D'Antoni is obviously a little puzzled by Leon's words, people often say that two star players work together, and if the chemistry is good, 1+1 is greater than 2, and if the cooperation is not good, 1+1 is less than 2. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoJudging from the cooperation between Nash and Stoudeye in recent years, it is obvious that 1+1 is greater than 2, and Nash won the regular season MVP and became one of the league's superstars. And Stoudamire also scored soaring, successfully becoming a first-class star in the league.

But what does Leon mean by 1-1? D'Antoni didn't have time to ask in detail, the game was still going on, and he just wondered if Leon wanted Nash and Stoudamire to cooperate less with each other, which would be more than worth the loss. In the past, the two of them were in the Mavericks and the Sun, respectively, and they did not achieve the achievements they achieved when the Sun cooperated, if they gave up the two of them, would the strong foundation of the Sun still exist?

D'Antoni didn't ask too much, though, because the Suns' on-court performance was gradually picking up after Turyaf and Jascovisius came on the court. Nash was quite resolute on offense, and he had a good hand today, hitting long-range shots in a row from the outside. Jascovysius has a keen sense of passing the ball in positional battles, and he is comfortable feeding the ball to Stoudamire.

Although there is no way to attack directly when the ball is in his hands like Nash, it gives Stoudamayre a better opportunity to start and play alone, and the ball is passed to the right point. In this way, the Suns' offense seems to be split into two parts, one side is Nash playing by himself, and the other is the other side of the other team's coordinated offense around Stoudamire, and the original Suns' engine was suddenly stripped away and became an independent scorer.

Nearly halfway through the second quarter, the Suns gradually pulled the score away, and when Nash was off the bench, Marion returned to the court. Before going on the court, Leon told Marion to do what he was good at, and told him that the 10-rebound task wasn't done yet.

For Marion, grabbing ten rebounds a game is really easy, let him shoot three-pointers, he can't do it, the long arms are too much of a hindrance, but let him grab rebounds, this ape-like arm span can help. Don't look at Marion's height is only 201, but he has a short neck, if you count standing tall, he can reach the level of a 208 player.

Because of this, Leon hopes that he can take on more defensive duties in the forward position to make up for Stoudeyer's congenital shortcomings. When Nash was on the court, he often had the opportunity to steal chickens and go to the basket, and when Nash got off the court, he couldn't let him take the ball himself, so he began to do the dirty work honestly.

Nash sat down next to Leon and asked, "I've already scored 14 points, and if I score another 16 points in the second half, I'll be done." But I had two assists in the first half today, so I'm really not used to it. ”

"You're so good that every player around you is getting 120 percent of your value, and they're all skyrocketing and they're multiplying in value," Leon said. However, their level has not actually risen, they are still the same strength, and because of the increase in scores, it may even cover up what they originally had, or more suitable for their style of play. And, when you're not around, the others have to learn to attack and solve problems on the field. ”

Leon's remarks went straight to the core of the Suns' problems in the past two years - the whole team was activated because of Nash's existence, but also because of Nash's existence, he lost the ability to solve problems on the court. Once Nash is off, the Suns' offense often comes to a standstill, and in the playoffs, even if Nash doesn't play, it's hard for others to help when Nash is in trouble.

This is the main reason why the Suns have lost to the Spurs and Mavericks in a row in recent years, and there is no player other than Nash who can solve the problem on his own. Stadameyer may have that potential, but at the moment, it seems that he lacks such a workout. So many people think that once Stodamimair leaves Nash, he is nothing. But Leon doesn't think so.

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At the end of the first half, the Suns were stumbling and overall, they were making a forced switch of style under Leon's guidance. Everybody's uncomfortable, after all, the game is one thing, the trainer is another, and it is really difficult and dangerous to get the Suns' players to abandon the style of play that they have relied on to succeed in the past. Once the new season starts and the Suns can't achieve quick results with a new style of play, criticism will definitely come flooding in.

However, Leon seems to be quite satisfied with the performance of the players, especially Stodamaire, who has used his excellent mid-range shooting skills and basket scoring skills several times after the lack of pick-and-roll cooperation with Nash, and it seems that he has risen again this summer.

There is also Jasco Vitius, the Suns' offensive style of play is very much to his liking, he is really not suitable for the defense-oriented style of play in the East, and the Warriors' impact offensive style of play He can't keep up, only the Suns' fast man-ball interaction is the style of play he expects.

However, the concern in the first half was that the Suns' offense was not bad, but the defense was still bad, and even worse, because they had three big colanders in the backcourt, Nash, Barria and Jascovitius, and any one of the three would become defensive holes on the court, and sometimes two people would be on the court, which was simply exhausting Marion.

Marion finally knew why Leon was telling him to do more of what he was good at, and that was because there were too many leaks on the outside, and he had to wave his long arms to plug leaks everywhere.

In the locker room, Leon looked at the technical statistics table and asked, "Who else hasn't done the job?" Let me see, Ragabel, your break, are you only going to throw three points in the bottom corner now? And Boris Dior, you don't have a single block, I don't think you're too fat to jump, right? For Bale, he is used to shooting three-pointers under Nash's feeding, and then wiping his ass on the defensive end next to Nash and letting him break through with the ball...... There's Artest on the other side.

As for Dio, he felt that the task assigned to him by Leon was too difficult, and the block thing really wasn't something that could be brushed if he wanted to, and some centers who were known for their blocks might not be able to get three blocks a game, let alone a player of forward height. Dio complained: "Three blocks are really hard, unless I don't defend every ball seriously, just wait for the block." ”

Leon glared at Dio and said, "Do you mean you took a serious defense before?" "Now Dio doesn't speak, he has always been the defensive end, and he is not happy to let him rush around on the inside.

"If you can't achieve your goal, stay and practice in the stadium tonight, and I will always be with you." Leon reminded Dior. Now Dio has nothing to say, and if he changes to another coach, Dio will definitely not bird him directly, anyway, he is playing for the team with the team's salary, and he can completely refuse additional training. But Leon is different, Leon can be regarded as his guide to enter the NBA, and Dio's heart is still very afraid of Leon, not to mention anything else, just that pair of fists......

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After the start of the second half, the Suns did change their style of play slightly, Nash is a very smart player, he can learn any style of play very quickly, and he quickly understood Leon's intentions. Attacking first does not mean not passing, but giving some of the tasks of organization and coordination to other players, or letting other players complete the offense by themselves, such as letting Bell carry the ball and impact the basketball, he still has this ability.

Or hand it over to Stadameyer to eat hard in the basket, don't always wait until he can't open the situation, or be sure to complete a block and split the ball and then let Stodameyer play hard, he can solve the problem alone. In such a situation, Nash found that he could play more easily, and he didn't have to wait until the emergency moment to score points on his own, and he could shoot and score when he had the opportunity.

Nash wants to open, but others have to adapt, but fortunately, Jascovitius has a half-court organization that doesn't mess up the Suns' offense as long as he's there. The two sides went back and forth, but slowly the Suns still had the advantage, and finally defeated the Kings by 8 points with a 115-107 advantage and won the first preseason victory.

And in the final moments of the game, Nash Bo had a chance to make free throws, two free throws, and he scored 28 points at the time, and only needed to make both free throws to score 30 points. Nash, who usually shoots more than 90 percent of his free throws, actually hit one of two free throws and only scored 29 points in the end. He did not complete the tasks assigned by Leon.

So after the game, Nash approached Leon and said, "I didn't complete the task, let's practice more in the evening." Of course, there was also Dior, who did not complete the task like him, and he was unwilling.