In the third quarter, after the Suns reverted to a five-man lineup, the Bobcats played a brilliant offense again, with Felton, Richardson and Gerald Wallace taking turns holding the ball to attack the Suns' weak interior line, scoring and causing damage. While the Bobcats are improving their efficiency on the offensive end, the Suns' offense is relatively difficult, and they are difficult to push and counterattack.

And at the beginning of the third quarter, the Bobcats reduced their three-point shots, their three-point shooting percentage was not high, and they had to give the Suns captain a rebound if they missed the shot, giving the Suns a chance to launch a quick counterattack.

Therefore, the Bobcats simply gave up the three-point shot, which was to let the three outside players take turns to rush in with the ball, bullying the Suns' lack of interior height and no barrier.

Leon discovered the third problem with the five-man lineup at this time, once the opponent began to engage in hand-to-hand combat, the team would feel struggling on both ends of the floor.

However, the Suns still relied on the individual ability of the players to maintain the lead in the score, and Steve Nash was on fire in this game, and when the team chose a small lineup, he re-emerged as the absolute core of the court.

And Boris Dior's strategy and Marion's air cut were just as much as adding points to the Suns, helping the team survive a difficult third quarter and maintain a seven-point lead heading into the fourth quarter.

In the fourth quarter, Leon still stubbornly did not send Turiav on the court, he replaced Bale with Jascovitius, and then used Barria to top Nash for two minutes, and Marion rested for a while.

Two minutes into the fourth quarter, the Bobcats seized the opportunity and launched an 8:2 attack wave to narrow the gap between the two sides to only 1 point!

Leon had to call a timeout, at which point Dan D'Antoni sat on a stool and said to Leon: "Let's make a substitution, replace Ronnie, such a lineup can't play at all, it's self-destruction of the Great Wall!" It can't go on like this. ”

Mike D'Antoni said: "Don't talk about my brother, Fox has his ideas, and this game is not that important. ”

Dan added, "But we played very well before. ”

Leon replied: "But no one supported my style of play before!" ”

Indeed, in the first few games of the five-man lineup, Leon designed a tactical routine that was not supported by the coaching staff, fans and critics, and now because of injuries he has devised a new routine, some people have begun to comment that the previous one was better.

As soon as he said this, no one spoke anymore, and Leon gathered the players together and said: "We are inferior in height, which is bad, but we have an advantage in energy, speed. Don't just care about our weaknesses and forget about our strengths. Play a little bit bolder and be more open, and as long as we play efficiently on the offensive end, the pressure on the defensive end will naturally be reduced! ”

Leon didn't deliberately ask the players to strengthen their defense, but instead asked them to strengthen their offense, especially in the frontcourt rebounding scramble, and after observing the performance of the five-man lineup for nearly two quarters and deploying the lineup several times, Leon believes that this is the best solution. Replacing defense with offense, for the Suns, their offense can be taken to a higher level, and these five small lineups are the key to their major breakthroughs!

Thinking this clearly, Leon continued to insist on a small lineup on the court, and returned to the game, with Nash and Marion re-appearing, and Jascovitius and Nash forming a double short in the backcourt. Vincent on the other side was snickering, thinking that such a backcourt would be vulnerable defensively, but he didn't think that Raymond Filton and Jason Richardson could limit their three-point shots.

Sure enough, on the first offense after the timeout, Jasco Vitius controlled the ball, and Nash used his flexible running position to get a misplaced opportunity at 45 degrees on the right side, and in the face of Jason Richardson, who was misplaced and defended, he used a difficult drifting three-point shot to help the Suns stabilize the situation. It was Nash's third three-pointer of the game.

The margin came to four points, and when the Bobcats entered the positional battle, their offensive efficiency would decline, and the consecutive breakthroughs in the third quarter caused Richardson and Filton to suffer a certain amount of physical strength, and the Suns managed to hold on to one shot.

This time, Nash didn't push a quick counterattack, if in 2006, this kind of small lineup Suns would definitely push a counterattack, and they did it before. But Nash seems to have realized something, and what they want is not speed, but success. While many times, speed means success, sometimes speed can also mean mistakes.

He controlled the rhythm and waited for his teammates to get into position, and then he observed Jascovitius's running position - he slipped to the bottom left corner with the help of Dior and Marion's cover on the left side, Nash immediately made a big diagonal pass, Jascovisius received the ball in the bottom corner, Felton saw it but didn't bother to pounce, and watched Jascovitius shoot a three-point shot and score again!

The margin came to 7 points, 91:84, and the Bobcats' previous efforts were extinguished by two easy three-pointers, which was a major blow to them. Vincent didn't call a timeout, he didn't have a lot of timeouts in his hands, and he had to save them for later critical moments.

But there may not be a moment of crunch, and it is a positional attack again, the Bobcats chose to let Okafor eat in the low post, this time he was caught in the bag - Ragabel's big lock cut his ball out of his hand, and the Suns fought back again, this time the Bobcats players desperately ran back to defend the defense, but Nash still slowed down, and he was very patient looking for opportunities.

Because the Suns are five small ones, and everyone has the ability to shoot from the outside, Nash feels that blindly counterattacking quickly and rushing is actually a bit of a waste of the five small ability to open up space. They've played V-shaped offense in the past, taking full advantage of the three-point firepower on the wings and the ability to cut through the middle, but they actually have a lot more to do, in the wide area between the basket and the three-pointers.

Nash dribbled inside and then went around, and Dior cut in the middle to attract the attention of some defenders, Nash didn't choose a difficult through-the-ball and instead passed the ball to Bale from the bottom to the horns, who made a mid-range jumper in the horns. Leon asked anyone at the timeout to be decisive when they had the chance.

It's a very different style than he did with the Celtics, where he calculated exactly where each player could shoot and asked them to attack in the area where they were best off, whereas in the Suns, everyone had a chance to shoot after halftime.

However, the ball was missed, and two mid-range points were not Bale's forte, but Marion struggled to grab the rebound and then drew a foul on Okafor under the basket and stepped to the free throw line.

Charlotte fans can once again enjoy the most bizarre free-throw stance in the NBA, Marion's putt-and-shoot shot, but the shooting percentage is quite good, two free throws, nine points. The Suns' offense came back to life, and Leon regained control.

The Bobcats are a weak team after all, and once they are inferior in terms of play and score at moments like the fourth quarter, they start to become unable to play, as if they are back in the first quarter. In particular, the Suns engaged in another joint defense, which caught the Bobcats off guard, and once again began to shoot on the outside, missing a few shots in a row, and giving the Suns a chance to fight back.

These few times, the Suns have seized the opportunity to counterattack very well, Nash and Jasco Waisius teamed up to control the court, not impatient or impatient, through running and accurate passing, to find offensive opportunities, and the Suns players shot extremely resolutely, and at the same time, the interior of the whole people scrambled for rebounds in the frontcourt, even Nash rushed to the inside to grab the rebound, not giving the Bobcats any opportunity to play an easy counterattack.

The Suns relied on a 14-0 super offensive shockwave to stretch the score to 15 points at once, and at the same time completely defeated the Bobcats. On the Suns bench, the assistant coaches all kept their mouths shut, and the small lineup showed a hint of power. In the end, the Suns defeated the Bobcats 101-90, 11 points, and Nash scored a team-high 30 points and dished out eight assists. The second-highest score came from Marion, who scored 21 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, including four from the frontcourt.

The buzzer sounded in the end, and Leon was greatly relieved, thanks to the players themselves in the last quarter, they also understood some of the essence of this lineup's play, especially Nash, otherwise even if he struggled to saliva, the players who really played the court would still not play well.

If it goes on like this, play another five or six games, and when Xiao Si returns, Leon will be able to sit back in his hands-off shopkeeper and quietly watch the team move forward until he encounters those strong opponents and needs him to step up.

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