Tempo is one of the key factors in winning a game.

Nash is a player who is good at controlling the tempo. This control is reflected not only in the game, but also in its own skills. Not only does he have a well-rounded technique, but he is also good at mastering the changes in the rhythm of his movements.

The Suns' bombardment made the teams helpless, and the key to the attack is to rely on Nash's threading the needle, the most critical of which is the rhythm, when the Suns play the rhythm, Dior, Bale, Marion, these are not good at holding the ball The characteristics of offensive players can all be brought into play.

The rhythm of the movement refers to the strength and time interval of each part of the athlete when completing the technical action. Technique is the basis of rhythm, and rhythm is the element of technology. A reasonable rhythm of action is a guarantee of the perfect development of technology.

We can often see that some experienced NBA players can adjust and change their movements reasonably, using the "time difference", "space difference" and "position difference" to restrain the opponent and hit the opponent.

What does it mean to have a good sense of rhythm? A good sense of rhythm means that every movement can be broken down, and if you can stop at any of the steps and want to move, you can travel at the fastest speed, and you can pass the ball if you can't get in. Players who do this, in addition to having full control over their technical movements, can also control the situation on the field.

Some players can't wait to go straight to the basket as soon as they get the ball, do as fast as they can do any action, dribble, feint, jump, shoot, the ball is in the hand and follows the fire, it doesn't work if you don't throw it out within 3 seconds, it looks neat and crisp. This so-called flowing water can't stop as soon as it moves, and it's just getting started with the rhythm of the game.

Excellent sense of rhythm is what makes Nash so strong.

Hayes needs to improve on this aspect, and it will not happen overnight. With his quick reflexes and excellent big-picture vision, he can keep up with Nash's train of thought, but he can't be as comfortable as Nash.

The game continues to begin. Neither side made any changes to their lineups.

The Rockets mainly play the inside line, in order to use static braking and play the characteristics of their own positional offense.

Hayes continued to do the pick-and-roll work, and Maddy broke through to the interior and hit a pullup jumper.

13 to 6.

As soon as the Rockets scored, the Suns chased their ass back. Marion and Stoudamire rushed to the Rockets halfcourt, Stoudamire blocked Nash, and the tactics were changed to zone defense, and Yao Ming didn't have to follow.

After the breakaway, Nash faced Hayes again.

Hayes pressed down to prevent him from breaking through, Nash took the ball with both hands, ran two steps and jumped to his feet, suddenly moving the ball wide to the perimeter.

Bell caught the ball in the bottom corner and made a three-point shot, and this time, Maddie defended it and threw the ball.

As long as Maddie is serious, his defense is not bad.

After a season off, Stadameyer was extremely excited when he saw Yao Ming. He used his strength to push Yao Ming out of the three-second zone with all his might.

Alston passed the ball to Yao Ming, Yao Ming turned and jumped, ready to use his height to eat Stadamier again.

Stadamire jumped up to block and interfered with Yao's vision, and the ball was missed.

Marion leads to the basket and gets stuck in position. He was very thin, but he was not ambiguous at all, Hayes saw the direction of the ball's rebound, took two steps back, accelerated and jumped, touched the basketball first, changed direction, and flew towards Yao Ming. After Stoudamire successfully defended once, he was a little distracted, and Yao Ming went around the inside from the middle, grabbed the rebound, and hit a two-point layup with ease.

Suns head coach Mike Anthony was a little unhappy with Stadamyrew's defense and yelled twice at the court.

Defending is not Stoudayer's strong point, but when it comes to attack, he is unstoppable.

Nash pretended to be looking for a pick-and-roll, broke past Alston from the other side, and after Hayes made up the defense, he slipped the ball to Stadamire. Stadamire faced Yao Ming, turned and hit with a half-hook hand.

The Rockets stuck to the positional offense, giving Yao Ming a single shot, or blocking and handing it back to Hayes. In a matter of minutes, it was as if they were back to the old way of last season's Rockets, completely out of coordination.

The pass to the interior player was not solved by the Rockets, with Alston and Maddy each having a turnover. Alstom's pass was so low that it almost broke Yao Ming's waist, and Maddie used a little more force when he adjusted the inside line, passing the ball directly out of the baseline and knocking down a reporter's camera on the side of the basketball hoop.

With less than a quarter played, Hayes is even more convinced that the Suns are the Rockets' worst enemy this season and their strongest contender in the playoffs. The Mavericks and Spurs are also strong, but those two teams have a slower offensive tempo, and the Rockets are not afraid.

The Suns are different, and they play just enough to restrain the Rockets.

The sun is just too fast, and people in every position are fast.

When Barbossa came on as a backup for Bale as a shooting guard, the Rockets' defensive system was completely overwhelmed.

If you want to say that the sharpest part of the Suns' fast break this year is not that Stoudemire has returned to increase the inside dunk, but that Barbossa has played a point guard.

Barbossa's breakthrough was too sharp. His speed is one of the best in the league, and he can enter the final if he participates in the 100-meter race, and is known as the "Brazilian Lightning".

Maddie couldn't adapt to Barbossa's unreasonable quick onslaught, and Barbosa had already scored a layup in the front court just after the Rockets' offense. As long as he's there, the Suns can pull off an attack in five seconds, and the success rate is quite high. Maddie became a colander on the backline, and Barbossa's black lightning became a nightmare for the Rockets. He scored eight points in a row and also caused a foul on Yao Ming.

Yao Ming committed two fouls and could only go down. Mutombo was ordered to do so.

As a result, Team Rocket is even slower. Under Nash's pin-and-needle lead, the Rockets' defense is full of holes. Almost every time a goal is scored, it will be chased by the sun and counterattacked. Mutombo can't run back, and the Rockets' interior line is equivalent to less individual defense. At this time, how much Jeff Van Gundy misses Juwan Howard.

The inside of the rocket is tight. Hayes can defend alone, but he can't play with supplemental defense. If he goes to fight Stadameyer, he will miss Marion. Marion makes consecutive open jumpers.

"No way, right? Don't think that you are a star with good data. After Marion made his second mid-range shot, he smiled smirkfully at Hayes as he returned to the defense.

"Alas, you're right. No matter how good my stats are, I can't become a star because my shooting posture is too ugly. Of course...... It's 100 times more beautiful than the shooting skills you learned from an ape. Hayes laughed.

Marion's expression froze.

There are two kinds of people he hates most on the court: people who hit him with his body on his back, and people who mock him like an ape.

Hayes had two points.

Hayes is also annoyed by Marion right now. This guy doesn't need to be provocative at all, just with his weird shooting posture, it's already annoying.

Almost anyone who has ever watched the "hacker" play will find him weird.

This is not only because of Marion's geometric head and ancestor's stature, but also because of his shooting skills that seem to be "from outer space".

Marion's shot is extremely low, about the same position in front of his chest. Because of this, it's hard to even see Marion stagnate after the shot. Every time I watch Marion shoot, I feel like the ball is like a "hot potato". What's even more exaggerated is that such a low shot point does not hinder the arc of the "potato" flying out at all.

Marion was able to maintain an extremely high shooting percentage with this perverted shooting move. According to statistics, 58% of Marion's offense comes from jump shots, and the "hacker" has a jump shot rate of 45.3%.

Hayes was reborn and was still an earthling, and he hated it three times in the first quarter when he watched Marion throw the ball in an uncomfortable shooting position.

Azubuk, who came off the bench, hit a three-pointer and Hayes also drew a foul on Marion, making both free throws. But just before the end of the first quarter, Barbosa hit a three-pointer. The Rockets trailed by 13 points at 36-23 in the first quarter.

The Rockets' top scorer in the first quarter was Maddy, who scored eight points, but Barbossa, who was opposite him, was even better, with a combined 16 points.

Nash played less than a quarter, scored two points and dished out five assists. Although he scored less, the Rockets were so far behind, and he contributed a lot, and all the offense started from him.

Alston also had four points and three assists, and he was so the court that he couldn't say anything. When he was blocked by Stadameyer's body, he couldn't be blamed for not stealing Nash, right?

Just looking at the data, the two seem to be about the same, but in fact, Alston is far worse than Nash.

Nash doesn't play hard, and passing is always his first choice. If the NBA game can be compared to a race car, the car is beautiful and useless, and the most important thing is the invisible engine. Nash is the engine of the sun. His rhythm determines the overall rhythm of the Suns.

What about Alstom? The pace of his play, his teammates can't keep up. He can pass the ball and his consciousness is okay. But sometimes, his feints are so realistic that he deceives not only his opponents, but also his teammates. The teammates are not ready, the basketball has been thrown into the arms, the catch is uncomfortable, and it is difficult to ensure the shooting rate.

In the second quarter, Yao Ming returned to the court. Under the basket, Maddy scored a goal, but the good times did not last long, and in the next round, Barbossa broke into the interior again, causing Yao Ming's third foul. Yao Ming had nowhere to shout grievances, so he could only sit down again.

After Barbosa hit both free throws, the score was 38-25.

Jeff Van Gundy hastened to ask for a timeout.

Considering the disadvantage of speed, he did not dare to send in Mutombo again, but instead changed the position of the players, with Hayes at the center and Battier as the power forward, and sent in the strong brawler Bunch Wells and the faster guard Spanoulis.

The Suns' weakness is their weak interior defense, with Spanoulis shooting more from the field than Alston after breakaways and a better sense of controlling the pace of the game.

The rocket positional battle was not effective, and Yao Ming was also troubled by fouls, so at this time, instead of continuing to play the position, it was better to fight, and directly attack with the sun with fast play. Jeff Van Gundy sacrificed a small lineup, ready to give the Suns a shot at it!

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