Chapter 458: Enemy General Thomas Xiong!(2/2)
The Suns had another pick-and-roll in the frontcourt, but Pitrus failed to hit a 45-degree three-pointer on the right.
The Lakers played against the Suns' fast break. Sun Hao was unreasonable in the process and avoided Marion, who was chasing the defense, smashed the ball into the basket.
7 square meters!
The Lakers quickly tied the score!
Nash then played pick-and-roll with Sir. This time, Sir pretended to deceive Payton and made a mid-range shot and hit the board.
When Xiao Si first entered the league, he was still a defensive player who could only fly and escape.
After Nash came to the Suns, he often needed to swing to play center, and he was forced to improve his defense;
Because D'Antoni was more arranged as the starting point of pick-and-roll tactics, he developed China National Bulletin.
Although he entered the league one year later than Yao Ming, he has become a complete body and has reached his peak.
9 to 7!
The Suns took the lead again.
But they didn't lead for a minute. Sun Hao and O'Neal picked up the inside after pick-and-roll. O'Neal received the ball and pressed Pitrus directly to send the ball into the basket.
If this were the case before, he would have to show off his body and a layup or a dunk.
But now, how to save effort!
9 square meters!
After experiencing the opening lead and scoring, the two teams began to enter a stalemate.
The Suns' touch has been down for a while, and the Lakers have taken the opportunity to gain a certain lead.
However, O'Neal's physical fitness is only a little bit, and Phil Jackson did not choose to keep him on the court in order to maintain his advantage.
Just like the principle of "one meal or one meal", Jackson has become more cautious in using O'Neal last season.
The Suns took advantage of O'Neal's departure to recover some points.
When both sides start to enter large-scale rotation, the score on the field is... 24-draw!
The two teams played a fair match.
This situation is reasonable.
In history, the Suns eliminated the Lakers and Clippers to advance to the Western Conference Finals, and lost 2-4 to the Mavericks, who should have won the championship.
But such a result was achieved with a Stoudemire!
Stoudemire is not injured now, and it is normal for him to be evenly matched with the Lakers.
Because they play quickly, with many rounds, and the players' physical energy consumption is high, both sides have rotated nine people at the same time.
Barbosa, Pitrus, James Jones, Dior, and Tim Thomas on the Suns.
Christy, Finley, Horry, Walker, and Morning on the Lakers.
In the first round, Horry received a three-pointer from Finley's breakout shot, but unfortunately he failed to hit the ball.
Dior quickly grabbed the defensive rebound.
If you look at the Suns' technical statistics, you will find something very interesting, that is, this team has many "short and strong rebounding monsters"!
Stademier is 2.08 meters, Marion is 2.01 meters, both average rebounds per game, Dior is 2.03 meters, and has averaging nearly 5 rebounds per game.
None of these three people is of standard inside height, but they can grab nearly 25 points and rebounds in one game!
The Suns pushed back and Barbosa was as fast as lightning.
However, Christie has rich defensive experience and started running back early and retreated to the backcourt to Barbosa's breakthrough route.
Barbosa chose to pass the ball to the right.
The Suns' V-shaped fast break, Tim Thomas has followed up to the three-point line on the right, and after receiving the ball, he directly chose to stop and make a three-pointer!
Although he has a big mouth, he is indeed capable of offensive end. The big man can catch the ball so smoothly and make three-pointers.
"Swish!"
His feel is also good, and the basketball is put into a bag while rubbing the net!
Thomas, after scoring the goal, snuffed his mouth and looked very arrogant.
But if you score a goal, you will have awesome capital.
Finley made a breakthrough layup and made a goal.
But immediately, Barbosa turned around and used the pick-and-roll to cross Mo Ning's defense and scored a goal!
Walker still didn't have three-pointers at the bottom corner, but the Suns' fast break did not start this time.
After transferring to the position, this quarter only takes enough time to play the Suns' final attack.
Barbosa pressed the time, and pressed until the last few seconds to play pick-and-roll with Dior.
He broke through to the basket and encountered the Lakers' double-team, and returned the ball to Dior at the free throw line.
Dior showed his "French Magician" ability, and knocked the ball to Tim Thomas at the top of the arc behind him without looking at people passing the ball.
Thomas took the ball and took a three-pointer.
This time, the phone will be better than the previous fast attacker.
Thomas seized the opportunity again and threw the ball before buzzing.
The ball drew a high parabola in the air.
The ball's trajectory looks positive, but it's a bit powerful.
"Bang!"
After the ball hit the rebound, it rebounded and fell into the net bag!
Thomas didn't shout after scoring the goal, but waited until Dior came to find him to hit his chest, and then he turned around and started shouting.
"You guys will definitely lose!"
It's still the familiar saying, but this time "they" became "you" and shouted at the Lakers bench.
Zhu Fangyu almost rushed up and punched him.
There was a burst of cheers at the scene.
Thomas' performance was excellent after spending more than two minutes on the court!
And what's more important is that Horry and Walker's outside responses were not made.
It felt like before Hulao Pass, Hua Xiong killed several generals in succession!
Barkley and Smith also didn't consciously talk about the interesting story of the buyout deadline at this time.
Because it is a small role, no one cared about what Thomas said at the time, "It will make the Lakers regret it", and even just watched it as a joke.
A small role like you still makes people regret it. Maybe the end of the season will no longer be in the NBA.
But just now, his performance attracted everyone's attention.
This is also ability.
Although, his way is just as much as Draymond Green in history.
"I think Mickey Kupchek should regret it now. Maybe signing him as Walker's substitute would be a good choice."
Kenny Smith even commented so.
The intercourse was suspended, and Sun Hao volunteered.
He wanted to go up and suppress Thomas' arrogance, and then gain a better memory.
But Phil Jackson didn't agree.
And he made an absolutely unexpected substitution.
Chapter completed!