Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 353 The Rhythm Of Victory

After successfully slowing down the pace of the game and entering the positional battle, the advantages of the Lakers' offensive ability are reflected.

Joe Johnson, who performed well in the last game, was heavily marked by the Lakers. Jim was well aware of the terrible ability of this low-key player nicknamed "Contemporary Jordan" at critical moments, so he sent Kobe to pester him throughout the entire first half. He didn't get a few decent shots in the game, and only scored 5 points on 2 of 5 shots, almost invisible.

It is said that Marion can defend Tony Parker in the previous round and hard-top Duncan in the next round, but this can only be done occasionally. If you let him defend the opponent's inside player normally, he will give you every minute. look.

David West is strong and has solid inside skills. He is more like a traditional power forward than Garnett. During his three-year college basketball career, he has polished his basic skills very solidly. In essence, he is still a small forward, and David West, who is 20 kilograms heavier than him, also seemed a bit strenuous.Although David West didn't score many points, Marion wasted a lot of energy due to the continuous hand-to-hand combat.

The defensive end consumed too much, and the offensive end showed a drop in shooting percentage. In the second half, Marion's open three-pointer failed to maintain his shooting percentage.

With his teammates completely misfired, Nash stood up, because a pick-and-roll would face double-teaming, so he didn't need to pick and roll. Points, let the sun's home court rekindle the hope of winning.

But Jim knew in his heart that when Nash gave up driving his teammates and forcibly attacked by himself, it meant that the Suns were already in a very dangerous situation. As long as they persisted for this period of time, when Nash's shooting percentage dropped, victory would naturally be in his pocket.

D'Antoni over there knows this too, swapping out an underwhelming Quentin Richardson for Jim Jackson, hoping the battle-tested veteran will bring some comfort to his isolated point guard. some help.

The connection between Boozer and Nash was cut off by the joint efforts of Billups and Garnett. There was no sense of presence on the offensive end, and the defensive end was an out-and-out loophole. However, the Suns did not have a reliable insider to replace them. He, Hunter, Lampi and his like, defense is about the same as Boozer, and offense is one worse than Boozer. At the critical moment of chasing points, there is no hope at all, and D'Antoni is not big enough to put them on the court to gamble. .

Nash was still struggling, but the Lakers relied on the stable output of Kobe and Garnett to successfully control the situation. In the second half of the third quarter, Wade came up for a while, and the point difference returned to more than 10 points.

With Nash missing a three-pointer, the Lakers grabbed the rebound and Wade hit a fast-break dunk. The Lakers entered the fourth quarter with a 77-65 lead.

The Suns tried to let Jim Jackson play singles, firstly to let Nash take a break, and secondly, to try his luck as a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

But now that he is entering the final years of his career, he is no longer the same scorer as Jason Kidd and Jamal Mashburn. Facing Battier's tight defense, Jim Jackson's singles have no effect.

Although Joe Johnson regained his touch slightly and scored 7 points in a row, setting off the last wave of the Suns' counterattack, Kobe made a difficult 3 plus 1 shot, completely put the victory in the refrigerator, and closed the door.

101 to 88, the Lakers beat the Suns away, tied the total score at 1 to 1, and at the same time seized the home court advantage.

Nash scored a team-high 27 points and only sent 6 assists.The two heroes of the last game were Marion with 21 points and Joe Johnson with 14 points, both of which showed a sharp decline in performance. Boozer only scored 12 points and 9 rebounds, and was completely restricted by the Lakers for two consecutive games.

For the Lakers, Kobe remained stable and scored a game-high 31 points. Garnett scored a large double-double with 18 points and 22 rebounds. David West returned to the starting lineup and scored 14 points. Caused a lot of trouble for the Suns, Artest made 5 steals and successfully froze Quentin Richardson.

Throughout the game, the Lakers scored nearly 40 points more inside than the Suns, and their rebounds were 52 to 38, which fully demonstrated the importance of the inside in basketball.

The third game between the two sides will continue on May 2, 5 days later, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Here the Suns and the Lakers are coming and going, fighting happily, and the Spurs have already easily defeated the Supersonics. In addition to Duncan's stable performance, the veterans Brent Barry and Glenn introduced this season Robinson has been brilliant, Prince has frozen Rashard Lewis, and Manu Ginobili has been used as a sixth man, blasting off the bench to blow up the Sonics' Antonio Daniels and Ronaldo Nader Murray's combination, Yaodao made 11 of 9 shots and 9 of 8 free throws. He scored a game-high 28 points and helped the Spurs bloodbath the Supersonics 112 to 90.

It seems that the Spurs are going to wait for work with ease and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Although he won a game, Jim still couldn't be happy. He handed over the training to the coaching staff, and he and Stevens watched the video of the previous game in the office.

"Did you see, this ball, the sun's opportunity came out, but they didn't feel good and didn't make a shot."

But after thinking about it, there is not much to do. We can only hope that D'Antoni's lack of response and the Sun's continued sluggishness.

Jim's worries became reality. In the third game, the Suns did not continue the icy touch of the previous game. Not only did Marion make 4 of 3 three-pointers as soon as he came up, but he couldn't defend against David West. Under the circumstances, he actively provided off-ball screens for Joe Johnson and Quentin Richardson, so that they could get rid of the entanglement of Kobe and Artest and get more shots.

On the defensive end, David West became Boozer, and Marion went to mark Garnett.

D'Antoni played Tian Ji's horse racing very well, and Boozer was free against Garnett, but when he faced West, at least he didn't suffer in terms of tonnage, and when Marion defended Garnett, he didn't have to fight too much. , On the contrary, the consumption is reduced, and the output can be more stable and continuous on the offensive end.

The score in the first quarter was 32 to 28 again. This kind of high-paced and high-scoring game is the state that the Suns like.

Marion regained his form, scored 7 points on 6 of 17 shots in a single quarter, and Nash contributed 7 assists.

And the Lakers relied on Garnett's 15 points in a single quarter to bite the score. This time, it was Wade who felt cold. After playing, he missed 4 shots. Low-level mistakes.

(End of this chapter)