Chapter 536: The Sun That Is Not What It Used To Be

To say that the opponent you want to beat the most away from home is not accurate. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

To be precise, it was the opponent who wanted to beat away from home the most last season.

And this opponent is the Phoenix Suns.

In the 07-08 season, the Hawks defeated the Suns without Stoudamire at home, but on the road, they were beaten by the well-staffed Suns and suffered one of the worst losses of the season.

Ruan Erniu later put forward such a view when summing up the gains and losses with Woodson, Embarrassment, and Bibi.

Perhaps it was that game that gave birth to the Hawks' trust in small-ball tactics, and through the excellent team lineup, there was a magical chemistry in the playoffs, and the "Birds of Prey" small-ball tactics were born.

Some things are destined to meet in the dark, and they are destined to explode in the dark.

This season, the Hawks have doubled their three-point shooting offensive skills on the basis of last season, and have become a team that is good at offensive and defensive transitions, has deep rebounding strength, and can play offensive explosiveness with accurate long-range shooting.

If the Eagles, who have entered the peak state, want to establish hegemony in the alliance, they will naturally crush their former opponents one by one.

Since last season and so far this season, there are fewer and fewer teams that can really pose a threat to the Hawks, and the Suns are one of the few teams that have not yet been fully conquered.

Unfortunately, this season's Suns are no longer the same team they were last season.

Trading Marion for the Big Sharks, trading Dio, Laga Bale for Jason Richardson, plus firing Mike D'Antoni for the Squid, this is a standard positional team.

In the eyes of Suns general manager Steve Kerr, perhaps this is a configuration closer to a championship.

On the flight to Phoenix, Ruan Erniu said with regret: "I'm still more like competing with the legendary running team, and now it's another team." ”

"It's hard to meet your requirements, unless you go back to a few years ago, by the way, I think the best team should be the Suns team in the 04-05 season!"

Bibby pouted: "I think the Kings in the 01-02 season are the best team. ”

These two guys, ostensibly arguing about the merits of the team, are actually remembering their glory days, because they were both part of a storied history at the time.

Princeton, which is gorgeous to death, became an instant hit and swept the league, which is not only the glory of the players and the team, but also the memory of an era.

Erniu spread his hands and said: "I can only say that the current Atlanta Hawks is the best team I have ever seen!"

Speaking of this, the teammates raised their hands and shouted, "Long live the eagles!"

In Phoenix, the average temperature in January is 19 degrees Celsius during the day and 5 degrees Celsius at night.

When the Atlanta boys first got off the plane, they were still wearing team-made jackets, and after dragging their luggage for a while, more than 80% of them changed into T-shirts.

Phoenix is a desert with dry air, and the air conditioner on the bus on which the Eagles were on the way to the hotel broke down, and the generals were basically sweating profusely.

They went back to the house to take a shower and went to bed early, but the next day they ran into trouble again during the acclimatization session, when Dragic sprained his ankle in an inadvertent collision and had to miss tonight's game.

Subsequently, Solomon Jones sprained his wrist on another layup, and the team doctor also advised the team to put him on the injury list just to be on the insurance list.

Before the game even began, the Eagles lost two players, much to the upset of the rest of the players.

The eclipse guy became even more suspicious: "Could it be the curse of the Phoenix people? Aren't their team doctors very good at treating players who have suffered major injuries? Will these people have a way to transfer injuries belonging to Suns players to other teams?"

"I've heard of this kind of witchcraft in Georgia, are we looking for something to purify?"

Purify? You still ward off evil spirits!

Of course, Ruan Erniu stopped his teammates from messing around as soon as possible. Instead of believing in some ethereal curse, take tonight's game seriously and try to take a win in Phoenix.

"I've been with the Suns, and there's certainly no such sorcery here, and Tom is a good professional doctor, and I've met him more than once, and he's never done anything like that." ”

Jokes are always jokes, and as a professional footballer, of course, winning comes first.

January 13, 2008, Phoenix American Airlines Center. (This is the American Airlines Center, while Miami and Dallas are called the American Route Center, and the English spelling is not consistent)

The Hawks announced their starting lineup early, and as in previous games, there were no changes to the Hawks' starting lineup.

And the Suns' starters, compared with the previous games, have not changed much:

C Shaquille O'Neal

PF Amare Stadameyer

S.F. Grant Hill

SG Jason Richardson

P.G. Steve Nash

It was yet another well-known all-rice livestream, with ESPN fielding the classic trio of Jeff Van Gundy, Mike Brin and Mark Jackson.

The Celestial Empire Imperial Court Station also sent the classic Shuangping combination composed of Zhang Li and Sun Zhenping to broadcast the game live in the studio hall.

A few years ago, the basketball circle of the Celestial Empire was hyping the "Yao Shark Showdown", but last season, after Ruan Erniu was born, now the "Bull Shark War" has become a more talkative topic among the audience of the Celestial Empire.

Admittedly, the shark is a year older, and last season's data fell to a miserable average of 13.6+9.1 per game, but this season, the shark seems to have some recovery momentum, and the average of 17.8+8.4 per game is certainly not comparable to the peak, but the power of this shark should not be underestimated.

No one can say whether he did his best in the regular season, and whether he would save his strength until the playoffs!

If Ruan Erniu wants to sit firmly in the position of the first center, he still has to continue to step on the shoulders of this old shark.

A generation of new people replaces the old people, and if the old guys are not beaten to the ground, where will there be a new person's future?

O'Neill and Erniu jumped the ball in the middle circle, Ruan Erniu took the lead with his bounce speed, and the lunar eclipse got the basketball and passed it to Bibi on his side, and the game began.

Bibby holds the ball in front of the court and observes the situation on the field.

The lunar eclipse suddenly ran back, and through the cover of the two bulls, the air cut into the inner line.

Bibby didn't hesitate and immediately sent the ball over.

The eclipse catches the basketball in the air, and if it is dunked, it will be a wonderful air catch.

Stadameyer has been blocked by Erniu, and he is powerless to stop the ball, but that doesn't mean Phoenix's basket is unguarded.

"Whoosh!"

"Boom!"

A sturdy figure flew up, and then a big slap was swung down, and the lunar eclipse was directly shot out of the bottom line, and the basketball had already flown into the hands of the audience in the third row of the bottom line.

"Oh......"

The home fans let out an exclamation as they saw a monster over 150KG flying in the air!

Maybe the game had just begun, and the falling O'Neill didn't make any arrogant celebrations, just smiled lightly, and said to Ruan Erniu, who came over to pick up the lunar eclipse: "Remember, little guy, this is a no-fly zone!"