The Suns relied on Dio's excellent play in the middle of the second quarter to turn the tide and take the initiative on the court. The Suns are a team that is very good at playing tailwind, and once they take the lead, they bring up the speed and are likely to widen the margin to a point where their opponents can't catch up.

That's where the Suns are strong in the regular season, but it's also why they lost twice to the Spurs in the playoffs, because playoff powerhouses don't give you as many opportunities to be on the move.

The Jazz are also a playoff powerhouse, and after Sloane took a timeout, the Jazz regained their strength and played tough defense and offense in the second half of the second quarter.

Don't look at Boozer's average running and jumping quality, but he is in a good position, and he is very cunning under the basket, the Suns do not have a backcourt rebounding master, he grabbed the frontcourt rebounds in a row under the basket, and then used a good sense of rhythm under the basket to lick the basket twice.

Don't look at the Boozer people's five big and three rough, they are really thieves when they play, and they use their skills very well. There is no way to play this kind of Fadio, it is definitely impossible for him to block, he is not Duncan, Howard, and the Suns' backcourt rebounds have been a problem since the beginning of the season, and they have been bombed by opponents several times in a row.

This is really the complete opposite of the Celtics coached by Leon in the past, and the Celtics would rather not have a fast-break opportunity and have to leave all to protect the backcourt rebounds. And at their peak, they had Kevin Garnett and PJ Brown on the inside, two gods in backcourt rebounding protection, and their backcourt rebounding protection ability has always been at the forefront of the league.

The Suns are different, not only do they not have backcourt rebounders, but sometimes players have to stand outside in order to launch a quick counterattack, so it is natural to lose backcourt rebounds.

And Leon doesn't mind this, the Suns team has always had significant advantages and disadvantages, and he feels that he can't expand his shortcomings, and his advantages must be further amplified. Faced with a continuous loss of backcourt rebounds, the Suns' response is simple - if you grab the frontcourt rebounds, then I will also grab the frontcourt rebounds.

Xiao Si and Marion are both strong frontcourt board impact, and the Jazz are unfortunately not there their big center Oku, so the Suns are also grabbing frontcourt rebounds in a row, scoring twice under the basket, and firmly maintaining the point difference at about 5 points until the end of the first half of the game.

By the third quarter, the Suns were starting to show that they weren't quite the same as they had been in the past, and it was at this point that Nash was really involved in the team's offensive run-up and he was starting to score on his own.

Deron Williams is a good player when he plays Paul in the same class, but Nash is different from Paul, Williams has an advantage in size when he plays any point guard, but Nash is not afraid of any point guard with stronger physical fitness than him, because almost all point guards in the league are physically better than him, and it doesn't matter at all.

Nash Smalls' blocking and pick-and-roll began to play a powerful role, without Oku on the inside, Carlos Boozer's shortcomings of slow lateral movement were magnified, although the other Jazz players tried their best to make up for it, but Nash's passing was too thief, and his own offensive firepower was fierce enough, resulting in the Jazz defense could not take care of both points.

The Suns played a small 10-0 climax to open the gap in one fell swoop. Sloan called a timeout, and he realized at this time that the Suns were simply playing in the first half, and only in the second half did they make a move and catch the Jazz off guard. This style of pacing is something that the sun did not have in the past. D'Antoni believes in the stability of the rotation, and the regular season is an eight-man rotation, from start to finish, one rhythm kills opponents.

But if you can't kill the opponent, or the rhythm is mastered by the opponent, you can only die of the sun.

As a seasoned veteran coach, Sloane felt that Fox Leon's transformation of the Suns was half successful, just as he had painstakingly honed and reformed the Jazz back then. It's just that it took him more than ten years, and in the end it was only half of the success, if he couldn't win the championship, the other half of the success would continue to be obtained.

On the Suns' bench, Leon sat on the bench and began his daily daze, leaving the tactical reminders to D'Antoni and Steve Nash, yes, now Nash occasionally picks up the tactical board to lay out tactics for his teammates. After all, he is the real commander on the field, he is the one who knows best how to play the attack and how to run the position.

Leon just sat there and listened anyway, this is also a kind of stealing teacher, he has a good memory, he can remember everything Nash said in his head, maybe he can take it out and use it when he can. Tell Nash, "This is the tactic you laid out after the first timeout in the third quarter against Team XX." ”

Anyway, Nash will definitely not remember, and Leon will draw out the tactics and guide everyone when the time comes. Of course, the tactics Nash laid out today were simple - he was going to pull himself away.

Nash's desire to attack this season is extremely high, and in the past he used to score as a last resort, which basically meant that the team was going to lose. Everything has been different since Leon arrived, he no longer scored in desperate moments, but relied on his efficient scoring to continue to widen the gap with his opponents when expanding the results.

Nash found this trick to work, because once the opponent fell behind and the defense tightened, the team cooperation was not necessarily easy to play, and the mistakes would increase, so it was better to play several of them alone. The difference of more than a dozen points suddenly became twenty points, and the average team was basically wiped out.

The Jazz are no ordinary team, but they can't escape Nash's clutches tonight at the American Airlines Center. Deron Williams is a third-grader after all, how to compete with Nash, a two-time MVP, an old fritter on the court.

So as soon as the timeout came back, the Jazz scored one first, and when he turned around, Nash made DeLong's foul on the counterattack, and made free throws at the free throw line, and Nash hit more than ninety percent of the free throws, and sending him to the free throw line was to send points.

Steadily scored two points, and the Jazz organized a positional offense, and the Jazz still had no problem offensively, but Boozer really couldn't hold the ball to attack after Dior hit the chicken, and the Jazz's offense was lame, and without Oku, their ability to open up space was much worse.

Williams wanted to challenge Nash to shoot back, but the mid-range jumper was interfered with by Marion, who came from the defense, missed, Xiao Si got the backcourt rebound and handed the ball to Nash, Nash did not pass the ball fast as usual, but took the ball by himself and went directly to the bottom line, and then hit a difficult backward shot!

The American Airlines Center was cheering, Nash seemed to be possessed by Kobe, and he had a chance not to pass, that is, to come to a difficult shot, or to score, such a goal was really enjoyable to watch.

And that's not all, being beaten twice in a row, Delon's mentality was a little unstable, and he was fouled by Nash in the offense, but it was a heavy shoulder hit, Nash fell, and the referee blew the whistle without hesitation. DeLong could only return the ball to the referee with a helpless face, and the scene was full of cheers.

The bigger cheers are still to come, Nash has completely played the feeling, he dribbled outside the 45-degree three-point line on the left side to pick up Delon, after continuous feints, he finally shook DeLong away, and then cut in from the left side, under Delon's follow-up defense, a difficult low-handed throw basket with his left hand hit, and the person was pushed down by Delon, and he made a foul again, plus a penalty!

At this point, Williams' mentality was completely collapsed, he complained to the referee, but did not get any response from the referee, Nash was pulled up by his teammates, stood on the free throw line, and hit a free throw, which suddenly stretched the difference between the two sides to 20 points.

The Jazz, who seemed to be powerful last season, suddenly became a piece of paper in front of the Suns, and the third quarter was directly blinded. The whole court was chanting MVP, and people thought that this season, the Suns would start to decline, but they didn't expect Steve Kerr to make a good signing after he took over, and he brought Fox Leon back. Suddenly, even Steve Nash had a chance to touch the regular season MVP trophy again.

In half a month, the time is about to enter 2008, which may be destined to be an extraordinary year for Phoenix people.