The Whip of the God of Basketball

Chapter 417

Alwan Adams is 55 years old this year and he has been working for the Suns since he retired. Because the Suns are the only team in the league that has no tradition of retiring jerseys, Alwan Adams’s No. 33 jersey was not hung over the American Airlines Center. He just got the team’s honor ring.

Of course, in principle, no one would wear Adams’ No. 33 jersey. After Grant Hill arrived, Adams took the initiative to give up his No. 33 jersey to Hill, so Hill inherited Phoenix’s No. 33. Continue to fight for the sun.

This easy-going celebrity, after receiving Leon’s invitation to guide Dior’s defense, he did not hesitate to agree, and took time to come to the training hall to practice together on the rest day. Although he is 55 years old, Adams is still very well maintained. He has played in the league for 13 seasons without any major injuries and has maintained a high attendance rate every year.

Until his last season in 1988, he still maintained full attendance and can be said to be a healthy and strong player. As a player, Adams was known for his tough game style and excellent inside pass. The latter feature Dior is very similar to him, but in the previous point, Dior is almost meaningless. Dior spent a few years with the Celtics and learned a lot about his tough style, but he went back softly when the sun came.

Indeed, in a comfortable offensive system, coupled with a good pass, no one is willing to do dirty work, and is more willing to score and pass easily, playing games and statistics more beautifully. But the Suns need a tough insider. Leon has always been that if the deal and signing can't come, it's better to cultivate one.

From the moment Leon came to Phoenix, Dior knew that his comfortable days had come to an end, so Leon pulled him for special training. He was not surprised at all. Instead, he felt that it was a bit late and the season started. It's been several weeks.

Of course, it’s never too late to start hard training. Adams and the two of them jointly guide, one is the master and the other is the assistant, Stoudemire is the sparring partner, Dior is the training, and Boris-Dior will take his timeline of gaining weight back. It dragged on for five full years.

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The Suns returned to Phoenix from the away trip, and after a day of corrections, they played against the Miami Heat on December 10. This time, the Heat ushered in the return of their leader, and Wade returned from injury, which must be a major test for the sun's defense.

In the last match against the Heat, when O'Neal had O'Neal inside, the sun was very difficult to defend. Now Wade is back, inside and outside are connected, Leon has been in the East for those years, knowing that the power of Wade and O'Neal is definitely very powerful. . Although O'Neal is old and no longer has the energy of the past, in a certain encounter, once he is brought into play, it is also very dangerous.

In the tactical meeting before the game, Leon and the coaching staff discussed it, and decided that I should take the lead and continue to fight according to the previous tactical route. The smaller lineup should be a smaller lineup. But the Sun's self-dominance has become the target of targeted attacks by the Heat.

The Heat's performance this year is not bad. There are also many problems within the team. Pat Riley is even more unwilling to coach and is already looking for a successor for himself. Undercurrents within the team are surging, and the fortune teller is brewing a deal.

But when this kind of trade is brewing, the team needs players to show better performance to provide enough chips for the trade. Therefore, Riley will bet that the Suns with excellent records will never take the initiative to change. They will still use the previous Lien Chan Lienjie routines. They will start normally and have an excessively small lineup. They basically only use Stoudemire and Dior in the inside. The husband only plays the role of convergence.

After understanding the characteristics of the sun rotation, Riley, the old fox, still has a good set of targets. He used the ultimate tactic he has cherished for many years-ruthless Dafa, reducing the team's rotation lineup and allowing Haslem to make the whole process. Online, inside O'Neal and inexplicably divide the playing time. When O'Neal is in, O'Neal will attack O'Neal. If O'Neal is gone, Wade will attack.

The other two role players of the Heat, Chris Channing and Wright, are in good condition tonight. After Wade returns, the Suns have to pay attention to this arrow figure on the defensive end. The key Wade is on the court almost all the time, occasionally Ricky Davis took a short break as a substitute. In this way, the Heat is playing a pure 7-man rotation.

If the current head coach of the Suns is D'Antoni, D'Antoni's stable eight-man rotation will definitely be able to compete with Riley's seven-man rotation, but Leon does not want this. The confrontation between the two sides on the court is just anxious, Leon still Follow the normal rotation to play. But in this way, the convergence stage will inevitably be dominated by the Heat's main force.

This is the regular season, and the Heat are using a playoff rotation against the Suns. It is enough to show that Riley really hopes to win this game. Leon understands that Riley, the old fox, is afraid that he wants to make a deal. This is an inspection by a strong team, but I don't know which product was inspected and who was inspected for.

The Sun is currently in the limelight in the Alliance, and it is certainly a good performance to bite the Sun.

Of course, the Suns are not willing to be the background board. The two sides played very anxiously. The Heat attacked the inside and their three-point shots were only single digits. The Suns were crazy attempts outside the three-point line and threw 30 in a game. Multiple three-pointers. Until the last 45 seconds of the game, the two sides reached a 114:114 tie. The Suns had an offensive opportunity. Nash was blocked by Wade after the breakthrough. Nash jumped to shoot and pass the ball at the last minute. , Outside Raja Bell catches the ball and makes a three-pointer!

This was the Suns' 35th three-pointer in the entire game. The result was a missed shot and O'Neal got a backboard rebound. Riley did not call a timeout and the Heat directly pushed back. Wade was like a black lightning, with the ball directly through the half, and it was Marion who was chasing after him. Marion followed closely, and the two took off almost at the same time. Wade dodged Marion in the air, then cleverly hit Marion with his back, and then switched hands to the basket.

The referee blew his whistle and blew a foul by Marion. Wade added a penalty on the free throw line, hitting a free throw 114:117. The Heat led by 3 points and firmly held the advantage of victory in their hands. Leon called a timeout to arrange the final attack, and there were less than 5 seconds left in the game.

Leon called two consecutive timeouts, but the final attack must be a three-point tactic. The team has already run out of the three-point point guard. Nash shot from his best position at 45 degrees on the left, but the ball was still swiping the basket. Out, not, the Phoenix Suns lost the game at home and gained another defeat.

Failure is always frustrating. Leon and Riley shook hands after the game. Leon did not hesitate to say: "Is it going to be a deal?" Riley smiled and didn't answer ~www.readwn.com~ but From his expression, it can be seen that Leon guessed right. The Heat are indeed seeking a deal and don't know when this deal will come.

Tonight, the Heat’s best player is of course Wade. Not only is he allowed to kill, he also scored 31 points. The second hero is Haslem. He played 48 minutes and scored 21 points and 13 rebounds efficiently. Beat Dior so hard to find North.

As the starting power forward, Dior scored a total of 2 points and only 5 rebounds in this game. Even his proud assists were only 3, which can be said to be completely suppressed by his opponents. I don’t know if the special training was overdone yesterday and the bones were softened.

However, at the summary meeting after the game today, Leon did not criticize Dior anymore. He knew that his matchup with Haslem on the field today was enough to make him feel humiliated, and Leon did not need to fire again. Add oil. As long as Dior has a sigh of relief, he will not allow himself such a bad performance to appear on the court again.

Sure enough, after everyone left at the end of the game, Dior drove to the team's training hall silently. He followed Leon's instructions in special training and in the past to fully strengthen himself. Not only for the team, but also for himself.

(End of this chapter)