Chapter 64 No pass key? The Suns need such selfish players!
Also taking a break with Chen Yan were Steve Nash and Raja Bell.
He is 33 years old this year. Even if D'Antoni likes to dominate the main force, he will not let him play for too long in the regular season.
Nash averaged 35.4 minutes per game in the regular season last season. D'Antoni's plan is to control his average playing time to about 33 minutes per game.
Nash did not return to the bench after leaving the game, but lay directly on the billboard.
He has congenital spondylolisthesis, and he can only relax his body by lying down during rest. This is also Nash's privilege in the team.
While others are sitting and watching the game, he is lying down, which is even better than the VIP seats...
The Suns' current lineup on the court is Stiohir Jr. and Azubuike Barea.
After the substitutions, Azubuike and Barea also made their debut with the Suns!
Both of them were very excited and celebrated after making a passing error.
The home fans shook their heads and said, "What has this front office been doing all summer? Just getting these two items?"
Not everyone can be as free from stage fright as Chen Yan. Strong psychological quality is also a kind of talent.
D'Antoni did not replace the two immediately. He knew that Barea and Azubuike had something, but they just needed more time to integrate into the team.
At the end of the first quarter, the Raptors also took advantage of both sides entering the rotation stage to chase a wave of points.
tj-Ford scored suddenly and assisted Kapono to hit consecutive three-pointers.
TJ Ford's speed is very terrifying. Iverson once admitted that TJ Ford was the only player in the league who was faster than himself.
After hitting consecutive three-pointers, Kapono's career three-pointers exceeded 250. He also surpassed Steve Kerr with a shooting percentage of 46.1% to become the player with the highest percentage of 250 three-pointers in the NBA!
Jamario Moon, an older rookie, also played a big windmill in the counterattack, which shocked everyone.
The Raptors' group of role players are quite capable and all have their own characteristics.
Pierce on the bench couldn't help but applaud the performance of the substitutes.
If in the Celtics, when Pierce was substituted, the team would be good, not to mention chasing points, but not being defeated. Both the main players and the substitute Raptors players were much more reliable than the Celtics.
Since being traded by the Celtics this summer, Pierce has basically been in a state of cursing for the past two months, but now he has slowly looked away. The Celtics only have feelings for him, and the team's lineup
There's no comparison to the Raptors.
On the Suns' side, after Nash left the game, the Suns' offensive fluency dropped significantly, and they were basically in a state of constipation.
Without an attacker like Chen Yan on the court, if the team falls behind, they can only hand the ball to Stoudemire to beat hard.
Stoudemire is one of the best rim-facing players in the league today, but his efficiency has dropped significantly without Nash by his side.
Veteran Hill did perform well. It seems that with the help of the Sun's miracle doctor, he has recovered about 50% of his skills.
After the first quarter, the Suns temporarily led by 5 points 34 to 29.
The inter-quarter break passed quickly, and Suns coach D'Antoni sent on Chen Yan at the beginning of the second quarter.
Joining him on the court are Barea, Raja Bell, Azubuike and Barnes.
Nash looked a little uncomfortable with his back tonight, and Stoudemire played almost the entire first quarter. D'Antoni decided to let Chen Yan play a few minutes with the second unit.
This is a purely small lineup, and Chen Yan is the absolute core on the court.
As soon as the second quarter started, TJ Ford started a pick-and-roll with substitute inside man Rasho Nesterovich.
For this ball, tj-Ford originally wanted to use a breakthrough to attract Chen Yan's double-team after the pick-and-roll, and then distribute the ball to Kapono who was ambushing on the outside.
Chen Yan saw this routine several times at the end of the first quarter and had already seen through it. Seeing that TJ Ford had no chance to score the ball, he had to do it himself.
"Clang!"
tj-Ford's mid-range shooting has always been unstable, and this round of offense also ended in a blackout.
As soon as the sound of iron sounded, the sun's counterattack formed instantly!
The camera just showed a close-up of D'Antoni on the sidelines. When it cut back, Chen Yan had already reached the three-point line without the ball.
This speed is ridiculously fast!
The Raptors only have TJ Ford who can keep up with Chen Yan. TJ Ford is very confident in his speed, but speed does not equal defense.
One step away from the three-point line, Chen Yan took off directly after receiving Barea's long pass!
tj-Ford's official height is 183cm, but actually he looks about the same as Barea, probably less than 180cm.
Faced with such a height difference, Chen Yan felt that any fancy moves he made were a waste of physical energy.
"Boom!"
Jumping into the wind, brutal dunk!
tj-Ford regretted it the moment he took off.
Because apart from serving as a backdrop, my jump seems to have no meaning.
"Beautiful! TJ Ford didn't have any temper at all when he dunked the ball! It only took three seconds from the start of the fast break to the end. This kind of offensive method is very solar!"
Yu Jia's volume doubled, and the visual impact this buckle brought to the audience was indeed very strong!
Instant frying on the spot!
Fans cheered, and Jamario Moon made a mistake in his baseline kick due to the huge noise interference!
Chen Yan activated his lightning and stretched out his long arms to directly complete the steal!
The moment Chen Yan made the steal, TJ Ford also rushed toward him, preparing for a gambling-style counterattack.
tj-Ford has no other choice. Letting him defend Chen Yan 1v1 is simply giving away points. It is better to try his luck with a gambling steal.
But obviously, tj-Ford lost the bet.
In the picture, Chen Yan can see that with a skillful turn of his back, TJ-Ford passed as cleanly as the road in the early morning!
"Break it! Okay, Chen Yan, play with him!" Zhang Weiping shouted excitedly in the studio.
Chen Yan used his inertia to move to the basket, and after flying into the air, he directly confronted Jamario Moon who was driving from the baseline!
"Beep!"
The moment the referee blew the whistle, Chen Yan changed his hand and pulled the lever, gently picking the ball out from his fingertips.
Bounce!
The ball bounced three times on the basket and then bounced into the net!
and-one!
The whole arena was shaken!!!
tj-Ford was in the background twice. He looked at Chen Yan with a sad look and said that he was Chen Yan's senior of the Texas Longhorns. Is this how you gave your senior a meeting gift?
Players on the Sunfield took turns bumping chests with Chen Yan to celebrate!
Even Nash couldn't lie down on the sidelines and stood up excitedly.
Complete two rounds of attacks within 5 seconds!
Come on, come on, you will be the son of the wind from now on!
After hitting the extra free throw, Chen Yan suddenly stretched the Suns' lead to double digits.
Raptors coach Sam Mitchell called a timeout.
The cheers were so loud that he had to call a timeout to cool down the already boiling atmosphere.
After the pause, the sun enters the stage of comprehensive acceleration.
In the past, the Suns used a V-shaped fast break, with three players attacking quickly.
However, after using a small lineup, basically every fast break is a scene of 5 people running towards the frontcourt together.
It was so shocking that the basketball court was turned into a track and field field!
Barea and Azubuike also gradually adapted to the rhythm of the game and scored one after another.
The Phoenix Suns quickly opened the point difference to 15 points.
This was an unexpected surprise for D'Antoni. Originally, he just wanted to buy some rest time for the main players. Unexpectedly, the five small lineups had a miraculous effect and directly overwhelmed the Raptors' defense.
At 7 minutes and 25 seconds into the second quarter, the Suns changed into the starting lineup again.
Chen Yan is still on the court, but his style of play has changed slightly.
With Nash by his side, he mostly plays off the ball or uses his movement to create space for his teammates.
I have to say that playing with the Suns is much easier than playing in college.
During the NCAA period, Chen Yan basically played singles with the ball, and spent every game under the tight defense of his opponents. Double-teaming was a common occurrence.
In the Suns, the All-Star pairing of Stoudemire and Nash can help him easily open up the offensive space, and Chen Yan's style is indeed very consistent with the Suns' run-and-gun system.
The first half of the game ended quickly, the score was 66 to 50, and the Suns entered the second half with a 16-point lead.
Chen Yan's half-time statistics were 21 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals.
This half-time data is already better than the data of many stars in their full-time debut.
However, many fans focused on another statistic of Chen Yan.
Assists:0.
Many domestic fans have begun to tease Chen Yan, saying that he is a direct disciple of Kobe Bryant and that he secretly removed the passing key when he came on the court.
In fact, it’s not that Chen Yan doesn’t want to pass the ball, it’s that D’Antoni doesn’t!
It sounds nonsense, but it's true.
On the first day Chen Yan came to the team, D'Antoni clearly told Chen Yan that his role in the team would be pure in the future, that of a scorer.
There is Nash outside the Suns and Diaw inside. They are all top passers. The most important thing is organizers.
The biggest problem with this team is that the players play too unselfishly.
Especially Nash.
As the team's outside core, Nash always likes to put passing and connecting the team first. This also leads to other teams that can bring the Suns' overall offense to a standstill as long as they cut off Stoudemire unscrupulously, especially in
The playoff stage where bayonets see red.
So it's not that Chen Yan's pass key has been deducted, but that the Suns need a "selfish" player like him!