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Chapter 336 March Schedule

The game started in March, and the schedule of the Phoenix Suns is not easy. It is not unreasonable to call a devil's schedule.

The first game will be against the defending champion Pistons, followed by the Trail Blazers, Supersonics, Spurs, Rockets, Nuggets, Warriors, Grizzlies...

In the first eight games, six were playoff-level teams. Even the Trail Blazers and Warriors who were not in the playoffs were not good teams.

Currently, the Phoenix Suns rank second in the league with 44 wins and 13 losses, only half a game behind the San Antonio Spurs. In theory, as long as the March schedule is well played, there is a possibility of winning the regular season championship.

The morale of the Suns is booming, especially Nash is about to come back, and his state is well adjusted.

At 3:3 p.m. on March 9rd, the Phoenix Suns' home game against the Detroit Pistons officially started at the American West Arena.

The Suns starting five remain unchanged, lined up, followed by point guard Steve Nash, shooting guard Joe Johnson, small forward Quentin Richardson, power forward Sean Marion, center Amar Ray Stoudemire.

The Pistons are equally stable, with Chauncey Billups at point guard, Richard Hamilton at shooting guard, Tyshawn Prince at small forward, Rasheed Wallace at power forward, and Ben Ben at center. - Wallace.

beep! !

A crisp whistle sounded in my ears.

The referee casually threw the basketball high into the sky, and Rasheed and Stoudemire jumped almost simultaneously.

Rashid's physical talent is not inferior to Stoudemire. With his height, arm length and good bullet speed, Rashid defeated Stoudemire in the jump ball and set the basketball to Billup hands.

With long legs, Billups slowly dribbled the ball across the half court. In the positional battle, the offensive time was exhausted. Billups suddenly shot a three-point arrow, and suddenly made a three-point jumper. .

Bang! !

Billups's shot was sudden and fast. Nash didn't respond at all and just stretched out his hand. Fortunately, Billups missed a three-pointer.

The basketball hit the rim and bounced out.

Rasheed, Prince and Ben Wallace formed a circle and held the offensive rebound steadily. Ben Wallace showed his defensive skills, overwhelmed Stoudemire and grabbed the rebound.

Then the basketball was distributed, allowing Billups to catch the ball and reorganize the offense.

Billups received the ball, slapped it loudly, passed a ground hit, and passed the basketball into the paint.

Hamilton ran back, using his superb off-the-ball running ability, to get rid of Joe Johnson's defense. When he arrived at the ball, he easily caught the ball, directly pulled the ball up, raised his bow and arrow, and raised his hand to shoot a two-point mid-range shot.

With a flick of his right hand, the basketball fell steadily to the basket, scoring a two-pointer.

2 to 0! !
Hamilton's off-the-ball running and catch-and-shoot skills, under his strong running ability, played well and were very difficult to deal with.

He scored easily at the beginning of the game and gave the Suns a big blow.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Suns' offense, Nash's fast break, was forced to stop by Billups with his strong physique, and directly used his body to lay across Nash's forward path, accurate judgment, and the style of play that is not afraid of confrontation, made Nash very happy uncomfortable.

Unable to run and bomb and fell into positional warfare, Nash took his time and played diamond tactics.

He played a pick-and-roll with Stoudemire, who was pulled to the horns.

The Pistons immediately launched a zone defense attack. Hamilton let go of Joe Johnson's defense and rushed to Nash's side. Together with Billups, he carried out a double attack on Nash.

Nash stepped down and dribbled the ball, took a step back, opened the distance to the defender, immediately pulled the ball and jumped up, and divided the basketball to the outside line on the right with both hands.

Outside the 65-degree three-point line on the right, Joe Johnson caught the ball, lifted the ball to the sky, and shook off Hamilton's pursuit.

When he got to the horns, Joe Johnson didn't make any extra moves. He directly pulled the ball up. Before Ben Wallace could come back to defend, he immediately bent his knees and jumped up, making an emergency stop jumper and making a two-point shot.

Swish! !

Joe Johnson's personal singles ability is top-notch, and he is very reliable in scoring offensive points. He didn't let the offense fail, hit the bull's-eye accurately, and returned the color.

2 to 2! !
The Pistons were attacking, and Billups was still unhurriedly suppressing the offensive rhythm and honing his position, which made the Suns' defense very uncomfortable and uncomfortable.

This time, Billups did not make his own shot, but directly hoisted the basketball to the inside.

In the low position on the left, Rashid caught the ball with his back, dribbled a step, and pecked deep inside. Taking advantage of his height and long arms, he turned over and shot the guard with a two-point mid-range shot.

Rasheed's height is 10cm taller than Marion's, and his arm length is a bit abnormal. He also has a soft shooting touch and a backward lean.

This kind of housekeeping skill, even if Garnett and Duncan are replaced to defend, they are still not sure to defend such improved shots. At most, they can only reach out to interfere and reduce Rasheed's shooting percentage.

In the future, Durant will use this trick to show off his power to perfection, and he can shoot the opponent's despair without turning over.

Marion Kong has top-level defensive skills and strength, but his height is praised too much, so he can only watch Rasheed steadily shoot the basketball into the basket and score two points.

4 to 2! !
Marion served from the bottom line, Nash wanted to push the fast break to speed up, but was still suppressed by the Pistons.

In the positional battle, Nash took the ball in the middle and stepped down to dribble continuously, rushing to the inside.

Into the three-point line, still playing with Stoudemire in the pick-and-roll.

The defensive strategy of the Pistons remains unchanged. Rasheed is very fast. Ben Wallace is originally a power forward.

Prince's physical talent is also very strong, full of impact. Hamilton's parents are track and field athletes. Needless to say, Billups' speed is relatively poor, but he knows how to use his strong physique to make a fuss.

Has a strong mobility, but also has a top defensive system, plus top defensive players.

It is still very easy for the Pistons to encircle and suppress the Suns' inside offense.

As for the three-pointers from outside, Larry Brown's face flashed disdain. In his mind, there was no room for players to shoot three-pointers.

If the opponent likes to shoot three-pointers?Larry Brown is expected to applaud and encourage his opponents to shoot three-pointers happily.

Nash and Stoudemire's pick-and-roll, the Pistons still choose to double Nash.

Nash chose to believe in the offensive firepower of his outside teammates and jumped up and passed the ball to Richardson without hesitation.

As the three-point leader in this year's All-Star Three-Point Contest, Prince dared not ignore Richardson's three-pointer and tried his best to catch up and defend.

Richardson didn't make any extra moves. After catching the ball, he bent his knees and jumped up. With a flick of his right wrist, the basketball flew out, drawing a full moon arc in the air.

Bang! !

There is no problem with Richardson's shooting rhythm and shooting movement, but the strength of the shot is a bit strong, the basketball hit the basket, struggled twice, and still rolled out.

The rebound was taken by Rasheed and the ball was given to Billups to organize the offense.

At the top arc of the three-point line, Billups used his strong physique to crush Nash with his back, and Joe Johnson was forced to assist in defense.

At this time, the power of Hamilton's off-the-ball running ability was highlighted, and he kept pulling to find cover, disrupting the Suns' defensive arrangement.

Hamilton took advantage of Rasheed's screen and got an easy open shot from the left.

Billups has a wide field of vision and makes precise passes into Hamilton's hands.

Without any hesitation, Hamilton directly caught the ball and made a jump shot.

Bang! !

Hamilton's shot was short and the basketball bounced off the hoop.

Prince made an empty cut to the rebound, jumped up and made a two-pointer from close range.

Bang! !

Prince's second attack still failed to score. Marion took advantage of his excellent jumping ability to grab the rebound, and then distributed the ball to Nash for a quick counterattack.

Next, the offensive situation of the two sides remained unchanged. The Suns' running and bombing was suppressed, and the positional battle was surrounded and suppressed by the inside attack. The offensive firepower could not be raised, and the offensive efficiency was really not high.

The Suns' offense is limited and unable to play an offensive rhythm, and the Pistons' offense is not much better.

They are more because they put too much energy on defense and forget how to attack!

How can such a style of play and style of play be able to play a smooth offense?What about pulling the score apart?
Sure enough, in the first quarter, neither of the two sides could do anything to the other, and it was evenly divided.

After the first quarter, the Phoenix Suns played very hard and fell into the defensive rhythm of the Pistons at home. In one offense and one defense, they scored 24 to 24.

(End of this chapter)