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In the second quarter, Stephen only scored four points, but sent out four assists, helping the team maintain the score gap at around seven points. Seeing that his own fans have been falling behind in the score, the fans at the scene gave the home team Fuel it up and try to wake up their aggression and aggression.

For the Suns, the loss of Amare Stoudemire is not only the score of [-] points per game, but the attack point of the Suns' internal attack. Except for Amare Stoudemire, the Suns There are no players who can score stably at the basket. Diaw's scoring ability is not strong. Although Tim Thomas and Kurt Thomas are inside players, their shooting habits are biased towards the outside.

In the position of two meters from the basket, the Suns have no player who can stand here and take the ball to attack. The only player who can score at the basket is the breakthrough of Barbosa and others. Before Meyer was injured, although the Suns were running and bombing, they did not blindly shoot from the outside like this season.

It is also an opportunity, and the chances of scoring at the basket are naturally greater. Even if Nash can always find a teammate in the open space, even if it is open, the open space inside the three-point line is different from the open space at the basket. No matter what , the closer to the basket, the higher the shooting rate. This law is true.

Now for the Suns, they rely too much on the touch of outside shooting players. Once they lose their touch or have poor touch, their offensive efficiency will be greatly reduced. At this time, they must rely on breakthroughs to open up the situation. There are only a few players who break through, and the breakthrough is only a temporary measure. You can't win the game by breaking through.

The basketball game is like this. To be able to play inside and outside, you must have the ability to score at the basket and outside. Before Jordan, the law of winning championships was to have a tall center inside and a three-point shooter outside. The appearance of Jordan broke the first One law, but the second is still valid, and the Bulls' scoring ability at the basket was not weak at that time. Jordan's own breakthrough ability and triangle offensive tactics were combined, allowing the team to win the championship without a tall insider.

But this exception is only valid for Jordan. After Jordan, any team that wins the championship cannot do without the combination of inside and outside. There is a strong inside line.

When Amare Stoudemire was there, not to mention whether the defense was strong or not, at least the offensive ability could not be considered bad, and the Suns didn't need any defense at all, and Amare Stoudemire was really good at offense. He is a good player, but unfortunately, injuries have seriously affected his attendance.

Nash was able to bring the team to this point without him. It is really extraordinary, but that's all. Now the Suns' offensive ability has not diminished, but the offense has deviated. Relying on the outside, the offense is unbalanced, but the Spurs play very well with the combination of the inside, and it is normal to lead.

Faced with this situation, D'Antoni has no choice no matter how many tricks he has. His strength and talent are not as good as others. The tactical system can only make up for talent but not replace it. The Suns only rely on Nash's talent to drive a bunch of players. It is very difficult for role players to beat the more overall Spurs.

D'Antoni has carried out several personnel rotations. Even Nikloz Sgotishvili, who has never played before, was sent on the court by him for a while, but he found that it would be better not to change him, so he quickly replaced him. If it goes on, he knows that this will hurt the players' self-esteem, it may make the players resent him, or it will make the players lose confidence, but at this time he can't care about it.

If the team fails in the division finals, although it will not affect his work, he is not willing to see the failure. He still wants to go further. In his hands, the Suns have never reached the finals. , the closest position is the divisional finals, and he really wants to go further.

Nash performed very well. He scored [-] assists in the second quarter and scored more than [-] points. He was still as good as ever in motivating his teammates, but the gap of [-] points was like a slap in the face The natural danger in front of him is the same, no matter how hard he tries, he can't narrow the gap.

At the end of the first half, the Suns still have a seven-point gap with the Spurs. At this time, the Suns players gradually realized the reality. If they fail, this is already the last game. Who will be there next season? Not necessarily, the victory of the last game and the superiority and relaxation of the home court disappeared without a trace, and the momentum of the underdog returned to them.

The two sides returned to the court in the second half. The lead of the whole half also made the Spurs a little slack, while the Suns were like a rainbow. Although Nash did not play at the beginning of the rest, the offense of the Suns No delay at all.

Barbosa, who replaced Nash, scored five points for the Suns with a three-pointer and lightning breakthrough, but the Spurs' second offense still missed. After returning, James Jones made another three-pointer, and the Spurs scored seven points His advantage was immediately wiped out, and he still owed one point.

At this time, the Spurs came to their senses. Stephen stepped forward and scored No. 16 points in the game, and brought the score back again. However, Marion made a mid-range shot from the Suns. The Suns took the lead again.

The game went on like this, no one could do anything about it. The Suns' offense was extremely sharp, but the Spurs were not vegetarians, especially Stephen, who changed his assist mode in the first half and started to pursue his own scoring. In just a short while, he got six points, increasing his own score to twenty points.

Although Marion has tried his best to limit him, the Stephen in this game is no longer the Stephen in the last game. He has conducted special research on his own offensive shortcomings and Marion's defensive characteristics. After correcting his own mistakes, Stephen also tried not to make the same mistakes again, which made it very difficult for Marion to catch his mistakes.

At this time, D'Antoni quickly seized the opportunity and sent Nash, who had just rested for a while, to the court again. Although Nash had only rested for a while, his physical fitness was not long, but at this time there is still a time to worry about physical fitness, even if it is overdrawn Physical strength, you have to win this game, otherwise, what's the use of keeping your physical strength.

At this time, the fans of the Suns called Nash's name and the slogan of "the best player" with a more enthusiastic and unrestrained voice than before, hoping that Nash could lead them to win the game again and realize their championship dream.

And Nash did not live up to their expectations. As soon as he came on the court, he assisted Tim Thomas to make a three-pointer, and then he scored two more points. Although the Spurs also scored two points, they managed to close the gap. As big as three points.

This is the strength of Nash. Except for his own scoring, no one can drive his teammates to score better than him. After Ginobili scored two points, Nash assisted Marion to score two points. Stephen He paid too much attention to Nash's actions in defense and ignored Marion.

Van Exel's shot missed, but Stephen grabbed the rebound, but Ginobili's shot also missed, and Marion got the rebound. After returning, the Suns also missed. The rebound was still taken by Marion.

Popovich immediately yelled at Stephen on the sidelines about rebounds and rebounds. Stephen was next to Marion on these two rebounds, but they both missed. Why didn't Popovich get angry? Fortunately, Stephen made up for it right away. , a fast-break layup after a steal, the Spurs stabilized the situation again. At this time, there were only more than 2 minutes left in the third quarter, and Hubie Brown, who was in charge of broadcasting the game, believed that now It is the most critical time for the two teams.

When he grabbed a rebound again, Stephen was secretly pushed by Marion in the air, and Stephen fell to the ground with a plop, but the ball was still firmly held by Stephen, and the referee signaled the game as if he hadn't seen it. keep going.

After all, this is the opponent's home field. In the next attack, Stephen tripped over Marion and maintained his balance, but Marion stole the ball from his hand. Stephen couldn't care less about following the opponent. Angry, he ran over in a hurry, and together with Van Exel stopped the opponent's fast break.

Van Exel reminded Stephen to be careful in a low voice, that is, he should not be caught by the opponent, and he should not be angry with these small actions. In the next game, Stephen successfully seized an opportunity, causing the opponent A mistake, after coming back, he assisted Van Exel to hit a two-pointer.

The score was staggered forward point by point. In the last minute, both sides had an attack. Stephen took advantage of his own strength and squeezed steadily to the basket. While making a layup, he caused a foul by Tim Thomas.

Stephen made a free throw, and the Suns had the ball. Nash used Marion's screen to get an open opportunity. He had just made a shot and the ball had just left his palm. A big hand appeared in front of it and blocked the ball. After landing, Ginobili picked up the ball and quickly dribbled it to the basket. Facing the chasing James Jones and Marion, Ginobili threw the ball into the air, and Stephen was like a train from behind. Booming over, jumping in the air to catch the ball, smashing it into the hoop with both hands.

At the end of the third quarter, although the Spurs were overtaken by the Suns to equalize several times, in the end, relying on Stephen's excellent performance, they widened the gap to four points again. The fans did not dare to relax at all, and kept staring at the court.