Bill, who has been pulling his hips for a year, suddenly became the great savior of the sun?
Q: Seeing that the gang is about to break up
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How did you survive in the sixth place in the West in a wave of devilish schedules at the end of the season?
Answer: Because Bill doesn't Erbi anymore.
To be fair, after the three-day volley regular season, Beal's production and efficiency didn't hold back the other two rounds of the Suns. Even his 51 percent shooting percentage and 43 percent three-point drive set career highs, and even though nearly 80 percent of his shots were outside the three-second zone, Beal still shot 61 percent from the field. In the 53 regular season games he played on and off, only 18 games were below 43 percent, most of which were over 50 percent accurate, and the level of consistency was no less than Booker and Durant.
From the boss to the three, the sudden drop in offensive and defensive pressure is of course an important reason for the soaring efficiency, but Beal can be regarded as moving forward with weight this season: at the beginning of the season, Beal only played three games twice in a row and quickly lay down, reminiscent of the past two years Beal has only played a total of 90 games, seeing that he was burned into a glass man, and Durant is about to reproduce the tragedy of "the Big Three can't play a few games". Finally, at the end of last year, the Suns waited for Beal's official return — the kind that could play for two or three months.
Durant and Booker, who were struggling to support, finally waited for the third big man who could take over the ball in the final quarter and continue to play hero ball, instead of taking turns to play iron in the final quarter after three quarters, being chased for points, and still honoring despite defeat. Glenson Allen can also return to the 3-and-D mode he is most familiar with, averaging 3.4 three-pointers per game with a 45 percent three-point drive in March. Nukic has an extra guard partner who is good at handing hands and cutting inside, like adding a new firewood to the bottom of the furnace that is about to go out, and the big pot of rice of the sun finally avoided the embarrassment of being caught halfway.
More important than a healthy Bill is a stronger Bill. He has only played in the playoffs five times in his 12 years in the league, far more than the second round, and his younger brother Tatum has played more than twice as many playoff games in seven years.
As the famous quote goes, "I have to think about whether this is my only chance in life." The 30-year-old Bill is not the 25-year-old Tatum, who still has the theoretical possibility of breaking the ceiling, and his ability has been set, if he can't catch the final window at the peak tail, he can only use the long time and the annual salary of forty or fifty million to heal this regret.
Vogel understands that sense of urgency: "Beal hasn't had much of a chance to make the playoffs in his career so far, so he's very concerned about the playoffs, and so is each of us, and you can see that in his passion for the game. ”
Vogel said this as the Suns had just reversed by one point
king
Beal finished with 20 points and 9 rebounds on 9-of-13 shooting, but more important than that was his 2 steals and 1 block — both of which came in the last minute, in front of Fox.
The first steal allowed the Suns to chase by 2 points.
In the last 3 seconds, in front of Fox, the king's last hope of overtaking was cut off. While Booker and Durant were carrying the offensive load, Beal and Allen were responsible for the big lock on the defensive end. With his footwork, reach, and unprecedented aggressiveness, he keeps an eye on every attacking arrow. Play at home
Clippers
In the game, Beal even defended a Wembanyama-level performance with 5 hats in a single game.
Although Beal Jr. was hit by Powell's knee, Beal still missed the ball. After a period of sourness, he used his not very good blocking and demolition breakthrough to score 2+1, and he was like a superstar with one attack and one defense.
"Beal is a star on the defensive end right now. Vogel praised.
More important than the stars on the defensive end is that in recent games, Beal has frequently gone berserk in the final quarter, and the frequency of hitting the basket and the success rate of strong single shots have skyrocketed. beat
Timberwolves
He scored 12 points in the final quarter, 12 points in the final quarter against the Kings, and 10 points in the final quarter against the Clippers
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He scored 15 points on 5-of-5 shooting in the final quarter......
At the end of the season, the fully integrated Suns finally summed up the instruction manual of the Big Three - the Suns in regular time to the Clippers
Lone ranger
Closer together to form a standard ball-holding dual-core mode. Beal played like Allen at this stage, focusing on catch-and-shoot shots, step-by-step breakaways and off-ball cuts.
In the connecting section of the break, when Durant's physical strength began to decline, Beal seamlessly transitioned to the core state of holding the ball, using emergency stops, retreat three-point and even blocking and demolition breakthroughs to revitalize the whole team, pick up the pot and dismantle the bomb, and score hero balls.
It is indeed a luxury to let Bill, who has an annual salary of more than 40 million, be a senior green leaf, but there is only one basketball, and the Big Three model has always sacrificed the Big Three. And Bill, who combines sudden shots, has both the ball and the ball, and is willing to sacrifice the ball for the sake of the long-lost playoffs and championships, and does his best on the defensive end, has become the best candidate. In this way, the Sun can get rid of the chaotic three-body state and enter a long-term stable binary star cycle.
This may be the form of the team that Durant has in mind. When they enter the playoffs, the healthy Suns Big Three will be able to share the pressure of offense and breakouts with each other, and will be able to get more opportunities to eat cakes easily. Under the positive cycle, more physical energy can be stored in the final quarter, and the three of them are all good at hard throwing, so far, this is really the best opportunity of Bill's life.
After reversing the Kings with two steals, Beal excitedly shouted, "It's time! It's time to start defending seriously, start controlling the ball, and we're going to win the championship ring!"