i have a coaching book

Chapter 364
The day before the Phoenix Suns eliminated the Dallas Mavericks with a score of 4 to 2, the San Antonio Spurs, which opened the game first, defeated the Seattle SuperSonics with the same score early and advanced to the Western Conference Finals.

In the three games in the regular season, the Phoenix Suns had a record of 1 win and 2 losses. The only time they won was at the end of the season when the Spurs Ginobili and Duncan did not play.

Moreover, this time the victory was hard-won, and it was almost overturned in the final quarter.

The weakness of the Suns' strong dialogue has always been a hot topic in the regular season. It seems that the Suns will only have the imprint of abuse, and it has not changed because of winning the top position in the regular season.

Therefore, in this series of matches, even if the Phoenix Suns have the home court advantage, they are still not favored before the game.

Even, most people regard the Spurs as the nemesis of the Suns, and the battle between the two teams is also regarded as [-]-[-]. The probability of the Suns winning is only less than [-]% in theory.

On the evening of May 5nd, at the American West Arena, the first game of the Western Conference Finals between the Phoenix Suns and the San Antonio Spurs was about to begin.

After a simple player appearance ceremony and warm-up for layups, the starting lineups of both sides lined up and came to the middle circle of the basketball court, ready to start a scrimmage.

The starting lineup of the Spurs is lined up, followed by point guard Tony Parker, shooting guard Manu Ginobili, small forward Chris Bowen, power forward Tim Duncan, center Nazr - Muhammad.

The Suns' starting five are point guard Steve Nash, shooting guard Joe Johnson, small forward Quentin Richardson, power forward Shawn Marion, and center Amare Stoudemire. .

beep! !

A crisp whistle sounded, and the Western Conference finals of the 04-05 season playoffs officially began. The referee threw the basketball in his hand high into the sky, and Duncan and Stoudemire jumped almost simultaneously.

Duncan, who is tall and has long arms and physical talent that does not lose to his opponent, overwhelmed Stoudemire and transferred the basketball to Tony Parker.

The Spurs had the right to attack the ball first. With long legs, Tony Parker dribbled the ball across the half court without haste, arcing at the top of the three-point line. After his teammates settled down, he directly hoisted the basketball into the inside lane.

In the low position on the left, Duncan caught the ball and squeezed Marion with his back. Richardson immediately rushed over and joined Marion in a double attack.

After the regular season matchup, the two teams are no strangers. They all know that despite Marion's top physical talent, he still cannot defend the top superstar Duncan alone.

Therefore, the Spurs still used Duncan's powerful singles to tear through the Suns' defense, and the Suns also simply clipped Duncan's singles.

Duncan pulled the ball up. He is a team player with a smart style of play. He immediately separated the basketball from the outside.

The Spurs' second-stage offense began.

As the strongest thorn in the Spurs, Bowen received the ball from the bottom corner of the three-point line. His face did not change a bit.

The basketball traced an arc of a full moon in the air.

Swish!
There was a clear sound of wiping the net, and Chris Bowen did not fail to make a good shot. He raised the knife and landed, and the three-pointer hit the basket accurately, and went into the net hollowly, and the white nets splashed.

3 to 0! !
Bowen showed his toughness, whether it was defense or offense, he did not back down.

His tough style of play is very suitable for the stage of the season game.

With the increase in the level of confrontation, he finally didn't have to be restrained in the game, except that he no longer hesitated to attack and shot when he had the opportunity.

Defensively, together with Tony Parker, he suppressed the speed of the Suns' offensive advancement. Just after Parker was turned around and dribbled by Nash, Bowen rushed up and had a meat-to-meat collision with Nash. Nash was hit directly staggered.

The basketball was directly snatched by Bowen, although the whistle sounded from the referee's mouth, calling Bowen's blocking foul and returning the basketball to the Suns to attack.

However, Bowen's dismounted defense still interrupted Nash's advancement and offensive rhythm, and even tested the defensive strength allowed by the referee.

The defense of this ball was not due to Bowen's ignorance, but to defend with some cleverness.

Nash organized the dribble in the frontcourt, dribbled continuously in the middle to break through Tony Parker, reached the three-point line, and played a pick-and-roll with Stoudemire.

Nash was immediately pinched by Bowen and Tony Parker. Nash dribbled the ball with his back, took a step back to widen the distance from the defender, and then jumped up to score the ball to the left.

Outside the 65-degree three-point line on the left, Richardson received the ball from the frame, lifted the ball over the top, and made a virtual point towards the sky. After the center of gravity of the defense that Bowen then swooped over, Richardson took a step laterally and directly pulled the ball up. , with a flick of his right wrist, the basketball flew to the basket.

Richardson's three-point shooting posture is standard, the shooting rhythm is very smooth, and the flying arc is also very comfortable.

Bang! !

There was a crisp iron strike.

Richardson's shot was too strong, the basketball missed and bounced out of the frame.

Duncan stuck Marion, easily picked off the rebound, and immediately passed the ball to Ginobili.

After dribbling a step, Ginobili didn't dribble again, but observed with the ball, and saw that Tony Parker rushed out like an arrow off the string, piercing the Suns' frontcourt.

Without much hesitation, there was a clear snap, and a ground pass was passed casually. After the basketball hit the floor, it landed precisely on Parker's forward path.

Parker almost didn't need to slow down. With a swipe of his right hand, the basketball was in his own hands. Tony Parker, known as the "French Sports Car", with his speed, could increase the speed very fast, stab straight to the basket, and dunk the basketball into the basket. basket.

However, after reaching the three-point line, Tony Parker slowed down a bit, waited for Nash's pursuit, shrewdly stuck in his position, and made a three-step layup with his right hand in the paint.

Nash was firmly stuck by Parker's body, and he had no chance of stealing the ball and blocking the shot. If he used his brain power to destroy Parker's offense, as long as he played against him, he might have 2+1. A chance to hit a three.

Even if Nash's interrupting power is too great and Parker's shot fails, at worst, he can get two free throws and earn a foul on Nash. No matter how he plays, Tony Parker will earn steadily. up.

Nash is not stupid, he will not lose the foul and send Tony Parker to the free throw line.

Without any hesitation, Tony Parker hooked the basket, and the basketball flew to the basket, as if it had eyes, wiped the backboard, and then got into the net.

A two-pointer counterattack scored and the score was recorded.

4 to 0! !
As soon as the game started, the Spurs gave the Suns a blow one after another, showing their strength to win.

At both ends of the offense and defense, he showed his balanced and powerful strength.

(End of this chapter)