Billups quickly passes the ball out of the line. Durant received the ball at a 60-degree angle and hit another three-point shot! 11 to 1.

At this time, Suns head coach Terry Porter suddenly stood up and pointed at the scorekeeper on the sideline and yelled. It turned out that there was an obvious error in the technical statistics, and the scoreboard showed the score of 11 to 1, but just now Nash threw in a mid-range shot, and it was not easy for the Suns to score, and now the scorekeeper actually quietly wiped out their two points. Can Potter not be angry?

The scorekeeper quickly adjusted the score apologetically. This became a small tidbit on the field.

Rabbitgrass: "This damn irresponsible scorekeeper!" ”

Reader: "This is clearly a bug, right?" Your elementary school math teacher can ......"

Rabbit Grass: "...... Well, it's actually a bug. The score was 11 to 3! ”

―――――――――――― split―――――――――――――― Terry Porter has an unsolvable problem in front of him, and that is how to defend the Bobcats' outside offense. The Bobcats seized the disadvantage of O'Neal's slow movement speed and attacked, O'Neal couldn't block and dismantle, and as long as the opponent relied on the guard to break through and O'Neal followed, the Suns' interior line would be completely empty. If you don't follow out, the defenders don't have to go into the penalty area, and they can throw off the defenders and jump directly.

If the Suns can draft Robin Lopez in the draft as the history has evolved, their interior problems, if any, won't be as serious as they are now. The Suns couldn't replace O'Neal, and if O'Neal was off, they would have to let Bryan Skinner, who can only grab rebounds and is 205cm tall, play. Or let second-round rookie Nathan Jewai play center. Jevai is a very athletic fat man, on the short side, 208cm, weighing 127kg, in the previous game, he has only played twice for the Suns, scoring a total of 2 points, and Stadamyre was injured before he was urgently recalled in the Development League.

No matter what is done, the sun will be worse than it is now. Substitutions not only can't make the Suns' defense better, but they can't even attack.

The Suns' recruitment this summer was very unsuccessful, O'Neal's annual salary of more than 20 million is like a five-finger mountain, even if the general manager of the Suns, Kerr, is the Monkey King, he is overwhelmed. The Suns have been trying to clear their salaries in order to make a comeback in the future, and there is no extra money to bring in good interior lines.

Marc Gasol defended O'Neal and didn't let him turn easily. If O'Neal can't turn around and rely on his strength to arch inside step by step, when he gets to the basket, I'm afraid it will take 24 seconds to break the offense. O'Neal squeezed into the box and shot with a half-hook. Gasol didn't foul again in this goal, and it was rare to start once, and he didn't want to be substituted so quickly. O'Neal shot a little far and didn't get the power right, the ball slammed into the basket and bounced, and Hayes stuck Amananderson and grabbed the rebound.

The Bobcats launched another fast attack, and this time it was Billups who ran at the front. Hayes' long pass was accurate to Billups. Nash was loose and was two steps away from Billups, making it easy for Billups to catch the ball.

Gerard Wallace and Durant have also rushed to the Suns half, followed by Dio and Bale. Billups took the ball with both hands and shook it in Durant's direction, pulled it up and shot.

Is there anything rarer than a Billups dunk? One of the answers is a Nash cap...... Nash just raised his hand and watched as Billups threw the ball and it went in! Three points again! 14 to 3.

In a few rounds, the Bobcats led the Suns by 10 points.

Nash led the offense with the ball and was caught by Bobcats players. Nash is the best point guard in the league for passing, and in previous seasons, it was often the end of Nash's easy assists for his teammates to score, but this season, teams have dared to pack Nash, because the Suns don't have that many scoring points, especially when Stodameyere is not there.

O'Neal was released after pulling up to the high screen, Nash was unable to return the high post after being trapped, and O'Neal received the ball in this position with almost zero attack. "Warcraft" Howard is also not sure of shooting in the high post, at least he can break through to the inside, and O'Neal can neither shoot nor break through now. Armanderson put a cover on the baseline for Bale, who shook off Durant's defense. Nash saw the vacancy and immediately distributed the ball to Bale.

Marc Gasol struggled to make up for it, but it was still too slow, and Bale hit a three-point shot from the corner. 14 to 6.

The Suns can't play fast breaks, and the tactics are also double-blocking. However, their outside shooters are only Bale, Nash, and Dior. The Bobcats, on the other hand, can shoot three-pointers for everyone but Gasol.

O'Neal couldn't keep up with the guards, and the Bobcats slammed into the Suns' weak spots, stepping up the break. After blocking and dismantling, Billups and Durant made consecutive breakthroughs.

The Bobcats were firmly in control of the game, and in the fifth minute of the first quarter, O'Neal received his second foul of the game because of the late defense, and was replaced by Skinner.

The Bobcats also made a substitution, with Marc Gasol coming on and Brook Lopez on. At the same time, Gerard Wallace was replaced and Bagnani was replaced.

Bagnani came on the pitch and said to his teammates: "Three points! ”

"Understood!" Several Bobcats players said in unison, and they all understood what "three-point" meant. D'Antoni made such a substitution to make the three-point firepower more fierce.

Hayes asked for the ball in the low post and it was Amanderson who defended him. Amanderson has the height and strength, and the Suns are optimistic that he can play up against Hayes, at least not be easily arched by Hayes to score.

Billups hoisted the ball high to Hayes and ran towards the baseline himself. Lopez moves on the baseline, giving Billups cover. On the other side, Bagnani pulled outside the three-point line and gave Durant off-ball cover.

After the cover, the defender of Durant was replaced by Dio. It became Bale who defended Bagnani. Hayes hands the ball to Bagnani at the top of the arc. Bagnani ignored Bale's defense, pulled out a three-pointer and hit it again! The score became 22-12. Halfway through the first quarter, this was the Bobcats' fifth three-pointer of the game.

The Bobcats have a clear advantage in their height, making it difficult for the Suns to defend.

The Suns' offense was still in the past, Nash took Skinner's cover and rushed inside, faced Hayes with the ball in his right hand and circled behind his back for half a circle, and passed to Dio who was following with his left hand. Dior leaped up with the ball and dunked, but Lopez couldn't cover the ball. 22 to 14.

The Bobcats attacked, Hayes still went to the right side of the low post to ask for the ball, and Armanderson defended. This time, Billups passed the ball to Durant at a 60-degree angle and ran to the baseline himself. Although Durant is much taller than Bell, he does not choose to play hard and gives the ball to Hayes.

Hayes received the ball and took it outside the three-point line, handed the ball to Billups, and stood up to block Nash, who was following the defense. Armanderson didn't react to the change, and Billups hit another three-pointer from the right corner, 25-14.

Every time a Bobcat player makes a shot, he strives to be in his most accurate position. Once you get an open spot, the hit rate is amazingly high.

The Suns made a pass error, and the ball was touched by Dio off the line.

At this point, the Bobcats replaced Durant. Suns head coach Porter secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Durant's offense gave the Suns a lot of pressure, and being replaced at this time, the Suns should have a chance to chase points. The Bobcats were replaced by Mike Miller, a pure shooter who was more accurate than Durant. Needless to say, he has only one task on the court, and that is to shoot threes.

Hayes to the left three-point line. Billups dribbled to the right, and this time he was in a triangle with Lopez and Miller. Miller is also a good playmaker, receiving the ball and protecting the basketball from the outside, and Billups borrowed Lopez to cover and rush into the baseline.

With the cooperation of the Bobcats before, as long as there is cover, the outside player cuts the inside line, and the ball will be immediately uploaded to this person. Armanderson had developed a fixed mindset and felt that the Bobcats would play Billups, so he followed Billups, who was running without the ball.

But instead of passing the ball to Billups, Miller gave it to Lopez. After the switch, Lopez faced Nash in the low post. Lopez plays high, and even if he doesn't jump, it won't be easy for Nash to rack the ball in his hand.

Lopez had the absolute advantage to play alone, but he didn't shoot either, but watched the situation with his eyes and passed the ball immediately. The Bobcats are very rigorous in training, and the tactics are to play threes, so it is to play threes, which is the discipline of the team! He just glanced at it and saw Hayes running back out of the three-point line under the cover of Bagnani. Lopez passes the ball back to the top of the arc.

Hayes received the ball, because the Suns were guarding the joint defense, Dio was still in the high position, and Hayes did not get a good shot. Just when Dior thought he could prevent Hayes' shot, Hayes passed the ball again and gently sent the ball to his left side. Billups circled from the baseline and ran back to the three-point line to catch the ball. But Armanderson gave up on Billups' defense after seeing Lopez play against Nash and turned back to mark Lopez.

As a result, the Suns' defense has been completely messed up. Nash didn't know who to defend anymore, and it was too late to run in the direction of Billups.

Billups makes an empty three-point shot, and the basketball hollows into the net! 28 to 14.

The Bobcats don't seem to have any tactics other than shooting threes. But it's just such a simple way to rely on blocking and shooting, and the Suns can't prevent it. The Bobcats hit 9 three-pointers in the first quarter! The hit rate is up to 60%. With such firepower, the sun simply cannot resist. Although the Suns also scored a lot of points in the first quarter, they fell behind 42-29.

In the second quarter, the Suns' main players had begun to feel fatigued and had to be replaced by substitutes. Point guard Lindro Barbosa, shooting guard Tre Johnson, small forward Allendo Tucker, power forward Andre Brown, center Skinner. Such a lineup can be described as miserable, and the Suns' goal is clear, which is to let Barbossa shoot infinitely. Others defend.

According to the Suns' previous style of play, Barbosa should have been given a chance to play in the first quarter, but the Bobcats' shooter was too tall, and if Barbosa and Nash played together, the defense would have been beaten into a sieve, in fact, Barbosa did not play, and they had already been beaten into a sieve.

The Bobcats fielded a lavish bench lineup. The center is Gasol, the power forward has not played, the physical Landry, and the small forward is Gerald Wallace, who has rested for half a quarter, and his whole body is full of energy. Scoring guard Azubuike, point guard George Hill.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Wallace took advantage of Gasol's high cover to burst inside, and accelerated past Andre Brown to rush to the basket. Skinner stepped forward to make up for the ball and Wallace played the ball into the bottom right corner. Hill had already shaken off Barbosa under Landry's cover, unmarked three-point shot, and the ball went in again! 45 to 29.

The Bobcats hit their 10th three-pointer of the game, and it rained three-pointers at Time Warner Arena!

(To be continued)