In the final quarter of the game, the Suns almost copied the script of the G1 game.
Relying on the advantage established in the third quarter and making full use of the care given to Iverson by the home referee, the Suns always maintained their ten-point lead over the Spurs.
On the sidelines, after following Wang Shuo's instructions to buy him a bottle of Bingkuola, Barkley obediently handed the bottle to Wang Shuo. Barkley noticed that Wang Shuo's expression tonight was obviously much more relaxed than during the G1 game.
At American West Arena, as the timer in the final quarter reached zero, it was 99 to 110.
After successfully winning the G2 game, the Suns also rewritten the big score of this series to 2-0.
In this game, Iverson, whose firepower was mainly concentrated in the second half, scored a total of 31 points, 3 rebounds, and 7 assists for the Suns.
Stoudemire, who took on the team's scoring responsibility in the second quarter, mostly played the role of Iverson's Iron Man Nano Armor for the rest of the time. He scored a total of 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 assists for the Suns.
The "Hacker" who was beaten by Wang Shuo for a full 40 minutes, his performance in this game can be called the mainstay of the team. He can attack and defend, and he scored a total of 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists for the Suns. , 3 steals, 2 blocks.
After the game, staring at Wang Shuo who was having a drink, Barkley asked curiously: "Have you already thought about what tactics the Spurs will use to deal with us next?"
Looking at Buckley, Wang Shuo put down the ice cream and shrugged: "Charles, what do you think of me?
I'm not a god, how can I guess the opponent's tactics in every game? "
Buckley looked suspicious and thought to himself: But in my mind, you are already a god!
wrong!
What does God mean to you?
After a pause, Wang Shuo patted Barkley on the shoulder and said with a smile: "But I did think about our defensive thinking in this game."
Hearing this, Spoelstra and Brown quickly took out their notebooks and gathered around.
But at this moment, Wang Shuo said: "But I plan to wait until tomorrow, because tonight, let us celebrate the victory first."
Barkley three: "..."
According to the schedule, the next series between the Suns and the Spurs will be moved to San Antonio on May 8.
The next day, Wang Shuo replaced Stoudemire with Horry in the G2 game, which successfully triggered a debate in the industry about whether this substitution adjustment was a "god's move" or an "eagle's move." .
The two protagonists who initiated this controversy are both old acquaintances of Wang Shuo.
One is Jeff Van Gundy, who can only see the game clearly by standing on the sidelines.
One is Doc Rivers, who would rather go home and sleep even if he is standing on the court.
When being a guest on the TNT TV station's playoff review program, Van Gundy insisted that Wang Shuo's substitution adjustment of replacing Horry with Stoudemire in the game was the turning point of the entire game.
"Judging from the scene, after the Suns made this substitution adjustment, the Spurs indeed opened up a several-point gap in the score.
But we must see that this also allows Amare and Tyson to have more physical energy to face the Spurs in the second quarter.
This season, we all know that the Suns' bench is their weakness, but Wang solved this problem with a simple substitution adjustment. "Van Gundy said on the show.
As for Van Gundy's views, Rivers sneered: "Isn't Allen Iverson the key to Solar's victory in this game?
In addition, even if the Suns did not replace Amare 4 minutes early in the first quarter, I don't think Amare's performance would necessarily be bad.
He is a young man with abundant physical ability and can do anything on the court. "
On the 6th, the debate between Van Gundy and Rivers sparked widespread discussion in the industry.
But when Buckley read the news reports, he felt...
No wonder Rivers was able to overturn the Wizards' galactic battleship this year.
However, due to the previous stereotype of Van Gundy during commentary, Barkley did not expect that the old boy Van Gundy's mind could move so fast.
In fact, Barkley completely wrongly blamed Van Gundy.
Because in fact, Van Gundy is also a head coach who knows how to protect his own stars.
Historically, Yao Ming during the same period never averaged more than 35 minutes per game in the regular season under Van Gundy.
Because Van Gundy knows very well what kind of load Yao Ming's weight will bring to him.
Of course, the reason why Van Gundy gives people the stereotype that he doesn’t know how to adapt his brain...
The main reason is that he often makes substitutions for substitutions on the court.
For example, when Yao Ming felt the best, he was inexplicably replaced.
When he was a head coach, adapting to situations was a difficulty that Van Gundy had been unable to overcome.
But when he was a bystander, he had more time to think, but he could find the optimal solution by slowing down the CPU.
In theory, Van Gundy is also a coach more suitable to be an assistant coach rather than a head coach.
But even so, on this day, in Barkley's eyes, Van Gundy was nothing more than that.
Because neither Rivers nor Van Gundy, in Barkley's view, found the key point for the Suns to defeat the Spurs in this G2 game!
At this moment, if he wasn't running errands to buy fried chicken for Wang Shuo, then Barkley really wanted to rush back to the TNT TV station and use the tactics and theories he had learned in the past two days to kill these "rookies" in his eyes.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading!
In the Suns' tactical conference room, after Barkley bought Wang Shuo a fried chicken, Wang Shuo smiled and said: "Now, let's continue yesterday's topic.
I plan to use a zone defense for most of the next series with the Spurs.
Mike, Eric, what do you think? "
Spoelstra replied: "I think this is a good idea. Through the G2 game, we have discovered that in addition to Hedo Turkoglu and Manu Ginobili, their perimeter The fact that there wasn’t enough firepower to destroy our zone defense.”
Barkley reminded: "Did you ignore Bruce Bowen?"
On the sidelines, after elegantly ignoring Barkley's reminder, Mike Brown revealed Wang Shuo's true intention, "Wang, are you planning to prepare for the next Western Conference Finals?"
Wang Shuo nodded and said: "Before our series with the Spurs ends, I will not pay attention to the series between the Timberwolves and the Lakers.
But in the regular season, these two teams are also our old rivals.
From what I know about these two teams, if we can successfully get past the Spurs, the Lakers will undoubtedly be our biggest obstacle to the finals. "
Brown said: "You want to use zone defense against Shaq?"
Wang Shuo said: "It's too early to talk about how to guard Shaq in detail, but as Eric said, the Spurs have now exposed their lack of outside firepower."
Barkley interrupted at this time: "In addition to three-pointers, there are many ways to break through zone defense. In the G2 game, the reason why the Spurs lost to us was not because we used zone defense, right?"
At this moment, Wang Shuo, Brown, and Spoelstra all looked at Barkley in unison.
It's not that they think what Barkley just said was stupid, but...
Wang Shuo and the others never expected...
Barkley, he really realized it!
Although, often competing with masters will indeed make people improve rapidly in a short period of time.
But if you don't have a certain amount of talent, even if you let Ke Jie play against you, you will only continue to pollute Ke Jie's database.
"Charles got to the point.
Although I don't know what kind of test we will face in San Antonio, whether we can play the physical time difference on the court is the key to our victory. "Wang Shuo said.
In this year's series, in Wang Shuo's eyes, the Suns are not much better than the Spurs in terms of the overall strength of both sides.
To put it simply, if the Suns only perform normally or perform slightly worse, the Spurs also have a high probability of defeating them.
And in the next away game, Iverson's number of free throws is bound to decrease.
Wang Shuo knows very well that the off-court weight his good brother can provide to the Suns is limited.
Therefore, with Iverson's number of free throws reduced, Iverson's requirements for critical hits on the court have increased accordingly.
Because even if his hand feels bad, Iverson can continue to score points through free throws in G1 and G2.
But next, in San Antonio, once Iverson really becomes Iron Man...
The Sun will undoubtedly fall into a very passive situation by then.
As the head coach, Wang Shuo cannot guarantee that Iverson will feel good every night.
But he can make tactical adjustments to increase the possibility of Iverson hitting a critical hit, and by increasing the presence of other players on the court, he can help Iverson get through the stage when he has a poor shooting feel on the court.
In the conference room, after taking out the tactical board, Wang Shuo told everyone: "I plan to put Anfernee in the starting lineup in G3."
Spoelstra's eyes lit up and he said: "You want to reduce Allen's ball-holding pressure by increasing the ball-holding points on the court?"
Wang Shuo nodded and said: "I don't know if you have carefully observed Anfernee's performance in these two games.
He was even better than Laga when it came to guarding Tony Parker. "
When he was young, as a player who relied on changing rhythms, although Hardaway could not keep up with Parker's nimble footsteps in the game, in these two games with the Spurs, Wang Shuo noticed that this guy was supposed to be Players with negative equity in the Suns can always guide Parker to Chandler's defensive range on the court.
If it happens once or twice, it's probably just a coincidence.
But through observing the matchup between Hardaway and Parker, Wang Shuo felt that after correcting his attitude, this guy has become a surprise player for the Suns in the playoffs this year.
In fact, Hardaway at the same time in history did not want to prove himself.
In the 2003/04 season, Hardaway, who was sent to the Knicks by the Suns at a discount, averaged "16+5+5" in the four playoff games he played for the Knicks that year. .
Although, in that series, "Penny", who tried to prove himself for the last time, shot only 36.5% from the field and was swept out with the Knicks, you have to say that he has run out of gas... ..
That's not the case.
now.
Perhaps what motivates Hardaway to bounce back is different.
But after gradually feeling the vitality of this Suns, even if he usually stays alone in the team and does not like to communicate with other teammates, it does not prevent Wang Shuo from letting him contribute his remaining fuel to this Suns. .
…
On the 7th, before the team was preparing to go to San Antonio to prepare for the G3 game with the Spurs on the 8th, Wang Shuo found Hardaway.
Wang Shuo, who has always taken things personally, did not force-feed Hardaway any chicken soup for the soul.
But when Wang Shuo informed Hardaway that he would appear in the starting lineup for the G3 game against the Suns, Hardaway's expression suddenly changed.
"I will definitely do my best on the court." He was not good at words. Although he didn't say it with his mouth that day, his heart was conquered by Wang Shuo.
At this moment, Hardaway's only regret is that if it weren't for his damn character, he should have been in better shape before the start of this series.
But, it's too late to say anything now.
On the evening of the 8th, in San Antonio, the Western Conference semifinals G3 game between the Suns and the Spurs officially started.
The Suns and Spurs, who already knew the basics from the first two games, launched a "zone defense" tonight.
CCTV, when it was the Suns' turn to defend, looking at the familiar 2-3 position, Director Zhang immediately became energetic: "Hey! The Suns have changed again today!
They changed the 1-3-1 mixed man-to-man defense in the previous game to a 2-3 mixed man-to-man defense. "
On the sidelines, Coach Sun interjected: "What is the biggest difference between these two defenses?"
In the commentary box, Director Zhang just wanted to show off his skills to Director Sun and the national audience. Unexpectedly, there was another subtle change in the Suns' defense on the court.
In the NBA, due to the existence of three seconds of defense, the FIBA version of traditional zone defense does not apply to the NBA.
Tonight, the Suns are actually defending an improved version of the 1-2-2 zone defense.
The biggest benefit of this high-level zone defense is that the Suns can adjust the zone defense to "one-mark, four-zone" at any time based on tactical needs and personnel alignment.
In the G2 game, the Spurs repeatedly threatened the Suns' core by dropping the ball at a 45-degree angle on both sides of the Suns' defense.
By switching to a 1-2-2 zone defense, the Suns can effectively improve this problem.
At the same time, since the defender in the 1-2-2 formation is closer to attacking the attacker's post-up players from both sides, theoretically, the 1-2-2 zone defense is also facing the opponent's low-post players. One of the best zone defense options when playing as a master.
Of course, no zone defense is theoretically perfect.
Especially when the Spurs still have the "Urban Cannon" in Turkoglu.
On the court, the Spurs attack.
After Turkoglu maneuvered back and forth from the high post to both sides, because Hardaway failed to retreat to his defensive area in time, the Spurs found an open three-point opportunity on the Suns' left wing.
Uh-huh!
On the sidelines, at this moment, on the Suns bench, Wang Shuo and his assistants were instantly petrified.
"Did I read it correctly just now? Anfernee actually raised his hand to signal to his teammates that the ball just now was his mistake?" Mike Brown said with a surprised look on his face.
"Wang, what did you say to him before the game? Why do I feel like he is a different person tonight?" Spoelstra asked.
Hearing this...
Wang Shuo thought in his heart: I didn't feed him any chicken soup for the soul! I just told him that he would start in this game.
But no matter how Wang Shuo quibbles.
At this moment, in the eyes of the three Barkleys, Wang Shuo must have used magic on Hardaway.
otherwise......
How could Hardaway undergo such a huge transformation overnight?
And on the court, after Stoudemire used the pick-and-roll to score two points for the Suns, come back, can you believe that this "Penny" who was dying a few months ago is actually following Wang's rules with a high-spirited look on his face. Shuo had given him the arrangement before the game and conducted an oppressive full-court defense against Parker?
In the NBA, not every player responsible for dribbling is named Klay Thompson.
Since there are a large number of dribbling experts in this league, except for a few special circumstances, the meaning of leading the entire court is not to directly intercept the ball from the opponent's point guard.
Rather, while interfering with the opponent's attack, it also increases the amount of movement of the opponent's defender.
Hardaway delayed the ball very well.
His fighting spirit was so high that he forced Parker to make at least two or three more changes of direction before completely getting rid of him.
As for why it was two or three times...
Unfortunately, because Parker dribbled the ball too fast, Wang Shuo couldn't see clearly just how many times the ball was dribbled.
However, with this goal, Turkoglu once again proved his worth to the Spurs coaching staff.
In the high post, after observing the Suns' formation changes, Turkoglu did not hand the ball to Duncan, who was already preparing to sink into the low post. Instead, he once again stretched the Suns' defensive formation through dispatch and transferred the ball to Bowen in the bottom corner. Wen's hand.
Bowen did not choose to take a shot, but passed the ball back to Turkoglu who ran to the left at a 45-degree angle to catch the ball.
"Urban Cannon" got the ball this time and fired!
Uh-huh!
At this moment, the sun's "Theodosian Wall" collapsed instantly.
On the Spurs bench, Popovich felt that no matter how far the Spurs can go this year, Turkoglu must stay.
On the Suns bench, Wang Shuo, who didn't know that he had inadvertently rewritten the fate of another NBA player, was lamenting his good brother.
Before coming to San Antonio, Wang Shuo had thought that Iverson's free throws would decrease.
But tonight, Wang Shuo didn't expect that almost half of the first quarter of the game was played, and Iverson didn't even make a free throw.
Off-court weighting is also one of the aspects that every NBA head coach must consider when doing calculations before a game.
Although the first quarter of the game was not Iverson's period of strength, when the two teams adopted the same standard of defense tonight, the referee obviously intentionally missed the Spurs' call or not.
However, what puzzles Barkley is...
Wang Shuo, who would "kindly" remind the referee on the sidelines in the previous two games, became extremely quiet this time.
"Don't we need to remind the referee?" Barkley looked at Wang Shuo and asked.
Wang Shuo shook his head and said: "This is other people's home court. Since we have profit times at home court, you have to accept that others will also have profit times."
Wang Shuo knows very well that Stern will occasionally "shady" in the playoffs.
But he won't completely lean towards one side in a series.
Otherwise, the Pistons in Wang Shuo's memory would not have been able to reach the finals for two consecutive years.
Therefore, Wang Shuo felt emotional, but he would not really vent his anger on the referee.
In Wang Shuo's view, in the NBA, a team that cannot play without a whistle is not worthy of reaching the end.
"Why do I always feel...are you happier this time than the last time we won?" On the sidelines, as the game progressed, Barkley looked at Wang Shuo who was in a particularly good mood tonight. asked in confusion.
At this moment, what puzzled Barkley was that after the game entered the second quarter, the score between the two teams was 31 to 38, and the Suns were trailing.
"Because through the first two games and this quarter and a half, I have confirmed that the Spurs cannot liberate Tim Duncan in the game against us." Wang Shuo said to Barkley.
After a pause, Wang Shuo added: "Hido Turkoglu was in good shape this time, and Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker also continued their good performance before.
But what about Tim Duncan? Have you noticed his shot numbers? "
Barkley took a look at the technical statistics and said: "Only 6 times? It's indeed a little less... but isn't there still two and a half quarters in this game?"
Wang Shuo pointed at Duncan, who was already showing fatigue on the court, and said: "If the Spurs choose to reduce Tim's shots in order to preserve his physical fitness, then I can only say that Tim's acting skills can compete. Oscar."
At this time, Mike Brown also said: "Wang is right, this is already a life and death battle for the Spurs. It is impossible for them not to know the importance of this game to them."
After patting Barkley on the back, Wang Shuo then analyzed him: "In the G2 game, the Spurs did reduce Tim's defensive pressure to a certain extent by switching to a zone defense.
If I remember correctly, in the G2 game, Tim scored a total of 29 points and 14 rebounds, right? "
Buckley nodded.
"But what's the price? What's the price, Charles?" Wang Shuo asked.
After Barkley pondered for a while, he suddenly realized: "Hido Turkoglu! The Spurs sacrificed Hido!"
Looking at Barkley's increasingly spiritual eyes at this moment, Wang Shuo felt that this "flying pig" would definitely amaze the world when it returns to TNT TV station in the future, "What are the consequences of sacrificing Hedo Turkoglu? "
Barkley quickly recalled the game scenes of the G2 game in his mind and said: "As an international player, although Hido has a good offensive and defensive awareness, he is limited by his physical fitness. In fact, the Spurs' zone defense at the time did not do it. , effectively limiting our offense."
Wang Shuo continued to ask Barkley, "In this series, is the purpose of our and the Spurs' zone defense to defend each other?"
Barkley shook his head and said: "No, this is purely a resource exchange. What we want is to beat the physical time difference between us and the Spurs, and what the Spurs want is to liberate Tim Duncan!"
After a pause, Barkley added: "But now, the Spurs can't liberate Tim! Because of the sacrifice of Hido, they can't break our zone defense like they did tonight!
But without sacrificing Hido or defense, they can't free Tim's offense! "
Wang Shuo smiled and said: "The Spurs have the upper hand in this game, so what the Spurs need to do more is to stabilize their lead, just like we did in the final quarters of G1 and G2."
Barkley said: "So this is why Hedo Turkoglu will be particularly active in this game, right? Because Tim is the mainstay for the Spurs on the defensive end."
Wang Shuo patted Barkley on the shoulder and smiled: "If the Spurs can't free Tim in this series, then in this series, we will always have a greater chance of winning.
It doesn't matter if we can't win this game, within five to six games, we will definitely be able to solve this Spurs! "
I don’t know if it’s because Wang Shuo said something about the Suns in this quarter. In the third quarter of the game, although the Suns still successfully helped Iverson hit the physical time gap tonight...
But after the number of free throws dropped sharply, tonight's "AI" seemed to be possessed by the Iron God.
At the critical moment, Stoudemire stepped forward and scored many points for the Suns in this quarter.
But without Iverson's firepower, it will be difficult for the Suns to win this game where the strength gap is already close.
In the end, the total score of this G3 battle was 102 to 110.
Duncan played a total of 42 minutes for the Spurs and scored 21 points and 17 rebounds.
Ginobili and Parker scored 19 points and 27 points respectively.
Turkoglu became a surprise player for the Spurs, scoring a total of 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading!
As for the Suns, Stoudemire scored 28 points and 10 rebounds for the Suns in this game.
Marion also had 21 points and 9 rebounds.
As for Iverson...
Putting aside the shooting percentage, Iverson's performance of 24 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers for the Suns tonight was absolutely "remarkable"!
After the game, Wang Shuo did not complain about his players or the referee. He simply congratulated the Spurs and then happily went to have supper with Barkley.
In New York, Stern felt guilty that night.
Because before the start of this G3 game, he did hint that the referee could "help" the Spurs at the appropriate time.
"In this series, the Suns and Spurs are too close. Tell the referees to leave the game to the players of both sides!" As the general director of this large-scale NBA reality show, after taking a look at Mark, Si Tern said with a meaningful expression.
Mark also felt that the referees on the evening of the 8th were a bit excessive, and also lamented that Wang Shuo's "pattern" was completely different from that of ordinary NBA head coaches.
You know, on the evening of the 8th, the number of free throws between the Suns and the Spurs was an astonishing 14 to 38.
Although the Spurs and Suns both have attackers who are good at breaking through on the court.
But after comparing the free throw ratios in this year's series between the Spurs and the Suns, even those trolls who usually like the Black Suns to profit from free throws don't dare to look directly at the post-game Excel of these three games.
In the G1 game, Iverson did get a total of 14 free throws, but that night, the Spurs and Suns' free throw ratio was only 24 to 29.
In the G2 game, Iverson did get 15 free throw opportunities. However, after the G2 game, the Spurs' total number of free throws was still not far behind the Suns. The free throw ratio of the two teams in the G2 game was 25 to 34.
Free throws are, of course, a way for Iverson to continue scoring points for the Suns on the court.
But which free throw of the Suns was not obtained by Iverson's hard work?
Wang Shuo never thought that the Suns would rely on free throws to get to the end this year.
However, Wang Shuo also did not want to see such serious penalties in the G3 game that affected the progress of the game.
As for why he didn't take the initiative to stand up and call out the injustice after the G3 game?
That is of course because, as a publicity master, in addition to having established a certain tacit understanding with Stern, why should Wang Shuo build herself into a resentful woman who only complains after encountering injustice?
On the 9th, the day after the G3 game between the Suns and the Spurs, Michael Jordan, the great god of basketball and Wang Shuo’s former comrade-in-arms, expressed his dissatisfaction for the Suns in an interview: “I understand that the referees will be on the court because of different reasons. For various reasons, some wrong decisions occurred.
I have always been considerate of them, but...do they really have to wait until Allen Iverson is beaten to death on the court before they are willing to blow their whistles for this unyielding fighter?
I like this series between the Spurs and the Suns. This is the most tactically valuable series so far this season.
But I hope that the outcome of this series will be determined by the players on both sides who brought us such a wonderful game. "
On this day, Jordan's support immediately ignited the anger of Suns fans.
In San Antonio, in the hotel where the Suns were staying, Barkley looked at Wang Shuo and was very curious about how Wang Shuo persuaded Jordan to speak for the Suns.
"I helped him a little when he signed Amare, so he always wanted to return the favor to me," Wang Shuo said to Barkley.
really!
It’s indeed a deal!
In Buckley's view, with Danzi's emotional intelligence, how could he take the initiative to help Wang Shuo?
Even if he didn't take credit for the Wizards' two consecutive championships behind his back, in Barkley's eyes, he was considered reasonable.
"In the next G4 game, will we still defend the 1-2-2 zone defense?" Barkley asked.
Wang Shuo nodded and said: "But I plan to arrange for Tyson to return to the starting lineup in the G4 match."
On the side, hearing this, Spoelstra and Brown hurriedly came forward.
After Wang Shuo took out the tactical board, he continued: "Through the two games of G2 and G3, Amare and Sean have become very comfortable in breaking the Spurs' zone defense.
I plan to start Tyson in the first quarter of the next G4 battle, leaving Boris as a backup to give Sean more rest time.
In this way, in the second quarter, Sean and Amare will have more physical strength to attack the Spurs' second team. "
After a pause, while playing with the chess pieces, Wang Shuo said: "Of course, my intuition also tells me that the Spurs are likely to change their defensive formation again in the G4 game with us."
Spoelstra nodded and said: "Unless the opponent can't break your zone defense at all, in the NBA, it is indeed a very stupid thing to only defend one zone defense."
Wang Shuo asked: "What kind of zone defense do you think they will switch to?"
Spoelstra said: "I feel that they will probably switch to a 1-2-2 zone defense."
After letting out a long sigh, Wang Shuo sighed: "I really didn't expect that Anfernee would be our killer in this series."
On the basketball court, there are many ways to break the 1-2-2 zone defense.
But for the current Suns, the easiest way is undoubtedly through the No. 2 position, that is, the bottom corner solution method where the shooting guard launches the attack from any bottom corner on both sides.
Because when the defense spreads out in a 122 formation, as long as your players in positions 4 and 5, that is, the power forward and center, can enter the three-second zone, the bottom corners on both sides will be exposed to the offensive and defensive players.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading!
Therefore, in theory, as long as you have a tall defender who is good at organization and has certain shooting ability who can stand in the bottom corner on either side, then on the same side, he can form a partial two-pointer with his teammates standing in the high post. Hit one.
Hardaway has a career three-point shooting percentage of 31.6%, and has hit 503 three-pointers in 704 games in his career.
From the perspective of future basketball, Hardaway failed in both of these statistics.
But this season, because Wang Shuo has certain shooting requirements for outside players, after being re-included into the game roster by Wang Shuo, although he didn't say it, Hardaway did secretly practice three-pointers.
This season, Hardaway's three-point shooting percentage is 33.8%.
If his playing time is converted into 36 minutes, then he can hit 1.1 three-pointers for the Suns per game.
Admittedly, such data is not very good.
But being responsible for containing Iverson and creating a one-on-one environment for Iverson was enough in Wang Shuo's eyes.
So on the evening of the 9th, after the team members finished dinner and prepared to go back to their rooms, Wang Shuo also found Hardaway again.
At this moment, Hardaway felt somewhat lost.
This is because in the G3 game, his performance as a starter for the Suns was average. He made only 2 of 7 shots. Counting free throws, he only scored 6 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists for the Suns.
In Hardaway's view, Wang Shuo's purpose of coming to him tonight must be to tell him that he will return to the bench in the next G4 game.
Although, Hardaway knew that Wang Shuo's ability to put aside his past grievances and allow him to compete for the Suns in the playoffs was equivalent to a reinvention for him.
As a former NBA All-Star...
How could Hardaway not want to play more roles in the Suns' next playoff trip this year?
However, what Hardaway never expected was that as soon as Wang Shuo opened his mouth, he almost knelt down in front of Wang Shuo.
"Anfernee, please come to my room later. In addition to the fact that you will still start the next game, I need to explain to you the tasks you will need to undertake on the court." Wang Shuo said to Hardaway.
Looking at Wang Shuo's back, at this moment, Hardaway couldn't believe his ears!
For Hardaway, who is gradually regaining his former glory, what is most important at this moment?
Of course you can get a chance to prove yourself!
He is not afraid of Wang Shuo assigning tasks to him.
He was afraid that Wang Shuo would throw him back to the bench again and ignore him.
Come on, coach!
Tell me what I need to do in the G4 battle!
Even if you asked me to guard Tim Duncan, I would chip two of his front teeth!
…
On the evening of the 10th, San Antonio, AT&T Center Arena.
On the court, as the players from the two teams finished warming up, the big screen immediately showed the starting lineups of the two teams tonight.
Spurs: Duncan, Turkoglu, Bowen, Ginobili, Parker.
Suns: Chandler, Stoudemire, Marion, Hardaway, Iverson.
Tonight, both teams made adjustments to their starting lineups.
Sima Bobo stopped acting and pretended, and directly put Ginobili into the starting lineup, trying to grab the start.
CCTV, Director Zhang commented on this: "Up to this point in this game, both sides have shown their cards. The next thing to compete is who can take the lead in breaking through the other side's zone defense."
On the court, after the jump ball, the Suns attacked first.
On the sidelines, watching the Spurs spread out in a 1-2-2 position after the opening, in addition to looking at Wang Shuo with admiration, Barkley also turned his attention to Spoelstra. Stayed for a few seconds longer.
Originally, when he joined the Suns coaching staff, Barkley looked down on Spoelstra.
Because in his opinion, this guy is just an intern.
but......
In this series between the Suns and the Spurs, Barkley discovered that he seemed to be the only one on the Suns coaching team who didn't understand football.
At this moment, Barkley finally understood why Wang Shuo said he didn't understand football.
Because compared to these people, Barkley knew nothing about basketball before?
On the court, just when Barkley felt that he was a younger brother, the Suns had already followed the original plan, with Iverson and Marion standing on the left and right sides of the high post, and then Hardaway pulled him in. The ball was caught in the left corner.
At the same time, Stoudemire and the boxing champion quickly cut inside and suppressed Duncan and Turkoglu in the low position.
In front of the TV, Director Zhang laughed and said: "It's broken, it's broken, the Spurs' 1-2-2 zone defense is broken!"
Although, most Chinese fans in front of the TV didn't know why Director Zhang suddenly roared like this.
But as Director Zhang's words came to fruition, Hardaway successfully attracted the defense of the Spurs left player...
The next second, after he passed the ball back to Iverson, all the Chinese fans from God's perspective saw it...
Iverson was unmarked.
Uh-huh!
Iverson, who had a terrible shooting percentage in the last game, did not continue his poor touch and opened his scoring account tonight with a handsome three-pointer!
On the sidelines, on the Spurs bench, Popovich looked puzzled at the moment.
The reason he was puzzled was not because the Suns broke the Spurs' zone defense again.
It's just that he doesn't understand why the Suns, who have been thoroughly studied by the Spurs before the start of this series, will have key players appear one after another after the start of this series!
Boris Diaw and Robert Horry in the G2 game.
Anfernee Hardaway at this moment.
no!
Before the start of this series, the Spurs didn't even care about Hardaway at all, right?
Because in the eyes of Spurs staff...
With the little amount of fuel Hardaway has in the tank right now, let alone stepping on the accelerator, he can't even step on it halfway!
Can......
This game is just as Wang Shuo said.
"Penny" has become the sun's murderous son!
Make the best use of things and make the best use of people's talents.
"When he was in Washington, even if Gerrard couldn't play, Wang would pay special attention to his usual training.
Because Wang said that every player must be ready to play at all times.
No player in his game roster is redundant! "On the Suns bench, Mike Brown said, looking at Barkley who was also incredible about Hardaway's performance tonight.
On the court, the Spurs attack.
After Duncan missed a rare open shot, it was Hardaway who faced the Spurs' 1-2-2 zone defense.
Only this time...
When Duncan gave up Chandler and pounced on Hardaway, Duncan, who thought he had blocked Hardaway's passing route, never expected that tonight, he would become the backdrop for "Penny".
Boom! Boom!
At this moment, the right hand is changed to the left hand, not to tell the fans that Anfernee Hardaway can still show off.
It's not just to reminisce about my long-gone youth.
Just to be able to create a passing line that can connect with teammates!
In the Spurs penalty area, led by Hardaway's pass, Chandler quickly rose into the air!
Bang-dang——!
"You must have used magic on Anfernee! Definitely!" On the Suns bench, Barkley looked at Wang Shuo with determination and said.
Wang Shuo shrugged helplessly and said, "I was not the one who used magic on him.
Charles, no one in this world can save a man who decides to die.
It was Anfernee who chose to save herself. "
At this moment, Wang Shuo, who was not proud of Wang Shuo, didn't know why, anyway, Buckley felt a light on this product.
On the court, the game continues.
But as the referee's penalty scale is too biased towards the Spurs ...
It becomes just a normal home whistle.
Some teams "die" in the first quarter of G4, but it was not buried until two hours later.
After the pavement of the first three games, this game did not even wait for Wang Shuo to "down" out "wonderful hands". The physical gap between the Spurs and the main players of the solar player appeared.
In the first three games of the series, Duncan's playback time was as high as 42 minutes.
Parker and Ginobili are 39 minutes and 33 minutes, respectively.
And what about the sun?
In addition to the G2 battle, Wang Shuo was stunned once, Malion's two other games played for 36 minutes and 35 minutes, respectively.
Not to mention that Evans was protected by Wang Shuo to the extreme. In the first three games of the series, Iverson's appearance time was strictly limited by Wang Shuo within 36 minutes.
And Xiaos, the playback time for each game is 35 minutes.
In a long series.
Maybe the great king of reversal Douge Rivers looked down on this short few minutes of rest time.
But in this round of confrontation, the valuable rest time of these minutes is enough to affect the process of this round of the series!
After following Wang Shuo, Mike Brown discovered that Wang Shuo's biggest feature is that no matter whether the bench is depth or not, he will find a way to preserve the main strength of the main force as much as possible.
At the same time, he will also use the time to staggered the main time to play at the cost of sacrificing some scores, so that the main players can play the highest efficiency when they are sent!
On the sidelines, after watching the third quarter, the score that had been gradually pulled away by the sun, Buckley asked curiously: "In your opinion, if you come to coach, how would you liberate Tim -Duncan? "
After thinking about it, Wang Shuo replied: "It's very simple, just change to Tim Duncan for a partner."
Barkley asked: "For example?"
Wang Shuo said, "For example, Yao Ming."
Barkley: "..."
Can you speak well!
Duncan and Yao Ming, the two of them, one attack, one guard, the other, and the other were responsible for attack.
In Barkley's view, even if the peak O'Neal came, they had to be closed by these two!
Buckley felt that Wang Shuo was purely stuning himself.
But what he didn't know was that Wang Shuo really wanted to make up this pair of combinations to see what height can they reach.
On the court, with the "answer" through the attack again and again, laying a victory for the sun ...
The end score of this G4 game was eventually fixed at 116-97.
After this night, the leading sun led with a big score of 3-1 has been sentenced to almost the death penalty of the Spurs.
At the moment of the game, Popovich and his staff were ashamed.
In this round of the series, Duncan, who could not change the situation in the game, was panting and staring at the man while panting.
In fact, even though the Spurs are now behind a large score of 1 to 3, Duncan does not think that his teammates are not as good as the sun.
Duncan knows how good his teammates are.
But in this round of match with the sun ...
Due to how he and his teammates work hard, they seem to be able to escape the man's claws.
As a professional player, Duncan will not blame the Spurs' coach.
but......
He is really a bit enough to have Popovich's set.
I am no longer a child, Greg.
I don't need you to run over to comfort me and coax me after losing. What I need is to get the damn championship!
Two days later, on the evening of the 13th.
In Phoenix, the finals in the Western District ushered in the final battle.
This night, Iverson played his most efficient game in this series.
On the court, 12 of 24 shots, 2 of them, 2 of 5 shots, and 12 of 12 free throws. He scored 38 points, 4 rebounds, and 7 assists for the sun.
Following the first game of the last game, after the Sun scored 10 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 assists, Hadawe also scored 11 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists for the sun.
In addition, Xiaos, Marion's score also broke 20.
On the score, 104 to 121.
The big score is 4 to 1.
The Phoenix Sun has successfully reached the Western Conference Finals this year!
"From Washington to Phoenix, in my opinion, Wang has no need to prove anything to the world!
But I still want to say, ladies, sir, no matter whether you want to admit it, he is the best head coach of the NBA today! "TNT TV, after the game, when the result of the Sun promotion to the United States, Kenny Smith said.
…
