The bench lineups on both sides played two minutes, and the Bobcats players looked like All-Stars. George Hill's playmaking skills are mediocre, but he doesn't need to play, all he has to do is pass to Gerard Wallace and let him break through. Or a pass to Marc Gasol in the low post. Let him single Skinner.

Gasol didn't save any face for veteran Skinner, hitting two back-to-back hook shots in the low post. The biggest characteristic of European players is that their basic skills are very solid, and if Gasol struggles with O'Neal, who is taller and stronger than him, but when he encounters Skinner, who is nearly 10 centimeters shorter than him, he immediately finds an offensive feeling. The Suns were forced to bring on O'Neal, who had committed two fouls, or else they would have to be the Bobcats' third center, and they would have to adopt a trap-and-pinch strategy.

As soon as O'Neal came on the court, Gasol changed his style of play, not asking for the ball in the low post to attack, but covering his teammates.

Gasol covered Hill in the high post, and Landry blocked Wallace from the baseline, and Wallace was difficult to defend as long as he received a pass and rushed up, causing the Suns a lot of trouble. The Suns' bench lineup is too unqualified, and both players on the interior are strong, slow-moving types, and Wallace only needs one cover to break through to the basket.

Wallace contributed a dunk and assisted on Azubuike's jumper. The Bobcats stretched the score to over 15 points. The Suns will have to rely on Barbossa alone to support the situation.

Hill is still inexperienced after all, and although he is not slow, he still fell behind against Barbossa. Barbossa's goal was useless, and the Bobcats' perimeter was fully open. Azubuike scored another layup inside and the Suns called a timeout.

The Bobcats on-site commentator said expectantly: "The Bobcats have reduced their outside offense during this time, and they have broken into the interior to score consecutive points. Today was definitely a big game, and the Suns couldn't compete with the Bobcats. The suspense now is how many points the Bobcats can score and how many three-pointers they can shoot in this game. ”

The home fans were frantically chanting Hayes' name, and the Bobcats were playing well during this time, but they would have preferred to see Hayes play.

However, the Bobcats will not make changes so quickly, and the main players will need to recover their strength. The Suns traded for Dio with the intention of strengthening the offense and defending Gerard Wallace.

It's a pity that Dior didn't take advantage of Wallace in the slightest, and the Bobcats still firmly grasped the initiative on the field. Halfway through the second quarter, the Bobcats had an 18-point lead.

That's when Hayes came in. This is the Bobcat's fixed substitution time. Five up and five down, the man who Hayes replaced was George Hill. In addition, Anthony Morrow replaces Azubuke, Durant replaces Gerald Wallace, Bagnani replaces Landry, and center is replaced by Pau Gasol by Lopez.

Billups didn't return to the court, and the Bobcats were going to play a five-forward game.

The Suns have also adjusted their lineup, and the starting players are all back on the court.

The Suns attacked first, Nash broke through and was caught in the bag, passed to the outside line Bell, and Bell hung to the inside line O'Neal to single Lopez. Lopez hasn't been very good physically, but he's not afraid of O'Neal. Can't resist a foul.

O'Neal squeezed inside, and Lopez stepped back. A foul was chosen when O'Neal was ready to get stronger. O'Neal was frustrated and sent to the free throw line again, missing two free throws. Hayes grabbed the rebound.

The best way to deal with O'Neill is to cut the shark tactic. It's too difficult to completely keep O'Neill off one-on-one. No one can do it even now.

The Suns collectively returned to defend and put on a 122 joint defense formation, but this joint defense had no effect on the Bobcats. Nash followed Anthony Morrow, and Dio followed Hayes, who played point guard in cameo.

Keeping up with Morrow is already the lightest task. Nash is not inactive in defense, but he can only defend guards who are short in height and lack of confrontation ability, and in the end the bounce is almost and the speed is slower, such as Yuta Tian Wo, who has played a few games in the Suns, Nash has a feeling of soaring clouds and fog when defending him, but I am the only immortal...... But Moreau is not Yuta Tawo. He's a super pitcher!

D'Antoni's tactics before the players came on the court were to attack with Morrow as the core and let him single Nash. Durant and Bagnani move from the perimeter and make another shot when there is space. The biggest advantage of the five-striker tactic is height. Morrow's height of 198cm also has a clear advantage over Nash.

D'Antoni knows very well what level of Nash's defense is, and Morrow can blow up Nash.

Bagnani covered Hayes in the backcourt and blocked Dior, and the Suns could only let Armanderson switch to Hayes, the power forward was not as experienced as Dior, and was easily passed by Hayes to the front of the Suns' three-point line.

Dio chased Hayes back with all his might. Hayes passed the ball to Morrow on the right, Nash defended frontally, and Morrow received the ball and adjusted slightly to make a dry jumper. Nash just raised his hand and didn't jump. Ball in! 58 to 37.

It is said that a substitute, a fringe man who often can't make the rotation lineup, shouldn't be so aggressive. The effect that the lynx wants is to surprise the soldiers. Attack in unexpected ways. Now the Suns' defensive focus is on Bagnani, Durant, and Hayes, and the defense of Morrow is the most relaxed.

Nash was extremely agitated right now. He hated the fact that he was defending a black hole. At this time, only running can soothe his mood, but the Suns no longer play his best running bomb, and teammates often have to wait for O'Neal to settle down and stand in the low post to ask for the ball. Then he uncreatively passed the ball over and watched O'Neill single, score or not. What's the point?

O'Neal is averaging 17 points per game this season, which looks good. But the Suns have gone from being a first-class powerhouse to an out-of-playoff team since they had O'Neal. O'Neill scores alone, and no one else can play, that's the reality. Unfortunately, Nash couldn't go against the coach's intentions. He couldn't let O'Neill run fast and participate in the run, so he could only fight like this. As soon as Nash fell behind almost every game, he muttered "change coach" in his heart.

With a big score behind, the pressure on the Suns is increasing. Nash borrowed O'Neal's cover to break through from the right and pass to Armanderson from behind, and the Bobcats had a problem with their defensive positioning, and Armanderson dunked with both hands!58-39.

The Bobcats are shooting three-pointers from the outside...... The Suns' poor defense is not only a matter of player ability, they only focus on offense, and their defensive attitude is also questionable. The Bobcats continued to rely on constant blocking and splitting the ball, and only Lopez was the only one of the five people on the floor who was solely responsible for covering the strategy, and the other four took turns to shoot and release three-pointers.

The Bobcats continued to use the switch offense, Bagnani and Durant covered Moreau, and after the change of defense, Hayes passed, Bagnani and Durant were a head taller than Nash, and there was no resistance when shooting, and the shooting rate was naturally high.

At the end of the first half, the Bobcats led by 16 points at 76-60 and hit 15 three-pointers at halftime.

Every time a three-pointer is shot, the on-site commentator shouts excitedly. The Bobcats can certainly win the game, and the concern is whether the Bobcats will break the single-game three-point record, which the Rockets hit 29 three-pointers at Madison Square Square that year, which is known as an impossible record to break.

But now the Bobcats hit 15 in the half, and there is a possibility that they will break the Rockets' record. That year, Hayes and Azubuke also represented the Rockets in that game. At that time, the Rockets had a lot of good shooters, Battier, Padgett, Novak, Hyde, Alston and so on...... The Bobcats now have more pitchers than the Rockets, and they shoot more from the field.

Jeff Van Gundy, the head coach of the Rockets at the time, also remembered the record. He was hoping that the Bobcats could break the three-point record and create a legend in the NBA, so he suggested at halftime: "Mike, continue to attack from the outside in the second half." We're not far from a record of 29 three-pointers. ”

"If you keep shooting from the outside, the Suns may be on guard, right?" D'Antoni said lightly. He was a little hesitant, not because he felt that outside shots couldn't break through the Suns' defense, but because he had coached the Suns for a while, he still had some feelings for the Suns, and if the Bobcats were going to break the record, he didn't want the opponent to be the Suns.

"I don't think they can prevent it, and now we have a good combination of pick-and-rolls, inside and outside. And they all seem to want to break the record. Van Gundy pointed at the players and smiled. Bobcats players are going to shoot threes at every opportunity, and they all want to break the record.

D'Antoni also has nothing to say, players like Morrow and Miller shoot three-pointers on the court, so they can't be arranged to give up their strengths to attack the inside, right? Besides, the coaching staff put Morrow and Hill in the rotation at the beginning in order to get them to shoot threes. It's just that D'Antoni didn't expect the Suns' defense to rot to this extent. Although the Suns were swept out of the playoffs by the Rockets that year, the gap between the two sides was not very large, and the Suns also had the possibility of winning, and now the Suns have completely fallen. He couldn't help but feel sorry for Nash and Stoudeyer, who were outstanding in their strength.

At the start of the second half, both sides fielded their starting line-ups. The Bobcats put Gerald Wallace in charge of the breakaway, Gasol covered high and the other three ran for an opportunity.

Suns head coach Porter also saw the Bobcats' intentions, emphasizing defense again and again at halftime, he is not extravagant to win now, he only hopes that the players can prevent the Bobcats' outside offense, and do not let the opponent break the record in this game.

It's a pity that the Bobcats players couldn't make the Suns what they wanted. Their perimeter players are fully open. And Hayes, Durant, Wallace, and Gasol can all cover for each other. With continuous pick-and-rolls, the Bobcats can always find opportunities on the outside.

Hayes hit two more three-pointers from the outside, and Miller, Bagnani, Moreau, Billups and others also hit three-pointers. This is a contest for the purpose of brushing. The Suns replaced O'Neal, and it was clear that the Bobcats had an advantage on the inside. Lopez and Gasol also didn't shoot on the inside, creating opportunities for their teammates to cover with ease. With such a goal, the Bobcats hit eight more three-pointers in the third quarter. 108-90 leads by 18 points.

The strength of the sun is too weak. Even with Nash's threading the needle, it still can't turn the non-existent Skinner, Armanderson and others into scoring masters. Even if the Bobcats put most of their energy on offense, the Suns couldn't recover the score. And the defense is full of holes.

In the fourth quarter, the Suns didn't replace their main players, they were fighting for honor. But the Bobcats also fielded all the shooters, George Hill, Anthony Morrow, Mike Miller, Hayes, Bagnani. Except for three points or threes.

Every time a Bobcats player gets the ball, the fans in the audience will shout "Three-pointers!" in a neat voice. Pointers! ”

Under such a home momentum, the Bobcats players are more resolute on the outside. The Suns are a little out of the way.

With 2 minutes and 55 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Bagnani pulled to the perimeter and shot his 30th three-pointer, the fans in the stadium stood up and cheered!

The Suns are tragic!

(To be continued)