Nine Hundred and Ninety-Two. Super Youth Army

Obviously, after the disastrous defeat in the first game, the Thunder team made changes after learning from the pain.

Sometimes quarrels are not all bad things. For example, Durant and his head coach Brooks reached a consensus in the second game to strengthen defense and increase the use of Harden, Sefrosa, Muhammad, Daequan Cook and others, and no longer rely on 8 people to rotate like in the first quarter.

Although the second game was lost in the end, the tactics in the last quarter were not changed enough and the Thunder were suppressed by the Grizzlies' defense, but they have made good changes.

On May 21, it was another tense game with high-intensity defense throughout the game. Relying on Durant's three-point buzzer-beater, the Thunder team 94 to 92, tied the score to 1 to 2, and refused to fall behind 0 to 3!

The defense of both teams in this game was very good. Sun Ce played 46 minutes tonight, 23 shots and 19 scored 26 points and 4 assists... The offensive performance was average, but there were 22 rebounds, 6 blocks and 2 steals, and the defensive performance was extremely outstanding, which means that the Grizzlies' defense has never been relaxed throughout the game.

In the first half, Sun Ce played for 22 minutes and scored 9 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks. In fact, the Grizzlies led by 3 points with 46 to 43 in the first half, so Sun Ce chose to use the physical potion that had just been fully charged during the halftime break. Winning by 1 point is also winning, winning by 58 points is also winning, there is no difference, as long as you can win.

But Durant is Durant, he may be the best killer player in the league today. Today, the Thunder did not attack as hard as in the last game in the first half, mainly because Durant only scored 10 points in the first half, but Fisher, Harden and Ibaka shot well under Westbrook's breakthrough, helping the Thunder to hold the score and not be completely locked by the Grizzlies' defense.

In the second half, Durant began to exert his strength, scoring in double digits in two consecutive quarters, 13 points in the third quarter, 15 points in the fourth quarter, 38 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks in the whole game, and helped the Thunder to win the Grizzlies with the help of Westbrook's outstanding organizational performance of 16 points and 12 assists.

In fact, Sun Ce scored the key goal in the end. With 12 seconds left, he received the ball under the basket and dunked to help the Grizzlies overtake by 1 point, but Durant made a buzzer-beater with a three-pointer... Westbrook dribbled for 8 seconds and threw it to Durant. Durant dribbled while retreating from the three-point line under the defense of Paul George. With more than 1 second left, he threw it and it went in.

There was no way!

…

…

On May 22, another rest day for the Grizzlies and Thunder arrived.

The indoor court of the Four Seasons Hotel in Oklahoma City was booked by the Grizzlies. The morning tactical training was over, and they rested in the afternoon. They still had to play a game tomorrow, but Sun Ce didn't leave with the ball, feeling like a crow's mouth.

After the first game, he was still confused about why the Thunder played so badly. Well, they played so well in the next two games.

Westbrook, Harden, Durant, Ibaka, four super talents who have turned their talents into strengths, are so strong and terrible!

The Thunder is only a little bit worse in the interior defense, but the overall defense is very strong, and there are too many outside scorers. In addition to Wehadu, there are Fisher who averaged 8 points in the first three games, Sefrosa who averaged 11 points, and Daquan Cook who averaged 1.2 three-pointers per game, not to mention Eric Maynor and Thunder Jackson who were reimbursed in the playoffs.

Sun Ce had tried his best in the game last night. He didn't know if he would perform better if he used the star experience card, but in terms of team continuity, unless he used the A-level designated star experience card to choose the origin of Iguodala, the continuity on the defensive end might not be so good.

Of course, in fact, the Grizzlies played well last night, but Durant's performance was too explosive.

In the past two games, Durant scored 39 points in one game and 38 points in another game, which was extremely strong! When others created a situation where he could easily play a quarter or half a game, he performed as crazy and as separated as he could for the rest of the time.

Sighing, Sun Ce practiced two more mid-range shots and returned to the room.

Lily Collins had already cleaned the bathtub for him and filled it with water. After two hours of fighting with the faucet turned on to keep the temperature high, Sun Ce hugged Lily Collins who was taking a nap and lay on the bed. He was really unsure about playing one game after another like this!

The psychological burden of a buzzer beater on the opponent was too great, and Sun Ce did not feel the joy of getting a double 20 at all.

First of all, a buzzer beater means that the game was very tense, that is, the strength was equal, and the Grizzlies saw with their own eyes that the group of talented people on the opposite side played better and better.

This psychological pressure was even greater.

And unlike fans who only look at data, even if the Thunder failed to hit a buzzer beater in the second game, it would not affect the pressure Durant's buzzer beater in the third game brought to them.

In addition to this aspect, Sun Ce opened the event section and saw that Durant's highest score in the series was 39 points, and he, Sun, scored 25 points.

Fortunately, both he and Westbrook have 0 triple-doubles. It is difficult for Westbrook to get a triple-double. Unless Westbrook ignores defense and goes to grab rebounds, it is almost impossible for him to get double-digit rebounds in this series.

The Thunder was able to defend so well in the past two games. Westbrook's defense against Nash, Ridnour and Neal is very important. After all, he was the best defensive player in college. If he really defended with all his heart, he would defend very well with Ibaka's help.

But it is too difficult for him, Sun, to score 40 points and surpass Durant!

"I should have put on the eye mask in the first game..."

But it is too late to regret now.

Shaking his head, he put this aside for the time being. Now that they are leading 2-1, they still have to play at least two more games. It's not that they don't have a chance, and Sun Ce thinks that there may be more than two games.

The opponent really played better in each game.

Sun Ce remembered the second round of this year in the original time and space, because that was Kobe's last playoff trip. He specially looked for the video and watched it, and he still had an impression.

In the series between the Lakers and the Thunder, the Lakers actually took the initiative in three of the first four games. From the second to the fourth game, the Lakers led at the last moment in the second and third games, and Kobe also scored a key goal in the fourth game to tie the score.

That is, that year, although the Lakers lost Odom, resulting in an empty inside line, except for the twin towers, the other inside lines were not good, resulting in excessive fatigue of the twin towers, and no one in the point guard could limit Westbrook, and Westbrook averaged 25 points per game, a new high in the career playoff single-round series.

But relying on Kobe's average of 31 points per game, the Lakers still did not fall behind in the first four games.

However, in the second game, Durant made a buzzer beater when trailing by 1 point, and the Thunder defended two home games. In the third game, Durant missed the buzzer beater, but in the fourth game, when Kobe tied the score with a key shot, Durant made another three-point buzzer beater, and the Thunder won an away game, making the score 3 to 1.

After these two buzzer beaters, the Thunder completely established their confidence, while the Lakers played very hard and played so well in three games, but they were defeated by the buzzer beater and completely collapsed in the fifth game.

Even if the Lakers lost Odom in this series, their strength seemed to be no worse than that of the Thunder. They were just unlucky to meet Durant. Durant's average score per game in this series was not high, 26 points, but he made 2 of 3 buzzer beaters and was invincible at the critical moment. Durant also got the nickname of the Grim Reaper in this series.

For the Thunder players, this series was a series in which they established their strength and confidence as a strong team. They were able to overturn the Spurs 4-2 after falling behind 0-2 in the Western Conference Finals. Although the Thunder had free throws when there were key balls and the Spurs had strange calls for mistakes, at least the Thunder's overall performance in those four games was not inferior to the Spurs.

This is how Sun Ce feels about the Thunder now, getting better and better with each game, and more confident with each game.

Fortunately, it is the Grizzlies who are leading 2-1 now, otherwise it would be really difficult.

After a short break, Sun Ce got up and put on his clothes, and took advantage of the afternoon break to watch the recordings of the past three games.

Especially the second and third games, trying to find the opponent's loopholes.

There is indeed a very obvious loophole... and this loophole is also a loophole for their Grizzlies.

The Thunder's low-post defense is not good, but they only have Randolph on their Grizzlies who scored more in the low post in these two games.

They have only two players who are good at low-post offense on their Grizzlies, Randolph and him, Sun.

But in the second and third games, Durant defended him most of the time. It was difficult for Sun Ce to play in the low post against Durant, so he rarely went, and even if he went, he would not play well.

Although Durant's defense is not as good as Prince, his low post offense is not as good as Pierce, Kobe, and Anthony. Pierce, Kobe, and Anthony did not play well in the low post against Prince, and he played about the same against Durant.

Sun Ce watched the video clips of the past two games again. He understood that they had done their best on the offensive end and adjusted everything they could. If the opponent made adjustments, they would naturally try to adjust as well, but this was already the best.

Then they had to seek breakthroughs, that is, they had to have a style of play that the opponent could not expect.

In the first two games, we didn't use the star experience card because we didn't plan to use it from the beginning. We were confident that we could win, and we didn't lose the game. Even in the second game, we predicted that Durant's performance in the second half would decline, because Durant's physical strength distribution in the second game was not good. It was obvious that he overworked in the first half. They were confident that they could catch up with the score, so Sun Ce kept playing, and didn't they win.

But now they were defeated in a buzzer-beater, and the opponent was playing at home, so their confidence must have increased greatly.

The key is that the Grizzlies are known as the youth army, but in fact, only Sun is a young star. Paul George and Klay are not stars, and Gasol is 26 years old.

And the Thunder, the super youth army! The momentum of the four super young new stars is unstoppable.

In the first game, Sun Ce had some ideas because of Randolph's low-post offense, but that game was won too easily, so he didn't need to specify that person. Now he can use it!

Please remember the domain name of the first release of this book:. Tang San Chinese website mobile version reading website: