Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 351 My Idol Is Miller

Jim, who has seen the original Suns, knows that outside shooters can be replaced. Whether it is Quentin Richardson, Joe Johnson, Raja Bell, or James Jones, they can all play with good efficiency. Can be replaced, Stoudemire Jr., Boris Diaw or the current Carlos Boozer can all play their own flavors. Only two people are irreplaceable in the Sun system. Of course, the offensive end is the engine, The puppet master, the 0 in front of all 1s, the catalyst Steve Nash, and the other is the ubiquitous guerrilla captain Sean Marion on both offense and defense.

In order to protect Marion, the Suns had to send a lineup of Boozer and Walter McCarty, hoping that McCarty's outside shooting could help the team continue life when Marion was not on the court.

As a result, the already weak defense became more empty, and the Lakers attacked the inside more recklessly. The Suns could only rely on the zone defense to support them.

The Lakers lowered the pace, focused on breakthroughs and success rates, and guaranteed retreat. The Suns' counterattack was greatly reduced due to the lack of Marion's assault, and they entered a positional battle. McCarty's standing style of play was smarter and quicker than Marion's without the ball. Running position, the threat is much smaller.

The Suns' offense stagnated, and within 3 minutes they only relied on Nash's shooting to score 2 points.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Lakers had a 90-83 lead.

The game restarted, and the Suns directly deployed the full main lineup. It seems that D'Antoni is going to give it a go. Although the Suns have a record advantage over the Lakers in the regular season, everything is cleared in the playoffs. The first to win four games wins. The importance is self-evident.

The Lakers still had a normal rotation, with Kobe resting off the court, Wade and Billups with West Battier and Nene on the court.

After switching back to the main force, the Suns still insisted on zone defense and released the Lakers' three-pointer. Wade forced his way to the basket and was double-teamed, so he could only distribute the ball to Battier on the outside.

But Battier's hand felt like ice, and Quentin Richardson had almost given up on defense, just stretched out his hand three meters away and made a gesture.

Missed a three-pointer, Boozer grabbed the rebound, Nash rushed forward, and Joe Johnson on the other side was already in position. After catching the ball, West, who was desperately returning to defense, made a fake move and hit a two-point shot with a long step.

The players on the Lakers seemed to be a little eager to kill the game with a three-pointer. Billups tried to hit the Suns and failed to gain a foothold. When Nash recovered, he directly pulled up and threw a three-pointer, but he failed to make a hit. Boozer grabbed the rebound. After that, it was handed over to Nash, and Marion had already played crazily and quickly.

Poor David West and Nene are two strong men running back and forth on the field. Nash's precise through ball passed through the narrow gap between the two and found Marion. The hacker took off and smashed with one arm.

Jim asked for a timeout immediately.

When Billups is brought into the rhythm of the Suns and the chaos can't be stopped, it is not wise to use the second unit on the court.

"Slow down, we have to play positional battles with them, so that we will have more methods. If there is an open three-pointer, we still have to shoot resolutely. If we dare not shoot a three-pointer, the opponent will shrink the basket even more, but the three-pointer After that, we must return to the defense at the first time, and pay attention to the opponent's fast break after getting a long rebound. Chauncey is responsible for delaying Nash at the first time, and the others retreat quickly to block the three-pointer first. Kevin recovers the basket!"

Back on the court, the Lakers replaced Battier, Nene and West in exchange for Garnett, Artest and Kobe.

Artest was moved to the four, marking Marion.

As the Lakers increased their interference with Nash and the speed when they retreated, the Suns' counterattack was not so smooth. Fortunately, Joe Johnson felt good and stepped forward to help the Suns relieve the scoring pressure.

And the Lakers also have a lot of problems on the offensive end. Artest and Billups frequently hit the iron on the outside shots, the Suns unscrupulously shrink the inside, and Kobe can't easily catch the ball in the low post. The way of physical strength is to play from the outside. The Suns put up a four-way defense and one-mark tactic. Marion will mark Kobe himself, and Wade will hand it over to Joe Johnson to mark.

The two sides see-saw back and forth with a 4-point point difference. The Suns occasionally tie the score, and the Lakers will immediately make efforts to reopen the point difference. When the Lakers score consecutively, the Suns will respond with precise three-pointers. There is 1 minute left in the game Around the time, the Lakers still led 109 to 106.

Nash held the ball in the high post, and the Suns still made a V-shaped attack, but this time the players' positions were more scattered. Boozer even mentioned Nash from outside the three-point line as a cover.

Garnett knew that Boozer's shooting range had not reached here, so he immediately delayed Nash to seal the shooting space of Zonda, and Billups and Garnett cooperated tacitly, quickly moved laterally, and blocked the shot. Nash passed the pass to Boozer.

But on the other side, Marion set an off-ball screen for Joe Johnson, sunk himself into the corner, and Joe Johnson came to the upper line and responded to the pass from Nash.

There is only Wade in front of him as a defensive player, Boozer has started cutting to the basket, Artest is pulled to the bottom corner by Marion, Garnett is on the line, and there is no one under the basket.

Kobe on the weak side saw that the situation was not good, and hurried back to the basket, trying to prevent Boozer from attacking the basket, and let go of Quentin Richardson in the bottom corner.

Richardson immediately moved to 45 degrees. After seeing Kobe's movement trend, Joe Johnson directly sent a large cross and found Quentin Richardson.

Bryant rushed outside, but it was too late, Richardson hit a three-pointer to tie the score.

There were thunderous cheers at the American West Arena, and Richardson returned to the defense with his signature celebration gesture.

Jim didn't call a timeout either. Kobe did his part in the Lakers' offense at this time.And the sun has not paused.

The teammates all pulled away, Garnett came up to make a screen, Boozer came up to delay, and Marion grabbed the screen.Both of them put their minds on Kobe, and they thought that at this time, Kobe would definitely make a move by himself.

The fact is indeed the case, Marion's attack was a moment late, and Boozer's attack was a step slower, Kobe seized the gap, stood up in the crowd, and made a smart mid-range shot.

111 to 109, with 16 seconds left for the Suns.The arena that was lit by Richardson just now fell silent in an instant.

Nash holds the ball and Marion comes up to cover.

Nash's three-point shooting percentage in the playoffs reached a terrifying 47.3%. At this time, no one dared to underestimate him.

Billups and Artest double-teamed Nash after the screen, forcing the Canadian to the edge of the court.

But Zonda found the only passing route through the cracks, where Marion was unmarked.

It is said that Marion chose No. 31 because it was the number of his idol Reggie Miller, and he has always believed that his shooting completely imitated Reggie Miller.

Although the postures of the two are not standard, Miller's shooting has a strange beauty. When it comes to Marion, only the strangeness is simulated, but the beauty is gone.

Of course, no matter what kind of shot, as long as it is scored, it is a good goal.

The goal light is on.

(End of this chapter)