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Chapter 130. Nash, Son of the Wind Returns to Phoenix
The Lakers felt the power of this pair of twins who looked weird today.

There is good news for the Lakers before the start of the game. Bledsoe will not be able to play today, and the pressure on the Lakers' back line has dropped a lot.

As a result, the Suns made adjustments to the starting lineup and became Dragic, PJ Tucker, Gerald Green, Markieff Morris, and Marcus Morris.

The starters for the Lakers are Nash, McCollum, Liu Ren, Gasol, and Thackeray.

Before the competition started, Liu Ren saw a No. 11 and a No. 13 with the same name and the same appearance. Although he saw it once last month, he still thought it was too ridiculous.

The league's regulations are that if players on the same team have the same last name, the first letter of the first name should be added before the last name above the back number.

But the younger brother Marcus and the older brother Markieff both start with M and have exactly the same back view. No wonder Liu Ren feels weird.

In fact, if you look carefully, there is still a little difference between the two. The younger brother Marcus is two centimeters shorter than the older brother Markieff, which is about the difference of a finger. You can still see the difference with a ruler.

"beep"

The referee blows his whistle and throws the ball into the air.

Thackeray and Brother Big Morris Jump Ball!

Thackeray's jumping is average, and the Morris brothers are not very good physical players. The big Morris plays the center because he is a finger taller than the young Morris.

So Thackeray won the jump ball miraculously, and the Lakers went first.

Nash advances with the ball!

Back at Phoenix's home court, the fans cheered loudly when they saw Nash take the ball.

Seeing the No. 13 jersey everywhere in the center of the air corridor, Nash was agitated, but tried to calm himself down.

In this arena dedicated to his peak years, Nash didn't want to disappoint.

Liu Ren asked for the ball habitually after Nash dribbled for half court, but Nash didn't give it, but made a gesture for a pick-and-roll.

Liu Ren was stunned for a moment, and instantly understood that this is Phoenix City!
No matter what, you have to give face to your seniors, and Nash takes care of himself so much, and often tells himself how to command his teammates who don’t understand. Liu Ren has to show him face in front of Nash’s "folks and elders" and step forward to block Dragic .

For Nash, a Canadian born in South Africa, Phoenix is ​​his second hometown. His luxury villa in Phoenix has never been sold, and he has not given it to his ex-wife. Instead, he keeps it for himself and occasionally brings his daughter back during the offseason. live.

Liu Ren's powerful pick-and-roll is very solid, so solid that Nash, who was angry with Howard for a season last season, was very satisfied and completely blocked Dragic.

Nash used Liu Ren's pick-and-roll to enter the three-point line. Even though Nash was almost 40, his footsteps were still brisk.

The fans at the scene saw Nash scoring a goal, regardless of whether it was a player of their own team or not, the audience cheered.

Although it has been more than a year since Nash left the Suns, Phoenix fans still maintain their love for Nash compared to a new and not particularly strong team.

The Suns had already expected this situation, and the fans would definitely support Nash more. They had already experienced it last season, so they didn't have much resentment.

Players also judge others by themselves. They are more envious of Nash, and they also wonder if they will be treated like Nash one day, and there is a city named after them.

Morris Jr. picked up the ball and sent it to Dragic, and the Suns attacked.

The head coach of the Suns, Hornacek, is a former star of the Suns. It is not right to say that the star is a bad player. He was a bad player, but the biggest contribution to the Suns during his player period was that he was traded to Big Mouth Barkley as a bargaining chip, so he was replaced by Phoenix. Fans remember.

Dragic faced Liu Ren and dribbled continuously under his crotch looking for opportunities.

As the season progresses, Liu Ren's defense against perimeter players who focus on personal offenses is getting better and better. Dragic is a standard point guard who scores first, and Westbrook is generally of the same type. The data of averaging 21 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds is enough.

Liu Ren is already good at defending against point guards like Dragic. Now there are all point guards of this type in the league. There are very few pass-first organizers like Paul and James. All outsiders have the heart of a shooting guard, always thinking of scoring first, and the representative figures are headed by Rose and Westbrook.

Liu Ren can defend Westbrook against him, let alone Dragic?The last time the two played against Liu Ren, he defended him 10 out of 2.
Seeing that he had no chance, Dragic asked Morris to pick and roll. Liu Ren's prediction was accurate, and he took a step back first, and then directly bypassed Morris to chase Dragic.

Although Liu Ren was delayed by Morris, he still caught up with Dragic.

but!

Just when Liu Ren was about to catch up to Dragic, another Morris stood in front of Liu Ren.

"I am Cao!"

Liu Ren couldn't help scolding the country.

The Suns use a very common double pick and roll, but other teams have no major problems with this routine, and the Suns often have surprisingly good results when they use it.

Anyone who saw a face that had just been left behind by him suddenly appeared in front of him would feel astonished.

Because of this, Liu Ren forgot to block the counter-running route of the first pick-and-roll player when encountering a double pick-and-roll!

After Dragic broke into the inside, Thackeray made up the defense in time. Dragic passed a lob, and Morris, who Liu Ren made a mistake and didn't try to stop, rushed into the inside and managed a dunk.

At this time, there was a burst of cheers like silver bells from the long side, which immediately attracted Liu Ren's attention.

I saw a young beauty of Indian origin cheering. This beauty is very black and different from ordinary Indians. She should be a mixed race of Indians and white women, with a unique exotic style.

Liu Ren glanced at Brother Morris's sturdy appearance, and then at that beauty, thinking that this beauty has such a strong taste?
Who knew that Liu Ren was spotted by that beauty, and then the beauty made a face at Liu Ren.

"interesting!"

Liu Ren returned his attention to the game, picked up the ball and sent it to Nash.

Nash continues to attack!He wants to play a few more games when he has enough energy. He didn't play the last game against the Cavaliers just for today's game.

Of course, Liu Ren continued to pick and roll, and Gasol on the inside also directed McCollum to move, and then Gasol went to pick and roll McCollum without the ball, attracting the Suns' defensive attention to the weak side. , The Suns defensive position was broken, making Nash's strong side into a weak side.

(End of this chapter)