On April 22, 2000, after a two-day break, the NBA playoffs officially kicked off this season, and today there will be four games played at the same time, namely the 76ers in the East against the Hornets, the Heat against the Pistons, the Spurs in the West against the Suns, and the SuperSonics against the Jazz. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Phoenix Suns have always been a clear stream in the league, when other teams are desperately trying to collect high-quality interior lines, the Suns have pioneered small-ball tactics in a unique way, in the years when Paul Westafar was the head coach, the Suns also set off a whirlwind in the league, 62-20 in the peak season and reached the Finals, but the Suns have never been able to win the championship, and the management who lost confidence in Paul Westphale replaced him with Danny Angie, after Danny Angie took office, Although the Suns are still playing small-ball tactics, but unlike the Paul Westphale period, scoring more than 100 points and conceding more than 100 points, basically regardless of defense, the Suns under the coaching of Danny Angie have significantly improved their defense, conceding only 93 points per game this season, although they cannot be compared with the Spurs, but they are also the seventh best defensive team in the entire league, and the Suns have averaged 99 points per game this season, still ranking in the middle and upper reaches of all teams.

The Spurs have not been successful this season compared to last season, although they have a record of 58 wins this season, but they are only in fourth place in the West, far from the first place in the league last season, and this season's Spurs have conceded an average of 87 points per game, becoming the only team in the league to limit opponents to score less than 90, although the Spurs have averaged less than 96 points per game, but the +9 point difference is also the most among all teams in the league.

When the Alamo Stadium won the playoffs again after a year, the Alamo Stadium, which can accommodate nearly 30,000 people after the renovation, was full again, and when the Spurs players began to enter the stadium, the audience all stood up to cheer for the Spurs, which can be seen that although the Spurs' playoff form this season is not good, Spurs fans still have a lot of confidence in the home team.

"This guy is really arrogant, you will suffer it later." Seeing Meng Xu walking across the bench of the sun with open arms in the cheers of the audience, Marion, who is also a rookie this year with Meng Xu, was very unhappy at this time, Marion, who already thinks very highly of himself, rarely has been looked at by him among these rookies this year, and Meng Xu is definitely one of the few that he hates, this guy who is in the same position as himself, no matter how he looks at it, is not as good as himself, and now he has firmly established the main position in the Spurs, He even won the MVP of this season's Rookie Challenge and the All-Star Three-Point Contest, while he could only sit on the bench in the Suns and wipe the water cooler over and over again every day. Fortunately, in the second half of the season, with his outstanding performance, Marion successfully impressed Danny Angie, and now Marion has become an important rotation player for the Suns.

"Alright, Sean, we're going to warm up." After Kidd's injury, Hardaway, who was originally traded to assist Kidd, became the only pillar of the Suns, and Hardaway also suffered minor injuries this season, playing only 60 games in one season.

"Sean, the coach asked you to start this game, and I will teach him a good lesson in a while, I have seen that he has been unhappy for a long time." It was the Suns' power forward Cliff Robinson who spoke, and since Cliff Robinson was risked two by Meng Xu in a certain game, the two of them have formed a bond.

At this time, Meng Xu, who was warming up, seemed a little excited, holding the basketball and shooting two three-nots in a row, although in the locker room, head coach Popovich and assistant coach Mike Budenholzer continued to encourage and comfort Meng Xu, hoping that Meng Xu could relax, Duncan even told jokes and meat jokes in the locker room for the first time, but even so, Meng Xu still seemed very excited, this is Meng Xu's first playoff game, facing the cheers of nearly 30,000 spectators, and the temptation of doubling the playoff points experience, If he could calm down, it wouldn't be Meng Xu.

Popovich didn't have much arrangement for this game, because it was the first meeting, Popovich still wanted to test the depth of the sun first, and after continuous rotations, the Spurs players were not in good shape. After last year's finals, Popovich has come up with a way to stay on top of the game. You must know that in a long season, no player can guarantee a stable state, and behind the peak there must be a trough or even a bottomless abyss, the only difference is that some players will adjust their state according to the game situation, and most players do not understand and will not. As an excellent head coach, Popovich has to help these players adjust their own state, in the second half of the season, through rotation and other means to artificially reduce their game status, and then wait until the playoffs are gradually adjusting their state, until the final finals, the players' game state will reach its peak.

Unlike the Spurs, Danny Ange did his homework in this game, after being swept out of the first round by the Trail Blazers in the first round last season, the Suns traded Hardaway this season, but he wanted to do it hard. In this game, Danny Angie also adjusted the starting lineup, two interior Luke Longley and Cliff DeRobinson are still starters, Sean Marion, who has been playing as a substitute this season, started this game, Hardaway appeared in the position of scoring guard, and the playmaker was Randy Evanston who made a cameo appearance, the team has a playmaker like Hardaway, and the Suns' need for point guards has been minimized.

"Judging from the record of this season's encounter, the Spurs are not easy to play." When the players from both sides re-entered the court and were ready to start the game, as the special commentator of the game, one of the greatest players in the history of the Spurs, the iceman George Gervin's face was also a little solemn.

International practice, before the referee blows the game, Duncan wants to pass the basketball, holds it in his arms, and looks at the basket with a blank face, no one knows what he is thinking at the moment.

"It seems like it's time for me to figure out a way to attract the fans." Seeing the fans cheering for Duncan's old-fashioned opening, Meng Xu also had some indescribable envy.

"The adjustment of the Suns in this game is also going to be desperate to play the outside, and the Suns' interior line is also the kind of player who has strong mobility and can be pulled out at any time, and this game will be a great test of the Spurs' outside defense and internal and external coordination."

Although Kidd is out due to injury, the Suns' outside line still has a huge advantage over the Spurs' outside four, and it is very important that whether it is Hardaway, Marion, Todddaye or Rodney Rodgers are all young and strong, while the Spurs are a bunch of old and sick people, Meng Xu is a first-year rookie, Sean Etellio and Mario Elie are now on the verge of retirement, and Avery Johnson is also 35 years old this year.