Or more accurately, it depends on Marion's assisted defense.

Stoudemire's playing center means that Marion plays power forward, and his assisted defense efficiency in the inside is obviously higher.

Of course, what is more important is that the defensive counterattack ability of this lineup is much stronger than before.

Like Walker, Dior is a fast attack thruster.

122-115, the Suns finally won a goal at home and rewritten the big score to a 1-1 draw!

"Your worries are right, we all underestimate the enemy."

After the game, O'Neal said to Sun Hao in the locker room.

Sun Hao didn't say anything.

Although the playoffs are not as long as the regular season, the intensity of the game is higher, round after round, which is a double test for the players' psychology and physical fitness.

Last season, their opponents went from weak to strong, and there was a gradual process, and the players adapted smoothly.

Looking back at the year I won the championship in Dallas three years ago, it was the same.

But the Lakers are a bit special this season.

After the Mavericks were accidentally blacked by the Warriors, they played against the Warriors in the semi-finals, and the intensity of the game was obvious.

Until now, I suddenly faced a high-intensity opponent like the Sun, and it was normal for my body and psychology to adjust my body and mind.

But they won the first game in this way, which shows that their hard power is still better than the Suns.

"Shake, have you discovered that this round of series is a rhythm battle?"

Sun Hao did not continue the previous topic, but suddenly asked.

O'Neal nodded after thinking about it.

The Lakers' triangular offense is a positional battle, while the Suns are running and bombing.

The collision between two teams of different styles depends on whether the Lakers can push the rhythm down, or whether the Suns can push the rhythm up.

"I'll keep pace."

At this moment, Payton, who was listening on the side, suddenly interrupted.

"I'm playing the back of the organization at a low position and I can slow down the pace."

Payton then explained.

That's his specialty.

"If you have a chance, you can play Steve more. Their low-level assisted defense space can also consume Steve's more energy."

Sun Hao nodded, Payton's proposal was very useful.

"I know."

Payton had obviously thought of it.

Two days later, the Lakers and the Suns moved to Los Angeles to start their third game.

The Suns still arranged Dior to start, while the Lakers still had no lineup adjustments.

D'Antoni showed joy when he saw it behind.

As long as you win one away game, the Suns can regain home advantage from the Lakers.

However, after the game started, he found that the Lakers' style of playing had changed a lot.

In the first two games, the ball was mostly in Sun Hao's hands, and Sun Hao and O'Neal launched a pick-and-roll attack.

But in this game, the ball was mostly in Payton's hands, and Payton was in the low post to assist.

Because of Nash's poor defense, in addition to the organization, Payton even frequently singles at Nash at the low position!

The Suns had to conduct pincer attacks from time to time, but they were often moved by Payton's pass, and some of them were missing out.

More importantly, the pace on the field was obviously slowed down!

Even after tasting a certain amount of sweetness, after Payton got out, Jackson asked Sun Hao to continue playing behind the scenes in that position!

Sun Hao is no longer the Sun Hao of last season. Although his pass is a little worse than Payton, his back-attack threat is much greater than Payton.

The Suns seemed even more busy.

D'Antoni was helpless off the court.

The Suns' overall defense is strong, but he is not a coach who is good at defending!

Most of the time, the Suns' defense is enough. Now if you ask him to adjust his defensive tactics on the spot, that is, he will be on the shelves.

The assistant coaches on the side had no good idea, and watched the Lakers play from the opening advantage until the end of the game.

In the end, the Lakers beat the Suns 104-86 at home, rewriting the big score 2-1.

Such changes have also attracted fans to feel after the game, which is back to the game between **Vic and Old Nelson three years ago.

One move of your move, one move of mine will lead to death.

Suns fans are also looking forward to D'Antoni's new killer moves in the end.

However, in the fourth game of the series, D'Antoni did not make any major adjustments.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to, but… he doesn’t.

Compared to those two, D'Antoni still had less ink in his stomach.

He and Adelman should be the same type of coach.

When the tactical system that is most dependent does not work, the rest is more passively being beaten.

This is also a big reason why he failed to lead the team to win the championship in his entire career in history.

Players can eat all over the world with one move, but the coach cannot.

The Lakers continued to work hard and won another goal with 107-96, rewriting the big score to 3-1!

At this moment, the trend of fans and media is the same: the Lakers advance to the finals, which is a foregone conclusion!

But the reason why stories are often attractive is that their process is always tortuous and bizarre.

In the fifth game, both sides came to Phoenix, and the Suns suddenly "started" again.

But this time Xiongqi has nothing to do with D'Antoni, but... a player of the Suns.

After playing two consecutive games, they were sure that they could not play the defensive counterattack they were best at, the Suns focused on fighting positions with the Lakers!

It was in this game that the Suns team refreshed the understanding of them many people.

Although, I knew that Sun Hao had already known him.

This Suns team can also play positional battles and they are very good!

You should know that in the 2006-2007 season in history, this complete Suns, who played **Vic could only win the game by Horry hitting Nash.

That season, the Spurs returned to their defensive style, focusing on positional battles.

It is already very telling that the Suns can force them to that extent.

Xiao Si is not injured now, this sun is actually the same as that sun.

Of course, no one is in a positional battle for the Lakers.

The two teams entered the tug-of-war like that in the first game, and this tug-of-war lasted for the whole game.

At Phoenix's home court, luck stood on the side of the Suns.

In the last moment, Sun Hao made three-pointers in a row before the last shot, but the last goal bounced out again.

The Suns also relied on a more exciting way than the Eastern Conference Finals, and scored the big score to 2-3.

This time, the series between both sides also came to the G6, which fans are familiar with.

For Lakers fans, this year is a bit different from last year.

Because there is no home advantage, losing G6 means going to Phoenix to play tiebreak.
Chapter completed!