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Chapter 350 Untitled
On April 4, the Phoenix Suns headed to Houston to challenge the Houston Rockets away.

The Rockets, whose lineup is gradually being polished, have a very stable record and slowly climbed to fifth place in the Western Conference regular season.

The fighting spirit and morale are high, and he sits in the Toyota Center Arena, occupying the right time, place and people.

However, the Rockets, who were afraid of being beaten by the Suns, still have a hard head.

Van Gundy has no intention of adjusting the starting lineup at all, and his stubbornness is jaw-dropping.

The starting five are still point guard David West, shooting guard Bob Sura, small forward Tracy McCready, forward Juwan Howard, and center Yao Ming.

The Suns have won many battles, so they naturally have no plans to change their formation. Besides, D'Antoni's style of play is equally paranoid.

The starting five tigers played at the same time unchanged, lined up, followed by point guard Steve Nash, shooting guard Joe Johnson, small forward Quentin Richardson, power forward Sean Marion, center Ama Ray Stoudemire.

In the jump ball, the little Oriental Giant, who stood out from the crowd, easily defeated Stoudemire and pulled the basketball into the hands of David West.

At the top arc of the three-point line, David West held the ball in the middle and accelerated to break through Nash.

Yao Ming caught the ball in the corner area, ignored Nash's misplaced defense, barely jumped, made a mid-range shot, and hit two points steadily.

2 to 0! !
The Suns attacked, Nash forced David West, reached the three-point line, took a step to the free throw line, drew a bow and set an arrow, and opened his hand to ride a horse and shoot a small throw.

Swish! !

The basketball seems to have eyes, and it drills into the basketball accurately, and the two points are recorded.

2 to 2! !
David West sent the ball to McGrady in the frontcourt. Using his strong first step speed, he dribbled the ball with a sudden step, and pulled the ball up with speed. The two-pointer stopped suddenly and pulled out his hand, which was very elegant.

Swish! !

McGrady's CIC is fairly reliable, and the two temple scoring champions are not just for nothing.

4 to 2! !
The pick-and-roll tactics of the Suns were incomprehensible. Yao Ming didn't switch defenses in time, and was accelerated by Nash to the basket, penetrated the entire defense line, and sent the basketball to the sky.

Marion stabs out obliquely, jumps up from the basket, catches the ball in the air, turns 90 degrees, dunks with his back, and dunks the basketball in.

4 to 4! !
The Rockets' offense is still a positional battle. McGrady received a pass from David West and made a pull-up jumper from outside the three-point line. The arc of the basketball is very high.

Bang! !

The basketball bounced out of the basket, and Yao Ming took advantage of his height to easily pick off the rebound and hit the ground to make a strong rise, but was forcibly pulled down by Stoudemire.

The referee fouled Stoudemire with a free throw. Yao Ming made a hook and stumbled into the basket.

Yao Ming clenched his fists, and he should hit a three-pointer.

There was almost no suspense in sending Yao Ming to the free throw line. Yao Ming easily made the free throw like sending a point problem.

7 to 4! !
The Suns attacked, Nash and Stoudemire still offered pick-and-roll cooperation, and after being pinched by two people, Nash handed the basketball to Stoudemire.

Without much hesitation, Stoudemire pulled the ball and jumped up, making a two-point jumper.

With a height of 183cm, David West couldn't prevent Stoudemire's attack at all.

Stoudemire's CIC is also slowly polished.

Swish!
The basketball went into the net and scored two points.

With the Suns' pick-and-roll tactics unsolvable, the Suns' perimeter got a lot of easy shots.

Richardson, Joe Johnson, and Marion's shots all missed, and the Rockets' basket was crumbling.

The Suns were on the three-point line, and it rained three-pointers, hitting the Rockets all over the place.

Afterwards, Lin Bai, who was dressed up on the field, did not miss out, and continued the Suns' stormy offensive. The Rockets retreated steadily, with a bruised nose and a swollen face.

After the first quarter, the Suns used a smooth offense to hit multiple points, hitting a 47-25 spurt for the Rockets, and almost blowing up the Rockets in one quarter.

With a lead of 22 points, the Suns played very easily. The Rockets, carrying the psychological burden of wanting to win and fearing losing, dug a big hole, which could not be filled no matter how hard they tried.

In the end, it was the Suns who stood up and pushed the Rockets back into the pit, and gave them a hard blow when they showed up.

The Rockets are going to learn from ostriches, but they can't get out of the pit.

The Suns were merciless and kept bombing with offensive firepower.

At the end of the second quarter, the Suns opened the double-point gap to 39 points with a score of 27 to 34, and the game entered garbage time.

In the third quarter, all the main players of the Suns clocked in to get off work, quietly watched the substitute players, and fought bayonets with the Suns' starters.

As a result, a magical script came. The Suns almost used the third-tier substitutes, the substitutes who rarely have the opportunity to play.

Unexpectedly, the Rockets, who are behind by a large score, are still slowly grinding their positions. They hardly shoot three-pointers. Woolen cloth.

As a result, after half a quarter, the Suns still led the former Rockets in the third quarter by virtue of their occasional three-pointers.

After discovering that the Rockets' starting five tigers could not beat the Suns' third-line substitute players, Van Gundy realized it later and adjusted his tactics.

However, the time left for the Rockets is running out.

At the end of the game, the Phoenix Suns beat the Houston Rockets by 111 points with a score of 78 to 33 and won a wave of 5 consecutive victories.

On April 4th, the Phoenix Suns played against the Los Angeles Lakers on the road at the American West Arena.

The situation of the Los Angeles Lakers is very bleak, which is the throes of prosperity.

Originally, the Lakers played well two months before the start of the new season, and they were firmly in the regular season position in the Western Conference. However, the Lakers were not satisfied and wanted to make trouble.

Head coach Rudy Tomjanovich was dismissed and replaced by assistant coach Frank Hamblon. As a result, after the All-Star break, the Los Angeles Lakers collapsed.

In the past 20 games, he has a record of 5 wins and 15 losses, and also experienced the humiliation of 12 consecutive losses.

Kobe officially fell into the darkest moment, so he turned on the killing mode.

It's a pity that his CBA players are not good enough. In the tragic Western Theater, he can't move the Lakers at all.

Currently, the Lakers are 33 wins and 40 losses, ranking tenth in the regular season in the Western Conference. It is almost unrealistic to hit the playoffs stage.

The recent state is also extremely bad, just ended a 7-game losing streak, and is now in a 3-game losing streak.

Anyway, it's just losing all the time, losing without a bottom line, it seems like it's going to be bad.

In such a state, there will be opponents of the Suns who are in full swing.

Sure enough, the Suns played against the Lakers in the first quarter. Kobe played very actively and felt good. The Lakers were still 25 to 31, 6 points behind their opponents.

In the second quarter, the Lakers continued to play against the Suns, not caring about the outcome at all.

The Suns played all the soldiers, 39 to 34, and continued to expand the score.

At the end of the first half, the Phoenix Suns led the Lakers by 70 points 59 to 11.

In the third quarter, the Suns' offensive firepower continued well, beating the Lakers 32 to 26.

In the fourth quarter, the Suns still pressed the Lakers to play, with a score of 23 to 14.

The Lakers didn't have the slightest parry power in the audience, and they were beaten by the Suns without any temper.

At the end of the game, the Phoenix Suns beat the Los Angeles Lakers 125 to 99 and won a 6-game winning streak.

(End of this chapter)