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Chapter 280

Chapter 280

After winning 6 consecutive victories, the Phoenix Suns had no time to rest and immediately headed to Utah without stopping to challenge the Utah Jazz in back-to-back away games.

The Utah Jazz dropped out of the playoffs in the Western Conference due to the fall of the head star "AK47" Andrei Kirilenko for two months. At present, the record is only 12 wins and 24 losses, and the Phoenix Suns are 31. Compared with the record of wins and 4 losses, it is simply one day and one place, not on the same level at all.

In particular, the state of the Jazz is quite bad. They have just ended their 9-game losing streak. In such a state, facing the Suns who just won the first game in the East and West and won a wave of 6 consecutive victories, if they want to win, it is no different from creating a miracle!

However, what people didn't expect was that the Jazz really created a miracle. They played poorly and restlessly, and created a lot of accidents. They actually upset at home, defeated the Phoenix Suns, and ended their opponents A wave of 6 consecutive victories.

On January 2005, 1, at 12:10 p.m., the Phoenix Suns vs. Utah Jazz officially started at the Project Energy Arena.

After warming up with a simple shot and layup, the starting lineups of both sides lined up and came to the middle circle of the court. The game began with a scrimmage.

The Suns starting five are still playing, lined up, followed by point guard Steve Nash, shooting guard Joe Johnson, small forward Quentin Richardson, power forward Sean Marion, center Ama Ray Stoudemire.

The head coach of the Jazz, Sloan, did not spare any effort for the poor performance. The starting five were point guard Carlos Arroyo, shooting guard Lagabell, small forward Matt Harperin, and power forward Carlos Arroyo. - Boozer, center Memim Okur.

At the beginning of the first quarter, Okur overwhelmed Stoudemire in the jump ball and helped the Jazz get the ball first.

Boozer was not polite, and after playing the pick-and-roll with Arroyo, he caught the ball and made a two-point shot from mid-range, steadily hitting the opening two points.

2 to 0! !

Nash of the Suns immediately fought back, dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, made a three-point arc, and suddenly shot a three-pointer with a dry pull-back jumper.

Nash's three-pointer was too sudden, and Arroyo was caught off guard. Facing Nash's three-pointer, he had almost no reaction.

Nash went up and down with a knife and attacked with a dry three-pointer. He hit the three-pointer accurately and returned the color.

2 to 3! !

However, the Jazz did not give up an inch on offense. Okur evacuated the inside and pulled to the three-point line to cover for Arroyo. After receiving a back pass from Arroyo, he immediately lifted the ball over the top to attract Stoudemire. Er's pounced out to make up for the defense.

Okura dropped the ball, broke through with the ball, as if holding a dynamite bag, took a European step, made a three-step layup, hit the basket, forced his hand, and sent the basketball into the basket with a rebound.

4 to 3! !

The Suns' offensive level is also very strong. Nash directly forced Arroyo, went to the inside, attracted Okur and Boozer's supplementary defense, and sent the basketball to the sky.

Stoudemire made an air cut to the basket, jumped up, slammed the basketball into the basket alley-oop, and scored two points.

4 to 5! !

Arroyo was beaten by Nash one after another, but she couldn't get angry. She turned around and immediately found her place on Nash.

Continuously stepping down the middle to dribble, a change of direction and change to break through, relying on Boozer's high cover, Arroyo got rid of Nash and rushed directly to the inside.

When Stoudemire was not in place to supplement the defense, he pulled the ball up and threw it quickly. The arc of the basketball flew high, and after hitting the center of the backboard, it bounced into the net.

6 to 5! !

The Suns attacked, Nash and Stoudemire played a pick-and-roll and were successfully circled by Arroyo. Nash casually passed a pass, but was predicted in advance by Lagabel on the right. The basketball immediately accelerates and pushes back quickly.

Nash desperately chased back and directly hit the middle of the frontcourt, trying to occupy a favorable defensive position.

Unexpectedly, Lagabel did not follow the rules at all, and directly changed into a cross step, stopped outside the three-point line, opened to face Nash, and shot a chasing three-pointer.

The basketball traced an arc of a full moon in the air.

Swish! !

The white net was overflowing, and Lagabel's three-pointer accurately hit the bull's-eye and entered the net hollow.

6 to 8! !

Marion made a quick shot from the bottom line, Nash hit the start after receiving the ball, quickly rushed to the front court, without any hesitation, immediately dribbled through the middle, broke into the three-point line, stepped down and dribbled the basketball from the right to the left , Moved a step sideways, and made a feint like worshiping Buddha. After flying Arroyo, he lowered his body and went inside to attract the Jazz's defensive back.

With a clear snap, Nash hit the ground casually and divided the basketball to the bottom corner of the left three-point line.

Richardson caught the ball, glanced at the basket, immediately bent his knees slightly, jumped up lightly, his body bloomed in the air, and with a flick of his wrist, the basketball flew out of his hands.

There was a swishing sound of wiping the net.

Richardson went up and down with a knife in his hand, pierced through the Yang with a hundred steps, and steadily hit this open three-pointer, retaliating with fire.

9 to 8! !

Next, the two sides played wildly, both were attacking desperately, the rhythm was flying, and both wanted to use stronger offensive firepower to suppress the opponent. The court fell into a stage of anxiety, and no one could do anything to the opponent.

At the end of the first quarter, the Suns attacked, and Nash dribbled the ball to the frontcourt without any hesitation, and passed the ball directly to Joe Johnson for a one-on-one.

Outside the 65-degree three-point line on the right, Joe Johnson caught the ball and faced the frame, posing an offensive three-threat posture.

Lagabel looked dignified, lowered the center of gravity of the body, put on a standard defensive posture, put half a step away, neither made a breakthrough nor shot.

Joe Johnson shot a feint in the air, and immediately dribbled the ball to the inside to break through. Lagabel took a step sideways and leaned up with his body, trying to block Joe Johnson's offensive line.

Unexpectedly, Joe Johnson retreated, a step down dribble followed by a back dribble to change direction, retreated beyond the three-point line, directly pulled the ball up, and made a three-point jumper and shot back.

Lagabel's defensive skills are good, he rushed up in time, jumped up to block the block, and covered Joe Johnson's face with his right hand.

Joe Johnson did not disappoint, he maintained a good shooting rhythm, defending against Lagabel, and hit three-pointers steadily.

At the end of the first quarter, with Joe Johnson's last three-pointer, the Phoenix Suns turned away and led the Utah Jazz by 29 points 26-3 in the first quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, both sides had a certain rotation.

D'Antoni still guarantees at least three starters on the field, and then rotates the bench players.

Sloan's rotation is larger than the rotation. After all, the goal of the Jazz this season is to be bad, and then, to train players, rookies get more playing time.

With the start of the second quarter, the organization and support of the Suns is in the hands of Barbosa. His skills and vision are limited, and his favorite thing is to break through with speed, living up to his title of "Brazilian Lightning".

As a result, the Suns' offensive firepower was directly misfired.

Richardson received the basketball, and the shooting rhythm was not comfortable. Maybe he was used to the delicacies passed by Nash, but he was a little uncomfortable with the simple food passed by Barbosa. The sound hits my ears.

The most frightening thing is that blacksmithing can infect teammates.

Marion's mid-range shooting skills also cooled down, and he missed all kinds of shots.

Hunter, who played center instead of Stoudemire, also made 3 of 0 shots and scored no points.

Relying on Joe Johnson's individual singles, he will not fall behind too much.

The Jazz's Lagabel broke out suddenly and made consecutive mid-range shots. He made 6 of 4 shots in a single quarter and scored 10 points. He was in a very brave state.

In addition to Lagabel on the outside, Okur of the Jazz also performed well, making breakthrough layups and making three-pointers from the outside.

The Jazz started off with a high offensive efficiency, and everyone was a soldier, playing a multi-point offensive.

D'Antoni couldn't bear it directly, and replaced Nash and Stoudemire on the field. The two used unsolvable pick-and-roll cooperation to stabilize the situation on the field.

At the end of the second quarter, with the performance of Lagabel and Okur, the Jazz beat the Suns with a 29-20 offensive and achieved a lead in the score.

At the end of the first half, the Utah Jazz performed better, temporarily leading the Phoenix Suns by 55 points 49 to 6, and entered the locker room to rest.

Back in the second half of the game, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Faced with a situation where the score was behind, D'Antoni didn't know how to adjust besides playing the main force, and went all out to beat all the starting five tigers.

Sloan took the lead by accident. Although the team decided to play badly, it was quite interesting to beat the Suns, which is ranked No. [-] in the league. Therefore, he did not have any reservations.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Suns had the ball first.

Nash dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. In the positional battle, the diamond tactics were still in position.

Nash broke through Arroyo with the ball in the middle and played a pick-and-roll with Stoudemire.

Okur and Arroyo immediately double-teamed Nash, and there was a clear snap. Nash casually passed a ground pass, and the basketball passed through the gap between Okur and Arroyo and landed precisely on the ground. Stoudemire's hands.

Taking a big stride, Stoudemire dribbled a bit, hit the basket, and took off with a step, his body stretched in the air.

The right hand in the air slams the basketball into the hoop.

boom! !

Tomahawk-style dunk, two points scored!

55 to 51! !

The pick-and-roll tactics of Nash and Stoudemire of the Suns have become more and more tacit, and the destructive power of the offense has become greater and greater. It can almost be said to be unsolvable and hard to guard against.

The Suns used pick-and-roll tactics to score, and the fans at home booed everywhere.

After all, the Jazz are the masters of pick-and-roll tactics, and their existence like a master even represents the word pick-and-roll.

As long as you mention the pick-and-roll, you will think of the Jazz, head coach Sloan, and "Utah Shuangsha".

Now being humiliated by the Suns with pick-and-roll cooperation in front of their faces, how can this be tolerated?I have to go back!

As if hearing the aspirations of the fans, Arroyo dribbled to the frontcourt, and Boozer immediately pulled up to a high position and played a pick-and-roll.

The Suns misplaced their defense. Arroyo is not Stockton. He knows that his mid-range shooting ability is not stable.

Stoudemire's speed moves too fast, he has no advantage at all, but fortunately, he passes the ball well and immediately distributes the ball to Boozer.

In the face of Nash's big and small misplaced defense, Boozer was not polite. He immediately dribbled the ball and rushed to the basket.

57 to 51! !

The offensive and defensive transition, the Suns speeded up to run and bomb, Nash quickly dribbled to the half court, and passed the basketball to the left basket without stopping.

With his superb off-the-ball running skills, Marion threw off Boozer's defense, easily received the ball, leaped up from the basket, made a pick in the air, and picked the basketball into the basket, scoring two points easily.

57 to 53! !

Next, the Jazz attacked. Arroyo dribbled to the frontcourt, suddenly one step away from the three-point line, and immediately pulled up a jumper.

Nash was also caught off guard this time.

Bang! !

There was a crisp iron strike, the basketball was missed, and the basket was shot.

Stoudemire overwhelmed Okur, took off the rebound, and immediately distributed the ball to Nash for a quick counterattack.

Richardson and Joe Johnson, one left and one right, sprinted directly to the front court like two sharp knives out of their sheaths, and their speed flew up.

Nash received the ball without stopping for half a minute. He immediately pushed with both hands while running, and passed a quarterback-style long pass. The basketball was like a missile, and it accurately found Richardson on the left.

Richardson comfortably caught the ball, immediately drew his bow and set his arrows, bent his knees slightly, jumped up lightly, and shot a three-pointer with open hands.

The basketball arced across the air like a full moon.

Swish! !

There was a cold net-wiping sound.

The white net flowers overflowed, and the three-pointer hit the basket with precision, causing a burst of white waves.

57 to 56! !

The offensive of the Suns continued unabated, tenaciously chasing the score to 1 point.

However, at this critical moment, Boozer stood up, made sudden shots, scored 4 points one after another, and stabilized the situation on the court.

On defense, Lagabel also responded to Joe Johnson's personal singles offense with a tough defense, and even made a three-pointer at the buzzer on offense.

Subsequently, Arroyo and Boozer and Okur took turns offering the most conventional and main offensive weapon, the pick-and-roll tactic.

Arroyo showed off his mid-range shots, occasional small floating shots, breakthrough layups, very powerful offensively, scoring one after another.

After the pick-and-roll, facing Nash's defense directly, Buzeb played very strongly. He has a good mid-range ability. It is not difficult for him to make a two-pointer against Nash.

Can also hit the basket and attack the frame from close range, showing the offensive potential of one of the new Utah duos.

Okur might not be able to play well against others in the interior, but he has a good mid-range shot, which can empty the interior and even reach beyond the three-point line.

There is also the technique of attacking with the ball. After the pick-and-roll, facing Nash, he is also a lot of offensive threats.

Relying on the dislocation after the pick-and-roll to score points, the Jazz and the Suns fought against each other, but they did not collapse. Instead, they took advantage of the offense.

The Suns' offensive firepower is neither bad nor bad, but they don't do a good job of defending against pick-and-rolls, and they lose a lot of points when they score, which doesn't take much advantage.

Even at the offensive rhythm they like, the Suns still can't beat their opponents.

At the end of the third quarter, the Phoenix Suns scored 33 points, which was considered qualified offensively. Unexpectedly, the Utah Jazz performed even better and scored 34 points, which was a performance of 80 points.

89 to 82! !

The Jazz extended the score advantage of both sides to 7 points.

The game started in the fourth quarter, and the Suns counterattacked with all their strength at the beginning of the game. Nash and the two muskets on the outside made their efforts, and it rained three-pointers on the outside.A wave of 11 to 2 attacks was played, and the score was overtaken in an instant.

However, I didn't expect that this was just a flashback of the Suns. At the most critical moment in the fourth quarter, the starting five of the Suns had no energy, and their state let out a thousand miles, and the iron show began.

The Jazz's plateau home field effect began to exert strength, escorting the home team's victory. Boozer and Lagabel played one inside and one outside, and they still had sufficient physical strength until the fourth quarter.

Although their offensive firepower is purely average, but the Suns' offensive firepower is even worse, so I can't hold on!

D'Antoni paid the due price for his idea of ​​playing the main force and seven-man rotation. In the plateau hell away game and back-to-back situations, the Suns took the lead in collapsing!

At the end of the full game, the Utah Jazz played a stunning performance and beat the Phoenix Suns 115 to 108 at home.

(End of this chapter)