I'm really good at shooting.

Chapter 459 Enemy General Thomas Xiong! (Second update!)

Sun Hao turned his head when he heard the voice, frowning slightly.

He doesn't have much of an impression of Tim Thomas.

The only impression is similar to others, and it all comes from the phrase "you will regret it" after he wanted to come to the Lakers and was rejected.

Hearing this sentence again, this big mouth is a little owed!

Payton took the ball to the front court, and Sun Hao reached out to pass the ball.

He wasn't irritated by Thomas's words, because...if he wasn't on the court, it didn't make sense for you to be angry.

The problem now is that the Lakers have to get the ball into the basket.

The offense and defense in the round just now showed that the Suns' counterattack efficiency was one notch higher than that of the Warriors.

In this case, the Lakers need to suppress the rhythm even more.

Or in other words, they need to ensure the success rate of the offense.

Seeing that the Suns were not double-teamed, Sun Hao turned around and broke through after facing Pietrus' continuous shaking.

The biggest change between this Suns team and history is that the starting shooting guard changed from Raja Bell to Pietrus.

The size and defensive style of the two are not the same, but they are both defensive champions.

But one-on-one, it is still difficult for them to defend against Sun Hao.

But the moment Sun Hao turned around, he looked up and saw that Marion's defense had arrived!

Many people may not know much about Marion, and their understanding of him stays more in his ugly shooting posture.

True, Marion has some shortcomings.

The ugly posture brings about an unstable three-point shooting rate, and his personal ball-handling ability generally prevents him from becoming a top superstar.

But apart from these two points, Marion's other abilities are all super-all-star.

Top air cutting awareness, finishing ability, running position, top speed and jumping in the forward position, top single defense and assistance defense ability from the second position to the fifth position...

It's hard for you to imagine a 2-meter small forward with 01+ rebounds for most of his career, and even 8+ for several seasons.

Moreover, in addition to this, he can also average 2+ steals and 1.5+ blocks per game!

If these data are placed on Draymond Green, Green can blow himself into the number one insider in NBA history.

Because of the brilliance of Nash and Stoudemire, many people tend to ignore his existence.

But when you actually meet him on the field, you can't ignore him no matter what.

Sun Haochang tried to accelerate past Marion directly, but Pietrus had double-teamed from behind.

And both men have long wingspans, sealing off all his shooting and passing lanes.

He could only choose to turn and dribble outward to break through the double-team, and then dribble back to the three-point line.

Although the ball was not lost, more than half of the offensive time was wasted.

The defensive strength of the Suns can be seen.

And after this offensive attempt, it is difficult to guarantee the success rate if you want to catch Nash.

When Nash was still in the Warriors, no one could wipe his butt for him, but now in the Suns, four people lined up to wipe him!
However, Sun Hao's reaction was also quick, and he directly raised his hand to call for O'Neal to pull up to the high position to pick and roll.

O'Neal's physical fitness is limited now, and keeping him under the basket on the offensive end is the most energy-saving.

But the current situation is not the time to think about those.

O'Neal mentioned the high position, and Sun Hao used the cover to make a mid-range shot.

O'Neill was already big, and after getting fat, he became even bigger, like a mountain of meat.

Pietrus felt that it was impossible for him to go around. In fact, he could only bump into the mountain of meat.

Moreover, Sun Hao is shooting in a single action, and Marion has no time to help defend.

"Shh!"

Basketball hollow into the net.

The Lakers finally broke the scoring drought on the court!

After Sun Hao scored a goal, he high-fived O'Neal and knew how to play the Suns best.

Nash continued to play the pick-and-roll with Stoudemire in the frontcourt. This time the Lakers shrunk, and Nash sent the ball to the bottom corner with an elegant backhand change pass.

Over there, Marion caught the ball and showed off his slightly ugly shooting posture.

"Shh!"

Ugly is ugly, but the ball went in!

Unstable means that the fluctuations are relatively large, and it does not mean that there is no three-point ability.

In fact, in the third and fourth years of his career, in this ugly posture, Marion shot close to 40% of his three-pointers for two consecutive seasons.

Even if the hit rate has declined in recent years, it is close to one-third.

7 is better than 2!

The Suns are opening the score!

Sun Hao's prediction before the game was right, the Suns are their toughest opponent in the playoffs so far!
"I have to say that the combination of this team is perfect."

In the commentary seat, Barkley couldn't help but speak.

Although he is still Sun Chui, he is also a Sun celebrity.

Kenny Smith on the side nodded seriously.

The fact that the Suns were able to turn from the last season to a championship team in an instant last season, and then to integrate offense and defense this season is neither due to D'Antoni nor Nash alone.

But as Barkley said, these players are perfectly matched.

Marion's biggest shortcoming is that he can't hold the ball, but when he gets to Nash, he doesn't need him to attack with the ball at all!
The same is true for Stoudemire, his possession of the ball is even more disastrous than Marion, but beside Nash, he is more comfortable as a starting point for tactics!
Then back to Nash, he couldn't find strong teammates in the Warriors, but in the Suns, they are all strong players!

Not to mention that the Suns are sitting on the bench with a jack-of-all-trades Boris Diaw.

But if the Lakers are either easily defeated, it would be an underestimation of the Lakers and Instant Kill combination.

Before, the fans felt that the Lakers were not working hard, but they couldn't tell where it was.

But in the next round, they quickly discovered the problem.

In the previous games, in order to save O'Neill's meager physical strength, both Sun Hao and O'Neill were using their respective abilities to solve the problem.

Playing against the Spurs, O'Neal focused more on the defensive end, while Sun Hao killed all sides on the offensive end;

When playing against the Warriors, O'Neal has an absolute advantage inside, while Sun Hao plays more on the outside;

But now, the Instant Kill combination has reappeared, and Sun Hao and O'Neal have started to play pick-and-roll consecutively!
The Suns were prepared this time, Thomas couldn't keep up, and Marion helped defend in place in advance.

Because the two teams hadn't played in the playoffs before, Sun Hao wasn't that impressed with Marion's defense ability, so he was a little unprepared for the previous round.

But at this moment, he already had a prediction, and after taking it apart, he was looking in the direction of the bottom corner.

Seeing that Ariza was empty, he knew Marion was on his way to help defend.

A fast pass, the quality of the pass is not better than Payton's, but the advantage lies in the amount of advance.

It was too late for Marion to help defend again.

Stoudemire under the basket hesitated for a moment, but still didn't dare to rush to the bottom corner.

Because after the pick-and-roll, O'Neal didn't stay in place, but moved to the basket.

Ariza got a rare big open, he adjusted his breath, took a look at the box before shooting.

Compared with the previous ball, this ball has much better trajectory and power.

"Shh!"

The result of this change is that basketball hits the net!

7 is better than 5!

Point difference, it's back!

"This is Sun's ability. If you want to easily beat the Lakers, there is no way!"

Barkley shouted from the commentary booth.

Although he is a star of the Suns, it is Sun Hao.

Sun Famous Place?Sorry, I am a famous 76ers!
The Suns had another wave of pick-and-rolls in the frontcourt, but Pietrus missed a 45-degree three-pointer on the right.

The Lakers counterattacked the Suns with a fast break. Sun Hao was unreasonable in his march, and against Nash's defense, he evaded the chasing Marion and smashed the ball into the basket.

7 flats!
The Lakers quickly tied the score!

Nash then played a pick-and-roll with Stoudemire. This time Stoudemire tricked Payton with a mid-range shot and hit the board.

When Stoudemire first entered the league, he was still a dunker who had poor defense and could only fly into the sky and escape from the ground.

After Nash came to the sun, he often needed to swing to play center, and he was forced to improve his defense;

And because D'Antoni was more arranged as the starting point of the pick-and-roll tactics, he developed the CIC.

Although he entered the league a year later than Yao Ming, he has already become a complete body and reached his peak.

9 is better than 7!

The Suns overtook again.

But they didn't lead by 1 minute. Sun Hao and O'Neal lobbed the inside line after the pick-and-roll. O'Neal caught the ball and directly pressed Pietrus to send the ball into the basket.

If this was in the past, he would have to show off a turnaround layup or dunk.

But now, how can I save effort!
9 flats!
After experiencing the opening lead and chasing points, the two teams began to enter a stalemate.

The Suns fell back for a while, and the Lakers took the opportunity to gain a certain lead.

However, O'Neal's physical fitness is so little, Phil Jackson did not choose to keep him on the court in order to maintain the advantage.

Just like the principle of "a full meal or a full meal", with the experience of last season, Jackson has become more and more cautious in using O'Neal.

The Suns took advantage of O'Neal's exit to recover some points.

When both sides began to enter a large-scale rotation, the score on the field was... 24 draws!
The two teams were evenly matched.

This situation is also reasonable.

In this year in history, the Suns eliminated the Lakers and Clippers to advance to the Western Conference Finals, and finally lost 2-4 to the Mavericks who should have won the championship.

But such a result was achieved by letting a Stoudemire!
Now Stoudemire is not injured, and it is normal to be evenly matched with the Lakers.

Because of the fast play, the large number of rounds, and the high energy consumption of the players, both sides performed a nine-man rotation in unison.

The Suns have Barbosa, Pietrus, James Jones, Diaw, Tim Thomas.

For the Lakers, Christie, Finley, Horry, Walker, and Mourning.

In the first round, Horry received a three-pointer from Finley at the bottom corner, but it was a pity that he missed it.

Diaw quickly grabs the defensive rebound.

Take a look at the technical statistics of the Suns, and you will find one very interesting thing, that is, this team has a lot of "short rebounders"!
斯塔德迈尔2米08，马里昂2米01，两人的场均篮板都接近10个，迪奥2米03，场均也有接近5个篮板。

None of these three people is a standard inside height, but they can grab nearly 25 points and rebounds in one game!
The Suns pushed back and Barbosa was lightning fast.

However, Christie has rich defensive experience and started to run back ahead of time, retreating to the backcourt and topping Barbosa's breakthrough route.

Barbosa chooses to split the ball to the right.

In the V-shaped fast break of the Suns, Tim Thomas has followed up to the three-point line on the right side. After receiving the ball, he directly chooses to make an emergency stop and shoot a three-pointer!

Although he has a big mouth, his offensive ability is indeed good. The big man can catch the ball so smoothly and doesn't take many three-pointers.

"Shh!"

He also has a good touch, and the basketball fell into the bag against the net!
After scoring the goal, Thomas pursed his mouth and looked very arrogant.

But if you score a goal, you have awesome capital.

Finley also scored a layup.

But immediately, Barbosa turned around and used the pick-and-roll to pass Mourning's defense and scored a layup!
Walker still didn't have a three-pointer from the bottom corner. This time the Suns didn't start a fast break.

After entering the position, this quarter is only enough for the Suns to play the final attack.

Barbosa pressed the time and played a pick-and-roll with Dior until the last few seconds.

He drove to the basket and was double-teamed by the Lakers, returning the ball to Diaw at the free throw line.

Diaw showed the ability of a "French magician", passing the ball without looking at anyone and hitting the ground to Tim Thomas at the top of the arc behind him.

Thomas took the ball and made a three-pointer.

This time the shot will be even better than the last fast break.

Once again, Thomas seized the opportunity and threw the ball before the buzzer.

The ball traced a high parabola in the air.

The trajectory of the ball looks positive, but the power is a little too strong.

"boom!"

After the ball hit the backboard, it bounced and fell into the net bag!

Thomas didn't even yell after scoring the goal, but waited until Dior came to bump his chest before he turned around and yelled.

"You are lost!"

It was the same familiar sentence, but this time "they" became "you", and it was directed at the Lakers bench.

Zhu Fangyu almost rushed forward to punch him.

There was a burst of cheers at the scene.

He scored 2 three-pointers in just over two minutes of playing, Thomas' performance is not bad!

And more importantly, the Lakers' Horry and Walker's outside response balls all missed.

It felt like Hua Xiong beheaded several generals in succession before Hulao Pass!
At this time, Barkley and Smith unconsciously talked about the interesting thing about the buyout deadline.

Because it was a small role, no one cared about what Thomas said at the beginning, "it will make the Lakers regret it", and it was even just a joke.

It's regrettable that you have such a small role. Maybe you won't be in the NBA after the end of the season.

But just now, his performance attracted everyone's attention.

This is also ability.

Although, his approach is as underwhelming as Draymond Green in history.

"I think Mitch Kupchak should regret it now. Maybe it would have been a good choice to sign him as Walker's substitute."

Kenny Smith even commented that way.

During the intermission, Sun Hao took the initiative to invite Ying.

He wanted to go up and suppress Thomas' arrogance, so that the latter would have a longer memory.

But Phil Jackson disagreed.

And he made an absolutely unexpected substitution.

He replaced Walker with Zhu Fangyu!

(End of this chapter)