Stephen Chambers struggled to squeeze past the Suns' covering players and pounced on his own defenders who were ready to shoot jumpers.

For the young Stephen, he felt he had done his best, but his pace was a little slower and his opponent made a great shot in front of his eyes.

Wang Lei on the field couldn't help frowning when he looked at Stephen's performance, this player with very good projection ability does have serious flaws in defense, in the offense, Stephen can make the most perfect off-ball run, and can even do better than Turgon, but in defense, he always seems a little afraid in the face of the defended.

Stephen always seemed a little scared when defending, and he subconsciously seemed to have a resistance to all physical contact, which can be seen from the fact that he still does not have a girlfriend.

It's hard to imagine that Stephen, whose father was president of North America's largest network hardware vendor, was still a bachelor in his twenties, and he didn't even talk to a girlfriend.

Stephen's situation has made many people doubt his sexual orientation, but those who know him well know that this guy is actually an otaku, and he has ***** full of several portable hard drives.

The reason why Stephen is like this is because he does have a mental illness, he is extremely afraid of physical contact with others, whether male or female, and his parents have not even been able to get close to him since he was a child, which is why Stephen, the son of the president of a large group, eventually became a professional footballer.

In fact, Wang Lei has had an in-depth understanding and discussion with him on Stephen's problem, and Wang Lei has also formulated a detailed and unique training plan for him in response to Stephen's situation, but at present, it seems that the effect of this plan is not too obvious, Stephen still takes the initiative to retreat in the confrontation, and his subconscious is extremely powerful.

At this time, the game between the Runners and the Suns has reached the middle of the second quarter, and the rotation players on both sides are still evenly matched, and the difference in the score is basically within two or three points, and neither side has anything to do.

Gradually, the Suns changed the starters to the court again, and Wang Lei also replaced Turgon, Blair and Salich and others, but at this time the lineup of the Runners still underwent some changes, Wang Lei hopes that his players can take the initiative to raise the speed on the court.

The Runners on the court did the same, but the Suns were too limited by the Runners' style of play, and although their five players on the court didn't have that kind of top stars, their cohesive defensive strategy did make it difficult for the Runners to play to their speed advantage.

George Gwen sat on the bench on the sidelines without saying a word, and Penny Alexander directed the players on the pitch as if he didn't care about the other side.

Penny's judgment of the situation on the court is very accurate, she knows that if she wants to win today's game, she will have to limit the speed of the runners, once the opponent plays a speed advantage, the Suns are estimated to be difficult to withstand the attack of the opponent's multiple outside firefighters.

There weren't many ways to limit the Runners' speed, but it happened that the players she could control right now could do it.

In fact, the reason why the Runners can play such a gorgeous and fast attack is not driven by the individual speed of one or two players, but the overall speed, and the whole team needs to cooperate to prevent this kind of rapid attack.

A lot of teams in the league can't do that right now, which makes the Runners go all out, but the Suns can do it as a team now, which makes the Runners lose their advantage when they advance to the frontcourt.

The Runners are actually caught in a big misunderstanding now, they always think that if they want to beat the Suns, they have to be better than each other, so what is the best aspect of the opponent is naturally their teamwork, so this makes the Runners have an idea that only a more team than the other party can defeat the opponent.

Of the 82 games in the regular season, nearly 60 games have been played so far, and the players of the Runners have to face different opponents in each game, each opponent has its own characteristics, and even each opponent needs players to recognize and understand, so this has led to a kind of cognitive fatigue for young players.

Young players generally have to go through such a period of time after entering the league, and Wang Lei himself has to go through such a process, after all, he is also coaching an NBA team for the first time.

The accumulation of experience requires not only time, but also failure after failure, if you can sum up the gains and losses from the failures, it means that the team has a future.

Now the Runners have entered such a period that is perfect for learning from experience.

At the end of the second quarter, the Suns gradually opened the score, although it didn't open much, but compared with the gap of two points and three points in the previous game, seven points was already the biggest gap between the two teams in this game.

The Suns' final attack of the second quarter, their interior center was a European player, and unlike Salich, the French center Leo Raitt did not enter the NBA through the draft, but signed a short contract directly with the Suns.

Leo relied on his height advantage to receive the ball inside, Erwin was suppressed by Leo, and the opponent's next set was very stable.

Salich was the first to bag Leo Raitt.

Through the previous games, the players of the Runners found that Erwin could not defend the French center at all, and the opponent's basic skills were more solid than Erwin's, and his height had an advantage.

However, the French center forward was very sharp and passed the ball to the outside as soon as possible.

The Suns player, who was let loose by Sallich on the outside, didn't shoot immediately after receiving the ball because he felt that he didn't have a good rhythm in this catch.

The entire Suns team is now emphasizing the rhythm, which is a new idea that Penny brings to the team, and if the rhythm is not right, even if it is an empty spot, the Suns players will definitely not shoot.

It may sound like a rigid game, but in fact it has greatly improved the Suns' offensive efficiency.

Salish switched back to the defense, but the ball was hoisted inside again.

This time, Leo Raitt received the ball and half-turned and hooked his hand, he felt that he was in the right rhythm, and then the basketball he threw obediently got into the basket.

The whistle blew and the Suns stretched the gap between the two teams to nine points before the end of the second quarter, and the Runners arguably met a real enemy.