Chapter 538: The Eagle Strikes the Sky, Sunset West Mountain

"The Eagles are the only one player in the game, Kraft Nguyen, and they've always been terrible in Phoenix. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Since the start of the '85-86 season, the two teams have played each other in 22 games in Phoenix, with the Hawks winning only four of them.

Atlantans have never had an advantage in the desert. Mike Brin concludes when looking through historical sources.

Jeff Van Gundy said: "History isn't the most important thing, the Hawks are in their prime, and the Suns have a 21-13 record this season.

Although they are still the giants of the West, they are far from the all-powerful run-and-gun team, and the rest of the Hawks are playing too badly to hold Kraft Nguyen back. ”

Mark Jackson, however, said: "I don't fully agree with that.

Kraft Nguyen focused too much on the confrontation with O'Neal in the first quarter, and neglected the tandem with his teammates to a certain extent, and the Hawks' overall offense was not fluid, more in individual singles, and I think this was the real reason why the Hawks fell behind in the first quarter. ”

Van Gundy Jr. retorted: "Do your teammates have a bad hand and still have to hand over the ball? If you do this, the Hawks will only fall behind more, and I think the Celestial Empire has no problem doing it." ”

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ESPN's commentary bench is naturally free to argue without any restrictions, but on the basketball court, a team must have and only one center.

Ruan Erniu said to his teammates: "Forget about the first quarter, we didn't have any problems with the rhythm of the game.

It's only temporary, we need to be better defensively and keep putting pressure on the opposition.

I repeat, I don't have to wrap up O'Neal, I'm going to do him alone, and I'm going to block the scores of the other Suns. ”

Speaking of which, Ruan Erniu also subconsciously glanced at the lunar eclipse, among these people, the most uneasy thing for him was the confrontation between the lunar eclipse and Xidi (Xiao S, Amare Stoudeyer), Xidi's basket attack was quite good, once the lunar eclipse head was hot, but no one could help him fill the position.

Erniu has focused more on defending O'Neal, and he really can't spare too much energy to make up for Xidi.

The second quarter of the game went on as usual, with both teams fielding their own substitutes.

Dragic sprained his ankle, so Ronald Murray got more playing time.

The "President" held the ball on the outside, first sent the ball to the hands of the embarrassed son, who broke through the ball, and the ball returned to Murray.

Tonight, Embarrassed Sen's hand felt average, and even the desire to attack was not strong enough, and I don't know if the familiar Phoenix City made him unable to get 100% competitive state.

Murray accelerated past Samba's lightning and Barbossa's defense, then hit a mid-range shot from 17 feet.

The Suns missed the shot, the Birdman grabbed the backcourt rebound, passed straight to the court, and it was Murray again, taking advantage of the unstable foothold of Dudley who changed his defense, after an acceleration past the opponent, he made a 2-point shot at a position of about 20 feet, and hit it!

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Ronald Murray scored consecutive goals, shooting 4 of 4 in a short period of time, and instantly closed the gap.

If it weren't for Barbossa's 2-of-3 shooting from beyond the three-point line, the Hawks would have overtaken the score.

For a player like Murray, the highlight reel is very short-lived, and if the claw machine is not injured, it will be quite difficult for the president to mix even a little playing time under the physical maniac Embarrassment.

Fortunately, he finally did not miss this opportunity, and when the desire to make a move was not strong, Murray ushered in an explosion in this section of the game.

The game continued, and the two teams entered their normal rotation time, and Erniu once again ushered in the opportunity to confront O'Neal.

On the offensive end of the Suns, the Sharks held the ball in the low post and raised the P shares to try to eat the two bulls.

"Bang!", "Bang!......

Erniu learned to be smart, he was not obsessed with the strength of O'Neill, and suddenly withdrew under the strong confrontation.

O'Neill fell on all fours, and the basketball was immediately broken by Erniu and delivered to Assilao.

Assi held the ball over half the court, Ruan Erniu received the ball near the free throw line, and within 0.5 seconds after receiving the ball, Erniu threw the ball high.

It's a lunar eclipse!

He shook off Xidi's defense, flew into the air, and after catching the ball with both hands, he completed a ferocious slam dunk.

After falling, the lunar eclipse made a flying gesture quite arrogantly, and in the process of retreating, he released a collision with Xidi, and the two were under frequent physical contact, it was inevitable that some dirty words were in their mouths, and the scene was very tense for a while, but fortunately, the referee and teammates pulled the two away in time.

After the referee watched the video replay, he gave each of them a T, and after each team took a penalty, the game continued.

It was the Hawks' defensive end again, and it was the low post again, and the two bulls suddenly took a risk forward and cut off Nash's pass to O'Neal.

AND HELD THE BALL ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONTCOURT, A CROSSOVER, DODGED GRANT HILL'S SUPPLEMENTARY DEFENSE, TWO STEPS INTO THE PENALTY AREA, JUMPED HIGH, AND SCORED A VIOLENT DUNK ON THE COUNTERATTACK.

"You're old!" Erniu replied while not forgetting to verbally attack O'Neal.

Famous generals have never been like beauties, and heroes are not allowed to see white heads.

Ruan Erniu did not miss the opportunity to taunt his opponent, even if the opponent in front of him was a top 50 superstar, who may have been the most dominant inside line in the world, the only two cornerstones in history, the legendary "Qiao Xuan Qiao, no Qiao Xuan Shark"!

In the subsequent offensive round of the Suns, it seems that Erniu's statement was also verified.

After the big shark asked for a low position, he leaned on the two bulls to hook his hand and shoot, and hit the iron!

Ruan Erniu won the rebound in the backcourt and immediately made a long pass to the frontcourt, Salmons begged for speed in the chaos, and made a three-point chase to help the Hawks overtake the score.

The eagles are picking up speed, but the sun is not coming up!

Nash's assists per game average this season has dropped to 9.7 from 11.1 last season, and Nash's assist stats will certainly suffer when paired with players with top-notch finishing ability and need to dominate the ball.

The most important thing is that the Sun's imposing running and bombardment can't be beaten, which puts Nash in a very embarrassing state.

Fans who have watched the Suns game know that Nash is the kind of player who can only play his best when he is in a small-ball state.

O'Neal kept saying he wanted to keep up with the Suns last season, but this season, the Suns have fully adapted to his pace.

To some extent, this can be seen as a manifestation of the dominance of the big shark, and even at the end of his career, he can still form a system with him as the core.

But to put it another way, it's also a disservice to the Suns themselves.

The Sharks are no longer young, he's not as much of a threat in the low post as they once were, and Phoenix themselves have lost their run-and-gun advantage, which has undoubtedly deprived the team of its biggest feature and become a playoff team that doesn't seem to be the crowd.

Such a team may be able to win some wonderful games in the regular season, but on the road to winning the championship, such a lineup is undoubtedly self-defeating.

At 33:19, the Hawks scored 14 points in the second quarter to lead the home team by five points at 55:50 in the first half.

From trailing by 9 points to overtaking by 5 points, the Hawks played quite calmly in the second quarter.

Zhang Li was in the commentary hall of the imperial court, and even praised directly: "Erniu completed the task of defending O'Neal well in the second quarter, judging from the team's record and personal data, he is the active first center!"