Wang Chao didn't wait long on the field, just waiting for the opportunity.

In one round, Nash temporarily stopped due to the failure to play a fast break, and temporarily changed from running and shooting to positional combat.

Seeing this scene, Wang Chao immediately began to run, and Wharton followed closely behind Wang Chao and slipped on the bottom line all the way, but when he chased to the inside penalty area, Marion suddenly crossed over and made a no-ball blocking cover for Wang Chao just right.

Wharton was immediately separated, and Wang Chao took this opportunity to run directly outside the three-point line in the bottom corner of the other side.

By the time Wharton bypassed Marion to catch up, Wang Chao had already received Nash's pass, adjusted his shooting posture and shot.

"Huh!"

Basketball's precise hollow entry into the net.

Off the court, Lakers head coach Phil. Jackson's brow furrowed slightly.

Wang Chao's three-point shot is really difficult to deal with.

Wharton got rid of Marion's blocking and dismantling very quickly, and the empty opportunities given to Wang Chao before and after were only 2 seconds, but Nash's just right pass and Wang Chao's shooting speed made these 2 seconds enough for him to score calmly.

When Marion blocked and dismantled, the Lakers' center couldn't keep up with Wang Chao.

Kwame. Brown's footsteps are slow, and his sense of defense is very poor, and he can't react at all when Marion is blocking and dismantling, and he can't keep up with Wang Chao with his heavy steps.

The most troublesome problem is Wang Chao's unusually accurate three-point shot.

In the normal offense and defense of the game, there are often opportunities for open positions, and it can even be said that more than 50% of the points scored in an NBA game are scored by players in open positions, especially three-point shots.

Including Ray. Allen and other three-point masters, unless they need a three-point kill, they basically shoot three points in a completely empty position.

On this premise, including Ray. Allen's best three-point shooters are only shooting in the early 40 percent of their three-point range.

Wang Chao is the only case, his three-point shot is too accurate, even in the face of defense, he can still maintain a very high shooting rate, and there is almost no time to miss when there is an empty position.

Shenzhun's three-point shooting rate coupled with the outstanding height of 2.06 meters in the small forward makes Wang Chao's three-point shot very difficult to defend.

In the first quarter of the game, Wang Chao got a total of 3 chances outside the three-point line, 2 of 3 three-pointers, and scored 6 points.

It's not a high score, it's decent, but Wang Chao's role is far more than just scoring, and his three-point shooting deterrent power makes Lakers defenders have to pay attention to him all the time.

The space is stretched, which makes it easy for the Suns, who focus on fast-paced run-and-gun tactics, to get more opportunities when they break fast.

In the first quarter of the game, the Suns' offense was extremely fierce, Marion scored 8 points, Nash 10 points and 3 assists, Wang Chao 6 points, Bell 5 points, and Dio 7 points......

The team scored 39 points in a single quarter, while the Lakers only scored 29 points.

It can be seen that Kobe Bryant did not exert his strength in the first quarter of the game, hitting only 2 of 3 shots and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 6 points.

Even Kobe, who relied too much on his team, hoped that his teammates could find their form as much as possible in the first quarter of the game, and he would make a shot at a critical moment.

But his expectations were disappointed.

On the Lakers' side, the only ones who can score consistently are Odom and Smush. Parker was able to score because of the fact that he was opposite Nash, who was not good at defending.

Kobe Bryant knew that it would be too late if he didn't make any more shots, so he began to increase the number of shots in the second quarter.

However, it seems to have been influenced by his teammates, and Kobe Bryant's own touch was gone, and he only scored 4 points on 1-of-6 shooting and 2-of-2 free throws in the second quarter.

As a result, the Lakers scored only 21 points in the second quarter.

The Suns, on their side, took advantage of the victory and scored another 27 points in a single quarter to widen the gap to 16 points.

Wang Chao didn't play much time in the second quarter of the game, only played about 3 minutes, scored 3 points on 1 of 2 three-point shots, and his personal score at halftime had reached 9 points, which was definitely not low among the starters.

In the third quarter of the second half, Wang Chao, who was back in the game, began to get a lot of shots.

At halftime, the Lakers, who were already behind by a large score, seemed to have no intention of fighting again, and the defense was getting worse and worse, Wang Chao got many opportunities outside the three-point line, and finally scored 9 points in a single quarter on 3-of-5 three-point shots.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the two sides only sent the main team to play symbolically at the beginning, and then the Lakers abandoned and surrendered and replaced the full bench lineup.

At 115:102, the Suns won their first playoff game by 13 points at home, leading 1-0 overall.

The Lakers did not lose this game, and Kobe, the only thing the team could rely on, played badly throughout the game, shooting 7-of-21, shooting 33.3% from the field, 7-of-8 from the free-throw line, and scoring 22 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Judging from the data, in fact, in addition to Kobe's shooting rate being a little lower, his performance is also decent.

But if the Lakers only scored 22 points in a game, it would not be surprising that the Lakers would lose.

In addition to Kobe, the Lakers only had Odom with 21 points, and Smush. Parker 19 points, Kwame. Brown scored 11 points, and no one else scored in double figures.

On the Suns' side, Marion scored a team-high 22 points, Nash had 20 points and 10 assists, Dio had 15 points, Barbossa had 15 points, and Bell had 8 points.

As for Wang Chao, he made 6 of 10 three-pointers in the whole game, scoring 18 points, and the three-point shooting rate was as high as 60%.

Obviously, D'Antoni was right in arranging Wang Chao's judgment to start, Wang Chao was facing Luke, who was not very good on both offensive and defensive ends. Wharton can maximize his three-point advantage.

"Wang Chao's three-point shot is really accurate, and now it has become one of the sharpest weapons of the Suns." Kenny. Smith couldn't help but sigh.

As a player, Smith was a role player who was positioned as a three-point shooter, so he could better understand the power of Wang Chao's three-point shooting.

"Really? I don't see it. Barkley scoffed at this. Isn't that guy able to shoot three-pointers so easily because the Lakers' defense isn't strong enough? didn't put too much defensive pressure on him, who wouldn't be able to shoot a three-pointer? ”

"Wang Chao can score so easily, it's all because of Luke. Because Walton's defense isn't in place, if it's Kobe Bryant who defends him, you can try to see how many threes he can shoot. ”

Kenny. Smith's eyes lit up when he heard Barkley say this.

"Charles, should we make a bet on how many three-pointers Wang Chao can shoot in front of Kobe? If the two of them don't match each other in the entire series, it doesn't count, how about it? ”