stadium ambition

Chapter 211 The Mystery of the Sun Without a Crown

Chapter 211 The Mystery of the Sun Without a Crown

After the timeout, the Suns failed to score a single offense, but were instead scored five points in a row by the Clippers.

Sixteen points behind, compared with 21 points behind, there is a difference between heaven and earth.

The large central screen gave a close-up of Jin Terry's face, and the bewildered expression caused the audience to burst into laughter.

The Suns were also caught in the circle. Originally, they couldn't defend against Su Yang's attack, so why couldn't they even attack themselves?

In the auditorium, Cole leaned on the chair with both hands and pretended to be calm, but in his heart, thousands of alpacas roared past.

"There is no chance, no more, my harsh words before this game will definitely become the material for ridicule in the future..."

In the TNT commentary seat, Barkley was embarrassed.

Seeing his expression, Ernie put away his smile: "The situation changed dramatically in the second quarter. What do you two think caused it? From my perspective and experience, I don't think the Suns played their signature fast break... "

Kenny took over the topic: "Because the overall shooting percentage of the Clippers is too high, except for the time when Su Yang didn't hold the ball in the middle of the first quarter and Nash led the team to launch a wave of fast breaks, the Suns didn't score any points at other times. Poor chance..."

Barkley frowned for a while, and said leisurely: "The root of the problem is poor defense. Since coach Mike D'Antoni took over, the Suns have ranked first in the league in offensive efficiency in the past few seasons, but their defense has always been in the middle and lower reaches of the league.

Their best defense was in the 06-07 season, ranking No.13 among the [-] teams in the league.

That season, they had Lagabel, Sean Marion, and Boris Dior.

But they're seeing the San Antonio Spurs in the semifinals, and there are some non-competitive factors.

In fact, with the current lineup, it is very successful to be able to reach the second round of the Western Conference.

Now, they can't defend Su Yang, and even the Clippers team can't attack, so they can't launch a counterattack.

Coupled with the Clippers' deliberate defense, such as the expansion of the defense line before, they can't even play a regular offense well.

In the end, it is the current situation, anyway, these two games in Los Angeles, I think it is very difficult..."

Kenny nodded: "Many people predicted at the beginning of the season that they would not be able to make the playoffs, but Steve Nash once again showed the world that as long as he is equipped with a few suitable players, he can create miracles."

Ernie also nodded: "So, before the start of this round, there will be so many people predicting that the Clippers will advance,

But the charm of the game of basketball is that anything is possible, let me see what happens in the second half! "

...

During the intermission, the Clippers team returned to the locker room, and the atmosphere was relaxed and pleasant.

Jordan sat down leaning against the closet and straightened his legs carelessly, "Isn't it too simple? The pre-match analysis was so detailed that I almost thought it was a match against a historically strong team. In the end, we led by 24 points at halftime." ..."

Everyone echoed and booed, and Jordan went on to say: "Matt admires Nash so much, I think it's average..."

Barnes smiled and shook his head: "He just doesn't take many shots. If he is really needed to attack, averaging 25 points per game is not difficult for him. If you think I am exaggerating, you can ask Su Yang what he thinks about Nash. What do you think?"

Hearing this, Little Qiaodan turned his head to look at Su Yang, showing an expression that urgently needed affirmation.

Su Yang chuckled, thinking that Jordan probably didn't deny Nash's skills, but had other reasons.

Before he could figure out how to answer, Jordan said, "For so many years, the Suns didn't even make it to the Western Conference Finals. It's not all about Nash's fault, but the Suns' style of play that pursues fast breaks definitely won't work.

I also heard that, in fact, Mike D'Antoni didn't want to play fast break, but Nash strongly demanded it. "

"Of course you can win the championship by playing fast break..."

Su Yang said with a smile: "The first team in the history of the NBA to win the championship by relying on the fast-break and fast-break style of play was the Boston Celtics in the 1959-60 season. Bill Russell was in charge of controlling the penalty area, grabbed the rebound and directly launched a long pass. Push fast break across the board.

The Lakers in the showtime era also relied on fast breaks to win the championship, and they increased their speed infinitely..."

Little Jordan interrupted: "According to what you said, doesn't it just mean that Steve Nash's ability is mediocre? Otherwise, why can't Magic lead the team to win the championship and he can't? Do you think so?"

After the words fell, Su Yang thought to himself why this poor kid is like this, the difference between the two teams is too great.

"Are you kidding? That Lakers team has James Worthy and other Hall of Famers, as well as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who is the second in history, although he is old." Barnes did not hide his contemptuous eyes at all, as if he had a high IQ .

"You said Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, I admit it, after all, he had already won the championship and MVP before he met the magician." Jordan shrugged: "But I don't admit Worthy, he was led by the magician To win the championship..."

"Okay!" Barnes interrupted with a wave of his hand, "You just want to say that Nash's ability to lead the team is poor, so you say yes."

Everyone laughed when they heard the words, Su Yang said: "Since Nash joined the Suns, the lineup has always had great flaws. They used to have wings and lack of insiders. Later, in order to get O'Neal, they sent away Marion and other wings.

But you all know that after O'Neill came in, they didn't succeed, even worse than before.

This season, they sent O'Neal away and re-reinforced the flanks, but the inside is still difficult.

The bad thing is that the current wing is not as strong as before, and the lineup is greatly weakened.

Therefore, Nash can lead the team to the playoffs and rank in the top half, which is considered a dark horse among dark horses. "

After Su Yang finished speaking, everyone nodded silently.

Little Qiaodan was full of embarrassment: "Actually, I wanted to take this opportunity to brag about your strength, you made me very passive..."

Everyone laughed, and Su Yang gave a thumbs up to show his praise, but he definitely believed that Nash was very strong.

The Suns' three-line fast-down and V-shaped tactical system dominated by Nash can be regarded as the ultimate embodiment of Nash's personal ability, but what comes with it is that all members must run fast and have three-pointers as restraints, so they cannot compete with big men inside. coexist.

Both Nash himself and the Suns had a chance to be close to the top, but unfortunately they were so lucky.

Moreover, the Suns executives have been stupid for decades, and they actually exchanged Marion for O'Neal at the peak of the Suns. What else is he a mid-season exchange, directly destroying the offensive system that the Suns spent years building.

What's even more stupid is that the top executives of the Suns don't choose the head coach, and they like to interfere in the draft and trade.

It can only be said that Nash's peak was not in the small ball era of the league, nor did he meet Green's best running and bombing players.

After feeling in his heart, Su Yang led the team back to the arena and took the time to warm up by shooting.

...

After the start of the second half, the Suns' defensive strategy of double-teaming still had little effect on Su Yang.

He made 10 of 7 shots in the third quarter, added 6 free throws, scored 21 points personally, and successfully completed his 50-point commitment.

Compared with the first two quarters, the Suns' offense did not improve at all, and the fourth quarter became garbage time.

The main players of the two teams did not continue to appear, and the Clippers won 128 to 104, leading the series 1 to 0.

After the game, apart from the overwhelming praise for Su Yang, the more discussion was whether the Suns had a chance to win a game.

(End of this chapter)