The Whip of the God of Basketball

The game is about to start soon, and the most dilapidated Key Arena in the league is full of guests. This is Kevin Durant's first season, and the Seattle SuperSonics have decided to rebuild around this talented young man. After going through the Ray Allen era of neither high, nor low, nor good, Seattle fans finally welcomed a player with the potential to become a true superstar.

But now he still looks very immature, he is so thin and thin, he is too tall, 6 feet 9, but his body is too thin, and the wide NBA jersey seems to last forever on his body. One size larger. But his arms are so long, and if you have seen his performance in college, everyone will exclaim that this guy is absolutely unique in the history of the NBA.

Yes, all superstars in the NBA are unique. If someone tells you that a certain player is the second best player in the NBA, he will most likely not become a superstar. But Kevin Durant is not. No one will think that he will become the second one, he will only be the first Durant.

Today is his first game at home, and Durant looks a little nervous. Two days ago, Durant just completed his first NBA game in Denver, facing Carmelo Anthony. , he scored 18 points on 7 of 22 shots, a good number, but the team lost the game.

But the feeling of playing at home is different. For any player who has just stepped onto the NBA court, this is a new continent with infinite possibilities and infinite miracles. He is going to start creating his own era and miracles here, but all this has not yet begun, and miracles that have not yet begun are always so exciting.

Contrary to Durant, the Suns' players are unusually calm. This is just a regular season. The Suns' starting players have many years of experience in the game. They know that everything is just beginning. The Suns' starting lineup was the same as in the preseason, with Nash, Bell, Stoudemire, Marion and Diaw, a starting lineup that was undersized. Before the start of the regular season, many critics believed that the Suns' offensive lineup was too weak. If you have more than enough but not enough defense, you still won't make much progress in the playoffs.

"Unless Fox-Leon can do magic, I bet the Phoenix Suns won't get past the first round this year!" This was a prediction made by loudmouth Charles Barkley on the show, and Leon's response to this was "You forgot Have you lost your donkey’s butt?”

Of course Leon doesn't care about Barkley's nonsense. From last night to now, he is still thinking about how to solve the problem of the connection between the two lineups and playing styles, and how to solve the compatibility problem of Boris Diaw and Stoudemire. .

Today he wanted to get the answer in the game to see what kind of problems there were between Diaw and Stoudemire in actual combat and how to solve them.

The SuperSonics' starting lineup is Kevin Durant, Earl Watson, Michael Reed, Nick Collinson and Chris Wilcox. Their lineup is somewhat similar to the Suns in height. It's not high, and it's very mobile, but its overall talent and strength are far behind those of the Sun.

The SuperSonics head coach PJ Carlesimo doesn't care about the victory in this game, because the SuperSonics have no pressure at all in terms of record this season. His task is to train Kevin Durant and give the team the next step. Get a good draft pick this season.

So at the beginning of the game, the Sonics' tactics were quite clear: give the ball to Durant. This is the unified rule for every team in NBA history to develop perimeter superstars - give him the ball and let him solve the problem, and one day he will become the number one problem for other teams.

In the last game against the Nuggets, Durant showed superhuman offensive talent. His wingspan, his shooting, his footwork, and his feeling in offense all prove that he will become A historic attacker. But today he has to face Shawn Marion. This small forward who is as tall and wingspan as Durant will undoubtedly cause a lot of trouble for Durant.

But contrary to everyone's expectations, Durant's offensive status was quite good at the beginning of the game. He first caught the ball on the left and then made a fake move to break through to the three-second zone. With three people surrounded, he hit a jumper. Hit, opening the scoring.

Then the Suns relied on Stoudemire's face-to-basket attack to score. The SuperSonics served quickly. Durant quickly crossed the half court with the ball. After rushing to the three-second zone, he jumped directly to the basket under the cover of his teammates. The basket was successful. Marion, who followed, missed the shot and flew to the backboard to block the shot.

He scored 4 points in the opening game. Obviously Durant wanted to surprise the fans at home. Seattle fans did see hope in him. He still looked like a complete kid, with no hair on his head, like a ninth-grade student. But he can already score over top defenders in the NBA.

Leon also sighed when he saw Durant's performance. This guy really has unlimited potential, but he just doesn't know if the SuperSonics can fully develop him. However, Leon doesn't seem to be worried about the team's and Marion's defense. He doesn't care about the gains and losses of these two goals. He focuses on the team's offense and sees that the Suns can't play the style he wants.

Nash played a little differently after the opening game than before. After holding the ball for halftime, he often handed the ball directly to Diaw or Stoudemire. Stoudemire could make a difference in the SuperSonics' interior, but the two There seems to be less direct cooperation. On the contrary, Nash cooperated more with Diaw and launched attacks directly from the outside. Nash hit two three-pointers in the first quarter and only provided one assist, while Stoudemire scored 8 points on singles. It looks like the Suns are using their players' individual abilities to play, rather than the offensive system they've relied on to succeed before.

However, the score on the field will not lie. The Suns led the SuperSonics by 10 points 31:21 in the first quarter, but their offense did not look as gorgeous and exciting as in previous years. However, in the second half of the first quarter, when Leon replaced Jaskevicius, the Suns had a bit of the past Suns in the offense. Jaskevicius was on the outside, and his European-style organization method was very difficult for the Suns. It is very useful for Suns players who are good at crossing. In addition, the NBA has defensive three seconds. It seems that Jaskovicius will be like a fish in water in the new team.

As the game progressed, the Suns, which were superior in overall strength, slowly opened up the score and always maintained a lead. Regardless of the situation, the SuperSonics will give Durant the ball as long as he has an offensive opportunity. Durant was very impressive today and had a good shooting percentage, but he was too young. He could score by himself, but he couldn't lead his teammates to move forward together. Obviously, he still has a long way to go.

When the game entered the second half, at the beginning of the second half, the Suns suddenly launched a wave of attacks. Nash seemed to have returned to what he had been in the past three years, controlling the overall situation on the court and playing a pick-and-roll with Stoudemire. Using the pick-and-roll to activate the entire team's positional offense, the Suns immediately launched a 10:0 attack wave, opening the score gap to more than 20 points.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Suns' pick-and-roll offense has become more proficient than last year, and Marion's role in the offense has decreased. However, Raja Bell has made many three-pointers on the offensive end, competing with his old teammate Reed. Get motivated. The two used to be teammates in the Celtics and competitors at the same position. Until Bell left the Celtics, he could not replace Reed at the shooting guard position. But after arriving at the Suns, the two became equal and both started.

Although there was a friendship between teammates, it was more of a competition between opponents. Unknowingly, the two became more and more angry and started talking trash to each other on the court.

At this time, the score difference between the two sides had widened, and there was not much suspense in the game. However, Reid was annoyed by Bell's entanglement. He made some big moves during the offense and hit Bell's chest with an elbow. Of course, Bell was not someone to be trifled with. He went up and pushed Reed. As a result, the two began to curse each other, spitting out all the trash talk they learned in Boston. The referee hurriedly blew the whistle and one person gave a technical foul. Then Leon replaced Bell and asked him to calm down.

Leon was originally going to replace Jaskevicius, and then bring Brent Barry up to top Nash to let Nash rest for a while. At this moment, Leon suddenly had an idea, and he came up with a brilliant idea to organically integrate the three of them!

"Timeout, I want a timeout!" Leon asked the referee for a timeout, and he wanted to rearrange the arrangement.