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The Warriors in the Curry era have completely turned small-ball tactics into the mainstream, and this season's Suns are the first team to use small-ball tactics to great effect.

The media praised the Suns: "It successfully got rid of the dilemma of not having tall players and achieved success with small players."

The next opponent of the Hornets will be the passionate Suns. It can be said that the Suns are the most distinctive team in the league at this time.

As Lian Feng gradually adapts to the point guard's style of play, the Hornets' winning rate can basically be maintained above 50%, which is good news.

But what they have to face is the real favorite to win this season, the Suns led by Nash.

During the pre-game tactical discussion, a scouting report was handed out to everyone. It contained very professional and detailed analysis of the Suns players.

"Nash, an extremely imaginative point guard, has won the MVP for two consecutive seasons. He is the first foreign player in history to win the regular season MVP. His performance this season is even better than the previous two seasons!"

Looking at Nash's data, Lian Feng couldn't help but admire him.

"So far, I have averaged 19.6 points and 11.9 assists per game, shooting a career-high 54% from the field and 47% from three-point range. Although the team started with 3 wins and 6 losses, it has made rapid progress since the 10th game. It has now been 4 consecutive games. Victory."

And Lian Feng knows that 4 consecutive wins is not the end. If the original historical development is followed, they will set a team record with 17 consecutive wins.

However, if we meet us in this game, then this 17-game winning streak is open to question.

In addition to Nash, other Suns players should not be underestimated.

Stoudemire, Marion, Diaw, Bale, and Barbosa are all players that can be mentioned individually.

From the starter to the sixth man on the bench, all the main players of this Suns team scored in double figures.

It's simply terrible.

Byron Scott carefully analyzed the situation of the Suns, and then said: "The key to winning this game is not to be led by their rhythm, but to let them get into our rhythm!"

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The Suns, who are far away in Phoenix, are also analyzing the Hornets.

Naturally, their focus was on Lian Feng.

Medic Anthony, the coach from Italy, has been in the spotlight in the past two seasons. As a promoter of small-ball tactics, he has become a master tactician in the NBA. His average score of 111 points per game is the highest in the league.

McAnthony said: "On the offensive end, it is difficult for David West's movement speed to keep up with our pace. Tyson Chandler's athletic ability is good, but he is a center after all, and there is still a gap between him and the defender. We need more Use continuous pick-and-roll tactics to disrupt their defensive matchup!"

"On defense...there is no doubt that their firepower lies in Lian Feng and David West. Both of them have good mid-range, so our defensive focus is to fill the mid-line with people, and our movement They are very fast, so we have to help defend and don't give them a chance to take shots from mid-range."

"In addition, focus on taking care of Lian Feng's breakthrough."

A player asked: "Don't you need to pay attention to Lien Feng's three-pointer?"

McAnthony thought for a while: "Just defend normally. His three-point shooting percentage is around 37%, and he averages 2.2 shots per game. His efficiency is not very high."

Finally, McAnthony applauded and encouraged: "Guys, win this game! The Hornets' weakness is obvious. Their No. 1 position is a weakness. They used press to limit Bobby Jackson's passing vision at the beginning.

Very mediocre, he will give us a chance!"

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This matchup is the Hornets' home court, and the Suns challenge the Hornets away.

Oklahoma City fans are very loyal, and can even be described as fanatical. And the Hornets have not let down the attendance of the fans. In the past 9 games, only 2 of their losses have been at Oklahoma City's home court.

Therefore, fans always see the team winning at home, and continuous victory constantly stimulates the brains of home fans, secreting dopamine to make them happy, excited, and excited.

"As long as it's at our home court, the Hornets will win! It's obvious to us that Oklahoma City will bring good luck to this team, and we even think the Hornets should actually move them to Oklahoma City!"

In such an atmosphere, as soon as the Suns players entered the arena, they received warm greetings from the home fans.

"Fake Squid, Nash!"

"Fuck, Stoudemire!"

"Fake Squid, Marion!"

Nash didn't care about this. Stoudemire said to Nash with great disdain: "I'm going to dunk their big center later, and I have to cover their ace scorer! Let's see if they can still do it.

Can be so noisy."

Nash raised his head and glanced at Lian Feng over there, and smiled: "Don't forget, he dunked on Bogut."

Stoudemire smiled contemptuously: "Who is Bogut? When I jumped up, I couldn't even see him. Hey Steve, don't be too ambitious. We will win. They have no ability to defend our attack within 7 seconds."

Nash laughed and patted Stoudemire on the shoulder: "Let's go, it's time to shake hands with our opponent!"

Then, the game officially started.

The moment Lian Feng stepped onto the court, he had already put aside his distracting thoughts.

Today, you have to play like a real point guard!

Lian Feng silently told himself, "No problem, I won't be Jordan in this game, I will be Johnson!"

After the kickoff, it was Stoudemire who jumped to take possession of the ball.

The Suns did not hand the ball to Nash immediately, but to Laga Bell, who was closest. Then the 196-centimeter shooting guard quickly advanced with the ball like an organizer.

At the same time, all members of the Suns team rushed to the court.

This was the first time the Hornets faced the Suns this season, and this unconventional style of play made them somewhat unresponsive.

Lian Feng found Nash immediately and defended him man-to-man.

However, Nash just shook his head and paid no attention to Lian Feng's defense.

Lian Feng secretly felt something bad. He suddenly turned around and saw that the two Suns players, Marion and Barbosa, had arrived in the frontcourt. They were in the middle and on the right side, while Laga Bell, who was holding the ball, was on the left.

, the formation of three people is like the horns of a bull.

At this time, the Hornets fell into a brief state of defensive chaos. Everyone was looking for their own defensive targets. The first ones to run to the basket were Tyson Chandler and Desmond Mason.

Lian Feng secretly screamed something bad.

In a three-on-two situation, the Suns used a classic horns tactic very skillfully: Laga Bell held the ball against Desmond Mason and did not slow down in defense. At this time, Tyson Chandler was attracted and prepared to help defend.

Then, Marion cuts in.

Without any pause, the ball was passed to Barbosa in the middle, and Tyson Chandler made up the defense.

Then, the ball was handed to Marion, who cut through the baseline. He made a layup and scored easily.

The entire process from Lagabel starting to hold the ball to the end of the attack took less than 5 seconds.

Lian Feng fell silent.

This is run and gun.

An attack is completed in less than 7 seconds. Although Nash is needed to initiate the attack most of the time, it does not mean that others cannot initiate the attack.

The bull horn tactic they just used in the process of rapid advancement caused a situation of more hits and less. In fact, every NBA team uses it, but it is not as smooth as the Suns.

Each of them can play three spots on the horns and can do so fluidly at high speeds no matter who has the ball.

This is the scariest thing.

And this is not the most essential difference between the Suns and other teams.

This kind of tactic, in other teams, most of the time will pause during a certain ball movement, and then it will become a positional battle.

But the Suns only have two ways of playing: fast break and fast break attack. That is, when the fast break loses its opportunity, the defense is still in a brief state of defensive chaos, and the team still does not change the offensive rhythm and shoots from outside.

The main attack.

Other teams almost only use this style of play when they are behind at the end of the game, but the Suns do it every round.

The 76ers had already experienced this kind of run-and-gun play last season, but now after being trained by Byron Scott, Lian Feng has a deeper understanding of this tactic.

Then, he stood in the receiving position.

Seeing this scene, Nash showed an unexpected expression.

"Combo guard play?"

However, after Lian forward held the ball to the top of the arc, he used a Paul-like gesture to direct other players to get into position, seemingly announcing: Point guard Lian forward, on the line!