Chapter 64: Coach, I'm in good shape

At the break, Gentry began to lay out his tactics, although the first one point lead, but the Suns only scored 20 points by using the tactics, but the Knicks scored 19 points on individual singles. You can also see the difference in the strength of the two teams.

20 points in a single quarter is obviously not the normal offensive level of the Suns. In the first game, the Suns' interior offense was limited, and Tyson Chandler was indeed a good interior defender, getting 2 blocks in a single quarter, causing the Suns a lot of trouble.

And the Suns' outside players, except for Nash, can only shoot Shannon Brown, and Brown has no hand today, shooting 1 of 4 and scoring 3 points. Fortunately, he used the fast break and the Knicks' loose defensive attitude to play a few transition offenses, which was the back and forth with the Knicks.

In contrast, Gentry still intends to focus on the outside, and the inside line is too obvious at a disadvantage, so Gentry replaced Shannon Brown with Mike Reed, and replaced Jared Dudley with Hakeem Warik, who has been pestering Anthony. There was no way Dudley to guard against Anthony, and he couldn't bear it after a quarter. To deal with Anthony, you can only use wheel warfare.

Gentry ignored Chen's longing look and continued to let Nash play. Hill and Gortat will continue to stay on the court, although Hill is already a veteran, but his role on the court is still very large, and he is inseparable from grabbing rebounds and responding to offense. That's why Hill is averaging more than 30 minutes per game this season, and the Suns are unavailable.

In the second quarter, Chen Shu sat honestly on the sidelines, bored and watched the half-quarter ball, of course, it was not for nothing, at least he waved the towel no less than 10 times...

Halfway through the second quarter, Gentry took advantage of Anthony's free throws to request a substitution. Then he once again ignored Chen Shu's eager eyes and motioned for Telfil to replace Nash and Morris to replace Old Hill.

"I rub. What's the situation" Chen Shu looked confused.

Telfil had been taught a lesson by Chen Shu before, and now when he heard that the head coach asked him to play for Nash instead of Chen Shu, he immediately raised his eyebrows and looked at Chen Shu with slanted eyes and defiantly. I thought to myself, besides, I am also an old man who has been in the league for a long time, and I am still more reliable than this rookie in the coach's heart.

The game continued, full of joy, Telfil thought that the coach had decided to give him a chance, and thought that he had to perform well.

The first is to implement the coach's tactics, focusing on the outside, and as soon as he came up, he faced the Knicks backup point guard veteran Bibby. For Telfil, it's definitely a plus for Bibby. You must know that Bibby's lateral speed is relatively slow, and against speed guards, it is all at the level of being passed by one step.

Seeing Bibi, he didn't need to block and dismantle, he passed it in one step, and broke through the basket very resolutely.

In the eyes of opponents, it was thought that this little man wanted to attack under the basket, and Chandler was ready to add a block stat for himself.

When physical contact was about to occur, he passed the ball to Morris, who was in the middle position. Although Morris is a big man of 208, he is still very reliable in one hand.

The pitcher feints to pick up the defender, moves sideways and takes a step to make a long-range shot.

The score is 34:30.

"Beautiful, mid-distance from rookie Morris" Barkley finally praised the newcomer.

"Well, it seems that the Suns' draft is still very successful, this rookie has strength, skill, and good immediacy."

The Knicks attacked, and at this time, the boss Anthony was not on the court, and the Knicks played in an orderly manner. McBiby dribbled quickly and hit a fast break, and it was a 3-point shot to meet Telfil, who didn't reflect.

Hollow into the net. The score is 34:33.

The two substitute guards on the field are both defensive colanders, one is too short to prevent projection, and the other is slow to prevent breakthroughs.

"good shot, Bibby's specialty, one arrow through the heart" Barkley also exclaimed excitedly, the battle is always what everyone likes to watch. That's what makes the Suns and former coach D'Antoni's style so appealing.

Telfil continued to play fast offense with the ball, but most of the Knicks on the court are bench players, and most of them are conscientious as substitutes and want to perform well, so they return to defense quickly, and Telfil does not have the insight of Nash, the fast break is not successful, and the two sides fall into a positional battle.

There are no players on both sides who can open the situation by their individual ability, and the point guard's tandem ability is limited, and they can't cooperate, and the offense has come to a standstill.

It was hard to grind until the end of the half.

The score is 41:43. The Suns trailed by 2 points.

Nash off the field was also a little confused, why the coach didn't let Chen Shu play, but instead used Telfil. He was well aware of Telfil's strength. It's okay to play downwind, and this kind of anxious battle situation is not suitable for him.

Chen Shu saw clearly in the game on the court, the Suns' offense, with and without Nash, is completely two styles of play. Fortunately, the Knicks' bench depth is not enough, otherwise the Suns may fall behind by a large score in this half quarter.

At halftime, Gentry finds Chen

"Chen, get ready for the second half, you'll be on the court" Gentry didn't have the intention of suppressing Chen Shu, just knocking it out.

"Okay, coach" Chen Shu wrote excitement in his eyes.

"Well, in the second half you can increase your offense as you like, and as you can see, we don't have a strong scorer on our team. Of course, as a point guard, I think you should know when to pass the ball."

"Of course, coach, I promise to complete the task, ahem, by the way, coach, yes. I feel like I'm in good shape today."

"Huh? Let's see how you perform on the field" Gentry froze in his heart, this kid is going to bargain with me again, it's time to play? It's really not a long memory. The mouth still didn't move.

The second half started very quickly, with both sides coming off the bench and a mixed lineup.

Suns: Shu Chen, Brown, Jared Dudley, Morris, Robin

Knicks: Shambaugh, Fields, Anthony, Josh. Harrison, Jared Jeffries

"Wow, my little brother, it's finally here"

"Hey, you haven't told me why you're so optimistic about this Asian rookie"

"Man, I've talked to you a lot, look me in the eye"

"Huh? What" Smith looked into Barkley's eyes with a confused expression.

"Ahem, vision, vision, do you understand" Barkley said seriously.

“。。。” Smith covered his face with his hands, speechless for a while, he was still a little uncomfortable with Barkley's nonsense after being together for so long.

The Sun took the lead in attacking, and Chen wrote against Shambaugh, who is 196cm tall and weighs 96kg, and it can be said that he is physically at a disadvantage. Therefore, Chen Shu did not rush forward, but called the newly acquired younger brother Morris to block him from dismantling.

He knows the level of his teammates on the Suns, he doesn't have the passing ability of Nash, so he needs to open up the offense, attract the defense, and then create opportunities for his teammates.

On the 3-point line, Chen Shu used the block to flash a position of Shambaugh, and when the defense was about to pounce, he pulled out his hand. In the eyes of others, this choice is not good, but this is the rhythm of Chen Shu, tried and tested.

"Huh" lived up to expectations and hit with a 3-point hit. The score is 44:43.

Gentry and his teammates, who saw Chen Shu playing in an official game for the first time, were still stunned by this sudden scene.

There are very few people in the league who would choose such a moment to make a move at the moment, except for those nerve knives.

"Roar, my little brother is a housekeeper from the beginning, 3 points and solid hits, what an amazing guy, a first-round pick from the Suns, making a lot of money, haha"