new lord of the rings

Chapter 376 Desperate Warcraft!
The Phoenix Suns, which beat the Denver Nuggets at home, announced the day after the game that Pau Gasol needs to rest for a period of time due to a foot injury, and the specific return time is to be determined;

Rajon Rondo also needs to miss the game against the Atlanta Hawks due to a strained left shoulder. The specific return time needs to be approved by the team doctor.

Pau Gasol and Rajon Rondo are considered veterans. After playing nearly 20 games this season, Zhang Xin and Earl Watson suggested a rotation strategy. Earl Watson was not very willing at first. But Zhang Xin took the Spurs as an example and analyzed the importance of rest for veterans, the control of injuries, the impact on the playoffs, and the team's goals. The management discussed and arranged.

After the announcement, Zhang Xin will have to lead a large group of young people to meet the challenge of the Eagles at home. The Eagles traded for Dwight Howard this year, but their record against them can only be regarded as mediocre. Since the start of the season, their The record is 10 wins and 8 losses.

Howard thought that after leaving the Rockets, other teams would use him as the core like when he was in the Magic. In fact, he was quickly disappointed. The Eagles still used him as a large blue-collar. In the last year of the Rockets Howard still averaged 8.5 shots per game. After arriving in the Hawks, not only did he not rise, but he also dropped to only 8.3 shots.

Howard: ... I don't know if I should say something about MMP?
However, when Howard was in the Magic, the number of shots was not high, and the highest time was only 13.4 times per game. He was never the core style of play. His technical characteristics could not support him as the core of the team's operation. -In the year when the Magic reached the Finals in the 2008 season, the core of the Magic was actually not Howard, but Turkoglu.

That year, almost all the key shots of the Magic were played by Turkoglu with the ball. With Turkoglu and without Turkoglu, the effect is completely different. The Magic entered the finals in 08-09. He has never entered the Eastern Conference Finals again, and the team's offense is messy, and no one can stand up when the key ball is played.

So this situation is not too miserable for Howard?
But no matter how you say it, Howard is still a skinny monster who is bigger than a horse. Even if he is a blue-collar, he is a super blue-collar. With Pau Gasol absent, Chandler is the only insider for solar energy. The situation is still not optimistic. of.

Without Pau Gasol and Rajon Rondo, it can be said that the Suns lacked two cores to turn the ball, one core for inside support and one core for outside support. It is conceivable that the Sun's rotation will be much slower.

However, these are all problems that the Suns must overcome, and young people should also have this opportunity to adapt. Zhang Xin also consciously let the young people run the ball by themselves in the next training.

game day.

Today's Phoenix home court will not lack spectators. The arena that can accommodate 2 people is already full. Atlanta is a team in the East. It only plays two games with Phoenix in a season. Coach Mike Budenholzer sees He couldn't help being amazed at the grand occasion of the Suns' home court. He remembered that the last time he came, the Suns were not only neglected in front of the gate, but also the boss married... Oh, there is really no such thing.

Although Howard was abused every time he saw Zhang Xin, the Rockets met the Warriors in the first round of last season. They were beaten by the Warriors and were swept out 4:0. Howard couldn't please Zhang Xin many times. But Howard is a lively person by nature, and he has no resentment towards Zhang Xin. When he saw Zhang Xin from a distance, he hurried over to say hello.

"Hey, Zhang! Long time no see, how are you?" Howard grinned, a little silly and cute.

Zhang Xin also showed a socialist smile. A smile that conforms to social values ​​is the beginning of a good social relationship. Those who have a little strength and pretend to be ruthless will have no friends in the end. Zhang Xin is naturally not so superficial. His father Zhang Bole Long-sleeved and good at dancing, he has been in the mall for many years, and has his own experience in educating his son, so... the current Zhang Xin also has no friends!
But after all, Zhang Xin has been a human being in two lifetimes, and he still understands the human relationship he should have.

"Hey, Dwight, long time no see. I know you're having a good time seeing your smile." Zhang Xin and Howard hugged each other.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, firstly, their friendship was not too deep, and secondly, the occasion was not right, so they could only say a few words in a hurry, such as you are so handsome, and you are so strong, and went to warm up each other honestly.

Zhang Xin was quite emotional. If a person walks from a low place to a high place, it is relatively easy to adjust their mentality, but if they fall from a high place, if the mentality is not adjusted properly, problems will occur. Howard has only a few years. From the beginning of the team's bright team-building core, a player who claims to be able to replace James alone, to the current wandering of the teams, as a blue-collar, and this kind of encounter happened when he was healthy, it is indeed very embarrassing Unacceptable, it is understandable if the status of the team has declined due to injuries, but it is really difficult to accept this kind of thing because of the change of the trend of the times.

But this kind of thing is too normal in the NBA, just like James and Anthony. When they first entered the league, they were peerless duo. But after a few years, the status and status of the two are different. By the time the Lakers became the leader of the rising team, Anthony was almost to the point where he could play without the ball.

Game start.

Atlanta's starting lineup is: Dennis Schroder, Kent Bazemore, Dwight Howard, Kyle Korver, Macomb Scala.

The starting lineup of the Phoenix Suns is: Zhang Xin, Devin Booker, Tyson Chandler, PJ Tucker, Batty Hield.

Howard and Chandler jumped the ball in the middle circle. Although Howard's team status has declined, his physical fitness is still online. As soon as the referee took the ball, Howard jumped up and gave the ball to Schroeder first.

The little yellow-haired Schroeder dribbled the ball happily across the half court, like a weasel who stole a chicken. Seeing Batty Hilde defending him, Schroeder's eyes lit up: rookie ?

As a rookie in 2013, Schroeder has also been bullied by NBA veterans in recent years, especially when he met Zhang Xin in his rookie year. At that time, Zhang Xin was only in his second season. I went to provoke Zhang Xin, and was rounded by Zhang Xin again and again, making Schroeder, who was just a rookie, directly become a meat bird on the barbecue grill, and even brushed it with barbecue oil, turning it back and forth so that the grilling would be even better. Evenly, the roasted ground bird oil was all over the ground.

(End of this chapter)