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Chapter 315: Facing the Challenge

When it comes to running, bombing and fast attack, the first name that anyone who has watched the game in recent years is the Suns.

After Dantoni came back from Europe for several years, he immediately blew a whirlwind of running and bombing in the league.

With Steve Nash, the son of the Wind, who was driven out of Dallas, the selected bully Amare Stoudemire, the French all-around forward Burres Dior, league defense master Laga Bale, hacker Sean Marion, and Brazilian Lightning Barbosa, he immediately became famous in the league. Steve Nash, the core of the team, won the MVP award for two consecutive years in the regular season.

Although they did not complete the three consecutive championships, the Canadian had already planted a seed about him in the hearts of Americans. At that time, the Suns were known as the league wolf pack, and they were invincible in the regular season, but they began to weaken after they reached the playoffs. As they fell under the iron hoof of the Spurs again in 2007, the original Suns Running and Bombing Dynasty fell apart. After Marion was traded and O'Neal, the Suns officially entered the pace of reconstruction.

Although O'Neal made the All-Star last year, the Suns did not make the playoffs, so the Suns' uniform team understood.

O'Neal is not the player they need either, so this summer, when the Cavaliers quote O'Neal to the Suns.

The Sun agreed without thinking too much, and asked O'Neal to go to Cleveland and James to form the current 'shark' combination.

Compared with last season, the Suns have not retreated but advanced. The rookies in the team have grown up and can support a sky in the Suns' inside line. Channing Fry, who lived in the Knicks last season, came to the Suns and shot three-pointers in the inside, which is very important under the offensive system like the Suns.

The Suns' offense is definitely much worse than before. Now the old ministers are only Nash, Sir and Barbosa, and everyone else has left. Marion is now staying in the Mavericks to play defense. Bale and Dior have gone to the Bobcats. It is obvious that Dior has lived well with the Bobcats, while the defensive champion Laga Bale has lived a miserable life.

Just like offense, Larry Brown emphasizes team offense, and defense is also team defense. There is no need for any arrow characters in his team. Whether it is offensive or defensive, Lagar Bale is not an arrow character in offense. He is considered an arrow character in defensiveness. Such a character should not be valued in the Bobcats.

Although the offense is not as terrifying as it used to be, the team's bench depth and rotation lineup are more than one level stronger than the Suns. Now Dantoni is working hard to make the Knicks the next Sun, and the Suns are moving in a new direction. Today they will face the challenge of the Pacers, which have just turned into a running and bomber at home.

Speaking of running and bombing, the Suns are naturally the founder of the league. No matter how the Pacers play, they have gained a clear advantage from the beginning.

The Suns' starting lineup today is the center of this year's rookie, the younger brother of Brooke Lopez, the Nets' inside core Brooke Lopez. Although he is not as talented as his brother, he plays well, has good movement speed, defensive care, and is also just fine on the offensive end. He has the advantage of height, which can help the Suns grab rebounds, which is enough.

Because the Suns are not the Nets, they don't need a player with a particularly good offense to grab the right to take action in their team.

The remaining four players are all former All-Star players, power forward Amare Stoudemire, who is the team's main offensive point today because the Pacers' inside line is really bad, especially Thomas in the fourth position, who is not tall or weight. His only advantage is his own bounce, but compared to bounce, Sir is obviously better.

The small forward is the former savior of the Pistons, the Glass Man, and the most comprehensive player of the NBA, the former Jordan successor, Grant Hill.

The shooting guard was the two-time dunk king, Jason Richardson, who was ubiquitous in offense, and the point guard was naturally Nash.

In addition to them, the Suns also have many new players on the bench, Dudley, Channing Fry, Louis Ammondson, etc. Before the start of this game, the Suns ranked fifth in the West, leading the Thunder by only half a use gap.

Facing the Pacers who are short of soldiers now, it is a great time for them to consolidate their advantages. Although the Suns and Pacers play offensive cards, the score on the field is not very high. With the cooperation between Zhang Kong and Granger.

At the end of the first quarter, the Pacers were only one point behind the home team 28-29, and did not fall much behind.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Suns' head coach Gentry first changed the formation, from the coreless running and shooting at the beginning to instantly become the main inside line. If the first quarter is just a test, the Suns' sharp fangs will have already revealed their sharp fangs in the second quarter!

In the second quarter, Stoudemire became the focus of the field. Tyrus Thomas on the Pacers' side was not his opponent at all. When the defensive end was even violent, the Pacers' inside line could not open the situation on the offensive end. Although Zhang Kong and Granger had been clamoring for the score not to be widened, the Suns had obviously taken the initiative in the field.

With one minute and one eleven seconds left in the second quarter, the Suns five players pulled to the outside. This is the Suns' super offensive tactics, five players on the outside! The only one who was still standing in the inside was also pulled near the free throw line, and the other four people were pulled outside the three-point line. The Pacers did not dare to let Hibert come out to defend Channing Fry, so they could only let Thomas defend Channing Fry, and let Hibert watch and defend Koss from the inside, because Nash here did not end, and Zhang Kong also stared at the opponent on the court.

Nash's strength is not how sharp his offense is, but how he has a general and experience. With a simple change of direction, he rushed directly to the defensive combination point between Thomas and Zhang Kong. Zhang Kong naturally needs to make up for this ball, and Thomas finally got the position of the main force, so he naturally had to perform well, so he and Zhang Kong were preparing to double-team Nash.

But Nash's speed is not so easy to be limited to the double-team. Seeing Thomas coming, he had already moved away.

"Go to defend Fry!" Seeing Nash's actions, Zhang Kong shouted loudly. When he heard Zhang Kong's words, Thomas was stunned for a moment.

This is the inconsistency in cooperation. Just when he was stunned, Nash had handed the ball to his left hand, then gently walked around his back and passed the ball to Fry who was already waiting there... Because Thomas was half a beat slow, Fry was very relaxed when he received the ball. He jumped gently and sent the basketball into the basket.

"Who's the special!" Zhang Kong saw that the ball actually entered, and couldn't help but curse, but Fry, who happened to pass by him, heard it clearly.

He just scored a goal and was in a good mood. When he heard Zhang Kong's words, he thought Zhang Kong was scolding him, and his face immediately became unfair.

But Fry is a man who is insidious and he will never pounce on him when he hears trash words. This is not his style.

But he had already hated Zhang Kong in his heart. In fact, he had long hated Zhang Kong. However, Zhang Kong's words now only rekindled the nameless fire in his heart again. Next, when the Suns' Stodmeier's inside line was single-on-one again, he easily dunked the ball. This is the strength of the little bully. Finally, with this 5-0 climax.

The Suns led the Pacers 63-57 in the second quarter and entered the second half. Six points were not without a chance, but the first thing they needed to solve was the inside problem. In the first half, Sir had already scored nearly 20 in the inside. Now he scored a total of 17 points and 3 rebounds. His offense in the inside made the inside players at all at ease.

Tyrus Thomas, who played in the Bulls and had a good defense, was beaten by Sir Alex in this game and had no chance at all! Looking at the situation on the court, Jim O'Brien of the Pacers was confused, and he didn't know how to play now.

After returning to the locker room, all the players were taking the time to rest, and they were so tired.

Running and bombing have great requirements for physical strength. Although the physical strength requirements on the defensive end have been transferred to the offensive end, the habits are not so easy to change. In addition, they have played four away games in the past five days, and even the Iron Man is now very tired. What's more, the Pacers' players are not very physically strong and are still playing back-to-back continuously.

In the last three games, they have lost two games, losing two generals. Compared with these, the joy of killing the Lakers has been greatly diluted. Although playing against the Suns is the last game, the players on the Pacers have become more impatient.

The Suns are not very clean in playing basketball, trash talk and small moves can be said to be common defensive moves in this NBA.

If it is normal, the Pacers may not care about it, but now the Pacers are tired and upset. Once such small movements and trash talk are released, their enthusiasm will be a little unsustainable. This is the disadvantage of no veterans in the team. Although veterans are also prone to impulsiveness, they can remind young players at critical moments.

Jim O'Brien is always talking about tactics, and he doesn't feel that the atmosphere in the locker room is not right.

With the shouting of the stadium staff, the third quarter game is about to begin, and the atmosphere of both teams is not very correct at this time.

(To be continued)hf();
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