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Chapter 231 The Sun Who Can't Run

The competition for the best team is very fierce. The three forwards who can enter the first team have very close votes. James has 523 votes, Wu Di has 512 votes, and Durant has 503 votes.In the end, Durant was unfortunately squeezed out of the best team, and entered the second team with Nowitzki, while Anthony, who had the same number of votes as Nowitzki, squeezed into the third team.

The best lineup: Howard, James, Wu Di, Kobe and Wade.

The second team of the best team: Stoudemire, Durant, Nowitzki, Nash, Deron.

The three teams of the best team: Andrew Bogut, Anthony, Duncan, Joe Johnson, Brandon Roy.

The competition for the best defensive team is not very fierce, and the votes are concentrated on these few people.

Best defensive team: Wu Di, Howard, Rajon Rondo, James, Kobe.

Best Defensive Second Team: Gerald Wallace, Duncan, Wade, Josh Smith, Joseph Rosa.

The best rookie is really full of talents, and this year's rookies are about to catch up with the golden generation in 03.

Rookie first team: Evans, Brandon Jennings, Stephen Curry, Darryl Collison, Taja Gibson.

Rookie Second Team: Marcus Thornton, DeJuan Blair, James Harden, Jonny Flying, Jonas Jebrecco.

Wu Di lost his MVP and did not get rewards from the system. He still needs to struggle for those titles. He has now seen hope. He still needs less than 200 wins to upgrade to the mythical Zhou Cang. .Now that he has enough physical strength, after upgrading to the mythical level, he should have no problem even if he fights the whole game.

After resting for a few days again, the Lakers once again experienced plenty of confrontation with the sun.

The Suns' playoff lineup is Nash, Stoudemire, Jason Richardson, Grant Hill, Channing Frye, Jared Dudley, Goran Dragic, Barbosa, Louis Amundson, Dwayne Jones, Earle Clarke, Jaron Collins.

There was also Robin Lopez, but he was injured in the last game of the first round and will not be able to play this season.

Judging from the injuries of several people from other teams, Zen Master's rotation strategy is correct.So far, none of the Lakers have been injured, and all of them are due to the rotation of Zen Master.

The Suns are a run-and-gun team. Before Wu Di joined the NBA, domestic fans basically watched the Suns games except for the Rockets, Lakers, and 76ers games, because the Suns games looked very cool.

The characteristic of run and bomb tactics is to run.As long as they can run, the Suns can beat any team.

But Nash is also old. The Suns have played running and bombing for several seasons and have gradually become familiar to other teams.The sun led an era of the NBA, and now the speed of the NBA is brought about by the sun.

The rise of small ball tactics has made the game more attractive.However, the small ball tactics have too strict requirements on the feel of the hand. Without the feel, no matter how fast you run, you will not be able to score the ball.The defensive intensity in the playoffs is also more intense than the regular season. The Lakers also started with defense. They used various methods to slow down the speed of the Suns.

For the Lakers, only Gasol and Bynum are relatively slow inside. Gasol is due to his personality, and Bynum is purely lazy.So the Zen master put Gasol on the bench and still let Wu Di play the fourth position, and now Stoudemire.

Stoudemire is only 5cm taller than Wu Di, but Wu Di can make up for this gap with his super long wingspan.

The cooperation between Stoudemire and Nash is the main theme of the Suns. Wu Di blocked Stoudemire and cut off part of the cooperation between Stoudemire and Nash.It is very difficult for Nash to pass the ball to Stoudemire. The entire NBA knows Wu Di's ability to steal the ball. Nash does not want the Lakers to win by stealing.

Stoudemire can't run, Grant Hill also has Sun Yue defending, Jason Richardson also has Kobe defending, Channing Frye and Bynum are fighting for muscle, after the Suns, Nash can use his speed to get rid of Fisher .

Fisher is seasoned and experienced, constantly finding confrontations with Nash, using powerful power to limit Nash's speed.Because it is the home court of the Lakers, the referee whistled more loosely. Fisher barely kept up with Nash's speed because of his sufficient physical strength.

The Suns lost their speed, they couldn't run and shoot, and their offensive ability was greatly reduced.On the defensive end, the Suns couldn't defend against the Lakers' positional battles. Both Stoudemire and Nash's defensive capabilities were close to zero. Wu Di could get inside and cause damage with a random charge.

And the Lakers players feel very good. The two home games defeated the Suns 128:107 and 124:112 respectively, and achieved two consecutive victories.

The two sides changed sides and fought again, and the Suns, who returned to their home court, could finally take advantage of some of their home court advantages.Fisher did not dare to collide with Nash lightly, because it is difficult to tell clearly about the collision. The referee may or may not blow it. If he does not blow it, it is a reasonable collision.

With the advantage of the home whistle, the Suns finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With Nash's vitality, the Suns' speed finally increased.However, the Suns' offense still has some difficulties, because Wu Di can return to defense at any time.He is faster than Stoudemire. After he returns to the penalty area, unless Nash shoots a long three-pointer, it will still be difficult for the Suns to enter the penalty area.

During Nash's regular season, his three-point shooting percentage was very high, reaching 42.6%.But after the playoffs, it dropped below 40%. Instead, Jason Richardson's three-point shooting percentage increased from 39.3% to over 45%.

But Jason Richardson was guarded by Kobe. He ran there, and Kobe followed there.The height of the two is the same. If you can't get rid of Kobe, it will be difficult for Richardson to get a shot.

In this game, Wu Di felt very good, and he shot 7 three-pointers directly from outside the three-point line, helping the team win 125:118.

In the fourth game, the Suns finally recovered their form.Nash's hand felt warmer, and he frequently succeeded outside the three-point line.However, after three games of high-intensity defense, Kobe was a little weak in physical strength, and Richardson found a chance.

Two sharpshooters broke out, and the Suns led the Lakers by 20 points at halftime.

Zen Master saw that this game could not be done, so he immediately replaced Kobe, and he was not allowed to play in the second half, so as to save energy for the next game.

Zen Master wisely gave up the game so that Kobe would not be tired.Although doing so ended the Lakers' streak of 27 consecutive playoff games, it laid the foundation for the next game.

After returning to the home court, Kobe's physical strength recovered, and with the loss of the home court advantage, the Suns were once again slowed down by the Lakers.In the end, the Lakers defeated the Suns 4:1, advanced to the finals, and faced their old rival Celtics.

(End of this chapter)