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Chapter 142 Point guard Lianfeng, online!
The Warriors in the Curry era completely turned small ball play into the mainstream, and this season's Suns are the first team to use small ball tactics to achieve results.

The media praised the Suns like this: "Successfully got rid of the dilemma of not having tall players, and achieved success with small players."

And the next opponent of the Hornets is this enthusiastic Suns team.It can be said that the Suns at this time are the most distinctive team in the league.

As Lian Feng gradually adapts to the point guard style of play, the Hornets' winning percentage can basically be maintained above 50%, which is good news.

But what they have to face is the real favorite to win this season, the Suns led by Nash.

At the tactical discussion meeting before the game, a scouting report was sent in front of everyone.There are very professional and detailed Suns player analysis above.

"Nash, an extremely imaginative point guard, the MVP of two consecutive seasons, the first foreign player in history to win the MVP of the regular season, this season he performed even better than the previous two seasons!"

Looking at Nash's statistics, Lian Feng couldn't help but feel admiration.

"So far, they averaged 19.6 points and 11.9 assists per game, with a career-high shooting percentage of 54% and 47% of three-pointers. Although the team's current record is 3 wins and 6 losses, it has improved by leaps and bounds since the 10th game. It has won 4 consecutive victories."

And Lian Feng knows that 4 consecutive victories are not the end. If the original historical development is followed, they will set a record in team history with 17 consecutive victories.

However, if we meet us in this game, then the 17-game winning streak is open to question.

In addition to Nash, other Suns players should not be underestimated.

Stoudemire, Marion, Diaw, Bell, and Barbosa are all players that can be mentioned individually.

From the starter to the sixth man on the bench, all the main players of this Suns team scored in double figures.

Just horrible.

Byron Scott carefully analyzed the situation of the Suns, and then said: "Whether this game can be won, the key point is not to be led by their rhythm, but to let them enter our rhythm!"

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And the Suns far away in Phoenix are also analyzing the Hornets.

Their focus is naturally Lian Feng.

In the past two seasons, the Italian coach Medac Anthony has been in the limelight. As the promoter of small ball tactics, he has become a tactical master in the NBA.The scoring average of 111 points per game is the highest in the league.

McAnthony said: "At the offensive end, David West's movement speed is difficult to keep up with our footsteps. Tyson Chandler's athletic ability is good, but he is a center after all, and there is still a gap with the guards. We need to use more continuous pick-and-roll tactics to disrupt their defensive matchups!"

"Defensively... There is no doubt that their firepower is on Lian Feng and David West. Both of them have good mid-range, so our defensive focus is to fill people near the mid-line. We move very fast. We must do a good job in defense and don't give them the opportunity to shoot from mid-range."

"In addition, focus on taking care of Lian Feng's breakthrough."

Some players asked: "Don't you need to pay attention to Lianfeng's three-pointers?"

McAnthony thought for a while: "Normal defense is enough. His three-point shooting percentage is about 34%, and he averages 2.2 shots per game. His efficiency is not high."

In the end, McAnthony applauded and encouraged: "Guys, win this game! The Hornets' weakness is obvious. Their No. 1 position is a weakness. They used tight press to limit Bobby Jackson at the beginning. His passing vision is very mediocre. He will give us a chance!"

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This matchup is the Hornets' home game, and the Suns challenge the Hornets away.

The fans in Oklahoma City are very loyal, and they can even be described as fanatical.The Hornets did not disappoint the attendance of the fans. Of the past 9 defeats, only 2 were at home in Oklahoma City.

Therefore, the fans always see the team winning at home, and the continuous victories constantly stimulate the brains of the home fans, secreting dopamine to make them happy, excited, and excited.

"As long as it's in our home court, the Hornets will win! We obviously, Oklahoma City will bring good luck to this team, we even think the Hornets should actually move them to Oklahoma City!"

Under such an atmosphere, as soon as the Suns players entered the arena, they were warmly greeted by the home fans.

"Fack squid, Nash!"

"Fack squid, Stoudemire!"

"Fack squid, Marion!"

Nash didn't care about that.Stoudemire said to Nash very disdainfully: "I'm going to dunk their big center later, and I have to cover up their ace scorer! Let's see if they can still be so noisy."

Nash looked up at Lian Feng over there, and laughed: "Don't forget, he dunked Bogut."

Stoudemire smiled contemptuously: "Who is Bogut? When I jumped up, I couldn't even see him. Hey Steve, don't be ambitious, we will win, they don't have the ability to defend our offense within 7 seconds."

Nash laughed loudly and patted Stoudemire on the shoulder: "Let's go, we are going to shake hands with our opponent!"

Then, the game officially started.

The moment Lian Feng stepped onto the court, he had already put aside his distracting thoughts.

Play like a real point guard today!
Lian Feng told himself silently, "No problem, I will not be Jordan in this game, I will be Johnson!"

After the kick-off, it was Stoudemire who jumped to the ball.

The Suns did not give the ball to Nash at the first time, but gave it to Lagabel, who was the closest, and then the 196-centimeter shooting guard quickly advanced with the ball like an organizer.

At the same time, all the members of the Suns rushed to the audience.

This is the first time the Hornets have faced the Suns this season, and this unconventional style of play made them a little unresponsive.

Lian Feng found Nash immediately and defended him man-to-man.

However, Nash just shook his head and didn't care about Lian Feng's defense.

Lian Feng secretly felt something was wrong, he suddenly turned his head and saw that the two players of the Suns, Marion and Barbosa, had arrived in the frontcourt.

At this time, the Hornets fell into a short-term defensive chaos, and everyone was looking for their own defensive targets. The first to run to the basket were Tyson Chandler and Desmond Mason.

Lian Feng groaned inwardly.

Three-on-two, the Suns used a classic bullhorn tactic very skillfully: Lagabell held the ball against Desmond Mason's defense without slowing down, and Tyson Chandler was attracted to the defense at this time.

Then, Marion cuts in.

The ball did not stop at all, and was passed to Barbosa in the middle, and Tyson Chandler defended.

Then, the ball was handed over to Marion, who cut from the baseline, and he opened up for a layup and scored easily.

And the whole process from when Lagabel started holding the ball to the end of the offense took less than 5 seconds.

Lian Feng was silent.

This is run and bomb.

An attack is completed in less than 7 seconds. Although Nash is needed as the starting point most of the time, it does not mean that other people cannot be the starting point of the attack.

The bullhorn tactics they just used in the process of advancing quickly caused a situation of overplaying and underplaying. In fact, every NBA team uses it, but none of them are as smooth as the Suns.

Each of them can make three points on the horns and can be used fluidly at high speeds, no matter who has the ball.

This is the most terrible.

And this is not the most essential difference between the Suns and other teams.

This kind of tactic, most of the time in other teams, will stop for a while during a certain ball flow, and then become a position to play positional warfare.

But the Suns only have two styles of play: fast break and attack with a fast break rhythm.That is, when the fast break loses the opportunity, the defender is still in a short-term defensive chaos, and the team still does not change the offensive rhythm, and conducts an offense based on outside shooting.

While other teams almost only use this style of play when they are behind in the final clock, the Suns are every possession.

The 76ers had already experienced this kind of running and bombing last season, but after being trained by Byron Scott at this time, Lian Feng had a deeper understanding of this tactic.

Then, he stood in the position of receiving the serve.

Seeing this scene, Nash showed a surprised expression.

"Double guard play?"

However, after Lian Feng held the ball to the top of the arc, he used a Paul-style gesture to direct other players to settle down, which seemed to be declaring: Point guard Lian Feng, go online!

(End of this chapter)