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Chapter 266 Ranked sixth in official strength!

4:7! !
Nowitzki free throws are not soft.

The Suns' offense was still UCLA's position. Arenas dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, Stoudemire came out to cover, and distributed the ball to Hardaway on the wing. Arenas cut and took away the Suns' strong defense.

Hardaway held the ball and posed three offensive threats. Facing Finley's main defense, the Mavericks' only defensive strength.

Hardaway didn't play hard and gave the ball to Stoudemire in the middle.

At this time, Hill and Marbury completed the side cover tactics on the right.

Marbury made an air cut to receive the ball, faced Najera's defense change, and hit a two-pointer with a close-range basket.

6:7! !
Next, the Suns' dazzling UCLA tactics beat the Mavericks to the ground.

With only the first level of UCLA tactics, Arenas cut into the inside and misplaced the offense. With the strength of the Mavericks' frame protection, they couldn't stop it.

Arenas is an opportunity to catch the ball. This is the power of the pick-and-roll, coupled with the player's personal ability, the offense is very unsolvable.

The second layer of UCLA tactics, Hardaway or Hill, can play point forward tactics by receiving the ball from the side.

Finley's main defense was okay, but Najera's words were completely slaughtered.

The two-layer play of UCLA's tactics, with the Mavericks' defense, can't stop it.

However, the right side of the Suns also used side-covering tactics to untie Marion's offense, and the Mavericks' defense fell apart in an instant.

Finally, with Nash and Nowitzki on the court, the Mavericks' offense can still return.

The Suns' offense has 4 gears, and the UCLA offensive tactics that are now in fourth place have good scoring efficiency and smooth tactical operations. However, the star's experience on the court is not strong.

After almost a quarter of the game, Arenas found that the Mavericks' defense was as soft as tofu, and immediately started the singles mode, making the game easier again.

Nash tried hard, but it didn't work.

Under the breakthrough of Arenas, it was completely broken into a sieve.

Nowitzki and Riv LaFrentz failed to help Nash wipe his ass, and the Mavericks' basket was directly exposed to Arenas' eyes.

Bang-dang-!
The sound of abuse basket sounded.

After Arenas finished his swing, he switched to Hill again.

Najera was completely unstoppable, and Hill showed omnipotent single-handed scoring ability.

Breaking into the inside to make mid-range shots, or hitting the basket, frequently hitting and scoring, directly blocked the frame protection of Nowitzki and Riv LaFrentz, which became a decoration.

Immediately afterwards, Hardaway took over the heads-up.

The offense of the Suns has changed from the 4th gear of UC LA tactics to the first gear of bullying people with physical talent.

Reasonably speaking, the Mavericks' starting lineup, except for Finley, the other four are all white, and their physical ability is not strong. In front of the talented Suns, the gap is even more obvious.

Unstoppable defensively, the Mavericks' offense also began to stagnate.

Nowitzki is very strong, with an average scoring ability of close to 30 points per game. Indeed, he has the strength of a king.

However, Marion, who is underestimated in defense, is at a disadvantage at 2 meters tall, but if he defends around the front, with Nowitzki's athletic ability, he can't get rid of Marion, who is known as a "hacker".

Nowitzki can't catch the ball, so naturally he can no longer contribute to the offense.

Nash and Nowitzki played a pick-and-roll tactic, Arenas and Marion let go of the defense against Nowitzki, and carried out a flanking tactic against Nash.

"Bam—!"

Nash made a penetrating pass, Nowitzki received the ball and hit two points with an open jumper.

Soon, this pick-and-roll tactic will lose its power!
Stoudemire's physical talent is very abnormal, and his athletic ability is terrifying. He also joined the team that pinched Nash.

Arenas, Marion, and Stoudemire are among the top 10 in the league in terms of physical talent.

Nash is 1-vs-3, unable to play the ability to organize and pass the ball at all, and is easy to be intercepted or forced to stop the offense.

If the offense was forced to stop, it would be fine, but if the Suns charged up when they were intercepted and counterattacked, the Mavericks' defense would be torn to shreds in an instant.

In other words, the main players in the preseason usually play for about 25 minutes, but the Suns don't talk about martial arts. In order to let the team run in as soon as possible, Li Mu let them play for about 30 minutes.

With Nash and Nowitzki off the field, the Mavericks' offensive firepower was immediately turned off, and the defense was unreliable, and the game was instantly one-sided.

In other words, not to mention the main advantage of the Suns, the bench lineup is also full of talent and full of offensive firepower.

Joe Johnson, Boozer, Okur, Prince, Gerrard...the peaks are all at the quasi-All-Star level, except for Prince, but Prince's defense is the top of the league.

Since the beginning of the 03/04 season, Prince's defense has been selected to the second team of the best defense for several consecutive years, and he was suppressed by Bowen.

The successful reconstruction of the Mavericks in recent years is inseparable from the growth of Nash and Nowitzki.

In fact, the strength of the bench is not strong.

Lagabel, Bradley, Adrian Griffin…

With defense, without offense, with offense, without defense.

Unfortunately, the Mavericks don't know how to count, they don't know how to fight back, it takes time, and they have to fight against the Suns, run and shoot tactics.

Joe Johnson immediately punished Lagabel with a powerful individual singles.

Okur and Boozer, who also have elite mid-range shots, teach Griffin and Bradley how to behave.

Gerrard and Prince attacked with sharp impact, and they couldn't stop their impact to the basket.

Defensively, intensity is also used to freeze the Mavericks' offensive firepower.

The pace of the game was very fast, and the Suns played a wave to spoil the game.

With a score of 128 to 108, the Suns beat the Mavericks by 20 points and won the first game of the preseason.

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Two days later, the second game of the preseason kicked off.

The game is against the talented youth team Grizzlies.

The seventh pick in 97, Jason Williams made people panic when he controlled the ball.

Fortunately, Mike Miller in 2000 had a very stable style of play and matched Jason Williams very well.

The No. 01 Battier in 6 is omnipotent, has good mental attributes, plays in a team, and can connect players together.

Gooden, the fourth overall pick in 02, is not watery, has a strong style of play, and is good at defense.

Plus the 01 No. [-] show Gasol.

To be reasonable, the Grizzlies have been poor for many years, and they have assembled a talented team with top ten potentials.

However, the Suns, with amazing talent and mature players, are not at the same level at all.

The most commendable talent of the Grizzlies is completely worthless in front of the Suns.

So, the Suns began to change their offensive tactics constantly.

Change the fourth gear attack again.

Run and gun, pick and roll, side screen, UCLA offense...

The game was ruined in an instant. If the Suns hadn't been defenseless, the Grizzlies would have been labeled as the '58 tragedy'.

Now the Grizzlies only lost 38 points.

In the preseason, the Suns easily won their second consecutive victory.

In the next 5 games, the Suns won 3 of them and lost 2 of them.

The running-in of tactics is still a problem.

Young people always have to pay tuition fees. When the main players are playing less and less, the Suns can be said to be gods and ghosts, and their state is very unstable.

With 5 wins and 2 losses, the preseason ended.

The official strength ranking came out, and the Suns ranked 6th.

No.1 is the Lakers, No.2 is the Kings, No.3 is the Knicks, No.4 is the Magic...

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(End of this chapter)