The Whip of the God of Basketball

The adjustments made by the Suns were as expected. They were leading by a big score, and at the same time they lacked Stoudemire, an important inside point. They no longer had a center on the bench, and only Brian Skinner was left on the bench. For a 6-foot-9 forward, let him play center. It would be better to use a smaller man to make the transition to ensure their firepower.

Dudley, whom Leon replaced, is a small forward who graduated from Boston College. He is tall and heavy. Although he is a three-position player, he can slightly support the four-position position.

In this way, Diaw was pushed to the center position again, which was not difficult for him. In 2006, he relied on this opportunity to become a blockbuster and was dubbed the "French Magician".

In the first offense and defense after the lineup change, the Bobcats have completely abandoned their starting center and asked Okafor to play the fifth position. They also played one senior and four juniors. Because with Brezek on the court, the offense is four-on-five, and the defense faces the Suns' completely stretched offensive formation, and Brezek has no effect.

Of course, this is related to Blazek's ability. His decline in the past two years has been too great, so the commentators on the sidelines and the TV commentators all believed that this was a targeted move by the Suns against the Bobcats. The transition lineup did not realize that Leon was adjusting his regular play style.

Because the Suns don't have a center, the Bobcats' first goal back was for Okafor to play in isolation. Okafor didn't score a point in the first quarter. His offense felt very bad today, and low-post offense is not his strong point. It was no problem to beat Diaw. He used his body to force his way into the paint and hit two points with a small hook shot from his right hand.

As for the Suns, Dudley's movement after coming on the court was still a bit unfamiliar. After all, this was his fourth NBA game. Nash wanted to use a counter-running tactic, but Dudley and Marion's movements collided. The opportunity was lost, and Nash could only redeploy the ball to Diaw to organize the offense in the ribs.

However, Diaw chose a back-up pass, which was seen through by Gerald Wallace. The Bobcats launched a rare quick counterattack. So far in the game, it is difficult for the Bobcats to score every time because they have no fast break.

This time the Bobcats' fast break worked. After receiving the ball, Richardson performed a beautiful counterattack dunk and scored two points, further narrowing the difference between the two sides to 12 points.

In the Suns' offensive round, after advancing past half court, Nash attempted a three-point shot directly behind a screen, but failed. Okafor grabbed a backcourt rebound, and the Bobcats quickly counterattacked.

The Suns returned to defense very quickly this time, but Field passed a wonderful ball. Okafor cut to the basket, Field hit the ground and made a pass. Okafor took the ball and made a layup directly. Diaw had no time to react to the ball. , he was still running back with Okafor, but Okafor accelerated and threw him away.

The Bobcats have chased six points in a row, but the Suns have not scored yet after changing the lineup. It can be seen that Dudley is a little uncomfortable in the fourth position when playing this lineup.

And Diaw glanced at Leon on the sidelines after making a defensive mistake. If this was done to the Celtics, Leon would definitely be scolded to death. But today Leon held his chest and said nothing on the sidelines. He also Be patient.

The Bobcats used this wave of offense to gain some confidence and status. Once the players found the feeling, various things came one after another, such as the feel of shooting and the positioning on the defensive end. The Bobcats were slowly recovering from the decline.

On the Suns side, Nash can still make exquisite passes, and they can still score, but the offense and defense of both sides are ebbing and flowing. When the Bobcats start to score, they can no longer counterattack like a whirlwind, and their scoring efficiency suddenly drops. decline.

What makes fans and commentators even more confused is that Leon actually let this lineup play for 7 minutes in the second quarter. He never meant to replace him with an inside man. At most, he had to replace Brent Barry with poor performance. Dudley, replaced Nash with Jaskevicius to give their core a rest.

Turiaf did not reappear until the end of the second quarter. When Turiaf came on, the score had become 56:50. The Bobcats were only 6 points behind, and Turiaf was unable to make a comeback again. God, the Bobcats are in good shape.

After Vincent abandoned Blazek, he felt great. The seniors and juniors were playing smoothly. Until the end of the first half, the score between the two sides became 58:53. The Bobcats were only 5 points behind. They outscored the Suns by 11 points in the second quarter.

The Suns' five small lineups suffered a blow, but this was foreseeable for Leon. He kept thinking throughout the first half. Sure enough, a tactical idea and idea still had to be practiced in actual combat. problem found.

The fifth primary school currently has several problems. One is on the offensive end. Without inside support, the tactics are very weak. Several attacks ended with three-point shots. The Suns' three-point shooting in the first half did not count. Great. Diaw has tried high-post organization, but the effect is average, because except for Marion, other players' cutting, running or finishing abilities are relatively average, and everyone's awareness is still not enough.

The second problem comes from defense. After playing five games, the biggest problem on the defensive end is not the weakening of low-post defense. With the Bobcats' low-post ability, there is no way to pose a real threat to the Suns. The problem still lies in responding to quick counterattacks. The result of having no one inside is that the opponent can use speed to attack the inside unscrupulously during a quick counterattack. Only Turiaf in the Suns has such weight and can block the opponent's fast attack, but Leon put him in On the bench.

These problems will definitely not be solved during a halftime break. Although Leon already has a solution in his mind, he still has to finish the game first.

After the start of the second half, the Suns returned to Turiaf's starting lineup, and the two sides resumed the confrontation. After adjustments, the Suns regained control of the initiative on the court, but Nash stepped forward and dribbled the ball in the Bobcats' three-second zone. On a day trip, after coming out of the pocket, he hit a two-point shot from a 45-degree angle on the left side, helping the Suns take the lead.

On the Bobcats side, Vincent benefited from playing one senior and four juniors in the first half. He no longer allowed Blazek to be the starting center, and directly asked Okafor to play five, and started a tug-of-war with the Suns on both ends of the offense and defense.

The Bobcats continued their good form in the second quarter. Jason Richardson found his shooting feeling and hit three-pointers one after another. On the Suns side, Diaw regained his magician style and gave Marion two consecutive beautiful assists. Marion dunked directly in the paint.

Without Stoudemire, Marion has become the all-powerful player he was in 2006. He is excellent on the defensive end and can put the ball into the basket after receiving the pass on the offensive end. In fact, before the start of the season, when Leon came to Phoenix, there were rumors that Leon might not like Marion and wanted to trade him away. It was said that the Suns' target at the time was Detroit Pistons power forward Rasheed Wallace, and the Suns were preparing to package Marion in exchange for the interior defensive star to deal with the Spurs' Tim Duncan.

The reason for this rumor is that Rasheed Wallace is more like Kevin Garnett in terms of position, but after Leon came, he supported Marion, although his position on the field was restructured. distribution, but Marion's importance was affirmed, so he played very hard.

In this way, the Suns slowly stabilized their advantage and maintained the score gap at about 10 points. However, it was difficult to open it further because the Bobcats really showed their form. The Austrian offense originally felt like a mess. Cafu has now scored 10 points, 8 of which were scored in the second quarter.

Leon can already predict that even if he wins this game, his five-small lineup in the second quarter will definitely be criticized or even scolded by experts from websites such as ESPN and fans from all over the world. But he didn't care, everything went according to plan.

In the middle of the third quarter, Leon called another timeout, replaced Turiaf again, and replaced the five-small lineup.