The rise of basketball legends

Both sides showed a strong desire to win at the beginning.

The Suns firepower is fierce, but the Hornets are not afraid. They averaged 100.9 points per game last season. In this era, there is nothing to say about the offensive power of a team that can average more than [-] points per game.

The Suns attacked, Nash and Stoudemire played a pick-and-roll in the middle, and Chen Yan continued to pull to the bottom corner. He liked the feeling of being an assassin in ambush in the corner.

But the Hornets can no longer give Chen Yan an easy shot. Rasoul Butler stared at Chen Yan. Even if Nash rushed in this time, he would not let Chen Yan go to defend.

A breakthrough layup is two points, and an outside shot is three points. He still understands this simple arithmetic problem.

Chen Yan and Grant Hill were outside the three-point line, and Dior was also pulled to a high position. The field space was very open, and Nash chose to kill the basket directly after borrowing the screen.

Tyson Chandler made an inside defense. This guy's physical fitness is very abnormal. Nash specially adjusted the arc of his shot to avoid his block.

The ball slid out after rolling around the rim.

Tyson Chandler is very mobile, immediately after landing a second jump to protect the defensive rebound.

The Hornets counterattacked, and Paul advanced at high speed with a six-way vision and distributed the ball to Peja on the outside.

The old Hill chased back to take off and block the block. Although Peja dodged Hill's dive with a feint, his shooting rhythm was gone.

"Bang!"

At the moment when the iron strike sounded, Chen Yan immediately turned back and ran. This was an instinctive conditioned reflex of the body, and this kind of counterattack accounted for a large part of Chen Yan's scoring ratio.

The Hornets' defense has been disjointed, with Paul, Peja and Rasual Butler in the frontcourt, and Tyson Chandler and David West in the backcourt.

After Nash picked up the rebound, he made a long pass to Grant Hill.

Hill dribbled the ball forward in the middle circle, and a body near the free throw line changed direction and passed David West cleanly.

Grant Hill's mobility is definitely not as good as it was in his prime, but he still has no big problem dealing with big men like David West.

Facing the last line of defense of the Hornets, Tyson Chandler, Grant Hill started directly!

While striding, he turned his head to look at Chen Yan who was on the other side.

This time, Old Hill did not deceive Chen Yan's feelings, and after glancing at him, he flicked the ball with his left hand.

After receiving the ball, Chen Yan jumped into the air and licked the basket to score!

7:4.

"Chen, you should dunk this ball hard!" Hill and Chen Yan laughed when they clapped their hands together.

"I thought you were going to lie to me again and didn't sprint with all your strength."

"Hahaha!"

Hill laughed out loud.

The game continued, and Peja returned to the bottom line to serve.

"Slow it down! Don't get carried away by their rhythm!" Hornets coach Byron Scott yelled from the sidelines.

Byron Scott knows very well that if the team enters the Suns' running and bombing rhythm, the game is likely to be gone. Not only the Suns, but no team in the league dares to play a fast-paced attack against the Suns.

It will never be wrong to slow down the rhythm and play more positional warfare when encountering the sun.

But the running and bombing of the Suns is not so easy to target. They will seize every opportunity to implement their running and bombing tactics.

"Bang!"

David West received a pass from Paul at the free throw line after the pick-and-roll, and missed a mid-range shot.

After Chen Yan retreated and grabbed the defensive rebound, the sun's counterattack began again.

Chen Yan accelerated with nitrogen, forcibly passed Rasoul Butler and then went to the inside of the Hornets to kill, a bit of a solo pass.

The Hornets' defensive attention was attracted by Chen Yan alone, and Chen Yan continued to go deep into the gap between Peja and Paul and flicked the ball back.

The basketball bounced off the ground, and Stoudemire, who followed up, swung his arm round after receiving the ball, and successfully dunked his right hand!

9:4.

This beautiful goal will definitely be selected as the top five today, and even some away fans couldn't help applauding.

Barkley said with a smile: "Chen's fast break is too threatening, and the Hornets put all their attention on him."

Kenny Smith continued: "The Suns played their favorite rhythm at the beginning, and the Hornets must slow down if they want to control the situation."

Barkley smiled: "It's best not to slow down. Fans like to watch this kind of offensive and defensive rhythm now."

"Charles, you like to watch it?"

Kenny Smith glanced at Barkley mercilessly.

On the Hornets side, head coach Byron Scott immediately called a timeout.

Byron Scott is a smart man, he will not be stingy with the number of timeouts at this time, if the Suns play an offensive climax in the first quarter, the situation will become very tricky.

After the timeout, the Hornets' conduction was obviously much more patient, and it could be seen that they were deliberately controlling the rhythm.

The Suns defense had loopholes in the continuous passing and cutting. Peja cut into the inside and then distributed the ball to the wing. Rasoul Butler was completely empty and hit a three-pointer with his hand.

9:7.

Rasoul Butler is a typical 3D player. He usually only does two things on the court, that is, defending and shooting three-pointers. Although this player is usually not hot or popular, as long as he finds the long-range shooting touch , Rasual Butler also has considerable explosive power on the offensive end.

So in the Hornets' starting lineup, apart from Tyson Chandler, there is no point to be short.

The Suns attacked, and Chen Yan stopped crouching in the bottom corner this round. Rasoul Butler had turned into jelly candy and followed him every step of the way.

Chen Yan wanted to use Grant Hill's off-ball screen to run outside to catch the ball, but Old Hill didn't block tightly, and Rasoul Butler easily bypassed his body and continued to stick to Chen Yan.

Chen Yan received a pass from Nash at a 45-degree angle from the three-point line, and Rasoul Butler quickly put on the frame to prevent him from turning around comfortably.

Rasoul Butler tried his best to make Chen Yan uncomfortable, but after experiencing the hand-to-hand confrontation with Kobe on the court, Chen Yan didn't feel that the intensity was too great.

Chen Yan turned sideways to grab the ball with one hand, and Stoudemire consciously came up to help Chen Yan cover.

Rasoul Butler caught Stoudemire from the corner of his eye, and the moment Chen Yan activated, he also activated in advance to avoid the cover.

In the next second, Chen Yan made an in-out with one hand, and a fake move directly passed Rasoul Butler!

Facts have proved that sometimes defending Chen Yan really can't think too much. Many players tried to predict his next move when defending Chen Yan, but in the end Chen Yan predicted their prediction.

Chen Yan's speed is very fast, and Rasoul Butler has no desire to chase after losing his defensive position.

Tyson Chandler took a step forward to make up the defense, and Chen Yan accelerated towards him. The moment the two bodies were about to touch, Chen Yan quickly dribbled the ball alternately with both hands!

Chen Yan got rid of Chandler by relying on his flexibility and speed, and then took advantage of the trend to hold the ball and start, and his movements were done in one go!

Tyson Chandler's reaction was not slow, he turned around and wanted to give Chen Yan a big hat.

Chen Yan noticed something, and after staying in the air, he changed hands dexterously and shot from the other side of the basket.

The basketball spins quickly and hits the top of the backboard before bouncing into the net.

Tyson Chandler looked like he could block the ball, but he just couldn't. There was no way, Chen Yan's hands were really good.