Basketball: Man in 08, three months left before the Olympics

Home of the Suns, American West Arena.

Fans dressed in orange cheered on the home team.

Recently, the Suns have gradually been on the right track, and with the help of D’Antoni’s run-and-bomb variant system, the Suns have a skyrocketing trend this season.

Today, all the main players are in good shape.

They sent out the strongest lineup!

Point guard: Steve Nash

Shooting guard: Grant Hill

Small forward: Jason Richardson

Power forward: Amare Stoudemire

Center: Shaquille O’Neill

On the Mavericks side, Carlisle still follows the Mavericks’ recent starting lineup: Pei Yun, Terry, Howard, Nowitzki and Dampier.

Of course, Carlisle doesn’t believe this lineup can beat opponents, quite the contrary, the Mavericks’ lineup is just restrained by the Suns.

Dampier, known for his strength and weight, encountered a big shark that was one size bigger.

And Novitsky has a hard time limiting the running and jumping interior lineman Stoudemire.

The outside combination of Hill and Richardson has a physical advantage over Terry and Howard.

The rest is only Pei Yun and Nash.

Although Pei Yun has been very good lately, it is not realistic to say that he can beat two-time MVP winner Steve Nash at the moment.

At the start of the game, Junsi won the first wave of offensive possession for the Suns.

Soon, Nash proved Carlisle’s vision.

The Suns’ style of play was completely different from that of the previous Suns, and Nash gave the ball to O’Neal in the first round.

O’Neal took advantage of his height and weight to beat Dampier by one.

0:2

The Mavericks attacked, and Pei Yun faced Nash, hardly any defensive pressure.

An offensive tentative step, Nash stepped back slightly, and Pei Yun withdrew to make a three-point shot.

Syllable!

Nope.

Smalls took the rebound.

It seems that Pei Yun’s opening today is not good, but he is not in a hurry, and he just retreats unhurriedly.

The Suns attacked, Nash pushed with the ball, and Smalls quickly followed, not waiting for O’Neal, who was still barely running.

After Xiaosi made a block for Nash, he quickly went down.

Nowitzki obviously didn’t have the speed of movement as Xiaos, and Nash didn’t have to look at it, and threw the ball directly at the basket.

Basketball and Xiaosi both appeared in the most suitable position, and a fried frame came into being.

0:4

After the goal, Smalls still celebrated with Nash high-fives in the retreat as usual.

This is the tacit understanding they have developed over the years, and in the offense, as long as Xiaosi runs, Nash throws, if the opponent does not foul, it will be a perfect open score.

The tacit understanding was invincible, but it did not translate into a championship.

After so many years, the Suns had to take the initiative to change and exchange another core player, Marion, for the Sharks after Dongdu.

The Mavericks attacked, Novitsky faced Stoudemire, dribbled a step back and shot, hit!

2:4

In recent games, because Pei Yun provoked a lot, and Dampier and Howard also need some data to increase the value of the trade, Novitsky has less pressure on the offensive end.

Not only is there no one to cover him, but he doesn’t even have to force himself to stand up for CARRY at critical moments.

If this situation is applied to other superstars, it will definitely cause a fight within the team.

But Nowitzki is not that kind of player, and sometimes, he is happy to play soy sauce on the field, waiting for his teammates to take him “lying down and winning”.

But if he is really allowed to stand up and score, he can still pick up the beam anytime and anywhere.

This is the super scorer, the biggest shooter of this era: Dirk Nowitzki.

If there is a weakness in his interior line, it is probably the defense frame and rebounding ability of the interior line.

The Suns quickly seized on the Mavericks’ weakness to open the game.

Inside linemen, Xiaosi and Oba kept pounding on Dampier and Nowitzki.

And dunk king Richardson often breaks in to challenge Dampier’s penalty area.

For a while, an air defense alarm sounded over the Mavericks.

The score was pulled apart.

……

Carlisle on the field, looking at all this, fell into deep thought.

Judging from the current roster of the Mavericks, compared with the top strong teams, the gap is obviously on the inside.

The last game against the Lakers has exposed their weaknesses to the maximum.

They lost a total of 23 rebounds, and even if they were as strong as Pei Yun, it was impossible to take them back the game.

And now on the scene, the Mavericks are losing rebounds again.

…………

At the same time, Houston, there was a game between the Rockets playing the Hawks.

As for how the game went, Cuban didn’t care at all.

These days, he has been in Houston to personally supervise the team he has placed here about trading Dayao.

The situation was not very smooth, although Mo Yutian promised to give them an internal response, and after the last rocket and Maverick game, Mo Yutian gave a positive signal.

Calling Rockets general manager Dawson faltered, he began to consider trading Dayao.

But this is only the first step, and the general manager gives such an opinion, and in the end, it must not only be voted by the management collectively, but also through the boss.

Obviously, Dawson alone agreed to trade Dayao, but most of the others still did not approve the proposal.

In their opinion, Dayao is the pillar of the Rockets’ interior line, and without him, the Rockets’ power at both ends of the interior offensive and defensive ends will be greatly reduced.

The current Rockets just lack a strong auxiliary roster and healthy reserves.

But if they replace Dayao, they may not even make the playoffs.

Dawson’s request for a deal was denied.

Therefore, Kuban came here again and continued to meet with Mo Yutian.

The obese Mo Yutian left the Toyota Center Arena and came to Kuban’s secret extended car in the parking lot to meet with Kuban.

Cuban: “Darrell, I heard that you are in trouble?” ”

Mo Yutian: “That’s right, Mark, no one in the management supports Dawson…”

“I know, you must have a way to solve it, Darrell.”

Mo Yutian smiled: “That’s right, I do have some methods, but…”

Mo Yutian said, while making a gesture of counting money in the dark.

Cuban had anticipated this: “You don’t have to worry about funding, as long as you get things done, someone will contact you.” ”

With this backing, Mo Yutian smiled slightly, nodded, and got up and left the car.

Kuban felt that Mo Yutian was indeed a talent, and he was decisive in his work, but he was just a little unscrupulous.

And this person who went to Mo Yutian had some prejudice against the Dragon Kingdom, otherwise he could really consider recruiting him to do things.

……

At the Toyota Center, the Rockets finally won the Hawks at the last minute, winning a tough victory on their doorstep, and the Rockets fans cheered and were happy.

And the Rockets, who won the game, also paid a lot of money.

The team’s main center, Dayao, fought the entire game, fought hard against the Hawks on the inside, and finally led the team to win the game.

Not only was his strength exhausted, but his knees were also faintly painful, and he had a feeling of recurrence of his injuries.

After the game, his teammates hugged him together and expressed all kinds of praise.

Dayao could only smile reluctantly.

After the praise, all that Yao was left with was pain and an increasingly uncertain future.

Recently, Adelman’s use of Dayao has become more frequent, and he often needs to play 36, 38, or even 40 minutes in a game.

Admittedly, the Rockets have suffered a wave of injuries since the start of the season, and the team’s personnel reserve is stretched.

And the chaos in management made the whole team seem disorganized.

Dayao can’t see the future, he feels that here, there will be no future…

The ice water sprayed from the shower made him shiver slightly, but the ice water rinse allowed for faster recovery from injuries during the race.

At the same time, it also sobered him up.

Dayao also remembered what Pei Yun said that night when he and Ah Lian had a drink together at his house.

At this moment, he began to waver.

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“Coach Rick, our inside line can’t stand it at all…”

Phoenix, the American West Arena, the assistant coach said a little anxiously next to Carlisle, which pulled him back from his musings.

The situation on the field has completely deteriorated, the big sharks and small ones almost swallowed the “second center in the West” Dampier alive, and the newly replaced Diop could not withstand the bombardment of the two.

Novitsky can finish off either of the two on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, most of the time, all he can contribute is a foul.

While speaking, the shark O’Neal was sent to the free throw line by Diop again.

Diop has already committed three fouls, and Dampier, who is sitting on the bench, has already done four!

At this time, the first half was not over.

The Mavericks suffered a serious foul crisis on the inside.

To make matters worse, they are currently trailing by 10 points at 47:57.

Fortunately, O’Neal’s free throws are still sparse, and both free throws are missed.

The Mavericks attacked, and it was the last of the first half.

In this game, the two teams with one or two offensive efficiency in the league invariably had a low shooting percentage.

The two teams shot reasonably well at the start of the first quarter.

Next, it comes to paying tribute to each other.

Since both teams were too iron, they had to attack the inside.

In the battle of the inside, it is always the Suns who have an absolute advantage.

Pei Yun controlled the ball, this game, because his teammates were really not good and not in form, he had to attack by himself, and he had scored 22 points in the first half, even if he was not very accurate.

He controlled the time and wanted to fight this final attack.

Nash’s defense was really dispensable for him, with 5 seconds left, starting, pulling the ball from the three-point line, pulling laterally, and shooting.

Swish!

Pressed the whistle for three points to end the first half.

50:57

……

In the locker room, Pei Yun took the energy drink and water handed over by his teammates, and he encouraged everyone: “Don’t worry, in the second half, I will lead you to win the game, cheer up!” ”

It was a back-to-back match and the second back-to-back away match.

This kind of game is a great test for the physical fitness of the players.

Today’s slump in the Mavericks is clearly related to this.

Pei Yun is different, he has a full level of [physical balance], let alone back-to-back competitions.

Super recovery, even continuous back-to-back, doesn’t have any effect on him.

Under such circumstances, Pei Yun, who is the cornerstone of the team, should indeed shoulder the team.

However, his encouragement did not receive a positive response.

Novitsky even advised: “Pei, this is just a regular season, there are 82 regular season games in the whole season, we play the regular season just to maintain good form, polish personal skills, and train good team cooperation, losing one or two games is nothing, don’t get hurt because of this, it’s true.” ”

Nowitzki’s words made sense, and Kidd and other veterans listened and nodded.

Pei Yun didn’t think so, but he didn’t say it directly.

I just started looking forward to the second half.

Since the start of the season, he has only scored one point in a game with a lot of shots, and more often than not, he has fulfilled his duties as a playmaker, connecting teams and helping his teammates score.

Later, in order to make Dan Pile and Howard more valuable to trade, Pei Yun cooperated with them, also creating opportunities for them.

I rarely go to score.

Now, the teammates are muted, and the opportunity to let go of the rush seems to have come.

Just right, Carlisle also patted Pei Yun’s shoulder and said: “Pei, you will attack in the second half, let go of the fight, don’t have any scruples!” ”

Carlisle’s philosophy in coaching the team is never to solve games with super scoring points.

However, today’s situation is obviously not good.

Dampier, Diop and Josh Howard are all in foul trouble, and pitchers like Trinovsky are not very accurate.

In such a situation, tactics are difficult to execute.

Even if it is executed, the power will be greatly reduced.

It is better to let Pei Yun defend and give him unlimited firing rights.

Carlisle is good at observing players, he has long known that Pei Yun has unparalleled offensive firepower, if he feels good, you give him unlimited firepower, he may even break all kinds of NBA records.

With the permission of coach Carlisle’s “unlimited firing rights”, Pei Yun became happy.

In this world, any scorer wants this “unlimited fire”, which is the trust that the team places in them.

The most important thing is that playing like this is really cool.

Pei Yun often played in this way in the Dragon Country national team, and Yunus gave him this total right.

So in the Olympics, Pei Yun can always create one miracle after another.