On May 8, 2006, in Phoenix, the home court of the Suns, the first matchup of the second round of the game began as scheduled.

The Suns continued to use the starting lineup in the first-round series, Nash, Bale, Wang Chao, Dior, Marion.

The Clippers' starting five are Kassel, Mobley, and Quinton. Rose, Elton. Brand and Chris. Kaman.

The interior lineup of the two teams looks very different, the interior combination of the Clippers, although Brand is only 2.03 meters, but Carman is as tall as 2.13 meters, compared to the Suns' Dior 2.03 meters, Marion's height of 2.01 meters has an absolute advantage.

No way, who made the Suns have one less interior core Amare. What about Stoudemire?

In line with the psychology of taking advantage of your illness to kill you, the Clippers, who are inferior to the Suns in overall strength, decisively and frantically pass the ball to the interior line, and use the height advantage of the interior line to score.

The results are outstanding.

Dior's defense is not particularly strong, and he is almost powerless against the league's top power forward, Brand.

In the first quarter alone, Brand shot 4-of-6 and 3-of-4 free throws, scoring 11 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, completely penetrating the Suns' interior.

However, the score of the two teams in the first quarter was 29-25, and the Suns took a four-point lead.

Nash is no less crushing than the alien Cassel is no less powerful than Brand is to Dior.

Kassel was indeed a very strong point guard at his peak, and he also averaged close to 20+8 per game at his peak, but his style of play was more rhythmic, preferring to play positional battles, using his experience, skill and rhythm to find opportunities.

This style of play is exactly what Nash is not afraid of, so in the first quarter of the game, Nash shot 3 of 3, including a three-pointer, 2 of 2 free throws, and got 7 points and 6 assists, which was extremely efficient.

Although Dior was beaten by Brand on the defensive end, his own offensive play was not bad, and his wide range allowed him to easily get open shots, scoring 6 points on 3-of-4 shooting.

And the Suns scored the highest in the first quarter of the game, and it was Wang Chao.

"It's incredible, after the battle with the Lakers, Wang Chao seems to have suddenly become a lot stronger, it seems that compared to the pressure that Kobe Bryant put on him, the Clippers' Quinton. Ross is not worth mentioning at all! The DJ at the Suns' home court praised loudly: "In the first quarter of the game, Wang Chao made 3 of 5 three-pointers and scored 9 points, and his performance was not inferior to the Clippers' All-Star power forward Brand, and the opponent had no way to shoot his three-point shot!" ”

"Today's Wang Chao seems to be a little different......"

Suns head coach D'Antoni recalled Wang Chao's performance on the court and was slightly puzzled, but then put this thought behind him.

"Wang Chao is a young rookie, still in the growth stage, and it is a matter of course that the games he has experienced can make him even better."

And on the Clippers bench, Quinton. Rose gasped and took a big sip of Gatorade, his expression very ugly.

"Damn...... What's going on with that guy? Did he use to be a long-distance runner? ”

Others may still have the impression of Wang Chao on accurate shooting outside the three-point line, but Rose, who defended Wang Chao in the first quarter, was almost speechless.

This guy is so good at running.

Since the whistle sounded in the first quarter of the game, Wang Chao has been running non-stop, and his footsteps have hardly stopped.

In the nine minutes that Wang Chao came on in the first quarter, Rose felt as tired as if he had played half a game.

Running to the back, he was almost unable to keep up with Wang Chao's pace.

This is also the reason why the Clippers paid so much attention to Wang's three-point shot, he was still able to get five three-point shots in the first 9 minutes of the game.

The talent of long-distance runners is really easy to use, the farther the running distance, the higher the physical achievement, with the blessing of this talent, Wang Chao originally only had a physical strength of 80, and he can play a physical effect that is no less than 95.

And as the distance he runs increases, not only will his physical fitness improve, but even his running speed will become faster than usual!

Wang Chao, who was sitting on the sidelines at this moment, was also sweating profusely, but his eyes were unusually bright and refreshed, even if he continued to let him run, he could completely persevere.

Under normal circumstances, a player who plays an average of 30 minutes per game will run about 3 kilometers in a game, of course, depending on the pace of the game, the number of rounds, the number of three-pointers and the number of basket attacks, this data will fluctuate.

In Wang Chao's image, the league once counted that Rockets player Chandler. Parsons played his best season, in 2013-14, averaging 16.6 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4 assists per game, Parsons was the most active and active player in the league, averaging 2.8 miles, or 4,500 meters, per game.

As for Hamilton, the league's most well-known off-ball running master, due to the age when he was active at his peak, the league has not counted the distance a player has run, so it is impossible to know how far he can run in a race, but it is conservatively estimated that it will be at least above 5,000 meters, that is, at least 5 kilometers.

5 km, which is just the maximum limit for the long-distance runner's talent effect to be activated.

Wang Chao feels that with his current physical strength value of 80, it is estimated that the talent effect of activating 5 kilometers on the field is not realistic, but there should be no problem with activating the 20% physical fitness bonus and 5% running speed bonus of 3 kilometers.

In fact, at the end of the first quarter, he had already activated the bonus effect of the first gear of long-distance runners, that is, the physical effect of running more than 1 kilometer increased by 10%.

"Tonight, run for a good time!"

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In the second quarter of the game, Brand continued to be efficient on the Clippers' side, scoring 12 points in a single quarter on 6-of-7 shooting, and Margeti, who came off the bench, also scored 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting, helping the Clippers score 36 points in the second quarter.

On the Clippers' side, Nash scored 7 points on 3-of-5 shooting, and Dior also scored 7 points on 3-of-5 shooting.

Wang Chao didn't play much time in the second quarter of the game, and was replaced after about 4 minutes, but in these 4 minutes, Wang Chao successfully ran down Rose, who was opposite him, and couldn't keep up with him at all, so Wang Chao scored 6 points on 2 of 3 shots outside the three-point line, and his personal score at halftime had come to 15 points, the highest in the team.

Relying on Wang Chao and Nashdio's three-person play, although the overall offensive efficiency of the Suns in the second quarter of the game was not particularly high, they also scored 27 points, although they lost the 4-point lead in the first quarter and fell behind by 5 points, but it was harmless overall.

The strength of the Suns is not only reflected in the starting lineup, but also in its strong bench lineup is the main reason why the team can still be among the league's strongest after losing Stoudemire!

In the third quarter of the game, the bench players of the two teams came on, and Barbosa showed his edge on the bench, scoring 8 points on 3-of-3 shooting.

Nash continued to score efficiently, scoring seven points and four assists in a single quarter.