new lord of the rings

Chapter 356 Helius!
Even when preparing for the Portland Trail Blazers, the Suns still did not let go of their training. They practiced running tactics again and again to practice defense. Zhang Xin was extremely strict with the young defenders, almost every detail was deducted. Go inside:

How to place your hands, how to choose your footsteps, how to defend when your opponent is holding the ball, how to defend when you don’t have the ball, how to read the opponent’s movements to defend, how to choose a position, how to choose when assisting in defense, how to defend How to choose the position when switching, these are the basics, but there is no room for sloppy things, Zhang Xin led the defensive coach to slowly deduce the details, and slowly perfected it with the young people.

Rome wasn't built in a day, and young people's defense couldn't be improved in a day, but Zhang Xin has enough confidence, as long as he is given half a season, the Suns' defense will take on a new look!
The defensive habits of young people are not good, but their defensive potential is very high. For example, Devin Booker, although his athletic ability is mediocre, but he is tall and strong in confrontation. His characteristics are similar to Klay Thompson. Thompson can become a top defensive player. Devin Booker can, of course.

For example, TJ Warren has bad defensive habits, but he has height, speed, can keep up with the footsteps of shooting guards, and has the physical fitness to fight against small forwards. Develop into a qualified striker defensive player.

The way Zhang Xin trains young people is to first let the defensive coach teach the young people how to defend, and then let the young people defend each other, Zhang Xin then switches to defending himself, and other young people observe.

This kind of hand-in-hand teaching method is very time-consuming, but young people grow up very fast, so it is too difficult to train systematically and specifically for a certain skill, not to mention that they are taught by the top masters in this industry Super characters, young people can feel their growth almost every minute, so the more involved they are!

Time flies, and in the sun's frenzied training atmosphere, the game against the Trail Blazers has also arrived.

On the game day, the arena of the Talking Stick Resort Hotel was crowded. The Suns’ four-game winning streak at the beginning encouraged all the Suns fans. In these four games, three teams were super teams. After being defeated, Zhang Xin's super performance made the fans hooked. The loyal fans gave Zhang Xin a nickname, called the Sun God (Helius Helius)!
Helius is the sun god in ancient Greek mythology. According to Hesiod's "Theogony", he is the son of the Titan god Hyperion and Theia, the moon goddess Selene and the dawn goddess E. Osi's brother, it is said that he gallops in the sky every day on a sun chariot pulled by four fire horses, from east to west, morning rises and evening sets, making light shine all over the world.

There are three sun gods in Greek mythology,

The first and earliest was Hyperion, betrothed to one of the Twelve Titans,

The second Helios (Helius) is the real sun god driving the sun chariot, and the real sun god is Helios.

The third Apollo (Apollo) is the god of light.

Fans call Zhang Xin Helios, which means Zhang Xin is the real sun god!
NBA fans are knowledgeable about nicknames:
Some are based on the player's name: such as Porzingis' Boshen, Millsap's Mishen, Love's Eros;
Some are based on the character traits of the players: for example, Kobe Bryant is known as the Black Mamba because of his aggressive personality and obstinate bloodthirsty, while Duncan is as immovable as a mountain and has been stable for more than ten years, so he is called the Stone Buddha;

Some are based on the technical characteristics of the players: such as Michael Jordan's trapeze, Kevin Durant's tarantula;

Some are based on the team they are in: for example, Garnett's Wolf King, Bosh's Dragon King, Joe Johnson's Eagle King, Chris Paul's Queen Bee, and now Zhang Xin's Sun God.

As the leader of the Suns, it is not wrong to give Zhang Xin a nickname like this, but after it spread to the ears of Chinese fans, it felt a bit strange: Does one bottle of Sun God Oral Liquid work?
Game start.

The lineup of the Portland Trail Blazers from afar is Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum, Maurice Harkless, Elfarook Aminu and Mason Plumlee.

The Phoenix Suns, who sit at home, have a set of regular starters: Zhang Xin, Rajon Rondo, Pau Gasol, Tyson Chandler and Devin Booker.

Gasol and Plumlee jumped the ball in the middle circle. Plumlee was about the same height as Gasol, but his athletic ability was too much. The Blazers won the ball for the first time.

After four games of verification, the Blazers also knew that the Suns were not a weak team, so the Blazers did not dare to hold back as soon as they came up, and directly turned on the full power mode. Lillard and McCollum continued to attack the Suns inside through pick-and-rolls , the Trail Blazers are really strong, and they have repeatedly used the Suns tall center to hit shots.

The Suns, on the other hand, ran a pass-and-cut tactic. Under the deployment of Chang Xin Rondo and Gasol, they also ran a very gorgeous tactic.

Zhang Xin and Gasol went down to rest after playing for half a quarter, and went to TJ Warren and Jared Dudley. This is also for the purpose of training young people. Create opportunities.

Zhang Xin nodded repeatedly as he watched from below. TJ Warren's own strength is indeed excellent. Although he didn't make many three-pointers, he can still show his threat by breaking through and scoring.

Zhang Xin is also urging him to practice three-pointers, but Warren's shooting gestures are rather awkward, and his three-pointers are very unstable. It is not a matter of a day and a half to practice three-pointers. When playing fast breaks, when in position, he used breakthroughs to tear apart the opponent's defense. Now facing the Blazers, the effect is very good.

Zhang Xin is especially gratified that Devin Booker and TJ Warren's defense has improved a lot. First of all, they have improved their defensive enthusiasm. With Zhang Xin constantly emphasizing defense, young people have finally paid attention to it. Get up and put a lot of energy into defense;
Secondly, their bad defensive habits have slowly disappeared, and they seem to be much more stable, not easy to be shaken up, not easy to attack, with solid and diligent footsteps, and they have also improved in reading opponents' offenses.

Zhang Xin is very satisfied. As long as he does not slack off and continues to work hard, and completely replaces bad habits with good habits, these young people will become qualified defenders. When everyone has made achievements in defense, then the team's defensive system If it is also formed, then this Suns has both offense and defense, and will become one of the super teams, which is daunting!
(End of this chapter)