Chapter Nineteen: The First Section of the Disparity
Chapter 19: The first section with huge disparity
As the regular season MVP in the 2004-06 seasons, Steve Nash, who made the Phoenix Suns rise from the ashes like a phoenix, may not be the best point guard in the league, but he must be the most popular in the league.
The strongest one.
If you want to defeat the Suns, it is impossible to block Nash's performance. Because Nash's performance alone can drive the entire Suns team crazy. Did the Suns make Nash, or did Nash save the Suns? This question can be said to be divided.
, but there is no doubt that the Suns team with Steve Nash is definitely the Suns team with the smoothest offense in history. The so-called "seven-second offense" run and gun tactics have set off a small ball whirlwind in the league.
In this era, how to defend Nash is a headache that every head coach facing the Suns needs to think about. This is why Rambis chose Smash Parker instead of others to start after thinking for a long time. Compared with speed
Farmar and Williams were mediocre, and Smarsh Parker, who had outstanding performance last season, obviously gave Rambis more trust in defending Nash.
As for Adrian, he did not consider Adrian. Although Adrian showed a very good defensive attitude and defensive skills in the preseason, coupled with his good organizational skills, Rambis thought that Adrian
An is a diamond worth polishing. However, he is too tall and will definitely suffer on his feet when defending Nash, who is 185 centimeters tall. Adrian's height advantage has become an obstacle for him.
Rambis not only ordered Parker to defend Nash, but also ordered Vujacic to be ready to defend at any time. Laga Bell is very strong, but this strength is more reflected in the defensive end. On the offensive end, he is not too big.
The power of.
The jump ball was played between Kwame Brown and Pat. Although Kwame was good in all aspects, his physical fitness was really abnormal. With his superior jumping ability, he passed the basketball to Parker before Parker.
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In the first three minutes of the game, neither team seemed to be in the game. Too many opportunities were wasted on the offensive end and many mistakes were made on the defensive end. The game was chaotic and dull for a time. As Odom broke through
A layup was made, the score reached 11:9, and the Lakers led by 2 points at home.
Although the score was tight, Rambis was quite satisfied. Parker did a good job in defending Nash. From the beginning of the game, Nash only scored two points on one of three shots, and he didn't have an assist. More importantly, he succeeded several times in a row.
There was no breakthrough, and Parker's desperate defense really blocked Nash from getting what he wanted.
Then, the game took a turn.
D'Antoni took the lead in calling the first timeout of today's game in the fourth minute and made only one adjustment, replacing starting player Laga Bell with Barbosa.
"It's time to start attacking." Seeing this substitution, Adrian keenly felt that the Suns' tactics would change. After the initial test, it was obvious that the Suns were going to start to exert force. He wanted to remind Rambis
For a moment, but seeing that Rambis didn't even look at him, Adrian thought about it and finally gave it up.
Even if he reminds him, Rambis may not believe him or not, but it may leave a bad impression in front of Rambis. If he loses playing time because of this, it would be too much. Besides, it would be too much.
Well, even if Barbossa is replaced to increase the attack power, it may not necessarily have an effect...
Facts have proved that Adrian's premonition was indeed correct. But this correctness is by no means good news for the Lakers. When Barbosa came on the stage, his performance since the beginning seemed to be tepid and it seemed that he was really restricted by Parker.
Steve Nash suddenly started to exert his strength.
At the Lakers half, Barbosa immediately started running. Vujacic followed Barbosa and tried to defend, but his speed was far behind Barbosa. In addition, Barbosa's
His running skills may not be as good as those of Hamilton and Ray Allen, but they are also top-notch in the league. A few sudden changes in direction during the run threw Vujacic away. At this time, Nash also moved on the three-point line.
, a simple change of direction in front of the body, passed Parker like a wooden stake, and went directly to the inside.
This action also proved that the so-called "successful defense" made by Parker earlier was just an illusion. As long as Nash was willing, he could break through Parker at any time. After breaking through Parker, he was assigned by Rambis to defend Nash in time.
However, Vujacic was attracted by Barbosa and pulled aside. He had no time to cover up the defense. Nash rushed inside in two steps, jumped over Kwame who was jumping high to block the shot, and put the basketball with both hands into the goal.
"Pay attention to me!" Rambis yelled at the court, especially Vujacic. In his opinion, the key to the missed goal was that Vujacic let go of his attention on Nash.
But then, Odom hit Diaw with his back, leaned back a few times, first turned half a circle to the left, and then when he felt the power of Diaw to catch up, he suddenly turned to the right and made a move to the right.
As Diaw tried to keep up with Odom, he saw Odom slam the basketball to the left, jump and change direction and break through from Diaw's left side. This time, his body weight twisted left and right.
Dior, who was already unbalanced, was finally unable to keep up with Odom.
Odom, who passed Diaw, even had time to glance at the basket, and then sent the ball into the basket with a mid-range shot.
Odom's goal made Rambis relax again. Odom is a very powerful player. When he concentrates all his energy on the court, his performance is not up to that of a superstar.
He can reach the level of a first-class star. If he can maintain considerable concentration, his development will definitely be much better than it is now. It's a pity that he will always get distracted on the court from time to time, and he will often become distracted suddenly.
He can't find his form on the court. This kind of nerve-wracking performance makes it hard to trust him.
But now it seems that at least he is in pretty good condition today.
But Steve Nash quickly revived Rambis's newly relieved heart. Steve Nash, who began to become active, was not something that Parker could stop. He first assisted the Suns who ran out of the open space.
The team's light-speed running back Barbosa hit a three-pointer, and then used Marion's pick-and-roll to get rid of Parker. After attracting the defense, he passed back to Marion who was left open.
Although the shooting posture was very weird, Marion would not let go of this easy scoring opportunity and scored two points.
Looking back, although Vujacic also sent a three-pointer in return, Nash quickly found it. Facing Parker's defense, Nash dribbled all the way to the frontcourt and shot a jumper directly from the three-point line.
The basketball was shot into the basket, causing Parker, who was nervously defending, to foul and get an extra penalty opportunity.
For Steve Nash, who has a career free throw percentage of over 90%, free throw opportunities are almost equal to giving away points. He easily sent the free throw into the basket, and Nash took advantage of Parker's careless reception and directly stole the basketball from Parker's hand.
, and then went inside for a layup.
Although Odom was unable to send the basketball into the basket due to his obstruction, he successfully caused a defensive foul on Odom and once again got two free throw opportunities.
"Yes." Steve Nash, who fell to the ground after colliding with Odom in the air, waved his fist hard.
When Nash steadily hit two free throws and scored six points in 13 seconds, Rambis jumped up in a hurry and called a timeout toward the technical table.
Nash scored six points in a row in thirteen seconds, coupled with Diaw's cold three-pointer, in just half a minute, the score went from being anxious to falling behind by nine points, and depending on the situation, it seemed to be getting better.
To expand the trend.
"Gentlemen, calm down, don't run with them, let's calm down, triangle offense! Think about what you have learned, don't dance to their rhythm!" Rambis shouted loudly on the Lakers bench.
Shouted to the Lakers players.
The Suns are definitely the best team in the league at fast breaks. If both sides use speed to play fast breaks, the Lakers will definitely be beaten by the Suns shooters. If you want to defeat the Suns, slow down the pace of the game and play stably.
In terms of success rate, it is an inevitable choice to prevent the Suns from using the run-and-gun tactics that they are good at. Once the Suns' fast running and gunning starts the rhythm, half the game is lost.
Rambis made some tactical arrangements, mainly defensive arrangements, which were aimed at the core of the Suns, Steve Nash. Although the Suns are a team with evenly distributed offensive firepower, there is no doubt that this team
His brain is the Canadian Steve Nash. His existence ensures that the Suns can quickly speed up and speed up under the premise of order, when other teams inevitably fall into chaos due to too fast transition between offense and defense.
, with Steve Nash, the Suns can maintain fast offense and defense while also maintaining their overall character!
This is why Nash is important to this Suns.
But these arrangements proved to be ineffective. Even if Rambis was forced to resort to double-team tactics, he still could not stop Steve Nash's performance. After all, for Nash, breakthrough scoring is not his first priority.
Position choice, he is a point guard, he has the league's first-class scoring ability, but he prefers assists to scoring.
This kind of performance lasted until the ninth minute of the first quarter. Steve Nash was replaced under the normal rotation rhythm. Barbosa moved to the point guard position, and Raja Bell reappeared at the shooting guard position.
, the Lakers are feeling better.
I thought I could take this opportunity to pull back some points, but Barbosa made a chasing three-pointer, and then passed Marion to the basket for a dunk, but I told the Lakers that you are wishful thinking!
This continued until the end of the first quarter, and the Lakers were already 19 points behind the Suns at 26:45!
