King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 212

However, the Kings obviously did not expect that they did not lose to the Thunder on that difficult road trip. A strong team like the Magic maintained their undefeated golden stature, but when they returned home, they were caught off guard.

Returning to the home court, the opponent is not strong. It is the Suns in the lottery zone in the west.The King's home court was completely full, and the home game that everyone had been waiting for for a long time finally came again.

This Suns only has the old Nash, even so, he still contributes double-double data steadily.

The Suns' starting lineup includes point guard Nash, shooting guard Grant Hill, small forward Dudley, power forward Frye, and center Gortat.

The current leading scorer of the Suns turned out to be Gortat, and he was also a substitute for Howard for the Magic last year. From this point of view, the strength of the Suns team can be imagined.Almost all Kings fans feel that this is a game without suspense.

But from the beginning of the game, the old Nash actually suppressed He Yixiang at the beginning, even though his legs were weak and his speed was gone, even though he could no longer lead this team to run.However, he is still one of the strongest point guards in the league. Otherwise, how can a "Warcraft" substitute average 17 points per game by eating cakes?
Nash's three-pointer was so accurate in this game that he had no friends, and the other players of the Suns also played exceptionally well under the leadership of Nash. The points directly made Cousins ​​have to run outside the three-point line to defend.

Many people think that Nash is good at running and bombing tactics, because he won two regular season MVPs in the NBA because of this "7-second offense".

But in fact, how can a team with running and bombing tactics become the top team in the NBA?Nash's positional battle is not bad at all.

Gortat and Frye are two diametrically opposed insiders. Gortat is good at rolling down, while Frye is good at cutting outside.But no matter who it is, as long as they pick and roll with Nash, Nash's pass can be accurately assigned to them.

What's more, Nash himself is a very strong offensive guard. Although he has never averaged more than 20 points per game in the regular season of his career, his scoring ability has been well demonstrated in the playoffs, and he is among the NBA180+ clubs all year round.

As Nash bypassed the pick-and-roll and then faced Cousins ​​with an extremely beautiful rhythm change and went to the basket, Cousins ​​was caught off guard and was directly passed, allowing Nash to layup easily, and the score jumped to 54:42.At the same time, the referee blew the halftime whistle.

This is the first time the Kings have trailed by double digits at halftime and entered the second half this season.

The king's dual-core is in a very good state today, but the king's shooters are completely misfired today.Iguodala, Casspi, and Garcia combined to make 14 of 4 three-pointers.

At this time, the Kings fans in the stadium are still enthusiastic, and the team's temporary lag has not affected their belief in winning this game.They think that the temporary lag is just a slight nap of the king, and the king in the second half can definitely complete his comeback.

"The Suns played well, but the victory still belongs to us. We are now the league's undefeated golden body. As a lottery team, don't even think about ending us."

"We will definitely come back in the second half. I believe in their strength this year."

The King's fans are still full of confidence in the team, but they don't know that in the first half, their team was actually beaten by the opponent.

In the locker room at home, Westphal is losing his temper at this time. If the opponent is a strong team that is currently at the forefront of the league, such a backwardness is obviously unacceptable.

"He, can't you even suppress a 37-year-old veteran?" The first target of the fire was aimed at the core of the team. Even though he played well today, the opposite of him was a veteran who was about to retire. .

This is inevitable. As the core of a team, it is natural to bear the greatest responsibility for the team's backwardness.

However, He Yixiang was hit first, which was also a deep blow to the other Kings players present, making them bow their heads in shame.

Although the Suns are in a good state and the Kings are not in a good state for this game's lag, it doesn't mean that the Kings have a bit of arrogance and arrogance after nine consecutive victories.

This can be seen from many places in the first half. When defending the pick-and-roll, he couldn't keep up with his feet at all, especially when the big man was passed by Nash in an instant, it was called a clean.

"And you guys, if West can't keep up, I can still understand that his foot injury hasn't healed completely." Westphal aimed his gunfire at the two inside pillars again, "Cousins, are you still Not too old to keep up with a 37-year-old guy, so you defend me well in the second half."

Next, almost all the Kings players were taught a lesson by Westphal. The halftime break should have been the time for the lagging team to arrange tactics to regain the score, but this time the halftime break basically became The King's Criticism was held.

At the end, this critical meeting inevitably burned himself: "Of course, the biggest reason for falling behind in the game this time is me. After nine consecutive victories, I will inevitably swell. I didn't Do your job on the sun."

After pausing for a while, he continued: "Now everyone should understand that there is no weak team in the NBA, and there is no NBA team that other teams can win without taking it seriously. Even if we are the number one in the league Same."

After saying this sentence, Westphal fell into silence. He didn't use the remaining few minutes to draw a few tactics for the team, but sat on the sidelines to digest those words for the team. time.

Because he believes in his team, once they can get out of this predicament and get rid of the proud mentality, then they will definitely be able to get the score back.

In the quiet locker room of the home team, the Kings players looked at each other and began to review their performance in the first half.

Of course, they will not say this here, but secretly determined in their hearts to save their face in the second half.Even if the winning streak is to end, this time the end cannot happen at home.

They don't really want to see the disappointed eyes of their home fans, so they must win this game and achieve 10 consecutive victories.

(End of this chapter)