What kind of team can beat the league number one Suns?

The state of the Suns this season reminds people of the former Warriors, of course, in terms of lineup strength, the current Suns are certainly not as good as the former Warriors, but we can also see from their state against opponents that the current Suns are indeed a bit unique. As the first Suns to lock up a playoff spot this season, they have too many weapons to limit their opponents, so how to deal with the Suns and how to pull them off the altar has become the focus of consideration for all Western teams and even Eastern teams that have the opportunity to go to the end.

The first to deal with this problem must be the teams in the play-off area, because the Suns have locked up a place in the playoffs, and more or less, there is a chance of encountering the Suns in the rest of the game. Even if they don't, in the first round of the playoffs, the eighth-place team will have to deal with the number one seed. So, these teams have to go out of a practical path. The Nuggets and Timberwolves actually have configurations to hit the sun.

On the surface, the reason is also very simple, these are teams with strong centers. Restrain Ayton, and the sun's inner line area is basically empty. Isn't there still Bridges? Useless, one-man defense, it is impossible to restrain a team that attacks more points. So they can all be considered to be the team that can restrain the Suns. This gives the other teams a way of thinking, take out the only defensive strength point on the inside, and the Suns can't play.

The reality is also true, the sun is afraid of this kind of team. As for the twin-tower lineup, the Suns have not been unconsidered. It's just that at this stage, their attackers need space. Sacrificing the space and comfort of the attacker in exchange for a momentary defensive height can only be said to have an occasional miracle effect in one of the series. The Suns are able to win, team effectiveness and the output of the main attacker are crucial. Change the twin towers, move the whole body. So that makes the sun very passive. Especially in the face of opponents attacking the momentum, the sun will be more difficult to overcome. As long as the offensive end cannot respond, it is considered to be killed by the opponent.

Some people say that Booker's performance this season has not been very stable? As for being beaten by the opponent, the offensive end can not lift your head? That's certainly not enough, but know that last season's Booker was playing the playoffs for the first time. His experience isn't really that great, and the reason why opponents made Booker score crazy last season was because they didn't expect such players to continue the regular season level when they first played the playoffs, or even improve to a higher level. In other words, a big part of last season's rival team's loss to the Suns was due to lack of preparation. The Bucks' first two losses in the Finals were also due to the inability to understand the Sun's strategy at the beginning. But this season, it is estimated that it will be very difficult to achieve the same effect, their layout is basically clear, everyone is prepared, trying to use last season's tactics to continue to reproduce, the probability will be very miserable.

So why didn't these two teams completely kill the Suns in previous games? Because of the triumphal culture that the sun has accumulated over a long time. This kind of thing is honestly a bit metaphysical. But since Paul came, the sun has become more resilient. The most obvious thing about this toughness is that the sun will never give up until the last moment. And they will constantly look for points they can improve in the backward stage, and then they will beat their opponents.

For example, the Timberwolves' Towns could move Ayton to the outside and then put the empty penalty area behind him. But the Suns are not bad on the offensive end. Ayton always has tricks to break the Timberwolves' advantage on the inside, and the Timberwolves take role players to defend Ayton? Ayton went straight down after the top block, taking the opportunity to be a body type suppression. Want Downs to come up on the defensive? Towns wasn't originally a player who was good at solving blocking tactics. Ayton relied on this advantage to be able to beat the Timberwolves to the point of ignorance!

It's also a truth for the Nuggets, but the Suns' advantage over the Nuggets is not Ayton, it's Booker. As Booker's ball-handling expert, no one in the Nuggets can directly intervene in his offense. Yeah, the Nuggets defended Ayton well, but they couldn't limit the guard who carried the ball. Even their restrictions on Paul were very limited. Even with limited physical strength in the game, Paul can suppress the Nuggets in this process, and may occasionally have a few tumultuous operations to drive his teammates. The Nuggets' statement that they weren't angry was certainly false, but they couldn't do anything about it.

So at this point you should probably understand that a team that restrains the Suns needs to have two elements. One is the need to move Ayton to the outside zone, which can crack the team's so-called defensive system, and then use its own offense to open the gap. Of course, if you're just a defender with an advantage, or if the small squad has an advantage on the offensive end, you also need to pay attention to the co-defense team led by Bridges. At the same time, you also have to have good defensive players on the offensive end, and you can hold the Suns' Booker and Paul down at the same time. This is more demanding for the team, so this is also the key to the Suns becoming a winning general again this season. Are there any teams in the Western Division that can do that right now? Barely.

The first, the warriors with the inside strengthening. Truth be told, if Wiseman plays at a qualified level as expected, then this version of the Warriors is very scary. There are defensive strengths on the outside (Wiggins, Clay, Curry can all be defensive points on the outside) There are advantages in the defense of the inside, and wiseman's foot problems are all right if they can be solved. If not, you can only rely on Green to limit Ayton. There is no advantage in size, but it should be comparable in strength. Judging from the performance this season, the Warriors can only be close, and they cannot completely restrain themselves at present.

Some people said that grizzly bears before, in fact, are not very realistic. The Grizzlies' outside defense is average, and their interior is unlikely to directly bring Ayton out. The Grizzlies aren't a team that likes to play on the outside, they just like to play fast-break counter-attacks. Therefore, the Grizzlies against the Sun are not very advantageous, and they can only have their own advantages.

If nothing else, this year's final big battle is expected to be very good. After all, it's been a long time since so many good players are scattered around teams that have the opportunity to appear in the playoffs. The Suns are still the most promising team in the West, and as for whether they can go to the end, it depends on who can stand out in the East.