The Way of the Center

No matter how powerful Jeff Van Gundy is, he has no magic. It is simply a fantasy to change the team drastically in just three days!

But why did the Thunder play so well today? The Suns are not without reason.

This summer, Mike D'Antoni, the meritorious coach who led the Suns to play a run-and-gun storm, went to the East Coast to play for the New York Knicks. After D'Antoni joined the Knicks, the Suns announced that Terry Porter, who was teaching tactics to the players at the moment, became the 13th coach of the Suns.

The Suns had a record of 9 wins and 5 losses before they played against the Thunder. This result is not bad for a team like the Suns, but it is definitely not good. Careful fans can see that the Suns' offense does not seem to be as sharp as before.

Although the absence of the Sharks will affect the team to some extent, the root of the problem is Terry Porter!

Porter, like Jeff Van Gundy, is a more defensive head coach. However, as the fans can see, the Suns are obviously a better offensive team!

"Our defense in the first quarter was terrible! Letting a team with a ten-game losing streak score so many points in the first quarter. Robin, I want you to defend the Thunder's No. 16 in the second quarter. Center, I want you to make sure his pass is no longer so threatening!" Terry Porter made the right arrangement, and the Thunder team without effective organization will indeed drop a lot of shooting. But he wants a team that is good at offense to focus on defense. Is it really okay?

At the beginning of the second quarter, Anjie clearly felt the great oppression from Robin Lopez. Lopez raised his hands and stuck to himself, staying close to each other. An Jie, who was completely blocked from sight, did not dare to pass the ball rashly, so he had to return the ball to Westbrook.

Westbrook broke into the penalty area against Nash's defense like a chicken help, and then made an emergency stop jumper, which not only avoided Stoudemire's help defense, but also scored the ball steadily.

Although the Thunder scored this goal, it is entirely a manifestation of personal ability. The Oklahoma City fans were still cheering hoarsely for the goal, but Van Gundy, who saw the clue off the court, frowned. He immediately dug out the small notes from his suit pocket, looking for a solution to the problem.

An Jie listened to Van Gundy's advice, this time when defending, he deliberately approached the three-second zone.

Just turned around, and sure enough, Nash has quickly advanced over again.

Except for Nash who temporarily stopped because he wanted to organize an offense, the other players of the Suns were still running non-stop. It's just that compared to last season, the running positions of the Suns players now seem a bit messy.

suddenly! Nash passed the ball to Raja Bell, who ran outside the three-point line. Just when the iron-blooded veteran was about to end the attack by himself, Bell made a quick ground pass to let Stanley cut in. Tadamier got his chance.

"The coach is right!" The tactics of the Suns, from Nash's initiation to Stoudemire's reception, only happened in the blink of an eye. If An Jie still positions according to the previous arrangement, then this time it will definitely be too late to defend the restricted area.

But after listening to Van Gundy's opinion, Anjie was outside the penalty area at this time! In the case of being so close to the penalty area, even Yao Ming, who moves slowly, can fully make up for it.

Stoudemire received the ball, turned around and found that An Jie was already waiting in the three-second zone!

"Why so fast!?" Stoudemire hesitated for a moment. Should he follow the trend and continue to attack the frame, or give up the attack and pass the ball?

Yao Ming overwhelmed Stoudemire to become the No. 1 pick, but in his rookie season, Stoudemire used his excellent performance to win the best rookie award in the competition with Yao Ming. He never feared the Chinese,

Even Yao Ming is not afraid of him. What's more, the current No. 16 is still a rookie who cannot be compared with Yao Ming.

Stoudemire held the ball with both hands directly at Anjie, and jumped suddenly. He wanted to dunk on Anjie's head!

It is true that there is no comparison between An Jie and Yao Ming, but he is a completely different player from Yao Ming. Stoudemire, don't think all Chinese are the same.

An Jie's footsteps moved quickly, so he had already stood in the three-second zone. However, in order to ensure that the referee will not miss the judgment, An Jie decided to add a little bit of material to it.

Stoudemire flew to the highest point, but found that Anjie hadn't jumped to stop him. Why, this rookie completely gave up resistance! ?

Stoudemire hit hard, so he knocked Angie down with a lot of force. But Stoudemire didn't expect Anjie to be so strong! This physical contact made him very uncomfortable, and naturally made him dunk the basketball.

At the same time as the basketball was dunked, the referee blew his whistle. Although Stoudemire was unwilling, at least he got two free throws.

Unexpectedly, when Stoudemire landed, he saw An Jie lying on the floor in pain, and the surrounding reporters frantically took pictures of these pictures. And the referee's gesture made Stoudemire think he was dazzled, and the referee actually called an offensive foul!

"An's defense is very smart this time!" Mike Brin, an old fritter, naturally saw the truth, but he didn't say anything.

The big screen at the scene immediately gave a replay. Due to the coherent dunk action and the instinct to protect themselves from injury, most players will slightly lift their knees when dunking, and Stoudemire is no exception.

And the moment An Jie was touched by Stoudemire's knee on the screen, he suddenly leaned back exaggeratedly. This scene made everyone gasp. The strength of this blow is definitely not small! But Stoudemire knew that his knee definitely didn't hit him so solidly!

"He's obviously flopping!" Stoudemire rushed to the referee with a step. Nash knew his teammate's temper. He quickly stood between the referee and the bully, and tried to push Stoudemire out. push.

"Stop pretending!" After that, Stoudemire vented his anger on An Jie who was still lying on the ground.

Anjie ignored it, but waited for Durant and Westbrook to pull him up. After An Jie got up, he still bent over and took a few breaths, as if he hadn't recovered from the violent impact.

"Shameless!" Stoudemire clenched his fists, he really wanted to go up and beat the tall and thin center forward. Little Overlord doesn't know yet, his calmness is slowly being lost.

Although An Jie once again used his superb acting skills to win the ball for the team, but under the close defense of Robin Lopez, An Jie could no longer organize a decent offense. For two consecutive rounds, the Thunder returned to the rhythm that the offense could only rely on strong play, and the Thunder failed to score again in these two rounds.

But fortunately, the Suns' offense has also fallen into a quagmire due to the improvement of the Thunder's defensive strength, so the Thunder did not lose their lead because of this.

When the Thunder once again headed toward the Suns hinterland, Jeff Van Gundy made a forward gesture to Anjie from the sidelines. An Jie was suddenly overjoyed. Although he could organize an attack, that wasn't An Jie's favorite style of play. Now that Van Gundy gives this order, he is completely liberated!

"There seems to be a problem with Anjie's organization. How will the Thunder deal with the offense now? Huh? Anjie has fallen to the low post!"

Even if the opponent started to defend against Anjie's organization, then Van Gundy asked Anjie to start attacking in the low position, completely disrupting the opponent's deployment! Low post singles, this is An Jie's favorite and most handy offensive method.

Durant immediately understood his intention after seeing Anjie's change of position. He was originally taller than Barnes, so Durant's basketball hoisted to the penalty area was not intercepted by anyone.

"Has it finally started!?" Robin Lopez became more focused, and he decided not to miss any of An Jie's moves!

An Jie didn't hit back this time, but quickly turned towards the penalty area.

"Stop looking down on people! Do you want to break through so easily?" Robin moved his feet immediately, but he didn't notice that An Jie's pivot foot didn't move!

Seeing that Robin was fooled, An Jie immediately turned towards the bottom line. It was still a bit reluctant to break through, but there was more than enough space for shooting.

An Jie took off to shoot, and Robin, who was a few beats behind, was completely unable to interfere effectively. The basketball thrown by An Jie went directly into the net, and Robin failed again.

Van Gundy waved his fist powerfully off the court. Anjie's tactical arrangement is really very practical!

Anjie is a threat in the high and low positions, coupled with the strong offensive talents of Durant and Westbrook, Van Gundy feels that he doesn't have to worry about offense.

After that, Terry Porter didn't know whether to defend Angie's high-post possession or low-post singles. Even the head coach had no countermeasures, and the defense of the entire Suns became a mess.

Chaos, which is exactly what Durant and Westbrook like. Throughout the second quarter, the Suns were completely fooled by the fickle Thunder, and the Suns also lost their due rhythm on the offensive end due to wrong tactical arrangements. Before they knew it, they were 14 points behind the Thunder!

Let the Thunder lead the Suns by 14 points, and this is only a half. Jeff Van Gundy, he really turned decay into magic! 54 to 40, the Thunder ended the first half with an advantage for the first time.

"My God, do you believe that this was done by a commentator?" At the end of halftime, Mike Brin's humorous compliment also made the audience smile knowingly.

Just when the Phoenix fans were looking forward to their team's comeback in the second half, the Thunder gave them a blow!

In an offensive match of the Suns, Stoudemire once again got a chance to attack the frame. But this time Anjie didn't flop, but forcefully slapped the basketball out of Stoudemire's hand. This one seemed to directly blow away the momentum of the Suns' counterattack.

It is a fact that the Suns did not perform abnormally in the third quarter, but the Thunder still carried out Van Gundy's arrangement leisurely. The Suns scored two points more than the Thunder in this single quarter, but they still had to face a 12-point difference!

This time, the Oklahoma City fans did not leave the game early. They have never had such a good time since the establishment of the Thunder team.

However, the Thunder team is still too young, and the psychological shortcomings of the young team will even overshadow basketball itself. In the last quarter, the Suns' proud and gorgeous basketball will not just bow to the Thunder, which has lost ten games in a row!

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