Thanos

Chapter 214 Refusal to Sweep
On May 5, the remaining three games will be played.

The Rockets beat the Spurs.

Without McGrady's Rockets, they still fell under the Spurs' iron heel after all.

86:77, the Spurs lead 3:1.

It is only a matter of time before the Rockets are eliminated.

The Pacers beat the Pistons.

Fans hope that the Pacers will continue to create miracles, and the next gram will go up.

But the Pistons showed the strength of the defending champion, and the Pacers themselves are somewhat weak.

89:76, the Pistons won an away game and tied the big score at 2:2.

Later, the Suns beat the Lakers again.

Lakers fans went to the home court to watch the game, and many of them brought brooms, wishing the home team to sweep their opponents and advance.

But the Suns told everyone with their actions that they refused.

In the admission ceremony, there was a detail noticed by Los Angeles fans, which increased the confidence of the Los Angeles people.

One of the unshakable starting five of the Suns, Joe Johnson, is wearing a suit.

"We didn't get any news about Joe Johnson's injury before the game. It seems that the Suns have done a good job of keeping secrets."

Kenny Smith also looked confused, obviously ignorant of this.

"This is bad news."

Barkley is always a bit regretful. He played for the Suns and can be regarded as a star of the Suns.

"The team has been pushed to the brink of elimination, plus the absence of the main force, the Suns are in bad luck, and they are playing away games. There is a high probability that they will be eliminated in this game."

The magician is very generous and did not gloat: "But I hope the Suns can cheer up and bring fans a wonderful game even if they lose."

"Yes."

Kenny Smith continued: "Don't look at the Suns who are 0:3 behind now, but every game they have is a fierce battle, and the players performed very well, but the last luck is not good."

Although the three commentators encouraged the Suns in unison, everyone knew that the Suns were in danger.

The absence of singles Joe made things worse.

Both parties start:

Lakers here: Mihm, Odom, Ye Heping, Kobe, Atkins.

Sun side: Stoudemire, Marion, Jim Jackson, Ah Q, Nash.

Beep beep!

At the beginning of the game, in the jump ball, Stoudemire still had a great advantage, crushing Mihm and turning the ball back to the home court of the Suns.

As soon as Nash got the ball, the Suns ran up and down the court like a tide.

In the frontcourt, Stoudemire made a cover for Nash.

Nash got rid of Atkins, accelerated and rushed in.

Ye Heping moved quickly, shrinking his defense immediately.

Nash's body was blocked, but the ball in his hand didn't stop. A fast, ruthless, accurate one-handed pass was sent directly to the old Jim on the flank.

Old Jim threw with open arms.

Ye Heping immediately turned around and rushed towards him. His movements were extremely fast and caused some interference.

But old Jim didn't change his face, he leaned back slightly when shooting, avoided Ye Heping's interference, and threw the ball.

The ball crossed a beautiful parabola, made a crisp "swish" sound, and shot into the basket.

"Pretty!"

The commentary seat, Barkley couldn't help shouting.

"That's right, Qiu Yeping has already defended well, but old Jim has a very stable mentality. He is worthy of being a veteran and very reliable."

The magician smiled bitterly: "Little Jim is not an ordinary veteran. The Dallas Three Masters (Three Js), Jason Kidd, Jim Jackson, and Jamal Mashburn were all talented."

Kidd is one of the best point guards in NBA history.

Mashburn, known as the king of small forwards, was the strongest small forward of his era in terms of offense alone. Pippen, Hill, and Pierce could only be ranked behind him.

The Lakers attack.

Kobe broke through to attract the containment and passed the ball to Atkins in the corner.

Nash returns to defense quickly and can give a lot of interference.

The chance of this ball is not very good, Atkins should continue to pass the ball.

But he didn't even think about it, and shot directly.

boom!
Under Nash's interference, Atkins shot seriously missed.

There was a hand-to-hand fight at the basket, Stoudemire and Jim blocked the Lakers' three highs, Marion jumped high and received a backcourt rebound.

Immediately, Marion found Nash, and the Suns team continued to run wildly, rushing forward unstoppably like a yellow river.

This time it's the basic tactic, with Stoudemire and Nash doing the pick-and-roll.

Nash got rid of Atkins, and in front of him was the tall and bulky Meme. Without even thinking about it, Nash suddenly took a step back and shot directly outside the three-point line.

Mim couldn't react in time, and couldn't give defensive pressure at all.

Swish!
Nash also scored a three-pointer.

6: 0.

Not only did Jim Jackson continue his previous good touch, Nash's touch also began to recover from the coldness of the previous game.

Lakers offense.

Kobe played Ah Q in the singles in the frontcourt. Relying on his personal ability, he made a picturesque backward jumper and hit a goal.

6: 2.

The Suns didn't stop at all, and Stoudemire sent a sideline kick in an instant.

The Lakers were a little caught off guard, unable to return to defense in time, and were easily torn apart by Nash.

Ye Heping and Kobe had no choice but to shrink at the same time.

When Nash saw the trick, he immediately passed the ball to a 45-degree angle, and it was in Ah Q's hands.

Ah Q threw with open hand, whoosh!

Still in, 9:2.

Beep beep!

The Lakers were stopped directly, and Coach Frank called a timeout immediately.

The Suns scored three three-pointers in a row at the beginning. This is really a rain of three-pointers, and it can't be stopped at all.

After the timeout, the Lakers consciously expanded their defense to guard against the Suns' three-pointers, but this made the Lakers' inside defense suddenly relaxed.

First, Marion made an air cut and scored a dunk with a pass.

After the pick-and-roll by Stoudemire and Nash, he went down, accepted the pass from Shih and directly attacked Mihm, and smashed the ball into the basket over Mihm's head.

In just 4 minutes, three three-pointers and two dunks, the Suns shot [-]%.

The score was already 13:4, with a difference of almost double digits.

Frank stood up directly from the bench and paced around the sidelines, but couldn't make up his mind.

The Suns fired a three-pointer, and the air cut tactic was also played.

So which one should be strictly guarded against, or which one should be defended first?

Anti-air cuts and shrinking lineups will allow opponents to get more three-pointers.

Defending three-pointers and expanding the lineup will allow opponents to find more opportunities to cut and kill the penalty area.

This was a multiple-choice question, and Coach Frank couldn't make up his mind for a while.

"Maggie, what can you do?"

Buckley was smiling all over his face, and the fat pig leaned back on the chair and asked comfortably.

The magician thought and thought, and finally shook his head.

He also has no good way.

"This is not a tactical problem, but a state problem. No one can do anything about the state of the Suns!"

It was Kenny Smith who woke up the dreamer.

"The Lakers have a problem."

"I wish the Suns weren't so accurate the whole game."

The magician thought silently.

(End of this chapter)