NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 291 The ending is doomed
In the west, the Mavericks were the second to solve the battle, killing the Lakers in five games.

It's a pity that the Mavericks don't know the original history, otherwise they really have to thank Russell, otherwise they will become a disgrace in this playoffs.

Now that the Mavericks are playing the Lakers, there is really nothing to say. The Lakers are Kobe Bryant and won a game. The lineups of the two sides are also very different.

What can the Lakers say this season? Their offensive power is insufficient, and their defense is too poor. The reason why they can enter the playoffs is because Kobe is more competitive ahead of him, purely relying on his personal ability.

If they play defense well, it may be better. If the stars are not enough to play the triangle offense, they are courting death.

The Spurs also solved the Nuggets in five games.

The Nuggets also have injuries this season, but Iverson and Anthony are still there, but the team's defense is not very good, and the two core players are struggling. When they encounter a veteran defensive team like the Spurs, they really can't handle it. .

The Nuggets still don't have a good lineup. Neither Iverson nor Anthony can help their teammates become better. If the team doesn't defend well, it's a waste of stars.

In just one season, it can be seen that the golden guns are not suitable, unless the Nuggets get another All-Star or change the coach.

The choice of the Nuggets later was to replace Iverson, and the effect was still good, but the team still couldn't become the best in the West, nor did they keep Anthony.

The Sun's opponent in the second round was the Jazz, who won in seven games.

The Jazz can win in the end, one is that they have more people playing, and the other is that they play more reasonably.

Because Fatty Deron has really grown up, and the distribution of the ball is really good.

The Rockets have two All-Stars here, but they played in a mess. They scored high but were not efficient.

McGrady's shooting rate was extremely low, and Dayao was consumed by the opponent's two insiders in turn.

Regardless of lineup or tactics, the Rockets are at a disadvantage.

They are actually more aggrieved than the Nuggets, because the Jazz are really not too strong.

For the Suns, there is really no difference between playing the Jazz and the Rockets. Compared with them, they are all weak teams.

As a result, the Suns faced the Jazz in the Western Conference semifinals, and the Mavericks fought hard with the Spurs.

The Jazz's lineup is definitely not bad this season, that is, the defense is slightly worse.

But compared with a strong team, there is still a gap, let alone a super team like the Suns.

They have been lucky in history. The Warriors who met the black eight entered the Western Conference finals, but their strength did not reach that level. Now the luck belongs to the sun.

Sitting on the home court advantage in every round of the game, the Suns are still relatively comfortable.

Because the Jazz played for a long time in the first round, the Suns also rested a lot of time in the second round, and the battle did not start until May 5.The sun will definitely make good use of this physical advantage.

The Jazz's starting lineup is one of their two commonly used starting sets, with Deron, Girisek, and Kirilenko on the outside, and Boozer and Okur on the inside.

Their players are fairly healthy this season, and they made a breakthrough in the playoffs.

On the other hand, because of Deron's growth, both Deron and Paul have grown relatively fast this year. Before the league's strikers fully exploded, some good guards also made a lot of limelight, and the two can be regarded as representatives.

In this game, Okur played well at the beginning, and he still has some advantages against Stoudemire's strength.

Deron, who performed well in the first round, still needs to get used to Russell a little bit.

The main reason is psychological pressure. Russell used to bully the little fat guy all the time.

In fact, Russell could feel that after the baptism of the playoffs, Deron really grew up.

This is the case with talented young players, who get stronger after a while.

Russell is one of the best, but he mainly relies on cheating, so he is more envious of these real geniuses.

However, for Deron, it is difficult to go further on the road of heavy guards, because heavy guards cannot walk so fast.

In fact, the answer for heavy guards is Harden later. To shoot well, Deron still relies a bit on his body, so the subsequent achievements are the same.

Relatively speaking, the Jazz, who have played in a short period of time, are slower to heat up.

It may be because compared with the Rockets, the Suns are really much more threatening.

The sun came up and played a few good resistances, and Marion and Stoudemire completed fast break dunks.

In addition, Russell and Joe Johnson's singles are more threatening. Among them, Russell has not let go of the attack and has been sorting out the team's rhythm.

In this case, the Suns are still ahead, but of course not by much.

In fact, the Jazz's biggest problem is playing pick and roll, and then the three-pointer is not very good.

Everyone is playing the pick-and-roll, the Suns have too many options on the offensive end, and the Jazz either shoots with Deron or pulls the big man out to shoot. The tactics have been used for too many years.

Utah Shuangsha didn't win the championship back then, and if they built tactics according to their model, the second round was also top-notch.

The point is that the Jazz will suffer even more in the next rotation time.

They have Fisher and Harprin on the bench, which is not bad for an average team, but it is too far from the Suns.

Sure enough, the Suns steadily expanded their lead during the rotation time.

In this case, fans can feel that the Suns haven't gone all out yet.

But in the second quarter, the main players of both sides played, and Deron finally found some feeling.

As far as physical fitness is concerned, he is still stronger than Russell. As long as he adjusts his hand, it is actually a more appropriate tactic for him to play Russell after covering.

The key is whether he can shoot steadily. The more stable he shoots, the more threatening the Jazz will be.

This is similar to Russell's situation, except that Russell's passing is more exaggerated.

It's a good thing that Deron has found the feeling, but the Jazz have not been able to recover the score.

The Suns are really good at defending pick-and-rolls. The Suns are now more difficult to defend in terms of defense.

At the beginning of the season, Stoudemire was still a loophole, but after one season, he, like Russell, is no longer a weak link.

Although the Suns' defense is not to the extent that the league specializes in defending those powerful enemies, it is not much different. At most, it is close to protecting the inside frame, but the strong striker can actually make up for a large part.

The Jazz have improved their offense this season, but unfortunately they couldn't fully play against the Suns.

Among them, Boozer is the most depressed. As the Jazz's first attack point, because the Suns' long-arm striker always interferes, his shooting percentage drops and he becomes a coolie for rebounding.

If the Jazz want to make a difference in this round of playoffs, they must have a breakthrough on the offensive end.

It's a pity that the Jazz are a very traditional team, so their ending is doomed.

(End of this chapter)