The Whip of the God of Basketball

The Suns relied on Diaw's outstanding performance in the middle of the second quarter to turn the situation around again and take the initiative on the court. The Suns are a team that is very good at playing with the wind. Once they take the lead, they increase their speed and are likely to widen the point difference to a gap that their opponents cannot catch up with.

This is where the Suns are strong in the regular season, but it is also the reason why they lost two games to the Spurs in the playoffs, because strong dialogue in the playoffs will not give you so many opportunities for success.

The Jazz can also be considered a strong team in the playoffs. After Sloan's timeout, the Jazz regained their momentum and played strong defense and offense in the second half of the second quarter. Carlos Boozer changed his offensive strategy and no longer continued to attack. Playing one-on-one with Diaw, he then grabbed offensive rebounds for a second attack.

Although Boozer's running and jumping qualities are average, he is very good in positioning and moves very cunningly around the basket. The Suns do not have a backcourt rebounder. He continuously grabs offensive rebounds under the basket and then uses his good rhythm under the basket. , succeeded in licking the basket twice.

Even though Boozer is a tough guy, he is really good at playing and uses his little skills very well. There is no way to play this way. It is definitely impossible for him to block shots. He is not Duncan or Howard, and the Suns' backcourt rebounding has been a problem since the beginning of the season. They have been hit by opponents several times. Field rebounds.

This is completely opposite to the Celtics coached by Leon in the past. The Celtics would rather not have fast break opportunities and would rather stay behind to protect the backcourt rebounds. And at their peak, they had two masters in backcourt rebound protection in Kevin Garnett and P.J. Brown, and their backcourt rebound protection capabilities have always been at the forefront of the league.

The Suns are different. Not only do they not have a backcourt rebounding expert, sometimes in order to launch a quick counterattack, players have to stand outside, so it is natural to lose backcourt rebounds.

And Leon doesn't mind this. The Suns team has always had obvious advantages and disadvantages. He feels that the shortcomings should not be expanded, and the advantages must be further amplified. Faced with the continuous loss of backcourt rebounds, the Suns' response was simple - if you grab offensive rebounds, I will grab offensive rebounds too.

Both Stoudemire and Marion have strong frontcourt impact, but unfortunately for the Jazz, their big center Okur is not there, so the Suns also continued to grab offensive rebounds and scored on the second attack under the basket to close the gap. The difference remained firmly around 5 points until the end of the first half.

In the third quarter, the Suns began to show that they were different from the past. Only at this time did Nash really participate in the team's offensive operation, and he began to score by himself.

Deron Williams is a good player against Paul, who was in the same class, but Nash is different from Paul. Williams has an advantage in strength and size when playing any point guard, but Nash is not afraid of any point guard who is stronger than him in physical fitness. , because almost all point guards in the league have better physical fitness than him, so it doesn't matter at all.

Nash Stoudemire's pick-and-roll began to show its power. Without Okur inside, Carlos Boozer's shortcomings of slow lateral movement were magnified. Although other Jazz players tried their best to make up for it, Nash's passing was too bad, and at the same time his own offense The firepower was ferocious enough, making it impossible for the Jazz to take care of both defenses.

The Suns hit a 10-0 spurt, widening the point difference in one fell swoop. Sloan called a timeout. Only then did he realize that the Suns were simply holding back in the first half, and only exerted their strength in the second half, catching the Jazz off guard. This style of rhythm adjustment was something that the Sun did not have in the past. D'Antoni believes in the stability of rotation. The regular season is an eight-man rotation. From beginning to end, one rhythm will kill the opponent.

But if the opponent cannot be killed, or if the opponent's rhythm is controlled by the opponent, the only one who will die is the Sun.

As an experienced old coach, I felt as soon as I played against Sloan that Fox-Leon's transformation of the Suns was already half successful, just like he worked so hard to continuously hone and transform the Jazz. It's just that it took him more than ten years, but in the end he was only half successful. If he couldn't win the championship, he would keep getting the other half.

On the Suns' bench, Leon sat on the bench and began to daze every day. Tactical reminders were left to D'Antoni and Steve Nash. Yes, Nash now occasionally picks up the tactical board to give layouts to his teammates. tactics. After all, he is the real field commander, he is the one who knows best how the offense should be played and how the movement should be run.

Leon just sat there and listened anyway, which was a kind of stealing. He had a very good memory. He could remember everything Nash said in his mind, and maybe he could use it some time. Tell Nash, "This is the tactic you deployed after the first timeout in the third quarter against Team XX."

Anyway, Nash will definitely not remember it. When the time comes, Leon will draw the tactics and guide everyone. Of course, Nash's strategy today was very simple - he had to play by himself.

Nash's desire to attack this season is extremely high. In the past, he would score as a last resort. That situation basically meant that the team was about to lose. Everything has changed since Leon came. He no longer scores in desperate moments, but relies on his efficient scoring to continue to widen the point gap with his opponents when expanding the results.

Nash found this trick to be very effective, because once the opponent falls behind and tightens their defense, teamwork may not make it easier to fight, and mistakes will increase. It is not as effective as beating him several times by himself alone. The score difference of more than ten points suddenly increased to twenty points, and the average team was basically defeated.

The Jazz are not an ordinary team, but they can't escape Nash's clutches tonight at the American Airlines Center. Deron Williams is a third-year player after all. How can he compete with a two-time MVP and court veteran like Nash?

So as soon as the timeout came back, the Jazz scored first. Nash turned around and fouled Deron in the counterattack. He went to the free throw line and made a free throw. Nash's free throw rate was over 90%. Sending him to the free throw line meant giving away points.

Steadyly scoring two points, the Jazz organized a positional attack. The Jazz still had no problem offensively. However, after Boozer was beaten by Diaw, he really couldn't attack with the ball. The Jazz's offense was poor. With one leg lame and without Okur, their ability to open up space is much worse.

Williams wanted to challenge Nash to hit back, but the mid-range jump shot was interfered by Marion who came over to defend him. He missed the shot. Stoudemire got the backboard and handed the ball to Nash. Nash did not pass the ball for a fast break like usual. He took the ball by himself, went straight to the baseline, and then made a difficult lay-back shot!

The American Airlines Center was cheering. Nash seemed to be possessed by Kobe. If he had the opportunity, he would not pass the ball, but he would make difficult shots and still score. It was really fun to watch such a goal.

This is not over yet. He was beaten twice in a row. Deron's mentality was a bit unstable. During the offense, he was fouled by Nash. It was just a heavy shoulder collision and Nash fell down. The referee did not hesitate. The whistle was blown. Deron could only hand the ball back to the referee with a helpless face, and the scene was filled with cheers.

Even bigger cheers were still to come, and Nash had already fully realized what he was doing. He dribbled the ball outside the 45-degree three-point line on the left side and singled out Deron. After a series of fake moves, he finally shook Deron away, and then from Cutting in from the left, with Deron guarding him, he hit a difficult underhand throw with his left hand. He was pushed down by Deron, and he was given another foul and an additional penalty!

At this time, Williams' mentality was completely broken. He complained to the referee, but did not get any response from the referee. Nash was pulled up by his teammates, stood on the free throw line, and hit the extra free throw, suddenly reducing the score difference between the two sides. It opened to 20 points.

The Jazz, who seemed powerful last season, suddenly became a piece of paper in front of the Suns, and were directly beaten in the third quarter. The whole audience was shouting MVP. People thought that this season, the Suns would start to decline. Unexpectedly, after Steve Kerr took office, he made a good signing and invited Fox Leon back. Suddenly, even Steve Nash has a chance to win the regular season MVP trophy again.

In another half month, time is about to enter 2008. For people in Phoenix, this may be destined to be an extraordinary year.