After two away trips, the Suns flew back to Phoenix the next morning.

They originally went to Los Angeles with 1:1, and after winning 2 away games in a row, the situation became clear at once.

Solve the game on your doorstep!This is the consensus of the Suns.

On the other side, the situation of the Clippers is not too good.

After winning an away game, they lost two home games in a row, which was never expected by all the Clippers players.

The fifth game of the two teams will be played here again at the Phoenix West Arena.

The Clippers also came here the day after the previous game. In the past two days, Dunleavy has conducted a lot of training and tactical adjustments.

At this moment, standing in the locker room of the visiting team, he carried out tactical arrangements and mobilization again with an extremely serious expression on his face. Seeing that the time was almost up, Dunleavy took a deep breath, glanced at all the players, and began to shout .

"Guys, it's time for us to go back. This is the most critical game of our season. The Phoenix has taken two games at our home court. Now, we need to get it back!

Win, let's move on!Lose, the season is over!

!

Tell me, what do you want? "

"Win!

"Accompanied by a very imposing shout, the Clippers players also vaguely showed the morale of breaking the boat.

On the other side, D'Antoni is doing the same thing.

Moreover, in terms of momentum, the Suns obviously did not lose.

"Suns! Suns!!"

Ling Yang and other five starting players entered the field one by one, and the cheers on the scene in the Meixi Arena were also louder and louder.

"The game is about to begin!

Two, let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides, and the Clippers adjusted their starting lineup again..."

In the commentary booth, it was still El McCaw Yin, the voice of the sun, as well as Barkley and Kenny Smith of TNT. At this moment, it was McCaw Yin who spoke.

Ling Yang and the others also noticed the lineup changes displayed on the big screen at this moment.

The Clippers have adjusted their lineup again, which is somewhat similar to the lineup in the first game. Kaman returned to the starting lineup. However, the slight difference is that Maggette continued to stay in the starting lineup instead of Quinton as before. - Ross.

D'Antoni just took a look, and then continued to hold the tactical board and said to Nash: "Steve, continue to implement our established tactics..."

The head coaches of both sides made a final emphasis on the sidelines, and the starting players of the two teams came to the field.

"Suns! Suns!!"

Amid the cheers of the Sun fans, Stoudemire took the lead in helping the team get the ball.

Nash controlled the ball to half court, Bell and Marion fell on the three-point line, Ling Yang fell near the three-second zone on the line, and Stoudemire did not fall inside.

"Play pick-and-roll tactics?"

Seeing the position of the sun, Mike Dunleavy immediately grunted inwardly.

On the field, as he expected, when Nash came beyond the three-point line, Stoudemire immediately put up a high pick-and-roll.

...Although Cassell has been paying attention, but after being blocked by Stoudemire, he still failed to keep up with Nash's footsteps for the first time.

Kaman has already shrunk to the middle distance. Seeing that Nash is going to rush inside, he immediately moved his feet to prepare for the defense.

On the other side, Stoudemire quickly split up after Kassel started chasing defense.

This kind of pick-and-roll tactic is too familiar to Nash and Stoudemire. With a ground pass, Nash's ball has been accurately passed to the mid-range Stoudemire.

Although Kaman has also moved to the left to defend again, Stoudemire did not challenge the opponent's defense head-on at all. He made a light offensive tactic from the middle distance and hit a two-pointer.

Playing at the beginning showed his very good state, and Stoudemire continued the offensive feeling of the previous game.

On the sidelines, Dunleavy didn't react too much when he saw Stoudemire's goal.

With Kaman on, he was ready to be targeted, and he just hoped other defensive setups would work.

While he was thinking like this, the Clippers had already launched an attack.

Call inside!

The Clippers also attacked very resolutely at this time. Maggette led Ling Yang directly to the top of the arc, preventing Ling Yang from going inside to help defend at any time.

Then Kaman directly caught the ball near the three-second zone and stormed Stoudemire.

Just as Kaman couldn't keep up with Stoudemire's footsteps, Stoudemire also couldn't stand Kaman in such a confrontation.

Kaman squeezed into the three-second zone step by step. If it was normal, Stoudemire might be able to influence it a little bit.

However, after the previous quarrel with Ling Yang in the locker room, Stoudemire's defensive attitude in the two games was extremely positive.

When Kaman took the ball to attack the basket, Stoudemire actually squeezed before taking off forcibly, trying to cause more interference.

"drop!"

However, Stoudemire is indeed still inexperienced in defense, and was soon fouled by the referee because of his excessive movements and too obvious.

Watching this scene, Mike Dunleavy's eyes lit up while sitting on the sidelines.

Kaman directly fouled Stoudemire every round, which gave him a good sign.

If Stoudemire can get fouled more, then the pick-and-roll combination of Nash and Stoudemire will be affected.

On the field, Cassel also quickly figured this out.

While Nash kept playing pick-and-rolls with Stoudemire, allowing Stoudemire to use his footsteps to hit Kaman at the same time, on the other end, Kassel also kept feeding Kaman, allowing Kaman to be strong inside. Eat Stoudemire to score.

For a while, the game on the field was a bit like 2V2, and the participation of other people was not too high.

Although the offensive efficiency of both Stoudemire and Kaman declined after several rounds, the point guards of both sides still resolutely implemented this tactic.

Because both teams believe that this tactic is fully open and forcing the opponent to make defensive changes is a success.

The Suns attacked and Nash took control of the ball to half court.

Because in the previous round, Stoudemire missed a shot against Kaman's defense, this time, Ling Yang did not directly fall to the bottom line, but started running to find an opportunity to cut into the basket.

… After realizing that the opportunity was not good, Ling Yang was thinking of asking Nash for the ball to attack outside.

At this time, it happened that Stoudemire asked for the ball after the pick-and-roll was completed, so Ling Yang didn't ask for the ball anymore.

After the coach's mediation, Ling Yang and Stoudemire no longer have any barriers on the surface.

However, Ling Yang is very clear that the inner estrangement is not so easy to dissipate.

If I ask for the ball at this time, regardless of whether Stoudemire will think too much about wanting to grab the offensive power, I am afraid that Nash will also be embarrassed when he passes the ball.

The ball was handed over to Stoudemire, perhaps because of the impact of the last round of shooting. Stoudemire's shooting confidence was not particularly high.

He raised his hand and made a fake shot, then dribbled the ball to the basket.

Seeing this scene, Ling Yang, who was already out of the bag, immediately began to move towards the basket.

Under normal circumstances, Kaman is not very easy to defend against Stoudemire's breakthrough, because he can't keep up.

But for this ball, Kaman was clearly prepared. He didn't hit the top just now, but he retreated very fast at this moment. According to Ling Yang's calculation, Kaman was planning to interfere with the last shot.

Ling Yang's speculation was indeed correct. Kaman did not try to defend against Stoudemire, but retreated to the penalty area first.

When Stoudemire was about to take off for a layup, Kaman, who had been waiting for a long time, raised his hands and took off to defend. Whether it was physical confrontation or the already more advantageous height and wingspan, Stoudemire was interfered. .

"boom!"

Stoudemire rebounded after hitting the rebound with a layup against Kaman, but knocked on the basket.

"Amalei missed a layup, rebound! Ling, Ling Chong grabs a rebound..."

In the commentary seat beside the court, McCaw Yin's voice raised.

But Ling Yang, who had been prepared for a long time, rushed to the basket quickly, leaped high, grabbed the basketball and pressed it to the basket again.

"Bang!" "Drip!"

Two voices almost sounded. When Ling Yang smashed the ball into the basket, he heard the referee's whistle unexpectedly.

After landing, Ling Yang looked around in surprise, only to realize that the referee's whistle didn't seem to have anything to do with him.

"No. 1 rebounded and fouled, the goal was invalid!

"

The referee quickly made a gesture, which immediately caused the scene to become extremely noisy.

Ling Yang raised his head to look at the big screen feeling a little pity, while Stoudemire hurriedly rushed to the referee's side to argue.

However, the referee ignored Stoudemire's fight and continued to maintain the penalty.

And Ling Yang, who glanced at the replay, also knew that Stoudemire's ball was really unfair.

Just as Ling Yang rushed into the inside and jumped up to catch the rebound, Stoudemire, who had just completed the shot, probably realized that his shot was wrong and wanted to grab a rebound, so he directly pushed away Kaman who had just landed. And all of this was blown upright by the referee.

There was a hustle and bustle on one side of the sun, but Mike Dunleavy on the other side was very happy. All this was finally developing in the direction he hoped for.

After Stoudemire's previous defensive foul, Dunleavy has been looking forward to Kaman being able to cause another Stoudemire foul.

... Originally, he was still thinking about whether he could play in the Clippers' offensive round, but he didn't expect that Stoudemire actually grabbed a rebound once. For him, it was really a surprise.

As Dunleavy hoped, D'Antoni replaced Stoudemire and Kurt Thomas played.

Although the score between the two teams is still 12:12 at the moment, and the point difference has not widened, Dunleavy feels that his initial tactics have been achieved.

However, Dunleavy was not careless, and immediately made a few gestures towards the sidelines.

After the Clippers players saw it, they immediately understood what Mike Dunleavy meant.

Pay attention to Sun's conduction ball and outside defense, and keep an eye on Ling Yang's breakthrough.

Because of Stoudemire's rebounding foul, the Clippers were the first to attack at the moment.

It may be that Stoudemire's consecutive fouls were caused today, and Kaman's offensive confidence is also full. Although Kurt Thomas was replaced at the moment, Kaman still fell on the low line and wanted the ball.

However, after getting the ball, Kaman obviously felt the difference from Stoudemire's defense.

As the best low-post defender in the Suns, Thomas was not afraid of Kaman's confrontation at all, and just kept Kaman outside the three-second zone.

In desperation, Kaman had to pass the ball back to Cassel.

After receiving the ball, Cassel dribbled forward, directly forced Nash, and scored 2 points in a mid-range jumper.

14:12, the Clippers lead by 2 points.

The adjustment of offensive and defensive personnel on both sides in this round also means that with Thomas replacing Stoudemire on the field, the offensive and defensive tactics of both teams are being adjusted.

Everyone on the Suns side originally thought that the Clippers needed some adaptation in terms of defensive tactics, but they didn't expect the Clippers to adjust so quickly.

Nash came beyond the three-point line and gestured for everyone to make a tactical run, but neither Ling Yang, Bell, nor Marion had a good chance to run.

Seeing this scene, Ling Yang was about to take the initiative to catch the ball and attack, but he saw Nash making a concealed gesture and stopped his steps immediately.

At this moment, Nash has already played pick-and-roll tactics with Kurt Thomas.

Nash started to break through with the help of Thomas' pick-and-roll, and Kaman continued to shrink the defense at this time. Nash, who was rushing, suddenly stopped, looked at Thomas, and raised his hand slightly to pass the ball.

Seeing this scene, Kaman involuntarily took a step towards the outside, and Cassel also stopped and was about to rush towards Thomas.

Kassel wasn't even closer to Thomas than Kaman.

Knowing that Thomas has one-handed shooting, but his offensive ability is not good, Cassel will think about defending.

But right here, Nash, who had already stopped, started up again!

Quick stop and quick start!Nash just made a fake pass pass, but now he continues to break through the conflict.

Cassel, who had moved away, was obviously unable to return to the defense in time, and Kaman immediately retreated back into the penalty area after seeing it.

Maggette, who was defending Ling Yang on the bottom line on this side, was a little entangled. He really wanted to make up the defense, but he was worried that if he did so, Ling Yang would be left empty.

Moving slightly in the direction of Nash, Maggette saw that Kassel had chased after him and Kaman had returned to the three-second zone, and immediately stopped, and then stayed at Ling Yang's side again to prepare for defense.

Turning his head slightly, Maggette's heart skipped a beat.

What about people?

Ling Yang, who was supposed to be standing beside him, is no longer in his original position.

"Whoosh!"

At the same time, Maggette felt a figure rush by beside him.

It was Ling Yang who took advantage of Maggette's momentary focus on Nash, keenly sensed the opportunity, made a wrong step, and directly cut towards the basket from the baseline.

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