D'Antoni was favored by reporters after the game. Just one month into the season, he has already become a popular candidate for the best coach.
This season, the Suns have not only continued their previous gorgeous run-and-gun style, but their dominance has obviously gone up a notch. This season, the main players can often clock out after three quarters.
D'Antoni did not take the credit behind himself. He praised every Suns player in front of reporters, from starters to substitutes.
Chen Yan was also full of praise for his teammates in the post-match interview: "I have the best group of guys in the world around me. We are a mature team and everyone is working in the same direction. I like this feeling.
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"Chen, you only scored 19 points tonight, which is far lower than your average points per game. Are you frustrated because of this?" the reporter asked.
"Not at all. When I score 19 points and the team still wins, it can only mean one thing, that is, my teammates are playing better than usual, and I have to take a break!"
After Chen Yan finished speaking, the reporter who asked the question laughed. Everyone wanted to see Chen Yan's scoring performance. Many people even took Chen Yan's high scores as a matter of course, but they ignored that scoring is also a physical job.
Even in NBA games there are stamina gauges, let alone in reality.
After this game, the chemical reaction within the Suns team has reached 90, and the chemical reaction among the fans has reached 99. For such a home team that has a gorgeous offense and can win, the fans have nothing to criticize.
In the first game in December, the Suns faced the Miami Heat led by Wade at home.
The Heat currently have a record of 7 wins and 8 losses. This result is not good enough in front of the Suns, but it is much better than most rebuilding teams. This is all due to Wade. This stage is his peak period. Overall
His strength is no less than that of Kobe.
Wade is actually an honest person in nature. Almost no superstar would tolerate the team choosing to rebuild during his peak period. Now the strongest teammates around him are Udonis Haslem and first-year rookie Beasley. This would be a long time ago for other superstars.
It was either forced to have a baby or make a "decision", but Wade chose to endure it silently.
Of course, you can also view this as an act of loyalty.
Before the start of the game, Wade was warming up on the court. This season, Wade felt that he was in good condition, but the team was destined to miss the championship and only make the playoffs. This made Wade very unhappy.
It's okay to be unhappy, but Wade didn't make any demands to the management, let alone force him to have an abortion, because Wade has long regarded this place as his home, not a transit point on the road to success.
Before the game started, Chen Yan greeted Wade, shook hands and hugged him. Chen Yan admired the behavior of a veteran star like Wade, and he himself also had this kind of personality.
Wade also admired Chen Yan very much, and the two of them had a feeling of sympathy for each other.
"Chen! I never had the chance to congratulate you in person for scoring 72 points. It's incredible. Can you tell me how you did it?"
Wade's business pitches came like a tornado.
Chen Yan showed off his sense of humor: "Just keep putting the ball into the basket until my personal score reaches 72 points."
Wade laughed and patted Chen Yan on the shoulder: "Okay, I'll try it tonight too."
"Hahaha."
After the banter, the game quickly began.
Suns starting lineup: Nash, Chen Yan, Raja Bell, Diaw, Stoudemire.
The Heat's lineup tonight: Joel Anthony, Haslem, Beasley, Wade, Chalmers.
Joel-Anthony Haslem is probably the shortest inside team in the league. One is 206cm and the other is 203cm. These are official data with water content.
It's not that the Heat are specifically targeting the Suns by sending a smaller lineup, but that they can only field insiders of this level. After O'Neal left the team, only one high center, Jamal Magloire, was left on the team.
Leyer averaged only 1.8 points per game last season. It would be more reliable to send him on the court than to let the two short inside partners play together.
It’s hard to imagine that Jamal Magloire was still a high-quality blue-collar player who could get 1,010 statistics a few years ago. He even made the All-Star Game because there was no quality center in the Eastern Conference. But his fate changed because of a shooting in 2005.
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After Jamal Magloire's brother Justin Gloier was shot and killed by gangsters in 2005, Magloire has been in a state of grief and coma, and seemed to have lost confidence and motivation for his NBA career. At that time,
Magloire wanted to return to Canada to be with his family. In February 2007, he contacted the Toronto Raptors, hoping to end his career in his hometown, but failed to do so.
In the following years, Jamal Magloire's form has plummeted to the naked eye. Now, let alone making the All-Stars, it is difficult to even play a normal rotation role in the team.
The Heat's other big man, Drew Gooden, is not much taller than the two players on the court.
The game kicked off with the whistle. Stoudemire easily won with a jump ball, and the Suns won the first opportunity to attack.
Nash held the ball through halftime and simply organized a wave. After some conduction, the ball came to Chen Yan.
Wade was responsible for defending Chen Yan, and the offensive core of the two teams faced each other from the beginning.
Chen Yan made a gesture, and Diorimha, who was in the high position, moved to cover outside the three-point line.
As soon as Chen Yan broke through with the ball, the Heat immediately switched defense, leaving no space for him.
After taking a look at Haslem, who was changing defense, Chen Yan slumped his shoulders and accelerated directly in. It was very simple and rude!
Chen Yan's impact disrupted the Heat's defense, and when he reached the bottom line, Chen Yan passed the ball to Diaw who was following up.
When Diaw saw the opportunity to dunk, he raised the ball with one arm and jumped up!
Wade came out from the side and the two of them took off at the same time.
"Crack!"
At the moment of physical confrontation, Wade slapped the ball out of Diaw's hand with one hand.
"Wow! A clean block, Wade gave the fans a wonderful shot as soon as he came up!" Mike Breen, the commentator of this game, exclaimed.
"Boris Diaw was a little anxious when handling the ball. If he had stabilized his rhythm and waited for Wade to squeeze him away and then finish the ball, the result would have been different." Van Gundy on the side analyzed the ball just now from a professional perspective.
The Heat launched a counterattack, and Chalmers quickly pushed past half court and looked for Wade.
Wade was still in the excitement of the block just now. After receiving the ball, he first started to approach Ragnarok Bale at a high speed, and then made a silky back turn with smooth movements.
Fortunately, Laga Bell has enough defensive experience. The moment Wade turned around, Bell took a step sideways and blocked his legs with his legs, directly blocking Wade's breakthrough route.
This method of stretching his legs to block people is what Raja Bell learned from Kobe. Kobe often used this trick to deal with Wade. Each NBA team has the most professional videographers, analysts and coaching teams. As long as one routine is used against Wade
If the opponent is effective, he will be immediately imitated by the players of each team.
Wade felt very uncomfortable at this moment, but he quickly adjusted his offensive line. If he could be defended so easily, Wade wouldn't need to call him "The Flash".
After the confrontation, Wade took half a step back, then turned and lowered his waist, quickly changing direction and passing Laga Bell in the other direction.
After Bell followed with all his strength for two steps, Wade suddenly pulled back from his hips, which is also one of his signature moves.
"Whoosh!"
2 to 0.
After completely swaying Laga Bell, Wade hit a high jumper to give the Heat the lead.
The Suns attacked, Nash and Stoudemire played a pick-and-roll, and Chen Yan went from the weak side to the top of the key.
After the pick-and-roll, Nash made a cross pass to find Chen Yan. Wade was blocked by Diaw and was delayed by half a beat. Chen Yan made a decisive move after receiving the ball. Wade's flying dive was ineffective and the basketball went straight into the net.
"Whoosh!"
2 to 2.
Chen Yan repaid Wade with a long two-pointer.
After the ball was scored, Chen Yan and Wade did not communicate with each other in words or eyes. This is how super scorers are. Scoring is the best response to each other.