106. Grow in Competition

Sitting on the bench and watching Curry, Maggette, Morrow, Kadir Martin, Turiaf and others play, Sun Ce was replaced and rested.

From the third minute to halfway through the 11th minute, and nearly 9 minutes in a row, Sun Ce spent very little energy in the next few minutes except for the first five minutes. A rebound, and a dunk with a pie before the end of the court, which is cool.

4 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists... Sun Ce was surprised by these statistics!

Mainly due to the poor rebounding of the Suns!

Last season, the Suns ranked sixth in the league in rebounds. Even though O'Neal averaged only 8.4 rebounds per game, his huge size stood there and he didn't need to do too many movements.

Once O'Neal left, the Suns ranked fifth in rebounding in the league so far in the preseason...Of course, if Stoudemire played for a long time, he would be better, at least the offensive rebounding would be much better, and Sun Ce would grab the defense There aren't as many rebounding opportunities.

On the Suns side, the lineup of Clark, Raymond Skyes, Carlos Powell, Taylor Griffin and Lopez Jr. played.

Clark made a rare appearance, but Curry scored 4 points and 1 assist in the last minute...

Clark's performance is amazing!

Sun Ce felt incredible watching from the sidelines.

So flexible, so good on the ball, so motivated, but always making mistakes! And he didn't dare to rush inside, rushing in was either a mistake or a strike, as if he didn't want to make physical contact with the inside players.

"Could it be because the opponent's inner line has become stronger and dare not enter the inner line?" Sun Ce guessed.

Not to mention, Sun Ce guessed right after a few blind guesses. In college, Clark used a body stronger than most centers to play guards, but in the NBA, even in the summer league, he found that most small forwards were stronger than him. He is physically strong, let alone an insider. Although his template is Odom, he does not have the explosive physical fitness of Odom, but his skills and height are similar. Compared with Odom in his rookie period, he is much thinner and faster. , The explosive power is worse.

Clark worked very hard to play well, but the more careful he was to avoid his shortcomings of insufficient confrontation, the worse he played.

He even doubted himself... The key point was that no one reminded him, so he could only keep his head down and do it himself.

The NBA is a very realistic place. Unless it is pleasing to the eye, the old players will help take care of it. Most rookies can only rely on themselves. As for the agent...the agent is not in charge of this aspect, and they have to worry about their own opinions Isn't it right?

After the first quarter, the Warriors led 34 to 24 by 10 points and entered the intermission.

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At the beginning of the second quarter, Sun Ce was put on the bench to rest.

Old Nelson knew that Sun Ce's physical strength was mediocre, and he could only be considered good in the NBA. He had enough time to play in the rotation, but he was still not good enough to be the main player.

The combination of Curry, Maggette, Devin George, Randolph, and Hunter played.

On the Suns side, Clark was replaced after playing for more than a minute in the second quarter. It was too miserable. He couldn't play well offensively and couldn't defend well.

The lineup of white veterans Dan Dickau, Richardson, Maurice Cook, Eric Moreland, and George Cowens played.

It's not easy for Richardson to bring four training camp contract teammates to fight hard against Curry, Maggette, and the Warriors led by Randolph. Coach Gentry wants to help Dragic find confidence, yes, But if Sun Ce is not on the court, coach Gentry still wants to investigate who is suitable to be the water dispenser manager.

Maggette's style of play is so aggressive that he can dunk and never layup when he rushes in.

After a few rounds, the Suns replaced Dragic and Frye.

Dragic came up, and Curry also started more personal offenses.

Today's Curry makes Sun Ce feel very different. I don't know if it's an illusion, or it's a problem with that weird Keeson-Terry's green hairband.

Everything else is fine, the main reason is that I am more confident in shooting. There are a lot of opportunities that are considered but not very good. Curry has shot all of them. Fortunately, he feels good today. , and Dragic and Frye's pick-and-roll cooperation and confrontation played brilliantly.

Dragic is indeed very good. A second-year second-round pick can perform like this very well. It’s just that Sun Ce can be so good as a second-round rookie, which makes the Suns fans very reluctant, and the Suns fans are substituting It was Sun Ce's performance in the curtain call last season.

In fact, in this game alone, Dragic played no worse than Sun Ce.

The point is that Sun Ce is just a rookie, while Dragic is a player who progresses slowly and accumulates a lot of money. The first-year and second-year players played on the same level, and Sun Ce is obviously slightly better.

After the official timeout of the second quarter, the Warriors led the Suns by 12 points 47 to 35!

Watson had been looking forward to it for a long time, but Old Nelson still hadn't called his name.

The lineup of Sun Ce, Curry, Morrow, Kadir Martin, and Toliver was replaced.

On the Suns side, the lineup of Dragic, Barbosa, Dudley, Frye, and Lopez Jr. was replaced.

The two teams are still based on the core lineup of backup point guards.

Enmity?

Sun Ce and Dragic are not considered to have any grievances, they were just pushed to become rivals.

But they are already opponents, the two of them are not polite and continue to fight!

After Sun Ce played most of the first quarter and watched his teammates play for more than six minutes in the second quarter, he summed up his good and bad play. After reappearing, his style of play became clearer.

Lead counterattacks and positional battles. If necessary, give the ball to teammates who are stronger in singles and try to find opportunities to cut in. If you can play more pick-and-rolls, play more pick-and-rolls to avoid the problem of insufficient confrontation. The latter is learned from Dragic.

In addition, on the defensive end, defend if you can defend, and if you can't defend, quickly return to the basket to receive the serve, and at the same time try your best to grab rebounds when your teammates are stuck.

Sun Ce is doing his best to show all his advantages.

Fighting and fighting, Sun Ce has already thrown himself into the game!

On Dragic's side, positional battle pick-and-roll offense is his strongest point at this stage.

The confrontation between you and me starts again!

After the first half, Sun Ce scored 8 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists!

In the second half of the second quarter, Sun Ce's assists were relatively low, with only 1 assist in more than 5 minutes, because Curry played well in singles today, and Barbosa was good at defending off the ball. Handling the ball instead of leading the offense, giving the ball more to Curry, trying to be the end point of the ball, but playing well, this is learned when partnering with Reggie Williams.

However, the overall strength of the Suns is still stronger, and the role players are better, and the score has recovered a lot under Dragic's pick-and-roll attack.

After halftime, the Suns 51 to 59, narrowing the point difference to 8 points!

Seeing Sun Ce's keen judgment of the situation on the field, and learning to make adjustments according to the situation, old Nelson felt incredible, not like a rookie!