The schedule is quite intensive, and the Thunder only has one day off to the third game, and the whole team set off overnight for the away game.

The team's special plane landed in Arizona at 1:00 a.m., and then took the bus to the hotel. It was already two a.m.

When checking in, Su Yang told the Thunder players: Don't have too much fun, be careful of rest, don't be careless, don't learn from the Mavericks' Finals that year, and played wildly against Miami away, but ended up winning three consecutive games.

The Thunder generals happily agreed, and assistant coach Mark proposed to be strict in a joke tone, just move a chair and sit at the elevator entrance. The coaching team took turns to be on duty to intercept those crazy players who want to sneak out until the road trip ends.

Su Yang laughed it off and knew that there was indeed a coach who did it like that before, but he had always trusted the players himself, which was one of the basis for him to get the support of the players. Just give a reminder. If you really do it like that, the players will easily develop a rebellious mentality.

Wake up at noon and have something to eat. Su Yang pulled the assistant team to review the second game against the Suns.

The five players watched the video and the assistant coach Brian sighed: "It seems that we only won in the second half of the first quarter. The Suns let Channing Fry appear early is a wrong rotation. They will definitely not continue to do that tomorrow night's game..."

"Let the team members prepare for hard fighting..."

Su Yang knew very well that the home advantage was not just a talk. The player's psychological bonus would be very large, and the Suns were not bad at all. There were avoidable mistakes in both games. In addition, all the mistakes were made once, and the Suns had found the direction to win.

After the review, Su Yang ran to Harden to play games. The two teamed up to kill in "Battlefield", which made Durant complain that he would shoot games every time, and he would play 2K next time. It was guaranteed that Su Yang and Harden could be beaten to cry with just one hand.

By the evening, several people ordered takeout by phone, ate short rib steak and Methp pods, and watched the Cavaliers away against the Celtics with laughter and joy, witnessing LeBron scored 38 points with a superb shooting percentage of 63%.

In the whole game, the Cavaliers beat the Celtics 124 to 95, and the series led by 2-1.

Durant said excitedly: "It seems that LeBron's elbow ligament is not injured. I hope the Cavaliers can reach the finals. I want to directly match LeBron. I want the fans and the media to see who is the real league's number one small forward..."

Su Yang was also a little confused. Many news broke that LeBron had torn a ligament on his right elbow, which seemed to have no effect.

During the discussion, Harden said that he had something to go out, and everyone disbanded and returned to their rooms to rest.

On the second day of the game, the Thunder team gathered at 2 pm and took a bus to the Suns' home court, the West American Stadium.

After getting on the bus, Su Yang noticed that Harden was sleeping with his head covering, and was a little surprised, but he didn't go into it.

When they arrived at the stadium, the team first shot and warmed up, then practiced the double-teaming tactic, and then returned to the locker room.

After explaining a few offensive and defensive points in detail, Su Yang rushed to the media center to accept pre-match interviews from various reporters. The first question was asked: How do you view hot comments on social networks? They also use Channing Fry and Gentry to achieve much worse results.

Su Yang smiled and said, "I did coach Channing Fry at the Trail Blazers. He is an excellent player. Three-pointers can impress me, but the coach can definitely decide how effective a player plays...."

At the same time, Su Yang knew very well that the reason for Fry's performance was that he played too simply and did not hide Fry's intention to shoot a three-pointer. Even if he was a STS screen, it would be fine, but Gentry was not that good, and Nash seemed to think it was unnecessary.

Anyone who blatantly lets a player attack, unless he is at the top superstar level will have a sharp drop in efficiency.

At 6:30 in the blink of an eye, the game officially started. Hillary Swank, the female lead of "Million Dollar Baby", was present to help the Suns. The Suns fans were wearing crimson T-shirts, cheering and shouting, and the momentum was imposing.

The Suns won the jump ball, Nash launched the pick-and-roll, assisted Lopez to get two points first, and only took nine seconds in total.

The change of side attack and defense was changed, and the Suns directly used joint defense. The Thunder generals reacted slightly slowly, and Westbrook's pass was too high, resulting in a mistake out of bounds.

On the second attack of the Suns, Sir received the ball and made a tough foul. Fortunately, he only had the second free throw.

Durant took advantage of the chaos to grab the rebound, Westbrook received the ball from the center to launch a fast break, helping Matthews score a three-pointer from the bottom corner.

The two teams went back and forth for a few rounds, and Chandler accidentally suffered two fouls, so he had to play in advance.

In that way, the two teams played with each other until the substitute stage with restrictions, and Gentry honestly arranged for Fry to play and rotate.

Su Yang sent Harden at the same time. Unexpectedly, Harden had a low desire to attack. He only made 1 of 2 shots in a few minutes, and the number of assists was 0. The defense made a mistake in making continuous judgments. He forced Richardson to break through and suffered two fouls in a row.

Seeing that the Thunder was about to fall into a backward situation, Fleidangdang made two three-pointers to stabilize the situation.

During the break between the periods, Su Yang gave Harden a lot of spiritual chicken soup, encouraging him to take more actions and need to be smarter in defense.

Harden nodded intently and agreed, followed by 0 of 5 shots, 2 mistakes and 1 foul, which made Su Yang laugh.

The Thunder were defeated by Harden on both ends of the offense and defense. Fortunately, Fry made 0 of 4 shots in a single quarter, and the Suns only scored 7 points to lead.

After returning to the locker room after halftime, Su Yang looked at Harden with a slightly haggard look. He thought of Harden leaving early when he watched the game and sleeping while taking the bus. He guessed that Harden probably played too crazy last night, which led to his lack of form tonight's game.

Of course, Chandler accidentally suffered two fouls in the first quarter, which is also one of the reasons why the Thunder fell behind.

"We are currently suffering from fouls, and the problem is not serious. Just play seriously in the second half..." After thinking for a while, Su Yang decided not to point out Harden's abnormal condition so as not to affect the mood of the team. After all, he was only 7 points behind.

The third quarter started soon, with Durant, Westbrook and Ibaka joining forces to make a super gorgeous offense, successfully dismantling the Suns' joint defense. At the same time, it also used a large number of rotations to make up for the offensive end, effectively limiting Nash's passes and Richardson's shooting.

Unfortunately, Xiao Si performed his courage and scored 16 points in a single quarter, allowing the Suns to enter the fourth quarter with a 2-point advantage.

Based on a trust attitude and a try again, Su Yang sent Harden to lead the substitute lineup as usual. As a result, Harden made 1 of 5 shots and made 1 mistake and 2 fouls, which led the Thunder to both offense and defense, which forced him to send Durant and other main players in advance.

But the Suns took advantage of the home court and changed the joint defense to triangle and 2 defensive strategies, snatching Durant and Westbrook from all kinds of players, and maintaining the lead in fighting. Nash took the lead in big moves and fouls.

When the game was in a tense moment, Westbrook was a little impatient and did not listen to Su Yang's command, forcibly using a front-facing and forced a double team.

Unfortunately, Nash and others were prepared for it, and it was the Suns at home again, so Westbrook became honest after two offensive fouls in a row.

With two minutes left in the game, Su Yang instructed the whole team to play more three-pointers, but the chance was to run out, but the shooting rate was very low. The main reason was that the momentum was suppressed, which made the Thunder generals too nervous, their running position and attack were very stiff, and their movements were also deformed.

In the end, the Thunder lost to the Suns 108-117, and the big score in the series became 2-1.

In the whole game, Harden made 3 of 14 shots, 4 turnovers and 5 fouls, and Durant scored 36 points in an empty score.

After the game, he attended a press conference and asked how he viewed the news that Harden appeared at the door of the nightclub at 2 a.m.

Su Yang smiled and said, "James did perform poorly in this game, maybe because of staying up late. His poor performance is not the only reason why we lose. He is an adult and a qualified professional player. I believe he can make adjustments, but if the same happens again, I will directly ban him from playing, and the same goes for any other player."
Chapter completed!