Chapter 15: Seven-second shot
How to get the team to raise the tempo is what the league has always pursued.
So when the Suns' seven-second shot became a whirlwind, the league pushed the Suns hard, and even awarded the regular season MVP to Nash for two consecutive years.
Because the league has been scared by the positional defense battle between the Pistons and the Spurs, averaging 75 shots per game, which is 8 fewer than the 83 shots that the Lakers took three consecutive championships that year, and 13 fewer than the 88 shots per game average of the Suns in '05.
In pursuit of a better look, a smoother pace, and an unwavering shift in this direction, the league has changed the rules, adding three seconds to the offense, five seconds to the back, and many, many restrictions on having teams on the inside.
From the league's point of view, there is nothing wrong with this, the fans like to watch it, the TV audience likes to watch it, and the sponsors like to watch it, and everyone is happy.
But it's just that those inside lines are suffering, the footsteps of hard work are useless, the hard work of playing and shooting is useless, and the league even replaces the material of rebounds for you.
Since the Celtics won the championship in 08, no defensive team has won the championship, which can be seen from the direction of the league.
This is also the reason why Qin Zheng plans to keep Little Jordan, because the team in the future is getting faster and faster, even if it is a team with a big center.
So first of all, to be able to run, a traditional center like Carman has been forced by the league to have no way to live.
The Suns' starting lineup is Nash, Hill, Barbossa, Smalls and Channingfrye. The starting lineup on the Clippers' side is Davis, Gordon, Alssoton, Carman and Qin Zheng.
In this game, Qin Zheng still played the position of power forward, so he played against Xiao Si, a player with very strong athleticism and rich experience.
Xiao Si's height is not high, and his body is relatively thin compared to Qin Zheng, so Qin Zheng plans to have a good fight with Xiao Si in this game to see how powerful the player who can shoot Duncan to death.
Channingfrye lost to Qin Zheng on a jump ball, and the basketball was taken by Davis, and the Suns quickly retreated in place.
Davis first passed the ball to Carman, although Qin Zheng broke out in the last game, but Carman is still the original core after all.
Channingfrye is a weakened version of Xiao Si, who is a big man who is good at projection, but this kind of person is generally not very good at defense, so Carman is also very efficient in hitting Channingfrye with his back.
Xiao Si served from the bottom line, and after Nash received the ball, he rushed forward, not looking old at all.
As soon as Qin Zheng was in place, he saw that Grant Hill had already shot, outside the three-point line, and hit, from the serve to the end of the shot, it was less than ten seconds in total.
"Is this the Suns' seven-second trick?" Qin Zheng has watched the Suns' games in his last life or in his life, and he is certainly familiar with the seven-second offense, but this is the first time he has encountered it on the court.
In fact, this is already a degraded version of the seven-second attack, and the solar cyclone in '05 is the real seven-second fast attack.
Positional teams generally don't have a good way to do it for fast-break teams, otherwise you'll foul him, first Bowen will slow him down, and second, follow his rhythm, but the big man's back and forth running back and forth is more wasteful.
His idea is that this is the goal, and when you don't have the body, the shooting percentage will not be as high.
It's a pity that no one knows that Qin Zheng has such an innate skill as steel and iron bones, and with this skill, not only is his body not easy to get injured, but his body is also very good, just like an iron man who is tireless.
Unconsciously, the rhythm of the Clippers was brought up by the Suns, and the speed of the whole team became very fast.
Carman was a little out of breath after only five minutes, and Dunleavy had to replace him with Jordan Jr., a hardy black stick.
After Jordan Jr. came on the court, he began to entangle with Channing Fry, and with Jordan Jr., a lively stick, the Clippers' backcourt rebounds were well protected, and several frontcourt rebounds were also grabbed.
Although the Suns' offense was fast, it was a pity that by the end of the first quarter, the two teams were tied at 28-28.
Nash glanced at the number of jรน, and always felt that there was something abnormal about this, the pace of this game was obviously faster, why could the Clippers still get the same score as the Suns.
Nash didn't see the exact number of each person, and although the Suns brought the rhythm up, they didn't shoot very high, at 51 percent, compared to 56 percent for the Clippers. (This is the final number of the original game)
Although the Suns had 2 more shots than the Clippers, they didn't shoot well so the score was still the same.
Nash didn't even see Qin Zheng's count, scoring 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting, all of which were steady shots.
Really senior fans know that mid-pitching is the most difficult technique to practice, so there will be more and more blue-collar insiders in the league later, in addition to the change of atmosphere, the main thing is that the body of the black stick is getting stronger and stronger, and no matter how you shoot, you can't get in.
The three-point is very simple, if the run is out, the empty three-point is like shooting practice, but the mid-range shot always has to face the defense, whether it is the face frame or the back basket, you can only pursue a little bit of misalignment space.
In the second quarter of the game, Qin Zheng and Jordan Jr. sat on the bench, Dunleavy let Camby and Carman play, although the two insiders are old and the other is slow, but they are still very experienced, unlike Qin Zheng and Jordan Jr., one is a rookie, and the other is a rookie last season.
The Clippers team with Carman and Camby didn't seem to slow down, but fortunately, Carman still has a hand-shot skill, just like his compatriot driver, although it can't be used as a trick, but Channingfly, who has a mediocre defense, is still enough.
Although Camby is old, he can still explode with Xiao Si in a limited time, so after Qin Zheng and Jordan Jr. played, the score of the game was still not able to pull away, which was unexpected by Gentry.
You must know that the Suns were the top four in the West last season, and the Clippers can get the top pick, which can be explained, but in this game, the two teams were able to get the same score in the fast-paced game, and even the Clippers were one point ahead, which has to be said to be too weird.
Is it so useful to choose a champion?
After Qin Zheng came on the court, he slapped Gentry with a sturdy watch, telling him that he was so good that he could dominate the situation on the court.
After Qin Zheng rested for five minutes, his body was very good, and he was constantly running back and forth in two halves, not clumsy at all, and he was not at all different from Yao Ming's appearance.
Looking at Qin Zheng, Gentry seemed to see Barkley back then, running all over the field, but Barkley was 20 cm shorter than Qin Zheng!
In the second part of the second quarter, Qin Zheng began to attack, who made Little Jordan have no offensive ability, except for dunking.
Hit Xiao Si with his back, and after half turning around, he raised his left arm, and his right hand was a small hook hand, O'Neill's peerless Qin Zheng also learned well.
If it weren't for the small hook of this hand, he would have been hacked to death by virtue of O'Neal's mid-range shot.
So by the end of the first half, the Suns still couldn't catch up with the score, and the score was further stretched, who let Qin Zheng shoot 8 times and hit 5 shots in less than 7 minutes, plus two free throws, scored 12 points, and cut 24 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists at halftime, while the Clippers also ended the first half with a four-point lead of 59:55.