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In this game, the Spurs set up the starting lineup of center Muhammad, power forward Duncan, small forward Stephen, shooting guard Michael Finley, and point guard Tony Parker at the end of the regular season and the beginning of the playoffs, while the Suns Center Boris Diaw, power forward Tim Thomas, small forward Marion, shooting guard Lagabel, and point guard two-time best player Nash.

Both sides have nothing new in the lineup. Although the Spurs' starting lineup has been changing, it changes according to the opponent. In the first game against the Suns, Popovich still believed in this lineup. The inside and outside are relatively balanced, with both offense and defense. The reason why Muhammad was used instead of Nesterovic is not only the enthusiasm of the game, but also Muhammad's better mobility.

The Suns don’t have any real center. The original center, Amare Stoudemire, has the height and skills of a big forward. Now that Amare Stoudemire is injured, Boris Dio Bista Dedal is shorter and more maneuverable, not because his scoring ability is not too high, Popovich wants to transfer Stephen to the center position to defend him.

In the first game, both sides were thinking about testing, but relatively speaking, the Suns thought about it more simply. They only needed to use offense to test the opponent's defense, and they didn't need to think about defense. At the same time, you have to see if your defense can block the opponent's attack, and then you have to strengthen your own offense.

In the first round of the opening game, the Suns used their iconic seven-second running and bombing tactic. After passing the midfield line, Nash passed to Dior, and Dior gave Lagabel a cover and handed it to Lagabel. Bell shot directly. Although the ball missed, the Suns' offense was completed very well.

The emergence of Dior solved the problem that the Suns relied too much on Nash's passing. Although he is [-] meters tall, he has a unique skill in passing. Defense has brought great difficulties, otherwise the Suns would not have won the first record in the division after losing Joe Johnson, sending away Quentin Richardson, and reimbursed Stoudemire. The real record ranks third in the West.

You must know that compared with the Suns of last season, the Suns this season did not sacrifice one or two players. They changed three starters at once. Quentin Richardson averaged 26 points and [-] rebounds per game. With two assists, Joe Johnson averaged [-] points, five rebounds and [-] assists per game, and Stoudemire Jr. averaged [-] points and nine rebounds per game.

Three people add up to 58 points and [-] rebounds. This kind of large-scale personnel change is very serious to the strength of the team, because you can't find three players who are the same as them, but that's how the Suns are. Still reached the position of the Western Conference Finals, so it is normal to award the best player in the regular season to Nash again, because any team that has undergone such changes cannot be reborn like the Suns.

However, the Suns' lineup also has an obvious problem, that is, their bench lineup is very weak. Of course, not every team has some super luxurious to extravagant bench lineups like the Spurs, but the Suns' bench lineup It is indeed too weak.

The Suns play an eight-man rotation. In addition to "Brazilian Lightning" Barbosa, there are James Jones and Eddie House, and these three are all outside players. It can be said that the Suns basically have no real insiders. Player, Sean Marion is a standard small forward, but in the Suns, he often has to play the position of power forward, doing hard work like grabbing rebounds, blocking shots and defending. , Almost rarely go to the basket, the Suns' basket is always someone else's position.

The Spurs' first offense was still initiated by Duncan. Stephen faced Marion's defense, and it felt like he had stepped up to another level compared to Josh Howard. Marion was similar in height to Josh Howard, but his wingspan was far greater than At the same time, because he often fights against big inside players, Marion is also much better than Josh Howard in the use of strength. This sudden pairing, Stephen really feels a little difficult to parry.

What Stephen doesn't know is that this is also related to how much Marion attaches importance to him. The current Stephen is not the Stephen at the beginning of the season, nor is it the Stephen in the season. From a player to a backup player with both offense and defense, then he became the team's main player, and then he became a phenomenal player.

Every once in a while, everyone's evaluation of Stephen will add another level, especially at the end of the season, when Stephen's best rookie is already sure, no one dares to underestimate Stephen, and with Stephen Farther and farther away from the Spurs in the playoffs, Stephen is also getting more and more attention from opponents.

Although he only played one rookie season, when all the media mentioned Stephen, they compared Stephen with James in [-], Duncan in [-], Iverson in [-], and O'Neal in [-]. Thinking that Stephen is the only rookie in this draft who has the potential to grow into a super player, how can such an evaluation not be taken seriously.

If Stephen is still an unknown person, or just an ordinary main player in the starting lineup, Marion will never come to defend him. The Suns player at the power forward position is Tim Thomas. He has the same characteristics as Robert Horry. It's similar, he likes to shoot from the outside, and this is the main reason why the Suns transferred him to the starting lineup. In this case, under normal circumstances, Marion should go to defend star power forwards like Duncan, but in terms of tactical arrangements before the game However, D'Antoni told Marion that his task in this game is to focus on defending Stephen. As for Duncan, he had to let it go for a while. D'Antoni still believes that outside players like Stephen are more threatening to the Suns. .

In fact, Lagabel is also a very good defensive player. If Lagabel is to defend Stephen and Marion is to defend Duncan, this is also a better choice, but Lagabel is against a technical player like Kobe. It's okay, to deal with Stephen's powerful players, D'Antoni thinks it's better for Marion to defend.

Lagabel is not as tall as Stephen, let alone in strength and jumping, so D'Antoni is worried that if he doesn't do this, neither of them can defend well, and let the Spurs open both inside and outside, that is not what the Suns can do. manageable.

D'Antoni also watched the sixth game between the Spurs and the Mavericks. He still remembers the performance of Duncan and Stephen, so he would rather lock up one and let the other play, rather than let the two play. Individuals play.

If Marion defends Duncan and Lagabell defends Stephen, both of them will be small and big, and they will suffer physically. Although Duncan has a bigger name and more experience, it is just like this. , D'Antoni felt that Duncan was not so easy to defend, especially his passing and coping ability could not be limited by defense.

And no matter how good Stephen is, he is only a rookie. At this time, no one is talking about Stephen's status as a second-round pick. With the dust of the best rookie settled, everyone regards Stephen as the No. [-] pick Treated, so D'Antoni felt that it would be better to let Marion defend Stephen well, limit this point, and then win more points through offense.

He has never considered the defense of the whole team. It is impossible. At least Nash is a huge loophole. Instead of trying to make up for the weakness, it is better to use the offense to score more points than the opponent to win the game. It is D'Antoni's basketball philosophy.

Feeling the huge pressure on defense, Stephen didn't try to force Marion, but passed the ball back to Duncan. According to the tactics, Duncan was still the first to execute and shoot the tactics. Even if the tactics were not followed, the players in front of Duncan The defense is basically equal to nothing, and it should be Duncan's shot.

Stephen has learned the relationship between teamwork and victory when he was at the University of Southern California. When he arrived at the Spurs, he has always accepted that it is a team basketball style of play. Although signs of individual heroism appear in Stephen's heart from time to time, but Stephen still suppressed this thought very well.

Because Stephen knows that this is a wrong idea. Personal heroism is not impossible, but it must be within a suitable control range. It is impossible to win the game by one's own performance. Almighty can't be done, Stephen thinks he is still not as good as James, and Stephen doesn't want to play as hard as James.

Of course, when the team falls behind, or when someone needs to stand up to break the deadlock in the stalemate, Stephen will also stand up unceremoniously. If you don't take advantage of this time to perform, when is the time to perform, what the fans want to see is their own idol Ride the savior alone or save the team from danger.

Duncan easily bypassed Tim Thomas' defense, and then hit a rebound in front of Diaw. Although the ball missed, Duncan grabbed the rebound again, and then took off to put the ball into the basket. The [-] cm height gap is not so easy to make up of.

The offense of the Suns was still so fast and fluent. After only two passes, Tim Thomas made a shot. This time it did not fail. Both sides scored two points. There were no good shots, but Stephen was running to create a chance for Tony Parker, blocking Nash behind him, and then Tony Parker made a throw.

This does not belong to the scope of tactics, it is a small cooperation between players. Stephen is very aware of Tony Parker's ability. Both are very fast and direct, but they lack a certain amount of variation and require a certain amount of shooting space. If there is a defender, Tony Parker's shooting rate will be seriously affected.

However, Stephen's screen was not in vain. After the Suns made another offensive hit, Tony Parker suddenly passed the ball to Stephen when Stephen sneaked to the basket, but Duncan stepped back at this time and blocked it for Stephen. After passing Marion, Stephen unceremoniously got up and made a dunk.

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