At 8:20 in the 7th minute of the first quarter at America West Arena, the Suns led by 12 points and doubled the score.
Zhang Lili said with a smile: "The Trail Blazers called a timeout in advance. They had already called a timeout before, but it did not solve the problem of the Trail Blazers. The Suns never called a timeout. Now the Trail Blazers have called a second timeout. Let's see what they can do this time.
It doesn’t solve the problem.”
Su Qun said with a smile: "In the last game, Bunch Wells was very sharp and made great profits. Derek Anderson also performed well, but in this game, they all stalled and missed many shots. Pippen
There was no shot in the first quarter, and the entire outside line was misfired."
Zhang Li said with a smile: "The Trail Blazers scored, Duncan made 2 of 5 shots and scored 4 points, Rasheed Wallace scored 4 points on 1 of 2 shots and 2 of 2 free throws on Stoudemire's head, and the others did not score.
The offensive end was a mess.
On the Suns side, the Tiejun made 4 of 5 shots and 3 of 3 free throws, scoring 11 points. On the defensive end, they blocked Duncan once, blocked Bunch Wells once, had 3 rebounds, and sent out 1 assist.
There were no mistakes and the offensive and defensive performance was very efficient.”
Su Qun analyzed: "The Suns made a total of 12 attacks. Others scored 4 goals in 7 attacks, plus a free throw and scored 9 points. Today's efficiency is very good."
Zhang Lili said: "The Trail Blazers rebounded well today, plus Wells and Anderson each had a steal. They took one more shot than the Suns, but they didn't feel very good and their condition was obviously not as good as the previous game."
At this time, on the bench, Trail Blazers coach Dunleavy was furious and yelled at the two defenders: "Tell me, what did you do last night? In total, you made 0 of 6 shots. If you feel bad, don't waste the shot. Pass it to me."
, don’t you know if it’s passed in?”
Wells and Anderson were sprayed with disgrace and their faces smelled bad.
After finishing spraying, Dunleavy arranged the tactics and said: "Bunch, what you are good at is breakthrough, not making wild shots from the outside. You have to rush in with the ball and hit. Don't tell me that Nash's big colander can guard you. That way you are the only one."
The result will be to be traded, you now need to prove your worth, you hear me?"
"ok!"
Wells said in a low voice, feeling very unhappy.
"Derek, I know your physical fitness has never been good, which is your weakness, but you have made zero three-pointers in the face of Hardaway's defense. Don't tell me how good his defense is. He is so heavy."
Injuries, both knees are rotten, need surgery every year, defense is gone, so run more, if you don't do that, someone will come in for you, understand?" Dunleavy sprayed at Anderson again
Got up.
"Yes, I understand." Anderson nodded gloomily.
The timeout ends and the Suns attack.
The Trail Blazers replaced Pippen and brought on the Flying Squirrel, and the Suns replaced Hardaway and brought on Joe Johnson.
Lao Wang came down from the free throw line, suddenly reversed, ran back to the high position and stood next to the little flying squirrel. Nash immediately used the wall to break through with the ball. Duncan, who was half a beat late, quickly changed defense and forced Nash, who came in with the ball, to the left wing.
"Whoosh!"
Nash pulled to the left, turned his body, and quickly threw the ball high with his right hand.
"not good!"
Duncan looked back and saw that the ball had fallen into the hands of Old K. He could only stand under the basket and prepare to grab the rebound.
"brush!"
Lao Wang hit the 178-centimeter Stoudemire out of position in a high position. There was no difficulty. He made a front hook and hit a goal.
The little flying squirrel can no longer jump, but even if he can still jump, he can't prevent this dislocation at all.
"Haha, there is at least a meter difference in the defensive height and shooting height between the two." Su Qun shook his head and laughed.
"Lao K's reverse run just now was good, which slowed down Duncan by half a beat. He had no choice but to switch defenses, otherwise Nash would definitely hand the ball to Tiejun immediately." Zhang Lili said with a smile.
Looking back, the little flying squirrel pulled to the right wing and broke through with the ball. After a simple shoulder shake, Nash was broken out again. Stoudemire covered the defense. He immediately distributed the ball to Rasheed Wallace, who hit a jumper.
In the following time, under the organization of the Flying Squirrel, the Blazers recovered their offense and played well in the last 5 minutes.
But the offense resumed, but the defense was still unable to defeat the Suns.
Lao Wang showed a different style of play, using his better mobility than Duncan to frequently move to the high post to provide screens for his teammates. The quality of his pick-and-roll tactics in the high post was very high.
This is actually a tactic that Duncan is good at, but the quality of this tactic is not as good as that of Old K. Because of his mid-range shooting, his rebounding is not as accurate as Old K's hook.
At the end of the first quarter, at 18:32, the Suns' home lead reached 14 points.
Lao Wang made 2 of 3 shots in the last 5 minutes and provided an assist. He made 6 of 8 shots in a single quarter, with a shooting percentage of over 70%. He made 3 of 3 free throws and scored 15 points.
Nash used a high pick-and-roll tactic and made 2 of 3 shots in five minutes. He received a block from Duncan and scored 7 points and 3 assists in a single quarter.
Zhang Li said with a smile: "Since the last game, Nash has become the team's second scoring point. I think this situation is good, because in the Suns' positional battle, the Tiejun can not only attract defense but also take on some organizational functions. Nash
He can really strengthen his personal offense, and his pick-and-roll effect with Lao K and Stoudemire is very good."
Su Qun said: "Lyon was the second point of attack in the regular season, and also in the first round of the playoffs. Their performance declined, but after entering the second round, their performance was average.
He scored 18 points in Game 1 of the second round, which was mainly due to more fast breaks and two dunks. Especially his performance in the last game was not satisfactory. Let’s see if he can perform well today.”
Zhang Lijia smiled and said: "Everyone is under great pressure, and generally speaking, even for ordinary super giants, their performance will decline after entering the playoffs. Marion's performance decline is not surprising. And he has to bear a lot of responsibilities.
It is understandable that performance on the defensive end and offensive end has declined.
Those who can really perform better in the playoffs than in the regular season are Tiejun, Jordan, Dream and a very few people. Each of these people is a super giant among the super giants, and it is rare to see them in ten years."
In the second quarter, Lao Wang continued to play without rest.
This game is very important, not just because of the home field. If you win, you will take the initiative 2-1. If you lose, you will lose the home court. The Trail Blazers themselves have four home court advantages, so this game must be won.
.
When the Trail Blazers saw Old K come on the court, they did not send Duncan, but Zach Randolph, whom they now value very much.
Last season was Randolph's rookie season, but he only averaged 5.8 minutes of playing time per game. This season, he only averaged 15 minutes of playing time. However, in the second round, Randolph's performance against super center Ewing made him famous.
The Blazers' coaching staff and management's eyes lit up.
"Bang!"
With a fierce back arch, the 120-kilogram fat man Zach Randolph fell directly to the ground.
"Bang!"
The next moment, Lao Wang soared into the air, passed directly over Randolph, and made an extremely violent one-handed dunk, which blew over the Blazers' basket.
"Old K, don't be polite to these juniors. You have to suffer the same hardships that Dameng and the others have suffered." Lei Gong yelled from the sidelines.
Da Meng was confused, what are these words? When did I suffer from Old K?
He quickly jumped up from his seat, hugged Lei Gong and pushed him back to his seat, laughing and scolding: "Thunder Gong, don't try to mess with me just because you are a Suns star. If you can't speak, don't speak."
"A dog bites a dog," Peyton cursed angrily next to him.
Thinking back when the Sonics met the Suns, he suffered several losses under Thunder, whose defense was very iron-blooded.
"Go hug Duncan's thigh, you deserve to be crownless for the rest of your life." Dameng and Lei Gong said angrily at the same time.
Payton looked at the sky, God, I don't want to join the Trail Blazers, do I want to join the Trail Blazers?
"Crack!"
Looking back, Lao Wang gave Randolph a big shot for the layup.
Next, Randolph was caught in a storm on both ends of the offense and defense. Within three minutes, he scored a total of two blocks on the offensive end. On the defensive end, he was dunked twice by Lao Wang. He was unable to score on offense and defense, and then
Was substituted.
In order to chase points, the Trail Blazers played all the main players, while the Suns still used a rotation of half main players and half substitutes.
With this wave of offense and defense, the Suns widened the point difference to 20 points.
Mike Dunleavy was so regretful that he wanted to bite his tongue and commit suicide. He cursed inwardly. Why did he think that a fat second-year kid could compete with the old K?
In the second quarter of the game, the Trail Blazers tried their best to chase points, but Lao Wang stayed on the court and could not get off. Until the end of the second quarter, the Blazers' main lineup could only catch up by 4 points, and was still 16 points behind.
In the third quarter, the Trail Blazers had no choice. In order to continue chasing points, they could only continue to rely on their main players and send out all their main players. Even Flying Squirrel and Pippen dragged their half-disabled bodies into the game.
But the Suns were also the main force in this quarter, and Wang continued to play, but failed to allow the Blazers to achieve their goal of chasing points. By the end of the quarter, the Blazers' main lineup had exhausted their energy, and the Suns took control of the game.
In the end, the Trail Blazers suffered a huge defeat in their first away game, 80:105, a 25-point defeat.
"Glove, join the Trail Blazers, you will regret it." When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Dameng immediately shouted to Payton.
"Yes, I bet, Gary, you will regret it." Lei Gong also said.
"Two idiots!"
Payton was so angry that his face turned green.
Lightning chuckled to himself, but he had made up his mind not to get involved in this matter, because he felt that Payton was old after all, and Nash might be a better fit for the Suns than Payton.
In the CCTV commentary box, Zhang Lili said happily: "Although the Tiejun played the whole game, they didn't take many shots later. They mainly focused on the defensive end. They made 14 of 19 shots in the game, a field goal percentage of 73.6%, and 7 of 9 free throws.
He scored 35 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 7 blocks, 1 turnover and 4 fouls. His efficiency was astonishing, and Duncan and Rasheed Wallace completely failed to defend him."
Su Qun continued: "Nash scored 24 points and sent 8 assists. He performed well. His scoring ability has always been underestimated, and his offensive efficiency was very high, with a shooting percentage of 50%.
Marion scored 16 points today, shot 56% from the field, had several fast breaks, and also had 3 big blocks.
But we still have to pay attention to the fact that Marion's shooting percentage in positional battles is still not good. Once the Suns' fast break tactics cannot be used, they will be in trouble. Don't make a fuss.
In addition, Stoudemire scored 12 points, Hardaway scored 9 points, Joe Johnson scored 5 points, and Ewing scored 4 points. A total of 7 people from the Suns scored. They also struggled today and the rotation lineup was limited."
Zhang Lili said: "For the Trail Blazers, Duncan scored 20 points and 11 rebounds, Rasheed Wallace scored 15 points, the Flying Squirrels came off the bench and played 31 minutes and scored 13 points, Bunch Wells scored 10 points, and Anderson
12 points, Pippen 6 points, Dale Davis 5 points, a total of 7 people scored, 5 people scored in double figures.
The Trail Blazers lost miserably today, their offensive and defensive tactics failed, the team's shooting percentage was only 37.5%, while the Suns were as high as 51%, this is the reason why they lost."
Su Qun smiled and said: "Director Zhang, if we win this game, the Suns will lead 2-1. The next series should be easy to play, right?"
Zhang Lijia smiled and said: "With a big lead, the initiative will be in our hands, and the pressure will be less. But we must also be careful. The Blazers are indeed very strong. The main problem with today's defeat is that there is a problem with the back line.
The back line is indeed a big weakness of the Trail Blazers. It's okay when Little Flying Squirrel is on the court, but he is not on the court. There is no point guard in the back line, the two nerve knives are out of control, and the styles of Wells and Anderson are different.
It's not stable enough, it's really a ghost thing, and today it's a ghost thing."
Su Qun nodded and said: "Winning the G2 game is of great significance to the Suns, who have one less home court. If they keep up their efforts and win the G3 game and get the match point, then the series will be stable.
However, after losing the next game, the two teams tied 2-2. In the next three games, the Blazers will have two home games, and the Suns will still be passive, so they cannot be careless."
"The best result is to win the G4 game." Zhang Liji said with a nod.
Lao Wang accepted an on-site interview after the game, returned to the locker room, and received the game news from the Nets. Iverson scored 38 points, and the Philadelphia Digital Team defeated the Nets at home.
The digital team adopted the tactic of double-teaming in advance. Dayao had some difficulty catching the ball and performed abnormally. He made 6 of 14 shots, a 42.8% shooting rate, and 6 of 6 free throws, scoring 18 points and 8 rebounds.
Lao Wang came out of the shower and called Dayao. Dayao was in a bad mood after losing the game. As a big brother, he must comfort him.
As soon as he returned to the locker room, Yao couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw the call from Brother Tiejun. This was definitely a call to comfort him.
"Hey, brother, I'm in a good mood, wq No need to comfort..."
Lao Wang directly interrupted Dayao and said in a critical tone: "Dayao, then you are too worried. If the team loses, you are the core and you should criticize yourself. Your mood can mean anything, you don't care.
Win or lose?”
"Brother, I'm not in a good mood. You'd better comfort me." The honest and honest Yao immediately raised his hands and surrendered.
"That's right."
Lao Wang nodded with satisfaction, and then began to console him: "Dayao, I've heard it all. Your performance was a bit useless today. You couldn't even catch the ball. You barely got the ball, and you couldn't break the double-team. What did you do?"
The All-Star starting lineup was paid for, right?"
"Brother, it's not that I can't break through double teams, it's just that I don't feel good enough to shoot in. Besides, don't just comfort me. My mental endurance is okay. You should give me some advice!" Dayao said quickly.
Lao Wang smiled and said: "You are double-teamed in advance. Why don't you just pull him out? It's not like there are no three-pointers. You pull him to the three-point line as a high fort, let your teammates rush in and attack, and then give it to you. Can't you kill the numbers team?"
Dayao said with shame: "I pulled him out. I didn't feel very good today. I made 0 of 4 three-pointers. When I got back to the low post, they double-teamed me too tightly. I really didn't feel very good today."
Lao Wang laughed and said: "Then you deserve to lose! But that kid Iverson is still very good, do you still want to shave his head? Who can't eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year if you let someone win?"
"Yes, that's right." Dayao Lianda said.
Lao Wang suddenly thought of the Pistons and reminded: "You should have no problem playing a numbers team, but after entering the Eastern Conference Finals, be careful with the Pistons. Ben Wallace is very powerful and may be able to hold you back."
Dayao said: "Brother, he can't hold me back. We often meet during the regular season and have played against each other many times."
"That's good, but you still have to be careful and pay attention to their weak-side help defense. If they have a power forward with strong help defense ability, then you have to be even more careful." Lao Wang still reminded.
Dayao didn't need to think about it and said immediately: "No, they don't have such a person at the fourth position."
The two chatted for a few more words before ending the phone call.
Soon after, the post-match press conference was held.
"Old K, during the game, Marion shouted 'It's for the party'. What party made him and all the Suns players excited and excited? You are in a very excited state today. Is it because of this party?" A reporter said
asked.
"Hacker this idiot!"
Lao Wang cursed secretly and quickly explained: "Nothing, just an ordinary celebration party. I promised them that if they win the championship, I will arrange a celebration party at the K-era club, so they are a little excited."
"Is there anything special about this party?" the reporter asked.
"As I said, it's an ordinary party, but because it was held at the K-era Club, they thought it was a bit special, but it was actually very ordinary." Lao Wang could only continue to explain.
"As far as I know, there are many levels of parties at the K Era Club. Old K, what level of party are you planning?" the reporter asked again.
"The level, I said, very ordinary party, ordinary level..."
Lao Wang has a headache. Should he use a hundred lies to make up for this one lie?
After some torture, he finally managed to deal with this problem. A reporter asked: "Old K, you just said that you would hold a celebration party after winning the championship. Although the Suns currently lead the Trail Blazers two to one, they have entered the Western Conference Finals.
The possibility is not absolute. How confident are you that you can eliminate the Trail Blazers? And if you meet the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, are you confident that you can defeat the OK combination?"
No need to answer any party questions, Lao Wang immediately said in high spirits: "We may encounter difficulties when we play the Trail Blazers, but I am still very confident. I think we have a greater chance of eliminating them.
As for the OK combination, I can even beat the Qiao Shark combination, so what makes you think I don’t have the confidence to beat the OK combination?”
After attending the press conference, when he returned to the locker room, he shouted to Marion: "Sean, you did a good job!"
"What's wrong with me?" Marion looked confused.
Lao Wang glared at Marion and said to everyone: "Don't mention any parties outside in the future. I was almost annoyed to death by the media just now. If you dare to talk nonsense again, the party will be cancelled."
Upon hearing that the party was to be cancelled, everyone nodded quickly.
"In addition, others still send two girls, but Sean, as punishment, you only have one and a half." Lao Wang said again.
"One and a half?" Marion was confused again.
The others also looked at each other, one and a half, what do you mean?
Lao Wang chuckled and said: "Sean, I'm going to find someone from Thailand to come over to you, he or she counts as half!"
"Pfft, haha..." The locker room burst into laughter.
"Boss, arrange three for Sean, he will thank you." Joe Johnson shouted.
"Qiao, shut up!"
Marion's face turned green, Boss, please let me go, I don't want to take the dry road!