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In the second half, with Nash back on the court, the Suns' offense was like flowing water and mercury pouring down the ground. Although Stephen also returned to the court, but relying on his scoring alone, how could he compete with other teams.

In less than 5 minutes, the Suns overtook the score. Although Stephen scored 5 points in 27 minutes, the Suns scored [-] points. The Sonics only had Robert Horry made a three-pointer after playing, and Wilcox made two free throws.

In this level of confrontation, Damien Wilkins showed the weakness of insufficient strength. Although the Suns did not have any defense, but in this fast rhythm of confrontation, his offense could not hit. After coming out, seeing such a situation, Stephen really felt a little helpless.

Recalling that when I was in the Spurs, even if I couldn’t score, I still had Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker, not to mention Duncan inside, and even without them, Brent Barry and Bruns Bowen would be able to score. In terms of hope, this team has almost no one to count on.

Carlesimo has no good way to face this situation. **Vichic has nothing to do with the fast-break style of the Suns, let alone him. After calling a timeout, he had to put Duran again Te was replaced. Although he is a rookie, his performance in the last game and the first half also proved that he has a greater prospect than others. If it is necessary to exercise, it is better to exercise him.

Stephen also pays attention to cooperating with the inside line while scoring himself. After all, compared with the Suns, his team's inside line still has an advantage, and Durant is not just a fixed-point shooter on the outside line, but non-stop Running without the ball created opportunities for Stephen.

Stephen limited his own scoring area to the mid-range area. In this area, Stephen's threat is the greatest, because he can either hang the ball to Wilcox or Coupard inside, or pass the ball. Durant and Watson back to the perimeter.

This time again, when Stephen suddenly reached the edge of the three-second zone, he suddenly ran back. Marion had just defended and was about to retreat. Who knew that Stephen turned back again, attracting the defensive backs of him and Lagabert. , Suddenly a back pass passed the ball to Watson in the air. Watson raised his hand and made a three-pointer, finally overtaking the score again.

Nash steadily sent the ball into the basket, but Stephen was not to be outdone, and after he came back, he made a jumper with an emergency stop and continued to maintain his lead. This goal also increased his score to 31 points. There are more than three minutes left in the third quarter.

The Suns called a timeout. D'Antoni had no good way to face Stephen. He had a headache when he was in the Spurs. He didn't expect this kid to go to the Sonics. The overall strength of the team is not as good as the Suns. However, he can also see that the Supersonics are relying on Stephen alone. Once Stephen can't score, other people will not be worried.

D'Antoni instructed Nash to further speed up the team's offensive rhythm and make the opponent more exhausted. He also asked Marion to temporarily relax his defense against Stephen, and let Lagabel deal with Stephen alone, trying to limit the scoring of other players in the Sonics.

After the timeout, the offense of the Suns became faster. Driven by them, the offense of the Sonics also gradually accelerated. Coupled with the strengthening of defense against others, except for Stephen, everyone else's scoring stopped. Come down, relying on Stephen alone, really can't fight the entire Suns.

At the end of the third quarter, the Suns took the lead again over the Sonics, and extended their lead to eight points. Although Stephen raised his personal score to 37 points, the team lagged behind, which still made him a little uncomfortable. happy.

In the fourth quarter, Stephen launched a fierce attack on the Suns from the beginning. At this time, the Suns double-teamed him again. It was extremely difficult for Stephen to score every time. Just occupy the ball in his own hands.

When Stephen's own score reached 47 points, the team was already thirteen points behind. Due to frequent running, Durant's physical strength appeared to be exhausted, and Carlesimo replaced him with Szczerbiak. Durant, meanwhile, replaced Coupard with Kurt Thomas.

The two of them are at least rich in experience. Although they can't score after playing, they can slow down the rhythm of the game and don't run with the rhythm of the Suns. , Stephen also began to hand the ball to his teammates to play.

However, because the gap opened up ahead is too large, and the Suns' offense has not been restricted, the gap is always shrinking and expanding, and the game time is getting smaller and smaller, and finally overtakes. The Sonics still defeated the Phoenix Suns 110-110 at home, and the first home game was a failure.

But almost all the fans at home insisted on watching until the last moment. Unlike before, they left early when they could not see the victory. Stephen scored 51 points, [-] rebounds and [-] assists in this game. A double is only one step away. If his teammates are a little bit more powerful, he will be an ultra-luxury triple-double.

After the game, Durant was very embarrassed, because Stephen gave him the most passes, but in this game, his touch was very poor, and he only made [-] of [-] shots. Stephen wasn't dissatisfied with the failure. The team's strength was not as good as the opponent's, and the lineup didn't work well. With such a result, he could barely comfort himself.

It's not because of his poor ability, but because of his opponent's strength. Although the team failed, Stephen scored [-]+ points in two consecutive games, which is enough to prove his ability. In the post-match interview, the Supersonic The team's local media surrounded Stephen with a very enthusiastic attitude, as if Stephen led the team to win the game.

This is the first time that Stephen has been interviewed by the local media after the game with the treatment of the boss of the team. In a season with the Spurs, Stephen can only enjoy such treatment three or five times, but here, even if he loses, the media pays attention to it. Stephen, not to mention that although the game was lost, Stephen's performance was very good.

How to deal with the media, Stephen also has experience. When asking about today's game, for the failure, Stephen did not shift the responsibility to his teammates, but took it on himself. Of course, Stephen praised the strength of the Suns, It is also said that the team lineup has changed too much and has not yet fully adjusted.

In short, although he didn't have a single substantive content in his mouth, the media were still very happy, because it was the same with other people. They just understood and made use of these non-substantive words. As for the bias, there is no Xing-biased media.

After the game, the Suns left Seattle quickly, while the Sonics had two days of rest. During these two days, under Stephen's suggestion, the whole team did a lot of confrontation training. They are young people who don’t need to worry about physical strength. As for injuries, they don’t need to think too much. The Spurs have too many veterans and they have a long-term goal. If the problem of running-in is not solved, let alone a championship, it will be difficult to make it to the playoffs.

Stephen even went into battle in person, conducting one-on-one intensive training with Durant and Wilkins, lest they be helpless in high-confrontation games, and Szczerbiak also took the initiative to step up training After all, you can't count on Stephen alone on the front line.

Although Durant said that his talent is amazing, but after all, he lacks game experience and poor physical confrontation ability. These are not problems that can be solved overnight. Stephen thought it was too simple at the beginning. While confrontation training, tactical lessons are also going on. , Too complicated tactics can't be played now, Carlesimo had to improve the tactics to be simpler and more direct.

Tactics have a certain effect, but the role of tactics cannot be exaggerated. If many coaches write out all the tactics manuals, they need to be packed in a large cardboard box, but the usual tactics are just those few sets. It's like.

If it weren't for long-term cooperation and the team's high IQ and high golf quotient, the tactics would only be counterproductive, and the Sonics lack cooperation now, and there are not too many double-high players, so naturally they can't use tactics as the Spurs. host.

For example, after old Nelson took over the Warriors, he was able to knead the players together quickly. Even after a big deal in the middle of the season, the team's combat effectiveness can reach a new level and hack the Mavericks. It is the kind of unstingy and unyielding kind, this kind of ability is also rare, at least Carlesimo does not have this ability.

Two days of high-intensity training made everyone exhausted. You must know that they continued after playing back-to-back games. Fortunately, the members of the main lineup were relatively young and recovered quickly. After flying to Los Angeles , After a night's rest, he felt much better, and in the evening game, he was like a dragon and a tiger again.

This time Stephen didn't take the lead in scoring alone, but cooperated tactically from the very beginning, trying to let his teammates take more shots. Of course, he just didn't use all the shots in his own hands. And under the organization, the Sonics led the Los Angeles Clippers from the beginning, especially the confrontation between Coupard and Chris Kaman, which was even more eye-popping.