Bishop: since 1998

Chapter 275 Attack desperately, defend and give up treatment!
In the second quarter, Trail Blazers head coach Cheeks let the team's leader Raheem continue to fight.

Replaced with point guard Jeff McInnis, shooting guard Wells, small forward Randolph, and center Sabonis.

To be reasonable, Bunch Wells' height on the outside is actually his style of play on the inside. In other words, the Trail Blazers' rotation is actually four inside + one outside.

Li Mu asked Arenas and Marion to stay on the field in order to stabilize the situation.

Put on Joe Johnson, Boozer and Diop.

Diop can't attack, and he is an outlier in the Suns.

Li Mu arranged for him to play because he wanted to defend the penalty area.

The Trail Blazers took the lead.

McGinnis controlled the ball to the frontcourt and found that the Suns directly blocked the penalty area and let them attack from the outside.

Kill the opponent?

Apparently it was what the Suns wanted.

He didn't take a shot, and handed the basketball to Raheem to attack.

After catching the ball and hitting Boozer with his back, after being flanked by Marion, he pulled the ball and turned around, and shot a fadeaway jumper...

Swish-!
Although Raheem played very hard, he still hit two points.

Arenas received the baseline serve and quickly dribbled the ball forward.

Marion cuts inside, throws off Randolph, receives a pass from Arenas, and makes a two-step layup.

Swish-!
Easily hit two points, the difference between the two sides is still 7 points.

Only one of the Trail Blazers is McGinnis who can run, and he can't stop the Suns' running and bombing offense.

Fortunately, the Trail Blazers have an absolute advantage inside.

On offense, Randolph can't defend well, but his offense is very powerful.

He caught the ball and directly crushed Marion. Under the help of Boozer, he played very strongly. He turned around and made a quick layup...

Bang-dang-!
The iron went wide.

I jump.

After taking the rebound, Randolph made a second tip-in.

Bang-dang-!
Still not in.

fine!

I will dance again!
Take the third shot and finally put the basketball into the basket.

Amazing jumping ability, just like a flexible and dead fat man, attacking continuously, and breaking the attack abruptly.

In just one round, Randolph scored 2 points and 2 rebounds, the only difference was his shooting percentage.

Puop couldn't cover the penalty area, and defensively couldn't stop the Blazers' strong attack.

This team's offense stumbled, relying on the advantages of height and strength to grab rebounds, and the offense scored consecutively.

On the defensive end, the Trail Blazers also paid a price.

Also stop the speed-up offense of the Suns.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the two sides exploded each other offensively, and no one could do anything to the opponent.

But soon, the Suns' mobile defense began to make contributions.

The Trail Blazers have more defense than less defense and have no offensive space, and their offensive efficiency has declined rapidly.

In addition, the Suns played more and less offensively, and the difference between the two sides began to widen.

Trail Blazers coach Cheeks can only make substitutions.

Remove Sabonis and Rasheed, replace Pippen and Damon Stoudemire.

At this time, the lineup became point guard Flying Squirrel, shooting guard McGinnis, small forward Wells, power forward Pippen, and center Randolph.

Not to mention, with this lineup, the Blazers' offensive firepower is alive again.

Randolph has a lot of space inside and has become very active. Receiving the ball is a threat.

Diop's defense is always a bit slow.

Li Mu replaced Stoudemire, but he couldn't prevent him either.

Wells is muscular and strong. Marion is off the court to rest, and Hardaway, who is on the court, can't stop him.

Fortunately, the Blazers' offensive firepower is stronger and stronger, but their defense is worse, as if they have given up treatment.

No one can defend, and no one is willing to defend. The two sides just re-entered the mutual explosion mode.

At the end of the first half, the game was 63 to 52. The Suns took an 11-point advantage and entered the locker room to rest.

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(End of this chapter)