Thanos

Chapter 221 Fierce Battle

In short, Ye Heping's ball just now really boosted morale.

The Lakers were originally united as one, and now their morale has been boosted.

In the next round, Stoudemire attacked the inside and was once again surrounded by the Lakers. He lost the ball in the chaos.

In the next round, the Suns still had no chance to pass, and the Lakers defended against a 24-second violation.

A team that is good at playing 7-second offense was defended until 24-second violations, which shows how good the Lakers' defense is tonight.

The Lakers went all out, scored consecutively, and directly hit a perfect start of 10:0.

Beep beep!

Coach D'Antoni couldn't sit still, so he called a timeout.

The magician taunted Barkley for a while, and then began to analyze rationally.

The Lakers used Vujacic as the starter tonight, which is really a coup.

In the first six games, Nash was the best player for the Suns. The other 2, 3, and 4 positions were actually disadvantaged, and Stoudemire's 5 position was only average.

It's just that Nash has excellent ability and played too well, driving the whole team.

And Vujacic put great defensive pressure on Nash tonight. Once Nash is restricted, the Suns will not be able to play in other positions.

"Atkins is indeed a defensive loophole. Vujacic is completely different. He is tall and can put a lot of pressure on Nash!"

Kenny Smith concluded.

"As we all know, a team with a point guard as the core of the team, once the point guard is strangled, will immediately be in trouble!"

Barkley agrees.

"Of course, this doesn't include the guy next to me, and he's not an ordinary point guard, because I've never seen a point guard grow to 206 cm."

Although Barkley competed with the magician, he recognized the magician's strength.

The magician smiled: "I've never seen a 198-centimeter dwarf achieve what Barkley did!"

Business mutual blow, real hammer!
Pause back.

The Suns haven't changed much, they just added pick-and-roll tactics, the golden partner of Nash and Stoudemire.

Using this tactic, Nash scored 5 points in a row and finally brought some momentum.

But the Lakers quickly adjusted.

After some deployment, the defensive strategy was strengthened.

Without switching defenses, Vujacic went around the pick-and-roll to defend Nash in advance, Mihm did not go out of the basket, Odom came out with Stoudemire, and then Kobe and Ye Heping were delayed by the two flanks.

The adjustment effect was very fast, and it can be said that the cure was cured. The Lakers immediately succeeded in defending for two consecutive rounds.

In fact, everyone is very familiar with each other. They have played three regular season games in the same district, and this is another seven playoff games. Don't know each other too well.

The Lakers have studied this tactic of the Suns for a long time, and after many drills, they have already targeted it.

As a result, 10:5.

13: 5.

19:9
After most of the quarter, the Lakers still maintained a 10-point lead.

After the pick-and-roll tactics of Stoudemire and Nash were targeted, D'Antoni had no other good strategies, but he handed the ball to the core one by one and let Nash and Stoudemire play more.

Needless to say, Nash's ability, after adapting to Vujacic's defense, he began to become more and more accurate, making consecutive difficult shots.

But after all, the intensity of the game is there. Nash's thin body can't play like this all the time, and his shooting percentage also starts to drop.

At the end of the first quarter, the Suns began to give the ball to Stoudemire to play inside.

After receiving a pass from Nash, Stoudemire tricked Mim with a feint, then turned his back and drove straight into the penalty area, dunked violently, and caused Odom's pulling foul.

2+1!

Xiaosi beat his chest excitedly and roared, and gave Ye Heping a sideways look.

The American West Center is also in a state of restlessness, cheering for Stoudemire.

Stoudemire made a steady penalty and succeeded in hitting a three-pointer.

In the next round, seeing that Stoudemire was in good shape, Nash still handed the ball to Stoudemire.

This time, Mihm learned from the previous lesson, played steadily, was not easily deceived, and stood firmly between Stoudemire and the basket.

Stoudemire speeded up his breakthrough, trying to use his speed to pass Mim, but Ye Heping, who had been ambushing on the flank, made a mistake and lost the ball.

To be honest, except for one mid-range shot, Stoudemire's other skills in the early days were very rough, and most of them still played with their bodies.

When encountering double-teaming, the handling is very poor, and the attack and distribution of the ball are not in place.

Immediately afterwards, Nash still believed in Stoudemire and passed the ball to him.

Stoudemire is not stupid either, avoiding Ye Ping's side and breaking through Mim from the other side.

But there are Kobe and Odom on that side, which is no easier than Ye Heping's side.

As soon as Stoudemire accelerated, he was blocked by Kobe and Odom together, and he was pressed in place, dribbling like scum.

Ye Heping took the opportunity to do everything from behind, steal again, assisted Odom in the fast break and scored a dunk, and returned one to Stoudemire.

The first quarter ended quickly, at 24:13, the Lakers led by 11 points.

And limiting the Suns' scoring to 13 points in a single quarter is nothing short of a miracle.

In the second quarter, coach D'Antoni saw that the momentum was wrong, so he played the main force and let the main force continue to play.

Naturally, the Lakers' substitute couldn't handle it, and being run by the sun's rhythm was tantamount to being led by the nose.

In addition, Joe Johnson, who returned from injury, played well, scoring points with sudden shots.

In an instant, the Suns rained three-pointers, reducing the score in an instant.

At 33:28, when the point difference was only 5 points, Frank couldn't sit still anymore, and sent the main players one after another.

But the effect was not good. After the timeout, the Lakers' defense was not as strong as in the first quarter, and they were obviously slack. Although the Suns scored a little slower, they were still chasing points.

At halftime, 44:42, the Lakers still lead by 2 points.

The Suns scored 29 points in a single quarter and narrowed the 9-point gap.

During the intermission, everyone in the Lakers locker room encouraged each other to boost morale.

After the start of the second half, Kobe hit Ah Q hard and hit a 3-pointer to widen the gap.

47: 42.

Attack of the sun.

Nash's breakthrough attracted the Lakers to shrink the lineup, and then distributed the ball to Jim Jackson on the outside.

But Ye Heping returned to the defense very quickly, and still got interference. Jim Jackson's three-pointer missed slightly, and Mim caught Stoudemire and successfully protected the rebound.

The Lakers' offense, Vujacic's breakthrough was interfered by Stoudemire, and Marion received the rebound.

Nash broke through and created a chance for Marion, but Odom defended very fiercely, and Marion was seriously disturbed and couldn't make a shot.

The Lakers attacked again. After Kobe broke through Ah Q, he was double-teamed by Marion and Jim, but he refused to make a forced shot.

When the two teams came back from the second half, the defensive intensity was increasing, making it extremely difficult for both sides to score. The score rose like a turtle, and it remained at around 5 points.

During the rotation time, the German coach is still the main player.

The main force of the Lakers has a substitute, which is slightly weaker but still maintains the disadvantage.

After three quarters, 61:59, the Lakers still have a 2-point advantage.

The most critical fourth quarter is coming.

(End of this chapter)