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Chapter 152 The Well-Prepared Kings
Jiangbei and Zihan didn't bother with Weibo after they posted it. At the same time, Sister Ying gave Zihan an ultimatum, asking her to stay here for a maximum of three days. There was still a lot of work to do, so Zihan finally had no choice but to agree.

Today's Suns record is 9 wins and 1 loss, still ranking first in the league and first in the Western Conference.The Kings' record of 4 wins and 4 losses puts them in 13th place in the West. They desperately need a victory to improve the team's record.

This game is not very good for the Suns. The Kings defeated the Celtics in the last game, and now they have rested for two days. It can be said that they are waiting for work, and the Suns are back-to-back games.

Now all the teams in the league hope to pull the Suns down, and the Kings also have the same idea.

"I believe we can beat the Suns!" The players of the Kings in the video room were full of momentum. Ever since they lost to the Suns in the preseason, and then with the strong rise of the Suns, they had a mentality of revenge. They kept studying the Suns' game videos and summing up the problems. Until now, they were confident of winning the game.

A group of the Suns came to Sacramento by plane. Jiang Bei saw the drooping eyes of his teammates, and knew that this game was much more difficult than expected.

The players walked out of the locker room, and the boos and boos of the fans in the Golden State First Center Arena were heard in the player tunnel.

However, these Suns players are already used to it, and even Jiang Bei, a rookie, is not surprised by it.

The Suns' starting lineup is still point guard Chris Paul, shooting guard Jiang Bei, small forward Mikal Bridges, power forward Jae Crowder, and center DeAndre Ayton.

The Kings' starting lineup is point guard De'Aaron Fox, shooting guard Buddy Hield, small forward Harrison Barnes, power forward Richaun Holmes, and center Marvin Bagley.

Players from both sides posed, Ayton and Harrison Barnes jumped the ball.

Ayton jumped high and won the jump ball. It seems that Ayton is in good condition so far.

Paul advanced with the ball, and after reaching the Kings' half court, he passed it to Ayton inside. Ayton pushed Barnes and dunked directly into the frame.

In the transition between offense and defense, the Kings directly hit the inside. Bagley, Holmes, and Barnes are all over two meters tall, and they have a sufficient height advantage against the Suns inside.

Bagley made a layup with a European step inside, tying the score.

Paul handed the ball over to Jiangbei just after halftime this time. As soon as Jiangbei got the ball, he was immediately double-teamed by two people, including Fox, a two-point fast-moving guard to defend Jiangbei, and Barnes also switched to Paul's side.

Barnes, who is more than two meters long, is not slow to move, and his height advantage is even more advantageous when facing the short Paul.

Seeing the defensive measures of the Kings, Williams thought inwardly: "No, it seems that the Kings are already prepared!"

Jiangbei's destructive power and scoring explosive power are obvious to all. It is understandable that the Kings made such an arrangement, and they also considered the problem of Paul being vacant after double-teaming Jiangbei. It can be said that it is well thought out.

This defensive strategy is mainly aimed at Jiangbei's breakthrough. Both of them have good defensive capabilities. If Jiangbei chooses to shoot, they can also interfere to a certain extent. If they break through, the speed of the two can also help them firmly follow Jiangbei's footsteps.

But this defensive strategy is not worth mentioning in Jiangbei's view. There are many ways to break their double-team defense. You must know that Jiangbei, as Kobe's successor, has a lot of scoring methods.

But now Jiangbei is not in a hurry to attack by himself. He always feels that the arrangement of the Kings will not be so simple. He wants to see what the Kings are planning.

Jiangbei handed the ball to Ayton at the basket, Holmes immediately threw away Crowder, came over to double-team Ayton, and Ayton released the ball.

Jiangbei received the ball and passed it to Bridges who came out with the pick-and-roll, but Bridges missed the shot.

The next few offenses of the Kings will still be strong inside, and they will even deliberately confront Ayton for physical confrontation.

After several offenses, Ayton's sequelae of back-to-back games appeared, and his physical fitness declined rapidly. It was only the first quarter of the game, and Ayton was already tired and sweating profusely.

At this time, Jiangbei could see the strategy of the Kings. He deliberately double-teamed Jiangbei in the early stage, creating an illusion, making Jiangbei give up the idea of ​​singles, and leaving more to his teammates to solve.

And their offense tried to find a physical confrontation with Ayton as much as possible to consume Ayton's physical strength. In this way, the Suns, who were already at a disadvantage, would be even more unbearable after losing Ayton.

Jiangbei, who discovered the problem, immediately took over the offensive power, and first liberated Ayton on the offensive end.

Jiangbei made consecutive breakthroughs and hits, but he still couldn't change the established strategy of the Kings, and continued to play hard on the inside. It didn't take long for Ayton to run out of energy and was replaced by Williams.

After Ayton left the field, the Kings played more easily inside. At the end of the first quarter, the Suns only led the Kings by 27 point 26:1.

This gave Jiang Bei a bad premonition. Sure enough, back-to-back games did too much damage to the team. The bench team led by Cook was also sluggish in offense. Instead of gaining an advantage, the Kings quickly overtook the score.

To see the score getting bigger and bigger, Williams had no choice but to let Jiangbei, who was in the best condition, play early. Jiangbei and Cook cooperated for the first time, and they still played some wonderful performances.

At the end of the second quarter, Jiangbei broke out and narrowed the score to four points.

Daron Fox chose to defend Jiangbei, but he chose to let Jiangbei take a small step and beware of breakthroughs.

If Jiang Bei shot at this distance, he would still be interfered by Fox.

So Jiangbei chose the pick-and-roll and cooperated with Booker's pick-and-roll to get a lot of three-pointers. In the last few minutes of the second quarter, Jiangbei hit consecutive three-pointers and scored 5 points on 4 of 14 three-pointers.

But the Suns still failed to take the lead. It was because the Suns felt too bad, and their physical energy was consumed faster than usual.

The Kings are almost all soldiers, and they have repeatedly succeeded in the paint and scored consecutively.

The inside line of the Suns seemed to have no defense against the Kings. It was too easy to score, which made it very difficult for Jiangbei.

Bagley has already scored a double-double of 23 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists in the interior in his own half. It is conceivable how weak the Suns' interior is.

(End of this chapter)