Chapter 143 Finally on the stage
Zhao Yue's continuous downturn made Erwin Gentry put him on the bench for three consecutive games. Zhao Yue didn't even have a chance to play in three games. Today, the Suns will play against the Memphis Grizzlies with internal dual-core.
The Memphis Grizzlies are a young team. There are two powerful inside players, Mark Gasol and Zach Randolf, as well as strong players such as OJ Mayo, Mike Conley, Rudy Gay and Tony Allen. Naturally, their strength cannot be underestimated. Several matches in the season make Both sides are very familiar with each other. Although the Grizzlies are not the opponents of the Sun, the Grizzlies obviously have some confidence in winning the game without Zhao Yue's sun.
At the beginning of the game, Gentry still put Zhao Yue on the bench, which directly led to the fall behind at the beginning of the Sun. Yes, although Gotat was also one of the rare good players in the fifth position, it was still a little insufficient to face Mark Gasol. He was repeatedly blown up and played half of the first quarter. Gotat was cut 8 points on the head by Gasol Jr.
And Channing Fry in the fourth position is not Randolph's opponent. He may still fight in attack, but in defense, Randolph's tonnage is unstoppable by Fry's thin figure.
So the Sun can only rely on Anthony's continuous score to keep the difference from being narrowed, but Rudy Gay on the third position of the Grizzlies is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Guy is also a rare muscle in the third position of the league, and his physical confrontation is not weak, so after being beaten by Anthony continuously, Guy got angry. Anthony launched a stalking defense against Anthony, and Anthony couldn't get rid of it for a moment.
So Gentry began to search the bench for players who could help the team. Of course, the first thing he thought of was Zhao Yue, but on second thought, Zhao Yue shook his head slightly after continuous downturn.
Zhao Yue has been paying attention to the game on the court. When he saw that Gentry began to search for targets on the bench, he stared at Gentry. He knew that Gentry was going to replace him. Now the team's inside line can't be opened, which is a very important thing. You should know the iron law on the basketball court: the closer you get to the basket, the easier it is. Score, this is not nonsense. It is not an empty word that those who get insiders get the world. It has been repeatedly verified.
Although the small forward has begun to seize power and establish a third empire on the basketball court, it has to be said that the inside line is still very important.
Zhao Yue has been sitting on the bench for three games. He doesn't want to sit on the bench anymore. He looked at Gentry with eager eyes. Unexpectedly, Gentry just glanced at him and shook his head at others. Zhao Yue had no choice but to lower his head again.
Until the end of the game, Gentry did not find a suitable replacement. There was nothing he could do. There were only four people inside the Suns, Zhao Yue, Gotat, Fry and Yi Jianlian. Zhao Yue's continuous downturn made him restless, and Yi Jianlian was even more worried. Maybe Grant Hill could make a guest appearance. Number, but it's just a guest appearance.
At the end of the first quarter, the Suns were 7 points behind 2532. Gentry thought that he must get back the lagging score, gritted his teeth and said, "Zhao, get ready to play. If you can't satisfy me today's performance, you can continue to sit on the bench!"
Of course, Zhao Yue will not refuse and said with a smile, "Coach, don't worry, we will overtake in the second quarter." After saying that, he put on the white headband and pulled the wrist guard on his right hand up until the elbow prescription before stopping. Zhao Yue tightened the shoelace and said, "Guys, it's time to fight back!"
At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, when he saw Zhao Yue appear on the court, the head coach of the Grizzlies was stunned for a moment, but then recovered. He thought that Zhao Yue would continue to be depressed. After all, Zhao Yue fought too hard in the game before the regular season. It was normal to be tired at the end of the season. This is not a few games. This is one of the important reasons why the Suns have performed well in the regular season last season, but were eliminated in the playoffs.
In the second quarter, Gentry made some adjustments in the lineup. The inside line was Zhao Yue's partner Yi Jianlian, the outside line Iverson replaced Nash, Shannon Brown replaced Carter, and Hill replaced Anthony. Of course, the main attack point was placed on Zhao Yue, and Iverson took control of the ball.
As soon as Zhao Yue came on the court, he made a wonderful blocking cooperation with Iverson. Zhao Yue helped Iverson block Tony Allen. Iverson shook off the defense and hit the middle. After this goal, the game entered Iverson's moment. First, Iverson used his famous butterfly to swing to defend him. -Aron, hit the middle shot; then Iverson used himself to break through the inner line basket faster than lightning, and caused Randorf's foul, scoring 2+1; then Iverson grabbed the fast attack and scored a dragon dunk, and Iverson scored 9 points in a row. Although the Grizzlies also scored during this period, he was attacked by Iverson. The sudden outbreak was stunned, and the difference was only 2 points.
While you were ill and killed you, while the Grizzlies were stunned by Iverson, Shannon Brown also began to exert his strength and gave full play to his dunk. Two consecutive wonderful dunks detonated the atmosphere of the fans at the scene and equalized the score. Then Yi Jianlian also ushered in an outbreak, Yi Jianlian, who had always been regarded as a soft egg. Unexpectedly, Randolph was separated, and then hit a three-pointer to help the team overtake the Grizzlies by 5 points. Hill also got a chance to perform on the court and hit a middle shot.
This made Zhao Yue feel unhappy. This is the time when he corrected his name. Why are these guys all the same as eating **, one by one, with continuous bursting scores. How can he perform? This is related to whether he can leave the bench? What are you guys doing? It's messy.
Watching that the score was tied and overtaken, the Grizzlies coach called two consecutive suspensions, but still couldn't stop the Grizzlies' decline. At the end of the second quarter, the Suns overtook the Grizzlies by 5 points at 58:53.
In the third quarter of the game, the Grizzlies seemed to have some changes, and their attack was more aggressive than in the first half. However, in the face of the Sun Storm trio at the same time, let alone Zhao Yue, who has recovered, the Grizzlies' performance is just a dying struggle, but the Grizzlies' inner dual-core is indeed very With strength, in the face of Zhao Yue's strong defense, the two helped the team score continuously. After all, Zhao Yue has only one person and can't defend the other two people. In this way, the defense of the Sun's inside line always has some defects. Yi Jianlian and Fry take turns to play, but they can't stop the attack of Gasol and Randolf Jr., because of the two The size of a person is too different from that of the other party, so the sun has been unable to pull the score.
Zhao Yue thought: No, it can't always be like this. I have to find a way to open the score. Thinking about it, Zhao Yue began to show his attack power. The exclusive skill "Furious Shark" that had not been used for a long time opened instantly. Zhao Yue's power under the basket reached its maximum value. First, it was time to lay off Mike Conley's layup, and then blocked the shooting of Randol and Little Gasol continuously. Taking advantage of such an opportunity, Na Shi and Anthony began to score consecutively on the offensive end, and the two frequently bombed the Grizzlies' basket. Anthony scored 7 points in a row with Nash's assist, and the score instantly widen to double digits.
The Grizzlies head coach once again called for a pause and came back. Gentry replaced Nash and Zhao Yue, leaving Anthony on the court and Iverson. The performance of the Golden Two Guns has also attracted everyone's attention since the new season. Everyone thinks that the Suns are so strong this season is because It formed two combinations that shocked the whole league. One is Nash + Anthony + Zhao Yue's Sun Storm trio, and the other is Anthony + Iverson's golden double gun. Any of these two combinations can contribute 4 or 50 points per game, almost accounting for almost half of the team's score.
Of course, the performance of the golden double gun did not disappoint. The two joined hands to force the Grizzlies directly into a dead corner. With Iverson's wonderful 2+1 layup, the whistle at the end of the third quarter sounded. At this time, the difference between the two sides had reached 15 points. In the fourth quarter, as long as the Suns did not make a big mistake, this The victory of the game has been pocketed by the sun.
At the end of the third quarter, in the rest area, Gentry's request was very simple. He did not arrange any tactics. During the break, he only said one sentence, "The score difference must be increased to 20 points 3 minutes before the fourth quarter" and let the players rest. It seems that the score difference to 20 points in 3 minutes seems to be big. What a difficult thing.
Sure enough, Nash and Zhao Yue had a wonderful air relay at the beginning of the fourth quarter. He took the lead in getting 2 points, and then the Grizzlies counterattacked and was blocked. Anthony received the rebound from Zhao Yue and dunked quickly. The score difference suddenly increased to 19 points, and it was less than 1 minute at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but he received In the 2 minutes, the grizzly bear played very tenaciously, and the score difference always hovered between 17 and 19, but not 20.
Seeing that the 3-minute time limit mentioned by the coach had only 15 seconds left, Zhao Yue was powerful and rushed forward after receiving the ball. Zhao Yue quickly caught up with Gasol Jr. and was on the same starting line as the other party. Such a position also meant that he took the initiative. Gasol Jr. gritted his teeth and rushed forward, but he could only watch Zhao Yue slowly catch up with him. Even with the ball, Zhao Yue's speed was still faster than Gasol Jr.
Seeing Zhao Yue rushing into the three-second area to jump, Gasol, who was half a step behind, immediately reached out and pulled Zhao Yue. At this time, the foul was the best way to stop Zhao Yue from performing. Gasol Jr. was indeed unwilling to give Zhao Yue another chance to boost the morale of the sun. After all, the score difference was increased to 20 points, and his team had a little chance. It's gone.
Fee a huge pressure from his arm, and Zhao Yue immediately understood that he had been fouled. Gasol Jr. was obviously also very experienced and pulled directly to Zhao Yue's right hand holding the ball. Obviously, he didn't want to give Zhao Yue another chance to score again.
was stopped by Gasol Jr.'s right hand, and Zhao Yue's whole body was out of balance, and the ball seemed to fall to the floor at this moment.
The arm muscles tightened in an instant, and Zhao Yue's right hand became stable in an instant. At this moment, the five fingers of his right hand moved and threw the ball out.
"Di!" With the whistle of the referee on the scene, the ball flew up and bounced on the basket, fliped back and forth, rolling down towards the basket.
"This..." Under the basket, he saw the ball suddenly roll towards the basket, and little Gasol's eyes suddenly stared round.
"Roar!" Unlike the expressionless face on little Gasol's face, Zhao Yue immediately waved his fist and roared excitedly when he saw the ball fall into the basket. The difference was narrowed to 20 points, and he still had a chance to make a free throw.
"Wo!" Add a penalty and get the ball!
After the score difference was widened to 20 points, the game immediately lost its suspense. The Sun is in a good state today, and both offense and defense have done a good job. Under such circumstances, they did not give the Grizzlies a chance to turn over.
112: 94, 18 points difference, the Suns beat the Grizzlies at home.