The NBA regular season continues, and today the Suns traveled to take on the Lakers, and they lost 116-123 to the Lakers. Although Durant still had a very good performance in this game, scoring 30 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists on 11-of-17 shooting, some of their old problems have not changed, and the Suns once led by as many as 22 points, but in the end they were reversed by the Lakers to win.

The Suns are definitely the top in the league in terms of offensive talent, and they have top offensive players such as Durant, Beal, and Booker in their team. But it is precisely because they are all top offensive players that the Suns rely too much on their individual ability and basically have no tactics to speak of. Their overall style of play is basically that these three players take turns to play singles, or simply call a pick-and-roll and then play alone, without any movement in the half. When you watch the whole game, you will see that the Suns' half-court offense is very monotonous, and there is no strategy to speak of.

Durant, Booker and Beal have a lot of shots on top of the roof. Although Durant is very strong on the pitch and Booker is very strong on the pitch, most of them are outside shots, so you will find that when Booker's touch starts to slip, the Suns are struggling. Bill himself isn't a particularly consistent scorer either. The overall style of play of the Suns is still more about individual offense, and there is not much team cooperation.

After Durant left the Warriors, neither the Nets nor the Suns made concrete use of his abilities. There's no denying that Durant has had excellent average per game stats for both the Nets and Suns since leaving the Warriors. But the head coaches of these two teams don't have his instruction manuals, and the real instructions are in Kerr's hands. How to use Durant's strong attraction to create good offensive opportunities for opponents is something that a coach should think about. Cole did just that.

When Durant played for the Warriors, he played very easily, and there were a lot of easy shots. But in the Nets and Suns, although he can still score, it seems that every goal is very difficult, and there are a lot fewer open shots, which is the result of a team that does not have a good tactical system. In the Warriors' offensive system, Durant can use his attraction to create opportunities for his teammates, and he can also use the Warriors' system to make it easier for him to shoot, which is almost a win-win situation.

Although Durant's current individual ability is still strong, the team will not go far without a healthy style of play. That's why the Suns have been inconsistent heading into the playoffs. They don't have a system, and it's hard to win a championship with a separate style of play.