NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 151 Inextricable

In the second quarter, the two teams began a fierce contest.

D'Antoni has always been a person who trusts the main force, and the eight-man rotation is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Liu Rui still used an 11-man rotation in the first half. After all, the Bobcats will go through a series of brutal western road trips.

Only by relaxing the depth of the lineup can the players' careers be better protected.

Injuries are fierce and unpredictable, and no one knows what will happen in the future.

In the second quarter, relying on the excellent offensive firepower of the Suns' bench, the Bobcats ended the half with:

51:57
Instead, they fell behind by six points and ended the first half.

In the contest of the second team, except for Okafor, it is difficult for the Bobcats to serve as an end point for holding the ball.

In addition to Okafor, there should have been veteran Smith.

When unable to start the situation, Smith can also use his personal singles stunts to score for the team.

But with Smith's rest in this game, the Bobcats' second team fell into a scoring drought.

The Suns' defensive tactics were very obvious in the second quarter. As long as Okafor got the ball, he would go straight up to double-team.

Kareem and House teamed up and missed seven three-pointers in the second quarter, which directly allowed the Suns to overtake the score.

Liu Rui crossed his hands off the court, and he didn't have much to do.

After all, the rhythm of the two teams is too fast. In the same game, if the players play 35 minutes in this game, they will definitely have too many more offensive and defensive rounds than in other games.

And then, the Bobcats still have a series of away games to play. It is impossible for Liu Rui to use all the physical strength of the players for this game against the Suns.

The coach not only has to lead the team to win, but more importantly, has to have a plan for the team.

For example, at the end of the regular season, what ranking will be played against which team, and whether the team will deliberately lose, these are all within the scope of the coach's consideration.

For this game, although Liu Ruijue's D'Antoni is nothing special, it has to be admitted that the current lineup of the Suns is too luxurious.

So for this game, Liu Rui's attitude is to win if he can win, or not to win.

Back in the second half, the starting lineups on both sides were all on the field, but the difference was that D'Antoni chose to let Stoudemire go to the fifth position on the Suns side, and Marion moved to the fourth position.

Otherwise, the Suns Vorskul has been targeted for this point, and Marion is facing Wallace, no matter in terms of speed or physical fitness, and even the playing styles of the two are quite similar.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Wallace first hit two consecutive three-pointers at the top of the arc, knocking the mountains and shaking the tiger.

D'Antoni, who does not believe in evil, still chooses to let Wallace shoot, resolutely defending Wallace's breakthrough, betting that Wallace's touch cannot last the entire game.

But Wallace's outside touch in this game was very hot, and he made three of five three-pointers in a single quarter in the third quarter.

Leading the Bobcats and the Suns to take the lead in the second half of the battle. At the end of the three quarters, the Bobcats and the Suns scored:
82: 82 flat

This result also gave the home fans a lot of shock.

Since the Suns played against the Bobcats at home in this game, many fans did not buy tickets to watch because this is a game without suspense.

Most directly choose to watch at home, which also leads to a lot of vacant seats in the Sun's home court.

But at the end of the third quarter, the Bobcats were evenly matched with the Suns.

The two teams jointly contributed more than 160 points in three quarters, and launched a running and bombing battle.

At this time, there are still many teams in the league who average only more than 80 points per game.

Among the 30 teams, there are only a few that average more than [-] points per game.

This shows how fast the two teams played in this game and how high the score was.

Back in the fourth quarter, Liu Rui took the lead in switching back to the main force after a brief match on the bench.

And this operation also surprised Bickerstaff on the other side. For the first time, he felt that Liu Rui was going to be serious.

Because in previous games, Liu Rui paid great attention to the playing time of the players, and very few players of the Bobcats played more than 30 minutes.

If it reaches more than 30 minutes, it means that the game is bound to be played very anxiously.

This has always made Bicker feel puzzled, because the Lynx team is mostly composed of young people, and their physical strength is definitely better than that of veterans, but Liu Rui's employment is very cautious, which has always puzzled Bickerstaff.

For Bickerstaff's question, Liu Rui just smiled every time without explaining too much.

At present, just over four minutes after the opening of the fourth quarter, Liu Rui has replaced the entire main lineup in advance. This is the first time Bickerstaff has seen this situation.

Ignoring Bickerstaff's thoughts, Liu Rui was sitting on the sidelines frowning at the moment, and was also cautiously watching the situation on the field.

Liu Rui, who came back from later generations, knows what injury means to a professional player.

Therefore, Liu Rui will try to control the player's playing time in a safe area as much as possible.

But in this game, the Bobcats and the Suns played very stalemate. Of course, Liu Rui must go all out for this kind of game.

And D'Antoni has always been a coach who likes to use the main force very much. Seeing Liu Rui's substitution at this time, he also took all the main players on the field in advance.

The two teams seem to be planning to start a final fight. After all, before the game, D'Antoni never thought that the Bobcats would push the Suns into desperation.

So at this time, I dare not relax in the slightest, otherwise even the Suns will capsize in the gutter.

The difference is that Liu Rui's current lineup is Duhon, Ariza, Wallace, Okafor and Brezek.

Liu Rui chose to put Okafor on the court, forming a twin tower with Brezek inside.

Instead, the starter Kapono was replaced off the field.

The two teams have already bombarded the whole game, and the offensive rounds in the three quarters are more than one game in other games.

Coupled with the long playing time of the main lineup, it also consumed a lot of physical strength of the players of the two teams.

The most important thing is that when Kapono is on the court, Richardson is simply a defensive loophole.

Richardson has been successful in singles with the ball many times, because each of the five players on the Suns field has a strong offensive ability.

Liu Rui had no choice but to replace Kapono.

And Ariza will not have any problems in defending Richardson. After all, the two are evenly matched in terms of height and weight.

After Okafora came on the court, Liu Rui made it clear that he did not intend to continue the bombardment with the Suns.

I think it's time to send out the last hole card of this game...

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(End of this chapter)