Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 350
Jim Jackson has found an organization in the Suns. The Suns have 4 people in the backcourt and rotate 3 positions. Although he is not a starter, he can play more than 20 minutes per game, shoot a three-pointer from the corner, and run open to eat Order cakes, and life is considered nourishing.

As for his poor defense, the Suns don't need to put a lot of energy on defense anyway.

So in the second quarter, Wade took whatever he wanted on the court and regarded the Suns' restricted area as his own bedroom. Although Garnett was off the court to rest, Nene's body was not something that Steven Hunter could compete with. Under the concentrated blasting, the defense was declared lost. Even if Marion had three heads and six arms, he could not stop Wade, Nene and David West from bombing in turn.

The momentum brought by Nash's three-pointer was overwhelmed by the Lakers again.The Lakers played a wave of 10 to 2, but led by 6 points.

As a last resort, D'Antoni could only use Walter McCarty.

After being given up by the Celtics, this beggar version of Antoine Walker, a wonderful power forward who averaged 5 three-pointers per game and hit 2 in his peak period, played a residual heat in the Suns, but unfortunately, his The three-pointer has also been scum, no longer the courage of the past, and the shooting rate has dropped to 33%. D'Antoni just let him play to try his luck. After all, Hunter can't attack and defend on the court, and he can't even fill the inside space. can't do it.

Marion was also replaced and Boozer reappeared.

As a screen, Boozer was much more qualified than Marion and Hunter. He cooperated with Nash as soon as he came on the court, and then leaned against Billups and hit a layup after going down.

Nene tried to fight back, but his mid-range shot missed, Boozer protected the backcourt rebound, and Nash continued to launch a fast break.

The silent killer Joe Johnson settled outside the three-point line, received a pass from Nash, flew Artest, broke through to the basket to attract help defenses, and then was assigned to the other corner. Jim Jackson waited After a long time, he took the ball calmly and made a hit.The point difference returned to one point.

"This is the value of Joe Johnson. If Quentin Richardson was in this position just now, he might only be able to force a shot against Artest's defense. It can be seen that this kind of player with the ability to handle the ball is against the ball. It’s invaluable to the team.”

"That's right, but the Suns have to think about his next contract. Not only him, but Carlos Boozer is about to renew his contract. How to keep the current core lineup? For Colangelo, It is not a small challenge, and I believe that this offseason, there must be a lot of teams poaching the Suns."

The two sides changed back to the main force one after another. Walter McCarty played a certain effect and made a three-pointer, which was better than the mediocre Steven Hunter.

Jim did not replace Battier, but let David West continue to stay on the court, mainly marking Boozer. Billups, who played for a quarter and a half in a row, was also replaced. After Wade and Kobe partnered field.

Before the game, Boozer uttered nonsense and attacked West. The Lakers players heard it and were angry.

Now that the two have a chance to face each other directly, Garnett responded from the high post, signaled West to play in the low post, singled Boozer, and then lobbed the ball in.

Although David West doesn't talk much, he is quite ruthless.

After catching the ball with his back turned to face the basket, he made a fake shot. After slightly shaking Boozer's center of gravity, he dribbled the ball and pretended to go to the middle, but quickly turned his back and walked to the baseline. The small hook hits the board, and the whole set of movements is not sloppy, simple and effective.

After the goal, West ignored Boozer, who was complaining to the referee, quickly returned to the defense, and gave Garnett, who was directing the defense line, a high-five.

Jim and the bench players applauded West's goal one after another, and responded to doubts. The easiest way is to use the performance on the court.

On the defensive end, West is still facing Boozer, while Marion running around is taken care of by Garnett.

The Suns don't have low-post post-up singles. Most of the offenses are initiated by Nash's high-post pick-and-roll, and this time is no exception. Zell, the latter forcibly attacked the basket, but West reacted quickly and chased him to block the shot.

It's a pity that his athletic ability is relatively average. If it is Garnett, this ball is already a big hat, and West can only pay for one foul.

Jim secretly rejoiced that if the ball replaced Boozer with Stoudemire Jr., West would definitely be on the background of today's five best balls.

Boozer made two free throws, which is considered to have recovered the field.

In the second quarter, Kobe’s sense of presence was relatively low. The Lakers’ offense mainly came from Wade’s breakthrough points. Mainly on the defensive end, the Suns' two major shooters, Joe Johnson and Quentin Richardson, also did nothing in the second quarter, relying on the performance of Nash and Boozer to bite the score.The Lakers led 61-57 entering the second half.

Easy side to fight again, the situation changes suddenly.

Marion broke out suddenly again. First, he received a wonderful pass from Nash and dunked through Battier's alley-oop to give the Suns the lead. The data came to 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks.

Under the strategy of the Lakers expanding their defense and sticking to the three-pointer, there is really no good way to deal with this eccentric Marion. Using West or Haslem is too slow, and Battier's physical fitness is at a serious disadvantage. As for Garnett ... He has more important things to do, and he can't focus on running around with Marion.

On the offensive end, the Lakers' [-]-pointers were relatively stable except for Billups. Battier and Artest were completely off-point. They could only rely on Garnett's free throw line support and Kobe's personal ability to break the Suns' attack. joint defense.

The three-pointers of both sides were misfired to varying degrees. The Lakers relied on the mid-range of Garnett and Kobe, while the Suns relied on the duo of Nash and Boozer, as well as the occasional steals from Marion and Joe Johnson's air cuts.

The score was staggered, from 61 to 81. Varejao, Ariza and others were sweating profusely when they waved towels, not to mention the players on the field. D'Antoni even had to use the Polish giant Chi Lampi, to temporarily fill the inside line.

In the second half of the third quarter, Wade came on the court and directly replaced Artest. Jim planned to build an advantage in the transition period, otherwise he would be dragged to the fourth quarter. At the Suns' home court, anything could happen.

The effect was immediate, Wade forced Quentin Richardson into the paint, Eurostepped past Lampi, hit a backhand layup, and caused a foul by Marion.

D'Antoni immediately yelled at the referee, and it was Marion's fourth foul.That's not good news for the Suns.

(End of this chapter)