Chapter 678: The Sun II
Phoenix's home stadium, with die-hard fans from the Western Suns, sat in a full house and made a lot of noise.
Above the stands, as far as the eye can see, the sun's classic orange red. Some fans held signs with cheering words such as "Beat the Warriors" and "Advance to the Western Conference Finals."
If the Mavericks and Rockets are fateful second matchups, then the Warriors and Suns are facing each other in a series for the first time in years.
And Nash and Yang Di are the previous two MVPs, the hottest international players under Nike.
Playing the Suns, Yang Di is not false, but this year's Suns have indeed reached the best state in recent years, just like the Mavericks, in the regular season, it is simply incomprehensible.
Hidden under the Suns' sharp offense is the Suns' man-to-man defense and excellent rotation defense.
Sean Marion is the core of the entire Suns defensive line, and the rest of Stoudemire, Raja Bell, including Steve Nash, all follow a small range of packs and then defend through quick transitions, which is very advanced and applicable to the fast-paced nature of the NBA.
"There are references to the Mavericks' combined defense and the Suns' rotational defense, and the Suns sometimes use joint defense. But our tactics are obvious, they all know it, that is, Yang Di's offense in the elbow zone or in the low post, it depends on how the Suns defend. ”
"For example, who will restrain Yang Di?" Montgomery is very confident that Yang Di's performance is the key to the continuous victory of the entire Warriors, and Yang Di, as an interior lineman, can still ensure scoring efficiency through strong shots such as inside play.
Montgomery and Ron Adams wore crisp suits and looked up to see D'Anthony opposite, who smiled at Montgomery, who smiled in response.
As soon as the lights went out, the whole stadium entered the pre-game preparation stage.
Every player of the Warriors team who played away received special boos from the audience, especially Yang Di, who was full of boos in his ears, as if Yang Di had some deep hatred with them.
At the beginning, the starting line-ups of both sides.
Warriors cliché, PG Derek Fisher, SG Ray Allen, SF Danny Granger, PF Jandy, C Tyson Chandler.
The Suns, on their side, lined up Steve Nash, Rajah Bale, Sean Marion, Amare Stoudemire and Burrece Dior.
Dio has played as a starter and a substitute this season, but when he encounters the Warriors' twin towers, he must be ranked as a starter, after all, Sean Marion to play the No. 4 position and play against Yang Di is really not a long-term solution, and D'Antoni as a coach actually has no confidence in himself.
"I'll beat you!"
When Yang Di and Xiao Si shook hands, Xiao Si said to him with confidence.
"Oh?" Yang Di's eyebrows raised, and the corners of his mouth curled: "It's useless to just talk about slogans, I hope you don't be like Spurs, in that case I will be very disappointed." ”
"It's like you can easily beat the Spurs."
"Can you beat the Spurs 100 percent?"
The two said some useless trash talk to each other, and then separated the two sides, Xiao Si suddenly reacted, damn, he is a center forward, and he has to jump the ball.
Standing with Chandler, Chandler, who was thin two years ago, is now a devil muscleman, with very developed muscles, not much worse than him.
The referee on duty was a black man and two white men, and the leader was a little older, and his beard was slightly gray.
He walked to the middle of a group of big men with the ball, and then motioned to the players of both teams to quickly stand up, look at the watch he was carrying, and prepare to kick off.
"Beep~"
A whistle blows, and the basketball is thrown.
Chandler and Smalls jumped at the same time, in almost no particular order.
To the amazement of Warriors fans, Xiao Si, who has undergone minimally invasive knee surgery, actually has a faster bullet speed than Chandler, although the absolute bounce height is not visible, but it must also be super first-class, this is still injured him, if he was injured, when he first entered the league, Xiao Si was the second camp.
Xiao Si also has an excellent arm span, first touching the basketball and dialing the ball to Nash.
Steve Nash received the ball and advanced with the ball in a classic Suns home jersey with white and blue edges. However, the Suns' most classic jersey is still blue and orange, which is why the home fans today wear orange or blue, although not very neat, but represent the most enthusiastic western tones.
Nash's long hair is fluttering, the man and the ball are one, and the basketball seems to have spirituality in his hands, just a simple dribbling action, you can also see the skill beyond ordinary players.
Fisher stopped with both hands in front of him, and Nash hit the ground to Stoudemire, who received the ball in the low post.
Yang Di stepped forward and defended half a step away in front of Xiao Si.
The Tianyang team opened up the space, and the first wave of attack, Xiao Si wanted to come by himself.
Yang Di completely understood what he meant, and his eyes were full of excitement.
"Come on!"
Yang Di's eyes widened, one arm raised high in front of him, and the other arm was spread.
Yang Di's defensive movements were impeccable, Xiao Si only felt that Yang Di, who had an unusually long arm, was like a thick wall in front of him, if he had to choose an offensive method, I don't know why, he suddenly wanted to shoot directly.
But reason told him that he couldn't hit.
Yang Di's bullet speed may be faster than him, and Yang Di's reaction is known for being fast in the NBA, since he dares to withdraw from the half-step defense, he must be sure that he can interfere with the defense in a very short time, and even directly form a block.
Xiao Si really didn't find any chances, plus he just received the pass for the first time and passed the ball again.
"Huh?"
Yang Di was stunned, but he didn't expect Xiao Si to not make an attack with the ball.
After Marion received the ball on the outside, he broke through directly, and his body confronted Danny Granger, who was pushed away by the strong Marion, and Marion had a jump shot opportunity and shot directly against the defense.
Yang Di turned around and immediately carded Stoudemire.
The basketball "bell" hit the back edge with a bang and bounced towards Yang Di's place, and he jumped high and grabbed the rebound with ease.
The Suns have completed the retreat, Yang Di landed on the ground and attacked quickly, and the two teams ran together!
"Guard against him!"
D'Antoni yelled.
The first reaction was Marion who threw the ball, Marion's long arms blocked in front of Yang Di, and then interfered with Yang Di's dribbling, Yang Di hit the ground in the crotch, dribbling with his non-dominant hand, and at the same time dodging Marion's shadowy steal.
"Damn it!"
He protected the ball, grabbed it with both hands, stopped, and returned the ball to Fisher.
Marion's arms were too long and his steals were too tricky, and he almost got out of control of the basketball, but he was a little more steady, but he still gave the ball to the guard and reorganized the offense.