In the final quarter of the game, the Suns almost copied the script of the G1 game.

Relying on the advantage established in the third quarter and taking full advantage of the attention given to Iverson by the referees sitting at home, the Suns always maintained their lead over the Spurs by more than ten points.

On the sidelines, after buying him a bottle of Ice Kuole according to Wang Shuo's instructions, he obediently handed it to Wang Shuo, and Barkley noticed that Wang Shuo's expression tonight was obviously much more relaxed than during the G1 war.

The West Jersey Arena, 99-110 as the stub timer went to zero.

After successfully winning this G2 game, the Suns also rewrote the big score of this round of the series to 2-0.

In this game, Iverson, whose firepower was mainly focused in the second half, scored a total of 31 points, 3 rebounds, and 7 assists for the Suns.

Xiao Si, who took on the team's scoring responsibility in the second quarter, played Iverson, the Iron Man's nano armor, most of the rest of the time, and scored a total of 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 assists for the Suns.

The "hacker" who was brutally beaten by Wang Shuo for a full 40 minutes, the performance of this game can be called the mainstay of the team, he can attack, retreat and defend, he scored a total of 22 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks for the Suns.

After the game, staring at Wang Shuo, who was drinking Kole, Barkley asked curiously: "Have you already thought about what tactics the Spurs will use against us next?" ”

Looking at Barkley, Wang Shuo shrugged his shoulders after putting down Bing Kole and said, "Charles, what did you think of me?"

I'm not a god, how can I guess the opponent's tactics in every game? ”

Barkley thought to himself with a look of suspicion: But in my mind, you are already a god!

Wrong!

What is God before you?

After a pause, patting Barkley on the shoulder, Wang Shuo smiled: "But I did think of our defensive ideas in this game next." ”

Hearing this, Spoelstra and Brown hurriedly took out their small notebooks and surrounded them.

But at this moment, Wang Shuo said: "But I plan to wait until tomorrow, because tonight, let's celebrate the victory first." ”

Barkley Three: "......"

According to the schedule, the next round of the series between the Suns and Spurs will be moved to San Antonio on May 8.

The next day, Wang Shuo's operation of replacing Stoudemire with Old Horry in the G2 battle successfully attracted a debate in the industry about whether this substitution adjustment was a "god hand" or a "hawk hand".

The two protagonists who started this controversy are both old acquaintances of Wang Shuo.

One is Jeff Van Gundy, who can only see the game clearly when he stands on the sidelines.

One is Doug Rivers, who is not as good as going home and sleeping even when he is standing on the court.

In a guest on TNT's playoff recap, Van Gundy insisted that Wang Shuo's substitution of replacing Horry Sr. for Xiao Si in the game was a turning point in the game.

Judging from the scene, the Suns were indeed separated by the Spurs by several points in the score after making this substitution adjustment.

But we have to see that it also allows Amare and Tyson to be more physically fit to face the Spurs in the second quarter.

This season, we all know that the Suns' bench lineup is their weakness, but Wang solved this problem with a simple substitution. Van Gundy said on the show.

As for Van Gundy's opinion, Rivers scoffed and said: "In this game, isn't the key to Solar's victory Alan Iverson?"

Also, even if the Suns hadn't replaced Amare four minutes earlier in the first quarter, I don't think Amare would have been bad.

He's a guy with a lot of personality and can do anything on the pitch. ”

On the 6th, the debate between Van Gundy and Rivers sparked a wide discussion in the industry.

But when Barkley read the news report, he felt ......

It's no wonder that Rivers was able to overturn the Wizards' galactic battleship this year.

However, due to the stereotype of Van Gundy in the commentary, Barkley didn't expect that Van Gundy's old boy's brain could turn so fast.

In fact, Barkley is completely wrong to blame Van Gundy.

Because in fact, Van Gundy is also a manager who knows how to protect his own stars.

Historically, Yao Ming has never played more than 35 minutes per game in the regular season under Van Gundy.

Because Van Gundy knows very well what kind of load Yao Ming's weight will bring him.

Of course, Van Gundy has the stereotype that he doesn't know how to be flexible......

Mainly because he often makes substitutions on the field for the sake of substitutions.

For example, when Yao Ming felt his best, he inexplicably replaced Yao Ming.

When he was head coach, on-the-spot adaptation was a hurdle that Van Gundy had been unable to overcome.

But when he was a bystander, he had more time to think, but he could find the optimal solution by slowing down the CPU.

In theory, Van Gundy is also a coach who is more suited to be an assistant coach than a head coach.

But even so, on this day, in Barkley's eyes, Van Gundy was nothing more than that.

Because neither Rivers nor Van Gundy, in Barkley's opinion, they have not found the key point that the Suns can defeat the Spurs in this G2 battle!

At this moment, if it weren't for Wang Shuo's errands to buy fried chicken, then Buckley really wanted to rush back to TNT TV and use the tactical theory he learned in the past two days to torture and kill this group of "rookies" in his eyes.

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In the Suns' tactical conference room, after Barkley bought Wang Shuo a fried chicken and returned, Wang Shuo smiled: "Now, let's continue yesterday's topic."

I'm going to play the next series against the Spurs for most of the game.

Mike, Eric, what do you guys think? ”

Spoelstra replied: "I think it's a good idea. Through the G2 battle, we have already discovered the fact that this Spurs team is not enough outside firepower to destroy our defense, except for Siddo Turkoglu and Manu Ginobili. ”

Barkley reminded: "Are you ignoring Bruce Bowen? ”

On the side, after glamorously ignoring Barkley's reminder, Mike Brown revealed Wang's true intentions, "Wang, are you going to prepare for the next Western Conference Finals?" ”

Wang Shuo nodded and said, "Until our series with the Spurs is over, I won't pay attention to the series between the Timberwolves and the Lakers.

But in the regular season, these two teams are also our old rivals.

From what I know about these two teams, if we can make it past the Spurs, the Lakers will undoubtedly be the biggest obstacle to our next trip to the Finals. ”

Brown said: "Are you trying to use the combined defense against Shaq? ”

Wang Shuo said: "It's still too early to talk about how to prevent Shaq, but as Eric said, the Spurs have already exposed their lack of firepower on the outside. ”

Barkley interjected at this time: "But joint defense, in addition to three-point shots, there are also many ways to break, G2 battle, the reason why the Spurs lost to us is not because we use joint defense, right?" ”

At this moment, Wang Shuo, Brown, and Spoelstra all looked at Barkley in unison.

It's not that they think Barkley is stupid, it's ......

Wang Shuo and the three of them never expected it......

Buckley, he's really enlightened!

Although, often playing against masters, it is true that people can improve quickly in a short period of time.

But if you don't have a certain talent, then even if you let Ke Jie play against you, you will only continue to pollute Ke Jie's database.

Charles got to the point.

I don't know what we're going to face in San Antonio, but it's the time difference that can be played on the pitch that will be key to our victory. Wang Shuo said.

In this year's series, in Wang Shuo's eyes, in terms of the overall strength of the two sides, the Suns are not much stronger than the Spurs.

To put it simply, if the Suns are just playing normally or playing a little worse, the Spurs also have a high probability of beating them.

And in the next away game, Iverson's free throws are bound to decrease.

Wang Shuo is well aware that there is a limit to the off-court weight that his good brother can provide to the Suns.

As a result, with Iverson making fewer free throws, Iverson's requirements for hitting critical hits on the court have increased accordingly.

Because even if he doesn't feel good, G1, G2, Iverson can continue to score points through free throws.

But then, in San Antonio, once Iverson really becomes Iron Man......

Then the sun will undoubtedly be in a very passive situation.

As the head coach, Wang Shuo can't guarantee that Iverson will be able to feel good every night.

But he can help Iverson get through the period when he doesn't shoot well on the court by making tactical adjustments to increase the likelihood of Iverson hitting critical hits and by improving the presence of other players on the court.

In the conference room, after taking out the tactical board, Wang Shuo said to everyone: "I plan to arrange Anfernee into the starting line in the G3 battle." ”

Spoelstra's eyes lit up and he said: "Are you trying to reduce the pressure on Allen by increasing the number of points on the field with the ball?" ”

Wang Shuo nodded and said, "I don't know if you have carefully observed Anferne's performance in these two games.

When in charge of defending Tony Parker, he even did a better job than Raga. ”

When he was young, as a player who ate by changing his rhythm, although Hardaway couldn't keep up with Parker's agile pace in the game, but in these two games with the Spurs, Wang Shuo noticed that this player, who should have been the Sun's negative equity, could always guide Parker to Chandler's defensive range on the court.

If once or twice, it might just be a coincidence.

Through the observation of the alignment of Hardaway and Parker, Wang Shuo feels that this guy has become a wonder soldier in the playoffs of the Suns this year after correcting his attitude.

In fact, Hardaway at the same time in history did not fail to prove himself.

In the 03/04 season, Hardaway, who was sent to the Knicks by the Suns in an upside-down manner, handed over an average of "16+5+5" in the four playoff games for the Knicks that year.

Although, in that series, the penny who tried to prove himself one last time shot just 36.5 percent from the field and was swept out along with the Knicks, you have to say that he ran out of gas......

That's not going to happen.

Now.

Perhaps what motivated Hardaway to get back on his feet was different.

But after gradually feeling the vitality of this sun, even if he is still alone in the team and does not like to communicate with other teammates, it does not prevent Wang Shuo from letting him contribute his remaining oil to this sun.

……

On the 7th, before the team was preparing to go to San Antonio to prepare for the G3 game against the Spurs on the 8th, Wang Shuo found Hardaway.

Wang Shuo, who has always been right about things and people, didn't pour any chicken soup for the soul into Hardaway.

But when Wang Shuo told Hardaway that he would appear in the starting list for the G3 Suns, Hardaway's expression changed suddenly.

"I'm going to do my best on the pitch." He is not good at words, although he didn't say it on this day, but his heart has been conquered by Wang Shuo.

At this moment, in Hardaway's opinion, the only thing he regrets is that if it weren't for his damn character, he should have been in better shape before the start of this series.

But, it's too late to say anything.

On the evening of the 8th, San Antonio, the G3 game of the Western Conference semifinals between the Suns and the Spurs officially began.

The Suns and Spurs, who have already known the roots through the first two battles, came up tonight and offered a "joint defense".

CCTV, when it was the Sun's turn to defend, looking at the familiar 2-3 positions, Director Zhang immediately came to the spirit: "Yo! The sun has changed again today!

They changed the 1-3-1 mixed man-to-man defence from the previous game to a 2-3 mixed man-to-man defence. ”

On the side, Director Sun interjected: "What is the biggest difference between these two defenses?" ”

On the commentary seat, Coach Zhang just wanted to show a hand to Coach Sun and the national audience, but he didn't expect that on the court, the Suns' defense had undergone a subtle change.

In the NBA, the FIBA version of the traditional joint defense does not apply to the NBA because of the existence of three seconds of defense.

Tonight, the Suns defended an improved version of the 1-2-2 defense.

The biggest advantage of this high-level joint defense is that the Suns can adjust the joint defense to "one eye and four together" at any time according to tactical needs and personnel alignment.

In the G2 game, the Spurs repeatedly threatened the core hinterland of the Suns by hitting the ball at a 45-degree angle on both sides of the Suns defense.

By switching to a 1-2-2 defense, the Suns could effectively improve the problem.

At the same time, since the 1-2-2 formation defenders are closer to the attacker's low-post back-to-back singles from both sides, the 1-2-2 joint defense is also theoretically one of the best options for the opponent to have a low-post player.

Of course, there is no theoretical perfection in any joint defense.

Especially when Spurs still have the "Urban Cannon" of Turkoglu.

On the court, the Spurs attacked.

After Turkoglu went back and forth between the sides from the high post, the Spurs found an open three-pointer on the Suns' left wing as Hardaway couldn't pull back to his defensive zone in time.

Swish!

On the sidelines, at this moment, on the Suns bench, Wang Shuo and his assistants were instantly petrified.

"I was not mistaken, right? Anfernee actually took the initiative to raise his hand to signal to his teammates, was the ball his mistake just now? Mike Brown said with a look of surprise.

"Wang, what did you tell him before the game? How do I feel like he's a different person tonight? Spoelstra asked.

Hearing the words......

Wang Shuo thought in his heart: I didn't feed him any chicken soup for the soul! I just told him he was going to start this game.

But let Wang Shuo quibble.

At this moment, in the eyes of the three Buckleys, Wang Shuo must have used magic on Hardaway.

Otherwise......

How could Hardaway have undergone such a dramatic transformation overnight?

And on the court, after Xiao Si scored two points for the Suns with a block and dismantling, can you believe that this "penny" who was still dead a few months ago actually carried out an oppressive full-court defense against Parker with a high fighting spirit at this moment according to the arrangement that Wang Shuo explained to him before the game?

In the NBA, not every player who is responsible for dribbling is called Klay Thompson.

Since there are a large number of dribbles in this league, except in rare special circumstances, the point of leading the defense on the court is not to cut the ball directly from the opposing point guard.

Rather, it increases the amount of movement of the opposing defender while interfering with the opponent's attack.

Hardaway's delay was quite good.

With his high morale, he forced Pak to change direction at least two or three times before he got rid of him completely.

As for why two or three times......

It's a pity that because Parker's dribbling is too fast, Wang Shuo didn't see how many times this cargo was transported just now.

However, this goal, Turkoglou once again proved his worth to the Spurs coaching staff.

In the high post, after observing the Suns' formation changes, Turkoglou did not give the ball to Duncan, who was already ready to sink into the low post, but once again pulled away from the Suns' defensive formation through scheduling, and transferred the ball to Bowen's hand in the bottom corner.

Instead of opting to shoot, Bowen passed the ball back to Turkoglou, who ran to the left 45-degree angle to catch the ball.

"Urban Cannon" opened fire after winning the ball this time!

Swish!

At this moment, the "Diodósius Wall" of the sun collapsed in an instant.

Off the Spurs bench, Popovich felt that no matter how far the Spurs could go this year, Tekoglu had to stay.

On the side of the Suns bench, Wang Shuo, who didn't know that he had inadvertently rewritten the fate of an NBA player, was lamenting his good brother at this time.

Before coming to San Antonio, Wang Shuo thought that Iverson would make fewer free throws.

But tonight, Wang Shuo didn't expect that the first quarter of the game was almost halfway through, and Iverson didn't even make a single free throw.

Off-court weighting is also one of the aspects that every NBA head coach must consider when making pre-game calculations.

Although the first quarter of the game was not Iverson's momentum, when the two teams used the same scale of defense tonight, the referee obviously deliberately missed the Spurs' blow-up decision.

However, what baffles Barkley is ......

Wang Shuo, who would "kindly" remind the referee on the sidelines in the previous two games, has become extremely quiet this time.

"Don't we need to warn the referee?" Barkley looked at Wang Shuo and asked.

Wang Shuo shook his head and said, "This is someone else's home field, since we have a profit at home, then you have to accept that others will also have a profit." ”

Wang Shuo knows very well that Stern will indeed occasionally "shady" in the playoffs.

But he's not going to be in a series that leans exactly one side over the other.

Otherwise, the Pistons in Wang Shuo's memory would not have been able to reach the finals for two consecutive years.

Therefore, Wang Shuo sighed with emotion, but he would not really spill his anger on the referee.

In Wang Shuo's view, in the NBA, a team that can't play without a whistle doesn't deserve to go to the end.

"How do I always feel...... You're happier this time than we won the last one? On the sidelines, as the game progressed, looking at Wang Shuo, who was in a particularly good mood tonight, Barkley asked with a puzzled expression.

At this moment, the reason for Barkley's doubts was that after the game entered the second quarter, the score of the two teams on the court was 31-38, and the Suns were behind.

"Because through the first two games and the first quarter and a half, I've confirmed that the Spurs can't do anything to free Tim Duncan in a game against us." Wang Shuo said to Buckley.

After a pause, Wang added: "Sido Turkoglu is in great form, and Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker are also continuing their good performances.

But what about Tim Duncan? Have you noticed his shot stats? ”

Barkley glanced at the technical stats and said, "Only 6 times?" It's really a little less...... But isn't there still two and a half quarters left in this game? ”

Wang Shuo pointed to Duncan, who was already showing fatigue on the court, and said: "If the Spurs choose to reduce Tim's shots on the court in order to save his physical fitness, then I can only say that Tim's acting skills can compete for the Oscar." ”

At this time, Mike Brown also said: "Wang is right, this is already a life-and-death battle for the Spurs, and it is impossible for them not to know the importance of this game for them." ”

After patting Barkley on the back, Wang Shuo then analyzed him: "In the G2 game, the Spurs did reduce the pressure on Thiem on defense to a certain extent by changing the defense.

If I'm not mistaken, in G2, Thiem scored a total of 29 points and 14 rebounds, right? ”

Barkley nodded.

"But what is the price, what is the price, Charles?" Wang Shuo asked.

After pondering for a moment, Barkley suddenly realized, "Siddo-Tekoglu! Spurs sacrificed Sido! ”

Looking at Barkley's increasingly spiritual eyes at the moment, Wang Shuo felt that this "flying pig" would definitely amaze the world when he returned to TNT TV in the future, "What are the consequences of sacrificing Hildo-Tekoglu?" ”

Barkley quickly recalled the game picture of the G2 game in his mind, and said: "As an international player, although Xidu has a good sense of offense and defense, he is limited by his own physical fitness, in fact, the Spurs' joint defense at that time did not do it, effectively limiting our offense. ”

Wang Shuo continued to nod Barkley and said, "In this series, is the purpose of our joint defense with the Spurs to defend each other? ”

Barkley shook his head and said, "No, it's purely a swap of resources, what we want is to play the physical time difference between us and the Spurs, and what the Spurs want is to free Tim Duncan!" ”

After a pause, Barkley added: "But right now, the Spurs can't do it to free Tim!" Because of the sacrifice of Sido, they can't break our joint defense like tonight!

But without sacrificing Hildo or defense, they won't be able to liberate Tim's offense! ”

Wang Shuo smiled: "Because the Spurs have the advantage in this game, what the Spurs need to do more is to stabilize their lead, just like we did in the final quarter of G1 and G2." ”

Barkley said: "So that's why Siddo Turkoglou is going to be particularly active in this game, right? Because Thiem is on the defensive end, he has provoked a beam for the Spurs. ”

Wang Shuo patted Barkley on the shoulder and smiled: "The Spurs can't free Tim in this series, so in this series, we will always have a better chance of winning."

It doesn't matter if we can't win this game, in five or six games, we will definitely be able to solve this Spurs! ”

I don't know if it's because Wang Shuo said a word about the sun in this section, in the third quarter of the game, although the sun still managed to help Iverson play the physical time difference tonight......

But after the number of free throws dropped sharply, tonight's "AI" seems to be possessed by the Iron God.

At the critical moment, Stoudemire stepped up and scored a lot of points for the Suns in this quarter.

But without Iverson's firepower, it will also be difficult for the Suns to win this game where the difference in strength is already between the two sides.

In the end, the G3 match was 102-110 at full-time.

Duncan played a total of 42 minutes for the Spurs, scoring 21 points and adding 17 rebounds.

Ginobili and Parker scored 19 and 27 points, respectively.

Tekoglou became the surprise man for the Spurs, totaling 20 points, five rebounds, and seven assists.

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On the Suns' side, Xiao Si scored 28 points and 10 rebounds for the Suns in this game.

Marion also had 21 points and nine rebounds.

As for Iverson......

Shooting percentage aside, Iverson's performance of 24 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers for the Suns tonight is absolutely "remarkable"!

After the game, Wang Shuo did not complain about his players or the referee, but after simply congratulating the Spurs, he happily went to have supper with Barkley.

In New York, it was Stern who felt guilty that night.

Because before the start of this G3 match, he did hint that the referee could "help" the Spurs at the right time.

"In this series, the strength of the Suns and Spurs is too close, tell the referees, next, leave the game to the players of both sides!" As the general director of this large-scale reality show in the NBA, after taking a look at Mark, Stern said meaningfully.

Mark also felt that the referees on the night of the 8th were a bit excessive, and at the same time lamented Wang Shuo's "pattern" that was completely different from the average NBA head coach.

You know, on the night of the 8th, the number of free throws made by the Suns and Spurs was an astonishing 14 to 38.

Although the Spurs and Suns both have attackers who are good at breaking through on the court.

But after comparing the free throw ratio of this year's Spurs and Suns series, even those trolls who usually like the Black Suns to profit from free throws do not dare to look directly at the post-game Excel of these three games.

In G1, Iverson did make a total of 14 free throws, but that night, the Spurs and Suns only made 24 to 29 free throws.

In the G2 game, Iverson did get 15 free throw opportunities, but after the G2 game, the Spurs' total free throws still did not lag behind the Suns much, and the G2 free throw ratio between the two teams was 25 to 34.

Free throws, of course, are a means for Iverson to keep scoring points for the Suns on the court.

But which of the Suns' free throws wasn't earned by Iverson?

Wang Shuo never thought that the Suns would rely on free throws to the end this year.

However, the G3 battle seriously affected the punishment of the game process, and Wang Shuo also didn't want to see it.

As for why he didn't take the initiative to stand up for the sun after the G3 war?

That's of course because, of course, as a propaganda master, in addition to having established a certain tacit understanding with Stern, why did Wang Shuo make himself a resentful woman who would only complain after encountering injustice?

On the 9th, the day after the end of the G3 game between the Suns and the Spurs, Michael Jordan, the great basketball god and Wang Shuo's former comrade-in-arms, complained about the Suns in an interview: "I understand that the referees will make some wrong decisions on the court for various reasons.

I've always been considerate of them, but ...... Do they really have to wait for Allen Iverson to be beaten alive on the field before they are willing to blow their whistle for the indomitable fighter?

I love this series between the Spurs and Suns, it's the most tactically expensive series of the season so far.

But I hope that in this series, it will be the players from both sides who have brought us such a good game. ”

On this day, Jordan's solidarity immediately ignited the anger of Suns fans.

And in San Antonio, in the hotel where the sun stayed, looking at Wang Shuo, Barkley was very curious about how Wang Shuo persuaded Jordan to help the sun speak.

"I did him a little bit when he signed for Amare before, so he always wanted to return the favor to me." Wang Shuo said to Buckley.

Really!

Sure enough, it's a deal!

In Buckley's opinion, with Danzi's emotional intelligence, how could he take the initiative to stand up and help Wang Shuo?

Even if he doesn't take the credit for the Wizards' two consecutive championships on himself, in the eyes of Barkley, it is reasonable.

"In the next G4 game, do we still have to defend the 1-2-2 joint defense?" Barkley asked.

Wang Shuo nodded and said, "But I plan to arrange for Tyson to return to the starting line in the G4 battle." ”

On the side, Spoelstra and Brown hurried up.

After Wang Shuo took out the tactical board, he continued: "Through the two games of G2 and G3, Amare and Sean have been very handy when breaking the joint defense of the Spurs.

I'm going to start Tyson in the first quarter of the next G4 game, keep Boris as a backhand, and give Sean more time to rest.

In this way, in the second quarter, Sean and Amare will have more physical strength to attack the Spurs' second lineup. ”

After a pause, while fiddling with the chess pieces, Wang Shuo said: "Of course, my intuition also tells me that the Spurs are likely to change their defensive formation again in the G4 match with us. ”

Spoelstra nodded: "Unless the opponent can't break your joint defense at all, otherwise in the NBA, it is indeed quite a stupid thing to defend only one kind of joint defense." ”

Wang Shuo asked, "What kind of joint defense do you think they will change?" ”

Spoelstra said: "I have a feeling that they will most likely switch to a 1-2-2 combination. ”

After a long sigh, Wang Shuo sighed: "I really didn't expect that Anfernee would become our killer in this series. ”

On the basketball court, there are many ways to break the 1-2-2 defense.

But for the Suns right now, the easiest way to do it is undoubtedly through the No. 2 position, which is the corner where the shooting guard attacks from any corner on either side.

Because when the defender is spread out in a 122 formation, as long as your No. 4 and No. 5 players, i.e. power forwards and centers, can enter the three-second zone, the bottom corners of both sides will be exposed to the offensive and defensive players.

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So theoretically, as long as you have a tall guard who is tall, good at playmaking, and has some shooting ability to stand in the bottom corner of either side, then on the same side, he can form a local two-on-one with his teammate standing in the high post.

Hardaway shot 31.6 percent from three-point range in his career and hit 503 three-pointers in 704 games in his career.

From the perspective of future basketball, Hardaway failed both of these statistics.

But this season, because Wang Shuo has certain shooting requirements for outside players, so after being re-included in the game list by Wang Shuo, although he doesn't say it, Hardaway usually does practice three-point shooting.

This season, Hardaway shot 33.8 percent from three-point range.

If that were to add up to 36 minutes of playing time, he would be able to hit 1.1 three-pointers per game for the Suns.

Admittedly, such data is not very good.

can be responsible for containment and creating a heads-up environment for Iverson locally, but in Wang Shuo's eyes, it is enough.

So on the evening of the 9th, after the team members were about to return to the room after dinner, Wang Shuo also found Hardaway again.

At this moment, Hardaway's mood was somewhat lost.

This is because in the G3 game, he started the game for the Suns, and his performance was average, with only 2 of 7 shots, counting free throws, and only 6 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists for the Suns.

In Hardaway's view, the purpose of Wang Shuo's coming to him tonight must be to tell him that he will return to the bench in the next G4 game.

Although, Hardaway knows that Wang Shuo can abandon his past suspicions and let him play for the Suns in the playoffs, which is equivalent to reinventing him.

Can be a former NBA All-Star......

How could Hardaway not want to play more of a role in the Suns' upcoming playoff journey this year?

However, what Hardaway never expected was that as soon as Wang Shuo spoke, he almost knelt down for Wang Shuo.

"Anferne, come to my room later, in the next game, in addition to the fact that you will still start, I need to explain to you the tasks you need to take on the field at that time." Wang Shuo said to Hardaway.

Looking at Wang Shuo's back, at this moment, Hardaway couldn't believe his ears!

For Hardaway, who has gradually picked up the glory of the past, what is most important at this moment?

Of course, you can get the chance to prove yourself!

He was not afraid that Wang Shuo would assign him a task.

He was afraid that Wang Shuo would throw him back on the bench and ignore him.

Come on, Coach!

Tell me what I need to do in G4!

Even if you let me defend Tim Duncan, I'll break both of his front teeth!

……

Evening of the 10th, San Antonio, AT&T Center Arena.

On the field, with the warm-up of the players of the two teams, the big screen on the scene immediately gave the starting list of the two teams tonight.

Spurs: Duncan, Turkoglou, Bowen, Ginobili, Parker.

Suns: Chandler, Jr., Marion, Hardaway, Iverson.

Tonight, both teams made changes to their starting lineups.

Sima Bobo didn't act or pretend, and directly promoted Ginobili to the starter, wanting to grab the start.

CCTV, Director Zhang commented: "This game has been played so far, both sides have been clear, and the next competition is who can take the lead in cracking the opponent's joint defense." ”

On the court, after the jump ball, the Suns attacked first.

On the sidelines, looking at the Spurs, who had spread out in a 1-2-2 position after the opening period, in addition to looking at Wang Shuo with a look of adoration, Barkley also stayed on Spoelstra for a few more seconds as he turned his gaze to him.

Originally, when joining the Suns coaching staff, Barkley once looked down on Spoelstra.

Because in his opinion, this thing is an intern.

But......

In this round of the Suns-Spurs series, Barkley found that he seemed to be the only one in the Suns coaching team who didn't understand the ball.

At this moment, Barkley can be regarded as understanding why Wang Shuo said that he didn't understand the ball.

Because compared to these guys, he Barkley knew a hammer basketball before?

On the court, at the moment when Barkley felt like a younger brother, the Suns had already followed the original plan, standing on the left and right sides of the high post, after standing Iverson and Marion respectively, Hardaway pulled to the left bottom corner to receive the ball.

At the same time, Smalls and the boxing king cut inside quickly and kept Duncan and Turkoglou in the low post.

In front of the TV, Director Zhang laughed and said: "It's broken, it's broken, the Spurs' 1-2-2 joint defense is broken!" ”

Although, most Chinese fans in front of the TV don't know why Director Zhang suddenly roared so loudly.

But as Zhang's words landed, Hardaway managed to attract the Spurs' left side of the defense.....

In the next second, after he returned the ball to Iverson, all the Chinese fans who stood in God's perspective saw it......

Iverson was unmarked.

Swish!

Iverson, who had a miserable shooting percentage in the last game, did not continue his poor hand and opened his scoring account tonight with a handsome three-pointer!

On the sidelines, on the Spurs' bench, Popovich looked puzzled at the moment.

The reason he was puzzled wasn't because the Suns broke the Spurs' defense again.

It's just that he doesn't understand why the Suns, who have been thoroughly studied by the Spurs before the start of this series, will emerge one after another after the start of this round of the series!

Boris Dior and Robert Horry in G2.

Anfernee Hardaway at the moment.

No!

Before the start of this series, the Spurs didn't even care about Hardaway at all, right?

Because in the eyes of the Spurs staff......

As far as Hardaway has the amount of fuel in the tank right now, let alone stepping on the accelerator, he can't step on it even if he has half a foot!

Can......

This game, as Wang Shuo said.

Pennies have become the sun's killer!

Make the best use of things and make the best use of talents.

"When he was in Washington, even if Gerrard couldn't play, Wang would pay extra attention to his usual training.

Because Wang said that every player must always be ready to play,

There is not a single player in his game list who is redundant! On the Suns bench, looking at Barkley, who was also surprised by Hardaway's performance tonight, Mike Brown said.

On the court, the Spurs attacked.

After Duncan's rare missed open shot, it was Hardaway who faced the Spurs' 1-2-2 defense.

Only this time......

When Duncan gave up on Chandler and pounced on Hardaway, Duncan, who thought he had been stuck in Hardaway's passing route, never expected that tonight, he would become the background board of "Penny".

Boom! Boom!

At this moment, the right hand is changed to the left hand, not to tell the fans that he Anfernee Hardaway can still show.

It's not to remember his long-gone youth.

Just to be able to pull out a passing line that can connect with your teammates!

In the Spurs penalty area, led by Hardaway's pass, Chandler quickly rose into the air!

Bang Dang——!

"You must have used magic on Anferne! Certain! On the Suns bench, Barkley looked at Wang Shuo with a determined face and said.

After shrugging his shoulders a little helplessly, Wang Shuo said, "I wasn't the one who used magic on him.

Charles, in this world, no one can save a person who decides to lie flat.

It was Anferni who saved himself by his own choice. ”

At this moment, looking at Wang Shuo, who was not proud of his achievements, he didn't know why, anyway, Barkley just felt that there was a light on this thing.

On the pitch, the game continues.

But with this game, the referee's penalty scale has shifted from too biased to the Spurs......

It became just a normal home whistle.

Some teams were "dead" in the first quarter of G4, but they were not buried until two hours later.

After the foreshadowing of the first three games, in this game, even before Wang Shuo "played" his "magic move", the physical fitness gap between the main players of the Spurs and the main players of the Suns was revealed.

In the first three games of the series, Duncan averaged a whopping 42 minutes per game.

Parker and Ginobili were 39 and 33 minutes, respectively.

And what about the sun?

In addition to being beaten by Wang Shuo once in the G2 game, Marion's playing time in the other two games was 36 minutes and 35 minutes respectively.

Not to mention Iverson, who was protected to the extreme by Wang Shuo, in the first three games of the series, Iverson's playing time in each game was strictly limited to 36 minutes by Wang Shuo.

As for Xiao Si, the playing time of each game is 35 minutes.

In a long series.

Perhaps the great reversed king Doug Rivers looked down on this short break of a few minutes.

But in this round of matchups, these few minutes of precious rest time are enough to affect the course of this round of the series!

After following Wang Shuo for almost three years, Mike Brown found that the biggest characteristic of Wang Shuo's coaching is that he will find ways to preserve the physical strength of the main force as much as possible, regardless of whether the bench has depth or not.

At the same time, he will also stagger the playing time of the main players, at the expense of some points, so that the main players can play with maximum efficiency when they are sent on the field!

On the sidelines, looking at the score that had been gradually stretched away by the Suns as they entered the third quarter, Barkley asked curiously: "In your opinion, if you were to coach, how would you release Tim Duncan?" ”

Wang Shuo thought for a moment and replied, "It's very simple, just change Tim Duncan's partner." ”

Barkley asked, "For example?" ”

Wang Shuo said: "For example, Yao Ming. ”

Barkley: "......"

Can you talk well!

Duncan and Yao Ming, these two people, one attacked, one defended, one defended, and the other was responsible for attacking.

In Barkley's opinion, even if the peak O'Neal comes, he has to be beaten by these two people!

Barkley felt that Wang Shuo was simply prevaricating himself.

But what he didn't know was that Wang Shuo really wanted to get together this pair in this life to see what kind of height they could reach.

And on the court, with that "answer" laying the foundation for the Suns through one attack after another......

The final score of this G4 battle was also fixed at 116-97.

After the night, the Suns, who led 3-1, had almost pronounced a death sentence for the Spurs.

The moment the match ended, Popovich and his staff were dead.

And in this series, Duncan, who couldn't change the situation of the game no matter how hard he tried, looked at the man while gasping for air.

In fact, even now that the Spurs are down 3-1, Duncan doesn't think his teammates are inferior to the Suns in terms of hard power.

Duncan is well aware of how good his teammates are.

But in this series against the Suns......

No matter how hard he and his teammates tried, it seemed as if they would never escape the man's clutches.

As a professional, Duncan doesn't blame the Spurs' coaching staff.

But......

He did get a little fed up with Popovich's set.

I'm not a kid anymore, Greg.

I don't need you to run around and comfort me and coax me after losing, I need to get that damn championship!

Two days later, on the evening of the 13th.

In Phoenix, the Western Conference Finals are coming to an end.

On that night, Iverson played his most efficient game of the series.

On the court, he shot 12-of-24, including 2-of-5 three-pointers and 12-of-15 free throws, totaling 38 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists for the Suns.

After starting the last game for the Suns with 10 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 assists, Hardaway also scored 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists for the Suns.

In addition, Xiao Si and Marion also broke 20 in their scores.

On the scoreboard, 104 to 121.

The big score is 4 to 1.

The Phoenix Suns have successfully reached this year's Western Conference Finals!

"From Washington to Phoenix, it seems to me that the king no longer needs to prove anything to the world!

But I still want to say, ladies and gentlemen, whether you want to admit it or not, he is the best head coach in the NBA today! TNT TV, after the game, said Kenny Smith when he broadcast the Suns' advance to the Western Conference finals to the nation.

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