November 2, Phoenix, America West Arena.
The Warriors will challenge the Suns on the road tonight.
Before the game, when Sun Yi was walking from the player tunnel to the locker room, he was blocked by a group of media reporters and had to be interviewed.
"Sun, some experts and celebrities do not recognize your strength and think it is just opportunistic. If you encounter a playoff-level team, your true colors will show up. What do you think of this problem?"
Sun Yi frowned slightly and wanted to say: Go to hell! It has nothing to do with them!
Fortunately, Sun Yi was not a barbarian. After adjusting his mentality, he replied: "After this game is over, you can ask those experts and celebrities."
Although Sun Yi didn't say it explicitly, he had already made his attitude clear, and he wanted to severely slap some self-proclaimed experts in the face.
"You're going to face All-Star Stoudemire tonight, are you confident about that?"
"I have confidence in myself and am not afraid of any challenge."
After Sun Yi finished speaking, he squeezed through the crowd and walked towards the locker room.
After entering the locker room, Nelson stepped forward and patted Sun Yi on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, these are the tests that a superstar must go through to grow up."
"Coach, don't worry, I'm not affected, but my fighting spirit is high." Sun Yi replied.
Obviously, the news of the interview he just accepted has been learned by Nelson.
Seeing Sun Yi's condition, Old Nelson nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand, and sent Sun Yi to change his jersey and make preparations.
Subsequently, under the leadership of Nelson, all the Warriors players left the locker room and went to the court to do warm-up activities.
When Sun Yi and Curry entered the stage, there was sparse applause from the audience.
After all, they have played two NCAA tournaments in Phoenix and have a certain number of fans.
After the entrance ceremony, Sun Yi and Curry came up to say hello to Nash and chatted for a few words.
At this time, Stoudemire came over and said to Sun Yi with an unkind expression: "Rookie, I heard that you are going to beat me up. Let's see if you have such strength."
After hearing this, Sun Yi knew that he had been tricked by those unscrupulous media reporters. These guys like to stir up trouble.
"I have never said such a thing. I don't know where you heard it from." Sun Yi replied calmly, as if to say that this was the truth.
Seeing that Sun Yi didn't admit it, Stoudemire thought that the newbie had given up. He wanted to make a few words of ridicule, but Nash stepped forward to dissuade him.
"It may be a misunderstanding. Those media reporters like to talk nonsense and cannot be believed to be true."
Stoudemire was very generous to Nash and did not pursue the matter further. He planned to teach this arrogant rookie a lesson during the game.
Sun Yi didn't take it to heart. If Stoudemire wanted to compete on the court, he would be more than happy to accompany him.
After this episode, Sun Yi and Curry returned to the Warriors' half to continue their warm-up activities.
After the warm-up activity, the starting lineups of the two teams were displayed on the big screen.
Warriors starting lineup: Curry, Ellis, Maggette, Sun Yi, Randolph.
Suns starting lineup: Nash, Richardson, Hill, Stoudemire, Fletcher.
Not long after, the referee blew his whistle, signaling the players from both sides to come to the center circle and prepare for a jump ball.
In the jump ball session, Stoudemire beat Randolph to win the jump ball, giving the Suns the first opportunity to attack.
Nash immediately launched a run and gun after receiving the ball, and the rest of the Suns quickly followed up.
When Curry saw Nash rushing to the frontcourt, he immediately stepped forward to defend, but was blocked by Hill.
Stoudemire and Richardson quickly cut toward the basket, attracting the Warriors' defense.
Fletcher ran out of the open space, received a pass from Nash, and shot a three-pointer.
Randolph habitually retreated towards the basket and did not catch up with the interference immediately.
Bang!
The basketball bounced out of the frame and missed!
The Suns' run-and-gun game was basically successful, but they lacked a little luck.
Under the basket, Sun Yi blocked Stoudemire and grabbed the backcourt rebound.
It shouldn’t be! I have the advantage in all aspects, why can't I squeeze out that little rookie?
Xiao Si failed to grab Sun Yi and felt extremely confused.
On the other side, Sun Yi grabbed the rebound and quickly dribbled forward after landing.
The Warriors are also running and gunning, with Curry and Ellis on the outside, while Randolph and Maggette are cutting towards the basket.
After Sun Yi reached the top of the arc, he passed the ball to the right and assisted.
Ellis received the pass comfortably and hit a three-pointer.
After being counterattacked by the Warriors, the Suns naturally couldn't swallow this breath and quickly responded with a three-pointer.
The Suns quickly sent a baseline pass, Nash dribbled forward and passed the ball to Fulai again.
This time, Fulai seized the opportunity and hit a three-pointer.
After that, the Suns fired frequently from the outside and their shooting percentage was very high.
With Nash, the passing master, revitalizing the team, Richardson, Fletcher and Hill only need to run to designated positions to catch and shoot, without having to worry about anything else.
The Warriors were not so efficient. Except for Ellis hitting a three-pointer, Curry only made one.
As for Sun Yi, he has not scored yet, but has 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
When the game lasted about 8 minutes, the score on the big screen was 22 to 34, and the Warriors were already 12 points behind.
Obviously, there is still a big gap between the Warriors and the Suns.
Nash went all out today and gave Sun Yi and Curry a practical lesson. After all, the effect cannot be seen on paper.
Fortunately, Nash was old and couldn't bear the torment, so he was replaced to rest, giving the Warriors a chance to chase points.
Dragic, who came on the bench, was not as experienced as Nash and was unable to activate the team's offense.
After playing for about 8 minutes, Sun Yi was still very energetic and it was time to stand up and score.
First, he correctly predicted Dragic's passing route, rushed out to complete the steal, and then ran towards the frontcourt in a row, completing a one-handed slam, achieving a zero-scoring breakthrough.
Immediately afterwards, the defense blocked Richardson's shot and prevented the Suns from committing a 24-second violation.
After successfully completing the defense, Randolph assisted the inward dunk on the offensive end.
After that, the Suns failed to score on offense, grabbed the rebound and launched a counterattack, broke into the penalty area and scored the ball to assist Curry in hitting a corner three-pointer.
In the last three minutes or so of the first quarter, Sun Yi relied on his own efforts to narrow the score to only 5 points.
On the bench of the Suns, Nash smiled. If he were not playing, he would applaud Sun Yi's performance.
It's good to be young, this is his lost youth!
Moreover, Nash feels that Sun Yi's upper limit is very high, and it is not limited to the organization. He can do many things.
At the end of the first quarter, the Suns led by 5 points entering the second quarter.
