Sun Hao turned his head when he heard the voice, his brows furrowed slightly.

He didn't remember much of Tim Thomas.

The only impression is similar to that of the others, which comes from the sentence "you will regret it" he said after he wanted to come to the Lakers and was rejected.

Hearing this sentence again, this big mouth, a little owed!

Payton held the ball to the frontcourt, and Sun Hao reached out to pass the ball.

He was not angered by Thomas's words, because ...... When people aren't on the field, it doesn't make sense for you to be angry.

The problem now is that the Lakers have to put the ball in the basket.

The offense and defense in that round just now showed that the Suns' counterattack efficiency was one notch higher than that of the Warriors.

In this case, the Lakers need to keep the rhythm down.

Or to put it another way, they need to guarantee the success rate of the attack.

Sun Hao saw that the Suns were not in the bag, and turned around to break through after facing Petrus's continuous shaking.

The biggest change from the Suns' history is that the starting quarterback has changed from Raja Bell to Petrus.

Both men are different in size and defensive style, but they are both defensive giants.

However, one-on-one, it is still a little difficult for them to prevent Sun Hao.

But at the moment when Sun Hao turned around to finish, he looked up and saw that Marion's assistance had arrived!

Many people may not know much about Marion, and their knowledge of him is more about his ugly shooting posture.

It is true that Marion has some shortcomings.

The result of his ugly posture is an inconsistent three-point shooting percentage and a general ability to handle the ball, which prevents him from becoming the top superstar.

But apart from those two, Marion's other abilities are super all-star calibre.

Top air cut awareness, finishing ability, movement, top speed and bounce in the forward position, top single defense and co-defense ability from the second position to the number five position......

It's hard to imagine a 2.01m small forward who has 8+ rebounds for most of his career, or even 10+ for several seasons.

And, in addition to that, he can also average 2+ steals and 1.5+ blocks per game!

If these stats were put on Draymond Green, Green could blow himself up as the No. 1 interior player in NBA history.

Because of Nash and Stoudemire's light, many people tend to overlook his presence.

But when you actually meet him in the ring, you can't ignore him anyway.

Sun Haochang tried to speed directly past Marion, but Petrus had already come from behind.

And both of them have long arm spans, blocking his shooting and passing routes.

He had no choice but to turn outside and dribble through the bag and dribble back to the three-point line.

Although the ball was not conceded, more than half of the attacking time had been wasted.

The defensive strength of the Suns is evident.

And this time the offense is tried, and it is difficult to guarantee the success rate if you want to catch Nash.

In the past, when Nash was still on the Warriors, no one could wipe his ass for him, but now in the Suns, four people are waiting in line to wipe him!

However, Sun Hao's reaction was also very fast, and he directly raised his hand to beckon O'Neill to pull to a high position to block the demolition.

O'Neal has limited energy right now, and keeping him under the basket on the offensive end is the most energy-saving.

But the current situation is not the time to think about that.

O'Neill mentioned the high position, and Sun Hao took advantage of the cover to shoot from a mid-range.

O'Neill was originally big, but after getting fat, he became even bigger, like a mountain of meat.

Petrus felt like he couldn't get around it, and in fact he had to hit his head on Roshan.

And Sun Hao is a single-action shot, and Marion has no time to help defend.

"Huh!"

Basketball hollow into the net.

The Lakers have finally broken the scoring drought on the court!

Sun Hao high-fived O'Neal after scoring a goal, and he also knew how to play the most suitable Suns team.

Nash continued to play with Smalls in the frontcourt, and this time the Lakers shrank, and Nash sent the ball to the bottom corner with a flowing back-to-back hand-changing pass.

Marion catches the ball and shows off his slightly ugly shooting stance.

"Huh!"

Ugly is ugly, but the ball still goes in!

Less stable means that there is a lot of volatility, and it does not mean that there is no three-point ability.

In fact, in the third and fourth years of his career, it was this ugly posture that Marion shot nearly 40% from three-point range for two consecutive seasons.

Even in recent years, the shooting percentage has declined, close to a third.

7 to 2!

The Suns are pulling away!

Sun Hao's pre-game prediction was right, the Suns are their toughest opponent in the playoffs so far!

"I have to say, the combination of this team is perfect."

On the commentary bench, Barkley couldn't help but speak.

Although he is still Sun Fuki, he is also a famous sun.

Kenny Smith on the side nodded earnestly.

The Suns' ability to go from a countdown to a championship team last season, and then to the integration of offense and defense this season, is not the credit of either D'Antoni or Nash alone.

It's rather, as Barkley said, these players are so perfectly matched.

Marion's biggest flaw is that he can't hold the ball, but when he gets to Nash, he doesn't need him to attack with the ball at all!

It's the same with Stoudemire, who has been more disastrous with the ball than Marion, but with Nash, he's more at home as a tactical starting point!

And then back to Nash, he couldn't find a strong teammate on the Warriors, but in the Suns, they were all strong players!

Not to mention that the Suns bench still has a jack-of-all-trades Boris Dior.

However, if the Lakers are either easily defeated, it is also underestimating the Lakers and the instant kill combination.

Fans had a feeling that the Lakers were not exerting their strength, but they couldn't tell where it was.

But the next round, they quickly figured out what the problem was.

In the previous game, in order to save O'Neill's already small physical strength, Sun Hao and O'Neill were both using their own abilities to solve problems.

Playing Spurs, O'Neal focused more on the defensive end, while Sun Hao killed all sides on the offensive end;

Playing the Warriors, O'Neal has an absolute advantage on the inside, and Sun Hao is more restrained on the outside;

But now, the instant killing combination has reappeared, and Sun Hao and O'Neill have begun to block and dismantle continuously!

The Suns were prepared this time, Thomas couldn't catch up, and Marion helped defend in advance.

Because the two teams had not played in the playoffs before, Sun Hao was not so impressed with Marion's defensive ability, so he was a little unprepared in the previous round.

But now he had a prejudgment, and after taking it apart, he was looking in the direction of the bottom corner.

When he saw that Aliza was empty, he knew that Marion was on his way to help defend him.

A quick pass, the quality of the pass is not better than Payton's, but the victory is in advance.

Marion wanted to help defend again, and it was too late to go back.

Stoudemire hesitated for a moment, but still didn't dare to pounce on the bottom corner.

Because O'Neal didn't stay where he was after the block, but had moved to the basket.

Ariza got a rare big opening, adjusted his breath, and took a look at the frame before making a move.

Compared to the ball in front of it, the ball's trajectory and strength are much better.

"Huh!"

As a result of this change, basketball is on the net!

7 to 5!

The score difference, it's back!

"This is Sun's ability, you want to beat the Lakers easily, no way!"

Barkley shouted from the commentary box.

Although it is a famous name of the Suns, it is on Sun Hao.

The Sun Nakshatra? I'm sorry, Lao Tzu is a 76er celebrity!

The Suns had another wave of pick-and-rolls in the frontcourt, but Petrus missed a 45-degree three-pointer on the right.

The Lakers countered a fast break from the Suns, Sun Hao was unreasonable in the move, and he dodged the chasing Marion against Nash's defense and smashed the ball into the basket.

7 draws!

The Lakers quickly tied the score!

Nash then played a pick-and-roll with Small, and this time Smalls faked Payton and hit a mid-range shot.

When Xiao Si first entered the league, he was still a dunk general with sparse defense and only flying away.

After Nash came to the Suns, he had to swing a lot of times to play center, and he was forced to improve his defense;

And because D'Antoni was more arranged as the starting point for blocking tactics, he developed a mid-range shot.

Although he entered the league a year later than Yao Ming, he has already become a complete body and reached his peak.

9 to 7!

The Suns are overtaking again.

But they didn't lead a minute, Sun Hao and O'Neal blocked and hung high, O'Neal received the ball and pressed Petrus directly to send the ball to the basket.

If this had been put in the past, he would have had to show off a turnaround layup or a dunk.

But now, how to save effort and how to come!

9 draws!

After the opening lead and chasing points, the two teams began to enter a stalemate.

The Suns felt a pullback for a while, and the Lakers took the opportunity to take a certain lead.

However, O'Neal's fitness is so good, and Phil Jackson did not choose to keep him on the court in order to maintain his advantage.

As with the principle of "a full meal or a full meal", Jackson has been more and more cautious with O'Neal after last season.

The Suns took advantage of O'Neal's absence to recover some points.

By the time both sides started to rotate in large areas, the score on the field was ...... 24 draws!

The two teams are evenly matched.

This situation is also reasonable.

In this year's history, the Suns eliminated the Lakers and Clippers successively to advance to the Western Conference finals, and finally lost 2-4 to the Mavericks, who should have won the championship.

But such a result was achieved with a Stoudemire concession!

Now that Stoudemire is not injured, it is too normal for him to be evenly matched with the Lakers.

Because of the fast play, the number of rounds, and the physical consumption of the players, both sides coincidentally rotated nine players.

On the Suns' side, Barbosa, Petrus, James Jones, Dio, Tim Thomas.

On the Lakers' side, Christie, Finley, Horry, Walker, Mourning.

In the first round, Horry received a three-point shot from Finley in the bottom corner, but unfortunately couldn't hit it.

Dio grabbed the defensive rebound quickly.

Take a look at the Suns' technical stats, and you'll find one interesting thing, which is that this team has a lot of "short rebounding monsters"!

Stoudemire is 2.08 meters and Marion is 2.01 meters, both of whom are averaging nearly 10 rebounds per game, and Dior is 2.03 meters and is also averaging nearly 5 rebounds per game.

None of these three are of standard interior height, but they can grab nearly 25 rebounds in one game!

The Suns pushed back and Barbossa was lightning fast.

However, Christie has a lot of experience defending, and he started running back early, retreating to the back of the field to top Barbossa's breakthrough route.

Barbosa opted to split the ball to the right.

The Suns' V-shaped fast break, Tim Thomas has followed up to the three-point line on the right side, and directly chooses to stop the three-point shot after receiving the ball!

Although he has a big mouth, his ability on the offensive end is really good, and the big man can receive the ball so smoothly and not many three-point shots.

"Huh!"

He also feels good, the basketball is rubbing the net into the bag!

After the goal, Thomas pouted and looked very arrogant.

But when you score a goal, you have great capital.

Finley drove to the basket and returned a shot.

But right away, Barbossa came back and scored a layup by blocking and getting past Mourning's defense!

Walker's three-pointer from the bottom corner was still missing, and this time the Suns' fast break didn't play.

After moving to the position, this quarter was only enough time for the Suns to play the last offense.

Barbossa pressed the time, pressed to the last few seconds and Dior and then blocked and dismantled.

He broke to the basket and was caught by the Lakers and returned the ball to Dio at the free-throw line.

Christian Dior showed his ability to be a "French magician", knocking the ball to the ground to Tim Thomas at the top of the arc behind him without looking at the pass.

Thomas took the ball and made another three-pointer.

This time the shot was even better than the last one on the fast break.

Thomas seized another chance and threw the ball before the whistle.

The ball crosses a high parabola in the air.

The ballistic trajectory looks positive, but the force is a bit strong.

"Bang!"

After the ball hits the rebound, it bounces off and falls into the net!

Thomas didn't even shout after the goal, but waited until Dio came to him and hit him in the chest, and then he turned and shouted.

"You're going to lose!"

It's still the same familiar phrase, except that this time "they" became "you", and it was shouted at the Lakers bench.

Zhu Fangyu almost didn't rush up to give him a punch.

There was a burst of cheers.

Scored two three-pointers in just over two minutes of play, and Thomas's performance was not outstanding!

And, more crucially, on the Lakers' side, Horry and Walker's outside response balls didn't score.

It felt like before arriving at the Tiger Prison Pass, Hua Xiong killed several generals in a row!

Barkley and Smith also unconsciously talked about the buyout deadline at this time.

Because it was a small role, no one cared about Thomas's original words that "it would make the Lakers regret it", and even just took it as a joke.

It's a small role like yours that makes people regret, maybe the end of the season won't be in the NBA.

But just now, his performance attracted everyone's attention.

It's also ability.

Although, his way is as bad as the historical Draymond Greene.

"I think Mitch Kupchak should have regretted it a little bit now, maybe it would have been a good choice to sign him as Walker's replacement in the first place."

Kenny Smith even commented so.

The intersection was paused, and Sun Hao took the initiative to ask for help.

He wanted to go up and suppress Thomas's arrogance, and then he remembered it longer.

But Phil Jackson didn't agree.

And he made an absolutely unexpected substitution.

He replaced Walker with Zhu Fangyu!