At Phoenix West Arena, the two teams that are the first in the East and West are battling.

The Philadelphia 76ers took the lead, and when Nash and his Suns were playing their best pick-and-roll combination, Kyle Lowry, a sophomore who had just arrived in Philadelphia this season, suddenly started up and made a wonderful anticipatory steal, followed by Philadelphia's most accustomed fast-break combination, Iguodala scored a dunk.

Nash wasn't a fuel-efficient lamp either, and after that he began to adjust his tempo, relying less on passing, and turning on individual attacking mode.

While Nash hasn't been a top-tier attacker, his crosshairs and range can cause problems for any opponent when it matters most.

Steve Nash, step-back jumper...... HOHO！ Entered! Went in again!! ”

With Barkley's yelling, Nash dribbled to the side after a high post block, followed by a trademark "lay-back jumper" near the corner of the free-throw line that hit the basketball.

"What an incredible big heart! Steve Nash scored 7 points in a row, and the Philadelphia 76ers were beaten 7-0! ”

Nash's personal strong offense, coupled with the Suns' ubiquitous firepower, the rest of the Philadelphia players couldn't step forward to help Lowry defend him.

Relying on Lowry's defense alone, no matter how precocious his entanglement skills are, it is impossible to easily limit the former MVP.

"Don't think too much about it, let him pass the rounds that have already passed, and keep his rhythm!"

Cheeks shouted from the sidelines, and Lowry's face didn't show any change in expression, indifferent as ice, nodded slightly, and dribbled away.

So far this season, Lowry's stats have made great progress, averaging 13 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists per game, and 2.7 steals from the outside temporarily rank third in the league. On the one hand, Philadelphia praised the unique and accurate vision of the Philadelphia side, and did not hesitate to send the starting point guard Miller to win Lowry, and now from the data point of view, Lowry's court role is almost the same as Miller.

Not to mention that the deal also gave the team a low-post attack that could send a low-post offense in the transition, and the Avengers took a very solid first step, a trade that won enough chips to keep Philadelphia at the huge table in the NBA.

On the other hand, a voice is also ringing.

"Last season's most improved player was the Chinese kid. This season, at least so far, Lowry, who has increased his average points by nearly 8 points, rebounds by 1, assists by nearly 4, and steals by 1.6, definitely hopes to win the Most Improved Player award for Philadelphia again! ”

Has this ever happened in history when the most improved player was produced two years in a row?

Never.

The closest to this achievement. There are several teams that have won the Most Improved Player award again after a one-year gap, including the Washington Bullets who won three Most Improved Player awards in five years from 1992 to 1996, and the Magic and Pacers who shared four Most Improved Player awards in four years from 1999 to 2002.

But even the awards? It never happened.

Moreover. After predicting that Lowry would hopefully compete for the Most Improved Award, he also boldly extrapolated that next year the 76ers would trade Hellam Porter within the year. If Milicic can make great progress, in another year's time, maybe he will be the most improved player. It will also be included in the bag by Milicic, who is from Philadelphia and has managed to get a starting position.

The most improved player to win three consecutive titles? Sounds pretty good!

Back to the game.

Lowry controlled the ball and came to the frontcourt, and Chen Mu stepped forward to block and dismantle, made a match that was exactly the same as the Sun's starting style and then went down, Lowry pulled to the side, and then made a breakthrough, causing Nash to retreat half a step back to defend Lowry's good breakthrough, and at this moment, the basketball was hoisted high.

The inner line is empty!

Chen Mu had already jumped, the free throw line took off next, and when he was about to catch the basketball in the air, a huge black shadow burst out from under the sun basket.

"Humph!"

Dwight Howard was a pillar of optimism, his hands outstretched, his terrifying reach unleashed, and the space under the basket was completely occupied without a single flaw.

With the basketball defender, the Suns' restricted area is no longer what it used to be, and it is not the object of wanton bullying by anyone!

"Smack"

Receiving the ball in the air, Chen Mu pulled down with his right hand and slapped the ball to the ground, no matter how good his physical fitness was, he was not stupid enough to challenge Howard's defensive block head-on.

The basketball landed in the air, and from a distance, it looked like Chen Mu had a block, and with a slap down, the basketball rebounded and actually drilled under Howard's crotch.

“YO……！ It's a ...... choice."

"Bang!"

Before Barkley's words were finished, Bowler, who was completely empty under the basket, had already received the ball and completed the dunk.

"What a weird choice!"

Kenny Smith was also dumbfounded, the Chinese kid likes to send elusive passes from the crotch of defenders, which is a habit that many people in the league already know. But in the air, take advantage of the moment when the opponent jumps to make such a difficult high-rebound pass? This choice can only be described by the word weird!

"Chinese boy, after eating Howard's crotch space after jumping, he used Howard's amazing jumping ability to set up a puzzle, what a shrewd Chinese!"

The Suns counterattacked, Philadelphia's retreat was very fast, Nash did not attack personally after blocking and dismantling again, but used Lowry to send a pass at the moment when he pounced up, Xiao Si hit a free throw line jumper after receiving the ball, and Dalem Porter, who was responsible for defending Xiao Si not far away, was not out of the restricted area!

Philadelphia attacked, Lowry's pass to Iguodala, who and Chen Mu came to a one-two, and just wanted to shoot after coming to the basket, Howard's ubiquitous figure appeared in front of him again.

This guy is really energetic!

Even if Iguodala could fly, he couldn't completely escape Howard's huge defensive control and had no choice but to pass the ball in the air. Chen Mu rushed to the horse, and the moment he received the ball, he sent it behind his back, and Korver, who was on the weak side, had run out of the vacancy at some point, and the ball was a three-point shot.

"Huh"

Three-point shot, 9-7, the 76ers clung to the score.

Next, both teams that had completed the tentative period began to pull out all the stops. The fans were dedicated to an incomparably wonderful offensive and defensive round, and the scene was high-tide and the fans were fascinated.

The Suns' offense was like mercury, and after Nash and Smalls gradually opened up, other points also found their senses, Ragabel hit two three-pointers in a row, followed by Grant Hill's weak-side air-cut basket score, Howard also received Nash's NOLOOKINGPASS, and Tarzan completed an aerial relay dunk at the top.

Philadelphia, for its part, still maintains the style of last season. Countless defensive counterattacks, although the offensive details are a little rusty due to the lack of a master like Nash to deploy, but its overall outside speed can also be ranked among the best in the league. Especially after replacing Miller with Lowry, the counterattack has been further accelerated, and the new defensive system that the Suns have just formed has no chance to play at all, Bell, Hill, and Howard have not yet been put in place, and the offense of Philadelphia has been played.

Iguodala showed a high fit with Lowry in this wave of attacks. The two steel cannons ran up and completely left the well-mannered Nash and Hill behind, and it was a surprise attack. Unless Howard rushes back to the basket in time to make up for the defense, the two can always score points.

The game is exciting, and you have a lot of rounds to go back and forth. Looking at it, the fans also saw the doorway.

The two sides took the traditional path of outside matchups, with Philadelphia pestering Nash with Lowry to reduce the Wind Child's involvement in the Suns' offense. On the other side of the sun, Bell was sacrificed to Korver. The marksman did nothing except for receiving a pass from Chen Mu and hitting three points, but was stolen by Bale on the defensive end and hit two goals.

Small forwards Hill and Iguodala are showing their abilities, although Iguodala's individual defense is superior. But Hill is now changing his style of play, and Iguodala is also a headache for a lot of off-ball running, and his performance is not lagging behind.

On the inside, both teams think the same thing:

Use a center with a strong defense and weak offense to fight against the opponent's strong offensive power forward.

Xiao Si's offense is still above Chen Mu, surpassing the league's big forward by a grade, and no matter how hard Durham Porter Rao is, he can't completely limit Xiao Si's mid-range shooting and assault.

Howard's situation is slightly better, he has experience in defending Chen Mu, he has advantages in strength, height, bounce, and arm span, and he doesn't lose too much mobility.

However, the difference between Chen Mu and Xiao Si is that Xiao Si is a pure finisher, and the ball will basically not come out again when it is in his hand. But Chen Mu is one of the best inside passers in the league, and when his strong attack is blocked, he repeatedly sends wonderful passes to assist his teammates to score, and he does not suffer on the field.

Coupled with the contribution of rebounding, many fans have seen that the two teams seem to cooperate as a team, and under the surface of playing team basketball, their essence is simple.

The lifeblood of the Suns is Nash, whether it's passing or individual attack, Nash is still the unstoppable MVP.

Philadelphia's lifeblood is Chen Mu, even if his personal strong offense is not ideal, his rebounds and passes are still the foundation of Philadelphia's survival defensive counterattack.

The killer moves of the two teams are actually no different from last season. Although there are new helpers around each other, in the final analysis, these two teams are still the teams of Nash and Chen Mu.

"Toot!"

The whistle blew, Lowry's ultra-long three-pointer missed, and the first quarter ended, 33-31, and the Suns led the 76ers by 2 points at home, and the game went into intermission.

"Good, good!"

Cheeks applauded the efforts of the players, and the first player in the West was so anxious that the boys definitely deserved his applause.

"Everything went according to plan, the second quarter started, the tempo was lowered, and the ball was given to Chen as soon as the half was over."

Cheeks walked up to Chen Mu's side, reached out and patted Chen Mu's shoulder, who was pouring sports drinks, and the latter almost choked to death, causing a burst of laughter.

"Use your new skills to surprise your old teammates......!" (To be continued......)