"Well done." The Warriors players on the bench stood up and high-fived their teammates in celebration, while the Suns were much more dreary.

Van Gundy said: "The Warriors are starting to gain the upper hand. Zhou Xuan can indeed pass the ball like Nash, his salary is much less than Nash, and the base salary is high, which is the most exciting. ”

"Magic" Johnson said: "Zhou Xuan's selection as an All-Star today is expected, and even Kobe's record as the youngest All-Star has been broken, and Kobe's regular season statistics that year are not as beautiful as him." ”

Van Gundy said: "I think he will break a lot of records in the future, as long as he stays healthy. ”

Old Nelson didn't make special arrangements for tactics, so he let Zhou Xuan control the situation on the offensive end, and Ellis had to pay attention to the empty cut of the bottom line, emphasizing more defense.

Gentry changed tactics. "Steve, you go to defend Zhou Xuan again, the others pay attention to rotation, especially the defense in the middle must not be relaxed. Matt (Barnes), you have to chase after the pick-and-roll is misplaced, don't let the defender make it easy to do the action and play Camby, and the others should pay attention to the rotation position. ”

Barnes's weakness was caught by Zhou Xuan. After reading the Barnes data collected by the Warriors, Zhou Xuan knew very well how to play.

Defensively, Barnes has always performed a lot of tough tasks, and he often has to defend the opposition's best perimeter players every game. He's very aggressive on the defensive end, and he's proud of his defensive ability. He's an excellent defensive iron gate, and his efficiency rating ranked 65th among all players last season. It's just that his emaciated physique and underdeveloped muscles make him face something like LeBron? James, Paul? Pierce has a headache when he is a physically fit player.

Statistics show that Barnes is "good" or "excellent" in three of the four most common tactics of defense. But he has a very obvious weakness: pick-and-roll.

Zhou Xuan watched Barnes' game video and concluded that the way to break Barnes' defense is very simple, just use a big man to separate Barnes, and Barnes will have a high probability of changing the defensive screener, rather than continuing to scramble or continue to chase the outside player. Last season, for every 105 offensive players who blocked 53 times, Barnes rushed to the screener. On average, each time a match is dismantled, the attacker will get 1. 057 points. Last season, there were 82 players who did better than Barnes in the defensive pick-and-roll, including Nash, Boikins, and Bibby, a statistic that proves that as long as the defender dodges Barnes by covering it, he can misplace and play the inside big man as much as he wants, and he doesn't have to worry about someone rushing out from behind to poke the ball out.

The game restarted, and Nash defended Zhou Xuan. The Warriors also changed their play, and Randolph pulled out to cover. In this way, Stadameyer's defense and dismantling did not dare to get too close to Zhou Xuan, Randolph's mid-range shot was very accurate, and it was terrible to hit Nash in a misplaced position. By the time Nash bypassed Randolph, Zhou Xuan had also found a passing space and sent the ball to the baseline, and Biedrins covered without the ball to help Ellis get rid of Barnes and attack the basket.

Camby's change of defense to Ellis is more tragic than the misplaced defense of Zhou Xuan. Ellis accelerated to the basket and shook off the defense to score, if Camby didn't come out, Ellis shot directly, his shot was not as threatening as the break, but the vacancy was also assured.

Nash and Studamayre's blocking power continued unabated, and although the Warriors worked hard to switch positions, there would still be some gaps, and both sides attacked beautifully, and the Warriors led by 6 points 38-32 in the first quarter, and the score did not stretch.

As usual, Zhou Xuan rested in the second quarter, and Ellis and Morrow played. Striker Azubuuk, inside is Turiaf and Antony? Randolph.

As soon as Ellis returned, Watson and Duby had few opportunities to play. Watson has been relegated to the third bench, sharing playing time with Dolby.

Even old Nelson prefers Dolby. Dolby's shot is fast, very scary when his hands are hot, and he also has skilled ball handling skills and super explosiveness. The disadvantage is that his skeleton is too small, his shoulders are narrow, and he is destined to be a very thin skinny man, who is difficult to build muscles. The No. 2 position suffers, and the No. 1 position has a relatively narrow passing vision.

The Suns bench guard is Barbossa, Barnes is a point guard, the small forward is Dudley, and the power forward is coming back to the Suns from the Clippers Tim? Thomas, the center is rookie Robin? Lopez.

The Suns' bench relied primarily on Barbossa to score, and he had unlimited shots in the second quarter. Warriors Ellis is still at point guard, and Nelson Sr. doesn't expect him to be well organized, so he arranges a pick-and-roll strategy, and the two outside shooters wait for him to break through to attract the defense and then divide the ball.

The Suns were very mobile and small-ball tactics, and they didn't let Ellis do whatever he wanted. Barbossa felt good today, relying on the block and continuous scoring to chase the difference back. Tim? Thomas can pull up to the perimeter to shoot, outperforming the Warriors' two in terms of opening up inside to help his teammates create opportunities, and Lopez can quickly return to the defense once he misses the perimeter shot after blocking and dismantling. The Suns didn't give up fighting for frontcourt rebounds like this, but handed over the task to Barnes, who was in the air.

Barnes is averaging five rebounds per game this season. 5, 40 minutes efficiency is 7. 6, the best of small forwards, and his rebounding ability is much needed in a team that is bombarded.

When Dudley hit a three-pointer to overtake the score, Nelson Sr. sighed: "No, Monta will never be able to play like Zhou Xuan, he can't see the space on the court at all." ”

Smart asked, "Do you want to change now?" Let the week go up a little earlier. ”

"Wait, wait for the official pause." Old Nelson shook his head.

Before Jackson returned, the Warriors backcourt was already full of talent, Watson and Azubuike's playing time was greatly reduced, and when Jackson returned, the ball distribution will face a bigger problem. Old Nelson knew about Ellis's character, and it would be troublesome to fight again. Old Nelson didn't want his disciple to become a cancer, and told him how to fight as well as let him experience it on the court.

By the time of the official timeout, the Suns had a two-point lead at 48-50, and the Warriors scored only 10 points in the half-quarter. Nelson Sr. replaced Ellis with Zhou Xuan, and Moreau continued to stay on the field, along with Zach Randolph and Margeti.

The Suns also immediately changed to the main force, Stoudamire on the center position, Thomas as a power forward, Dudley, Richardson, and Nash on the outside. This is the Suns' strongest offensive lineup.

As a forward, Thomas has never had more than five career rebounds, and he doesn't like to stand under the basket. Although his defensive ability is average, he is much better than the current Camby in terms of blocking and dismantling, especially when the defender breaks through. Stadameyer single-handedly defended Randolph in the low post, and as a result, the defensive intensity increased compared to the first quarter. And the Sun's attack power has increased significantly, Thomas will pull to the outside, and the Sun will block the time, and the inside space will be all caught.

Anthony? Randolph continued to stay on the field, relying on speed to defend Thomas, Zach? Randolph has become the Warriors' worst interior barrier, and the holes are obvious. Whether Nash bursts on his own after blocking the pick-and-roll or passes to Stoudmayre, it puts a lot of pressure on the Warriors.

The Warriors' offense is also sharp. Zhou Xuan split the ball after blocking and dismantling, Margeti played Dudley with a physical advantage, passed to Randolph, and he could also single Stadameyer in the low post.

At halftime, 63-66, the Warriors trailed by three points.

The most depressed person for the Warriors is Fat Randolph, who has been passed over and over again, and can only try to score on the offensive end to get back on the court. The most depressed person in the Sun is Nash, without Camby, Zhou Xuan singled him two more, using him as a breakthrough in the attack, and everyone found out that he was not Zhou Xuan's opponent one-on-one.

The radio commentator commented on the game in the middle of the game, and Van Gundy looked at the data and said: "Zhou Xuan had 15 points and 8 assists in the half, and the efficiency was amazing. Nash only had 8 points and 6 assists, and he should be able to get a double-double, but Zhou Xuan performed better today. ”

Johnson said: "If you continue to play in this state, maybe Zhou Xuan can win 30+15, which must be a big double." The Suns' defense of Zhou Xuan was very unsuccessful. It seems that Zhou Xuan also intends to compare, and he is playing very actively today. ”

On the NBA's Baidu Tieba platform, Chinese fans are discussing the game. Warriors VS Rockets injured Yao Ming, instead of fans blaming Zhou Xuan for passing, he has a tendency to completely replace Yao Ming as China's No. 1 star. There has already been discussion about whether Zhou Xuan is likely to continue to play well in the next games, improve his stats, and compete for this year's regular season MVP. When Jackson returns, the Warriors' record may be further improved.

There are always people who think that the sum of the numbers between the stars is the team's total score, and in fact, there are so many offensive players in the Warriors right now that they need blue-collar players. When Jackson comes back, he can't shoot like he did before, and he must focus on defense. This is a test for him after only a few days as a leader in the new season.

Fans want to see the offense, but the managers of both teams are arranging the defense and trying to find a way to kill the opponent's arrowheads. The Sun is a little more troublesome, Nash can't defend against Zhou Xuan, and it's even more difficult to defend others.

In the home team's locker room, Gentry said: "Amare, now that Shackel is not here, it's good that you play energetically, but you have to play more on the defensive end, you can't let Randolph score anymore, resist him, don't jump easily, and interfere with the shot." In the second half, Zhou Xuan and Ellis are likely to play together, Jason (Richardson), you have to try to cut points on Ellis. ”

When Richardson was with the Warriors, Ellis was just a rookie, and he had a mental advantage.

Interestingly, Nelson Sr. also focused on Randolph's defense, "Zach, try to block Nash, don't let him break through easily, if the ball is distributed to the middle, Andris should pay attention to the defense." Defending against Stadameyer in the low post, his back-to-back attacking ability is not too strong. ”

After the Suns trade, the strength of the two teams was half a pound.