"See, that's what a big man should do!"

Looking at Stoudemire's efficient basket offense, Barkley was very satisfied.

Although he was only 1.98 meters tall, Barkley relied on his strong lower body strength and back-to-back singles skills to play a great role in the strongman 90s, led the team to the finals, and also won the honor of regular season MVP.

As the Suns' second All-Star-caliber power forward interior after Barkley, Stoudemire has always been loved by Barkley.

The reason why Barkley bet that Yao Ming could not score more than 19 points in the season was because Da Yao was the champion in 02, and Stoudemire was only the ninth pick in the same year as Da Yao, which was a bit uneven.

It is true that Stoudemire was indeed very strong at his peak, and even beat Duncan on the inside more than once in the playoffs, but Da Yao's career is also not much inferior, and the commercial value that Da Yao brings to the league is far from being comparable to Stoudemire.

As for Da Yao, who has never played in the Western Finals, and the Suns where Stoudemire is located have broken into the Western Finals many times, it is even more funny for some sunspots to judge the two with this kind of performance.

The main reason for Stoudemire's record with the Suns is because of Nash, a two-time regular season MVP, and later after Stoudemire went to the Knicks, isn't it also the first round second round every year? Even if he is partnered with another top superstar, Cameron. Anthony didn't see much better.

The topic is a bit far away, let's get down to business.

Stoudemire's play gave Barkley a lot of praise, but Kenny on the sidelines. Smith has a different view.

"Amare is playing really well, but the main reason why he can attack with the ball on the ground so recklessly is that the Lakers' interior line is completely empty, and in this regard, the role of the other four Suns players on the court is also crucial."

This is the truth.

The Lakers did not try to help Bynum help defend Stoudemire during the game, but the opponent played very cunningly, and once they saw a player coming over, they immediately passed the ball out.

In this way, there is an irreversible opportunity for vacant positions on the outside line.

Wang Chao got 2 such vacant opportunities in the first quarter of the game, one at the bottom corner three-point line, and the other in the middle distance, Wang Chao did not miss both opportunities, and all the shots were hit, so he also scored 5 points in the first quarter of the game, although it was not much, but the 100% shooting rate could not find any fault at all.

In the first quarter of the game, Wang Chao had no chance to perform, but as the game entered the second quarter, the opportunities began to increase.

After the main attack in the first quarter, Stoudemire was also a little tired, and he didn't dare to let his body be too tired when he just returned from injury, which would easily induce injuries again, so in the second quarter of the game, Stoudemire simply went down early and replaced it with Dio.

With the advent of Dio, the Suns have changed from a single-point offense to a multi-point flower, and under the rhythm of Nash's control of the ball, all five positions have opportunities to play, and Wang Chao is no exception.

Like last season, Wang Chao ran again.

Luke with the defense of Wang Chao. Seeing this, Wharton immediately followed Wang Chao's pace and chased after him, but after only two steps, he was stunned to find that this guy was significantly faster than when he met in the first round of the playoffs last season, and he was desperately trying to catch up with Wang Chao, but he was still half a beat slower than the other party.

Wang Chao easily ran from the left side to the right three-point corner by the bottom line, Nash's pass came as scheduled, Wang Chao directly raised his hand to shoot after receiving the ball, and hit it steadily.

"Huh?"

In the stands, Barkley's eyebrows were slightly raised.

"What's wrong? Charles? "Kenny. Smith laughed. "Didn't you say that as long as you study it carefully, it is not difficult to keep up with Wang Chao's off-ball running? Did you see that ball clearly? ”

"Of course I did." Barkley touched his chin and said angrily, "This guy ...... Something doesn't seem right, he's a lot faster than last season, and his movements are much sharper. ”

Of course.

Throughout the summer, Wang Chao's speed and agility increased from 74 and 79 to 81 and 84 respectively, and don't underestimate the increase in the values of 7 and 5 points respectively, the changes on the field can be said to be quite obvious.

At present, Wang Chao, in the Suns, is only slower than Nash, Barbosa and other guards in terms of speed, and has already led the vast majority of front-line players, and even the team's starting scoring guard Raga. Bale is also slightly inferior to him in terms of speed, and Marion's speed can be on par with Wang Chao.

But with the increase in the running distance in the Wang Chao race, Marion also has to bow to the wind.

With a good speed and a running route that has been practiced for a long time and has been memorized by heart, Wang Chao is rarely able to look at the league in the field of off-ball running, and it is estimated that Hamilton of the Pistons is stronger than him.

Of course, if you look to the future, then Thompson is obviously a better off-ball player than the current Wang Chao, but the current Thompson is still in a junior high school.

"You said that Wang Chao's set may not be good in the new season, but I think he may continue to give all the teams in the league a headache by relying on this trick." "It's a gut feeling as a former professional shooter," Smith laughs. ”

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On the field, after watching Stoudemire get off the court, the score continued to grow uncontrollably, and Kobe Bryant began to be a little impatient.

On the offensive end, he frequently holds the ball and singles to attack, and on the defensive end, Kobe Bryant also runs to mark Wang Chao, compared to Bale, who is opposite him, Wang Chao is obviously the more threatening one.

But it's like last season's playoffs.

No matter how strong Kobe's defensive ability is, facing Wang Chao is like a dog catching a hedgehog.

Wang Chao didn't fight Kobe Bryant at all, if you come to defend me, I can't ask for it, Wang Chao directly led Kobe Bryant to go around in circles on the court, and the ball didn't receive a few times, so he tired Kobe Bryant enough first.

Again, Wang Chao is not the core of the Suns, even if he doesn't score, the team can maintain the offensive rhythm under the leadership of Nash, but on the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant is the only offensive core, and if too much physical energy is wasted on the defensive end, the Lakers' offense will also be implicated.

Therefore, a few minutes later, Kobe Bryant gave up marking Wang Chao with a speechless expression.

He didn't want to waste all his limited physical strength on running against Wang Chao.

Wang Chao had a lot more opportunities in the second quarter than in the first quarter, shooting 2-of-5 from beyond the three-point line, 1-of-2 from mid-range, and scoring 8 points.

As a result, at halftime, Wang Chao scored 13 points, and the shooting rate remained above 50%, becoming the second scoring point on the Suns' side after Stoudemire.