The rise of basketball legends

After the warm-up was over, Chen Yan was warmly greeted by the fans on both sides when he returned to the locker room from the player tunnel.

After all, this is the home court of the Spurs. Most fans are still hostile to Chen Yan and will not let him play comfortably here.

The game between the Suns and the Spurs has always been full of gunpowder, and the grievances between the two teams are also one of the highlights of the NBA.

In the playoffs last year, the two teams were even more at war.

In G1, Nash saw blood. The bridge of his nose was broken in the fight with Parker, and he needed 6 stitches. The entire series was played with bandages.

G3 Bowen sacrificed his crippled foot and directly hit Nash's vital parts. Nash fell to the ground on the spot. From the close-up shots, you can even see the hidden tears in the corner of his eyes...

G4 was the turning point of that series. The Suns led by 18.2 points in 3 seconds. Hawley took a tactical foul and slammed Nash into the billboard. This collision directly changed the trend of the entire series.

Players from both sides rushed to the scene. Stoudemire and Diaw were furious on the bench and left the bench. After the first battle in Auburn Hills, the substitute players were strictly prohibited from leaving the bench. This rule directly led to the suspension of Dior and Stoudemire. , so the Suns lost the G5 Kings match, and since then they have ruined their efforts for a season.

A strong desire for revenge emanated from the visiting team's locker room!

The Suns are already ready for a hard fight. The Spurs have never been easy to play away games, and the Spurs' coaching staff is too familiar with the Suns' running and bombing style. They will not let the Suns easily play a fast break like mercury.

After deploying the tactics, D'Antoni specifically told Chen Yan that if the game comes to a stalemate, let him be ready to attack at any time.

In the Spurs locker room, Popovich also emphasized the defensive arrangement against Chen Yan.

As the sun's fast attack sharp knife, in order to prevent Chen Yan from easily scoring points in the counterattack.

59 points in a single game broke the rookie scoring record, 50+ triple-doubles, two lore...

After more than a month of performance, no team would only treat Chen Yan as a rookie.

Popovich asked his players to give up some of the offensive rebounds and retreat to the half court immediately after shooting the ball, especially the outside players.

After the pre-match arrangement is completed, players from both sides enter the field in turn from the player channel.

The starting lineups of both sides were played above the ATT Center Arena.

San Antonio Spurs starters: Parker, Bowen, Finley, Duncan, Oberto

Phoenix Suns starters: Nash, Chen Yan, Raja Bell, Diaw, Stoudemire.

After everything was ready, Stoudemire and Duncan jumped the ball in the middle circle!

Duncan had a slight advantage and clicked on the basketball.

After Parker received the ball, he didn't rush to attack. After he stabilized, he started the first round of the Spurs' positional battle!

Parker holds the ball at the top of the arc, and Raja Bell is in charge of defense.

D'Antoni didn't let Nash defend Parker, which would have a high probability of being sieved.

Nash followed Bowen. Compared with Parker, Bowen didn't have the ability to attack independently. He just needed to defend the two corner three-point areas.

Parker asked for a pick-and-roll, and Stoudemire switched defenses the moment Duncan mentioned the high post.

Parker is famous for his speed, and the Suns are unlikely to give him too many opportunities to rush in positional battles.

Since 2005, the NBA rules have been greatly changed. Breakthroughs have replaced inside singles as the strongest means of killing insiders, but the Spurs are the top in the league in both inside singles and breakthroughs!

Needless to say, Duncan was able to dominate the All-Star interior until 2015. Parker and Ginobili are also the two guards with the strongest interior damage in the past 20 years.

This is also an important reason why the Spurs can last forever.

After taking a step horizontally, Parker passed back to Duncan, and he shot directly from the high position. The first round of attacking the Spurs was relatively simple.

"Bang!"

Duncan hadn't opened up yet when he first played, and the ball fell out of the frame.

The moment Duncan made a shot, Bowen, Parker and Finley had already retreated to the backcourt, resolutely implementing the tactics Popovich arranged before the game, and did not give the Suns a chance to fight back.

Stoudemire grabbed the rebound and handed it to Nash.

After Nash quickly advanced through halftime, the Spurs' defense was already in place, and the speed of returning to defense was very fast!

The Spurs are the kind of team that can defend with the Pistons and run with the Suns!

Bowen followed Nash and kept harassing him. Just like in last year's playoffs, it was Bowen who defended Nash tonight.

Although the movements are rough and demeanor, but against a top point guard like Nash who is not physically dominant, this kind of thinking of confrontation in a large number is no problem.

At the top of the arc, Nash called a pick-and-roll just like Parker.

After the pick-and-roll, the Spurs also chose to switch defenses.

The Spurs' defensive strategy tonight is still based on suppressing Nash. Nash is the soul of the Suns and the engine of the team's offense.

Therefore, the Spurs resolutely implemented the strategy of switching defenses against Nash, preferring to let Stoudemire play in singles instead of letting Nash organize freely.

Nash did not choose to pass to Stoudemire this round. Stoudemire has already pulled beyond the three-point line. In this position, he is less threatening in singles with the ball.

Nash accelerated and chose to wipe the inside line himself!

The moment the Spurs quickly contracted inside, Chen Yan moved away from Finley with a deft move.

The Nash man got the ball, and passed the ball from behind to Chen Yan.

Chen Yan didn't make any adjustments when he caught the ball, and he didn't care whether it was a two-pointer or a three-pointer. If there was an open opportunity, he just shot.

"Shh!"

The basketball hit the back frame and bounced into the net.

2:0.

"Good shot! Chen Yan shot the ball very decisively!" Zhang Weiping shouted in the CCTV5 studio.

"Nash and Chen Yan played pass and match, and Chen Yan used a long two-pointer to help the Suns score two points first in the away game!" Yu Jia said.

The Spurs attacked, and Parker pressed the rhythm to advance through the half.

Bowen went around to catch the ball, and after several passes, the ball came to Duncan in the low post.

Facing Stoudemire, Duncan hit the ball twice, then turned around at a 45-degree angle and hit the board.

2:2.

This is Duncan's most signature move!

It looks simple and unpretentious, but in fact it is a test of basic skills. Duncan's set of operations gives people the feeling of one word: stable.

After the ball was scored, the Suns quickly made the bottom line.

Except for Duncan who just played in the low post, the other four of the Spurs have retreated to the defensive half.

After receiving the ball two steps outside the three-point line, Chen Yan looked back, pretending to observe the position of his teammates.

The moment Finley let down his vigilance, Chen Yan suddenly kicked the ball into motion!

Pass Finley in one step!

Chen Yan's acting skills have fooled Finley, who has been in the NBA for many years.

Then the second paragraph accelerates!

Bowen, who was not on a firm footing, was broken through the line of defense before he even had time to foul.

Argentine center Oberto sits in the penalty area, and Parker also withdraws.

Facing this tandem defense, Chen Yan flung out [Magic Shadow Lost Track] at high speed!

After taking a long stride to close the ball, Chen Yan was dodging in the gap between the two!

The last extreme pull bar, scored with a layup with his right hand!

No matter how complicated the maze is, Chen Yan can find a way!

The fans in front of the TV were immediately excited. They thought that Chen Yan would not have too many opportunities to make a breakthrough under the Spurs' iron barrel today, but he didn't expect that it would be a top-five breakthrough.

"Breakthrough four people in a row, this is Chen Yan's personal ability!"

"Too unreasonable!"

"The Spurs' steel line of defense suddenly turned into tofu in front of Chen Yan."

"It is estimated that the players on the Spurs field did not expect Chen Yan to dare to be so sudden!"

"Terrifying ability to switch between offense and defense! As long as the opponent doesn't have five players in position to defend the half court at the same time, it's a fast break for Chen Yan!"