i have a coaching book

Chapter 417
On New Year's Day, the Phoenix Suns did not play any games. On the second day of the New Year, they will challenge the New York Knicks away.

On January 2006, 1, at Madison Square Garden, the game between the Phoenix Suns and the New York Knicks officially started.

The Suns starting five unchanged, lined up, followed by point guard Steve Nash, shooting guard Raja Bell, small forward Boris Diaw, power forward Sean Marion, center Kurt - Thomas.

The Knicks' starting lineup is point guard Stephen Marbury, shooting guard Quinyan Richardson, small forward Trevor Ariza, power forward Channing Frye, and center Ebian Di Curry.

In the jump ball, Curry didn't give Thomas any ideas, and easily transferred the basketball to Marbury's hands.

The first quarter of the game started, the Knicks took the lead, Marbury dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and there is no doubt that the "lone wolf" temperament was played. Breakthrough, with a strong physique, after hitting Nash's defense, he pulled the ball up, jumped up from the basket, stretched in the air, and after dodging Thomas' defense, he could completely distribute the ball to Curry who was open under the basket.

However, Marbury chose to attack one-stop. In the air, when the center of gravity of the body was out of balance, he still chose to make a shot. With a hook with his right hand, the basketball flew to the basket in a spin, rubbing the backboard as if it had eyes, and then, accurately Drilled into the basket and scored a two-pointer.

2 to 0! !
The offensive and defensive transition, the Suns attacked, Nash dribbled to the frontcourt, he did not choose to pass, but continued to dribble down the middle, forced to break through Marbury, reached the three-point line, and used Marion's pick-and-roll to cover, After getting rid of Marbury's defense, he took a step to the free throw line, pulled the ball and swayed Frye, who was coming to defend, and then made a three-step layup. After penetrating the entire defense of the Knicks, he sent the basketball to to the sky.

After covering the screen, Marion cut to the basket without the ball, jumped up, and slammed the basketball into the basket heavily in an alley-oop, scoring two points and scoring the score.

2 to 2! !
In just one round, the styles of the two top point guards, Nash and Marbury, were fully demonstrated.

One chooses to shoot by himself, and the other likes to activate the offense of his teammates and assist his teammates.

Next, the two different styles played against each other and began to collide with different sparks. The Suns took the lead in the score by virtue of their multi-point blooming and all-people offensive.

33 to 36! !
After the first quarter, the Suns turned away, leading the Knicks by 3 points and entering the second quarter.

Fighting again in the second quarter, the Knicks' luxurious bench lineup began to show off.

First, Crawford shot from inside and outside, scoring 5 points in a row, leading the Knicks to a small shock wave.

Subsequently, David Lee also began to show his offensive talent, frequently using mid-range shots to score points.

Immediately afterwards, Nate Robinson also showed his sharp breakthrough and strong scoring ability.

The Knicks took advantage of Nash's rest and beat the Suns with a score of 28 to 22.

At the end of the first half, the Knicks overtook the Suns by 61 points 58-3 and entered the locker room to rest.

The third quarter continued to fight again. Both sides tacitly worked hard in this quarter. The situation was very anxious, and there was a feeling that no one could do anything to the opponent.

26 to 27! !
In the end, under Nash's go-between, the Suns played a more efficient offense and recovered 1 point.

The game started in the fourth quarter, and the Suns, who were 2 points behind, began to exert their strength. Nash showed off his housekeeping skills, using small throws and three-point shots to score points. Teammates deliver ammunition and assist teammates to score easily.

Under Nash's organization, the Suns played a fluent offense and beat the Knicks to an 18-5 spurt, which directly made the Knicks lose their way and have no luck at all.

While the Suns struggled, the Knicks fell into personal chaos.

First of all, Marbury began to ignore the running position of his teammates and started the personal forced scoring mode.

As a result, his teammates kept running back and forth with Marbury, and his state was also consumed in this running, and they all watched Marbury desperately.

When Marbury can't start the situation and knows to pass the ball.

Ariza started his iron journey, Richardson's three-pointer was not accurate, and Frye's mid-range shot was not on the line.

It turns out that the teammates are all undercover agents, so how can they play this game?
In the last ten games, the Knicks only won 1 game, but lost 9 games, and their current record is directly ranked at the bottom.

This is unbelievable for a team that has already packaged all the draft picks!Without a draft pick, but chasing the No. [-] pick, the Knicks' operations are incomprehensible.

Reflecting on the basketball court, the Knicks have no fighting spirit at all. As soon as the Suns opened the score, they became headless chickens, each playing their own way, as if they didn't care about the outcome of the game at all.

At the end of the game, the Phoenix Suns defeated the New York Knicks with a score of 127 to 118. While getting a good start to the new year, they also increased their winning streak to 7 games.

On January 2006, 1, the Phoenix Suns ended their road trip to the East and returned home to meet the challenge of the Philadelphia 4ers.

The Philadelphia 76ers are in Iverson's low ebb, and currently rank eighth in the Eastern Conference regular season with a record of 16 wins and 15 losses. Although there is no problem with hitting the playoffs, it is not safe.

In the past week, the state of the 76ers has been somewhat ups and downs, with a record of 3 wins and 2 losses. Compared with the Suns, the state is still much worse.

Before the game, media reporters were also one-sidedly optimistic about the Suns taking the 76ers lightly.

The starting list of the 76ers is: point guard Allen Iverson, shooting guard Andre Iguodala, small forward Kevin Korver, power forward Chris Webber, center Samuel Day mbott.

The Suns starting five, lined up, followed by point guard Steve Nash, shooting guard Raja Bell, small forward Boris Diaw, power forward Sean Marion, and center Kurt Thomas.

Just looking at the starting lineup, the 76ers' lineup is much stronger than the Suns. It is not easy for the Suns to gnaw at the tough bone of the 76ers.

In the jump ball, Thomas still lost to Dalembert, and the 76ers got the ball first.

With long legs, Iverson quickly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, made a big feint and changed direction, and immediately accelerated to break through to the inside.

Nash moved sideways and thought, but as if he had been scratched by a moment, Iverson easily drove into the inside line, jumped up from the basket, forced a layup in the forest-like inside line, and scored the basketball.

2 to 0! !
Iverson's sharp breakthrough and strong scoring characteristics are undoubtedly displayed in just one round.

The Suns attacked, and Thomas made a quick shot from the bottom line. Nash caught the ball and turned around.

Outside the 65-degree three-point line on the right, Lagabel caught the ball and faced the frame without any extra movements.

Iguodala's body is very violent, and his defensive awareness is also very strong. He quickly rushed to Lagabel and jumped up. He greeted Lagabel's face with his right hand, trying to cover his eyes and interfere. His shots.

Iguodala's defense this time was very exciting, and he made this defensive action to the extreme. After all, Lagabel's shot was too clean and neat, and he didn't have much time to react.

However, although Lagabel's vision was blocked, the rhythm of shooting was not chaotic. With a flick of his right wrist, the basketball flew to the basket, drawing a full moon arc in the air.

Swish! !

Lagabel's three-pointer did not fail, he raised the knife and landed, hit the basket accurately, and the three-pointer went into the net.

2 to 3! !
Who would have thought that Lagabel, who used to rely only on his strong defensive ability, and his average offensive level, could average 2 three-pointers per game after joining the Suns.

This offensive strength is average?A little fooling people, right?
(End of this chapter)