Chapter 1057 1056. Scoring Mode VS Assist Mode

“Ding… The talent skill Son of the Wind is triggered, and the characteristic Return to Heart is triggered. The Suns players have strong self-confidence, which offsets the host team’s 24-game winning streak. It comes from Steve Nash.”

With so many consecutive wins, some weaker teams have no courage to resist the Hawks, including relatively stronger teams, but with Nash, the Suns are fearless.

Seeing the Suns’ starting lineup, Liu Mang looked at Prince, who was taller than everyone on the other side…

Speaking of the Death Five, people probably forgot about the Suns…

Nash, Raja Bell, James Jones, Shawn Marion, Dio.

This lineup of the Suns is so confusing when running, the tallest ones are James Jones and Dio!

The Hawks sent Liu Mang, McGrady, Prince, Josh Smith, and Kwame Brown.

Rashid Wallace sat on the bench again, letting Rasheed Wallace play as a backup center.

The jump ball was no suspense, and Kwame Brown won the jump ball for the 24th time in 25 games.

The Hawks won the jump ball. The Suns retreated quickly this time. Liu Mang had no idea of ​​accelerating the attack. He steadily controlled the ball and pushed forward to the frontcourt.

Alvin Gentry is a very good assistant coach who is good at both offense and defense. In the current lineup of the Suns, except for Nash, the other four can be relatively defended.

Liu Mang pushed forward to the frontcourt, and Raja Bell came up to defend.

Liu Mang protected the ball well. Raja Bell is a physically enhanced and less dirty version of Bruce Bowen. He is a contender for the best defensive lineup this season.

Liu Mang looked at the opponent's defense. Dio followed Josh Smith, Nash followed Prince, and James Jones followed McGrady. Under the basket, Marion was defending Kwame Brown. Kwame Brown's fierce blocking position has occupied a favorable position.

"Ding... Level 3 of the positionless defense master is triggered, which can defend from the first position to the fifth position. It comes from Shawn Marion."

Compared with Odom's absolute versatility in both offense and defense, Marion's ability to defend from the first to the fifth position is also enviable.

It is very suitable for the future small ball era, but in this era, it can only be used like this under the defensive system of assistant coach Gentry or coach Sloan.

Liu Mang passed the ball to Kwame Brown. Kwame Brown did not dribble after receiving the ball. He held the ball tightly with both hands, turned around and fiercely pushed Marion away, jumped on the spot, and slammed the ball into the basket with both hands!

It can be defended from one to five, but whether it can be defended is another question.

Marion can still defend most centers, but it is not enough to defend such a hard dunk after getting to the position, or Kwame Brown's bounce speed is so fast. In the case of close contact, Marion has no room to jump up.

Kwame Brown scored the first goal and returned to defense excitedly.

When arranging tactics yesterday, Kwame Brown saw that he had a tactical position as the main attacker, and he was so happy. The last time he had such a tactical position was when he partnered with Jordan in his rookie season, but at that time Kwame Brown's physical condition was far less mature than now, and his opponents were not so short, and his shooting choices were not as smart as now.

Liu Mang also happily returned to defense, and thus got an assist.

Attack and defense switched, the Suns attacked.

Nash advanced to the frontcourt, and Liu Mang waited for Nash to come over at the top arc.

After Nash dribbled to the outside of the three-point line, he moved to the right. Liu Mang turned his head and looked to the left. Sure enough, Dio had blocked him. Josh Smith immediately switched to Nash. Liu Mang stepped back and blocked Dio's cutting route.

Unlimited switching!

Originally, Mike Woodson wanted Josh Smith to play center, but Prince's body was too disadvantageous to play power forward, and it was not so advantageous on the offensive end. In addition, Kwame Brown had to play as the starting center, and he had reduced his salary to renew his contract.

Josh Smith is fast and has a large body. He feels like LeBron James in the 10-11 season. He has no problem defending the breakthrough of the guard, even if the opponent is Nash.

Nash was blocked by Josh Smith and did not continue to stick to the ball. He lifted the ball to the top arc. Dio leaned against Liu Mang to receive the ball, turned around, and faced Liu Mang head-on.

Nash pulled away to the right corner and let Dio organize the offense.

Liu Mang stuck to Dio, but... he couldn't hold it!

Dio was too good at playing basketball. After all, he was a 105-kilogram 2.03-meter forward. He squeezed Liu Mang and rushed into the inside from the left. Liu Mang's fast footwork did not let Dio rush at full speed.

At the same time, Sean Marion cut in from the left corner. When Liu Mang stuck to Dio and came to the left side of the three-second zone, Marion just cut in. Dio passed the ball to Marion and blocked Kwame Brown. Marion really stretched out his arms and made a layup to score two points.

Liu Mang couldn't reach it even when he jumped up, and the hot pot feast couldn't start!

The Suns really have five players who can shoot three-pointers this season. The Suns have too much space! If the defense can't stop it, use offense to solve it.

Dio doesn't have any first-class ability, but from shooting to defense to organizing offense, they are all first-class. Being the second organizing core with so many scorers, he is very capable!

However, as soon as Marion scored, Liu Mang immediately picked up the ball and ran out of bounds, throwing the ball to Josh Smith, who quickly advanced!

Nash and Raja Bell quickly retreated, and when Josh Smith entered the three-point line, they stopped Josh Smith. Marion and James Jones ran back at this time. Josh Smith immediately passed the ball to the right. Raja Bell and James Jones rushed towards McGrady. Sean Marion was very aware and blocked Liu Mang on the left.

Just when Marion blocked the defense, McGrady made a large-scale transfer and sent the ball to Liu Mang!

However, the three arrows' counterattack had taken away all the Suns' defense. Liu Mang threw the ball into the air, and Kwame Brown followed up and passed by Nash. Dio and Nash were unable to stop Kwame Brown. Kwame Brown cut into the middle and jumped high, got the ball in the air, and pressed the ball into the basket!

It's still about Kwame Brown!

Kwame Brown's height, weight, and strength are the strongest among the 10 people on the court now, and he also has a speed rating of 83, which has a very obvious physical advantage on the court.

The Suns were puzzled. Didn't they just slow down the pace? Why did they suddenly speed up?

Liu Mang was also surprised by the Suns' retreat. The defense was better than he thought!

Mainly the retreat, which was done very well!

Generally speaking, a team with strong counterattacks is often a team that is also good at counterattacks. Last season, the Suns were running and gunning, which was a little different from counterattacks, but this season, with so many players with good defense, the Suns' defense has also become much stronger.

Of course, it is limited to counterattacks.

It was the Suns' turn to attack again. Nash and Dio attracted the Hawks' defensive attention to the two baselines. Raja Bell's three-pointer and Marion's cut, Marion's cut was pervasive, and Kwame Brown could only take a step back to defend. At this time, Nash did not pass the ball to Marion immediately, but after getting rid of Liu Mang in the pick-and-roll, he followed Josh Smith into the basket and took the initiative to enter the double-team of Kwame Brown and Josh Smith who had shrunk back. The ball stretched out of the baseline and swung to the bottom corner on the left side of the basket!

Marion received the ball in the corner with no space, and shot from 38...

"Bang..."

Nash's pass caused exclamations, but unfortunately he didn't make the shot.

Kwame Brown defended the defensive rebound.

Continue the counterattack!

Liu Mang received the ball and rushed quickly. The Hawks pressed forward. This time, Liu Mang rushed to the three-point line with the ball, but was blocked by Nash and Raja Bell who retreated. Liu Mang jumped outside the three-point line!

"Ding... The fifth level of the air magician is triggered. The host jumped and passed the ball to deceive the opponent this time."

Marion, who was chasing behind, had already jumped up. He jumped very high. If Liu Mang shot out, there was a 99% chance that he would be blocked. However, the purpose of Liu Mang's jumping up was to attract the opponent's defense. Liu Mang threw the ball to the right at a 45-degree angle in the air, and McGrady followed up with a three-pointer...

Liu Mang's pass was not wasted today. McGrady's three-pointer was in a good rhythm and hit it!

7 to 2!

The Hawks made two consecutive counterattacks and scored 5 to 0!

The Suns called a timeout!

Mike D'Antoni, the head coach of the Suns, didn't expect that they were stopped by a counterattack!

D'Antoni originally thought that the Hawks would control the rhythm and play steadily, just like the second match between the two teams last season.

But he didn't expect the Hawks to play so recklessly at the beginning this time!

The fans of the Suns were even more upset. They hadn't seen a team run and play with them for a long time. The last time was the Warriors at the beginning of the season.

The Hawks played like this, and the Suns couldn't adapt at the beginning. D'Antoni called a timeout and re-emphasized the offense.

There were no tactical adjustments, mainly to disrupt the rhythm of the Hawks.

The Hawks didn't make too many adjustments either. High-speed switching defense and double-teaming was the key to the Hawks' game.

Liu Mang had 3 assists at the beginning, Nash had 0 assists, and he had 3 assists in just two minutes! Liu Mang's passing performance is getting better and better, and with the improvement of tacit understanding, McGrady is getting more and more used to Liu Mang's aerial magician's deceptive passes, but...most of the time, only McGrady can catch it, and Liu Mang passes to others more normally.

After the timeout, the Suns attack.

Nash observed Liu Mang's three offensive choices, and his passing is indeed much better than last season!

After receiving the ball in the frontcourt, Nash did not continue to let Dio come out for pick-and-roll. He read the defense very well and has already judged the Hawks' defensive strategy.

High-speed switching, shrinking defense against air cuts, and defending Marion, the bottom corner shooter with the worst three-point shooting among the starters.

So, when Liu Mang turned on the assist mode, Nash was ready to turn on the scoring mode!

Nash gestured that he was going to single out Liu Mang!

I woke up at one o'clock, wrote a chapter first, went out to eat maocai, and came back to continue writing~ Thank you friends for the monthly tickets and reward recommendation tickets these days!