On the court, at the top of the arc, looking at Cassel, an old comrade, Iverson showed off his "Flying Thunder God" as soon as he came up tonight.
This is Wang Shuo’s request for Iverson in the new season:
Regardless of whether he wants to play alone on the court or pass the ball to his teammates, Iverson is not allowed to "look forward" or backward.
Perhaps, this will lead to a surge in Iverson's turnovers, but compared to those turnovers, Wang Shuo is more concerned about the team's overall offensive rhythm.
Cassel had no good way to take Iverson with this ball, so he hurriedly used the big summoning technique:
——Where is Minnesota Wolves king Kevin Garnett?
In the future, when Cassell retired, he boasted that Garnett was the best defensive player in NBA history. Although this statement was not recognized by the world, Cassell was indeed right about one thing.
That is, in this Timberwolves team, Garnett can not only defend multiple positions on the court, but his assist defense is also the key to ensuring the lower limit of this Timberwolves' defense.
As one of the representative seasons of Garnett's career, in the 2003/04 season, the reason why Garnett was able to break his "first-round curse" and lead the Timberwolves all the way to the Western Conference Finals was because of the system surrounding him. A functioning defensive system.
Well, look, with this ball, Garnett successfully delayed Iverson's breakthrough.
But not waiting for Cassel to come back...
On the court, Iverson transferred the ball to Stoudemire with a cool no-look pass.
In the early days of his career, when facing Garnett, Stoudemire mostly focused on being educated.
This is because Garnett likes an unconvinced young man like Stoudemire.
However, with Wang Shuo's training, Stoudemire is destined to make Garnett miserable tonight.
Because who said that Stoudemire would still have a head-on confrontation with Garnett on the court like he did last season?
A truly tough and good man must compare whose mid-range shot is more accurate and whose mid-range shot is more brutal!
Uh-huh!
On the court, after receiving an assist from Iverson, Stoudemire made a mid-range shot.
Garnett's help defense is indeed not bad.
But there is a very interesting data...
That is, when Garnett faced Duncan, Nowitzki, Malone, and Webber in his career, except for a 50-50 draw with Webber, Garnett lost more than he won against the other three.
Of course, there are also team lineups and various miscellaneous reasons.
But putting Duncan aside, when facing power forwards such as Malone, Webber, and Nowitzki who mainly rely on mid-to-long shots to score, you will obviously find that Garnett's defense is not that easy.
Because as the space on the court is expanded, Garnett's defensive power will be greatly reduced.
Tonight, if you want to liberate Iverson, Stoudemire must hit those mid-range shots when Garnett delays Iverson for his teammates.
Come back and the Timberwolves attack.
Cassel, who had just been humiliated by Iverson, originally wanted to punish Iverson with his back hit.
But who would have thought that after dribbling the ball past half court, Cassel discovered:
——This Iverson...
Why did he suddenly grow so tall and lose his hair?
Ah! What an international joke, Iverson is Wang Shuo's favorite now. Unless Boss Joe gives him a few more VIP membership cards, he will be able to recognize that Jordan is better than him.
How could Wang Shuo give Cassel, a tall and thin man with a back, the opportunity to beat Iverson from behind?
Tonight, in order to hide Iverson, the Suns chose to use Bell to defend Cassel.
As for Iverson, the person he was responsible for marking was 196 centimeters tall. Historically, he only hit 95 three-pointers in his nine-year career, 60 of which were made by Hassell in his rookie season.
As another player who has been wrongly trained by the Bulls, Hassell, who can obviously be a super 3D with his stable three-pointers and defense, has long lost the ability to shoot from the outside.
In the 2002/03 season, Hassell only hit 13 three-pointers. His current main scoring methods are long two-pointers and occasional air cuts.
Although Hassell's career long two-point shooting percentage has been quite stable, under the Bulls' destructive and tireless training methods, his instincts are more efficient, but in Wang Shuo's memory, he only has 45.9% of his career. True hit rate.
Tonight, Wang Shuo dared to use Iverson against Hassel because he was not worried that Hassel could defeat Iverson.
Anyway, if you have the ability, just vote!
With the exception of Peak Jordan and the limited-edition frame-blocking Danzi from the future, Wang Shuo doesn't believe that Hassell can kill the Suns with such an inefficient long two-pointer. ?
In addition, on the court, facing Bell, it is obviously difficult for Cassel, who does not have an advantage in height, to play from behind.
Fortunately, Garnett's ball has already gone around to the other side.
Seeing this, Cassel hit the ball in time, and Garnett also symbolically had a muscle collision with Stoudemire in the high position, and then performed his signature little shoulder shake.
It is different from Jordan, Kobe, and even Stoudemire's swaying shoulders.
Since Garnett has a very good wingspan, his shoulder swing does not need to be too large to give him priority to take shots.
One black and one black, Garnett's unique skill, the success rate is indeed quite impressive.
The only pity is that it is difficult to kill people.
Because he has to shoulder a lot of defensive tasks on the defensive end, this also affects Garnett's output to a great extent.
And this is the biggest difference between Garnett and Duncan.
At critical moments, Duncan, who is unambiguous in attacking tough situations, relies on his solid low-post skills, post-up skills, and fancy rebounding that will always get into the basket after inexplicable rebounding.
And what about Garnett?
As the game progresses and his physical fitness declines, it is difficult for Garnett to ensure his efficiency on the court.
And this is why the Big Three of the Green Army in history relied on Pierce at critical moments.
Because neither Garnett nor Ray Allen has the hard-hitting ability of Pierce.
Of course, in the future, if some people use Durant's stand-up singles to criticize Garnett, it will obviously be too much.
Because no matter how you say it, Durant's "Mantis Pull" can't compare with Garnett in terms of handsomeness.
And as he returned to Minnesota in his later years and changed from the Wolf King to the King of Kazakhstan, Garnett was a player with "roots".
On the court, Garnett swayed his shoulders and hit the ball backwards.
Seeing this, Stoudemire immediately picked up the ball and ran to the baseline to quickly serve the baseline ball.
The defense of this Timberwolves is very good. Except for Cassel, who is slightly older, the other four players can retreat quickly.
Wang Shuo didn't expect the Suns to play a brilliant fast break in front of Sanders, the defensive master, in this game, but what he wanted was to continuously consume Garnett's physical energy and force him to be unable to take over the game on the court.
Come back and the Suns attack.
This time, after switching to Chicago tactics from a high double screen, Marion cut.
Still Garnett.
He's on top of his defense again!
But before the game, Marion, who had already done targeted training on this, did not panic at all. He turned around and threw the ball:
Then, Stoudemire completed a one-armed tomahawk smash in the air!
Interestingly, Garnett, who had previously assisted in defense, also showed Wang Shuo on the sidelines at this moment what is called the hard power of never being used as a backdrop.
The moment Stoudemire caught the ball and dunked, Garnett made a flexible sideways move and successfully avoided being in the same frame as Stoudemire.
Moreover, even though the ball was the fault of his teammates, Garnett did not show his hands, but kept applauding to encourage his teammates.
Never mind whether there are some or not.
At least judging from this temperament and aura, Garnett deserves the title of Wolf King.
Come back and the Timberwolves attack.
The ball was passed, and the Timberwolves created a good singles opportunity for Sprewell.
But facing the "hacker", Sprewell immediately pulled the basketball back after trying a breakthrough.
In Wang Shuo's previous life, in his career record against Marion, Sprewell's field goal percentage was only 38.8% and his three-point shooting percentage was only 30.4%.
In terms of strength, Sprewell can't beat Marion.
In terms of speed, the now younger Marion is even faster than him.
As for brains...
As long as Sprewell has a brain, he doesn't have no brain at all.
If the Timberwolves meet the Suns in the playoffs this year, the Timberwolves will definitely suffer.
Because from the perspective of playing style, the Suns are very weak against this Timberwolves.
So far in the new season, in addition to the impressive offensive storm, the "Iron-Blooded Phoenix" is also one of the Suns' most famous nicknames.
In NBA, there are only wrong names, not wrong nicknames.
Compared with D'Antoni's Suns, Wang Shuo's Suns are significantly stronger in terms of hardness and ability to fight tough battles.
On the court, Sprewell did not blame the ball, but chose to pay tribute to Mamba and angrily gave Chandler a rebound.
On the side, seeing this scene, Garnett, who had already reached a high position and reached for the ball, felt that this guy might as well pass the blame!
Therefore, friends, it is also very important on the basketball court to know how to pass the ball to teammates when you cannot score.
Of course, in the NbA, how many people can have such a high sense of foresight and the courage to be attacked by some brainless hackers after the game?
The Suns attack.
Iverson went straight to the basket this time and gave Garnett a shot!
You see, Iverson's playing was unreasonable!
Because he can obviously shirk the blame before a layup, or after being blocked, he can complain about his teammates why they didn't block Garnett for him.
But he actually had the "face" to extend his hand to his teammates to "apologise" after giving Garnett a shot!
That's it, he deserves to be in Wang Shuo's memory, and he can only sell burgers after retiring!
On the court, because Iverson's layup was blown out of the baseline by Garnett, the Suns' baseline ball went.
Taking advantage of the moment when Garnett's attention was attracted by Marion, who was cutting to the basket, Stoudemire sneaked to the other corner, and after receiving the baseline ball, he hit the ball with all his might!
Garnett was anxious about the ball. After scolding his teammates for a few words, he hammered his chest while reminding his teammates to pay more attention to their defense in the next game.
You see, with Garnett's quality, he can get things done with just a frown and a slap in the face, so why does he have to be so cruel to his teammates?
On the court, the game continued. After two rounds of attack, Garnett hit one iron and one hit.
On the Suns side, Iverson also hit one iron and one shot.
However, as the game progressed, Garnett, who had obviously played well before, became "invisible" in the rest of the first quarter.
Of course, this "invisibility" is not true "invisibility".
Because if Garnett doesn't know how to conserve his physical energy, given the Sun's offensive firepower tonight, his physical energy will collapse in less than two quarters.
Normally, at this time, the Timberwolves would let Cassell and Sprewell take over the team.
But tonight, one of the two brothers encountered Bell's death entanglement, and the other had his brain hacked into by a "hacker"...
He even went missing during the game.
As a result, Hassell, who was facing off against Iverson, scored two points in the second half of the quarter and contributed 6 points to the Timberwolves.
After the first quarter, the score between the two teams was 20 to 30 on the court.
On the bench of the Timberwolves, Sanders, like those famous coaches who had been beaten by the Suns' offense, suddenly felt a headache.
In the second quarter, Sanders replaced Earvin Johnson and Hoiberg, leaving Garnett and Sprewell on the court.
This Earvin Johnson is not the famous magician who "brought up children", but a center player who is 211 centimeters tall.
There is something to say...
Although the Timberwolves' total salary this season is as high as US$71.28 million, which is even more outrageous than the Suns with Hardaway, they have managed to be worse than the Suns in the team's second lineup.
In addition, Szczerbiak is still recovering from injury. Basically, except for the five main players, the Timberwolves have no available players.
As for the reason...
It has something to do with Garnett's annual salary of 28 million and the Timberwolves' yin and yang contract incident that year.
As one of the triggers that led to the NBA's shutdown that year, although the six-year, $120 million contract Garnett signed with the Timberwolves was not as exaggerated as people said and was the key reason for the NBA's shutdown, this The contract does, to some extent, lock in most of the Timberwolves' salary space for the next few years.
Because even without Garnett's sky-high contract, the lockout would have been unavoidable due to the many loopholes in the NBA's rules and regulations.
As for the Timberwolves' yin-yang contract incident, it is somewhat related to Garnett's big contract.
Since Garnett's sky-high contract locked up most of the team's salary space, in 1998, when the Timberwolves signed Joe Smith on a whim, they conspired with his agent Fagan to sign the contract. It's only a 2-year, 1.75 million Yin-Yang contract, but the total private value is a 7-year, 86 million U.S. dollar contract.
After this contract was exposed, the outraged league directly deprived the Timberwolves of their first-round draft picks for five consecutive years and imposed a heavy fine on the Timberwolves.
Therefore, with no salary space and no draft picks, it's not that the Timberwolves don't want to strengthen, but that they can't.
In the second quarter, although Garnett and Sprewell led the team, the Timberwolves still failed to recover their lagging score.
After Hardaway returned, the Suns' second team has been strengthened to a certain extent.
No matter how strong the two giants left by the Timberwolves are on the court, they can't hold up against their teammates cbA tonight.
After the Suns returned to their main lineup in the second quarter, Sanders began to have a headache again.
On the other hand, Wang Shuo...
This guy is actually tasting the hot dog that Barkley just ran to buy for him!
When tNt TV station saw this, Kenny Smith angrily yelled: "Wang and Charles are definitely the most unprofessional head coaches and assistant coaches in the league today!"
no!
I'm here working hard to commentate on the game with my new partner, and you two are eating snacks on the sidelines?
At halftime, 45 to 60.
After the intermission, in the first half of the third quarter, knowing that Iverson could not be offended in the third quarter of this season, the Timberwolves focused their defensive attention on Iverson, who was in hot form.
As a result, Stoudemire was completely happy tonight!
Cruel and iron-blooded, he could always poke Garnett in the anus with his formation-breaking spear, making Garnett hateful and angry.
Even during the game, Garnett trash-talked Stoudemire: "Hey, boy, are you just going to hide behind Allen Iverson and shoot cold shots?"
Hearing this, Xiaosi shook his head and said: "This is called repairing the plank road openly and secretly visiting Chencang. Forget it, I won't explain it to you. Anyway, you can't understand it with your level of education."
Garnett: "..."
At this time, on the Suns' bench, Barkley also asked curiously: "What did Amare mean by what he just said?"
On the sidelines, Wang Shuo, Spoelstra, and Mike Brown heard this and immediately consciously kept a certain distance from Barkley.
God, it’s really terrible to be uneducated!
On the pitch...
Garnett, who was tortured both physically and mentally tonight, finally waited for the moment of "liberation."
In the second half of the third quarter, as the Timberwolves were full of fouls, and after Iverson made a wave of rain at the American West Arena, the Timberwolves immediately put on a full bench lineup as soon as the fourth quarter started. Gave up resistance.
In the end, the final score of this game was 91 to 124.
The Suns incredibly won this major Western Conference matchup with a huge advantage of 33 points!
In the game, Iverson made 7 of 17 shots, including 2 of 6 three-pointers and 16 of 18 free throws. In total, he scored 32 points, 4 rebounds, and 10 assists for the team.
Stoudemire, who played the sixth role behind Garnett all night, made 12 of 21 shots and 7 of 8 free throws. He scored a total of 31 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 blocks for the team.
For the Timberwolves, Garnett made 9 of 18 shots and 5 of 6 free throws. He scored a total of 24 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 blocks.
After the game, local media in Phoenix exclaimed: "Amare is undoubtedly a star forward now! He was actually able to go back and forth with Kevin Garnett in this game!"
If you just look at the data, this is indeed the case.
But if you watch the game, you will find that for most of the game, Stoudemire was not as effective as Garnett on both offense and defense.
Can......
Or should he say that he is so good at fighting and retreating at the same time?
Tonight, Stoudemire, who transformed into the ultimate No. 6, broke Garnett's mentality for a time, and at the same time, he also opened a door to a new world.
Why do you still miss Xiang Yu and refuse to cross Jiangdong?
Overlord, he must cross the river, and you must cross the river too!
After the game, Wang Shuo praised Stoudemire's performance by name, saying: "Amare is a smart young man. I am optimistic that he can become one of the best power forwards in the league in the future."
At the press conference, a reporter asked about the number of free throws Iverson had recently made that two Kobe Bryants combined could compete with. In response, Wang Shuo said with emotion: "I think this is what Allen deserves. He is the best rusher in the league right now.
He is hitting the basket every game, so he will naturally make a lot of free throws.
I think that instead of questioning Allen's number of free throws, you should question the defensive players who made bigger moves against Allen on the court. "
…
After defeating the Timberwolves, after a few days of rest, the Suns went to the North Shore Garden Arena to challenge the Celtics.
Last season, Dazhi had a happy season with the Celtics. This season, with the trade of Antoine Walker, the "Green Army Happy Gemini" was dismantled...
Well, he's happier!
In the new season, since the Celtics are the only inside substitute who can shoot three-pointers, Da Zhi's playing time has surged to 19.8 minutes, averaging 9.7 points and 4.5 rebounds per game for the Celtics.
Da Zhi didn't score much, but he was happy.
Because of the 9.7 points he scored for the Celtics in each game, 6.3 of them came from three-pointers. This season, Da Zhi took 5.5 three-pointers from the outside per game and made 2.1 of them.
Da Zhi, who even accounted for more than 65% of his three-point shots, used his strength to explain what it means to truly fight and retreat.
Anyway, in the game, if you can see him showing off his moves in the low post, then he loses!
And as the Celtics are currently considering trading Vin Baker, whom the team acquired from Seattle in 2002, Dazhi will probably be even happier after the Celtics trade Baker.
But happiness is happiness.
On the evening of the 5th, the Suns still used a 145-110 victory to tell the Celtics what true happiness is!
In this game, in addition to Iverson, who scored 34 points and 10 assists for the team in three quarters, Stoudemire and Marion also scored 28 points and 27 points respectively.
On the bench, even Hardaway posted 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists.
After the game, as usual, Da Zhi took the initiative to treat Wang Shuo to a late-night snack and chatted with him a lot about how he should develop in the future.
In response, Wang Shuo smiled and said: "If you really want to play in a strong team in the future, in addition to shooting three-pointers more accurately, you also have to practice the defense I told you before.
You know, in NbA, being unable to defend and not wanting to defend are two different things in attitude. "
Hearing this, Dazhi nodded repeatedly.
In the past two years, as he has grown older, Dazhi's arrogance has obviously shrunk a lot.
Especially after returning to the national team last year and playing one-on-one with Xiao Yao several times, Dazhi understood what Wang Shuo said to him.
Maybe Wang Zhizhi can lead Yao Ming for a while, but Yao Ming's talent determines that Da Zhi will never reach his height.
"Hey, by the way, Brother Wang, why do I feel that you are in a particularly good mood tonight?" Wang Zhizhi suddenly asked while eating supper.
Hearing this, Wang Shuo immediately became happy.
Is he in a particularly good mood?
Of course he is in a very good mood!
Because in addition to this big victory, during the rest period after defeating the Timberwolves, Wang Shuo also successfully got out of the "shadow" of "breaking up" with Boss Qiao.
Everyone knows that Wang Shuo has always missed the time he spent on the battlefield with Michael Jordan.
Especially when Wang Shuo thinks about the scene of him and Jordan running together under the sunset...
Every night, Wang Shuo wished he could never be separated from Jordan.
But on the 2nd, as Wang Shuo met a Brazilian girl named Alessandra Ambrosio at the hotel where he stayed in Phoenix...
Wang Shuo, who fell in love with Ambrosio at first sight, was immediately impressed by this young lady's "deep" and unfathomable mind, and Ambrosio was also fascinated by Wang Shuo's sharp tongue, so a In order to learn Chinese, and the other to learn Portuguese, after "learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses", the two quickly established a super-international friendship.
In order to take photos, Ambrosio arrived in Phoenix half a year ago.
Of course she knew early on that Wang Shuo, who moved next door to her not long ago, was an NBA star coach.
But regarding her frankness and "not taking any money" afterwards, Wang Shuo didn't mind letting her take advantage of him.
As the saying goes, only children talk about relationships, but adults talk about business.
And as an NbA head coach, you can't help but let Wang Shuo study how to break the "press defense" after the game, right?
And in the past two days, as Wang Shuo has a new partner, how can he still miss Danzi?
What Jordan? Who is Jordan?
…
On the 6th, in order to set an example for the team members, Wang Shuo, who did not take the Brazilian girl with whom he had recently had a rapidly warming relationship during various frictions, to go on this Eastern road trip, encountered "Waterloo".
In the team's back-to-back games against the Nets, affected by the back-to-back, the Suns, who were in average shape that night, were attacked by a three-headed fast-break monster from the Nets.
Yes, you read that right, thanks to that damn fate, the Nets finally assembled the fast-break trio of Kidd, Carter, and Jefferson.
In the new season, because Richard Jefferson was dissatisfied with Rivers' behavior of giving him chicken soup but not giving him more playing time, he took the initiative to propose a trade to the team management.
In this regard, Wizards general manager Elvin Hayes, who upholds the spirit of doing nothing and governing by doing nothing, also agreed to his request and quickly reached a deal with the Nets.
In this deal, the Nets sent their 2005 first-round pick and Rodney Rogers to acquire Richard Jefferson from the Wizards.
Judging from the data this season, since Jefferson does not play much playing time, the deal between the Wizards and the Nets can be regarded as a fair deal.
But for Wang Shuo, who knew Jefferson's potential...
But he felt that Rivers was worthy of the "big smart" in his memory!
In the new season, can you believe that this post-Wang Shuo and Jordan era Wizards are currently ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference with a record of 9 wins and 8 losses?
Yes, this summer, with the departure of Hamilton and Artest, the Wizards' overall strength has indeed been weakened.
But this Wizards also has Gasol, Arenas, Crawford, Jackson, Wallace, Jefferson and others!
Wang Shuo didn't understand or figure out why Rivers was unable to reasonably allocate the Wizards' playing time, causing Jefferson to apply for a trade and lead the Wizards to play so poorly.
But soon, Wang Shuo will know.
Because on the evening of the 8th, after losing back-to-back to the Nets, Wang Shuo led his league-famous Suns to his loyal home of Washington!
McI Center, this night, before the game started, the Wizards held a special unveiling ceremony for Wang Shuo's statue:
On the lifelike statue of Wang Shuo, Wang Shuo was holding a cigar in one hand and a tactical board in the other, with a very cool and calm expression.
In addition, this night, Wang Shuo also officially received the second championship ring of his career that he won with the Wizards last season.
It is worth mentioning that when he walked back to the bench with the ring, Barkley immediately showed an envious look.
"Can I touch it?" Buckley asked.
Hearing this, Wang Shuo simply threw the ring box and the ring directly to Buckley.
Seeing this, Buckley had no choice but to fight Wang Shuo desperately!
Look at you, you loser!
This is an NBA championship ring, you actually throw it away like this?
Do you know how many people have worked hard all their lives but failed to win this championship ring?
"Isn't it just a ring?" Wang Shuo said disdainfully while picking his nostrils.
Buckley said angrily: "This is an honor, the highest honor! It is an honor that many people will never get in their lifetime!"
Wang Shuo shook his head and said, "This ring doesn't mean anything, Charles, the real honor is here."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Shuo hammered his chest and said, "This champion's heart is far better than that ring."
Barkley: "..."
Damn it!
Why weren't you born in the same era as Larry Bird?
I really want to see who of you two is better at showing off!
On the court, before the game started, an interesting scene happened at the mcI Center:
After I don’t know which little cutie made the move, the fans who could hardly stand watching Wizards games this season chanted Wang Shuo’s name and said: “We don’t want Doug, we want Wang! We want Our meritorious coach!"
At this moment, Rivers looked embarrassed on the Wizards bench.
And what about Wang Shuo?
After signaling the fans at the scene to be quiet and bowing sincerely to everyone, Wang Shuo stood back to the sidelines with a calm face.
At the scene, with the big screen showing the starting lineups of the two teams tonight, this game called "Wang Shuo Goes Home Battle" is about to start!
Wizards: Gasol, Wallace, Jackson, Crawford, Arenas.
Suns: Chandler, Stoudemire, Marion, Bell, Iverson.
On the court, after the jump ball, the Suns attack.
This season, both Arenas and Gasol have produced star numbers.
The former averages "22+5" for the team per game, while the latter averages "21+10+4" for the team per game.
Theoretically speaking, no matter how poor Rivers' coaching ability is, this Wizards will not be ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference where rookies are gathered.
However, as soon as the game started tonight, Wang Shuo discovered...
Rivers is truly a "chicken soup head coach with pure soul".
If there is an excellent think tank to assist him, he may be able to give full play to his advantage in verbal motivation.
But tonight...
Who gave him the confidence to put Crawford and Arenas in the starting lineup at the same time when facing this Suns?
Isn't this an obvious way to give points to Iverson?
On the court, after being passed by Iverson in one step, Arenas found that there was no teammate to cover the position, so he had to chase after him.
Inside the Wizards, Gasol has good defense awareness, but his physical talent is limited.
Wallace is athletic but lacks model size.
Previously, when Wang Shuo used the forward combination of Gasol and Wallace, he would mostly adopt a tough defensive strategy. If he could keep his opponent outside the three-point line, he would never put it inside the three-point line.
If he encounters a team with strong breakthroughs, Wang Shuo will even take the initiative to slow down and discharge the twin tower combination of Haywood and Gasol.
In order to fully ensure Haywood's mobility on the court, Wang Shuo never asked Haywood to gain weight during the Wizards period, and would strictly control his diet.
But tonight, looking at Haywood who had obviously put on a lot of weight on the sidelines, Wang Shuo could guess with his toes that Rivers must be planning to train Haywood in the direction of Perkins.
Perhaps, this can increase Haywood's ability to carry people in the low post, but as one of the few frame-protecting barriers for this Wizards, Rivers's approach will undoubtedly cause the Wizards to face fast break players like the Suns. The team did not dare to send Haywood on the field.
But the problem comes again...
You sent Jefferson away from the outside, put Crawford into the starting lineup, and only had Gasol on the inside. How do you restrict Iverson?
At the McI Center, as Phoenix's golden flash cut through the Washington night sky, Iverson successfully scored the first two points of the night for the Suns!
Looking back, the Wizards' offense is also very interesting.
In pick-and-rolls, Rivers will definitely play.
But in the high post, when Arenas and Gasol were playing pick-and-rolls, where could you see the Wizards' previous off-the-ball movement?
Does the co-author mean that tonight the Wizards will point to Arenas and Gasol to compete with the Suns?
Come on then!
On the court, after Arenas missed the shot, Chandler took off the rebound and quickly hit the ball. Iverson quickly dribbled the ball through the half court and assisted Marion with an alley-oop for a dunk!
At the scene, Wizards fans immediately applauded the Suns' fast break, which took less than 4 seconds!
On the sidelines, Rivers once again entered an embarrassing state.
"Without Michael Jordan, can the Wizards still play the triangle offense like we did before?" Mike Brown asked on the Suns bench.
"Of course you can play. Paul is a natural inside commander. What tactics can't this prodigy use?" Wang Shuo asked rhetorically.
"But why...the Wizards seem to only be able to play pick-and-roll tonight?" Brown asked.
"Then you have to go to the opposite coach. How would I know?" Wang Shuo shrugged and said.
On the court, Gasol set a pick-and-roll for Arenas this time and planned to flick out, but Chandler immediately jumped in front of him.
Judging from the Wizards' tactics tonight, Rivers obviously wants to make full use of Gasol's high-post organizational skills.
But in Wang Shuo's view...
To play this Suns, shouldn't Gasol sit in the low post?
What Chandler is good at is assist defense, not single defense.
Judging from the experience of this "family sister-in-law" who has won two championships, even if he cannot face Chandler in the low post like Yao Ming and O'Neal, his scoring efficiency will not be much worse. go.
And, beating Iverson...
Arenas needs a solid pick-and-roll!
Wouldn't it be enough to find a way to open up space for him and let him let go?
In addition, the purpose of your pick-and-roll cannot be just to allow the defender to shoot and break through, or to let the big man bounce down, right?
In fact, high-post inside and outside pick-and-rolls also require the active cooperation of the other three teammates.
During the Wizards period, why did Gasol often produce beautiful assist data when Jordan was away?
Because after he receives the ball in the pick-and-roll, as he attracts the attention of the opponent's defense, as long as the Wizards' strong forwards can run, what is not an opportunity? Isn't that an empty seat?
On the court, watching Rory fight for a long time, Arenas finally threw the Wizards himself. Wang Shuo immediately shook his head and said: "If the fight continues like this, because other players lack offensive participation, it will be greatly affected." It affects their game state on the court.”
Mike Brown and Spoelstra echoed while taking notes: "So, this is why we require Allen to make quick decisions on the court and not hold the ball for too long, right?"
Wang Shuo nodded, "Players are also human beings. Think about it, if you are our player, but from beginning to end in this game, you can't even touch the ball a few times, then in the next game, you How would it feel?”
This season, in addition to fast breaks, Wang Shuo will ask his teammates to actively pass the ball and actively run once they are in position.
Even Chandler, whose offensive ability is only slightly better than Ben, has to participate in the transition of the ball during offense.
In the NBA, there are many teams where individual stars hold the ball for too long. Why do teammates often have cbA situations?
Because when your teammates can't touch the ball on the court for a long time, how can you guarantee that they can throw the ball in immediately after receiving your pass?
You can't, everyone is Klay Thompson, right?
At the McI Center, as the Suns played wonderful fast break performances one after another on the court, Rivers hurriedly applied for a timeout in front of the technical stage.
At this time, the Wizards fans at the scene also chanted Wang Shuo's name again.
tNt TV station, Kenny Smith said: "This night is destined to be difficult for Doc Rivers.
Wang is the legendary coach of the Washington Wizards, and this season he created the most popular Phoenix Suns in the NBA.
If we don't make some changes, I think the cheers given to Wang by Wizards fans will continue! "
Change?
What changes?
During the timeout, on the Wizards bench, after Rivers gave a very emotional speech, when he returned to the court, even Gasol, a player who has always been known for playing with his brain, his head was buzzing at the moment. Buzzing.
Wizards players have long been accustomed to Wang Shuo not calling a timeout, but once calling a timeout, he can see through the opponent's tactics and make targeted adjustments.
Moreover, because the players on the Wizards court at this moment are all players who have won two championships...
No one really thinks that words like "Don't underestimate the heart of a championship" will work for them, right?
On the court, after a timeout, the Wizards attack.
Arenas made the pass this time.
But after Arenas scored, an embarrassing scene happened again for Rivers.
Because I saw Arenas raising his right hand and pointing at Wang Shuo with his left hand.
Come back and the Suns attack.
After Stoudemire and Iverson picked and rolled, Iverson distributed the ball to Marion on the wing, and then the "hacker" passed the ball to the inside.
Although Stoudemire's downward route was blocked, Stoudemire, who noticed that Chandler had given Bell a pick-and-roll opportunity on the other side, immediately threw the ball into Bell's hands.
In recent games, Stoudemire's passing skills have obviously improved. At least, the number of times the ball is thrown out of the field by him is gradually decreasing.
From the left wing, Bell got the ball and fired a three-pointer!
Uh-huh!
On tNt TV station, Smith said with emotion: "This is the Suns' offense! Sometimes, they only need one or two people to solve the battle, but sometimes, they will also prove their ability on the court through teamwork like just now. How gorgeous is the pass-and-run coordination!"
Inside, outside, inside, outside.
With the Suns constantly involved, no matter how strong Jackson and Wallace's defensive capabilities are, they cannot constantly fill in for the other three teammates.
But Rivers’ heartbreaking moment tonight has obviously just begun...
On the court, I saw that the front foot Togo just pulled two points for the Wizards, and the back foot ...
The damn broadcast camera was thrown behind by Allen Iverson again!
The limit of the sun ...
here we go again!
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