Starting with 2006

Chapter 178

Chapter 178

The Suns breathed a sigh of relief after the victory over the Nuggets. The Nuggets were their strongest opponent in the last seven games in March. After winning the Nuggets, they can hardly make any mistakes as long as they are not careless. After all, they only have to play four games in the next week, and the Spurs' opponents in the next six games are all playoff-level teams except for the Sonics. Compared with the Spurs, the Suns seem to be particularly unlucky, so the Suns don't have to worry about losing their second place in the Western Conference at least within March.

And in April, I believe that as long as the Suns don’t make any big mistakes, not to mention squeezing out the Mavericks’ first position in the Western Conference, this is obviously unrealistic, but it is still no problem to firmly secure their second position in the Western Conference Yes, the opponents they will face in the playoffs will obviously not be that strong. This is a very beneficial thing for maintaining the players' playoff status, especially for the second round or even In the finals, the extra home advantage against a strong opponent is likely to determine the outcome of this round of the series. In the playoffs, the winning rate at home is far higher than the winning rate in away games. This is why Once a team overthrows an opponent in an away game in the playoffs, it will be praised by many media and experts, because playing away games in the intense playoffs is far more tiring than playing at home, and it requires players’ physical strength and will. The force requirements are very high!

The Suns played against the Timberwolves and the Kings at home, and then they will move to Sacramento, and then the Kings. Of course, the Suns won these three games unceremoniously. The Suns returned to the home court to face the Western Conference. The challenge of the first Grizzlies, uh, is not even a challenge. After all, the Grizzlies have given up this season long ago. Seeing that they are still in the very embarrassing position of the bottom one, they simply stopped struggling. Throw away the so-called fig leaf, and start to officially announce that the show is bad.

The fighting power of such a Grizzlies can be imagined. They only have two goals now. One is to get a top three or even a top pick by playing poorly. You must know that this year is an out-and-out draft year for me. , Whether it's "The Great" Greg Oden from Ohio State University, or Kevin Durant from the University of Texas at Austin, their potential is admired by everyone, and they can definitely become the star of a team. The core of the team, or even the main player of a championship team, which team would not like such a rookie?

Although no one can expect them to become historical rookies like Gao Tian, ​​they are definitely one of the best rookies in recent years!

Another rookie they are looking forward to in the team is also one of the best rookies this year. Rudy Gay can get more training and further growth, so they gave Rudy Gay more ball rights, This made Gao Tian, ​​who was facing him, a little helpless. Looking at the extremely excited Rudy Gay in front of him, Gao Tian was embarrassed to defend seriously. After all, this young man has been bullied in the Grizzlies, and he comforted him last time He, it would be too embarrassing if he lost his confidence this time, he is a rookie after all, forget it, give him a chance!

Gao Tian played casually for more than ten minutes and then went down. The Suns' substitute players carried the banner in this game. However, Gao Tian who was sitting on the bench did not seem to be as happy as the other players. He frowned. Looking at Ricky Davis, who has almost no sense of presence on the court, he always feels that something is wrong. Since the team's discord, Ricky Davis' performance has plummeted, and he is far from the former him. In comparison, although D'Antoni and others thought it was his state problem, he was just a substitute and not many people paid attention to it, so almost no one discovered the reason for Ricky Davis' sluggish performance, but Gao Tian found that Ricky Davis was very redundant on the court, he was just doing his "duty".

He doesn't do anything superfluous, it's not like his style!

Gao Tian is a bit strange, and it may also be because D'Antoni will shrink the rotation during the playoffs, so Ricky Davis will not appear to be working so hard. After all, it is difficult for him to enter the final rotation of the Suns, and even play in the playoffs There are very few chances, but he immediately put this idea behind him, there is not so much time now, wait until the end of this season to have a good talk with Ricky Davis, or else he will do this in the future If he stays in the sun, he may not be seen by D'Antoni.

As soon as the game against the Grizzlies ended, Gao Tian heard good news. The Spurs, who were away to Oakland, were beaten by the Golden State Warriors for 37 points. After Stephen Jackson returned, the Golden State Warriors finally showed their fangs. Their running The boom has dragged down the Spurs, and the game has been reduced to garbage time by the fourth quarter. This is undoubtedly good news. The Spurs who lost to the Pistons in the defensive battle two days ago lost to the Warriors. Now the Suns can rest assured Now, there is no need to worry about being overtaken by the Spurs if you make a mistake.

The Suns, who also went to Golden State, also lost to the Warriors. In this offensive battle that all Warriors fans were hooked, the Suns lost to the Warriors by 119:124 by five points. Even Gao Tian missed several open three-pointers, which made Gao Tian very helpless, but there was no way, a player's state would always have ups and downs, and he hadn't had it for a long time. It's time to reach the trough period, and Gao Tian's trough period has come at this critical moment.

D'Antoni sighed secretly. Gao Tian and Stoudemire's hand feeling in this game was very bad. The follow-up results caused by the Sun's civil strife finally appeared. Originally in their plan, the trough period of the main players should be moved forward a month. Now, their condition should be gradually improving, but whether it is Gao Tian or Stoudemire, their bodies are gradually declining. Fortunately, Nash and the role players of the team are still in good condition. I am afraid that this game will have to surrender long ago.

But the loss of a game does not affect anything. After all, even if they lose a game, they still have a record advantage against the Spurs. The Suns who returned to the Nuggets at home were elated. After sweeping away the previous unhappiness, Nash broke out in this game , scored 40 points and 14 assists, and led the Suns to a 20-point victory over the Nuggets. This is also Nash's highest score this season. It has risen a little bit compared to the previous two seasons, which may mean that every loss must be gained.

After all the games in March, all the playoff championship teams, including the Suns, became more and more nervous, because there are only about ten games before the playoffs!

(End of this chapter)