Basketball starts with breathing

On December 12, the Suns host the Kings.

This is a nationally broadcast game.

It's not because of how high the rankings of the two teams are. The Kings are not good this season. They are only ranked seventh in the West. The contradiction between Webber and Stojakovic is well known. The team is not far away.

Even worse, the Suns didn't even make it to the top eight in the Western Conference.

Looking back now, what Lu Yu said before the game has become the laughing stock of basketball experts. Compared with little-known people in the league, they seem to be more willing to ridicule a superstar like Lu Yu.

But the game is still broadcast live nationwide.

First, because Lu Yu joined the Suns, the number of live broadcasts in the United States has increased. This game was a live broadcast scheduled before. Second, the league does not plan to cancel the live broadcast, because D'Antoni's words before the game have already hanged the fans. appetite.

Everyone wants to see how the Suns have changed in this game.

CCTV also broadcast the game. Don't look at the Suns' losses and wins, but CCTV is still very enthusiastic about the Suns' game broadcast.

Of course, the games of Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian were also broadcast.

It's just that their popularity is still a lot worse than Lu Yu's popularity in China.

The Suns' home attendance was sluggish after the loss, and it was full again today. Many fans wanted to see the team's changes. I don't know if it was bragging or if they really made adjustments.

CCTV is responsible for commenting on two old friends, Zhang Weiping and Sun Yiping.

Sun Yiping said: "Lu Yu had a smile on his face when he played, and he was not affected by the recent loss at all. It can be seen that he has full confidence in the team."

Zhang Weiping said with a smile: "I don't know if he has confidence in the team, but the US media said that he had a daughter recently, and he should be in a good mood. I wonder if his game can change his luck after becoming a father. Isn't there a saying in China about Chongxi?"

Sun Yiping nodded: "It's something he should be happy about, but the American media only reported pictures of him holding a girl. It's not necessarily that the child is his, it could be the child of a relative or friend. Anyway, now Lu Yu is 's private life is a mystery to a lot of media."

Could it be a mystery?
Lu Yu's media company has reached cooperation with ESPN and TNT TV stations, and no one dares to offend the sponsor.

Even if I receive any gossip, I don't dare to send it.

Everyone was surprised when both teams started because the Suns... haven't fucking changed.

Lu Yu, Haslem, Marion, Richardson and Nash.

Old-fashioned lineup.

How about an adjustment?

How about a good change?

Okay... It seems that D'Antoni didn't say there would be changes in the lineup, it's just that the fans thought too much.

The five-man roster for the Kings is: Mike Bibby, Cardino Mobley, Stojakovic, Chris Webber and Kenny Thomas.

Thomas is only 201cm tall, so he definitely can't defend against Lu Yu, so the task of defending Lu Yu can only be left to Webber.

Webb also had a headache.

He played against Lu Yu last season, and it's not easy to defend at all.

"Don't worry, don't think that the Kings were very good in the first two years. Now they are paper tigers." Lu Yu laughed and joked with his teammates.

Marion nodded: "Let Peja score more than [-] points, go back and practice [-] more sets of slides."

Richardson: "Aren't your requirements a little low?"

Nash looked at Bibby's muscles: "Who of you has ointment, go back and get some and rub some on me. I guess after tonight, my body will swell again somewhere."

A few people walked onto the court talking, laughing and laughing, and both sides were ready to jump the ball inside.

The Suns didn't look stressed at all.

Now the jump ball is all Lu Yu's job. It seems that he has never lost. So far, there is no center who can win Lu Yu on the jump ball.

From this point, we can also see the horror of Lu Yu's bounce and bullet speed.

The basketball was put into Nash's hands, but Lu Yu didn't turn his head back and ran directly to the front court. Nash kept the ball in his hands and made a long pass in the backcourt. Lu Yu chased the ball in the air and led all the players. Two steps outside the line to step in.

"Boom!"

The first ball was a dunk!
The fans were on fire.

This is too damn fast, not even two seconds in the opening, just a dunk.

Who can bear it.

The Kings were obviously befuddled. After serving half court, they passed Peja's hand. Peja glanced at Webber. Instead of passing the ball, he shot directly.

The basketball fell on the neck of the basket, and the rebound was easily received by Haslem.

The Kings quickly retreated, lest they be hit again on the fast break.

After halftime, Nash chose to hand the ball to Lu Yu, who was mentioned on the outside. Lu Yu and other teammates pulled away. Haslem blocked Webber. Lu Yu made a breakthrough on the right, attracting Thomas to help defend, and Thomas came over. When passing the ball to the middle.

The Suns practiced this routine many times during training. It is also a tactical play proposed by Lu Yu. The main advantage of this play is to clear the opponent's interior defense. After the pick-and-roll, Haslem received a pass from Lu Yu and rushed directly. When he got up, he took two steps and smashed the ball into the basket with a tomahawk.

The Kings didn't have time to make up their defense.

Come up two rounds, two dunks.

4-0 start.

The home fans applauded and cheered. The opening game was two top five goals. Is it much better than the previous games?

The king attacked, and Bibby transferred the ball to Webber on the side.

I hoped that Weber could hit one back. Webber tried twice and gave up. He couldn't stand Lu Yu at all, so he could only pass back to Bibby, who pressed Nash in and shot at the free throw line.

Still didn't get in.

Zhang Weiping said: "The Suns played very aggressively in the opening game, and they all scored dunks, which was a bit confusing for the King, and Bibby's shooting was not accurate."

Sun Yiping sighed: "D'Antoni said that today's Suns will be different. I didn't expect that the lineup has not changed, but the style of play has changed. Today's Suns really refreshed us."

However, the Suns' next attack did not score, but the Kings turned around and shot one.

The Kings' style of play is not slow, and the Suns are still a little bit unaccustomed to their own defense speed.

Lu Yu encouraged his teammates to run faster.

If the defense doesn't improve every possession, the offense alone won't win a strong team.

4 is better than 2
The Suns attacked, and Lu Yu played a pick-and-roll with Haslem in the middle.

Webber was depressed. He felt that Lu Yu was not a center at all. How could a center start a pick-and-roll from beyond the three-point line with the ball? Shouldn't a center fight in the interior?
But there was nothing he could do, Lu Yu pulled out, he had to follow, otherwise everyone would know that Lu Yu's shot was terrible.

After the pick-and-roll, Thomas was slow to switch defenses, and Mobley on the flank came to help, Lu Yu scored the ball, Richardson understood it, and received a pass from Lu Yu at a 45-degree angle on the right.

Raise your hand to shoot easily,

To textbook standards, the basketball is hollowed into the net.

7 is better than 2
Lu Yu scored two points and two assists in the opening game.

Zhang Weiping sighed: "Today's Lu Yu seems to be back to him when he was a bull. This year's Sun is going to kill him crazy."

Originally, many basketball experts who wanted to see the Suns' joke were dumbfounded. They had already set up the flag early, saying that the Suns were dead this year.

Is it time to change now?
However, as basketball experts, there is no reason to change if they say they can. They can only bite the bullet and insist. The sun is only a temporary relief. At the critical moment of the game, they will also have diarrhea.

They didn't think about it, what would they do if the sun didn't sweat?
The King attacked, Webber was hit by Haslem after covering, and the referee blew the whistle for a foul. Haslem was still inexperienced, and it was too easy to get into foul trouble.

It seems that only Lu Yu has not been treated like this in his rookie season.

Most other players have this experience.

The foul ball was sent, and the Kings continued to cover, letting Webb play Haslem in a dislocation. After breaking through with the ball, Webb missed a layup, and Lu Yu grabbed the rebound and threw it directly to Nash.

Nash dribbled the ball and threw the ball to Lu Yu, who had already accelerated past him.

Lu Yu took the ball and threw the ball away from Mobley, who was making up the defense, and shoved the ball directly to the opposite basket from the midfield position.

On the other side, Marion has rushed out like a cheetah.

Oh wrong.

It should be like an ape. After all, he looks like a gibbon when he runs up and throws his arms away.

Marion received the ball at the free throw line, took off with two steps, and made another one-handed dunk.

9 to 2, Lu Yu's third assist.

Seeing Marion's dunking Lu Yu in the backcourt, he felt very cool. This fast break style is even more explosive than the Bulls' play. Running and shooting, no matter what the result is, now it seems that the game is cool.

During training, Lu Yu likes to pass the ball to Marion, because Haslem is a little slow to get down, and Richardson prefers to float outside and shoot three-pointers.

Only Marion runs at the top of every fast break, especially after changing his tactics, Nash's dribbling has decreased, and basically he can't stop the ball. into his mouth.

Bah, it's in the hand.

The king was beaten, and the sun's attack took only two seconds?

Or three seconds?
No more.

Because the timer didn't go more than three seconds.

The Kings attacked, Webber chose a high position to support this time, Thomas gave Bibby a screen, and the latter hit the ball.

9:4.

The Suns attacked, Lu Yu passed to Richardson, who was running without the ball on the side. After Richardson attracted Thomas to switch, he directly passed a lob to Haslem who was cutting, and Haslem jumped high. , put the ball into the basket.

Another dunk.

Today's top five goals, the Suns want to be all-inclusive?

11 is better than 4!

Zhang Weiping shouted: "The Suns played too reasonably. This style of play gives full play to the characteristics of each player."

Sun Yiping nodded and said: "Yes, Haslem is slow, it is only suitable for facing an unguarded basket after this kind of empty cut, Marion is fast, and the fast break is more suitable for him, Richardson and Nash are both There are outside shots, as for Lu Yu...he is an all-around warrior."

Zhang Weiping said: "I have never been able to understand, with the same lineup, why the Suns have been losing games before, but the Suns are playing very easily now."

Sun Yiping smiled and said, "Is it possible that Lu Yu has become the core of tactics."

Sun Yiping is actually a layman about basketball tactics, just a casual sentence, but it is this sentence that makes Zhang Weiping slap his thigh.

"That's right, Lu Yu has become the core. Before, Nash had a lot of possession of the ball. Although he could score, his efficiency was too low. Now that Lu Yu is replaced, the scoring efficiency is high, and on the defensive end, you find that there is no defensive end. Lu Yu's expansion has directly increased the area of ​​​​assistance defense."

"Isn't Lu Yu afraid of the opponent attacking the inside?"

"What are you afraid of? When attacking the inside line, he will recycle it again. There are several inside lines in the league who can guarantee that they will be able to eat Lu Yu steadily. I dare say that even Duncan can't guarantee it."

Possibly, only the peak O'Neal.

But now O'Neal is also going downhill, but it's not too obvious.

The King completed the coordination of passing the ball from the outside, Peja cut and received the ball, and made a two-pointer from a long distance inside the three-point line, 11 to 6
It doesn't matter if the Suns conceded a goal, the offensive end immediately recovered, Lu Yu first scored the ball to Richardson, Richardson didn't have a chance to shoot, and saw Lu Yu and Nash made an off-ball screen on the right side.

Richardson scored the ball, Lu Yu Niu received the ball and faltered, passed Webber, who was chasing defense, and after attracting Bibby's defense on the right, passed the ball directly to Nash.

Nash made a mid-range shot, and the basketball fell firmly into the basket.

13 is better than 6
Lu Yu's fourth assist.

The Kings couldn't hold back and could only call a timeout.

No more time-outs, no need to play in this game, just surrender. The Suns made almost no mistakes, all scored easily, and the tactics were very clear, leaving the Kings with nothing to do.

The most important thing is that they have a clear division of labor, no one is greedy for merit, no one is sticking to the ball, and everything serves the purpose of scoring.

And Lu Yu.

His passing skills are too deep, as long as he passes the ball, he can basically score directly.

This point he and Nash's passing is different.

Nash's pass can also be scored directly, but Nash prefers the ball after the breakthrough.

Now Nash has changed the way he passes the ball. Most of him are hockey assists now. The so-called hockey assists mean that he did not directly assist, but as a transfer station, after passing to Lu Yu, Lu Yu directly assisted.

And his transition is essential.

Because it is slower, the opponent will react.

When a team has two pass masters, the rest of the players are only responsible for getting the ball to the basket.

Most importantly, these two pass masters are themselves stable scorers.

Needless to say, Lu Yu has always been in the top three in the league's scoring list.

Nash's shooting percentage has always been overshadowed by his assists. In fact, Nash is also a stable shooter.

After the game, all the Suns players gave each other high fives.

They know that their tactics change,

It worked!