Since joining the NBA in 1968, the Suns have been a powerhouse in the West, but have never been crowned champions. Missing out on Abdul-Jabbar in the 1969 draft was the Suns' biggest regret. Since 2000, the Suns have adhered to the small-ball style, playing many pleasing games, but never made it to the Finals, with the best results being in the Finals in 1975-76 and 1992-93.

I have to say that this is also the biggest regret in the history of the Suns, if you want to win the championship, it is always a lack of luck.

The Suns have produced a lot of stars, among which Barkley is a former member of the Suns, and of course, there is the familiar Grant Hill, a talented player ruined by injury.

When it comes to the relationship between the Suns and the Rockets, then we have to talk about Coach D'Antoni, and when it comes to moral handsomeness, then, it is natural to mention Steve Nash, and the team that used to be gorgeous on offense.

Nash and Xiao Si caused great trouble to Da Yao back then, and Stadameyer, the little overlord at that time, was never satisfied with the popularity of the alliance and repeatedly belittled Da Yao.

However, that is all in the past, and those grievances in the past have disappeared into time because of the retirement of these players.

This time, De Shuai led the team to the Suns, as a generation of famous coaches, the Suns team's pre-game press conference, also praised De Shuai very positively, and also made a video of De Shuai leading the team to pay tribute.

Today's Suns selected Josh Jackson of the University of Kansas with the fourth pick, and this season is also the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Suns, but the team's record is miserable, first losing to the Trail Blazers in the opening game, creating the league's largest opening point difference, and then losing to the Lakers and Clippers in a row, the team's dismal performance made the Suns finally part ways with head coach Watson, and now, with assistant coach Triano as the head coach.

It also made the Suns' management decide to abandon this season and try to have a good draft next season in order to rebuild the team.

Therefore, this game, according to the Rockets' prior analysis, will not encounter much trouble.

After the last game in the difficult home victory over the Raptors, all members of the Rockets team got a good rest, and in the past two days, the training has also been mainly adjusted.

Directly let Paul and Harden rotate the two main forces, both of them are more or less injured, in the case of ensuring the winning rate, try to let the two repair more, the Rockets' goal is not in the regular season, their focus is on the playoffs, that is the stage of real performance.

As a newcomer to the team and the most physical person in the team, Cheng Lei, in this game, is responsible for leading the players against the Suns.

"It's up to you later!" Paul and Harden, dressed in crisp suits, appeared in the break room with the team.

On the big screen in the middle of the stadium, the starting lineup of the two pairs has already been released, which means that the game will start soon.

However, in the stands, most of the positions are empty, and it is no wonder that the performance of the Suns this season is indeed too miserable, which makes fans lose confidence, and some people are also running for the Rockets.

However, when they saw the Rockets' starting list, they were all very disappointed.

Point Guard: Blake

Shooting guard: Cheng Lei

Small forward: Gordon

Power Forward: Tucker

Center: Capete

This is exactly the Rockets' previous second-tier lineup, and even Anderson was pressed on the bench and strictly controlled his playing time.

As for the Suns, the lineup is still the same.

Point guard: Devin Booker

Shooting guard: Dudley

Small forward: Magis

Power forward: Monroe

Center: Chandler

On paper, the strength of this lineup is still very good, Monroe and Chandler's inner strength is very strong, and the overall height of this lineup is very high, but I don't know why it played so badly.

Now that the boss has spoken, this season is rotten, and the players are now playing less actively, players who want to get a big contract, just hurry up and brush their own data.

After the final warm-up of the players on both sides, the referee blew the whistle and walked over with the ball, and the game was about to begin.

Chandler and Capela jump ball.

Anyway, it was a loss, and Chandler didn't have much motivation to jump the ball, so he jumped a little by the way, allowing Capela to easily pull the ball out.

"The other party doesn't seem to have much fighting spirit?" Paul, dressed in a suit, sat on the sidelines and said to Harden.

"They probably want to fight to the end and fight for a good position!" Harden said.

Facts have proved that the proper placement is indeed conducive to the rebuilding of the team, the Thunder back then, and the current 76ers were all rebuilt through the draft, and they have achieved good results.

The Suns are the most active now with Booker, a few years is his second season, I thought that the team's lineup could achieve a good result in a few years, but as a result, the game was worse than last year.

Regardless of whether the team is bad or not, as a newcomer, he needs to work hard to prove his worth and win a big contract for his future.

After Blake got the ball, Booker actively defended up, not at all like he was going to be rotten.

In the face of such a young man, Blake has almost no other advantages except for being a little more experienced, so after smoothly dribbling the ball across the half court and handing it over to Cheng Lei, he can act as a fixed-point pitcher with peace of mind.

Dudley, who is 32 years old this year, is a veteran who has been in the league for ten years, and now the team is rotten, and he is not happy to defend a young man like Cheng Lei.

So, I directly switched defenses with Booker, let the young people guard against the young people, and went to play with Blake by myself.

Booker is taller than Cheng Lei, but in terms of weight, he is easier than Cheng Lei, so if he competes head-on, he will definitely not be able to carry Cheng Lei, and Cheng Lei's core strength is one of the best in the league.

Therefore, Booker tried to defend Cheng Lei several times, but Cheng Lei turned around and knocked out of position.

However, Cheng Lei was not in a hurry to attack, and his task today was to connect the whole team, which was much more difficult than scoring by himself, so he was paying attention to the position of his teammates while facing Booker sideways.

Tucker and Gordon made a pick-and-roll, Tucker ran to the outside of the three-point line, and Gordon slipped straight to the baseline.

Cheng Lei passed the ball through the crotch and handed the ball to Tucker.

Monroe's defense of Tucker obviously didn't pay much attention, and when he saw him out of the three-point line, he didn't follow, so he stood lazily two meters away from him.

Tucker made a direct three-pointer and scored a goal for the Rockets.

"The current Suns are really lazy, and they are probably ready to be the worst team in the league! Harden said with a smile.

"If you can get a champion, you can spend a season, and everything is worth it!" Paul said.