On the court, the Pistons have the ball.
After Billups dribbled the ball past half court, the Pistons successfully launched a double-drag this time.
But compared with the double-drag that Okur played when he was on the court, because Marion knew that Ben could not cause any trouble for the Suns from beyond the three-point line, he noticed that Ben was preparing to pick and roll Wallace. , Marion immediately turned his head and pounced on Wallace.
But at this time, on the Suns bench, Wang Shuo praised Billups: "Chauncy is really a treasure player. His overall view and command and dispatch are worth learning from every young guard."
On the sidelines, Barkley was a little confused, because in his opinion, the Pistons' offense was blocked at the moment, and Billups had to bear some of the blame.
However, before he could ask a question, Wallace completed a straight arm pull in front of Marion.
Uh-huh!
97 to 95.
On the sidelines, Wang Shuo said to the Barkley trio: "Tonight, as we gradually adapted to the Pistons' double-drag, especially when Ben Wallace was on the court, the Pistons' success rate of this tactic dropped significantly. .
But on the basketball court, a good tactic should not be judged by its ability to finish.
In fact, the double-drag tactic is also very suitable for creating space for your own No. 4 player with singles ability. "
In Wang Shuo's eyes, although Billups has only 6 assists in this game so far.
But in this game, whether it was the sudden cold arrow he would give you at every critical moment, or his precise grasp of the situation on the court, he was worthy of the memory he had, and all the fans gave him the gift of it. Nicknamed "Point Guard God Killer".
Of course, come back...
Facing Iverson's "183", no matter how big Billups' heart was, at this moment, his expression was very painful.
In order to reduce mistakes, after replacing the "Big Three", the Suns significantly reduced the proportion of off-ball pick-and-rolls and off-ball screens on the field.
For this ball, Stoudemire still moved up to a high position to catch the ball, and played the simplest hand-to-hand coordination with Iverson.
Boom, boom!
In the top arc, Iverson, who has become more and more cooperative with Stoudemire, noticed Stoudemire's shoulder shaking when passing the ball to him, and deliberately did the opposite. After receiving the basketball from Stoudemire's hand, Iverson straight Insert the direction in which Stoudemire's right shoulder is shaking.
Ben, who has always been good at defense, was absolutely furious tonight.
But he was helpless about Stoudemire and Iverson's joint effort to "make an impact in the east and attack in the west."
This is not because his defensive ability is not good, but because the impact of Stoudemire and Iverson is explosive even if you look at history.
In Wang Shuo's previous life, in his 17 career encounters with Ben, Stoudemire basically had the upper hand in direct conversations with Ben except when he was a rookie.
There is no other reason...
In Wang Shuo's opinion, there may be a certain gap between the two in terms of CPU running speed.
Tonight, after this game, Ben's best defensive player award this season will probably become the "most outstanding defensive player" award...
Because compared to ordinary games, most fans must have a more profound impression of the finals.
On the court, in desperation, Roaring Tianzun, who was in place to help defend at the last moment, had no choice but to foul and send Iverson to the free throw line.
Iverson showed no mercy and made two free throws.
99 to 95.
Pistons ball.
After Billups waited and watched, he decided to use his body to carry Iverson and hit him hard.
Knowing that Billups is good at drawing fouls, Iverson always kept a certain distance from Billups on the ball.
Seeing this, Billups, knowing that he would be double-teamed if he continued to push in, decisively moved forward.
Billups's mid-range shots are not high in his shot ratio, and most of them are long-range two-pointers.
On the basketball court, long-distance two-pointers are certainly inefficient.
But when the situation cannot be opened, it is also a means of attacking difficulties.
when!
Billups failed to score the ball. In the penalty area, Chandler and Stoudemire were responsible for blocking, and Marion, who was in a better position, protected the rebound.
Tonight, Ben, who has averaged 4 offensive rebounds per game for the Pistons this season, also suffered a "Waterloo" in rebounding.
Because of the athletic talents of Marion, Chandler, and Stoudemire...
Even if Daben added the height given to him by his hair, he would not dare to be arrogant in front of these three people.
You may not believe it, but this season, among Marion, Chandler, and Stoudemire, if the average playing time per game is converted into 48 minutes, the one who grabs the least rebounds is Stoudemire, who usually jumps the highest.
There is no other reason.
Mainly because the other two brothers are really good at grabbing.
In Phoenix, since there is no vampire like Danzi who likes to crawl into the sewers all day long, Wang Shuo has never worried about the Suns' rebounding problem.
On the Pistons bench, seeing that the team was lagging behind in terms of situation and score, after discussing with Stotts, Carlisle decided to bring Okur up.
Because right now, the Pistons need offense more than defense.
On the court, the Suns attacked, but the Pistons were unable to complete the substitutions due to the lack of a dead ball. Therefore, Ben's bad journey tonight must continue.
This time, Stoudemire didn't play with him.
After setting up a wall for Iverson, Stoudemire quickly bounced out and made a hit from Iverson's pass.
Since Billups was sent on by Carlisle at the beginning of the final quarter, as the game progressed, Billups was clearly unable to cope with Iverson.
Ben had no choice but to take the blame for Billups.
After all, compared to Iverson...
From the perspective of Big Ben, Stoudemire's mid-range shot can still be put aside.
But tonight, Stoudemire is destined to play his famous masterpiece.
In front of the TV, Yao Ming, who was also watching the game, wished he could play under Wang Shuo at this moment.
As Stoudemire's senior brother, Yao Ming now fully understands what Grover said when he was teaching him and Stoudemire: "You don't care how the goal was scored? If it scores, it's a good goal!"
This season, Yao Ming was able to defeat most of his opponents without the ability to fight back. A very important reason is that in this life, like his junior brother Stoudemire, as long as he can be the sixth, I will never confront you head-on.
Come back, the Pistons have the ball.
At the top of the arc, Billups continued to signal his teammates to pull away, allowing him to single out Iverson.
Seeing this, Iverson was also unambiguous. The moment Billups passed him, he took action and took the initiative to apply for a foul.
On the sidelines, the Pistons can replace Ben with Okur.
But when Ben was about to leave, Wang Shuo noticed...
This guy's mentality was clearly broken by Stoudemire tonight.
When he returned to the bench, Ben kept complaining to his teammates about how shameless and rogue Stoudemire's style of play was.
On the court, after Okur returned to play, the power of the Pistons' double-drag tactics quickly increased by several levels.
In order to protect our side Iverson, during this defensive process, Marion, who moved from the left side of the court to the right side of the court, once again showed his terrifying defensive range.
On this ball, Billups's purpose of launching a double-drag is still to cut the battlefield and create a chance for Wallace to pull out with a straight arm.
Uh-huh!
101 to 97.
CCTV, at this moment, Director Zhang’s heart was already hanging in his throat for the sun.
But just then...
As the live broadcast suddenly showed Wang Shuo eating ice cream on the sidelines, Director Zhang felt like he wanted to curse.
In fact, when Wang Shuo asked him to get him the ice cream that had been placed in the locker room in advance, Barkley also wanted to curse.
"Charles, no matter how anxious we are now, it's useless. I've done everything I can in this game."
But after hearing what Wang Shuo said, Buckley felt that what Wang Shuo said made sense.
And don't say...
Compared to Wang Shuo telling everyone 10,000 words of chicken soup for the soul, at this moment, the players on the court noticed that Wang Shuo had started eating snacks on the sidelines as usual, and an inexplicable sense of confidence instantly surged onto the court. the minds of the team members.
Before, Beses, who invited Wang Shuo to speak for him, never imagined that they would become the biggest winner of the night.
Because this ice cream named "Victory" will be spread all over the world with the TV broadcast footage of this moment!
On the court, the Suns attack!
Phoenix's golden flash, amidst the hoarse boos from the fans at the Palace of Auburn Hills, once again pierced the night sky in Detroit tonight!
UI!
Allen Iverson drove to the basket and scored, causing Okur to foul, and he had to add a penalty!
At the free throw line, Iverson made an extra free throw.
104 to 97.
Come back and the Pistons attack.
The Motor City is in desperate need of heroes to stand up at this moment...
Waiting eagerly for the hero to appear.
But the moment Billups forced his way to the basket, Tyson Chandler, who followed closely behind, nailed Billups' layup with a nail-board block. After the rebound, the Detroit fans seemed to hear their heartbroken voices.
On the sidelines, at the same time, seeing this scene, James couldn't help but frowned, as if recalling some not-so-good memories.
As for CCTV, after noticing that Raja Bell passed the ball to Iverson under the protection of the second target, Director Zhang, who had been holding back the whole game tonight, immediately yelled: "It's coming! It's coming! The Suns’ 4-second fast break!”
After Allen Iverson ran all the way to the frontcourt, he hit the board and assisted Shawn Marion in a dunk!
In the live commentary box, Smith immediately reported to fans across the United States: "Sky City, Phoenix, brought their talents to the finals stage!"
In front of the technical stage, Carlisle, who was already stunned, hurriedly took a timeout.
On the Suns' bench, Wang Shuo finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he looks very calm.
But in fact, Wang Shuo was definitely the most nervous person this night.
Compared with the previous two finals, this year's finals is not only the most mentally taxing year for Wang Shuo, but also the year that tests his determination the most.
Because without the determination to insist on letting Iverson and Stoudemire rest in the early part of the fourth quarter...
There was no way Wang Shuo could enjoy the Suns' gorgeous offensive climax at the last moment of the game.
But at this time, Barkley, who saw that Wang Shuo was just pretending to be calm, wrote this in his notebook: "I have never seen him panic in a game at any time.
His calmness, his rationality, and his patience infected every one of us! "
On the court, after this timeout, the Pistons still failed to find their hero this night.
The Palace of Auburn Hills.
As the timer reaches zero in the final quarter, 117 to 107.
Phoenix Suns, capture the Motor City!
They successfully won the G1 game of this year's finals!
Moreover, it also successfully eliminated the Pistons' home court advantage.
In the whole game, Iverson, who scored a total of 37 points, 4 rebounds, and 7 assists for the team, was undoubtedly the team's number one contributor, but after the game, basketball commentators around the world were busy bragging about him. When he was the "NbA active player", he rushed straight to Wang Shuo without looking back and jumped on Wang Shuo's back again.
Look at this guy, Danzi!
At the scene, Iverson, who had been refusing to get off Wang Shuo's back, even accepted interviews with reporters on Wang Shuo's back.
“I have a lot to say at this moment.
But what I want to say most is definitely...
Thanks to my coach for making me the hero of the night. "
On the other side, Xiaosi, who originally wanted to jump on Wang Shuo's back, chose to give up after appraising his and Wang Shuo's figures.
After all, he didn't want to be labeled as "intending to murder the team's head coach" as soon as Game 1 of the finals started.
Tonight, Stoudemire, who scored a total of 28 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 assists, may not be as dazzling as Iverson in terms of scoring data.
But after the game, basketball commentators around the world believed that in this game, Stoudemire successfully defeated the NBA's best defensive player this season, Ben Wallace.
The reason is that in this game, Ben, who played 23 minutes for the Pistons, only scored 2 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals, and 1 block for the team.
In the opinion of experts, as the best defensive player in the NBA, if the team does not dare to send you on the court without encountering a foul crisis, it naturally means that you will be beaten by your opponent.
As for whether Carlisle chose this game because of tactical needs and let Okur take up a lot of playing time?
In fact, after the G1 battle in the finals that was full of technical and tactical content, how many coaches really understood this game?
For example, in the on-site commentary box, Van Gundy, who believed that the Suns and Pistons were about to lead the league's tactical innovation, must have understood it.
Can......
On the sidelines, Rivers, who believed that the Suns were able to defeat the Pistons because Iverson and Stoudemire were in excellent form in this game, clearly didn't understand.
But no matter what, after successfully winning the G1 battle of the finals, Wang Shuo can at least take a breather in the next G2 battle.
After the game, in an interview, Wang Shuo did not take all the credit for himself, but praised all the players in the team who played tonight.
Wang Shuo knows very well that in a best-of-seven finals, winning the first game does not mean that the Suns will win the series.
Therefore, Wang Shuo will be crazy when he should be crazy and keep a low profile to save his character.
However, after the interview, Wang Shuo was very curious...
What was written in the small notebook held by Barkley, who had been following him tonight?
…
The next day, the G1 game between the Suns and the Pistons in this year's finals received unanimous praise from commentators, experts and fans.
In addition to the back-and-forth between the Pistons and Suns that didn't open up the score until the last moment of the fourth quarter during the game, the fans were on tenterhooks...
When reviewing this game, some foresighted American basketball experts also saw that American basketball needs to innovate and improve in terms of tactical concepts.
"This was a great matchup! The coaching staff and players of both sides gave us an exciting game on the court.
In my opinion, this year's finals are definitely the pinnacle of the NbA finals in the past ten years in terms of technical and tactical content! "Reporter and former Wizards and team reporter Donnie Jones commented in his personal column.
Of course, not all fans bought Jones’ postgame comments.
Because in the eyes of many people, the series between the Bulls and Jazz in the 1990s is a classic.
However, Riley refuted this group of people in an interview: "The series between the Bulls and the Jazz, in terms of tactics, was nothing more than a triangle offense and a pick-and-roll.
What's more, later in the game, even the Chicago Bulls themselves gave up the triangle offense?
I don't mean to offend Jerry Sloan, but I think Wang Shuo is now the 'King of the Pick and Roll' in NBA. "
As long as there is a chance to step on Phil Jackson, Riley will definitely show up. Today, it seems that he is bragging about Wang Shuo, but in fact his main purpose is to step on the "Zen Master".
As for the coach Sloan who was unfortunately injured by him in his words?
"Okay, Pat, stop being mean to me.
The quality of this year’s finals really blew my mind.
It's clear to me that our approach is outdated.
Next, I need to calm down, lower my posture, and learn from these young people. "That day, when Riley called Sloan to express his apology, coach Sloan replied to him on the phone.
On the same day, Jordan, who was about to lead the Charlotte Bobcats back to the league, said in an interview that he was also filled with emotions after watching G1 of this year's finals.
Moreover, after offering some blessings to his old comrade Wang Shuo, Jordan also said that if there is an opportunity to continue cooperation in the future, he will not hesitate to invite Wang Shuo to be the head coach of the Bobcats.
"Will you be a coach for the Bobcats in the future?" On this day, after seeing Danzi's interview, Barkley asked Wang Shuo with a curious look on his face.
"That will only be possible after I die." Wang Shuo replied, excerpting some of Buckley's classic quotes from that year.
Hearing this, Buckley said curiously: "But didn't you guys have a great time working together in Washington?"
Wang Shuo shrugged helplessly and said, "But Charles, there is really no one in this world who is more difficult to get along with than Michael."
Buckley said happily: "So I'm not the only one who thinks so?"
Wang Shuo smiled and said: "Believe me, anyone who has worked with Michael will never want to work with him a second time.
Of course, if time went back to the 1990s and you asked me to choose between Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley to coach, I would still choose Michael Jordan. "
Buckley was puzzled: "Do you think I'm not as good as Michael?"
Wang Shuo said bluntly: "When you were a player, in my opinion, only your weight could surpass Michael."
Barkley: "..."
After a pause, Wang Shuo continued: "But if you want me to choose one of you to be my friend now, I will definitely choose you without hesitation."
Buckley, who was in a flustered mood, asked, "Why?"
Wang Shuo said: "Because after retirement, Charles Barkley is far more sincere than Michael Jordan."
…
According to the schedule, the G2 game between the Suns and the Pistons will continue at the Palace of Auburn Hills on the evening of the 6th.
On the 5th, Wang Shuo did not follow Spoelstra's suggestion and arrange special training. Instead, he chose to give the team members a day off.
“Eric, I didn’t mean to offend your teacher…
But his devilish training is really not suitable for use in the finals. "On this day, Wang Shuo said to Spoelstra with a serious face.
After hearing this and thinking about it for a while, Spoelstra also felt that what Wang Shuo said made sense.
Because in the past year, what Spoelstra has learned the most from Wang Shuo's side is how to help his own stars play the physical time difference on the court and perform with the highest efficiency.
In Spoelstra's view, if he really used his teacher's devilish training methods in the finals, he would undoubtedly be consuming himself.
On the evening of the 6th, after a day's rest, the G2 finals game between the Suns and the Pistons officially started.
On the court, both sides still continued the starting lineup from the G1 game.
But after the game started, Wang Shuo discovered that Carlisle and Stotts had adjusted their offensive and defensive ideas.
The first is the offense. They are no longer obsessed with naming Iverson and Stoudemire at the same time, but focus their main firepower on Iverson.
The second is defense. During the game, in order to reduce the trouble caused by Iverson and Stoudemire's attacks inside the Pistons, the Pistons used the "one-to-four combination" borrowed from the Suns for most of the game. .
Although Wang Shuo has always attached great importance to three-pointers, there are many people in this Suns team who can shoot three-pointers.
But except for Barry Sr., there is actually no player on this Suns team who is particularly accurate in three-pointers.
Marion's weird shooting posture determines that his three-pointers can only be used as an offensive method and cannot be used as a means to forcefully break the opponent's defense.
Therefore, when the touch of the Suns players on the field was not enough to make the Pistons change their defensive methods, the Suns' offense was in big trouble this night.
Fortunately, during the game, because Iverson was always wanted to name him, the Pistons' own offensive rhythm was also affected to a certain extent.
Iverson's defense is problematic.
But the question is, does Billups really have the ability to beat Iverson?
This season, Billups's finishing rate at the basket is less than 48%. In other words, as long as Iverson can properly interfere with Billups when he suddenly shoots cold arrows from the outside. ....
Even if Billups can push Iverson into the paint, the Suns are not afraid of him.
In Wang Shuo's previous life, in his 31 career encounters with Iverson, Billups only scored more than 30 points in two games.
If Billups got this stat against Kobe, then Wang Shuo would definitely praise him.
But Iverson's defense is as long as you dare to hit him...
If you don’t understand, just ask, do the Suns need to care about how the Pistons single out Iverson?
Wang Shuo's method of dealing with the Pistons' roll call tactics this night is simple. As long as Billups wants to play in singles, let him.
Only when the rest of the Pistons wanted to bully Iverson, Wang Shuo would ask Marion and Bell to help Iverson switch defenses.
As for the physical exhaustion that singles play brings to Iverson.
In this game, objectively speaking, Iverson's hand felt a certain impact.
But the main reason why the Suns lost was mainly because of the gap between the two sides in the overall lineup.
In this game, the Pistons did not give the Suns a chance to make a splash. When the Suns' offense could not open up the situation, relying on defense, the Pistons successfully controlled the game.
In the end, when the timer reached zero in the final quarter, the score of the G2 game between the two sides in the finals was fixed at 88-97.
The Pistons successfully regained a victory at home.
After losing the game, Wang Shuo did not blame the players. Instead, he took the initiative to take responsibility after the game and shouldered most of the pressure from public opinion.
But after the game, Barkley was angry.
Because in his opinion, those reporters who criticized Wang Shuo for not making timely response during the game had no idea how much Wang Shuo silently paid for the team behind the scenes in this game.
Including the one-to-four combination that was praised by the Detroit media after this game. Isn't that the defensive system that our Suns used first?
Also, Barkley knew very well that in this game, Wang Shuo had actually successfully dismantled the Pistons' one-to-four system through tactical adjustments.
only......
The sun doesn't feel very good this night.
"I don't understand, why don't you argue for yourself?" After coming out of the press conference, Barkley looked at Wang Shuo with a puzzled face and asked.
Wang Shuo laughed and said: "Then what? Then let people criticize our players?
Charles, this is the finals. Once the players' mentality is affected, it will be impossible for us to defeat the Pistons in this series. "
Buckley knew that what Wang Shuo said made sense, but he still wanted to complain for Wang Shuo and said, "But we can't let these ignorant people criticize you, right?"
After patting Barkley on the shoulder, Wang Shuo said: "Everyone is in a different position and has different responsibilities.
Charles, if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. "
Buckley was persuaded by Wang Shuo and said, "Okay, then how should we adjust next?"
Wang Shuo said: "Now that we have gradually tried out the cards that the Detroit Pistons can play, the next game will be much easier."
After a pause, Wang Shuo said to Barkley: "But I still want to wait until I return to Phoenix to discuss tactics with you. Tonight, I need to take a good rest."
…
The first two games of the finals ended in a 1-1 draw. In Wang Shuo's view, it was a completely acceptable result for the Suns.
The key to this series now is the Suns' next three home games under the 232 format.
According to the schedule, the G3 game between the two teams will start on the 9th.
On the 7th, Wang Shuo, who led the team back to Phoenix, still did not arrange training, but gave everyone a day off first.
On the 8th, before the start of team training, Wang Shuo said to the three Barkleys in the tactical conference room: "In the G2 game, the Pistons learned from the one-to-four combination we had defended before, and based on the players they had available. , made some minor changes.
Different from our rectangular position, in order to limit our wings, the Pistons mostly use a diamond position in the game.
In fact, the way to break the diamond position and one-mark four-man combination is just like what I said to the players in the G2 game...
As long as we can continue to give them firepower in the two corners, this defensive formation will break down.
But unfortunately, we were not able to do this well in the G2 game.
In the next game, we can't guarantee whether our three-point score will be as bad as in the G2 game.
Therefore, in today's training class, I plan to give the players a good talk about other ways to break the one-to-one four-point combination in addition to the two corner three-pointers. "
After hearing this, Spoelstra said: "We only have one day, can the players fully understand it?"
Wang Shuo smiled and said: "Actually, the solution is in our usual training classes."
This season, the Suns are the team that runs without the ball and uses off-ball screens the most.
Therefore, for this Suns team, it is not as difficult to break through the four-way team as imagined.
In the G2 game, Wang Shuo still had the same view.
The Sun just doesn't live up to his expectations.
Therefore, Wang Shuo is confident that before tomorrow night's G3 game, he can dismantle the Pistons' defensive system by telling the players more ways to crack the four-way one-on-one.
In Wang Shuo's view, at the moment, in addition to one-on-one and four-way, what the Suns really need to solve is Iverson's defense and the problems caused by defense that affect the feel.
After pondering for seven days and a day, Wang Shuo knew that the Suns could still only exchange with the Pistons through trade-offs.
"In the next G3 game, I plan to adjust our starting roster!" Wang Shuo said to the three Barkleys after talking about the Pistons' defensive system.
After hearing this, Barkley asked: "Which position do you plan to adjust?"
After Wang Shuo took the magnet representing position 3 from the tactical magnet, he said: "I plan to use Anfernee to replace Boris in the starting lineup.
Anfernee has a lot of experience and I want to use him at the number one position. "
Spoelstra thought for a while and then said: "Judging from his performance in these two games, Anfernee's defensive effect against Chauncey was indeed good."
Wang Shuo nodded and said: "Anfernee's size can ensure that he can sufficiently interfere with Chauncey from the outside.
As for Chauncey’s breakthrough…
I still adhere to my opinion about Chauncey in the G2 game. As long as he wants to break out, we will put him in and use our mobility advantage at positions 4 and 5 to strangle him. "
After a pause, Wang Shuo continued: "As for the second position, I will consider using Bell to continue to play against Ray Allen."
On the side, after Wang Shuo finished placing the magnets at positions 1 and 2, Barkley was suddenly shocked and said: "You don't want to use Allen to match their No. 3 Tayshaun Prince, do you? "
Wang Shuo smiled and said, "Yes."
Barkley looked puzzled and said: "Taishian's actual height is over 205 centimeters. Are you sure...Are Allen able to guard him?"
Wang Shuo said: "Charles, you forgot again, when did I say that we must guard against Taixiaan Prince?"
Barkley, who felt that his brain had been weakened again, suddenly realized: "I understand, what you mean...if Tayshaan wants to hit Allen, then let him hit him?"
Wang Shuo said while playing with the tactical magnet: "Taixiaan's strengths are his air cuts and open three-pointers.
When Allen is guarding him, just be careful not to let him catch the ball easily.
As for the Pistons using him to execute singles tactics?
Believe me, if Taixiaan implements the singles tactics, it will only affect the Pistons' own offensive rhythm. "
After thinking for a while, Brown said: "But in the G2 game, when the Pistons used Chauncey to execute singles tactics, it had already affected their offensive rhythm.
Wang, are you sure they will still implement this tactic in the third game? "
Wang Shuo said: "So, this is why I adjusted our starting list."
Spoelstra and Brown reacted almost at the same time, saying in unison: "I understand, Wang, what you mean is, whether the Pistons execute the singles tactic or not...
Anfernee Hardaway is our best No. 1 candidate in this series! "
Buckley, who originally felt that he had achieved enlightenment, felt that he could not understand what Wang Shuo and the others were saying at all, so he said: "I don't understand...why Anfernee suddenly became us." The best candidate for the No. 1 position?”
Wang Shuo explained to Barkley: "Because he is the best candidate to liberate Allen."
Buckley blushed and asked, "Can you be more specific?"
At this time, Brown explained to Barkley: "Because through the first two games, we have determined that Anfernee is very effective in defending Chauncey.
Therefore, Charles, if we use Anfernee to play the No. 1 position, does that mean that when defending, Allen can mark Taixiaan, who is less capable of independent offense? "
After going around in a circle, Buckley understood.
In fact, the logic is very simple.
That is, regardless of whether the Pistons implement singles tactics or not, after Hardaway becomes the Suns' starting guard, the Suns will release the pairing of Prince and Iverson to liberate Iverson.
Compared to Billups, Prince's singles ability is weak. Therefore, as long as Iverson does not let him catch the ball easily, then Iverson's defensive tasks can even be completed by his teammates. .
As for the scoring the Suns gave Prince?
Wouldn't it be enough if Iverson got it back from the Pistons?
Anyway, the Pistons don't have a defender who can keep up with Iverson.
"Furthermore, because Anfernee was very effective in guarding Chauncey, we can still let Chauncey score a few fewer points?" Barkley reasoned.
In fact, in the G2 game, Wang Shuo had already increased Hardaway's playing time.
However, due to the team's poor state on the evening of the 6th, Hardaway, who made only 1 of 6 shots from the field, was criticized a bit miserably by the fans after the game.
Even if Wang Shuo took the initiative to take responsibility after the incident, it would not be able to change the stereotype of Hardaway among Suns fans in recent years.
After all, over the years, Suns fans' impression of Hardaway is that he is either injured or his performance after playing does not match his salary.
Fans are destined to not understand the reason why Wang Shuo increased Hardaway's playing time in this round of finals.
Because of basketball games, most fans can only see the cold data panel.
In Wang Shuo's view, as long as Hardaway can control Billups, it doesn't matter if he doesn't score a single point on the court.
Because Hardaway, who has changed his attitude, usually doesn't take many shots on the court, and in these two games, he basically shot catch balls.
As a forward-back swingman who is about 2 meters tall, has excellent dribbling ability and certain organizational skills.
In Wang Shuo's eyes, even if Hardaway's physical function has declined significantly at this moment, his model advantage is not comparable to that of other Suns guards.
But that day, after the training session, looking at Wang Shuo who went to have a private chat with Hardaway again, Barkley knew that Wang Shuo was going to use magic on him again...
…
On the evening of the 9th, America West Arena.
When the home fans discovered on the big screen that Hardaway, who had shot only 23% from the field in the previous two games, appeared on the team's starting lineup tonight, many Suns fans felt that they must have been dazzled!
impossible!
How could a top coach like Wang Shuo make such a mistake?
Yes, Anfernee Hardaway had given the team so little help during our promotion process.
but......
This is the finals!
Based on his performance in the previous two games, is he worthy of starting for the Suns tonight?
In fact, at this moment, there are still many people who question the Suns' starting lineup tonight.
For example, Rivers, who will continue to guest commentate tonight: "Does Wang want to use Anfernee's experience to help the team? Or does he want to replicate Anfernee's performance against the Spurs in the Western Conference semifinals?"
After a pause, Rivers said with a puzzled look: "But if success is really so easy to replicate, can success still be called success?"
However, on the court, before the two teams were about to start jumping the ball, Van Gundy, who has always been more concerned about defensive statistics, said after Iverson and Prince took the position: "The Detroit Pistons should be careful tonight! The sun has already come out. Their ultimate move!"
In fact, after G2, Van Gundy also considered whether the Suns could put Hardaway on the starting list.
But because he couldn't imagine where Iverson could be placed after Hardaway entered the starting lineup, Van Gundy decisively chose to wait for Wang Shuo to give him the answer.
Therefore, tonight, after noticing the answer Wang Shuo gave him, Van Gundy's confused eyes instantly became clear.
Yes!
You can use Iverson to play against Prince!
Anyway, in this matchup, Iverson must have scored far more points than Prince.
Wouldn't it be nice to just use offense to earn it back?
On the court, Stoudemire jumped down to open the scoring for the Suns without any suspense.
The prelude to the G3 battle in the finals has officially begun!
The Suns have the ball, and Hardaway is responsible for dribbling the ball through half the court!
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