basketball scientist

The point difference was narrowed to 2 points. The Hawks replaced the main lineup with a mix of Bobby Jackson. D'Antoni also replaced Nash, Marion, and Stoudemire. The lineup on the field was changed to Nash and Barber.

Sa, James Jones, Marion, Stoudemire.

Compared with the starting lineup, James Jones, who does not need the ball and is more accurate in open three-pointers, is obviously more suitable for Stoudemire. After being shown off by Garnett in the low post, Stoudemire immediately counterattacked,

Benefiting from Nash's threading, he got a step of space, broke through Garnett's defense head-on, and scored a slam dunk!

He can dunk but never lay up, which is why Stoudemire's game attracts fans, but this extreme violent aesthetic is indeed easy to cause injuries, and players who rely too much on their own explosive power will be brilliant at their peak, but they will not last long.

Paul dribbled the ball through half the court without entering the offensive zone and handed the ball directly to Bobby Jackson. With the help of Garnett's screen, the latter directly pulled the ball and made a pull-up jumper from outside the three-point line. (

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Bobby Jackson is also a combo guard with the attribute of "nerve knife", and his shooting is really accurate when he is active!

Nash was in possession of the ball, and the entire Suns team was actively running without the ball. Just when Paul was pressing forward, Nash passed the ball in his hand.

Before Paul could lock his position, Nash was already running towards the opposite side of Marion who was receiving the ball.

Marion returned the ball to Nash, but the ball was not passed well. Nash's first catch was flawed, and he immediately fell to the ground with Anthony Parker who rushed forward.

Paul and Parker all fell to the ground, but before Nash was knocked to the ground, he completed a "moon from the bottom of the sea" and hooked the ball into the hands of James Jones in the bottom corner.

"Incredible! A masterclass pass. Nash perfectly digested the bad pass sent by Marion and gave James Jones an excellent opportunity!" Mike Breen shouted while looking at James Jones catching the ball with both hands.

Nash's pass was very comfortable, and the entire right corner was completely in a vacuum. For James Jones, this was equivalent to an open shooting practice. The ball drew an arc in the air and fell towards the basket.

"Whoosh!"

The crisp sound of net wiping sounded, and Jones raised his right hand high.

Garnett scored in the low post, Stoudemire was able to respond immediately; Bobby Jackson hit a three-pointer, and James Jones could also respond! The Suns scored consecutive answer balls, and responded in the same way, with pressure

Back to the Eagles.

As soon as Paul passed halftime, Nash came over to lead the defense. His thin body was not afraid of confrontation at all, and his hands kept interfering with Paul's dribbling.

Carrying the harassment on his back, he came to the top of the key, but Nash still stayed close to him. Anthony Parker ran towards Paul, and James Jones followed him.

When Paul and Parker were only one meter apart, Parker stretched out his hands, and Jones next to him immediately got stuck.

But he was soon disappointed, because Paul and Parker were not cooperating hand-to-hand at all, but used this wave of operations to distract Nash's attention, and a change of direction shook Nash's defense away and went straight to the basket.

A fake move easily fired up Stoudemire. Paul passed the ball to Milicic, who easily completed a dunk. (53:49)

The Eagles continue to score, and it depends on whether the Suns can hold off. The two sides are fighting hand to hand. Whoever gives up first will fall into a huge passive position!

As a result, Nash stood up again. After completing the pick-and-roll with Stoudemire, he opened up a little space with his dribbling rhythm, jumped horizontally, and dodged Garnett's waving arm and scored a mid-range jumper.

Forcing Nash to drift and shoot proved the success of the Eagles' defensive strategy; but Nash just threw the ball in. What should the Eagles do? They can only continue to regain the field on the offensive end!

Paul advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, and the Suns changed their defensive posture. Marion stepped forward to cooperate with Nash to double-check Paul and pressure Paul's ball control.

Caught off guard, Paul was sandwiched between Marion and Nash, but he still controlled the basketball steadily and managed to pass the ball to Milicic who was pulled up to the high post.

Milicic caught the ball with one hand, did not stop, and sent it directly to the inside. The basketball was accurately delivered to Garnett's hands. Stoudemire was unable to react in time and could only block Garnett's offense with a foul...

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"Beside Diaw, everyone is a passing master!" Mike Breen was full of praise for Milicic's non-stop ball movement.

In fact, Milicic himself has such basketball talent, but in the Pistons, it was more or less stifled.

Including coming to the Eagles, he has become increasingly blue-collar, especially this summer. In order to participate in the World Championships, he missed the summer training suggestions given by Ke Yan. He really missed a good opportunity and doomed himself next season.

A reality that will leave the Eagles.

Milicic continued the Hawks' offensive momentum, but Garnett pulled his hip. The Wolf King rarely missed two free throws. When he returned to defense, he stared at his hands and expressed disbelief.

Fortunately, he redeemed himself on the defensive end. After Nash created an opening under the basket for Marion, a magic weapon descended from the sky and picked off Marion's floater from the highest point, and then did not give the referee time to react.

Launch a quick attack at once.

Marion was still telling the referee to interfere with the ball, while Paul was quickly dribbling the ball forward. At this moment, the Suns only had Barbosa retreating.

Barbosa took the lead and retreated to the three-point line, spreading his arms to expand his defensive area as much as possible.

When he was ready, Paul was less than two meters away from him.

Paul pulled the ball with his right hand and slammed his left foot towards Barbosa's left side.

Barbosa immediately moved his steps, and at this time Nash was catching up behind Paul, which gave Barbosa some confidence.

Paul also noticed that Nash was catching up behind him. When Barbosa moved to the left, Paul pulled the ball back with his right hand. At the same time, his whole body tilted to the left. The ball pulled behind him did not bounce to his left hand.

Instead, he will be pulled in front of himself.

As he took a step with his right foot and his whole body leaned to the right, Paul completely shook Barbosa away.

The audience at the scene all stood up, and their emotions were already in place, waiting for Paul to complete the layup.

"Chris Paul! What an imaginative person, Barbosa was completely deceived!" Mark Jackson also became completely excited and shouted.

With a deft pick, Paul added firepower to the Hawks! The fans in the audience burst into applause, not only for Garnett's exaggerated block, but also for Paul's extraordinary performance!

The Hawks gave the opportunity, but the Suns failed to seize it. They turned around and were beaten back, and the players' mentality was somewhat unbalanced.

Especially Marion, who was a little troubled by the "suspected" interference ball from Garnett just now. On the offensive end, he was a little angry and beat Milicic with the ball-holding singles that he was not good at. He missed it again and was so angry.

He punched the air directly and was called a technical foul by the referee.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, D'Antoni quickly called a timeout to suppress Marion's negative emotions. Ke Yan also replaced Joe Johnson with the strongest lineup.

The Suns also made personnel adjustments. Harrington and Bell replaced Jones and Barbosa, and they also faced the strongest lineup.

However, the "strongest" of the Suns seems to be reflected more accurately on paper. James Jones is obviously more suitable for the other four people than Harrington. Harrington performed better with the substitutes in the first half of the second quarter and is obviously suitable.

Playing as the sixth man, D'Antoni put Harrington in the starting lineup for various reasons. The Suns' smooth offense has always been a bit "sluggish."

The biggest disadvantage for the Hawks is that Diaw is absent, and their own offense also lacks some lubrication; and Joe Johnson is indeed somewhat restricted when facing Marion. Fortunately, Paul and Garnett performed well, helping the team to win.

The first half ended with a 67:58 lead.

"The Suns and Hawks are the two top offensive teams in the league, but a very interesting scene is that their respective defensive cores restricted one of the opposing scorers. Marion strangled Joe Johnson.

One point, this was his biggest contribution in the first half. We can see that Joe Johnson made 2 of 8 shots and only scored 5 points. Garnett also obviously suppressed Stoudemire, who made 13

He took 5 shots and hit 5 goals, which is not his normal level." Mark Jackson gave his own summary of the first half of the game.

"At halftime of the game, I will be more optimistic about the Hawks. It is not because they are ahead by 9 points, but because they are not too dependent on any star on the offensive end. As for the Suns, Nash has taken on too many tasks.

In the first seven games of the season, Barbosa relieved Nash's pressure, but in this game, he failed to do so." Mike Breen was even more optimistic about the Eagles, "The season has just begun, but I really feel that

, if they can stay healthy, the Eagles will be the favorite team to win the championship."

"Are there any other favorites in your mind?" Mark Jackson asked.

"Yes, it's a team led by another All-Star power forward. Haha~" As he said that, both Mike Breen and Mark Jackson laughed.

The Spurs, Mavericks, Suns and even the Pistons all have an All-Star power forward!

What Mike Breen and Mark Jackson said was relatively simple. In the locker room, Ke Yan was also emphasizing this point of Nash, arranging Paul and the defensive players to consume him more, choke his passing and shooting, and give him a certain amount of space to break through.

Apply more confrontation at the same time!

"Forcing Nash to continuously attack with high difficulty, our chance of winning is more than 70%!" Ke Yan emphasized, "especially when we have established an advantage."

"On the offensive end, after the pick-and-roll, whether it's Paul or the inside, go up boldly against Nash! Nash's lateral movement is very slow, and his defense is a loophole."

In addition to "scientist", Ke Yan also has a nickname "Lightning Earl". This is because he is good at fighting "blitzkrieg". Others take turns to take him as the main force and beat the opponent down in one go; but behind the "blitzkrieg" is

When the resource allocation is close, being able to maintain the advantage after establishing it, or digest this advantage, is what makes Ke Yan better than many imitators in the alliance.

In the second half of the game, Ke Yan's strategy was to target Nash. On the defensive end, let Nash start his personal offensive mode while exerting more energy; on the offensive end, he did not hesitate to affect the offensive efficiency, but also put more pressure on him. The Suns

The team wanted to "hide" Nash, but the Eagles just chased Nash!

It doesn't matter if the score is close, or even catching up, the point is that if Nash can't withstand it, the Suns' overall offensive threat will be greatly reduced!

Under such guidelines, the Suns completed a 21:12 wave of attacks in the first half of the third quarter, chasing the score to 79:79 before the official timeout.

The substitute players rejoiced and saw the hope of a comeback. But D'Antoni was not happy. He saw Ke Yan's strategy, but was a little helpless because this was not a conspiracy, but a conspiracy.

The reason why Ke Yan is so bold is because of Garnett's natural restraint on Stoudemire's attributes!

Facing other opponents, even without Nash, Stoudemire can score points on his own, but only against Garnett, without Nash, Stoudemire cannot perform individual singles!

Barbosa was also hampered by Garnett's mobility in assisting defense, making it difficult for Barbosa to make a difference.

At this time, the Suns are short of Joe Johnson! Unfortunately, due to salary issues, Joe Johnson was personally given to the Hawks by the Suns!

In a sense, such a powerful Eagles team in front of us was developed bit by bit by the Suns!

What's even more annoying is that it seems that the Hawks are closer to the championship than the Suns!

After the official timeout, the Suns still had the upper hand in the game. With Nash assisting Marion for a fast break dunk, the score reached 84:87, and the Suns took the lead by 3 points.

The changes in the third quarter silenced the entire Phillips Center. Just when the fans were worried about the situation in front of them, D'Antoni made substitution adjustments and replaced Nash with Banks.

"Control the rhythm of the game and don't attack at the rhythm of the Hawks!" D'Antoni chose Banks instead of Barbosa because he valued the more steady style of this floor point guard. What the Suns need is to help Nash get rest.

time.

However, Nash's dismissal itself was a signal to the Eagles. No matter who was replaced, the Eagles' defensive strategy immediately switched to a high-post attack!

Banks was forced to pass the ball out, and before the receiver could react, the Eagles' double attack would come up all at once, forcing them to keep moving the ball.

With the Hawks' rapid rotation and replacement, the fleeting vacancies were quickly filled. The Suns players failed to find a rhythm and did not even have a chance to break through with the ball. In the end, Bell could only make a breakthrough at 24 seconds.

At that time, he hastily shot a three-pointer, and the rebound bounced out of the frame and was collected by Garnett.

When the Hawks attacked, Paul used Garnett's screen to get rid of Banks' defense and attracted double-teams from Stoudemire and Bell. He did not force himself or pass the ball back to Garnett.

He passed the ball directly to Anthony Parker on the outside, who steadily hit a three-pointer, showing his value on the offensive end. (87:87)

Looking back, the Suns still couldn't deal with the Hawks' high-post attack. Bell made a passing error and was intercepted by Garnett. Garnett was also "influenced" by Diaw. He had eyes in the back of his head and stole the ball directly toward him.

Throwing back, he found Joe Johnson, who easily completed the dunk without being defended! (89:87)

D'Antoni continued to change the lineup. Barbosa came on the stage and played double point guards with Banks to facilitate the ball. The Hawks changed their defensive strategy and were still able to prevent the Suns' offense.

Looking back, the Suns misplaced their defense. Barbosa faced off against Anthony Parker, allowing Anthony Parker to experience the feeling of "Anthony". He easily reached the basket and turned over to make a jump shot! (91:87)

Without Nash, the Suns almost collapsed at the end of the third quarter, losing by 14 points in 4 minutes, and the score reached 102:91.

The sudden reversal of the situation made the fans say they couldn't understand. It was only at the end of the quarter that Mark Jackson saw Ke Yan's strategy and made his own interpretation of the game.

"The Hawks launched an attack on Nash on both ends of the offense and defense, forcing the Suns into the most uncomfortable offensive rhythm. It can be said that Kimi grasped the Suns' weaknesses and formulated an effective strategy. It seems that

, in addition to being a scientist, he is also a strategist!”

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Ke Yan changed the previous "five up, five down" rotation strategy and left Joe Johnson on the court, paired with Daniel Gibson, Bobby Jackson, Millsap, and Mbenga.

With Joe Johnson in check, Gibson and Millsap both performed well, which was much better than digging holes for the main lineup in the first half of the second quarter.

At the same time, a small lineup is more conducive to keeping up with Barbossa's assault. After all, Barbossa only poses a greater threat of straight-line acceleration on the counterattack, changes direction very abruptly, and has no skills in breaking through in positional battles, otherwise he would not be Barbossa.

It's Wade.

The point difference further widened to 15 points. Seeing that the situation was not good, D'Antoni had no choice but to replace the main players in advance as a last-ditch effort.

Ke Yan immediately replaced Paul, Garnett and others, and the game continued to enter a tug-of-war.

Although Nash felt hot at the last moment and hit three three-pointers, the Eagles had no choice but to do better in terms of tactical pertinence and game details. They played steadily and steadily. The final score was fixed at 131:123. The Eagles held on to the final victory.

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When the red light came on, Paul came to Nash and the two hugged each other.

Compared with Garnett's "suppression" of Stoudemire, Paul and Nash can be regarded as "back and forth". Although Nash is much better than Paul in terms of statistics, this is also due to the factors of the Eagles' tactical guidance.

Paul's control and organization of the Hawks' overall offensive rhythm are also the key to the Hawks' victory.

"Next time we meet, I won't lose to you." Paul was talking about not only the team's victory or defeat, but also his personal performance.

Another meaning of Paul's words is to admit defeat. At least in this game, Nash's brilliance surpassed him in the end.

"Kimi is a great coach. Under him, you can become more perfect." Nash encouraged.

Nash and Paul got together, and Ke Yan and D'Antoni, former partners, reunited after a long absence.

"The second thing I regret in my life is doing a sign swap with you and giving Joe Johnson to you. If I had to do it again, I would rather keep him in the West!" D'Antoni said viciously.

"Oh~ What about the thing you regret most?" Ke Yan asked with a smile.

"I shouldn't have let you go to the Lakers! At that time, I said I should have kept you anyway," D'Antoni said.

This is not a joke. D'Antoni didn't know that Ke Yan had already planned to become the acting head coach of the Lakers. He just said that he respected the other party's ideas too much and let Ke Yan leave. Maybe he was more sincere at the time, and maybe Ke Yan would stay.

"My pleasure~Mike."