Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 147 This team does not have Su Wan
An expert will know if there is one as soon as he takes action.

Jose Calderon's command in the first round after coming on, as well as the final goal, made D'Antoni on the sidelines concentrate slightly.

He knew that it would be difficult for the Suns to control the tempo of the court as easily as they had just done.

However, as he continued to read, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Calderon's playing style is indeed very stable, but being too stable makes his passing lack spirituality and too rigid.

This means it is difficult for him to truly transform a team like Steve Nash did.

His judgment was correct.

If you were to find a template for Jose Calderon in the league, it would be the "poor man's version" of Steve Nash.

His abilities in all aspects are similar to Steve Nash, but not as strong as Nash. As a member of the "180 Club", Calderon's output is less than Steve Nash. His steadiness can be called "NBA's Lee Changshou". He will not take a shot unless it is a perfect opportunity. Even at the critical moment, he plays a rigid tactic. In addition, the most fatal point:
There was no spirit in his passing.

As a result, he ended up being just a qualified starting point guard in the NBA.

In addition, he could not contribute on the defensive end, so most NBA championship teams looked down on him and he could only play in bottom-ranked teams.

But in the following time, it was the Pacers who took the lead in launching the "offensive wave".

At 3 minutes and 14 seconds in the second quarter, they suddenly exerted their strength and played a "6-1" wave, narrowing the score difference to just 1 point, and D'Antoni had to call a timeout.

Calderon still played in a rigid style, but the team had an "offensive wave". D'Antoni suddenly realized something he had been ignoring:
The guys who worked with Calderon are Suwan, Artest, and O'Neal Jr.!
These three "All-Stars", one of them is the Finals MVP...

To illustrate how much a strong teammate can improve an average point guard like Calderon, let me give you an inappropriate example:

Rajon Rondo.

As a true "master of control", Rondo's career must have reached its peak when he worked with the Celtics' "Big Three".

The ability of the "Big Three" conceals his shooting and scoring shortcomings, while at the same time fully demonstrating his overall view, tactical command ability, top vision and passing ability.

If it weren't for the collaboration with the "Big Three", Rajon Rondo would not have become an All-Star player so quickly.

There is even a high possibility that he won't become an All-Star player.

His personality and his offensive shortcomings will become obstacles.

You know, he originally won the championship with the Celtics and was once trained as the core of the team. However, he went to other teams with such qualifications and was repeatedly abandoned, which shows how bad his character is.

If he hadn't had the "Big Three" to suppress him at the beginning of his career, there would be no way he could have performed well.

Therefore, not only is one's background important in real life, but where an NBA player starts his career is also very important.

Even though Jose Calderon wasted a year with the Cavaliers last year, he came to the Pacers this year and started as a backup point guard for a championship team. His starting point is definitely higher than if he had originally played for the Raptors.

Moreover, Su Wan's star teammates can better cover up his problems.

Now you know why someone is always looking for a strong star teammate?
This is what an average point guard is like.

Calderon can even enter the "180 Club", but his influence on the field can really be described as "negligible".

The Suns did not change their lineup, but the Pacers, who had a climax, changed their lineup first. Rick Carlisle also found that Calderon was more stable than spiritual, but it didn't matter. There was a spiritual passer in the Pacers. He brought Dio to the court, and the Pacers' lineup became:

Calderon at No. 1, Suwan at No. 2, Artest at No. 3, Dio at No. 4, and O'Neal Jr. at No. 5.

Calderon is still responsible for the stable part. When it comes to defensive counterattacks and fast breaks, he will give the initiative to the "French Magician". At this time, Calderon is not useless. He can use his three-pointers to help the team open up space.

At this point, you can think of him as a "bankrupt Stephen Curry." -- In terms of field goal percentage, he can be compared to Stephen Curry. His three-point shooting percentage in his 14-year career is 40%, but his output is too low, with only 2.5 three-point attempts per game and 1 hit per game. Even at his peak, when he averaged 5.2 three-point attempts per game and made 2.4, he still can't compare to Curry. If you add the three-point shots with the ball and the three-point shots at critical moments, there is no comparison. He is a bankrupt version of Curry.

However, this lineup started to exert its strength on the defensive end before exerting its strength on the offensive end.

Led by Steve Nash, the Suns' first attack after returning to the court was still as fast-paced as ever.

But D'Antoni, who was standing on the sidelines, found that after replacing Foster, the Pacers were able to keep up with the Suns' speed in every aspect.

After Nash and Stoudemire set a pick-and-roll, they looked for open teammates, but found that none of them were open, and each of them had a defender next to him. But at this time, he had already reached the free throw line and could only continue to drill in.

Facing O'Neal's backup defense, he pretended to move to the right, tricked him into getting closer, and then passed the ball from behind to the left without looking at him, and Stoudemire followed up and "slashed the ball with all his might".

The classic "Nash-Stoudemire pick-and-roll".

There was a cheer at the scene, which quickly turned into exclamations.

As soon as Stoudemire came down from the basket and walked back, O'Neal passed the ball to Dio.

Dio took the ball and pushed forward quickly, successfully finding Suwan with a cool "one-handed push".

The ball hit the ground from a long distance, and the moment it fell, it passed between the legs of Marion who was returning to defense. Suwan took the ball on the right side, exerted force quickly, rushed towards the basket, glided over the sky above the America West Arena, and his one-handed dunk made the Suns' basket "explode."

In less than 4 seconds, faster than the Suns' 7 seconds, the Pacers completed the counterattack.

During this period, there was only one serve and one pass.

Bill Walton was stunned in the ESPN commentary booth: "The Pacers in this round are more like the Suns than the Suns."

The Suns finished second in the Suns Imitation Game.

However, if we really compare the fast pace, the Suns are not inferior.
Steve Nash ran over, took the serve, rubbed the soles of his feet with his hands, licked his fingers after rubbing the soles of his feet, slapped the ball hard, and quickly walked to the front court.

Don't worry about how disgusting this move is, which is comparable to Ma Lin's before serving.

Steve Nash's long hair flutters when he runs, worthy of his nickname "Son of the Wind".

Sometimes, there is indeed a kind of mystery between players and teams.

This is the case with "Son of the Wind" from "City of the Sun".

Look at Chris Bosh’s neck, how long-necked he is, how can he not be the “Dragon King” of the “North”?

Stoudemire stepped forward again to set a pick-and-roll with Nash.

The newly crowned regular season MVP noticed that the Pacers showed signs of shrinking the basket in this round, so he quickened his pace of breakthrough, and when the Pacers shrank, he quickly passed the ball sideways, still without looking at anyone, but the ball still accurately landed in the hands of Stephen Jackson.

The "future captain" scored a goal, helping the Suns to maintain the score. After the goal was scored, the Suns quickly returned to defense. Dio saw all this and did not wait in the backcourt this time. He followed the Suns and ran to the frontcourt.

Very positive attitude.

There was no usual laziness at all.

Seriously Dior is like this!
As long as he feels involved, he will play with enthusiasm.

In fact, when he first came to the Pacers, Dio did not have much fantasy. Last season's Pacers was just a "two-man show" of Suwan and O'Neal Jr. The others were at most just waiting there, catching the ball and shooting three-pointers, or cutting to the basket to score.

This is not the "happy basketball" he likes.

Unexpectedly, during the training game, Rick Carlisle was always studying the new lineup. His ability to control the ball was also activated. He participated in the Pacers' tactical system and played a good role.

Here we have to talk about the "beautiful misunderstanding". Rick Carlisle believes that Suwan's physical fitness is not good enough, so he has been studying the videos of these new players in the summer, finding their shining points, letting them share the other pressure on Suwan, and let him focus on offense.

Su Wan proved in his first game after his return the day before yesterday that as long as he focuses on personal offense, he is unstoppable.

He has to give up the ball a lot unnecessarily.

Of course, Rick Carlisle has to admit that both Calderon's steady control of the game and Dio's ability to switch and seize opportunities in the fast break rhythm were surprises in this game.

He didn't expect that the effect of combining these people together would be so good.

When the ball was in Calderon's hands, the Pacers' offense naturally slowed down.

Suwan rushed out from the wing to catch the ball. The Suns player guarding him was named Raja Bell. He was most famous for "locking" Kobe! If you think he was just another ordinary "Kobe Terminator", you are wrong. He really locked him! He directly "locked" Kobe and made him confused.

Such a bad guy's mouth is naturally not idle. Before Su Wan even started to talk trash to him, this guy started to talk trash as if he had taken stimulants. I don't know if he had watched the previous game.

But if he really watched the last game and still had such courage, Su Wan would like his Facebook post no matter what.

However, in this game, Suwan did not directly open "The zone" like he did in the previous game. The Suns were in very good shape tonight and their offensive momentum was very consistent, which clearly showed that they were going for a stalemate.

He is needed to give the final say at the critical moment.

and……

Playing fast-paced offense and defense is inherently more tiring than positional warfare. Even though he upgraded his physical fitness in the summer, the time he can maintain this fast-paced game is actually no different from last season.

After all, they have also increased the speed this season.

These are all consumption.

"Bah!"

Entering the positional battle, Calderon called for a pick-and-roll from O'Neal, and then the two completed a wave of cooperation similar to that of "Nash and Stoudemire" just now.
Calderon rushed to the basket, attracted the defense, and then passed the ball to O'Neal who was following up, assisting him to complete a two-handed dunk.

This shot shocked not only the commentator, but also the fans of the Suns:

Are you from the Korean country?
Just steal it from us?
At the end of the first half, the score was 47 to 51, with the Suns barely leading by 4 points.

The key to the Pacers' fall behind is...

This lineup of theirs was just tested in the training camp and is still in the process of running in, so there will be occasional errors in coordination, which requires more games to run in.

But being behind by only 4 points is definitely acceptable for the Pacers.

Because the second half...

Su Wan is about to transform!
The stalemate in the third game continued. At 7 minutes and 34 seconds in the third quarter, Rick Carlisle called a timeout and the ball was officially given to Suwan.

Raja Bell is 1 meters tall and weighs 96 kg. As an undrafted player in 95, he officially got his first NBA contract in 99, and then slowly honed his defensive ability and three-point shooting ability.

Coming to the Suns marked the beginning of the peak of his career.

By this time next year he will be famous and a member of the "Best Defensive First Team".

It can be said that Raja Bell was already very mature at this time.

Even if it is not at the level of "Best Defensive Team", it has reached the level of quasi-"Best Team".

but……

It’s useless!
Suwan was running at full power, shaking with a "crossover step" and accelerating quickly and sharply. Raja Bell was stunned. He wanted to try to steal the ball at first, but he didn't dare to move during Suwan's dribbling.

He didn't watch the game between the Pacers and the Grizzlies, but he saw the goal in which Suwan knocked down Dahntay Jones, which was ranked first among the "NBA's Top Five Plays of the Day".

At that time, Su Wan started with a "cross step", then suddenly stopped and threw Jones three meters away.

It was this hesitation that allowed Suwan to easily complete the breakthrough. Marion made the follow-up and Suwan passed the ball over his head to the basket. Dio easily cut in and made a layup to complete the goal.

This round was successful, and in the next round, Suwan again held the ball and played against Raja Bell.

This time Bell forced physical contact. During the confrontation, Su Wan slowly got out of position, then turned his hips and threw him behind him.

Raja Bell's core strength is actually very good. Last season's Suwan might really have a hard time meeting this year's Raja Bell.

However, after hard training in the summer, Su Wan's movements in strong confrontations have become much more stable, and his movements can achieve the desired effect.

There was an open space in front of them and Marion didn't dare to come up, so Suwan scored the goal easily.

In the following time, Suwan continued to demonstrate his personal abilities, with consecutive breakthroughs, shots and passes, leading the Pacers to score 10 points in a row. However, the Suns suffered from "fluctuations in their touch" during this period.

The score difference gradually widened, and the Pacers took an 8-point lead at the end of the third quarter.

This is their biggest lead so far in the game.

Bill Walton said: "In the past 8 minutes, the Suns' biggest weakness has been exposed. This team doesn't have a player like Suwan who can make a tough decision at the critical moment!"

Third update.

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