Pick Westbrook

Chapter 141 We want revenge

12 month 23 day.

"Defense!!"

Li Lai yelled towards the field.

Looking at the score of 90:102 on the court, Li Lai never imagined that this would be just the data after three quarters. What made him even more unimaginable was that there are still teams in the NBA who can compete with them on offense.

American Stadium.

Barkley is very kind to this place, after all, he is a famous player here.

"To be honest, after trading away O'Neal in the new season, the Suns have regained their new life, and they have finally returned to the best and most familiar bombardment style of play."

"The current record of the Suns ranking third in the Western Conference is enough to prove their current strength."

A year and a half ago, after the Suns got O'Neal nondescriptly, general manager Cole finally realized that this was a huge mistake, so he finally solved this mistake in the off-season and sent O'Neal to the Bucks.

In Barkley's view, this is also a mutually beneficial transaction.

The Suns traded away O'Neal, which not only released the team's extremely pressured salary space, but also got Frye who is suitable for the team system.

After the Bucks got O'Neal, they also solved their great shortcoming of weak inside defense.

Judging from the current direction of the regular season, the strength of the two teams has improved to a higher level than last season, and this game has also received great attention from fans before the game.

One is the league's current No. [-] offensive team, and the other is the former No. [-] and now the second offensive team.

Everyone is curious about what kind of exciting picture these two very good offensive teams will play when they meet.

Kenny Smith admires the Suns this season.

Originally, many people thought that Nash, a 35-year-old peerless beauty who is easy to grow old and a general with gray hair, would inevitably be eroded by the years. After all, they didn’t even make the playoffs last season, so in most people’s opinion, the Suns The competitiveness that can be played in the new season is extremely limited.

But so far, the Suns have the third highest record in the West. Nash averaged 17 points and 11 assists per game. It is worth noting that he shot 51% from the field, 42% from three-pointers, and Such data was played under the free throw percentage.

Nash scored another 180 clubs this season.

And another bully Stoudemire averaged 24 points and 9 rebounds per game. Although Stoudemire seemed to be protecting himself more after the knee injury, he rarely played on the court like he did when he was young. , He also increased the proportion of mid-range shots this season, but surprisingly his mid-range shooting percentage is very good.

Under the leadership of the two, the Suns once again refreshed people's perception of them, and they once again proved to the world that the Suns can still play.

"Keep an eye on Nash! Others can easily drive the offense of his teammates!"

"And Stoudemire, that guy can jump, watch his rolls and cuts."

on the field.

Li Lai looked at the Suns very seriously.

He really wanted to say that he still underestimated this completely unbalanced offensive and defensive team, to be precise, underestimated this Suns team that was completely bombarded.

Their offense really made Li Lai a little helpless. Just using a tactical defense really couldn't limit the Suns' offense.

"Too good at running!"

Even the Bucks, which are also known for their speed and flexibility, obviously couldn't keep up with the opponent's speed after meeting the Suns.

More importantly, this kind of running consumes a lot of the main players of the Bucks. Westbrook, Yi Jianlian and others have experienced a huge drop in touch and shooting during such continuous running.

"After all, more than 100 points have been scored in three quarters. How many shots and efficient offenses are needed to get such points."

Tylen Lu shook his head and said.

Originally, he already thought that the Bucks were very capable of attacking, but when he met the Suns tonight, he realized that the opponent was still capable of attacking.

"Jason Richardson, Grant Hill, Channing Frye, Jared Dudley, plus Nash, the Suns have five players who averaged more than 5% of their three-pointers per game. They've done a better job than us at that."

"And in this game, the Suns shot 55% of their three-pointers, and that's the main reason we're behind now."

Marshall looked at the game statistics and said.

Obviously, who doesn't eat dumplings in their life, and the Bucks happened to meet the Suns who ate dumplings tonight.

Li Lai even put Artest and George Hill, who are better defensively, on the court at the same time for a long time. Originally, he thought that the three perimeter defensive chains formed by the two and Westbrook would be very good. Limit the Suns' overall offense, but the reality is that the opponent's three-pointers are still shooting very well and are more stable.

"This is no longer something that can be changed by defense or limited by a few defensive players. Their touch tonight is really good."

At this time, Li Lai also planned to temporarily give up the team's defense and instead fight with them on offense, so he took a lineup that he hadn't played in a whole season and played a very extreme tactic.

Curry, Andre Ingram, George Hill, Villanueva, Yi Jianlian.

"It turned out to be a lineup without Westbrook?"

Suns coach Gentry was very surprised to see this lineup.

In this game, Westbrook caused too much trouble for the Suns. The opponent's frequent attacks to the basket made the Suns, who were already weak inside defense, suffer a lot.

At the end of just three quarters, Westbrook had already scored 22 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists. Originally, Gentry was still thinking about how to limit the Bucks in the fourth quarter and press Westbrook's impact basket basket, but before he could figure out a way, Li Lai cut off his own arm.

Looking at his teammates on the court, Curry remembered the tactic he saw in the coach's room before, "The coach seems to be playing that tactic now, making a few random shots."

Under this tactic, the Bucks almost completely gave up defense and gave up fighting for offensive rebounds, just to compete with your Suns for the ultimate offense.

Yi Jianlian supported in the ultra-long three-point position, and he has scored two ultra-long three-pointers in this game.

Stoudemire didn't dare to be careless, so he could only follow Yi Jianlian to the outside of the three-point line. Fortunately, his lateral movement speed and defensive steps were good, so Yi Jianlian rarely succeeded in one-on-one breakthrough singles.

But at this time, Yi Jianlian also greatly opened up the space on the court. At the same time, Curry, who is good at running, cut the Suns' defensive formation wantonly on the court.

Jason Richardson, who has been defending Curry, is about to cry. He really wants to say that this kid is really good at running, and his favorite is to run back and forth, because of this reason Jason Richardson is chasing Almost broke his waist when defending Curry.

After all, when your feet are chasing forward and your brain is thinking of defending backward, it is strange that your body keeps going forward and backward.

"More importantly, the Suns are not a strong defensive team, so when Curry ran out of opportunities, there was no one to cover for me."

In this game, Curry has made 10 of 5 three-pointers. It is precisely because of his efficient performance that the Bucks were barely beaten by the Suns in three quarters. Of course, it is almost the same now.

This time Curry once again ran out of opportunities, Yi Jianlian passed the ball steadily, and then the elementary school student three-pointer shot up and down.

brush!
Go in!

Li Lai nodded very satisfied.

Since he gave Curry advice that night, he has great confidence in being able to play on the court. Of course, it will be very difficult for Curry to improve those technical abilities this season, but at least one will be able to improve his skills after he has a direction. It is not difficult to solve one by one.

As Curry's three-pointer feels warmer, the Bucks' outside threat and tactical rotation once again make the entire league feel puzzled. The only thing that makes Li Lai feel a little headache is tonight's game.

The Suns attack.

Nash hits the pick-and-roll with the ball.

In this game, Westbrook was almost irritated by Nash's pick-and-roll. He really couldn't prevent Nash's offense, nor could he limit the opponent's ability to sort out the team's overall offense on the offensive end.

There is no doubt about Nash's ability to be the MVP for two consecutive years. Although his defense is not good, his role in the offensive end of a team can be regarded as the top three in the league today.

So Li Lai decisively replaced Westbrook. In addition to being unable to guard Nash, Li Lai also hoped that he could observe Nash's ability to sort out the team's offense off the court.

Andre Ingram defended against Nash, but with his defensive ability, he couldn't restrain the opponent even more.

So at the moment Nash and Stoudemire hit the pick-and-roll, the Bucks decisively chose to substitute for defense, and Yi Jianlian stuck to Nash.

But Nash's ability and experience in playing big games is also very good, and he made a steady layup with a low hand.

Turning around, the Bucks attacked again.

This time it was still Yi Jianlian's ultra-long three-point position organization. George Hill cut to the basket. After catching the ball to attract double-teams, he decisively distributed the ball outside the three-point line.

Andre Ingram made another three-pointer.

"This is a surprise soldier from the Bucks!"

Barkley still remembers Andre Ingram's performance in the Eastern Conference playoffs last season. His three-pointers gave the Bucks a lot of tactical support.

Just like this game tonight, as long as the Bucks need a three-pointer and Andre Ingram needs to stand up, he can respond immediately on the court.

Kenny Smith said: "Andre Ingram's three-point shooting percentage this season is 43%. He is better than Curry in terms of shooting percentage, but the output is slightly lower."

"I have to admit that the Suns' three-pointers are really strong, but the Bucks are definitely the only team in the league that has the capital to compete with them in this field."

Bucks bench.

"Keep attacking!"

"This three-point shot is beautiful!"

"Let's set off a counterattack high slot!"

Westbrook and Artest acted as cheerleaders, applauding and cheering for teammates' goals.

And since Curry and Andre Ingram scored three-pointers, a three-point rain that shocked the entire American West Arena suddenly fell.

Yi Jianlian made super long shots, Villanueva hit double bottom corners one after another, and Curry scored two in a row.

短短5分钟的时间，雄鹿队就打出了一波恐怖的12中7的三分，这一波三分雨也直接帮助他们将比分打至了111:118。

Faced with only a 7-point advantage left, Coach Gentry wiped his sweat nervously and called a timeout.

"The offensive explosiveness of the Bucks is really fierce!"

During the timeout, Coach Gentry asked the players to help defend the outside line more and leave the inside line free, because there are almost no players on the Bucks who attack the inside line, so he also intends to completely abandon the defense inside the penalty area and turn to the inside line. And let all the players concentrate on attacking the outside line.

But what he didn't expect was that the Bucks, who played a few blind shots for 5 minutes, suddenly changed their formation and replaced Westbrook, Iverson, Metta World Peace, Yi Jianlian and O'Neal.

"What lineup is this again?"

Even Kenny Smith, who explained almost every game of the Bucks, scratched his head and expressed his incomprehension. He had never seen the Bucks take this lineup.

"May I ask how the Bucks plan to play with this lineup?"

Although no one else has seen this lineup, all the Bucks players on the field are very familiar with the tactical play under this lineup, because they have played this lineup many times during team training.

Westbrook is used to defend and attack offensive rebounds. At the same time, there are Yi Jianlian and O'Neal, the two Bucks' best rebounders inside. That is to say, in this lineup, the Bucks have three players. A very good rebounder.

Another role of Yi Jianlian in this lineup is to open up the space at a high position and deal cards for teammates at the same time. Of course, when switching offenses, he must immediately retreat to defend the opponent's fast break counterattack.

In other words, this is a tactic completely designed for Iverson.

"When the opponent's inside defense and outside defense are extremely weak, we can try to play this tactic."

Tyronn Lue still remembered the reason Li Lai gave when designing this tactic, and what happened to meet tonight was the Suns with extremely weak inside and outside defense.

Iverson had the ball in the backcourt, and Jason Richardson was defending him.

Don't underestimate this guy.

He was the slam dunk king in 02. At his peak, he was also a ruthless man who could compete with Ray Allen and Stojakovic in three-point ability.

Although he was almost broken by Curry just now, and he didn't seem to be able to restrain Curry on the defensive end, but it didn't affect his impression in the hearts of players all over the league.

The offensive firepower is fierce, and although the lateral movement speed is not good enough, his defense has never been good enough, but because of his excellent physical condition, he can always give good physical confrontation in defense.

In the past, even if Jason Richardson's physical confrontation would have some impact on Iverson's offense, the stadium wizard is absolutely not afraid. He has the experience and ability to single such players.

But tonight. Iverson looked at Li Lai who was on the side, and nodded.

He will play completely according to Li Lai's tactical arrangement.

Iverson took the initiative to look for pick-and-rolls outside the three-point line.

It was Westbrook who came to pick and roll, so it became Nash who defended Iverson.

"Nash is the Suns' weakest defensive player!"

This is Li Lai's tactic!

Of course, in Barkley's view, Nash's weak defense is only caused by his physical condition. In terms of defensive willingness and defensive awareness, Nash is better than most defenders.

It's just that Iverson's breakthrough is well-known in the league. Even at this stage, it is not easy for him to defend, so it may be more ominous for Nash to match up now.

Iverson's butterfly crossing flower step, a large-scale frontal change of direction exclusively for him.

He passed Nash in just the first step, and then went to the basket.

Stoudemire still remembered coach Gentry's instructions to strengthen defense during this time period, so he immediately moved towards the inside penalty area to help defend.

Iverson threw one hand, and O'Neal jumped high and scored with one hand.

"Old sharks can still fly!"

The Suns attack.

Nash still played pick-and-roll with Stoudemire on the outside, but it was not O'Neal but Yi Jianlian who participated in the pick-and-roll defense, which surprised Nash.

Yi Jianlian chose to defend around the back, and Westbrook chased and intercepted Nash, allowing Stoudemire to take a mid-range shot.

This is a fantastic opportunity!

It's just that at the moment Nash passed the ball, Yi Jianlian quickly moved up, giving Stoudemire a chance to break through.

Stoudemire didn't think too much about it. If there was an opportunity, he would naturally have to attack!

But as soon as he hit the basket, Kenny Smith yelled, "The bully is about to dunk, the bully is going to raise the tripod!"

boom!
With a slap in the face, O'Neill slapped Stoudemire to the floor with the ball.

Li Lai nodded his head and was very satisfied off the court. This is the reason why he is very eager to get O'Neal, because he needs the opponent's frame protection and defense at critical moments.

The Suns coaching bench, Gentry finally reacted.

Originally, he was still underestimating Li Lai. The tactic he used before was a few blind shots. Even if he scored, he would be a blind cat and a dead mouse. After all, the defense was worse than the Suns.

The current offensive level of the Suns is worthy of your Bucks' defense, let alone your offense.

But judging from the present, this is probably a series of tactics Li Lai deployed.

First use a few random shooting tactics on the court to greatly consume the physical strength of the main players of the Suns, and then take the most restrained defensive lineup of the Suns in the final game at the critical moment, which brought them great defense pressure.

Then Iverson, who had the highest singles level of the Bucks, found Nash, the weak point of the Suns' defense, and launched an offensive frantically.

From the current point of view, this tactic is very effective. The two rounds of one offense and one defense on the field once again approached the score of the two teams.

But Gentry, who only reacted now, was already too late. It was impossible for him to replace the main players of the Suns, which would only make the team's death worse.

In the end, the Bucks made a desperate comeback in the fourth quarter and won the game with a huge advantage of 38:22 in a single quarter.

In an interview after the game, Gentry was extremely regretful about losing the game.

"Originally, we were close to closing the game, but the Bucks played a textbook offense and defense in the fourth quarter.

They limit our hit rate by consuming our stamina. "

After being questioned by the reporter about the game, which of the two teams had the stronger offensive ability.

Gentry said with a wry smile, "It should be us."

This sentence is a little less confident.

Of course, this is indeed the case from the first three quarters, but from the last quarter, it seems that the Bucks' offense is stronger, and their defense is better than the Suns.

Gentry sighed inwardly. This season, the Suns have set their goals very far, even if they have to reach the Western Conference finals for the last time, but judging from the game against the Bucks, they seem to be short of something.

After all, the Suns can't eat dumplings in every game, nor can they have such a terrifying outside shooting percentage in every game, but even if they are still defeated by the Bucks, it can only show that the Suns are not hot enough.

Gentry is very clear that the weak point is defense. If the Suns can limit the opponent's scoring to 22 points in the last quarter like the Bucks, why can't the Suns win the championship?
After winning this game, the Bucks team was not particularly happy, even though they have achieved a record of 26 wins and 5 losses and continue to rank first in the league.

At this time, they have no time to be happy, because there is an upcoming game that is very important to the whole team.

Artest said in the locker room: "For the next game, I have been waiting for almost half a season."

Westbrook still remembers how he looked when he left the arena in the playoffs, saying: "In order to wait for this moment of revenge, I trained hard all summer."

Everyone in the locker room exclaimed, so it was only at this time that people realized that Westbrook trained so hard in the summer because of this team.

Curry, O'Neal and others still don't quite understand why the team has such a strong desire to fight, which is even scarier than when they played against the Lakers in the opening game. Even Dragic, who has always claimed to love money and lust His face was serious and his teeth were clenched.

"We should settle last year's account with them!"

Seeing that the players who joined this season were still in a daze, Li Lai's eyes were bright and he finally said, "Christmas game, Bucks VS Cavaliers! Beat me to death!"

　It's a new month, ask the brothers for some votes.

　　Then, there is a big chapter.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)