Chapter 694 [Key Battle, Core Battle]

There is a huge number of online pot secrets, and "6 billion" continues to be optimistic about the Suns eliminating the Spurs, and there are a large number of posts saying that the Spurs won the game by the referees, on the grounds that the Spurs made too many free throws.

In fact, the Suns also made a lot of free throws when they played at home, but the pot secrets didn't mention it. That's the home whistle, and teams playing home and away in the playoffs can see some advantages, and the league doesn't want a one-sided ending.

The Eastern Hawks and Cavaliers each won one home game against each other, and the game was also tied 2-2.

Stern succeeded, and the ratings of this division final were much higher than last year, most people wanted to see the Suns create miracles, and there were many people who paid attention to the "little emperor" James.

It is impossible for the Battle of Tianwang Mountain Alliance to arrange for the black whistle to blow indiscriminately, because this will determine the direction of the game.

In the history of the NBA, winning the battle of Tianwang Mountain, the probability of advancing is as high as 82%, because this kind of key win will greatly boost the morale of the team, in addition to the Finals is 232 schedules, the next two games must be the home of the winning team.

Guo Xu always gives people a very relaxed feeling on the surface, as if he didn't do his best, in fact, he has exhausted his calculations, and the coaching staff is even more tense, carefully analyzing each opponent and formulating appropriate tactics to attack weaknesses.

It is not easy for the remnants of the Suns to defeat the Spurs, if Guo Xu hadn't relied on the first game of psychological warfare to win the first game, maybe he would be in a desperate situation 1-3 now.

The Suns win Game 5 with a nine-in-a-ten chance of qualifying, they have home-court advantage and rarely lose streaks, and the Spurs want to win unless they give the Suns a taste of losing streak twice in this series.

On the contrary, if the Spurs win the fifth game away, it will be a fatal blow to the Suns, and the role players who have lost three games in a row are likely to be burdened with the psychology of wanting to win and being afraid of losing, and the Spurs are likely to rely on the home court advantage to advance in the sixth game.

Neither side can afford to lose, and the fifth battle must be fought desperately.

After returning to Phoenix, the coaching staff held a meeting to discuss tactics, and Guo Xu also participated.

The two assistant coaches suggested strengthening the defense, limiting Duncan's low-post attack through joint defense, and the players shrinking to the vicinity of the box and letting the Spurs outside players shoot. There will definitely be time to do this, and the Spurs don't have many three-point shots, not that they can't shoot, and there are five players on the team who can shoot from distance.

If the defense is strengthened, Vallejo will have to play more, and the offensive tactics will be relatively simple, and they will have to rely on Guo Xu and Howard.

D'Antoni plans to strengthen the attack, speed up the transition between attack and defense, directly kill the opponent with the attack, and attack to the point where the opponent can't defend, just like the regular season to win.

Everyone has the same idea that David Lee is resolutely unable to play, playing is a loophole, and the mentality on the offensive end is a bit broken.

In Guo Xu's previous life, David Lee was a typical regular season player, and he was targeted in the playoffs, and he was attacked and singled on the defensive end. Because of his poor defense, he hasn't played well in the playoffs, which is disappointing.

The coaches did ideological work for David Lee twice in three days, no matter how determined he was off the field, he withered as soon as he got on the court......

It is said that the playoffs are a stage for testing superstars, and stars need to play the same team at least 4 times, which leads to them having to find ways to help the team win in more targeted defenses, and every game may have new changes, and the ability of stars to adjust can be maximized. David Lee is still early enough to learn how to adjust.

Guo Xu expressed his opinion: "I agree to strengthen the offense, I want unlimited shooting power and teammates who can pull away, those who can catch the ball and throw the ball in, and leave the rest to me." The defensive end is still a single defense, and we rely on offense to kill the Spurs! ”

He has always believed that offense is the best defense, even if the lineup is flawed, so he and D'Antoni always have a good conversation.

Game 5 was played in Phoenix, which was the Suns' biggest advantage, and the home stadium was full of morale.

When Guo Xu appeared in the finale, the fans gave him the warmest applause, and some people shouted MVP.

The Sun was equalized, Guo Xu's popularity did not diminish at all, and fans didn't feel that it was his responsibility.

This time, the staff not only distributed commemorative T-shirts and uniformly dressed at the home stadium, but also distributed a small flag printed with the "sweeping" sign to each fan who attended the stadium to boost the morale of the home stadium. In this way, fans can wave small flags together to cheer for the home team and put psychological pressure on the opponent.

After the warm-up, D'Antoni emphasised tactics and cheered up his players again.

"Concentrate and give your best. As long as we win today, we are only one step away from defending our title. We are a team aiming for the championship and we can't afford to fall in the West. Go to the front court and give the ball to Jason to deal with, pull away and wait for the opportunity. The defensive end pushed them outside the penalty area, and they couldn't resist the foul and had to be ruthless! Don't just sabotage Duncan's shots, hit him so hard that he can't find his touch, and make him scared when he shoots when he sees defenders. ”

"Defeat the Spurs!" Guo Xu took the lead and roared.

"Defeat the Spurs!" Teammates shouted.

D'Antoni patted Guo Xu on the shoulder, and he believed that Guo Xu could lead the team to victory, because he was the regular season MVP and the player with the most hope of surpassing Jordan.

Suns starters: Guo Xu, Bale, Howard, James Jones, Vallejo.

Spurs starters: Parker, Ginobili, Bowen, Finley, Duncan.

At this point, neither side will rotate much, and it's time to play the main force. In the last game, three players from each side played more than 40 minutes, with the Suns rotating slightly more than the Spurs, and the Spurs having two more players playing more than 35 minutes.

The Spurs are fighting to start, and the substitutes are not playing except for Horry, Brent Barry, and Van Exel, and the eight-man rotation.

Vallejo won with a jumper, and the Suns attacked first.

Guo Xu just asked for the ball after half the court, and as soon as he came out of the top of the arc, he grabbed three points from a long distance.

Parker didn't react, he just threw this kind of ball at the beginning, which was unheard of, but Guo Xu dared to do this kind of thing, he had to practice for a while every day to practice ultra-long three-pointers, and he became a habit.

Parker was more than two steps away from him and didn't have time to interfere as the ball arced high and hollowed into the net. 3 to 0.

The home fans applauded wildly, and Guo Xu completed an attack in only three seconds, and this kind of goal was very morale-boosting. Popovich frowned on the sidelines, I don't know how to evaluate it, only Guo Xu can shoot this kind of ball in the league, and he can score, Parker didn't react.

Regardless of whether solar energy can't advance in this series, Guo Xu is playing tricks against Parker. Parker was already going crazy, and he almost wanted to take a submachine gun and suddenly attack Guo Xu.

The Spurs attacked, the players pulled away, Parker and Duncan played blocking and dismantling, and Guo Xu bypassed the cover very quickly and blocked in front of him. Parker forced a breakthrough to score under the basket, but was stuck by Guo Xu and lost his rhythm.

Parker's throw really didn't interfere with the shot, and you can see if you are sure by looking at the rhythm and distribute the ball to Finley on the outside. As soon as Finley got the ball, James Jones completed the close-up, the power was not lost, and the arm span was superior.

After passing a few times, the Spurs couldn't break through from the outside, and finally passed the ball to Duncan.

The biggest advantage of the Spurs is Duncan's singles, the premise position is that the Suns are very well defended, and when Horry is resting, he can't get rid of it by covering the guard alone. The Suns still don't wrap up, insist on single defense, and strictly guard against other Spurs players, Duncan also admitted that he scored 50 points, and the three wanted to shoot.

Duncan leaned his back on Vallejo twice on his left side, swayed his right shoulder, and turned to the middle to hook his shot. 3 to 2.

The Suns attacked, and Guo Xu was caught as soon as he passed the half with the ball...... ()

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