i have a coaching book

Chapter 409 Untitled
On December 12, the Suns, who defeated the New Orleans Hornets, flew to Dallas to challenge the Dallas Mavericks away.

The biggest change for the Dallas Mavericks this season is that they sent away the core veteran Finley and the head coach Nelson, and pushed Avery Johnson, nicknamed "Little General", to the position of head coach.

Coaching an NBA team for the first time, Johnson also showed outstanding talent. In addition, the Dallas Mavericks have a really good foundation, and the boss Cuban is really willing to spend money.

The Mavericks still have a good record this season, with a record of 15 wins and 6 losses, ranking third in the Western Conference rankings.

The recent state is also quite good. Although they lost to the Lakers by 3 points at home in the last game, the Mavericks had previously won a wave of 5 consecutive victories.

Before the game, media reporters were more optimistic that the Mavericks could beat the Suns. After all, the Mavericks' inside advantage is too obvious, and the lineup advantage is also very dominant.

In the last game, the Mavericks lost to the Suns in an away game. It was entirely because of the running-in problem of the Mavericks lineup, and the head coach Johnson at that time had only coached a few games, and his adaptability on the court was much worse.

Now that the game has been played for a month and a half, the Mavericks' lineup has run in quite well, and the young general Johnson has also shown excellent coaching ability. Naturally, it is not easy for the Suns to win at the Mavericks' home court.

Just looking at the Mavericks' starting lineup, the Suns have no confidence to play.

The Mavericks started Tigers, point guard Jason Terry, shooting guard Doug Christie, small forward Josh Howard, power forward Dirk Nowitzki, and center Eric Dampier.

In addition to the starting lineup, the Mavericks' bench lineup is also quite luxurious, Jerry Stackhouse, Marquis Daniels, Devon Harris, Keith Van Horn, Desa Gaina Diop, Adrian Griffin Wait, the Mavericks can form two good starting lineups with players like this. How can the Suns, who are short of major ping generals, play?
The Suns started the five Tigers, D'Antoni has not changed, still point guard Steve Nash, shooting guard Raja Bell, small forward Coprey Diaw, power forward Sean Marion, and center Kurt Thomas.

The first quarter of the game started. In the confrontation, the Mavericks played a wave of offensive offensive, which made the Suns' defense line a bit lost and difficult to parry. They hit the Suns with a shock wave of 36 to 24 and established the game. direction.

Novichok was in excellent form. He made 7 of 5 shots in a single quarter, scored 14 points and 3 rebounds.

The offense of the Suns, the outside offensive firepower has not been opened up, and Nash can only score points by himself. However, facing the offensive group of the Mavericks, Nash alone cannot sustain it at all. The gap in lineup strength is too big. Nash Pulled out all the stops, still unable to withstand the offensive firepower of the Mavericks.

Under the guidance of the little general Johnson, the Mavericks have gradually acquired defensive capabilities, and their offensive firepower has also continued to be good. In addition, there are really too many stars in the team. Only if they have someone to play, they can achieve good results on offense. Fraction.

The second quarter started, and the Mavericks' lineup was completely bullying. Forget about the appearances of Harris, Jerry Stackhouse and Van Horn, they actually let Josh Howard and Novichoke continue to play.

D'Antoni had no choice but to let Nash and Marion continue to play, but they still couldn't withstand the offensive firepower of the Mavericks and beat the Suns with a score of 28 to 21.

After the first half of the game, the Mavericks led the Suns by 64 points with a score of 45 to 19.

The game continued in the second half, and the two sides changed sides to fight again.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Suns' offensive firepower has improved a lot, and they played a more blooming offensive situation.

However, under the pressure of the Mavericks' offensive rhythm and attention to defense, although the Suns scored 26 points, because the Mavericks have too many offensive players, even if they concentrate on defense, they can still score 25 points, allowing them to counterattack the Suns desperately. , Only 1 point was recovered. For the Suns who were 19 points behind, this blow was too big.

The fourth quarter started, and the Suns' offensive firepower continued well. Under the leadership of Nash, they could score 25 points.

However, Novichicky of the Mavericks sat on the sidelines and did not need to play the game, and still scored 24 points, allowing the Suns to return without success.

At the end of the game, the Dallas Mavericks beat the Phoenix Suns by 113 to 96, 17 points.

On December 12, at the New Orleans Arena, the Phoenix Suns faced the New Orleans Hornets again.

The starting lineups and tactics of both sides remain unchanged.

The Suns starting five, lined up, followed by point guard Steve Nash, shooting guard Raja Bell, small forward Coprine Diaw, power forward Sean Marion, and center Kurt Thomas.

The starting five of the New Orleans Hornets are point guard Chris Paul, shooting guard JR Smith, small forward Desmond Mason, power forward David West, and center PJ Brown.

At the beginning of the game, in the first three quarters, the Hornets' defense did a good job of restricting the Suns' offense. The Suns' offensive firepower could hardly open the situation, and their shooting percentage was very bad.

On the contrary, the Hornets' pick-and-roll cooperation was quite brilliant. The cooperation between Paul and David West was simply incomprehensible. The Suns were beaten to nowhere and had no temper.

In the first quarter, the Hornets led the Suns by 28 points with a score of 22 to 6.

In the second quarter, the game made persistent efforts, and with 24 to 23, they still firmly controlled the rhythm of the game.

In the third quarter, the Suns wanted to counterattack, but they were still beaten by the Hornets with a score of 29 to 22. The score behind was even bigger.

After the first three quarters of the game, the Suns are playing away and have already fallen behind by 14 points. With only one quarter left, it is impossible for the Suns to recover under the defense of the Hornets.

Just when the Hornets thought the result of this game was doomed.

The fourth quarter started, and the situation on the field changed suddenly. The Suns' offensive firepower just started. Although Lin Bai made a three-pointer, showing his determination to counterattack, the offensive firepower was not violent, a little flat.

However, it was the Hornets who really had problems, and their physical fitness had a big problem.

The sixth man Clarkston, who played as a substitute, fell to a freezing point. He couldn't make any shots and hit the iron again and again.

The most frightening thing is that this kind of blacksmithing is also contagious. JR Smith wanted to use a three-pointer to shoot back, but what he got was a solid blacksmithing.

Just 5 minutes into the game, the Suns took advantage of the Hornets' iron strike to launch a quick counterattack. They rushed up and almost hit one goal. The Suns beat the Hornets to a 17-5 spurt, pulling the score between the two sides. It was only 2 points away, and the suspense of the outcome of the game returned, and the two sides returned to the same starting line.

Even if the Hornets coach Scott replaced Paul and David West, the Hornets' offensive firepower could not be saved.

Paul's mid-range shot, which was playing smoothly in front of him, disappeared, and he still started to hit the iron, and also did not score a point.

David West also performed poorly, as if he lost his soul, and his accurate mid-range shot was gone.

Paul re-entered the field, contributed only one assist, and shot 3 from 0 shots.

David West was not much better, also 2 for 0 shots, and hung a zero in the fourth quarter.

In addition, JR Smith made 3 of 1 shots and scored 2 points.

The Hornets' internal and external core players were completely broken, with little performance.

And Clarkston, who came off the bench, also shot a 4-for-0, and one point was not accounted for.

In the fourth quarter, the Hornets scored an eye-popping score. They only scored 10 points in the fourth quarter, which was terrible.

When the Hornets' offense fell into a quagmire, the Suns' offensive firepower broke out.

Under the guidance of Nash, the Suns' offensive firepower was fully opened, and they played a smooth and flowing offensive. The team was so loud that they couldn't lift their heads, played a soul-stirring reversal, and had the last laugh of the game.

As a result of the full game time, the Phoenix Suns played an exciting game, with a score of 101 to 88, reversed and won, defeating the New Orleans Hornets.

On December 12, after winning the reversal, the Phoenix Suns flew to Memphis non-stop without any rest time, and challenged the Grizzlies back-to-back away.

In this game, the Suns realized that sooner or later they will pay back. !The Grizzlies did not give any chance to the tired Suns, and gave the Suns a defeat with a score of 103 to 92 cleanly.

Although the state of the Grizzlies is not good recently, they have lost three games in a row, but their record in the new season is quite good. They used to stay in the fifth place in the Western Theater. Even after losing three games in a row, they still have 13 wins With a record of 8 losses, it ranks sixth in the West, and its strength is quite good.

In the starting lineup, Damon Stoudemire played at No. 1, Mike Miller at No. 2, newly joined Eddie Jones at No. 3, and Sean Battier at No. 4. The 5th position is occupied by the head of the Grizzlies star Pau Gasol.

There are no superstars in the Grizzlies lineup, but every player has a good combat power.

The Suns don't like this kind of balanced team very much, and it is almost difficult to win when they encounter it.

In particular, the Grizzlies' defense has no major flaws. For a team that relies on offense but has an uneven lineup and poor physical strength, it is really difficult to gnaw at the hard bone of the Grizzlies. The bones were not moved, and the teeth were lost.

Since the first quarter of the game, the Suns have already begun to fall behind.

Every quarter, the Suns couldn't play the offensive rhythm they were familiar with, couldn't increase their speed, and couldn't rush their bodies. In the end, the shooting percentage was not accurate. In the end, the Grizzlies could only helplessly take advantage of the lineup. Slowly grinding to death, there is no room for resistance.

(End of this chapter)