Beating Phoenix Style Defense (Let's come up with some ideas)

well only thing I saw is I like jl3 on nash instead of rafer..jl3 is quicker and pretty muched stop the pick in roll with nash in amare because he was able to stay infront of nash.I just need to figure out how to slow barbosa,and marion down.

 

We sneak in to The EnergySolutions Arena in Utah and steal Jerry Sloan's playbook

 

We sneak into Nash's house and kidnap him and hold him until offseason then we leave the country and move to Iraq where its save!

 

lets get those guys to follow nash home

 

pick and roll pick and roll pick and roll

 

hahaha yea we can hire them

 

Make open shots?

 

ok... for starters dont play thier up and down style of offense.. cause well lose that way... when i watched the pistons whip the suns... i noticed how they slowed the pace down to thier style of play

also they did a good job of rebounding, being agressive

i liked the way we were using chuck hayes alot when they would double yao...

and finally we need to drive to the basket more

 

the best defense is san antonio. we just gotta hope we dont see them again

 

Yes i forgot to mention that ... as long as san antonio faces them, then thats our best defense LOL

 

Something tells me that Steve Novak could put up some points on their defense....They basically choose to leave our PFs roaming free.

 

Weve tried that already... it dosent work

 

Steve Nash 8 pts 2rbds 0asts

Nuggets 54-Suns 34

We really need to do that.

 

1. Closely watch their games against Utah, Detroit, and the Lakers. Those teams seem to know how to play them.

2. Go deeper into the roster

3. Win the rebounding battle, especially on the O-glass

4. Play with big lineups in certain stretchs of the game, Yao, McGrady, Bonzi, Battier, and Snyder or Yao, T-Mac, Bonzi, Battier, and even Mutombo (when they play Kurt THomas and Amare together). But the last one would certainly make the Suns shoot jumpers all night, because they could not drive to basket. In 7 game series that will not be able to hit every shoot.
I know it's seems like a big risk, but it gives a better chance of winning the rebounding battle.

5. Attack the basket with Yao setting up outside of the circle and paint, then using allowing cutters to get the basket for easy shots (this would also limit long rebounds).

6. Don't shoot 3's unless we are leading by at least 7 -12 pts.

7. Control the clock and don't take quick shoots and use fouls and even use a few interference plays, fouls will slow down the game

 

LOL. Only then could they redeem themselves for following yao

 

Here is how I would do it.

I would make Steve Nash win the game all by himself, I would NEVER double team him, I would tell the defenders to stay at home, if Nash scores 50, I think the Suns lose, because the rest of the team will be sitting around on the perimeter bored, and the movement will stop. In addition as soon as the Rockets SHOOT the ball, I would have the nearest guard deny the outlet pass to Nash - just what the Rockets did to the Lakers in '86 and it limited Magic Johnson's impact.

On offense, whenever they run that junk defense on Yao, I would have him flash to the high post and give a baseline screen and back cut and let Yao shoot the 15 footer or hit the cutters on the baselines for layups.

In addition a healthy dose of Pick and Roll, or pick and pop.


So, the 2 biggies in my book are...don't double Nash, pick him up as soon as WE shoot, and on offense integrate some High post offense and get Yao flashing to the free throw line and cutting to the basket on the PnR.

DD

 

We tried it for maybe 5 minutes. Obviously we're desperate for an answer and I think we could afford to try it again....I'm not even a big fan of Novak, but you can't just leave him open from the 3 point line.