Chapter 316: Face the No. 2 Team in the West! (1/3)
"Let's leave it together after the next game," Jafaroni said back to the dressing room after the game, and his face was cold, directly extinguishing the enthusiasm of the players who had just won
"Coach, we only have one day off after we play with the Suns," Fisher replied immediately. His idea was that the coach would be able to change his mind when he heard that.
They are also in need of these players in addition to training holidays. Both physical and emotional buffering can be very helpful for them. Now NBA administrators are also discovering that the schedule of games is too full, and the frequency of player injuries will increase!
So this season is still a little more relaxed in terms of timing. The pre-season is a week ahead and there were some moments in the regular season for the players to feel okay. However, the frequency of injuries to players has not increased, but it has not decreased.
Yao Ming and Maddie are now recuperating from injuries. But their team is still on a winning streak. In the game, this season's Houston Rockets are very terrifying!
After Adelman's arrival, Houston's players seem to be letting themselves go, and this season, with the exception of last season's champion Lakers, the expectations of the Mavericks and Rockets are rising rapidly!
But the Phoenix Suns just ran quietly to the second place in the West. First in the West is the San Antonio Spurs!
In the East, these teams in the West are very good, and they also like to watch the teams in the West kill each other in the playoffs~It's funny~
"Then wait for the next game. Breaks will be arranged separately. Let's get ready. I hope we can win the game against the Suns! "Many of the Grizzlies players around, including Mark, gasped, Coach, are you inflated?!
At a time when the Suns are playing to this extent, Jafaroni still wants the team to go head-to-head with them? Gasol Jr. returned to the team for this game. Jafaroni, as the former assistant coach of the Suns D'Antoni, would love to compete with them in this game to see who can win in the end!
This game is played in Memphis! The Suns came here to train the day before the game. The Grizzlies, as one of the rebuilding teams this season, don't get much attention. Because of their lineup, it seems that they will definitely not be there in the West Finals.
"Jafaroni, you're leading a much better Grizzlies than I expected! You're there," D'Antoni said to his former colleague on the phone, a little excited.
"We estimate that the biggest advantage today is the home advantage~" Jafaroni said with a smile on the phone in the hotel after chatting with his former head coach for a while.
"Your team's Miller, Zhou Yang, and Guy are all good. They can be swapped with each other. The Grizzlies aren't completely devoid of strength."
Even the Grizzlies fans in attendance today felt like the team they were backing was basically going to lose. But out of love for the grizzly bears, they still came here to watch the game!
Mark is still ostracized by many of his teammates, but he has no emotions. It's just peace of mind to train in the team. In this game, he felt that if he lost, it might not be! At this time, the grizzly bear has already played a certain score! Not only has their tacit understanding improved somewhat, but their confidence has also increased a lot.
And tonight they were on their home turf, so there was nothing to fear.
"There's a lot of Marc Gasol at the Grizzlies' core right now," D'Antoni said before the game in the locker room as the players were all focused. The players at the scene basically showed surprised expressions.
Only Nash's expression was very calm. Marion's face was filled with disdain. He used to be with the Lakers, and of course he could play as much as he wanted. Now they will be greeted only by failure! At least they can't win against the Suns!
"Coach, I think Meme and Mark are the core of the team, right?" Brazilian Lightning, who has been reused by the team, spoke.
"They can only provide technical support in a few aspects, while Zhou Yang is more comprehensive. His current timely combat power is not lost to Stoudemire. Why, don't you believe me? D'Antoni smiled mysteriously when he saw the surprised expressions of his players around him.
What kind of existence is Stoudemire now?! You're already an All-Star caliber player, right?! And what kind of player is he, Zhou Yang. His current influence does not seem to be as high as that of Yi Jianlian, who is still a first-year student this year. Even if he can compete with our Stoudemier?!
"Coach, you had a good joke today. Hahaha" Stoudemire suddenly said at this time, and laughed directly! And the players around him also laughed!
"I've been understating it before, because I'm afraid that you will underestimate the enemy. And now if you haven't won against the Grizzlies, then it's proof that I'm talking about the odds are high. Want to prove what I said wrong? Take out your strength~" D'Antoni said to them with a smile as he looked at a group of young unconvinced faces.
"Ahaha, I used to work in Phoenix. So in today's game, I want to see how far our Grizzlies play," Jafaroni said to his players with some weakness at this time.
Everyone doesn't feel anything, even if it's not happy, what can it be? The training will not come for the next few days. Anyway, the manager promised that they would make up for them later. After the players communicated, they all knew that Jafaroni just wanted to compete with D'Antoni. Understandable.
"The opponent's cooperation and small-ball tactics are very good. So pay special attention to this. There's no need to worry too much about specific tactics. As long as you can score, you can try. Just let go of the fight."
When approaching the noisy arena, the head coach instructed Zhou Yang and them. Lowry hasn't been in the recent class, which is still a big psychological gap for him. In the last game against the Timberwolves, he got 15 points, rebounds and 4 assists! But because he almost didn't meet Zhou Yang's requirements, he continued to complete the task on this field.
Like Darko, Lowry is now in one less class. He was a little dissatisfied with Zhou Yang. Dissatisfied with the fact that he was not accommodating at that time, he was just 1 assist away, even if he was over. He scored 15 points in that game!
Just because Conley scored 11 points in that game, he actually scored 15 points as a playmaker. In terms of assists, Conley still has 2 more than him, so Zhou Yang wanted to be accommodating but gave up in the end.
Because Conley didn't do what he wanted to be a good playmaker. He started to score for himself in the second half!
Today's Suns players are Marion, Stoudemire, Barbosa, Nash, and Bale. The Grizzlies are Mark, Mime, Zhou Yang, Conley and Fisher!
From time to time, the scene also remembered the shouts of little Gasol. This greatly satisfies Mark's vanity~ Very useful~ As a fan of the Grizzlies, now that Gasol is gone, can't you still watch Gasol Jr.?
They sometimes feel that the Mark in the game is Pau Gasol! The demeanor, the footwork, the jumpers, and the tough attitude in the game. Although Mark is much worse than his brother in terms of ability! But the fans of the team just felt comfortable and kind when they saw it.
It is with the addition of his younger brother Marc Gasol that the former Grizzlies fans will not leave too decisively. Perhaps Grizzlies management didn't expect their signed Pau Gasol's younger brother, Marc Gasol, to play such a role.
The team has changed a lot. However, ticket sales have not been affected too much.
"Zhou Yang hasn't changed, oh no! He's changed, he's changed a lot. The coach said you have to take it to heart," Nash said to Stoudemire and Marion in all seriousness. Marion laughed straight away
With the basketball thrown into the air by the referee! Marion grabbed the basketball directly on Gasol Jr.'s top and didn't pass the ball to Nash! This came as a surprise to the Grizzlies! And just when they thought Stoudemire would take the basketball jumper, Marion had already scored a dunk!
The magic of the Suns right now is that they can break through your defense and score points even when you know what they're going to do! It's so cool to be Nash's teammates!
Because in the game, Nash can always put the ball in their hands.
Fisher took the basketball, and then Zhou Yang got the ball and immediately passed it to Mime. The latter's jumper was blocked by Stoudemire! Nash rushed to the front court as soon as he took the basketball, and Marion hit a three-point shot after receiving the ball on the other side!
"Isn't that a bit too much for us?" Marion said with a smile after high-fiveing Stoudemire after throwing the shot.
"It's not too much, I even feel like we're a little light~" The two laughed out loud after speaking.
"Naive" Nash glanced at them when he saw such a scene, and then walked quietly over.
At this time, the Grizzlies were suddenly beaten by the opponent with a wave of 5:0, and the eyes of the benches sitting off the court lit up! Here's their chance! If this continues, it will definitely be replaced!
"Let's slow down. Mark and Mime are waiting for me to feed the ball," Zhou Yang said to them after taking a few steps with the ball. Gasol Jr. closed his eyes and nodded. The team now looks like it's his family
But Mark can't say anything, after all, the average record per game is good! Even the team's head coach Jafaroni is now giving Zhou Yang three points!
After arguing with Balbosa and Stoudemire for less than a second, Zhou Yang made a decisive move! After Mime got the ball, he went straight to the basket and was hit by Marion!!
Gasol Jr. scores a jumper after getting the ball behind Meme!
"Beautiful! Mark! Well done" Zhou Yang wanted to go over and high-five little Gasol, but the other party pretended not to see it and walked away. The scene was awkward for a while.
Mark wanted to do the same. But he just can't get over it now. So I simply didn't pick up Zhou Yang's stubble.
Nash slowly passed the half. Suddenly jump up and hit a long-range three-point shot without warning on both sides! 8:2! Jafaroni is about to take a timeout!
"Did you see that? The cooperation of the other party is very good. Lowry and Darko for a while, you two will play the court, Mark will mainly defend Marion, and Darko can just leave Stoudemire attacking on his own. The organization is mainly done by Zhou Yang. You can't relax in the first half, if you relax too much, this game will be a practice game."
Conley was a bit disappointed after being substituted. This game is still being played with a mission! It's the same as the last mission. Conley didn't get any points, rebounds, assists and other stats after he came on the court
Lowry couldn't wait to rush straight to the field after getting the coach's name. His mood was a little complicated, now that he and Conley hadn't had Yang's class, would they have gotten more data?
Naturally, it was not done in the past. After taking his classes, it seems that the ability has also increased. But he just felt a little awkward. Now they have to pay one class at a time, and Darko and Mime are going to take one class after another. And he and Conley are both jumping, because they can't afford $160,000 a month
"If I could, I would have stretched the margin to more than 15 points in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the margin was stretched to 0 points. Do your best," D'Antoni said to his players with some excitement at this time. Whoever is ahead will be in a good mood~
Now the players on Phoenix's side feel more like their manager was joking with them before the game. And Nash is just cooperating with his coach. It's too easy, the opposition is not very efficient in attack, and their defense looks fragile.
After coming back, the Suns did not make any substitutions, and the Grizzlies here Mime and Conley went off, and Lowry was very excited to wait for the game to start.
"You're just scoring right now, and when you have a good chance, you can shoot. If you're not sure, give the ball to Mark! Zhou Yang patted Darko on the shoulder. Little Gasol watched Zhou Yang and Darko talk faintly from a distance. Darko nodded vigorously.
After returning from the game, Zhou Yang originally wanted to pass the ball to Fisher. But look at the opponent's defense speed too fast! Just pass the ball directly to Gasol Jr.! Mark didn't expect to get the basketball so quickly, and he threw it directly to get points!
I feel very good about coming back today! The team's current 4 points are all scored by his little Gasol himself! Bale picked up Nash's pass just after halftime and immediately passed it to Stoudemire. The latter immediately jumped high in the air, and the basketball was fanned out by Zhou Yang
"Why are you playing high jump here?" Stoudemire watched Zhou Yang jump higher than him in the air, and couldn't help but think so!
Seeing Balbosa suddenly rush out! Mark didn't even think about it and pounced directly! Gasol Jr. pushes the ball out before it hits the ground! Lowry picks up the basketball and passes it to Fisher!
After a few passes, the Suns couldn't keep up. And Fisher dribbled to the front court very quietly and immediately jumped to the basket with a three-point shot!!
The smile on D'Antoni's face, who had just been more excited, faded away. He didn't understand why the Grizzlies were adjusting so quickly!