On May 20, eight days after Guo Xu was injured, the first battle of the Western Games began in Phoenix.

The absence of the stars did not dampen the enthusiasm of sun fans. The home court was full, and many people wore Guo Xu's No. 1 shirt. The significance of four consecutive titles is very important. All fans hope the Suns will set a record this year.

"Bell and Haslem are suspended and Jason Guo is absent. All three are very important. I think the Suns are likely to lose home advantage," Buckley predicted

Kenny Smith said: "the Suns lost a lot because of Vujacic's malicious fouls. Haslem can't play until Game 5 of the series. He's the best defensive player in the sun's No.4 position. Thomas or Marion's visiting power forward can only fight for attack."

"I think Millsap can go up and play for a while. He's the same type of player as Haslem. He's strong, rebounding great, and he's just not experienced," Buckley said

Suns start: Lori, Roy, Ariza, Marion, stoddamer.

Spurs start: Tony Parker, Bowen, Granger, Oberto, Duncan.

The jump ball wins and the game begins.

Roy catches the ball and dribbles the pick and roll outside the three-point line, attracting Duncan to change defense and passing the ball to the midfield open cut Shawn.

The Spurs' flank shrank immediately, and Granger and Oberto wrapped him in the penalty area, which made him unable to take advantage of the situation. Duncan also retreated and three men surrounded the restricted area.

When Guo Xu is not there, the Suns lack the strongest three-point shooting points. Popovich dares to let the whole formation shrink when he arranges his troops. Small points to the right corner of the bottom corner, Ariza open shot shot.

Ariza is nicknamed "tieza" because he is iron most of the time, especially in the playoffs. In Guo Xu's previous life, he had two outstanding performances in the playoffs offensive end, most of the time was blacksmith. In the team, his main role is defense, attack is not as good as bell, the current three-point shooting rate is only 33.3%, or open cast data.

If Ariza is willing to renew his contract at a low salary, the sun's management is very welcome. If a team offers him a middle-class contract in the summer, the sun will not match. This type of player is easier to find a replacement.

In 2009, the rockets and Ariza signed a middle-class contract, only played a season to trade him out. Now Ariza's strength is not as good as that time, only with championship bonus, more famous.

Spurs attack, Parker and Duncan play pick and roll breakthrough, Lori bypasses the screen to pursue defense in place.

Parker is not strong, points the ball to Duncan, Duncan leads Xiaosi from the high position, passes inside to Oberto who cuts the baseline empty. Oberto on Marion is a dislocation, with the trend from the three-step one handed buckle into the basketball. 0 to 2.

As long as the tactics are right, the blue collars can also score. When the Suns play the small ball tactics, the defense of the forbidden area is not good enough. Popovich is aiming at this weakness.

This season the sun's attack is unstoppable, D'Antoni advocates offensive basketball, and only makes Valerio start four games in the regular season. Even if Guo Xu was not there, he was inclined to attack and became accustomed to it.

Sun attack, Lori and Xiaosi play pick and roll, weak side breakthrough was caught by Parker, suddenly can not into the basket, had to divide the ball.

Under the condition of the same speed, rookie Lori on Parker is as hard as Parker on Guo Xu, because he lacks range and can't get rid of the entanglement. Lori is not only not sure of three points, even the Zhongtou is not allowed, relying on breakthrough play.

Regular season Guo Xu as long as rest, is Lori on the field as a point guard, control the ball right to organize the attack. The coaching team has given him a lot of performance opportunities to train him, and he still needs years of training to play his level.

In Guo Xu's previous life, Lori was a player with obvious advantages and disadvantages. In 2010, when the Rockets renewed his contract in full, he began to show his strength. Now he is too young, only 21 years old.

Smalls into the forbidden area and was sandwiched, the ball was given to Marion, Marion virtual shake a shot, rushed out to interfere with the shooting of Oberto, the layup in Duncan's interference.

Duncan landed on the ground and pushed the ball out with his toes on his arm. Granger got the rebound.

Spurs positional war, Parker and Duncan pick and roll after the ball to the empty cut Duncan, Suns players also shrink to the restricted area, Duncan will the ball out. Granger didn't waste the chance and hit the left three. 0 to 5.

Granger averaged 32.4 minutes per game, scored 16.2 points, 5 rebounds and 1.3 assists, shooting 45% and 3-point shooting rate 56.3%. He is often the Spurs to relax the defense of the object, broke out, three-point shooting rate is higher than two points, shot is not much, average 1.5 goals.

He was 202cm in height with bare feet, 205cm in shoes, 102kg in weight, 217cm in arm span, excellent in speed and reaction, and active in rebounding. He can help the team at both ends of the attack and defense, holding a starting position. Popovich likes this type of player.

The management of the 76ers regretted that they almost gave Granger away for nothing, because there were already three excellent swingers in the team. Now everyone thinks that Granger's strength is better than cowar and salmons.Suns attack, the team's familiar offensive routine can not play out.

Lori blocks and splits the ball to Roy, who runs and catches the ball without the ball. Oberto and Bowen wrap the ball. Roy points the ball to Marion. Duncan doesn't go out near the forbidden area. He keeps a distance with Marion and Xiaosi to prevent strong attack in the forbidden area and put the middle distance.

Marion left baseline open shot and deflected the basket, which let the sun fans are very disappointed, in front of the TV Guo Xu more disappointed. Smalls recovered from injury and entered the best lineup for a while, Marion was weaker than last season.

He mainly weak in the shooting, during the healing period did not practice, the playoffs are only two shots, the shooting rate is only 37%. On the weak team, he can score by hitting the basket. Duncan is in charge of defense in the forbidden area when playing the Spurs. It is not a good idea to hit the basket.

Duncan grabs the rebound to Parker and slows down.

Parker doesn't have many assists. Popovich has been scolded by Popovich in recent years. He knows how to cooperate with his teammates. Sun small ball tactical defense pick and roll is excellent, he is not strong, attracted the defense to Duncan to support the attack.

Oberto can't cut the ball and doesn't play hard. Bowen and Granger transfer the ball very quickly, and the ball returns to Parker.

Parker sliced from the side, dodged Lori under Duncan's cover, and threw the ball in front of little sparrow. 0 to 7.

In Robert's living room, several friends watch the live broadcast together.

Britney said, "Jason, the sun seems to be a little bad."

Guo Xu sighed: "it's not good, it's terrible. We have to change people as soon as possible, otherwise the first section will not be able to withstand."

The next round of small Si is not empty cut, in the high station will open the space, Roy broke into the interior line was Bowen, Oberto's package, separated out of the periphery, Ariza was empty.

Ariza is very determined to take a free shot, iron pop-up, once he iron up, will let the opponent out of the way, often put on the good play that the vacancy does not hit continuously.

Marion rushed to grab the rebounds in the front court, the forbidden area was full of people, and there was no chance to release the ball and find Lori to organize in the periphery. Pass back and forth a few times, nearly using 24 seconds, Roy singles Bowen jump shot into the ball, scored the first two points of the suns. Two to seven.

Although the ball into, but the players did not cooperate, can not pass space, the Spurs to prevent the forbidden area.

"The Suns are playing like they were abusing their opponents when Jason was here," Buckley said. "They can't win this way."

Smith said with a smile: "only one person is missing. It's like changing a team. Jason is indispensable to the sun."

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