The match lasted more than 20 minutes, a half, and finally Leon ended the game early, and the main team was 66-61, 5 points ahead of the substitutes. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info As can be seen from the score, at halftime, the combined scores of both teams exceeded 120 points, which is obviously a big battle. At the same time, it is unbelievable that the main team played to the end only 5 points ahead of the substitute team.

When Leon blew the whistle to end the game, Stadamire muttered that he was unhappy, saying that he would continue to play, and by the end of the game, he would definitely win the bench by 20 points. Leon said: "Win 20 points off the bench, is that your goal?" ”

As soon as Leon's words came out, no one said anything more, even Stoudemire stepped aside with the ball, and everyone was sweating, but no one wanted to wipe the sweat and cool off or anything. The main players all stood on the sidelines, waiting for Leon's reprimand, while the substitutes all laughed and high-fived each other. Obviously, only five points were lost against the main team, but in fact, it was a win.

It's not the score that wins, it's the confidence and momentum. Again, the main team loses not the game, but the face.

On the first day of training camp for the Suns, Leon gave the Suns' veteran players a hard slap, and of course, D'Antoni a hard slap, and the score was like saying, look at you Mike, what have you been practicing on defense in the past few years?

Of course, Leon knows that this is not a reflection of the full strength of the Suns' main players, and a summer of rest has left their bodies a little rusty, and the bench team has been well relaxed and practiced at Lake Havasu, where Fox Leon has spent a lot of time training a special routine to deal with the Suns.

In fact, their routine is very simple, the outside line is as hard as the Suns to advance, Jascovitius has problems in the positional battle, but in the advance battle, his passing is very good. And the Sun's return defense is not very powerful. If you can't push, do unlimited pick-and-fade outside the three-point line, a lot of fake blocking, and use Barria's assault ability and Barry's passing and three-point ability to tear apart the Suns' defense. Then there's Turiaf's never-ending struggle for frontcourt rebounds on the inside.

These three moves hit the three weaknesses of the Suns' defense, one is that Nash, as a point guard, is the player closest to his own basket when attacking, and his ability to retreat is insufficient; Second, there is a problem with the rotation of the outer line; Third, Stoudemire on the inside is not a good rebounding handler.

This summer, Kurt Thomas, who could provide protection in the low post of the Suns, was signed by the SuperSonics, and in the case of only playing Dio and Stodamaire, the Suns' defensive rebounding protection will definitely not work, Stoudeyer will not be stuck, and Dio is because he is lazy.

Another point is that Leon knows that the physical strength and morale of this group of benches will only last for more than 20 minutes, and if they continue to play, they will definitely be crushed by Nash and the Suns who are slowly getting up in shape in the second half, so that this confrontation will be ineffective. Therefore, Leon ended this seemingly asymmetrical game early.

Looking at the players' slightly resentful expressions, some of them were very excited, Leon said: "A summer has passed, think about it, do you feel different from last year's yours?" Run fast, jump high, throw accurately. But the defense is very bad, I can't get rebounds, I can't retreat in time, and when I can't run, there are not many ways to attack in positional warfare, so I can only rely on Nash to drill around with the ball. Can anyone tell me how to solve these problems? “

If Leon had spoken these issues at the beginning of training to criticize the Suns' main force, he would have been disgusted and rebellious by the players. But when a 20-minute match ended and the problems of the main team were exposed, the players knew that Leon was not wrong. But they often hear these things from the media, listen to some experts, and there doesn't seem to be any particularly good way, after all, they were very close to the finals, after all, they have achieved a lot of success, why change it?

Who knows if the previous advantages will disappear after these problems are changed? If every team in the NBA can succeed by correcting the problems analyzed, then everyone can win the championship.

Obviously, everyone will have this in mind, but no one dares to say it, everyone just keeps silent. D'Antoni stood on the sidelines and wanted to talk, wanting to tell Leon that it was not good to ask the players questions directly in the team, after all, they were all adults, not children. They are working, not going to school.

On the other side, Mike D'Antoni's brother Dan D'Antoni muttered in a low voice: "This is not a university, NBA training classes are not university professional courses, and the players are not students......"

Dan D'Antoni has always felt resentful of Leon taking his brother's place, and his brother has to give him a hand.

Then Marion spoke: "Who knows? Isn't that what a coach does? We'll just play the ball. "Marion is a cheerful player, often without scruples in his speech, with a more playful brain, as unrestrained as his style of play.

But as soon as Marion finished speaking, Bale and Dior, who were standing next to him, knew that it was going to be bad, and no one dared to talk to Leon like that when they were in the Boston Celtics, not even Garnett and Pierce.

Sure enough, Leon walked up to Marion, who was nearly a head shorter than Marion and had to tilt his neck to meet Marion's eyes. As Leon approached, Marion could clearly see the scar on Leon's face, as well as the casserole-sized fist clutched in front of his chest. Marion couldn't help but think of a terrifying figure who could knock the entire Indiana Pacers down and take down the underworld boss with one punch in Boston.

Looking at Leon's eyes, Marion swallowed his saliva and wanted to say something, only to hear Leon say: "If you can score two more points in the third quarter of Game 5 and grasp those two offenses in the fourth, I think you probably don't need to change coaches this season." ”

The fifth game Leon said refers to the battle of Tianwang Mountain in this year's Western Conference semifinals, in the crucial third quarter, Marion did not score a point, and in the fourth quarter, two key shots were missed, which directly led to the Suns losing the key game and finally being eliminated.

Leon's words obviously made Marion a little angry, his face was not very good, and he clenched his fists, but looking at Leon's fists, it was better to forget it.

Leon took a few steps back, looked at Bell again, and said, "Laga, you can tell me and guess how to solve these problems." ”

Bale was trained by Leon with the Celtics, turning him from a fringe player in the NBA to an outside big man who can ring the bell at the American Airlines Center. Leon told him that he was sure to say, and after thinking about it, he responded, "We should build a better defense, be more aggressive on the defensive end and go for rebounds, maybe you'll introduce the Hawkeye method, or that kind of unique way of defending, amoeba pressing, if I'm not mistaken." Uh......"

After a few words, Bell couldn't go on, he was not an academic talent, but a sapper who pointed and hit anywhere. His answer seems to be expected, in fact, the vast majority of Suns players or fans think so, believing that Leon's arrival will bring defense to the Suns and make them a strong team with a balanced offense and defense.

But Nash didn't think so, he had communicated with Leon before, and Leon said that the Suns' offense was not good enough when they were in trouble, so after listening to Bale, Nash said: "I think maybe our offense is not good enough, if the bench team can play that kind of offense, then there is no reason for us to only score five more points than them." ”

After Nash, he gave Nash a thumbs up and said, "MVP-is-MVP!" (That's MVP!) Then, Leon roared, "Starting today, the Phoenix Suns' training camp officially begins!" If 110 points per game doesn't make it a championship for you, then we'll score 120 points per game! “