323. Journey to the West

There are so many people in the Eagles who can play.

The game was broadcast by TNT across the United States, and it also made the uniforms and coaching staff of every team in the league take note of this sentence after watching the game.

Except, of course, for the Trail Blazers, after all, McMillan is the coach who has seen the Hawks play at full strength, and in the preseason after that, Thibodeau has been honing more of his new signings this summer.

D'Antoni is not one of them, and he's now worried about how the Suns can withstand the onslaught of these youngsters under Thibodeau.

Because Tom on the other side? Thibodeau threw another defender on the field, Monta? Ellis.

After removing Anderson, the Eagles' lineup speed has been raised to a notch, almost like a wild horse.

Originally, the Suns' joint defense was adjusted according to the situation on the court by 32 or 23, but in the face of Atalanta's all-round small lineup, the Suns, who were not good at defense, had countless flaws.

Playing 32 joint defense, Ellis and Crawford will slip to the bottom corner by covering a smoke, or force the impact basket from the side, which can be contracted into a 23 joint defense, and the feint ball carrier is thrown out, and there are teammates who can throw in three-point shooting outside, from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position, the Hawks three-point team is more complete than the Suns.

However, the Eagles' own defensive intensity can't be that high, and Uncle Tom also plans to use a rotating lineup to fight defense, more to play fast and attack to attack. Unfortunately, the Suns' offense lacked momentum after Nash's departure, and the Brazilian Lightning tandem team definitely couldn't do it as freely as the Canadians, and Tim? Thomas, a strange big man who also likes to float on the outside, makes Marion have to squeeze into the inside line from time to time, but unexpectedly, the unknown Granger classmate in the Eagles is quite pestering.

This situation in Thibodeau with Matt? It was even more obvious after Barnes replaced Payton Sr., and the bandits' nickname was not called for nothing, if it wasn't for the gloves after they went off the court. Ellis often rushes and ignores the team's tempo, and the score between the two teams is likely to drop to 20 points in an instant.

Sighing, D'Antoni replaced Nash and Smalls on the court, and replaced Marion, who was busy enough at home and outside, to take a break, the Suns were efficient, but the Hawks began to focus on letting Granger use the height advantage in the top corner to shoot after blocking the point guard.

"Entangle him!" , accompanied by Thibodeau's shout, Ellis, who was still tendoned, intercepted Nash hard.

In fact, a point guard like Nash, who is skinny but has a top-notch speed, looks like a typical defensive black hole, but meets the point guards of most teams in the league. At best, it's a mutual explosion. A strong and tall point guard can use his body to force him, but he can't keep up with Nash's speed, of course, this is only a one-on-one situation, you must know that Nash can't be limited in speed advantage. The ability to pinch the team will explode to the full, and the Suns will definitely have the advantage in the team competition.

However, the speed guards in the Eagles can pull out a string. Thibodeau was confident in the face of Nash. He doesn't want these rookies to be able to contain Nash, that's not realistic, just entangle the core of the Suns, find trouble for him, and let his physical energy be consumed faster, such an effect will make Thibodeau very satisfied.

Therefore. Even if Nash regrouped the Suns, the margin was kept at around 10 points by the Hawks' rotation, and the gap didn't close until Thibodeau calmly switched to the starting lineup.

The increase in defensive intensity and the deliberate slowing down of the tempo. This puts the Suns back into a quagmire of games, which are undoubtedly an ordeal for the Phoenix people who are used to the speed.

"This experiment was a success!" , Jiang Qi was lying on the back of the seat in the front row and gossiping with Uncle Mu.

Mutombo shook his finger, "The scary of the Suns actually only exists in the regular season, and in the playoffs, a team that can't go up with defensive intensity and isn't solid enough on the inside is not too difficult, at least it's much easier to gnaw than the Spurs." ”

Lao Jiang nodded, "What do you think of Team Rocket, uncle?" ”

"Look at the schedule and see when you see the game between the Rockets and Suns." , Uncle Mu smiled, the subtext is self-evident.

In addition to O'Neal, the best interior players in the league today are all big men with both flexibility and basket skills, and it is precisely that the Rockets' current interior combination is slightly lacking in dexterity, and they will still suffer if they are led by the Suns' speed.

Immediately afterwards, Uncle Mu became serious and admonished seriously: "However, let's still think about how to rush out of the east to be more realistic, you must know that Shaq is not old?" ”

As he spoke, the African mountains also pointed to himself, which clearly said: I am a mysterious guy at this age, and I haven't said that I am old, and the shark is naturally very young......

The Hawks were obviously quite well prepared for this game, but the opponent did not spend more attention on the opening game on their home court, and the final result was naturally out of suspense, and the Hawks got the Phoenix Suns 107-95, which magically limited D'Antoni's team to less than 100 points.

The Hawks started off on a five-game trip to the West, but fortunately, the Suns were the toughest team of all, followed by the Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Salt Lake City Jazz and New Orleans Hornets.

Chris? At this time, Mullin has not yet entered the Golden State, and even if the old Nelson comes out of the mountain, he will face the challenge of shaping a different Jinshan gang, and he has more than just a second-round miracle Monta? Ellis, and Matt the Bandit? Barnes, likewise the Bulls won't let Captain Jack go, and it seems that the Warriors will have a lot of difficulty in creating a Black Eight Miracle that will make the whole league look at it.

Such an empty Golden State naturally couldn't stop Thibodeau and his team from plundering a victory and leaving.

Comparatively speaking, the Los Angeles Clippers' lineup is much more neat than the Golden State Warriors. Carman, Elton? Brand, Corey? Margety, the old cat Mobley plus Cassel's lineup can be described as a quasi-All-Star first-class.

It's no wonder that Clippers fans are elated this season, as they can finally hold off their rivals Lakers and hopefully continue their playoff legacy in Los Angeles.

It's just that Margeti was plagued by injuries at the beginning of the season, Mobley's form has been declining since leaving Houston, and the veteran Cassel is an old man, and he and Brand caused some problems for the Hawks, and finally after a hard overtime, the Hawks won three consecutive wins by four points.

Sloan didn't catch his favorite point guard little fat man, Boozer was struggling to do it alone, and Webster was still tuning. In the middle of the coach, the Jazz will need to lie dormant for at least one more season if they want to rise.

With a four-game winning streak, the Eagles moved to New Orleans, the last city of the opening Western Tour, where not only the roasted wings and roasted sturgeon castles that rang in Jiang Qi's ears, but also Chris? Paul's real opponents......

Delong? Williams! (To be continued......)