Chapter 490 The smile won't disappear, it's just transferred
When Novak came to his senses, he was already surrounded by a group of teammates.
Everyone was slapping him and pushing him. This was the Suns players' way of expressing their excitement.
Chen Yan kept touching Novak's head: "I knew you could do it, I knew you could do it, I told you!"
Chen Yan is not that kind of selfish player. He is more excited when his teammates make a winning goal than when he makes a winning goal himself.
Novak was stunned by the sudden happiness, and was helpless as he was 'ravaged' by his teammates. However, Novak had a look on his face the whole time, and it was not difficult to see that he was enjoying it.
Mike Breen joked: "Phoenix's new hero doesn't seem to be used to this kind of scene."
Van Gundy laughed and said: "He was just too happy. You must know that not every player has the chance to win at Staples Center."
After returning to the locker room, there was a second round of celebration waiting for him. His teammates who returned to the locker room early prepared two large buckets of water. When Novak showed up, Chen Yan first pretended to give him the game ball as a souvenir.
When Novak received the ball, Jordan behind the goal poured the prepared water over Novak's head.
Just as Novak was about to escape, Dio rushed over with another bucket of water.
"Wow!"
My heart is cool and my heart is soaring!
Although Novak became a drowned rat, he smiled happily.
The atmosphere in the Suns team is very good, making Novak feel the warmth of home, which Novak has never felt in the Rockets before.
Winning this game against the Lakers is crucial. Chen Yan feels that the cohesion of the whole team has reached a new level.
Post-match statistics:
For the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant scored a team-high 36 points and had 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Garnett had an all-around performance of 31 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 blocks. Camby had 10 points, 15 rebounds and 3 blocks, and Fisher had 10
point.
For the Phoenix Suns, Chen Yan scored a game-high 48 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds, and Nash scored 30 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds. The two of them accounted for almost two-thirds of the team's scoring.
Novak had 9 points and 2 rebounds. His score was not high, but it was very valuable.
As the key player in this game, Novak attended the post-game press conference with head coach D'Antoni and Chen Yan.
The reporters were still waiting. As soon as Novak sat down, they all pointed their microphones at him.
"Steve, you are the hero of all Suns fans tonight, let's talk about your killer shot in this game!"
Novak looked intoxicated: "It's incredible. I think I will watch the game video 50 times when I go back, maybe 100 times."
"Not every player has such a big heart and scores the go-ahead goal at the last moment of the game. Tell me how you did it?" the reporter continued to ask.
Novak glanced at Chen Yan, and Chen Yan gestured to him to speak freely and not be restrained.
Novak adjusted the microphone and replied: "Do what you should do. I think I will never forget my most important responsibility on the court, which is to score goals, whether it is a buzzer beater or an ordinary three-pointer, as long as
I'll be confident that I can make the shot if I get the chance."
Chen Yan looked on dumbfounded and asked you to speak freely. Why are you pretending to be cool?
After Novak said this, he suddenly changed the subject: "I want to thank the coach for his trust in letting me play at the last moment. I want to thank Chen, whose pass gave me such a good open opportunity. I want to thank him for his trust in letting me play at the last moment."
Thanks to my teammates in the Suns, my last shot was based on their hard work throughout the game."
The reporter asked Chen Yan: "Is choosing to pass the ball for the last shot a tactic arranged in advance?"
Chen Yan pointed at Novak and said: "I told this guy to be ready at any time. As long as he has a chance, I will pass the ball to him. I know this guy will make the shot.
I have confidence in him, I work with him every day, train with him, and I know that his shooting skills are ingrained in his bones, and he is one of the best shooters in the league."
"Novak made a fatal shot. As the winner last season, do you have any advice for him?" the reporter asked.
Chen Yan thought for a while: "I suggest him to think of a celebration action after the winning goal in advance. It would be a bit silly to just stand there blankly after completing such a cool winning goal."
Chen Yan's words made everyone laugh, and Novak himself also laughed. After laughing, he said that he didn't need to think about such fancy things, he could just use any of Chen Yan's celebration moves.
This buzzer-beater greatly boosted Novak's confidence. One day later, he scored 5 three-pointers against the Heat and contributed 15 points.
The Suns and Heat played a high-quality offensive battle. Wade scored 35 points on sudden shots, but he was still slightly inferior to Chen Yan's 44 points.
No matter who the two belong to, they can't restrain the other. They just need to start an offensive and that's it.
In addition to Wade, another highlight of this game is the Heat's bench. Beasley and Cook scored 28 points and 27 points respectively. Both of them played like crazy.
Beasley is indeed a star prospect. He is tall and flexible enough, and his skills and finishing touch are also very good. If he changes to a more self-disciplined soul, he may be able to play. Cook is purely explosive in touch and can throw three-pointers.
Six goals were scored, but this also reflects from the side that the Heat really have no talent now, and even players like Cook can take so many shots.
However, even if the substitutes broke out, the Heat still failed to win. They could not solve the double-gun combination of Chen Yan and Nash. In order to make up for the lack of offensive firepower after Stoudemire was injured, Nash significantly increased the number of shots and scored significantly.
In this game, in addition to scoring 29 points, he also contributed 10 assists.
Other Suns players also performed well, Azubuike scored 21 points, Grant Hill had 16 points, Matt Barnes had 15 points, Novak had 15 points...
In the end, the Suns defeated their opponents 145 to 135.
One day later, the Suns challenged the Eastern Conference powerhouse Magic in back-to-back games.
The Suns and the Magic have no grudges, but the reporter who caused the trouble was not going to let them go. The reporter approached Howard before the game and said: "Dwight, Chen stole your slam dunk contest championship. His recent performance can be said to be in the limelight."
Jin, tonight is the Magic's home court, will you let him run wild on your territory?"
"No way, absolutely impossible. I will beat him up. I welcome him to come to Orlando to visit, but this victory must be kept."
Howard is just a big boy, without any scheming, and he took the bait with a little guidance from the reporter.
Howard walked to the court with a playful smile. His understanding of basketball at this period was still at the level of happiness.
He wanted to play basketball easily and be happy, but he ignored one thing, that is, he would not be happy no matter what if he lost.
Howard's smile didn't stay on his face for long. The Magic's shooters all misfired tonight, which made him completely unable to perform in the paint. He only got 3 points and 4 rebounds after the first quarter.
Although the Magic claim to have one star and four shots, their offensive end mainly relies on four shots. His star is a defensive star and has no independent offensive ability.
Chen Yan broke out in the first quarter and scored 15 points. In the second quarter, Howard tried to regain the offensive end, but failed. Howard could not score points with Chen Yan. Chen Yan could attack independently and relied on others to feed him the ball.
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After halftime, Howard couldn't laugh at all. The Magic trailed 44-62 by nearly 20 points.
Back in the second half, Chen Yan and Nash combined to create a 10-3 spurt, pushing the point difference to 20. In one of the rounds, Chen Yan even toyed with Howard.
Chen Yan broke into the paint, made an emergency stop and pulled the ball, sending Howard flying and then succeeded in a no-pressure throw.
Magic coach Van Gundy was forced to call a timeout.
When the camera focused on Chen Yan, it was found that he was smiling happily and relaxed, which was in sharp contrast to Howard.
Seeing this, the fans suddenly realized that the smile would not disappear, it would just move.
