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The opening timeout was just to adjust the players' condition, the Suns were 7-0, the Cavaliers needed to control the tempo, they needed to score.

After the timeout, back on the court, it was still James who got the ball, and the Cavaliers are a team that doesn't need a point guard, because of James' omnipotence, he only needs a guard who can shoot the basket.

The Suns' players knew this, and Bale and Marion were trying to cut off the connection between James and his teammates, but James still found an opportunity, using his speed and impact with the ball to accelerate from the right side and go straight to the basket.

Once James accelerated, no one could stop him, and the Suns' defense was immediately penetrated, and James directly scored with one arm.

Barkley made a fuss, as if it was the first time he had seen James dunk: "LeBron! He was like a cannonball, and Phoenix's defense was like a piece of butter. ”

Kenny Smith also ccosted on the sidelines, teasing the Suns' defense.

Leon didn't really care, he knew that if James wanted to force a breakthrough, especially at the beginning of the game, there was no one to stop him.

Being struck by James for one or two, he doesn't mind very much, and the Suns can continue to fire on the offensive end.

Nash returned to the offensive end and sure enough, with the help of the high double cover of Xiao Si and Marion, Nash found an opportunity to shoot a horse arrow at the right corner position and hit a two-point shot.

9:2, anyone with a discerning eye can see that in these games, Nash's offensive desire is much stronger than in the past, and he will definitely shoot as long as he has the opportunity.

In turn, James continued to steal points for the Cavaliers, and he used his speed to play an offensive and defensive connection, and he made a quick raid in the backcourt to score a layup.

9:4, in 2007, the 23-year-old James was like an iron horse with unlimited physical strength, and he was very smart, he didn't want to fall into the defensive trap set by Leon after falling into the position, and he had already suffered enough when facing Celtic in the past.

With a five-point gap, the two sides began to enter a period of offensive and defensive levelling, and the offensive efficiency of the Suns' positional battle declined slightly, while the Cavaliers insisted on playing fast and playing offensive and defensive connections, and after a few rounds, the difference was close to 2 points.

At 15:13, on the bench, D'Antoni looked at Leon, who didn't seem to have the idea of calling a timeout.

Barkley was a little anxious: "Why hasn't the Suns called a timeout yet?" Fox Leon, isn't that guy in a hurry at all? Where did the Suns' flamboyant offense go? Where did Nash's pass go? Is it just singles, blocking, and throwing three-pointers? Is this his level? ”

The game looked a little bland, so the fat man started babbling, but one thing he was right about was that the Suns' offense was far less flashy than before.

Nash controlled the ball and handed the ball to the low post Sigma, who stepped to face Gooden, at which point the Cavaliers began to wrap up the ball, and the ball was played to Dio, who dodged the long arm of Ilgoskas and made a right-handed layup.

"The Suns' offense is playing more like the Spurs now, is this just that if you can't win the opponent, you have to become the opponent?" Kenny Smith commented on the Suns' offense.

Barkley glanced at Smith and didn't speak, amusing Smith: "I didn't specifically refer to you, you can't beat the other party, just kiss the other person's ass." ”

The two were joking in the studio, and on the court, James attacked again.

But this time, his quick assault didn't work, and after rushing in from the middle, he finally found that the Suns were starting to shrink and immediately distributed the ball to Marshall in the bottom corner, only for Larry Hughes to miss a three-point shot.

Dio controlled the backcourt rebound, and instead of passing the ball to Nash, he dribbled and pushed up the fast break.

The tall and long-legged man rushed across the halfcourt in a few steps, and he had a wide field of vision, and a high-profile pass was made to Marion, who received the ball and made an easy layup.

This is in 2006, Marion is the best play, positional warfare is not good, he is a good hand in counterattacking.

The Suns turned the score to 19:13 again, and pulled away from the Cavaliers a little more.

This distance is often the difference in strength between the two teams, and the Cavaliers today except for James are in average game form, especially Larry Hughes, who played very average and couldn't shoot from the outside. The offensive and defensive responsibilities were placed on Gooden and Ilgoskas on the inside, and the two of them relied on their height and size advantages to cooperate with James to score points under the basket and help the team bite the score.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 25:20, and the Suns led by five points. It doesn't look like the Suns' offense is on fire, and the Cavaliers are in even worse shape.

Leon sat on the bench for the entire quarter, didn't move much, didn't call a timeout, and even the substitutions were done for him by D'Antoni.

In the past, the shrewd and capable Iron Fist coach now makes people feel lazy to a certain level.

Even Ross Barkley complained: "I think at the end of the season, Fox Leon can compete with me in terms of weight." ”

Kenny Smith retorted, "Unless he can eat an elephant, it's hard for me not to see the next century." ”

In the second quarter, the Suns were still in the norm, but the Cavaliers made quiet adjustments between the first and second quarters, James sat on the court and rested for two minutes, Mike Brown and James discussed, when the score came to 30:22, the Suns stretched the difference to 8 points, the Cavaliers called a short timeout, Brown replaced James, and then replaced Hughes with Damon Jones, apparently to enhance the three-point firepower on the outside. Hughes is not good, so try to change Jones.

It is still James who controls the ball, Marion leads the defense, and the Cavaliers' most effective offense in the first quarter is to let James cooperate with Gooden and Ilgoskas, and the two tall ones go down the inside, which is very powerful, but they can't kill the Suns.

This time it was different, but Damon Jones came up to cover for James.

The main defense of Jones Nash, Jones covered James, either changing defenses, or squeezing and bypassing, Marion of course chose to bypass and not give James a chance to break through.

But no matter whether you squeeze or bypass, as long as the blocking and dismantling does not change the defense, there will inevitably be a gap in defense, and James takes advantage of this gap to pull up and shoot directly outside the three-point line!

"Huh!"

Three-point hit!

This was the first time James tried a three-point shot in this game, and he scored. Although Leon told the players before the game that it was a step to prevent James, it did not mean that James could really be completely let go.

Once he has touch on the perimeter and gets into shape, James' outside jumper is just as unstoppable.

Watching James hit a three-pointer, Leon's ass was a little unable to sit still. Don't look at him doing nothing in the first quarter, he was actually watching the situation on the court closely, and he had a little bit of a bad premonition.

Turning back to the offensive end, Nash and Xiao Si blocked and dismantled, Xiao Si went down to the basket and wanted to force a dunk, but was covered from behind by James, who helped defend him, and then James counterattacked with the ball.

The Suns advanced fast and retreated as fast, not giving the Cavaliers a chance to continue to play offensive and defensive transitions, and fell into the position.

It was still James and Jones who played blocking and dismantling, Marion still changed defenses, and then James passed the ball to Jones, and in turn blocked and covered with Jones, this time Nash and Marion did not cooperate well enough, the two changed defenses, Jones passed back to James, and then ran to the wing and waited for three-point opportunities, but Marion could only follow Jones and completely exposed Nash in front of James.

Sheep into the tiger's mouth.

Nash was completely unable to defend against James' strong breakaway, so he could only foul James and send James to the free throw line.

The Suns still held on to a five-point advantage, with James hitting one of two free throws from the free-throw line to narrow the gap to four points.

At this point, Leon, who had been nailed to the bench for 20 minutes, finally stood up, walked to the technical bench and made a timeout gesture towards the referee.

Leon finally took the initiative to call a timeout, which shocked Barkley and Kenny Smith, and this guy finally moved!

Although the situation still seems to be very good for the Suns, as a head coach, unlike the spectators and commentators, he sees the team's problems, and this problem has been plaguing the Suns, and was caught by the Cavaliers in the second quarter.

That's Nash's defense, and when the opponent is bent on creating a misalignment, Nash is likely to explode at this point, which in turn will cause the entire Suns to explode.

This is also the Phoenix Suns' biggest weakness.

Leon threatened to solve the defensive problem with a more frantic attack, but the real big problem in defense still has to be solved, because the offense and defense are always one.

"I'm going to restructure the defense, everybody, you may not be doing too well today, but I'm going to keep reminding you until you're done."

Leon pulled out his tactics board and said to the players.