After the game, many experts were optimistic about the Suns to advance, believing that they were missing Guo Xu, the lineup was still strong, and Roy also had the strength of an All-Star player.

Brandon Roy is about to be blown up by the pundits because he's the kind of player who can burst into a combination of shots and can be the core of a team. Guo Xu was not there, he changed from the second offensive point with the ball to the outside core, proving himself.

Some say Roy is seriously underrated and should have been named an All-Star this season, and his tactical role is greater than Marion's.

Some people say that his mediocre stats are due to too few shots, and he can average more than 25 points per game when given enough balls.

Others say that his leadership qualities are wasteful to play with the Suns, and that he could go to a rebuilding team to be the boss.

Both the coach and his teammates praised Roy in the press conference, Marion is under a lot of pressure right now, he has made up his mind to leave the Suns in the summer, and if he doesn't trade him, he will become a four-man leader, and the next big contract will definitely be in vain. Now he still bears the name of a three-master and has some fame.

Marion vaguely feels that Roy's personal ability is stronger than his own, he can't lead the whole team like Roy's sudden points, he is not suitable for blocking and dismantling with his teammates, and his breakthrough ability is average, and he knows that he can't do a good pull-up jump shot by looking at his figure.

The Solar won two games in a row against the Spurs, and another big contributor was Paul Millsap.

First assistant coach Thibodeau suggested that D'Antoni drop Ariza and let Marion play the No. 3 position all the time, with Millsap as the backup power forward and Thomas in rotation.

Thomas is good at shooting and can open up space, and when the Spurs play Oberto, he will not be a hole in the defense. Once the Spurs replace Oberto, the Suns will need to step up defensively.

Millsap was the orthodox No. 4 when he was in college, and he played as a power forward better defensively than Marion cameos. His strength can resist the opponent's interior line, his speed is enough to prevent pick-and-rolls, and he will not be easily passed by defenders, and he also has a good ability to fight for rebounds.

That's when D'Antoni discovered that Haslem was not irreplaceable, and Millsap was an underrated rookie.

In this series, Millsap averaged 15.4 minutes per game, scoring 5.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 0.5 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.5 blocks while shooting 52.5% from the field.

On the surface, Millsap's statistics are average, but in fact, he plays for a short time and is very efficient.

He averaged 2.2 frontcourt rebounds per game and was aggressive in grabbing rebounds. If he is given more than 30 minutes of playing time, he may become a double-double. He shot 60.6 percent from the field and 40.3 percent from the field, but he didn't shoot much, averaging only one shot per game.

Millsap proved that "gold always shines", and he has been on the fringes all season but has never given up on himself, training very hard in the team. In the playoffs, he proved himself just by meeting a teammate with a five-game suspension. At the end of the day, his success lies in hard work.

Guo Xu didn't go out to be interviewed by the media, and called his teammates to encourage them, hoping that they would solve the Spurs in one go.

Lying down to win the championship is also winning, it's better than losing, if his teammates give up, he doesn't have to come back in the finals, and the Eastern team will definitely play better than the Spurs.

Unfortunately, the good times were short-lived, and it was not easy to get back-to-back wins at Spurs' home stadium. The coaching staff led by Vicky has thought of a way to deal with the Suns, which is to resolutely fight the small-ball tactics and only play a big man.

Oberto no longer forms a twin tower with Duncan, and the starting team is the veteran Finley guest power forward, which he played against the Suns last season, and he doesn't have to worry about being eaten hard by the Suns power forward, Thomas likes to float outside to shoot, and Millsap has no ball.

With the addition of Bowen and Granger, the Spurs have three three-point shooting points on the court, and after pulling away, Duncan and Parker play blocking and dismantling, and the Suns are not good at covering the stars, and a package of clipping balls will definitely be empty.

In the second quarter, Duncan's "Butter Hand" Elson also didn't play, and Vicky let Matt Bonner and Oberto, who were traded from the Raptors, partner on the inside, and Finley, Brent Barry, and Ginobili on the outside, and four people on the team could shoot three-pointers, and only Oberto was defensive.

Ginobili's cameo point guard also has a clear advantage over Lowry, who can directly hold the ball and play alone. On the defensive end, the Spurs defended, and Ginobili put Lowry two steps away to defend and not shoot.

In addition to Lowry, the Suns' weaknesses are the consistency of rookie players, Roy performed well in the first two games, propping up the Suns' outside line, but this time he was limited against Bowen.

Roy played 35 minutes, shooting 3-of-12, 1-of-4 from three-point range and 3-of-3 from the free-throw line, finishing with 10 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists while shooting 25% from the field.

Four Suns scored double-doubles, with Jr. shooting 9-of-18 and 8-of-8 from the free-throw line, scoring 26 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals, and no assists. Marion finished with 24 points and 11 rebounds on 9-of-16 shooting, 2-of-4 three-pointers and 4-of-4 free throws.

Without a good point guard tandem offense, the Suns just messed around, and another person who scored in double figures was Bell, who shot 4-of-11 and 2-of-5 from three-point range, scoring 10 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 fouls.

Bale didn't hit a lot of shots, but he was still crucial, playing 41 minutes because he was good at defending Ginobili. One-on-one can be exchanged with each other's stars.

Five players on the Spurs side scored in double figures, and Parker played 40 minutes, scoring 23 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, shooting 9-of-19 from the field and 5-of-5 from the free-throw line, shooting 47.4% from the field.

Duncan was the most consistent, playing 33 minutes, shooting 9-of-14 from the field and 3-of-4 from the free-throw line for 21 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks.

The Spurs were the only one to play more than 35 minutes, and when they led by more than 15 points, they took a rotation and won 108-90 against the Suns by 18 points.

After the game, experts who are good at both sides changed to be optimistic about the Spurs advancing to the Finals, on the grounds that the Spurs had found a way to deal with the Suns, and the fourth game was won easily.

The Suns rushed back to Phoenix overnight, and the coaching staff had a day to discuss countermeasures. Whether it's strengthening their defense or continuing to fight offensively, they will have to target the Spurs to have any hope of winning. Their advantage is to play at home, and the home team has a better chance of winning the battle of Tianwang Mountain.

Guo Xu felt that the next game of the sun would be very troublesome, because Roy called him for help and wanted to know how to deal with Bowen. By the time this kind of question was asked, Roy was already low on confidence.

Guo Xu said: "Bowen rarely blocks, he just pesters you, keeps disrupting the offensive rhythm with small movements, you don't want to get rid of him to shoot in the area where he can't shoot accurately, he must have studied your information in advance, and will deliberately let you go to the shooting blind spot to shoot, sometimes by force, sometimes by pretending not to keep up, don't be fooled." ”

"So what should I do?"

"Strong, meet him in a position where you are sure of a jumper, or force a break to the basket for a layup, provided Duncan is led out and can't make up the defense." Guo Xu paused for a moment, and said with a straight face: "Don't be affected by him, he will never dare to step on you in this series." ”

"Why?"

Guo Xu explained: "Because Vujacic has already maliciously fouled and injured me, if the Spurs use off-the-board moves at this time, it is equivalent to a worse nature of the crime, they will offend the president, and even if they enter the finals, they will have to let the referee blow to death, no one wants to see such a team win the championship." ”

Bowen is bad, but he's not stupid, and he's not going to make himself a negative focus in the league at this time. And the Spurs' lineup and tactics already have an advantage, and Vicky doesn't want to be caught.

It's a pity that no matter how well Guo Xu analyzes and how positive he is to encourage his teammates, he can't make them stronger......