the Suns' physical energy, especially from the beginning of the game.

That is even more impossible.

Another thing worth mentioning is the discipline of the entire Suns team.

In the history of the NBA, there are not teams without a group of players who have shown their talents and have fully realized them. It’s just that some of them failed to play their due ability.

The Suns are different. Not only are they talented enough, but they also have enough records. Even the "bandit" players that every championship team should be equipped with are very focused on records-well, the "bandit" player of the Suns is none other than Lin Ri.

It is really not a simple matter to expect such a highly disciplined team to have problems with its own state.

I can only take advantage of this "back-to-back" time to catch them and "beat up" them.

The Blazers became the lucky ones this time.

It's just that they took the lead, and Aldridge on the inside didn't take advantage of Lin Ri.

He was able to defend Lin Ri in the last game, a large part of which was due to Oden's complementary defense, but now that Oden is not on the court, he can only face Lin Ri's offensive alone, which makes his pressure suddenly rise.

As for Oden...he was reimbursed for the season again due to injury.

And this time, I heard that his self-confidence was also affected. According to gossip, Oden is considering whether to retire.

This is undoubtedly an embarrassing thing.

You must know that Oden was the "No. 07 pick" in [-], and he was not an ordinary No. [-] pick, but a No. [-] pick that many experts placed high hopes on.

Who would have thought that this guy's opportunity after entering the league would be like this. Although he has been in the league for 3 years, he has only played 82 games...

(End of this chapter)