The Eagles started with an 8-2 start!

The Suns called a timeout!

Except for Quentin Richardson's two points on a mid-range jumper, the Suns didn't score a point in the first three minutes!

The Suns played awkwardly from the moment they lost the jump ball, and the Hawks took the initiative.

Mike Woodson asked Liu Mang to defend against Big Q. In addition to Liu Mang's physical strength and ability to run with Big Q, he also wanted to take advantage of the fact that Liu Mang was better at assisting in defense. He was not as good as Prince in defending against Liu Mang alone. It may be slightly inferior to McGrady who focuses on defense and passing, but his defensive ability is better, and his defensive comprehensiveness is worse than Liu Mang's.

Liu Mang was not afraid of confrontation, and dared to collide with Stoudemire. He actively flanked Stoudemire with Kwame Brown, and consciously left the Suns' Big Q, who has the worst outside scoring ability, open shots.

Quentin Richardson is a player that the Hawks coaching staff has studied in depth. In fact, the Hawks coaching staff have studied the characteristics of the eight players in the Suns' main rotation.

After the loss to the Suns, the Hawks coaching staff regarded the Suns as their imaginary opponent in the finals after the Spurs, and carefully studied every game starting from the Suns' preseason.

After research, it was found that Suns head coach D'Antoni is very keen on eight-man rotations for some reason. If the main players are strong enough, they would like to play five-man rotations until the end of the game.

It's not just D'Antoni who is strange, the entire Suns team is also strange. Stoudemire showed his talent in mid-range shooting last season, but this season he stopped shooting. So far this season, he has dunked 213 times, second only to O'Neal.

245 times.

The gap between second and third place is the Straits of Malacca. Kwame Brown, who is third, has dunked 101 times so far. The three of them are the only three players in the league with more than 100 dunks so far.

In other words, Stoudemire averaged nearly 8 points per game through dunks.

Nash is also very strange. He prefers to lick the sweat with his tongue instead of applying magnesium powder.

Joe Johnson's mid-to-long-range shots in isolation against defenders are more accurate than open shots on counterattacks. Of course, Joe Johnson's open three-pointers are also particularly accurate. His three-point shooting rate is 46%, but he is more accurate in one-on-one singles.

, the three-point shooting percentage in singles is as high as 51%...

Shawn Marion has a completely different style from the Suns but fits in well. He loves defense.

Loving defense is not a problem, but loving defense in the Suns, and with a height of 2.01 meters, the defensive efficiency in the league is second only to Duncan and Rasheed Wallace, which is weird enough. Who played against the Suns

The team's power forwards performed the worst, including Duncan, who scored less than 15 points in two of the three games against Marion.

But Shawn Marion's offensive efficiency ranks sixth among power forwards in the league, making him a perfect fit for the Suns.

And the weirdest thing is undoubtedly Quentin Richardson. If he doesn’t run to catch the ball and shoot, he just can’t make the shot!

Quentin Richardson averaged 2.9 three-pointers per game this season, ranking third in the league, second only to Ray Allen's 3.1 three-pointers per game and Liu Mang's 3.8 three-pointers per game. However,

The strange thing is that his shooting percentage after running long distances is as high as 41%, but only 29% on fixed-point shooting!

This allowed Mike Woodson to use his imagination and deploy an unimaginable defense to let go of the league's third three-point shooter this season!

Of course, it is not pure short selling, which is courting death, but short selling with skill.

First of all, we must retreat well. Regardless of whether we can score or not, we must firmly determine the defensive position and try our best to let the Suns fall into a positional battle.

Then, McGrady and Rasheed Wallace looked at Marion and Joe Johnson's open three-pointers. Marion was a bit more difficult to deal with. This guy had an air cut, but Joe Johnson didn't have the ability to move.

Liu Mang, Kwame Brown, and Prince strictly implemented Mike Woodson's defensive strategy, forcing the Suns to concentrate the ball in the hands of Nash and Stoudemire, freeing up a large gap in the top arc for

Nash and Stoudemire set a pick-and-roll, and then when Nash passed the ball to Stoudemire, Liu Mang and Kwame Brown flanked Stoudemire.

The defensive strategy is simple and crude, but effective!

The main reason was that the Suns were not allowed to engage in run-and-gun attacks. Although the Suns' positional warfare offense was also very powerful, Mike Woodson played something different this time. By the time Stoudemire received the ball, Big Q had already run.

When he got out of the gap, Stoudemire passed the ball three times to Big Q, but Big Q only hit one mid-range shot on the left side of the free throw line, and both open three-pointers were solid!

The issue of rhythm is a problem for superstars like Nash, players like Stoudemire who have top star ability under Nash's passing, and even first-class stars like Joe Johnson and solid top stars like Marion.

Not a big problem.

But for role players like Quentin Richardson, who particularly relies on shooting rhythm, the problem is bigger.

Big Q is very good this season, the most prolific scorer of the Suns, but his shooting percentage is only 38%, and his three-point shooting percentage is not bad, 36%, but the rhythm is not right, and he plays very badly.

Worse, they rely too much on rhythm. Otherwise, the Suns spent 6 years and 50 million to recruit Big Q last summer, and he played very well. He was also the Suns' most diligent running player. He worked hard to help the Suns create a running and gunning system.

He was at the top of his game, but he was sold out after playing for one year in his original time and space, just because of this.

At the beginning, the Hawks scored 8 points on 4 of 5 shots, but the Suns only made 1 of 4 shots, and D'Antoni was forced to call a timeout.

D'Antoni really didn't expect this. He admitted that he couldn't beat the Rockets. The opponent's rhythm was so slow that they couldn't even speed up. He also admitted that he couldn't beat the Spurs. The opponent's rhythm was steady. Ginobili

Sao.

But D'Antoni is very confident, having defeated the Hawks once. The Suns are truly regarded as a "championship team" because they defeated the Hawks once.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Mustache has always been arrogant, otherwise he would not have been coaching the Lakers in the future. When Kobe was reimbursed for the second year, he did not compete for the top pick and forced himself to be the last pick.

Won 3 out of 4 games, surpassed the Jazz and ranked second to last in the Western Conference. He voluntarily resigned after the season. He was so elegant and proud.

After D'Antoni defeated the Hawks once, he felt that the Hawks were no longer their opponent.

Unexpectedly, at the beginning of this game, the opponent's defense was very targeted.

The Eagles coaching staff spent a long time studying the Suns. Even when Coach Kruger and Mike Woodson were on vacation during the All-Star weekend, they were still in touch to study their first strong opponent after returning from the All-Star weekend.

But D'Antoni didn't think so much. His belief is to shoot and shoot again.

Deliberately give Stoudemire a chance to cut in, and then actively flank him to reduce Nash's breakthrough and allow Quentin Richardson to shoot at fixed spots...

D'Antoni didn't make substitutions. He didn't like substitutions and made some offensive adjustments.

As for the three counterattacks by the Eagles on the defensive end...as long as the shots are missed, that's all.

For the Eagles, after the first phase of the tactics was successful, Coach Kruger waited until D'Antoni called a timeout and immediately began to arrange the tactics for the second phase. Mike Woodson was beside him to supplement the computer that the defense should pay attention to. In this game, they

are quite well prepared.

D'Antoni laughed after he beat them last time. They still remember that after staying with a certain No. 1 player for a long time, the two of them have become a lot stingy.

…

After the timeout, there were no substitutions on either side, and the Suns played the ball in the frontcourt.

After receiving the serve, Nash went to the top arc and found that the person guarding him had been replaced by Liu Mang!

It’s different! It’s different from what the coach expected!

Why won't the team that promised a successful tactic make adjustments first? Why did this law change when it came to the Eagles?

Nash bit the bullet and asked Stoudemire to come out for a pick-and-roll. The person who followed Stoudemire also changed and became Rasheed Wallace!

Stoudemire actually came up to block Liu Mang this time. Nash broke through the pick-and-roll. Stoudemire blocked Liu Mang and cut from the left side of the basket. However, Rasheed Wallace did not

Switch defense, but stay close to Stoudemire, preventing Stoudemire from rushing into the paint at a high speed.

When Nash reached the free throw line, he saw Liu Mang forcefully bypassing the pick-and-roll and rushing toward him. He had excellent vision and saw Kwame Brown blocking Marion's pass when he cut from the baseline.

On the ball route, Joe Johnson stood still and was guarded by Tracy McGrady, and Big Q was also closely pursued by Prince. It was a good idea to break into the paint, but Marion's cut in allowed Kwame Brown to almost rush to the basket and enter.

Double-teamed by Liu Mang and Kwame Brown...

For a moment, Nash thought about various passing plans in his mind, but none of them were good. When Nash reached the free throw line, before Liu Mang could defend in place, he stopped for a jump shot and threw the ball towards the basket in a horse-riding archery posture!

"Shua"

The ball hit the ball hollow! Nash's shooting is so good! Among outside players this season, his overall mid-range shooting percentage of 46% is second only to Tracy McGrady's 47%, and is 100% higher than Kobe.

one.

Liu Mang tried his best to catch up and defend, but still couldn't catch up.

But he didn't hesitate, and immediately rushed back to the basket to pick up the ball, quickly passed it to Tracy McGrady, who was about to drop the ball, and then rushed towards the frontcourt. On the other side, Prince also quickly dropped the ball.

McGrady received Liu Mang's serve at the center line and continued to accelerate.

Big Q, Joe Johnson and Nash, who scored the goal, all quickly chased McGrady and Prince. Liu Mang followed closely behind. Once outside the three-point line, McGrady, who was flanked, immediately passed the ball to Liu Mang.

Liu Mang just received the ball and took off. Nash, who turned around, and Marion, who retreated quickly, pounced on him. Marion's long arms covered Liu Mang's shooting space!

After Nash was dunked, his defense was already working hard but he couldn't guard it. Now he is working even harder. Liu Mang really didn't dare to throw in the air. He only had three people on the fast break, and five of the opponent's players had already reached half court. Liu Mang

When Mang reached the highest point of his jump, he still didn't shoot, so he simply threw it toward the left side of the basket. He hoped that Prince would run fast enough, and if nothing happened, he would throw it out of bounds and draw the Suns into a position battle again.

"Ding... Aerial Magician Level 4 is triggered. The host will jump up and pass the ball this time to deceive the opponent's defender and lead the opponent with the ball."

You can't stop luck when it comes!

When Liu Mang passed the ball, Stoudemire, who had just rushed to the three-point line, made a misjudgment and rushed toward Tracy McGrady. Prince rushed forward to catch the ball and jumped with the momentum of his sprint.

, the split dunk after flying at low altitude scored two points!

Prince is a ruthless man who doesn't talk much. After landing, he pretended to be a buffer when he landed. He knocked the ball out of bounds and hit the bottom line reporters, blocking the Suns.

Pick up the ball and serve immediately.

Of course, it's not just this. There are two people on the Eagles who didn't participate in the quick kick at all. Otherwise, Liu Mang wouldn't be able to shoot. Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown were guarding the free throw line in the backcourt.

side!

Nash didn't know what to say to Liu Mang's pass. There was no one in the direction of Liu Mang's pass. Does he trust his teammates so much?

It was the Suns' offense again. Nash played for half a quarter and was used to the advancement of positional warfare. The Hawks' two inside players couldn't get through, and their three outside players retreated as quickly as they came.

Nash advanced to the frontcourt and continued to play pick-and-rolls with Stoudemire. They all started from the pick-and-roll in positional battles. The Suns not only ranked first in the league in counterattack scoring, but also ranked first in the league in pick-and-roll offense.

Nash continued to use the pick-and-roll to get rid of Liu Mang, and once again got a shot from the mid-range. This time the pull-up jump shot was not as good as the last time, and the mid-range pull-up jump shot was missed!
To be continued...