This game between the Hawks and the Suns is not just a battle between two run-and-gun teams, but there are several other highlights in this game. Nash's point guard matchup, or Joe. Johnson & Burris. Dior's trip home is very watchable, so this game full of highlights was naturally included in the national live broadcast game, and the live commentator is still Charles of TNT TV. Barkley and Kenny. Smith.

However, the Suns were not in their heyday at this time, and in the offseason, the Suns' interior line Xiao Si found cartilage damage in his knee, so Xiao Si underwent minimally invasive knee surgery on August 18, 2005, which caused Xiao Si to return in mid-February next year.

The absence of Smalls only allowed Suns head coach D'Antoni to line up such a starting lineup: Stephen. Nash, Raja. Bell, Sean. Marion, Burreth. Dior, Cotter. Thomas.

As a result, the two teams together did not have a big center of more than 2.1 meters, and the tallest on the field became Josh, who was also 2.06 meters. Smith and Cotter. Thomas.

Before the game, the Eagles certainly didn't forget to hold a grand entrance ceremony for their players, and although they had lost two consecutive away games, they were finally back at home, and the Atlanta fans showed their support with countless Sun Yue jerseys and portraits.

The atmosphere at Phillips Arena today was very strong, and as soon as the game began, Sun Yue led the team to play a small climax of 17:6 in the stadium, forcing D'Antoni to ask for a timeout.

Such an opening made Kenny in the TNT commentary seat. Smith didn't expect it: "I didn't expect the skipper to be very active today, frequently taking advantage of his height, and he has scored 6 points and 3 assists on 3-of-3 shooting." ”

"It has to be said that our MVP is as porous on the defensive end as he is on the offensive end." Barkley expressed disdain for Nash's defense.

Barkley's words didn't last long, and soon Nash proved to him why he was selected as the best player of the regular season, and after the game restarted, Nash hit two three-pointers in a row, and assisted Marion to make a layup and Dio to score in a mid-range shot, and a wave of 10-0 counterattack climax instantly choked the cheers of Atlanta fans.

The Hawks made four consecutive shots all on the basket, while the Suns hit all four of their shots, and the score was naturally narrowed down to one point.

The two teams quickly entered the rotation time, Sun Yue was also transferred to the bench to rest, and the two teams who changed the rotation lineup alternately increased the score, Sun Yue, who was sitting on the bench, watched his heartbeat fast off the court, the Suns' ability to chase points is too perverted, and the eleven-point lead can be chased to one point in an instant, can it be a little more perverted?

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Suns' backup point guard Barbossa became the focus of attention. Lou couldn't stop him at all, and he broke through and succeeded. Jones hit a three-pointer and came off the bench to the inside of the bench Tim. Thomas made a basket, and the Suns went on a 9-4 scoring run at the start of the second quarter.

Atalanta fans are already holding their heads, and the eleven-point lead in the first half of the first quarter has now turned into a five-point deficit.

Woodson hurriedly called a timeout, and he couldn't stand the team's defense, although the Hawks are now focusing on run-and-gun tactics and seem to be a team that focuses on offense and defense, but Woodson's daily training also attaches great importance to the team's defense, and the Hawks spend no less time on tactical drills than on the offensive end.

The Eagles' defense has not yet formed a complete system, although the amount of training is not a lot, but the awareness of complementing and receiving between players is not strong, although there are tactics of assisting defense and pinching, but due to the lack of defensive enthusiasm of many players, these tactics do not play a big role.

While Sun Yue has always been a good defensive player in college, looking at the rest of the Hawks' players, Joe. Johnson was a player who was more offensive than defensive when he was with the Suns. Harrington even regarded defense as nothing. Smith and Childis, while aggressive defensively and physically gifted, lacked defensive experience, which led to the Hawks' weakness on the defensive end.

Among the main players of the Eagles, Sun Yue and Pachuria's defense is above the horizontal line, but the defense of two people cannot replace the defense of the whole team.

But fortunately, the Eagles' offense today was good, and the backcourt combination of Sun Yue and Joe. Johnson is in good form today, facing his old club Joe. Johnson scored six points in a row before halftime, and Sun Yue also broke through Nash's defense to break through to make it 2+1, and the Hawks tied with the Suns 61-61 at halftime.

"We can't go on like this!" At halftime, Stephen . As soon as Nash returned to the visiting dressing room, the first thing he did was to advise D'Antoni: "Our defensive strategy has to be revised. ”

"He's not an ordinary rookie, the Eagles are in control of the tempo, and we don't have much of an advantage against them, after all, we don't have a strong finisher like Stoudemire. He was so comfortable the whole first half that I couldn't stop him. "Stephen. Nash doesn't shy away from his defensive weaknesses.

Nash's words woke up D'Antoni in an instant.

D'Antoni patted his head, he finally realized where his biggest mistake was tonight, he and the Suns coaching team didn't take this kid seriously, let him do whatever he wanted, and gave him a very comfortable space to play.

In fact, D'Antoni doesn't know how to defend, he assigned the Suns a small-range pressing, interior multi-person strangulation and oppressive man-to-man defense all have eye-catching moments, but Nash's anxious single defense ability, and Xiaosi's anxious defensive attitude covers up many positive things for the Suns on defense.

Moreover, D'Antoni's defensive arrangement on the court is indeed poor, which forms the impression that the Suns' defense is very bad, which also accounts for a large proportion of the factors, and many fans just hear others say that the Suns' defense is not good, so they follow the coaxing.

"Raga, at the beginning of the second half, you marked Sun Yue one-on-one all over the court, constantly exerted physical confrontation on him, if he was passed, he would foul, don't be stingy with the number of fouls you played, others are ready to cut off his passing route at any time." D'Antoni was not an easy man either, and arranged for Raga in an instant. Bale is a one-man marker on Sun Yue.