NBA backer king

Chapter 585 The Derby Battle with Dayao
27th, game day.

That evening, the American West Arena was crowded with people inside and outside, at least a quarter of them were Chinese.

With the development of these years, the number of Chinese in Phoenix has reached [-]. The city government has always insisted on the policy of attracting Chinese, and the effect is still somewhat.

The media publicized this match as a China*China Derby. Lao Wang and Dayao were the leaders of the Suns and Nets respectively, and were in the same position, so the attention was extremely high, and Chinese people from Phoenix and nearby cities flocked.

Before six o'clock, Zhang Lili and Su Qun brought the photography team to the Meixi Arena.

Seeing such a hot ball market, Lao Zhang said with emotion: "After Tie Jun left the Suns, the Suns ate the championship bonus for about three years, and then the record dropped seriously, and they couldn't make it to the playoffs. The ball market degraded seriously. There were very few times when the seats were full, and even if the tickets dropped again, they couldn't save the ball market. Now the ball market is finally back."

"Director Zhang, Su Qun."

When we entered, some Chinese journalists who saw Lao Zhang and the others came up to say hello.

Now in the United States, there are many domestic reporters dedicated to covering the NBA. One group follows Dayao, and the other follows Pharaoh. There are as many as dozens of them.

At 07:30, the two sides announced the starting list.

Nets: Yao Min, Aaron Williams, Richard Jefferson, Corey Kiddles, Kidd

Suns: Wang Tiejun, Amare Stoudemire, Marion, Anfernee Hardaway, Nash
The game was broadcast live by TNT across the United States. TNT purchased the most live broadcasts of the Suns in the United States this season, with a total of 32 games. TNT accounted for 20 games, and several other broadcasters added up to 12 games.

Barkley analyzed: "The Nets have left Kean Van Horn, and their strength has declined compared to last season. However, Chad Jefferson, which they acquired from Mosaic, has grown up and has a certain benefit to the strength. Therefore, the strength of this season is still at the forefront of the Eastern Conference.

Comparing the Nets and the Suns, even though Yao is very strong, but without a good power forward, I think the strength of the Nets' inside combination is definitely not as good as the Suns.

On the outside, Hardaway's current injury is still a problem, and he can only provide 8 points per game. However, Marion and Nash can both provide 15+ points, and there is still room for their scoring abilities to be tapped. "

Kenny Smith said: "Last season, Marion almost hit 20+10 data, so far, he is 18 points+9 data, and his strength has declined.

His data dropped, of course, because of the old K, which led to a decrease in shots, but with the old K's restraint in the low position, Marion's efficiency improved a little. "

Barkley went on to say: "In comparison, the Suns are actually not weaker than the Nets on the offensive end. The only question is whether Kidd's control of Nash at the first position can destroy the Suns' offense."

Kenny Smith said: "The current offensive system of the Suns is still based on positional warfare. If the fast break can be played, it will be played. If it cannot be played, it will immediately switch to positional warfare. Although Kidd's defense is at the top level, it is impossible for him to prevent Nash from being unable to pass for the old K."

Barkley nodded and said: "So I think that once encountering a strong defensive point guard opponent or a strong defensive team, the Suns should focus on positional warfare. Nash can switch to a shooter. He, Marion and Hardaway can all shoot three-pointers, and he should be the most accurate one."

In China, because it was Saturday, countless fans sat in front of the TV, and the sports center on Fengshen Street was still crowded with people.

At eight o'clock, the game begins.

Wang Tiejun and Dayao jumped the ball. When the ball was tossed up, Dayao pretended not to jump at all. He knew he couldn't jump.

"The Suns are attacking. Old K has entered the basket. Dayao quickly catch up!" Su Qun shouted excitedly just after the game started.

Seeing Lao Wang running towards the basket, Dayao hurriedly followed.

His weight is controlled at 130 kilograms. Like Lao Wang, his lower limbs are strong and strong. Since he joined the Iron Army training camp at the age of 15, the training plan Lao Wang has made for him has always focused on the training of moving speed, especially lateral movement. In addition, his stride is very large, so the speed is actually good. When transferring offense and defense, as long as he has enough energy, he can play fast breaks.

After following into the basket, he adopted the way of going around, leaning his back on Lao Wang, and stretched his arms back, blocking the possibility of Lao Wang bypassing him to catch the ball.

Lao Wang immediately pushed forward with all his strength, causing Dayao's upper body to bend forward and his feet to loosen.

However, Dayao's foot was very stable. Although his upper body was shaken by the push, he could barely stand on his feet. After several confrontations, although he finally pushed Dayao away, he ran out of three seconds to attack, so he had to leave the paint first.

Dayao followed, and the penalty area was empty. Nash tried to break through, but was blocked by Kidd. The breakthrough failed, and he quickly transferred the ball to Marion.

Marion's offensive ability with the ball is not good, he gets the ball and passes it down immediately, the left wing is low, Lao Wang catches the ball, singles Yao, misses the hook, and the Nets attack.

Zhang Lili said: "It can be said that Dayao was trained by Tie Jun. Although his upper body strength is not very strong, his lower body is very stable. Look at his legs, especially his thighs, they are too thick!
Tie Jun's idea is that he doesn't want Dayao to maintain a large tonnage. The large tonnage has a great negative effect on the lower body joints and feet, but the light tonnage can't stand at a low position, so he strengthened Dayao's lower body strength training.

As you can see, Dayao's knees have very well-developed small muscle groups, which have been specially exercised, which can have a strong protective effect on the knee joints. "

Su Qun nodded and said, "Now there are very few centers who can make Dayao unstoppable in a confrontation, that is, Old K and O'Neal have some advantages. Even if Duncan and Garnett play against Dayao, their strength and quality are stronger, but the tonnage is smaller, so don't even think about pushing Dayao."

In the TNT commentary seat, Barkley said: "The Suns failed their first offense. Facing Kidd's defense, Nash was restricted and could not break through as he wanted before. Then the Suns must pay attention to this situation, because once they enter the playoffs, Nash will only be more tightly defended."

"So in the playoffs, the Suns should still focus on half-court battles, and play defensive counterattacks on the fast break." Kenny Smith said.

At this time, the Nets came to the frontcourt and played a traditional positional battle with the center as the core. Yao went down to the low post on the left wing to demand the ball.

I tried it just now, this time Pharaoh did not engage in a strong confrontation, but took a step to defend.

The game against the Nets is not very important, just touch the opponent's foundation, and there is no need to consume each other with Dayao, unless they meet in the finals.

Dayao stood up neatly, stuck his left elbow in place, and hit a sideways hook. Lao Wang went up to block the block, and the ball passed his palm and slammed down the basket with precision.

"Beautiful! Dayao's hooks are good, and he learned his hooks from old K. When he entered the league in 00, his hooks had already reached the top level." Su Qun introduced.

Sun attack.

D'Antoni shouted from the sidelines and asked Stoudemire to come out and do a pick-and-roll with Nash.

First, Nash can get rid of Kidd's defense and give full play to his breakthrough ability. With the old K in the low post, the breakthrough tactics will be very strong, just like O'Neal and Jordan's breakthrough tactics, which are very threatening.

Secondly, Stoudemire's ability to move down is very strong, and the effect of playing pick-and-rolls with Nash in the team training game is very good. Whether it is a dunk or a small throw near the basket, Stoudemire is still good. The impact on the basket is very strong.

Sure enough, after using the wall to get rid of Kidd, Nash changed his direction and bypassed Aaron Williams, who was changing defense, and went into the paint, forcing Yao to return to the basket.

"boom!"

When Lao Wang saw Nash throw the ball, he immediately jumped up, caught the ball in the air, and made a dunk directly across Dayao.

"Di!"

The referee's whistle blew and pointed at Dayao, who staggered and got a blocking foul.

Barkley said with a smile: "In the rush-point tactics, I don't think the cooperation between Nash and the old K will be worse than the cooperation between Michael and O'Neal back then, because Nash's passing is better than Michael's."

Kenny Smith said: "It won't be better, because Nash doesn't have Michael's ability to attract double teams."

Barkley sighed and said: "It's good to be that strong. If it weren't for the old K, Michael and O'Neal teamed up, both belonged to the peak period. I would not be surprised that they played a dynasty in those few years."

"It's just fate, the 90s is the era of old K." Kenny Smith laughed.

Barkley nodded and said: "From the beginning of the 90/91 season to the end of the 99/00 season, in ten seasons, Jordan has three championships, and Dameng counts as one championship. In fact, he only has one third, haha..."

"This damn flying pig!" Dameng yelled at his home.

Barkley continued to say with a smile: "Old K won three championships with the Suns, and the Lakers have a three-peat dynasty, with a total of six championships. In ten seasons, he monopolized six championships. Of course, the 90s was his era.

But I was the core of his first championship in the Suns, so I actually counted two championships in these ten seasons, and won the championship as a core. Old K can only count as five championships in ten years. Is it okay for me to count like this? "

Kenny Smith joked: "Then you can only count as one championship, and the dream of the second championship is the core."

"Kenny is not bad, he is my old buddy for many years."

In front of the TV, Dameng was very relieved, and suddenly sneered again: "Charles, I just don't know what old K would think if you counted his six crowns in ten years as five crowns in ten years?"

"Ah owe! Ah owe! Ah owe!"

Barkley suddenly sneezed three times in the commentary booth.

At the American West Arena, the game continues.

Lao Wang didn't play violently. After entering the basket for the first time to no avail, he mainly used hooks for nearly two points and two points.

To be honest, he didn't have much interest in playing Dayao, who he had trained by himself. After one game, he only scored 28 points and his shooting percentage was 61%.

In addition, he also grabbed 18 rebounds, sent 9 assists and 5 big blocks. Among them, Dayao took 4 blocks from him and stole 3 times from Dayao.

On the contrary, facing the big brother who trained him, Dayao had a strong desire to attack and hoped to challenge it. However, under the defense of Lao Wang, he made 19 of 8 shots and a shooting percentage of 42.1%, which was not as good as normal. In addition, he made 5 of 5 free throws and scored 21 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, 4 turnovers and 4 fouls.

After the game, the Suns won the Nets by 8 points.

After the game, Zhang Lili smiled and said: "The result of this game shows a problem. The strength of the East is indeed weaker than that of the West. It has already shown a situation where the West is strong and the East is weak. After the Iron Army retired, with the sharks traveling westward, the situation that Mr. David Stern created in the past has been completely broken."

Su Qun nodded and said, "Indeed, the Suns are not the strongest in the West, and K didn't attack with all his strength today, and he still won against the Nets. One is that the Suns' lineup is not bad, and the other is that the Nets can dominate the East, but they are not the best in the West."

Zhang Lili said: "The main reason why the Nets play against the Suns is that the inside combination is not as good as the Suns. Although Yao has reached the level of a top center, he is definitely not as good as the Tiejun, and Stoudemire is much better than the marginal power forward of the Nets.

If the Nets want a championship, they must strengthen the fourth position. Dayao is still short of a good helper, and the bench lineup must also be strengthened. "

On the TNT commentary table, Barkley analyzed: "It is certain that the West is strong and the East is weak. The formation of this situation is due to Shark's Journey to the West and the comeback of Old K.

The Sharks' Journey to the West directly allowed the Lakers to complete the reconstruction and immediately returned to the championship. The old K's comeback also made the Suns a championship-level super team, making the competition in the West more intense, and at the same time making the West's strength against the East more obvious. "

Kenny Smith analyzed: "The league should vigorously support the East, Nets, Pistons, and Philadelphia. If these strong teams cannot compete with the Western powers, the balance between the East and the West will be lost, resulting in the loss of viewing in the Finals."

Barkley said with a smile: "So this season's playoffs, the Western Conference will definitely be more attractive, and the Western Conference Finals is likely to replace the Finals and become the series with the highest ratings in the playoffs."

David Stern is thinking about how to change this situation at this time.

The Behemoth hegemony he created before was indeed a success, maintaining its popularity for four seasons. The ratings of the finals of those four seasons were getting higher and higher year by year.

And the current situation where the east is weak and the west is strong is not what he wants to see, what he wants is balance.

The Nets can support them, as well as Philadelphia. The Pistons' record is still good, but he doesn't like the Pistons' style of play and has no plans to support them. If the Pistons reach the finals, the ratings may drop.

In addition, there are Pacers in the east. Although Ewing ran away, they got O'Neal from the Magic and Ron Artest from the Bulls.

In addition, the western powers need to suppress it. In addition to the Suns, the money offensive of the Blazers owner Paul Allen has destroyed the balance of the league.

However, old K came back, and his state is still very brave. The Suns are good now and will only get stronger in the future. He feels that there is a need for a team that can compete with the Suns, and the Blazers and the Lakers are such teams with luxurious lineups, so the degree of suppression should not be too severe.

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(End of this chapter)