i have a coaching book

Chapter 398

In the first month of the new season, the Phoenix Suns had a bad start. Fortunately, with a wave of four consecutive victories, the Suns have a record of 9 wins and 4 losses, and they have rushed to third place in the Western Conference regular season rankings.

Just one and a half games behind the top San Antonio Spurs and the Dallas Mavericks with one more game.

With his miraculous performance, Nash led the Suns to triumph, ranking No.2 among the regular season MVP candidates, only behind Duncan.

In December's schedule, the Suns will take it easy. Among the top ten opponents, except for the Dallas Mavericks who still have a little threat, the other teams are almost no threat to the Suns' victory.

Next, the Suns are about to face the Nuggets, Eagles, Trail Blazers, Warriors, Knicks, Clippers, Hornets, and Mavericks. The only team that has challenges is probably the Mavericks.

On December 12, the Phoenix Suns will welcome the Denver Nuggets at home.

The state of the Denver Nuggets this season can't be called good or bad. Currently, they have a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, ranking 8th in the regular season in the Western Theater, and have the opportunity to hit the playoffs.

Since George Karl took over the coach of the Nuggets in the middle of last season, the Nuggets have been constantly running in the lineup. At the end of the season, they entered the playoffs with a violent victory.

Although they were eliminated by the Spurs in the first round, the impression of the Nuggets is still very deep.

Even in the face of a championship-level team, there is still a chance to win.

This season, media experts and reporters are actually more optimistic that the Nuggets will become a spoiler and achieve good results in the Western Theater. However, at the beginning of the new season, the performance of the Nuggets is still disappointing.

Because of the problem of running in the lineup, the state of the Nuggets is not stable, and they have just swallowed a two-game losing streak.

Facing the Suns who have just won 4 consecutive victories, it is obviously not easy for the Nuggets to get out of the Suns' home court.

Of course, it is also not easy for the Suns to gnaw at the tough bone of the Nuggets.

The Nuggets' starting lineup is still very competitive, and the Suns' starting five are not as good as the opponent.

The No. 1 position is occupied by the former assist king Andre Miller. This may be the reason why the Nuggets are not far in the playoffs!

Andre Miller's defense has a big problem, and his offensive firepower is good, but, as a point guard, his overall view and control of the rhythm of the scene are not on the table.

His offensive rhythm is to play randomly, which has a great impact on a team with outstanding offensive talents.

Of course, Andre Miller can still play well in the regular season.

On the 2nd position, the head coach George Karl has a very good imagination. He actually put the tall shooter Demar Johnson in the starting lineup, as if he wanted to increase the dislocation advantage.

Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony sits at position 3. As the No. 03 pick of the 23.5 Platinum generation, he is a super scorer and currently averages 6.7 points and [-] rebounds per game. He is in good shape.

The 4th position is played by Kenyon Martin, who is physically strong and full of impact. Although he joined the Nuggets, his statistics began to decline, but he can still score 14.3 points and 7.3 rebounds, and his competitiveness is still good.

Marcus Camby, the No. 5 pick of the 96 Golden Generation, played at the [-]th position. He is not good at physical confrontation and is known as a glass man. However, with his outstanding jumping, he is still good at rebounding and blocking shots. Performance.

On December 12nd, at the American West Arena, the game between the Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets will start soon.

After a simple appearance, a layup and a warm-up exercise, the starting lineups of both sides lined up and came to the center of the basketball court, ready to start a scrimmage.

The starting five of the Suns are still changing, lined up, followed by point guard Steve Nash, shooting guard Raja Bell, small forward Copley Diaw, power forward Sean Marion, center Kurt - Thomas.

beep! !

A crisp whistle sounded.

The referee threw the basketball in his hand into the sky, and the game began with a scrimmage.

Thomas VS Camby! !
Camby's height has an advantage, and his jumping ability and bullet speed are both outstanding. He is a sky-flowing player. Without any accidents, Camby overwhelmed Thomas and transferred the basketball to Andre Miller.

With long legs, Miller quickly dribbled to the frontcourt. The first quarter started and the Nuggets took the lead.

Dribbling to the top arc of the three-point line, Miller directly distributes the ball to the left.

The left three-point line is 65 degrees, Anthony catches the ball and faces the frame, posing an offensive three-threat posture.

Dior lowered the center of gravity of his body, blocked Anthony's eyes with his right hand, and interfered with his shooting. He assumed a standard defensive posture, followed the opponent closely, and put Anthony half a step away. He could prevent both Anthony's shots and the opponent's breakthrough.

Anthony flicked the ball, and stepped out at the same time. Seeing that Dior couldn't keep up with his footsteps, he immediately exerted force with his feet and dribbled the ball to the inside to break through.

Dior moved laterally to keep up, trying to block Anthony's breakthrough route with his body.

Anthony has a lot of offensive methods, dribbling into the three-point line, turning around and starting singles with his back.

Pecked under the basket with a strong physique, immediately his shoulders swayed from side to side, turned around and dribbled the ball, pretended to enter the inside line, pulled the ball up, jumped up from the basket, his body was stretched, and the basketball was heavy in the air smashed into the basket.

There was a loud bang, a tomahawk-style dunk, and two points were scored.

2 to 0! !
Anthony deserves to have a kaleidoscope of offensive methods, and various offensive methods can be converted at his fingertips. He easily tore through the Suns' defense and scored two points with a gorgeous offense.

The offensive and defensive transition, the Suns attacked, Thomas quickly served the ball from the bottom line, and after Nash received the ball, he immediately accelerated his body and rushed to run and bomb.

After turning around and evading Miller's steal defense, Nash saw the Suns player's running position clearly while running, without any pause, and directly passed a long pass without looking at people.

The basketball fell into Dior's hands precisely like a cannonball.

After taking a step, Diaw immediately pulled the ball up after attracting the Nuggets' defensive attention, and divided the basketball to the center with both hands.

Marion rushed to catch the ball with ease, and his eyes were flat.

Pulling the ball up, he took off under the basket, and his body bloomed in the air, very stretched.

In the air, Marion slammed the basketball into the basket with one hand, succeeded in a two-pointer with a Tomahawk dunk, and returned the favor.

2 to 2! !
Under Nash's organizational control, the Suns' offense became simpler and more efficient.

The Nuggets also have the running and bombing factor in their blood, and Andre Miller also opened his posture, rushed up, and fought against the Suns.

At the top arc of the three-point line, Miller made a cross step and changed direction, and immediately accelerated to break through to the three-point line. During the march, he stepped down and dribbled the basketball from the right to the left, took a big step across, and pulled the ball Then, after attracting Thomas' defense, Miller then sent the basketball to the sky.

A loud bang!
Camby jumped up from the basket, his head was almost flat, and his body flew up like a spring.

Camby's physical talent is still very bluffing. With this body alone, he was able to be selected as the second place in the 96 golden generation, which is indeed a bit of a catfish.

In the alley-oop, Camby held the ball with both hands, poured the basketball into the basket, and scored two points.

4 to 2! !
The Suns were attacking, but Nash still chose to fast break, three steps and two steps, and when he reached the frontcourt, his body suddenly paused, and he dragged his body again, as if he was going to dribble the ball to speed up and break through to the inside.

Miller stepped back inside the three-point line, trying to block Nash's forward direction and not give Nash the space to come in.

However, Nash feinted a shot, then retreated, and retreated beyond the three-point line. Without any extra movement, he directly pulled the ball up, opened his hand and pulled out a three-point jumper.

Andre Miller knew that he was overwhelmed, and immediately jumped up to block the shot.

Nash was in the air, with a quick flick of his right wrist, and when Miller pounced, he had pulled the basketball away.

The basketball draws an arc of a full moon in the air!

Swish! !

There was a clear sound of wiping the net, Nash's specialty, a cold arrow three-pointer shot, did not miss, he raised the knife and landed, accurately hit the basket, hollowed into the net, and the white net was overflowing.

4 to 5! !
The offensive rhythm of the two sides was very fast. Looking back, Miller dribbled to the frontcourt and split the ball to Anthony for singles.

Anthony's three-threat pose, swaying in the air, disrupting Dior's defensive rhythm, took a step, scored within the three-point line, stepped on the three-point line, directly drew the bow and set the arrow, and raised his hand to make a two-point mid-range fallback jumper shot.

Anthony's release point is high, the release speed is also very fast, and he has added a fadeaway.

Dior also rushed to block, but his right hand covered Anthony's face, still unable to prevent Anthony's mid-range shot.

Swish! !

Anthony's long-range mid-range shooting ability during this period is still amazing, and it is chillingly accurate.

6 to 5! !
Nash dribbled to the frontcourt, dribbled continuously down the middle, forced a breakthrough through Miller, reached the three-point line, and played a pick-and-roll with Marion.

After using Marion's screen to get rid of Miller's defense, he dribbled into the basket, attracted Camby's supplementary defense, pulled the ball directly, and made a three-step layup.

Nash directly penetrated the entire defense of the Nuggets with his superb passing skills. The basketball was passed from Camby's waist to the left under the basket. With a leap in the air and a pick, he steadily picked the basketball into the basket and scored two points.

6 to 7! !
Next, the two sides opened up and fought each other, both of them wanted to blow up their opponents in the attack, and the situation was wide open, presenting a gorgeous feast of goals for the fans and audience.

The basketball of the Nuggets is in the hands of Andre Miller, and the offensive rhythm is raised rapidly. His breakthrough layups and three-point shots, he makes shots whenever he has a chance. He feels good and scores frequently.

Kenyon Martin also used his physical advantage to hit the basket and attack the basket from close range.

In the running and bombing, the Nuggets shot almost anyone who had the opportunity, and the offensive firepower was very violent.

If you fall into a positional battle, you will split the ball to Anthony for singles. With a kaleidoscope of offensive methods, Anthony's offense is also unstoppable, and the Suns are losing ground.

Fortunately, the Suns' offense was very efficient and did not let the score open.

Nash stood up and used his housekeeping skills, small throws for horseback archery, pull-back jumpers, and three-point shots. He frequently scored points and made a wonderful pass in the organization Assist, deliver ammunition to teammates.

Marion scored points with an awkward mid-range shot, constantly hitting the basket, and also showed his strength.

Thomas' mid-range shots also showed off, scoring consecutively.

However, the Suns' flanking three-pointers did not open up the situation. Garabel and Diaw's three-pointers were still a little unstable, unable to give the Suns inside more offensive firepower support.

The Suns only rely on one foot to run and bomb, so naturally they will not be the opponents of the Nuggets.

After the first quarter, the Denver Nuggets led the Phoenix Suns by 32 points with a score of 28 to 4 and entered the second quarter.

(End of this chapter)