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Chapter 408 Victory over the Hornets

After losing to the Los Angeles Clippers, the Phoenix Suns next game is a home challenge to the New Orleans Hornets after a day off.

The New Orleans Hornets started to rebuild last season, and sent away the team's tridents David Wesley, Baron Davis and Magloire successively. During this period, they also performed frantically. When the draft lottery was drawn, their luck was not good. They only got the fourth pick, and they didn't even get the top three picks.

However, the Hornets played right and used the No. [-] pick in the first round to pick off Chris Paul, the only superstar in this year's draft.

Under the guidance of head coach Scott, Chris Paul played the performance of the best rookie. When the number one pick did not have many possessions, the playing time of the second pick was limited, and the performance of the No. [-] show was not as good as him, Paul became this year's No. [-] candidate for Rookie of the Year.

At present, Paul is showing a good offensive state, averaging 17.5 points, 8.3 assists and 6.3 rebounds per game. The data is very bright and comprehensive, almost rushing towards the triple-double data.

Moreover, Paul's height is a bit short, but his defensive strength is not bad at all. The defensive data is not obvious, but the effect is obvious.

Under Scott's tactical system, Chris Paul was completely used as Kidd, and Paul was also very competitive and played Kidd's potential.

The only thing Scott is good at is defensive counterattack. On defense, he shrinks the inside line and conducts zone defense. On offense, he plays pick-and-roll tactics and individual singles on the front and back lines.

Completely copy the Nets' tactical system to this Hornets.

Of course, due to the different players, Scott also used the Utah Jazz's pick-and-roll tactics as the main offensive tactic, mentioned David West as the starter, and organized the Hornets with Paul!

At the beginning of the new season, this Hornets also performed like a dark horse, and once reached No.6 in the Western Theater. However, as the Hornets were thoroughly studied and Paul was targeted, the Hornets fell into a wave of 5-game losing streak. , the state is very bad.

In addition to being targeted for tactical play, the Hornets' lineup problems are also obvious.

None of the substitutes can play, and the starting lineup also uses rookies. Their strength is quite bleak. Looking at it now, however, this Hornets team will perform well in the future.

The No. 1 position is naturally played by Chris Paul. Paul, who is regarded as Kidd, has also shown his potential to become a superstar.

The 2nd position is the 2004 rookie JR Smith, a scorer with convulsions. However, JR Smith's strength during this period is quite average, averaging only 5.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.

He was able to serve as the starter entirely because the Hornets had no reliable scorers and could only cultivate themselves. JR Smith is not good at attacking, but his defense is desperate. It is also worthy of the team's training and giving him a lot of playing time. .

The No. 3 position is Desmond Mason, who was traded from the Bucks by the Hornets last season with Magloire as a bargaining chip.

His body is very explosive, full of impact, his style of play is very passionate, and his defense is very strong. However, he only relies on his body to play offensively, and his shooting is not stable. When he came to the Hornets, his data began to decline.

Currently, he averages 11.5 points and 6.4 rebounds per game, which is quite good in terms of combat power.

No. 4 is David West, a representative of the Platinum Generation in 03. He played for the Hornets for two years. This year, as he was put on the starting lineup, his playing time and games increased. His offense was very fast. Last season, he averaged 5.6 points per game. With 4.5 rebounds, he can now score 18.2 points and 8.3 rebounds.

If it weren't for Paul's status being too high to grab his rebounds, he could have blasted double-ten figures.

His style of play is similar to postman Malone, with a sharp and precise mid-range shot, and his defense is very strong and full of strength.

The pick-and-roll cooperation between him and Paul is not lost to the combination of Nash and Stoudemire.

Even in terms of defense, they are stronger than them. Of course, in terms of statistics, the Suns play running and bombing, while the Hornets play defensive counterattacks. The scoring data is definitely not as eye-catching as the data of the group of Nash and Stoudemire. .

The Hornets at position 5 played against PJ Brown. He is an inside blue-collar player who averaged 5.6 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. He is used to defend against people and do dirty work. His strength is very mediocre.

The Hornets' starting lineup looks average, and there are not many people on the bench who can play.

The Suns sit at the home court of the American West Arena. They thought they could take it easily, but unexpectedly, they encountered a hard bone.

The Suns were almost overthrown by this mediocre Hornets.

The first quarter of the game started, the Hornets had a strong defense, tightly contracted the defense, and let the Suns shoot from the outside.

On the contrary, the Hornets played an efficient offense, especially the pick-and-roll cooperation between Paul and David West. Nash couldn't hold his head up at all. It's big, but one of the Hornets' tactics has been played constantly.

The whole game is a pick-and-roll coordination. David West's mid-range shot is accurate. In the corner area, he is almost one-on-one. Facing the misplaced defense of Nash, he also added a fallback, which is impossible to defend.

Paul's offense is also quite tough, not at all like a rookie should be, breaking through an emergency stop to shoot a jumper, or directly rushing to the basket for a layup.

The Hornets' pick-and-roll offensive threat is too great. The Suns spent a lot of defensive energy in order to limit the combination of Paul and David West. As a result, Paul's top-level organizational skills were brought into full play.

Under the attractive defense of the pick-and-roll tactics, Paul began to distribute the ball to the flanks. JR Smith on the right received the ball and made a forced shot. He provided offensive firepower from the outside without half a point of hesitation.

On the left wing, Mason kept attacking the basket, using his physical talent to attack under the basket.

After the first quarter, the Hornets actually turned away from the guest, leading the Suns by 31 points with a score of 23 to 8.

In the second quarter of the game, Scott and D'Antoni played very similar styles, that is, they played the main force and rarely rotated.

Relying on this wave of operations, the Hornets were evenly matched with the Suns in the second quarter, drawing a 23-23 tie.

After a break in the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

The Suns desperately launched a counterattack. With Lin Bai's three-pointers fully fired, it rained three-pointers on the three-point line. The Hornets' pack tactics were broken. If they didn't expand to defend, they would be bombarded by outside firepower. die.

The Hornets had no choice but to throw out the defense. However, such a tactical change opened up the offensive firepower of the Suns inside.

The Suns played a multi-point offensive, and the Hornets had a 34-21 attack wave, leading the score back.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Hornets had a problem with their physical fitness. Their starting lineup played too much time. Although their starting lineup was very young, under the intensity of the NBA, their physical fitness could not hold up at all. audience.

It's just that, on their bench, there are no players who can show their hands at all. Claxton and Chris Anderson are completely unwanted by other teams, and the Hornets use them to make up the number.

The Hornets had problems with their offense. They couldn't withstand the Suns' offense defensively, and could only swallow the bitter fruit of defeat.

After the whole game, the Phoenix Suns had the last laugh. Although the game was the most difficult and broke out in a cold sweat, they still defeated the New Orleans Hornets with a score of 97 to 91 with stronger offensive firepower. Give your opponent a 6-game losing streak.

(End of this chapter)