In the Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and the Suns, Huang Yu's performance in the first game can be said to be efficient in losing points! Of course, this is also inseparable from the Suns' defense!

Losing the first game, the Suns' poor defense became an Achilles' heel, and many media said that the Sun's performance in which game was not like them at all! Although the Suns' defense was also very scummy in the past, but in the last game, she was simply a drunk young lady and completely undefended!

In the second game, the two teams met again, and the head coach of the Suns said before the game that he would strengthen his defense, but according to the performance on the court, the Lakers' players were on the inside of the Suns, which was like visiting their own back garden, in this case, the Lakers scored many times in the first quarter of the Suns and quickly took the lead.

Artest, who was only a little better than Lao Yu and Bynum in the starting lineup in the last game, started the game well today, and shortly after the opening game with Kobe Bryant's two breakaway shots, including a three-pointer, the Lakers started the game 7-2.

But then the Suns Nash launched a connection, and Grant Hill, who performed poorly in the last game, and Richardson, who was average in the last game, hit three-pointers successively to help the Suns take a 13-11 lead, but the Suns didn't have time to retreat, and Kobe Bryant took the lead in scoring an inside layup to equalize.

Then the Lakers launched a wave of 10-0 attacks, and the Suns were powerless to parry, leading 21-13 with 4 minutes and 39 seconds left in the quarter, and then after the Lakers and the Suns fell into a tug-of-war, the Zen master decisively took the lead in the rotation, replacing Kobe Bryant and Artest for rest, and replacing Huang Yu and Odom.

The two of them played on the court, the Suns' already somewhat sloppy defense was broken down again, Huang Yu hit a three-point shot in front of Grant Hill, and then the old fish's little black hand poked the ball off when Nash was strong and launched a counterattack! Odom took the lead in rushing across the half court to receive the ball and go straight inside, but Stoudeyer returned to the defense quickly, Odom stopped and stepped back to shoot, although Xiao Si jumped high, but Odom continued the explosive feeling of the last game, hitting a big two-pointer.

The Suns organized an offense again, and after Nash broke through, he divided the bottom corner of Richardson, Bynum directly gave up the defender and pounced, although at this time the Lakers only Gasol and Odom were inside, as long as Richardson passed the ball in, Xiao Si and Robin Lopez could solve the offense, but Richardson's passing skills were not very good, the strength was a little too low, the rebound of the ball was not enough, and Xiao Si was a little difficult to catch!

The old and spicy Gasol knee slammed Xiao Si's leg socket, which directly deformed Xiao Si's movements, and he should have received the ball and hit it back directly, but Xiao Si needed to stabilize his body first, and then he could exert his strength!

But Odom directly gave up Robin Lopez at this time, wrapped it up directly, and reached out to grab it at Xiao Si.

"Tick!"

Just when Xiao Si was a little annoyed and was about to throw the ball to the ground with Odom, the referee blew the whistle and gave a scrum directly!

Xiao Si, who was suddenly furious, shouted at the referee! However, this referee still stopped well, and there was no next move! Let the Suns' players drag it away! Nash stood next to him to communicate and say good things! Although the referee did not give Xiao Si a technical foul, who knows if people hold a grudge, in case it is not worth it to wear small shoes.

Although Xiao Si has good elasticity, he has a fast rebound speed and jumps high! But you can't stand Odom like taking expired* medicine, the outbreak is very sudden! Directly fanned the ball out in a volleyball smash posture, and Xiao Si looked stunned after landing!

Big brother, this is a scrum, you flash the ball to the audience! However, he soon learned that although Bynum was a little distracted, he could still concentrate for a short time, and Odom knew that he would definitely not be able to grab Xiao Si, so he made a surprise move to make Bynum Gravel ready to jump up and grab the ball, and he just had to jump up and fan it that way.

Bynum was also competitive, catching the ball that flew to his side, and then raised his elbow and shook it lightly a few times, and suddenly the Suns' players retreated directly! After a few gentle strokes, Lao Tzu felt the wind blowing across his face.

Bynum handed the ball to Lao Yu, Lao Yu dribbled to the front court, Odom leaned on Xiao Si and stretched out his hand to ask for the ball, Lao Yu glanced at Huang Yu vaguely, after all, Huang Yu was the main attacker! But seeing that Huang Yu was entangled by Grant Hill, he directly hoisted the ball in, and Odom repeated his old trick and made a direct difficult backward jumper and hit it again!

Huang Yu and Odom hit back-to-back shots, and the Lakers went on a 7-0 run to end the quarter with a 36-24 lead.

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The Suns, who have a big problem with their defense, have not adjusted their defense, and it seems that they want to play against the Suns today!

The Lakers deeply admired the Suns' awareness of not hitting the south wall and not looking back, and decided to let it remain like this, so the Lakers' defense in the second quarter was a little lax, and some Suns also seized these opportunities to attack.

Due to the Suns' continuous impact on the inside line, Bynum made two fouls, at this time Gasol went to the center position, the Zen master replaced Artest, and Odom went to the power forward position.

The Lakers' offense began to stumble, and the Suns seized the opportunity, and with 6:14 left in the second quarter, Jarred Dudley hit a three-pointer to help the Suns chase the score to 41-46.

The Lakers had problems with offense and defense, but fortunately this situation only lasted for 2 minutes, and after being chased by the Suns, the Zen master couldn't hold back and whistled on the sidelines, and Kanno Brown looked over.

"To Rain!"

The Zen master is a little troubled, I went to Artest to curb Grant Hill! Defending stronger, what do you always do on the offensive end, although he had a good hand today, but his first job is to defend.

So after Huang Yu's two unceremonious three-pointers, the Lakers' offense finally got back on track! The Zen Master's adjustments have finally paid off, and Artest has banished Grant Hill! After Huang Yu and Odom went off the court, Kobe Bryant came up with a picturesque turnaround jumper, which once again stretched the difference to double digits!

However, the Suns also strengthened their defense at this time, and with 2 minutes and 56 seconds left in the second quarter, Kobe Bryant was caught inside and lost the ball, the Suns launched a fast break, and Richardson performed a dunk unguarded.

After Kobe Bryant thought that the foul and the referee communicated fruitlessly, the Suns player thought that with Kobe's personality, he would return the color, but Kobe did not choose to shoot himself, but passed to Shannon Brown after attracting the defense, who hit a three-point shot, Kobe's personal assist reached 9, and the Lakers extended their advantage to double digits.

The blacksmith shops of the two teams opened one after another, and a minute before halftime, the two teams continued to play iron, and finally the Suns hit a three-pointer before the end of the first half to chase the score to 56-65, and the margin remained in single digits!

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After halftime, the third quarter of the game began, but the Lakers' usual problems suddenly came, the Lakers' relaxation almost disappeared, and the Suns seized the opportunity to frantically narrow the score, and the gap between the two sides gradually narrowed, making the already clear situation on the court fall into the unknown again.

Under the crazy chase, Bryant was stealed again, Dudley passed the ball behind his back, Richardson received the ball in the front court without anyone to defend, and easily dunked, and the Suns chased the score to 80-84.

Although the Lakers were playing inside, Gasol's offense caused Lopez's foul and two free throws and two hits, but Grant Hill suddenly burst into three jumpers, dunks, and pull-up layups to show various martial arts, and one scored six points in a row to help the Suns pull the score to 86-86.

Although in the last three minutes, the Zen master replaced Huang Yu and asked him to help the Lakers and regain the lead, but after three quarters, the two sides fought to a 93-93 draw, helpless! Although Huang Yu hit two three-pointers on the court, Dudley and Richardson, who performed well in this game, also hit a three-pointer!

The Lakers started the fourth quarter with a wave of 16-5, although the Suns who played 16-0 couldn't find the north, but then the Lakers also made consecutive mistakes, allowing the Suns to chase 5 points in a row! At 8 minutes and 15 seconds, Bryant replaced Huang Yu on the court.

At this time, Bryant received the ball after receiving the ball in front of Grant Hill and dribbling back, and then hit a jumper, the Lakers took another double-digit advantage at 106-95, and the Suns only shot one shot in the next two minutes, so they had no choice but to call a timeout to adjust.

Although the Suns' offense has improved since the timeout, the holes in the defense are getting bigger and bigger, Gasol and Odom continue to make baskets, and soon Huang Yu is on the court again, and he gets the task of running, and then catching and shooting!

Huang Yu's playing time is well controlled, and the efficiency is very high, and he has enough physical strength to pull the Sun's defense, but whether he can receive the pass depends on Kobe's choice, but fortunately, Kobe Bryant is already high at this time!

Kobe Bryant played the game very easily today, so he rarely made a personal shot in the last 3 minutes of the fourth quarter, giving Huang Yu a pass to shoot in an open position, and then absorbing the defense, allowing the Suns to empty Gasol inside, who hit the board! Then the Suns played a smooth match, albeit a successful hand.

But then Kobe Bryant broke through the Suns' interior line, and Odom scored a dunk in the air relay, which directly extinguished the Suns' momentum, and the Lakers expanded their advantage to 120-106 and sealed the victory in one fell swoop.

The Suns chose to give up in the last 52 seconds, and the Suns, who have lost consecutive games, can only hope to make a comeback at home.

Bryant was interviewed on the sidelines after the game!

"Kobe, you got 13 assists in this game, setting a new high in your playoff career, looking at your easy game, what caused your performance today!"

Cheryl pulled Kobe Bryant directly after the game, although Gasol's 29 points and 9 rebounds and Huang Yu's 18 points and 7 rebounds are not bad! But huh.....

"Today the team played very smoothly and the players were very positive! Their form is the number one reason why I have 13 assists, and to face it, they are doing well! Naturally, I played more easily! In fact, Grant's performance today was very good! His defense caused me a lot of problems! ”

Kobe Bryant complimented the Lakers players with a smile on his face, although he thought that if I hadn't wasted more opportunities, I might have 15 assists today! But you can't say that, although he's good at pouring cold water! But it also has to be timed! And the game is easy? Kobe Bryant doesn't think so, although the Suns' defense sucks! But he is very concerned about his own defense, especially the veteran Grant Hill, who caused him a lot of trouble today!

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'We need to be better, we need to figure out how to win and I felt good today and I knew I had to try to attack the opponent and try to get the team back into the game. But in the end, we fell short. ”

Hill said helplessly at the post-match press conference.

The Suns trailed by 14 points in the first half, but the Suns fought back in the third quarter, and Hill was the team's hero in the third quarter, scoring 10 points in a single quarter and scoring 23 points in the game.

But expecting a 38-year-old veteran to cut off a high-scoring savior, this is the sorrow of the sun, and it is simply unrealistic, how long can the veteran maintain his excellent form, one? Two? It's good if it's stable, but Hill's performance in the last game was very poor, although he performed well in this game, but his state was obviously up and down, not to mention that he had such a wonderful performance, and the Suns still couldn't win.

And Nash is quite dissatisfied with the team's offense, conceding up to an average of 120 points per game, which makes Nash say that since he has lost so many points, then trying to score should be a problem that we urgently need to solve, okay! Nash is also quite smart, after all, his own defense is at the level of a black hole! So there was no mention of defense at all.

Although Nash averaged a double-double per game and had 13 and 15 assists respectively, his scoring was really low, only 13 and 11 points! The next day, the media said that if the Suns need Nash to step up their offense, then the Lakers sweeping the Suns in the series is a foregone conclusion!

After the first game, Odom claimed that Odom, who had 19 points and 19 rebounds, was just "lucky" and broke out occasionally, and as a result, Odom performed well again in this game and scored 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Xiao Si only had 18 points and 6 rebounds.

Of course, the reporters who did good things after the game will not let go of Xiaobawang and ask him what he thinks of Odom's performance today, so that the Suns star is not embarrassed.

"This.... He [Odom] wasn't what we wanted to see, they were fantastic on both ends of the pitch and they deserved to win. And we need to improve. ”

Although Xiao Si's expression was very embarrassed, the reporter did not intend to let him go! A Los Angeles reporter asked on the spot.

"Your contract with the Suns will end in the season, does that mean you're going to jump out of your contract and become a free agent!"

This reporter is also ruthless enough, and he makes a big move directly! I plan to shake the heart of the Sun Army! After all, it is no secret that the Suns have traded Xiao Si in the past two seasons, and Xiao Si's non-renewal of his contract also indirectly proves that Xiao Si is leaving Phoenix!

"I'm still a member of the Suns, and I'm focused on the playoffs right now, and the contract extension will be dealt with in the offseason! I love Phoenix! ”

Obviously, Xiao Si has been prepared, and he said this very smoothly, and he has specially practiced it at first glance! But Xiao Si's expression is not very good, maybe he remembers something bad!

It's no wonder that Xiao Si is not only facing injuries and declining form, but also has a long history of contradictions with the Suns' management. Maybe leaving is the best.

(End of chapter)