There is no slow player.

The Jazz couldn't limit the Suns' scoring. Fortunately, on their own, Deron, who was strong and physical, had an advantage in the offensive end when facing Nash, and the offensive efficiency around Deron was not low. The two teams

The scores also rose alternately, and it was difficult to decide the winner for a while.

But this situation is obviously not satisfactory to Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan.

The Jazz's starting lineup cannot be just about equal teams with the Suns. After all, there are still Wang Chao, who averages 20.9 points per game and Barbosa, who averages 16.8 points per game on the bench of the Suns!

The Jazz don't have so many excellent players on the bench. The best performance on the bench is forward Matt Hapurin, who averages 11.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, and that's just one person, and Delon's substitute.

Point Guard Derek Fisher.

Sloan knew very well that once the main players of both sides came off the court and the substitute players came on the court, the situation where the match was equal would be immediately broken, and the players on their bench would definitely not be able to withstand the bombardment of the Suns.

After thinking for a while, Sloan took advantage of the free throw and replaced Kirirenko with Haplin.

In order to ensure the offensive efficiency on the field, Deron, Boozer and Oku must not leave the field. Therefore, in order to limit the Suns' bench double evil spirits, Sloan's choice is to let Kirirenko leave the field early and then wait

Wang Chao will appear after the Suns team comes on the court and stare at Wang Chao to death.

Sloan believes that with Kirilenko's defensive ability, it can definitely effectively limit Wang Chao's performance outside the three-point line. In this way, as long as he can find a way to curb Barbosa's offense, the Suns will not

The method is to use the substitute time to widen the score gap!

On the Suns, Wang Chao, who has been paying attention to Kirilenko, of course he saw this scene.

Kirilenko's early end will naturally have a certain impact on the strength of the Jazz's starting lineup. His defensive tactical position in this Jazz team is still very high, especially in the face of running and bombing teams like the Suns.

All of them need Kirilianko's assistant defense to help his teammates check for omissions.

His defensive coverage and coordinating ability are far from comparable to Hapurin, who came from the bench.

Therefore, with Kirilenko's fate, the Jazz gradually could not withstand the Suns' offensive bombardment, and the score difference began to gradually emerge.

Fortunately, the game has reached the end of the first quarter at this time.

After a timeout, D'Antoni replaced most of the main players and sent a substitute player to the court.

Wang Chao and Barbosa all made their debut.

Seeing this, Sloan immediately sent Kirirenko.

Wang Chao, who had just walked on the field, immediately saw AK47 standing in front of him.

"Boy, don't try to shoot a three-pointer in front of me today!"

Kirilenko stared at Wang Chao and said arrogantly.

"Oh?" Wang Chao's eyebrows raised slightly. "If you can do it, come and try it!"

If it was at the beginning of the regular season, Wang Chao might have really had no way to deal with Kiri, but the situation has been completely different in the past and now.

The Suns' ball rights, after Barbosa dribbled through half the game, he wanted to let all his teammates play singles after making gestures.

Jazz main point guard Delon Williams has already left the court, and the substitute point guard Fisher is on the court.

Lao Yu has a very good power and will not suffer too much when facing forward players. However, as a point guard who is 1.85 meters tall, his speed can no longer be described as simply slow.

Barbosa is contrary to Fisher. He is one of the fastest defenders in the league. The name of Brazil's Lightning is definitely not a false reputation.

It only takes one step to pass Fisher. In just a blink of an eye, Fisher was passed by Barbosa for half of his body. It was not until this time that he realized that he wanted to follow the defense.

It was naturally too late at this time.

Barbosa took the lead and rushed into the inside line, facing the Jazz's substitute center to make a layup.

"squeak--"

The whistle sounded, and although Barbosa failed to score the ball, he successfully won two free throws.

In the next few rounds, the Suns were all Barbosa's main attackers, staring at Fisher's point of attack, taking turns to break through and break the Jazz's defense line into pieces.

As the strongest core figure on the defensive end on the field, Kirilianko has no choice but to do so. As a defense expert at the league's top level, he cannot help his teammates assist Barbosa's breakthrough, because

Kirilenko was worried that as soon as he left, Wang Chao would immediately catch the ball and shoot a three-pointer.

In terms of threat level, Wang Chao, who averaged 20.9 points per game in the regular season and averaged 26+ points per game in the first round of the playoffs, is definitely bigger than Barbosa.

While following Wang Chao to stand outside the three-point line, watching Barbosa keep using his speed to ravage the Jazz's penalty area, Kirilenko inevitably became impatient.

"Didn't you speak very arrogantly when you responded to me just now? Why are you just hiding outside the three-point line and not even daring to catch the ball?"

The anxious Kirilenko couldn't help but spit out trash words at Wang Chao.

Wang Chao looked at the other party calmly.

He has no system tasks restrictions in the Western Conference Finals and can play freely. Since Barbosa is in good shape, why does he have to fight against Kirilianko head-on? Even though Wang Chao is confident that he is not afraid of Kiri

Even if there are too many subjects, there is no need for that.

However, Wang Chao was no longer ready to respond to Kirilenko's provocation, but in the next round, Barbosa suddenly passed the ball to Wang Chao after dribbling on the outside for a moment.

Wang Chao, who received the pass from Barbosa, was stunned for a moment and turned his head to look at the opponent. After the latter passed the ball, he ran directly to another position.

"This is……"

Wang Chao felt a little sank and became a little unhappy.

After several consecutive ball-holding attacks, Barbosa's ability was most perfectly reflected. The Suns also opened the gap with the Jazz by Barbosa's past few ball-holding attacks.

The first quarter is about to end, but Barbosa chose to pass the ball to Wang Chao at this time, and the purpose is very obvious.

"Does that guy want to see his own joke?"

Wang Chao's eyes narrowed slightly. This guy is so petty.

He could probably guess Barbosa's idea.

Although the winner of the Best Sixth Man in the 2006-07 season has not been officially announced, everyone already knows that this award is probably Wang Chao’s.

For Barbosa, this is not any happy news.

He should have been the best sixth man, because at the end of December, Wang Chao changed from the start to play as a substitute, which led to a lot of his ball rights being snatched away by Wang Chao. Not only did his personal data decline, Wang Chao was still arrogant.

He became a substitute.

Not long ago, D'Antoni revealed in an interview that the idea of ​​asking Wang Chao to change to be a substitute was actually proposed by Wang Chao himself.

From that moment on, Barbosa's dissatisfaction with Wang Chao had reached a very strong point.

If he was Nash or Stoudemire, he might have shown up to show his strength and power as Wang Chao.

But as a substitute, Barbosa dared not do this, even for his future career, he had to endure this tone.

But in the situation just now on the court, Barbosa can do some more reasonable behaviors and teach Wang Chao a lesson on the court.

"Don't be too proud, brat! No one passes you, can you get 20+ points per game? Aren't you very arrogant? Just like I just played singles like Fisher, I'll try it out.

!”

Although Wang Chao couldn't hear Barbosa's thoughts, he had some understanding of the other party's thoughts.

only……

"That guy, don't you really think I can't do anything like this, right?"

Wang Chao stood still with the ball, made three threatening postures, and thought to himself, "I've been looked down upon!"

At this time, there were only 10 seconds left before the end of the first quarter. Wang Chao did not choose to pass the ball to other teammates to blame him. He had to attack this ball himself!

When Kirilianko saw Wang Chao's movements, his body immediately tensed up. At the same time, he stood forward and almost pressed against Wang Chao, without giving him any space to shoot.

Three threat postures? It doesn’t matter. If you can break through me, then just go over, just don’t shoot!

Kirirenko thought so in his heart, but he immediately saw that even when he was close to Wang Chao, the opponent still raised his hand and shot.

Without thinking, Kirilenko immediately jumped with Wang Chao, stretched his arms straight, ready to give Wang Chao a big hat that covered the sky and the sun.

However, as soon as he jumped up, he was surprised to see that Wang Chao actually took the ball back, transported it on the spot, moved it two steps sideways and then shot directly!

Wang Chao's movements were very silky and smooth, so that after Kirilenko landed on the ground, he rushed to defend from one side and the basketball was already flying towards the basket.

"Swish--!"

Wang Chao's shooting was swiped into the net and was straightforward and got three points.

There were less than 3 seconds left in the first quarter.

"That guy..."

Kirilenko looked at Wang Chao with his eyes flashing.

Wang Chao's fake shooting just now completely deceived him. Logically speaking, he has a rich defensive experience. If it is a fake shooting, you should be able to see it at a glance. Even if he really shoots, he won't.

It easily jumps and loses its center of gravity.

But Wang Chao's actions just now made him jump subconsciously, which was really too realistic!

Moreover, Wang Chao's subsequent dribbling shot was too smooth and he did not give him any chance to make up for it.

"He's harder to deal with than before..."

While Kirilenko was thinking in his heart, he didn't know that Wang Chao, who was retreating to defend, had a lot of psychological activities.
To be continued...