Sports medicine starts with the Sun Miracle Doctor

Chapter 187 He deserves a championship

Compared to the anxiety of the Mavericks coaching staff, Skiles and his team are much calmer.

After all, one Hardaway was given up.

Even if we really lose this game and lose the home field advantage, it won't be a big problem.

Anyway, Chen Yu promised himself that Hardaway could make a smooth comeback in the playoffs.

Still completely healthy.

This is enough.

The Suns' goal this year has always been the championship, right? To be honest, I never paid attention to it.

Because the Mavericks rely on outside three-pointers, their overall defense is poor.

The Suns have Kidd on the perimeter, and their perimeter defense can be said to be the best in the league.

Especially being able to strangle Nash is a particular advantage for the Mavericks.

So even if we really lose the home court advantage, we can just come back in the playoffs.

Now Skiles is standing on the sidelines, and what he thinks about most is how to adjust the interior defense.

LaFrentz can shoot three-pointers, which is the reverse of Nowitzki.

Nowitzki is in the low post, but he always shoots from the outside.

There is also a Chinese big man named Wang Zhizhi on the bench, who also likes to float outside and shoot.

So Skiles felt that he needed someone who could defend him.

This game is actually equivalent to a preview of the first round of the playoffs. Problems have been discovered and must be solved.

In the playoffs, any small problem may become the key to victory or defeat.

So at halftime, Scales made an adjustment.

Let Olajuwon return to the five position, and then Ewing will follow Nowitzki.

Don't you like to float outside? Then let Olajuwon follow you. Olajuwon at his peak could almost defend half the court.

As for whether Ewing can guard Nowitzki after the defense change, there is no need to consider it.

If he attacks in the low post, Ewing can eat him up.

The two old guys looked at each other and just nodded silently.

After experiencing that conflict, the two of them have now completely thought about it. Whatever the team needs, they will do it without any complaints.

Skiles nodded and looked at the two of them with relief. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Olajuwon and Ewing had never played in such a rich game.

He looked at Gugliotta again: "Tom, score more points."

There is nothing wrong with the starting lineup. They are mainly substitutes. They are a bunch of old guys with limited scoring ability. They must rely on Gugliotta to play the role of the Wolf King who is worth tens of millions.

Gugliotta heard Scales' dissatisfaction and nodded.

He felt awkward for a while when he was pushed back to the bench last time, but later he thought about it because Chen Yu had discussed this issue with him more than once and said something that left a deep impression on him.

"You were originally the substitute."

A bit heartless, but telling the truth.

When Robinson was not traded away, he was the substitute, but now he is back to his original position.

After returning from the second half and seeing the Suns' adjustments, Nelson immediately frowned.

The previous discussion, in the end, turned into complaints about the Suns. They complained about the Suns' use of Chen Yu to attract Olajuwon and Ewing. They complained about a bunch of veterans over thirty-five years old, but they were healthy and finished the whole game. season.

Now seeing Ewing leaping forward and almost covering Nowitzki, Nelson wanted to complain again.

The twin towers of the sun are simply amazing.

After changing it, it actually fits perfectly.

And Ewing, how old is he? His legs were not good when he entered the league. How could he still be able to jump?

Immediately, when he saw Olajuwon showing off his dreamy footsteps in the low post, LaFrentz was dizzy, and then scored easily, Old Nelson gritted his back molars.

Ewing never attacked so easily.

"Hakim is too comprehensive." The silver fox next to him sighed quietly, with a look of helplessness on his face.

Old Nelson nodded in agreement. He can defend and attack, and paired with Ewing, it's great.

Even though it was just a small position adjustment, the effect was fatal. The Mavericks' offense suddenly stalled as if it had been strangled to death.

In more than four minutes, the Suns beat the Mavericks 10-2, taking the lead in one fell swoop.

The opponent made a move, and Nelson knew it was time for him to make a move as well.

In view of the Suns' characteristics of many breakthroughs, he first replaced Sean Bradley.

A monster with a height of 229cm.

Unfortunately, the effect was limited, because with the emergence of the defensive three seconds, he could no longer squat under the basket unscrupulously, stretch his arms high, and almost block the basket like before.

He couldn't stand still and needed to move, and his weakness of slow movement was exposed.

Last season, he averaged 2.8 blocks per game, ranking second in blocks. This season, for this reason, his average blocks per game plummeted to only 1.2.

Moreover, the Suns' breakthroughs are not mindless. They often break out when there is space under the screen or under the basket. They are very similar to the Kings. They will patiently pass the ball and look for opportunities to cut.

What's even worse is that he was completely unable to guard Olajuwon. He was tall and thin, and looked clumsy and frightening in front of Olajuwon, unable to keep up with Olajuwon's footsteps.

Nelson was even worried that because his center of gravity was too high, he would be deceived by Olajuwon's various fake moves and his waist would be broken.

In just a few minutes, he was replaced by Nelson.

Then Nelson actually put Edondo Najera, the King of Mexico, who is only 203cm tall, into the fifth position.

Seeing Najera, who was just over 2 meters tall, gritting his teeth and guarding Olajuwon, even Chen Yu off the court couldn't help but grin.

It's too cruel!

But the defense was very fierce, and it was not an ordinary effort. The momentum alone made it feel like Olajuwon was risking his life. In the first few minutes of playing, Olajuwon was really uncomfortable.

Unfortunately, Olajuwon soon adjusted.

On ruthlessness? Olajuwon, who came here in the 1980s and 1990s, has never seen anything like this.

That era was much more brutal than it is now, especially for some small men who were not tall enough. They were able to gain a foothold in the interior because of their ferocity.

Such as Barkley, such as Rodman.

Compared with them, you, Najera, are far behind.

"It feels like we have great hopes in the first round." Chen Yu turned to Nelson and said.

Looking at the whole game, especially in the second half, it felt like the Mavericks were being beaten by the sun.

The key Suns also gave up a Hardaway.

If Hardaway was on the court, the Mavericks would have been beaten long ago.

Nowitzki and Nash were both restricted. If Finley hadn't played well, the Mavericks wouldn't have even taken the lead in the first half.

Nelson nodded in agreement: "After the first round, we will then play the King. The King is not weak."

There was a flash of worry in his eyes.

This year's Kings' offense is so strong that many people in the league feel that basketball can still be played like this.

Sharing the ball without reservation and selflessly, making all kinds of cuts and catches and shots, the mercury is pouring down the ground, and it is so gorgeous that it feels unreal.

"I feel okay." Chen Yu thought for a while and said: "I read an analysis and said that the Kings can't go far and can't threaten the Lakers, so our biggest opponent in the playoffs is still the Lakers."

This report was written by Wojnarowski. It was the story behind the miracle of Black Eight that gave Chen Yu the title of Honorary Advisor of the Anti-Doping Organization.

Afterwards, Chen Yu also noticed this guy and occasionally read the reports he wrote for ESPN.

Toward the end of the season, he wrote a report titled "The Hidden Problems Behind the Kings' Gorgeous Offense."

The report said that the Kings played an incredibly gorgeous offense this season, making Princeton's name spread throughout the league. But he also predicted that the Kings would not make it far in the playoffs because their defense was not good enough.

He also made a detailed analysis and said that Bibi Kong has a thick body, but his defense is extremely poor.

The same goes for Peja. He has grown so big for nothing and his defense has never been better.

Weber, who was once a black hole on the court, has found his place in the Princeton system. However, he lacks professionalism. Even if he can grab a lot of rebounds, he still cannot hide his mediocre defensive nature.

As for Divac, he is a veteran. Whether he can defend his opponent depends entirely on the help of the referee.

On the bench, Bobby Jackson and Turk are all guys who can only shoot. If it weren't for Doug Christie, their average points allowed per game would not rank 14th in the league, but should be 24th!

Therefore, the Kings are obviously strong in offense and weak in defense. They can achieve good results in the regular season, but in the playoffs, it is not enough.

It also depends on the defense, who is more horizontal and who is more unreasonable.

In this regard, the king is much worse.

This season, the Kings played against the Lakers 4 times and lost 3 games. The only game they won was only by 6 points. It was Kobe's extreme effort and the Lakers made 19 of 4 three-pointers.

Nelson nodded thoughtfully, looked at the court, and said with emotion: "I hope there will be a good result in the end. Patrick is really eager for the championship."

This season, the 40-year-old Ewing has sacrificed too much to maintain his condition.

Chen Yu nodded silently.

The media outside always say that the Suns are lucky this year, and a group of veterans have not suffered any serious injuries throughout the season.

But who knows how much his team has paid behind this, and how much Ewing and the others have paid.

Think about O'Neal. He said he wanted to lose weight during the season, but he hasn't seen much weight off the scale so far. Such a player who is not active enough in self-discipline and training has been soft on the championship. Compare Ewing from this aspect. Ewing is the same. It's a shame, it really deserves a championship.

Just as he was talking, Ewing roared on the court, turned around, rushed out, and slapped Adrian Griffin's throw onto the backboard.

The moment he landed, he saw that the basketball was about to slip off the baseline, so he jumped in without hesitation and got the basketball back.

He doesn't look like a 40-year-old man at all.

And this goal seems to be a microcosm of the entire game.

In the last three minutes, Mario Elie, who had not scored a single three-pointer for the entire game, suddenly found his target and hit two consecutive three-pointers, completely extinguishing the Mavericks' hopes of a comeback.

89 to 80, the Suns had a 9-point advantage and successfully gained the home court advantage.

Nelson stood on the sidelines with helplessness written on his face.

A headshot!

Losing the home court advantage, if Hardaway comes back smoothly in the first game, depending on the performance of the Mavericks in this game, the playoffs are really in doubt.

(End of this chapter)