Chapter 1553 From One to Five Real Men

"Okay, the game between the two sides begins, the Lakers will start, Ji Feng, Artest, Kobe, Gasol, Bynum!"

"Suns, Stoudemire, Lopez, Nash, Grant Hill, Richardson!" Yu Jia took advantage of the few seconds before the fight for the ball to quickly read out the starting lineups of the two teams.

Except for Ji Feng, who was surprised to swing to the No. 1 position again, everyone else was exactly the same as in the third game.

Stoudemire won the ball with his own speed. Bynum patted his head in frustration, but still quickly returned to defense. Dragging the Suns into a positional battle is what every team facing the Suns has to do. After all, this is the Suns, one of the best fast break teams in the league.

Although their fast break scoring this season ranks second in the league behind the Lakers, they actually play faster than the Lakers. After all, they do not have twin towers inside. Lopez Jr., Frye and Stoudemire all have three inside players. He is a good player in fast breaks, and the Lakers' scoring is mainly concentrated on Ji Feng, Kobe and Farmar.

This season, the Suns sent away O'Neal to complete the lineup slimming down. Although D'Antoni was replaced, the coach he replaced was still the former bombardment assistant coach Gentry. Gentry did not change his previous fast break bombardment game after taking charge of the coach. Instead, he continued to implement the tactics of playing fast.

The Suns averaged only 12 seconds per possession this season, and they ranked second in the league with more than 110 points per game, second only to the Lakers' 115.2 points per game. They shot 49.2% from the field and more than 40 points per game. % three-point shooting percentage is also second in the league, also only behind the Lakers, but he can hit nearly 9 three-pointers per game, ranking first in the league, and fourth in the league in assists, better than the second-place Celtics and third-place The Mavericks were 0.2 and 0.1 less respectively.

The Suns are most disadvantaged in rebounding, because Lopez replaced Frye as the starter. They average 43 rebounds per game, ranking sixth in the league, 0.7 rebounds more than their opponents per game, and average shots per game. 82.8 times, ranking 13th in the league, and averaging 25.8 free throws per game, ranking 9th in the league. Compared with the Suns' peak season of 2006-07, the Suns during that period averaged 40.5 rebounds per game, ranking 20th in the league. Opponents average 2.3 more rebounds per game than the Suns, take 83.6 shots per game, second in the league, and average 22.3 free throws per game, ranking last in the league.

Stoudemire averaged 23 points per game with a 55% shooting rate, and the ever-stronger Nash averaged 16.5 points and 11 assists with a 49.5% shooting rate. In addition, the dunk king Richardson and the old, old veteran Grant Hill and Flak Frye can also contribute double-digit scores. Although Barbosa on the bench is no longer a lightning bolt, he can still contribute close to double-digits.

Such a pure run-and-gun lineup actually led to the Suns' second climax after 2006. They went from ninth in the Western Conference to third in the Western Conference, defeating the Spurs, Nuggets and other powerful players. Gentry The best coach of the season is almost booked.

The Suns completed an incredible transformation under the leadership of Gentry. Of course, the price is that they have almost no wing defenders, and the 2nd and 3rd positions are very empty. Logically speaking, they face someone like the Lakers, who can play Ji Feng, Ah. A team with three wing players, Tai and Kobe, has almost no chance of winning. The first two games also proved that the Suns cannot limit the Lakers' wing offense at all, and their own fast breaks pale in comparison to the Lakers' defense.

However, the Suns found their own way in the third game!

In the third game, the Zen Master deployed heavy troops outside the three-point line and inside, allowing the Suns to shoot in the mid-range. As a result, the Suns shot in the mid-range. In addition, the Lakers themselves were in poor condition, and they had almost no ability to resist. The legend of the sun's bloody abuse of the Lakers was left behind.

In this game, the Suns still played according to the style of the third game. Seeing the Lakers falling into position, the Suns still rushed forward under the leadership of Nash.

After arriving in the frontcourt, Nash picked and rolled, Stoudemire went down, and Lopez went to the wing to protect the rebound. At the same time, Grant Hill and Richardson stood on both sides to wait for three-pointers, a standard Suns position.

But at this time, Ji Feng's role in swinging to the No. 1 position appeared.

After the pick-and-roll, Ji Feng helped defend Stoudemire. Although Stoudemire was taller, Ji Feng's confrontation actually limited Stoudemire. The latter could not easily get into the paint, and Nash could only choose to play Bynum in singles.

Bynum naturally gave it to Nash for free. Nash broke through easily, but after entering, he couldn't pass the ball. Stoudemire, the main attack point, was blocked by Ji Feng. Nash could only shoot and score by himself!

"Let me go, Ji Feng actually came up to do this?!!!"

Although the goal was scored, it still shattered glasses all over the floor. Fans originally thought that Ji Feng came up to restrict Nash, or to compete with Nash for assists. Unexpectedly, Ji Feng came to help defend the interior lineman Stoudemire. !

And the effect is pretty good!

"This is really going from one to five defenses, awesome..." The fans knelt down.

It was the Lakers' turn to attack. The Lakers learned the lesson from the previous game. If they don't play fast with you, they will fight one by one. Ji Feng from the outside beat Nash and passed in one step!

Nash couldn't restrain Ji Feng at all. Lopez Jr. wanted to help defend inside, but Ji Feng didn't slow down at all, and faced Lopez Jr.'s block shot and switched hands for a layup in the air!

"OMAMA!" Barkley exclaimed: "A classic mid-air layup. I thought Michael was wearing Lakers clothes. It was too exaggerated. He paused in the air for a full second. Maybe Lopez should compete with his Brother, learn from my experience, Ji Feng cannot be restricted by such a defense!"

After coming back to their senses, the Suns wanted to play faster, but Ji Feng kept restricting Nash's starting speed. Nash's pace was really slow, and Ji Feng could keep up. This forced the Suns to fight against the Lakers again.

The best way for this lineup to play positionally is to break through and distribute the ball. Others don't have the ability to attack, and Stoudemire can't post up. He can't just throw the ball if he can't get it.

Nash had to come. This time it was still the same as the first attack. Ji Feng stuck to Stoudemire. Although the latter caught the ball in front of him, he was in a position where he couldn't dunk directly. Stoudemire resisted twice and found that he couldn't do it. Passing to the outside, Richardson took the ball and went inside. Ji Feng directly covered the defense!

"It missed. Ji Feng's defense was too tough. Richardson didn't score. In order to prevent Ji Feng from blocking the shot, he had to adjust his shot position higher! Yu Jia said.

Ji Feng once again made a contribution this time. He defended three opposing generals in one round and blocked three excellent offensive opportunities. This defensive ability made people praise him.

"It's so amazing. There are always people who can hit from one to five. Only Ji Feng did it tonight. He can defend even that position!"

"A tough man, Stoudemire didn't take advantage of him. I love his physical fitness. I love him."

"Wouldn't it be tiring to fight like this? Can it last a whole game?!"

Fans were also shocked by Ji Feng's steel defense, and some even said that Ji Feng must be named as the best defender this season.

Of course, there are still people who feel that it is impossible for Ji Feng to fight like this for a whole game. After all, this kind of physical exertion is really too great.

However, Ji Feng really came through in the first quarter!

On the defensive end, Ji Feng's crazy defense prevented Stoudemire from having a dunk, and Nash failed to initiate too many effective fast breaks, and the pick-and-roll game was completely lacking in the flavor of the Suns.

28-19, the Lakers limited the Suns' scoring in the first quarter to less than 20 points!