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Chapter 382 Battle King

After defeating the Utah Jazz, the Phoenix Suns immediately flew back to Phoenix non-stop, back-to-back at home, and welcomed the door-to-door challenge from the Sacramento Kings.

The current state of the Sacramento Kings is very bad. First of all, although Stojakovic killed Webber and became the star of the Kings, his strength and temperament are not convincing.After all, Princeton's tactical play is a tactical play initiated from the inside.

Stojakovic is an outside player and a scorer who doesn't have much offense with the ball. His style of play is a bit soft. When he needs to stand up, he can't give a strong response.

In the past, when Webber was still on the team, he could use Webber as an excuse if he lost a game. This is not the best Kings team.

Now this excuse is lost, and the Kings are now in crisis, and the first to bear the brunt is naturally the head star Stojavic.

The second is the separation and disintegration of the lineup. There is no never-ending banquet in the world. The end of the golden generation of the Kings. Being poached, he loses blood every year. Now there are only rookies on the bench, Kevin Martin and Garcia, and none of them can really play.

Maybe the Kings think that as long as the Princeton system is still there, the Kings will not fall.

It's just that they didn't expect that the players and the tactical system are mutually beneficial to each other. Without the players of that generation, the Princeton system, which violates American basketball culture, will gradually be abandoned.

In addition to the infighting of the star players and the departure of the stars one after another, the king's transfer market goal is not clear, which also makes the king's team go to a low ebb.

In the past, the Kings didn't pay attention to players with muscular strength at all, but preferred players with a comprehensive style of play and smart playing, such as Brad Miller. Even in the draft, they would choose players who adapt to Princeton's system.

However, as the Kings have lost in the playoffs year after year and have not been able to go far, their selection vision has changed, and they have begun to focus on muscle and defense.

With the joining of Bunch Wells this year, in two months, Artest, nicknamed "The Beast", will also come here to play.

This situation was unbelievable before.

It seems that in the past two years, the Kings have been looking for changes and breakthroughs, and want to win.As a result, they gradually couldn't remember the weapon they used to win the game.

In the last few seasons, the Kings' lineup has changed a lot, but the main framework has not changed. They began to keep trial and error, looking for a very powerful core lineup.

The point guard remains the same, with Mike Bibby in charge. He entered the NBA league in 1998. This season is his peak era. With the league's main offensive strategy, the defense is biased towards the offensive side, and outside players have begun to gain popularity. The numbers started to soar.

The shooting guard is played by the newly joined Bunch Wells. Since he came out of the Trail Blazers, he has started a wandering basketball career.

Problems with his style of play and personality have prevented him from playing with his previous strength and statistics. Occasionally he has amazing performances, but he plays in an unstable state.Fortunately, with his physical talent alone, he can get the favor of an NBA team.

At the small forward, Stojasvic, the current star of the Kings, is a powerful scorer, and he still maintains an average of more than 20 points per game. His shooting ability is still very strong.

As for the power forward, since Webber joined the 76ers, the Kings have selected Sherif Rahim, an All-Star power forward, to replace him.

He has flexible footwork, has a precise mid-range shot, and is talented offensively. He is a space-type insider. He is not unique in his style of play and can pass the ball to support him.

Theoretically, he is suitable for playing in the Princeton system. However, his style of play is also soft, and he can't resist people inside. On offense, he needs the possession of the ball to be able to play statistics. The offense is strong and the defense is weak. Rebounds and combat power are still very good.

The center position is played by Brad Miller. He played under the Princeton system of the Kings. He played All-Star data and is the starting point of the tactical system. His three-point and passing organization is the key to the Kings' victory.

Just looking at the starting lineup of the Kings, they are actually not weak, on the contrary they are very exciting.However, the Princeton system was not easy to play. There were two changes in the starting lineup, and there were problems with the running-in of this tactical play. The smooth offense disappeared, and the defense was still a problem.

This season's state is very poor, and there is a big problem in running-in. First, he was killed by the Hornets led by Chris Paul, scoring only 63 points in the game, and then let the Rockets lore and took away the victory.

The Kings have already swallowed a two-game losing streak at the beginning!
If they lose to the Suns in this game, they will have to face the Pistons with the Five Tigers and the Nuggets led by Anthony at home in the next two games. It will be very difficult for them to win.

It is not impossible to start with a 5-game losing streak. In the Western Theater, if the Kings still want to hit the playoffs, it will be even more difficult.

Fortunately, the situation of the Suns is also very delicate. After all, the Suns have lost Joe Johnson and Richardson in a row this season. The new season has not yet started, and the only inside core they can rely on is injured again. .

Last season's starting five, only Nash and Marion were left, and their combat power was greatly damaged.

Seriously, the Suns are in worse shape than the Kings, and they're still fighting back-to-back.

The kings have a strong desire to fight this game. If they want to win this sick Suns team, the kings still have great hope.

D'Antoni's starting five remained unchanged from the previous game, point guard Steve Nash, shooting guard Raja Bell, small forward James Jones, power forward Sean Marion, center Kurt Thomas .

After a simple warm-up exercise for shooting layups, the starting lineups of both sides came to the middle circle of the basketball court, and the game began with a scrimmage.

Thomas VS Brad Miller! !

The two jumped almost at the same time, and Brad Miller relied on his height advantage to easily put the basketball into the hands of Mike Bibby.

With long legs, Bibby dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, handed the basketball to Brad Miller who was pulled up to the high post, took Nash to the basket, and ran to the right corner for a three-pointer. Ready to cut and hit the Suns backdoor.

Brad Miller evacuated the inside, Bibby cut to the basket, Nash could only follow the opponent closely, if not closely followed, Brad Miller then passed the basketball to the inside, Bibby received the ball Just an easy layup opportunity.

As soon as the game started, the Kings played their classic 1-2-2 positional style of play. The Suns could not ignore this style of play and fell into a passive state.

Stojasvic made an air cut on the left and ran back, wanting to get the offensive space, Jones directly defended closely and refused to give an inch.

Fortunately, Wells on the right and Raheem in the low post on the left executed this tactical play, and their movements were a bit unsmooth, and the Suns' defense was not fully mobilized.

Brad Miller bit the bullet and passed the basketball into Stojakovic's hands.

Outside the 65-degree three-point line on the left, Stojakovice received the ball and faced the frame, posing an offensive three-threat posture, which can pass, shoot, and break through.

Jones lowered his center of gravity, kept his right hand in front of the opponent, and followed Stojakovic in his footsteps.

Seeing that Jones didn't take his tentative step, Stojakovic raised his hand and shot a feint, and immediately pulled the ball up, against Jones' defense, opened his hand for a three-pointer jumper and shot back.

Completely ignoring Jones' defense and playing very tough, Jones pressed up, jumped up and greeted the opponent's face with his right hand.

Stojakovic deserves to be a top shooter. His eyes can no longer see the basket, but his shooting rhythm is not chaotic. With a flick of his calm right wrist, he pulls the basketball out of his hand.

The basketball draws a wonderful arc in the air.

Swish! !

Stojakovic raised the knife and did not let the three-pointer miss, and steadily sent the basketball into the basket. The three-pointer went through the heart, and there was a burst of white waves.

3 to 0! !
At the beginning of the game, the Princeton system of the Kings did not play well, but, relying on Stojakovic's personal strong singles ability, he was still able to score first, giving the Suns a blow.

The offensive and defensive transition, the Suns attacked, Nash received the ball, quickly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, without a half-point pause, directly changed direction, forcibly broke through Mike Bibby, and reached the three-point line.

Although Bibby's defensive ability is poor, but he is very motivated, he does not give an inch, moves sideways, and uses his body to block Nash's advance route.

Nash's physical confrontation was not good, and he didn't fight Bibby head-on. During the march, he stepped down and dribbled the basketball from the left to the right, pulled the ball with a feint, and made a three-step layup.

Jumping up from the basket, stretching and stretching in the air, after dodging Brad Miller's block, with a hook with his right hand, the basketball spun and flew towards the basket, rubbing the backboard as if it had eyes, and got into the basket Inside, a two-pointer was scored.

3 to 2! !
In the absence of Stoudemire, Nash began to unlock his own offensive skills. Bibby, who is average in singles defense, still played handily.

The Kings attack, Bibby dribbles to the frontcourt and plays an outside pick-and-roll screen with Wells.

A hit from the back sent the basketball to Wells and got a chance to single out Nash.

Wells was unceremonious, and he had a strong physique. He forcibly ran over Nash in the middle, reached the free throw line, and knocked Nash's body into a stagger.

One step from the free throw line, carrying Nash's body, pulling the ball for a layup, attacking the basket from close range, sending the basketball into the basket, and scoring two points.

5 to 2! !
The Suns attacked, Nash received the ball and accelerated, started running and boomed, his body rushed up, and with a clear snap, he handed the basketball to Garabel on the right.

The Kings were very mobile, and the Suns rushed up, but the Kings' defense also rushed up.

Garabel caught the ball and faced Wells' defense without any hesitation. He directly pulled up a three-pointer and shot a jumper.

Wells' body is very powerful, but his speed and reaction can't keep up with Galabelle.

Garabel's shot was resolute and quick. The basketball flew over Wells' head. He just stretched out his hand to prove that he was really defending, but he didn't interfere at all.

Bang! !

There was a crisp iron strike.

Although Garabel knows the essence of the Suns running and shooting, it's just that his three-point line is not stable. The power of the three-point shot is stronger, and the basketball misses and pops out of the frame.

Raheem overwhelmed Marion and grabbed the rebound.

Bibby went to meet and dribbled the ball across the half court. The Suns retreated quickly and did not give the Kings a chance to counterattack quickly.

In the positional battle, Brad Miller still pulled up to the high position, received Bibby's points, and played an organization center tactic.

On the right side, although Garabel did not score in the attack just now, he worked very hard on defense, directly defending Wells closely, and did not give Wells a chance to catch the ball.

Stojakovic on the left first hit east and west, cut to the inside line, and then used Raheem's cover to run out of the three-point line.

Brad Miller has a wide field of vision, and then passes the basketball to Stojakovic, catches the ball face-up, lifts the ball over the top with both hands, and makes a three-point line jumper.

As long as Marion let go of Raheem and rushed to the outside line, Jones also turned back to defend, but at this time, after Raheem covered, he turned around and cut to the basket.

Stojakovice's eyes lit up, he pulled the ball and jumped up, with his hands over the top in the air, and quickly smashed the basketball to the inside.

Rahim easily received the ball, jumped up from the basket, stretched his body very much, raised the ball in the air, picked the basketball into the basket, and easily scored a two-pointer.

7 to 2! !
Although the Princeton system of the Kings is not enough, his tactical concept has not changed. He moves the ball quickly, sends the basketball to the most threatening teammates, and completes the final blow.

The selfless teamwork of the Kings caused the Suns to lose sight of one another and retreat steadily.

Fortunately, the Suns' offensive state is very good, especially Nash's offense, which is very efficient. He dribbles to the top arc of the three-point line, and immediately uses a Buddha-style breakthrough to reach the three-point line.

On the free throw line, he showed his special skills, such as horseback riding and archery-style small throws, and accurately hit the basket, stabilizing the situation on the field.

Later, Nash played a pick-and-roll with Marion, distributed the ball to Marion, and easily hit the basket for two points.

Marion's state is also surprisingly good. Although his shooting posture is still a bit awkward and looks ugly, he is accurate every time he hits the ball, and there are no mistakes.

Nash and Marion, one on the outside and one on the inside, joined hands to score 18 points, leading the Suns to a fierce offensive.

Although Garabel's shooting is unstable, his style of play is very tough, and he will not hesitate to make a shot. Regardless of whether he will make a shot or not, he still chooses to make a shot.

With the feeling found, also got a lot of points.

Jones can't help much on offense, but Thomas' CIC has shown a lot of prestige.

The Suns, who are all soldiers, are not afraid to fight against the Kings.

The two sides opened up their positions and fought to attack, the tempo increased rapidly, and the scene opened up and closed, and neither could do anything to the other.

At most, mutual explosions have been achieved, and no one on the defense line can prevent them.

After the first quarter, the Phoenix Suns led the Sacramento Kings by 36 points 33 to 3 by virtue of their three-pointer advantage and entered the second quarter.

(End of this chapter)