NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 329
Two days after repelling the Heat, the Suns ushered in a challenge from the Jazz at home.

The Jazz have also performed well this season. Not to mention the first tier in the West, the second tier is relatively stable.

Deron has grown again, and he, along with Boozer, Okur and Kirilenko, is definitely a good lineup.

The originally relatively weak No. [-] position also got the answer because of the growth of rookie Ronnie Brewer.

The Jazz can be said to have all the reasons for a strong team, except for a top scorer.

There is no way around this. After all, superstars are hard to come by, and the league is just those. It is impossible for every playoff team to have them.

But in any case, the Jazz can also have some impact on the situation in the West.

Except for two young men, Brewer and Miles, the Jazz's lineup is actually familiar to the Suns.

Their style has remained unchanged for thousands of years, and their abuse is relatively stable, but the Suns, as a team in the Western Conference, as long as they don't have any problems, it is not difficult to deal with them.

At the beginning of the game, Deron was still relatively stable, and now he did not dare to take it lightly when facing Russell.

In the playoffs last season, he was completely overwhelmed and couldn't do it at all.

But the Jazz lacks offensive power, and Deron's steady play means that he lacks aggressiveness. Even Boozer's main attack is still a little bit worse.

The point is, Millsap doesn't seem to suffer much against Boozer.

The Jazz still don't pay much attention to three-pointers, and the Suns are more at ease when they play.

On the Suns side, except for Durant who started to feel a little unstable, everyone else started smoothly.

In this case, the Suns must be suppressing the Jazz on the offensive end.

On the sidelines, Jazz head coach Sloan was a little unhappy, feeling that the young people nowadays are really not so tough.

In fact, it has little to do with the times, mainly because the current Jazz players are not so wicked.

The Jazz's offensive routines are always seen through by the Suns. Both Stoudemire and Millsap sent consecutive blocks. It feels like the top defensive Suns are back.

In fact, the Suns are very familiar with the Jazz, mainly Russell, who has figured out many of the opponent's routines after the last playoffs. With his reminder, the Suns' insiders have benefited a lot.

The Jazz's main force was suppressed, and when the rotation came up, it was still suppressed.

Their main lineup is actually good, but the strength is not that strong, but the rotation lineup is still a bit old.

Several of their good rotations, either because of injuries or age, have lost their previous vitality.

And their young people, it is still difficult to stand alone.

In the next few seasons, the Jazz will stay at the same level. This may be the upper limit of the combination of Deron and Boozer. It can only be said that the strength is still a little bit worse.

By the second quarter, the Jazz were not far behind. After all, they are a strong team, but not strong enough.

However, if this continues, their game will be over.

So at this time, Deron consciously wanted to strengthen his attack, but unfortunately he didn't feel very good.

He could rely on his body to force Russell, but when he pulled it out, his hands were not strong enough, so there was nothing he could do.

After the first half, the Suns also firmly gained the lead.

When meeting a familiar team, Russell is still willing to be a guest coach during the halftime break, highlighting the characteristics of the opponent and giving advice to each player.

D'Antoni also sighed when he saw this scene. Coaching Russell is really a blessing in his life, but he also feels that he can't fully display his philosophy. The Suns are Russell's team, and he can't interfere with anything as the head coach.

Having won enough championships, D'Antoni also had other ideas.

Of course, it only pops up now and then, as long as Russell asks him to stay, D'Antoni will renew his contract with the Suns.

After the end of this season, it's time for him to choose again as the head coach.

In the third quarter, the Jazz wanted to play harder.

But they found that they were always restrained by the Suns' defense on the offensive end, as if the Suns knew what they were going to do in advance, which made them very uncomfortable.

However, Fatty Deron still gritted his teeth and fought with Russell. He was indeed more aggressive than in the first half, although his efficiency was much worse than that of Russell.

The best thing the Jazz did in this quarter was that they were more successful in restricting Stoudemire.

They adopted a team approach, and Stoudemire was relatively relieved. Anyway, he was fucked a lot this season, and he got used to it naturally.

It's just that this kind of high-intensity defense on the inside will inevitably cause emptiness on the outside.

The Jazz also did a good job in defensive rotation at the beginning, and did not let the Suns bloom outside.

But as time went by, the Jazz simply couldn't maintain their defensive perfection.

But the Suns' attacks are still wave after wave. Generally, the team may enter the rotation adjustment period at this time, but the Suns will still attack fiercely after the substitution, so many teams cannot keep up defensively.

It's not that their defense will be taken lightly during their rotation, but that they really can't stand it anymore.

Even if they don't make substitutions, there will actually be a period of defensive weakness.

It is difficult to feel the specialness of a strong team. If you play too many matches against other teams, you will have the illusion that you can compete with a strong team if you work hard.

And the Jazz is really such a difficult team to perform miracles. During the Suns' rotation in the second half, the substitute lineup went crazy again.

The Jazz had no choice but to replace the main force a little earlier than the Suns.

And after their main players play again, they can work hard.

The time is already at the end of the quarter, if you don't play hard, you will lose.

The Suns then replaced the main force one after another, and Russell also took the lead and started to exert strength.

Playing Deron Russell still has to cover, he and Stoudemire are the main attackers, but Ray Allen and Durant are actually very threatening on the weak side.

At this time, the most terrible thing is Russell, because Russell feels good today.

When defending pick-and-rolls, as long as there is a little gap in Russell's defense, Russell can make a shot.

If you surround him, Stoudemire can rush with the ball, and there are three good shooters on the outside.

Catch and shoot, Ray Allen, Durant, and Hill can all do it, catch and feint before shooting, the three of them can do it too.

All five Suns can attack, even if three of the five are replaced, they can still do it.

To the despair of the opponents, even if none of them can play, the Suns will have substitutes off the court, who are still full of threats, and such a game cannot be played at all.

The Jazz are behind, the three-pointer is not good, and the singles ability is not so strong, how can they come back?

When time was running out, they had no choice but to start trying three-pointers.

The effect of cramming is only so great, Deron scored one, Kirilenko scored one, that's it.

For chasing points, it was a drop in the bucket, and then they knelt down.

Been trying, but to no avail.

(End of this chapter)