Seven Hundred and Nineteen. The King of the Sewers’ Feeling of Powerlessness

Westbrook pushed forward unhurriedly. When he reached the frontcourt, the Thunder players were already in position.

Sun Ce took a big step inside the three-point line and was almost back to the free throw line.

Sun Ce is eager for Westbrook to throw three-pointers. Westbrook's three-pointers this season have improved greatly compared to last season. His shooting percentage has increased by 10% compared with last season, and he averages three-pointers per game. Fully twice as long as Sun Ce...

Such a three-pointer is just like when other teams let Sun Ce make a three-pointer, and Sun Ce also let Westbrook make a three-pointer.

However, Westbrook did not hold the ball and throw it away. He did not give it to Durant because Durant played badly in the previous round. Instead, he looked at Durant and asked if he wanted to continue playing in singles.

Durant has a great advantage. He dares to be brave and brave, and he has the courage to take responsibility and take key shots at critical moments. However, if it is not necessary during regular time, he will choose to avoid the time period when the opponent's best defensive player is at his best.

Tony Allen's defensive characteristics have become very famous this season. To say that he has really guarded anyone, there are very few, but most players feel uncomfortable when they encounter him. Tony Allen's defense is not about giving up. The opponent doesn't get points for it, but for confrontation, consuming the opponent's physical strength, torturing the opponent's emotions, and torturing the opponent's touch. He plays more than 20 minutes in a game, and it is often these 20 minutes that allow the other team to score from outside. The most capable players feel broken.

Durant has a high golf IQ. After discovering that Tony Allen was more targeted in his defense in the first round, he decisively chose to play off the ball to avoid being consumed by Tony Allen in singles.

However, Tony Allen will not reduce the confrontation just because Durant is not holding the ball, but will continue to give Durant physical contact.

After Westbrook received Durant's response, he started to come on his own. Sun Ce took a big step back to defend. This did not affect Westbrook. Any team with better defense would use this routine when guarding him. , and such defense means little to him!

Westbrook breaks through to the right!

Sun Ce was already prepared, but in this situation where his speed was not compromised and he took a big step back to defend, Westbrook still got room to break through!

This straight-line acceleration is simply impossible to guard against!

Only Sun Ce could barely keep up and had the advantage of height and wingspan, otherwise Westbrook would have been able to make an emergency stop jumper from close range.

Sun Ce was half a step behind. Gasol was already prepared and blocked the right side of the three-second zone, trying to block Westbrook and force Westbrook to take a direct shot, creating a blocking opportunity for Sun Ce.

But Westbrook is very different from the Westbrook who entered the NBA in the same year that Gasol was familiar with in the past two years. Westbrook rushed deep and directly grabbed the ball. Before the double attack, throw the ball out of the baseline and to the left of the three-second zone.

Perkins caught the ball and made a throw!

Both Sun Ce and Gasol made mistakes in their judgment. Westbrook's initial intention was to pass the ball!

During the transition between offense and defense, Sun Ce received the serve and advanced. Although Randolph had no "team spirit" in the previous round and only cared about looking cool, Sun Ce still pulled Perkins to the left at a 45-degree angle with Gasol and two long After passing the ball to Randolph.

Just kidding, if you have such a strong point to torment the opponent's best assist defense and average physical strength, you would be a fool not to take advantage of it.

This time Randolph didn't know if he had a new idea or something. He received the ball without dribbling. After using his left foot to push Ibaka away, he directly raised the ball to take a shot...

Westbrook, who was guarding Tony Allen's cut, shrank back from the right baseline!

Randolph was agile. As soon as he got the ball to his shoulder, he immediately changed from shooting to passing, throwing it to Tony Allen who had already cut in. Tony Allen received the ball and flew for a layup... This is Teacher Tony, right? The defense was astonishingly good, and the offense was also astonishingly bad. When he made an air cut without the ball and caught the ball for a layup, he hit the neck of the basket hard!

Westbrook was excitedly preparing to jump to grab the rebound. After judging the landing point of the ball, he jumped to grab the rebound...and suddenly his back was hit!

A big spider-like point guard jumped up behind Westbrook and pushed the ball back to the basket!

Sun Ce's extra deduction!

When he saw Westbrook's defensive actions, he seemed to have seen the future king of the sewers. He rushed in quickly. Teacher Tony lived up to expectations with a layup, and Sun Ce just made the dunk.

Sefolosha helplessly signaled to Westbrook that the ball was his problem, mainly because he didn't expect Westbrook to defend like this.

Westbrook's defense affects more than just his personal defense. Originally, this ball was supposed to be a duel between Randolph and Ibaka. Sun Ce would definitely not cut in to block Randolph's space. It was a 1-on-1 contest under the basket. 2 on 2 under the basket is much easier to play, but Westbrook's unnecessary cover defense made Sun Ce choose to cut in. Sefolosha didn't expect it. He caught up after a beat, and Sun Ce directly made the cover dunk.

Westbrook, who received Ibaka's serve, pushed forward while looking at Sun Ce, who had retreated and high-fived his teammates before settling into a defensive position. He felt like he had been "stolen" a rebound!

And it was blocked! It’s still the kind of situation where there is basically no chance to get it back!

Westbrook feels that it is too difficult to compete with Sun Ce in rebounding. Just because of his size, the gap is too big.

He really wants to score a triple-double in front of Sun Ce, but he is not in a situation where Harden, Ibaka, and Durant will be sent away or forced away by the Thunder management one after another in the future. He is not in that need. To the point where he keeps playing triple-doubles to gain a sense of presence, he already has a high level of attention without having to do that.

Moreover, there was an incident on Sun Ce's side, but Westbrook didn't know about it.

Westbrook calmed down, played the game well, and temporarily stopped thinking about rebounding by a "cheating" guy like Sun Ce.

Westbrook's head went off the line just now on defense, and he played very hard and focused next time.

The Thunder's play style is very simple. Westbrook plays thirty-five or six minutes in each game. This is his limit. When he averages a triple-double in the future, there will be no change in his playing time. When he is on the court, the Thunder The main focus is on breakthrough points. If the breakthrough points are not easy to use, just throw them to Durant.

This trick has been tried and tested time and time again. Durant has a strong ability to catch the pot, and Ibaka is also good at catching the pot. If it is not possible, it is also a good choice to give Sefolosha a low post shot.

Perkins is mainly responsible for eating the pie. If it weren't for the poor jumping, his pie-eating awareness is no worse than that of DeAndre Jordan and Yi Jianlian. Last season, the scores of Garnett, Pierce, and Ray Allen all declined. Perkins averaged 108 points per game, which is quite good. Compared with the future cake kings DeAndre Jordan and Capela in the original time and space, they are not bad. When Capela first showed his consciousness of eating cakes, he only averaged 12 points per game. DeAndre Jordan The most profitable year was only 127 points per game.

The Thunder's simple and crude tactics are doing pretty well with the advantage of having many and strong stars. What the Grizzlies can do here is to restrict Durant, their strongest scorer.

To lock down Durant, Teacher Tony can't do it. He can only fight, making Durant less comfortable on the outside. But Durant is not only good at long-distance shooting, but also in mid-range and short-range, cutting in and catching the ball. He is very good at attacking the basket. As long as he doesn't dribble too much, he can find a breakthrough.

Of course, by forcing Durant to go to the basket and take shots under confrontation, Tony Allen's defensive purpose has been achieved.

In addition to the first attack, Durant played well later with his flexible footsteps, tall body, and soft touch, but his consumption was much higher than usual!

As for the Grizzlies, it was very straightforward. Randolph scored half of the quarter and scored 12 points on 5 of 7 shots in the half.

Coupled with Sun Ce's tip-in and a cut to receive a pass from Randolph, causing Westbrook to make two free throws, the Grizzlies scored 16 points in 6 minutes and 44 seconds!

Durant made 3 of 5 shots in the first half. Except for the first attack, he actually only missed one shot later. He played very carefully and hard, trying to find the way to score with the highest success rate. Although he did not get a free throw, Still got 6 points.

And because of his high success rate, he created many opportunities for Westbrook to pass the ball to other teammates. The Thunder also scored 15 points in a little more than half a quarter!

After Sun Ce passed a high pass to Morrow and was knocked out of bounds by Durant, an official timeout was entered!

Durant was sweating as he sat on the sidelines.

After playing for less than 7 minutes, he felt more tired than usual in a game!

Similarly, Randolph's game was quite tiring, but this is his strong point. When encountering someone like Ibaka who is excellent in assist defense but not so good in single defense and is of average height and weight, Randolph of course To go all out, this is planned in the team's tactics.

Moreover, he played harder than usual. Sun Ce was helping him canvass votes, and he had to work hard himself.

Relatively speaking, the players with the strongest scoring ability of both teams are playing very tired, which is more beneficial to the Grizzlies!

Randolph's function is relatively simple. His role is to break up the situation when the team's offense is not easy to play. After playing for more than half a quarter, his role has been achieved, and he came off the court with 12 points to rest.

The lineup of Sun Ce, Morrow, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and DeAndre Jordan was replaced.

On the Thunder side, Durant was called up even before his butt was warmed up. Although his physical strength was not good, he played a very long time with the Thunder, averaging 39 minutes per game. The Thunder's main player It feels like the coach has never considered this issue before, now or in the future, so he just throws him in.

The lineup of Westbrook, Harden, Durant, Muhammad, and Nick Collison took the field.

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After the timeout, the Grizzlies attacked, and Sun Ce saw that the twin towers on both sides had been replaced!

Sun Ce scored 4 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in the first half of the first quarter, two of which were obtained by Randolph after receiving the ball and directly shooting.

Watching the three young masters gathered together, Sun Ce concentrated on Randolph and Gasol. During this rotation stage, the team pointed at him to launch the attack!

Westbrook had 5 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists. He played very hard, but only grabbed one rebound. Seeing Sun Ce receiving the serve and facing Durant's defense, a point guard whose height is a mystery faces a height who is a mystery. An enigmatic small forward, Westbrook has a deep sense of powerlessness.

Playing Durant alone is not a good choice for Sun Ce. Durant is similar to Prince, tall and long-armed, and only one circle bigger than him. Sun Ce moves to the right.

Durant paused for a while, threw himself into defense, then moved laterally... and was blocked by Jordan!

Sun Ce immediately accelerated his breakthrough!

Although Sun Ce's burst acceleration is far behind Westbrook's S+ level burst acceleration, he also has A level burst acceleration. The expanded Muhammad is no longer the physical fitness man who relied on his body to average nearly double-doubles and got a 5 million fat contract at the beginning of the century. He didn't keep up!

However, Westbrook actively made up for the defense. Sun Ce turned his back to the basket and leaned against Westbrook, attracting Westbrook and Muhammad to the middle distance on the right side of the free throw line, but not back-to-back, but passing the ball to Paul George who ran to the right bottom corner after being released by Westbrook!

Harden is currently very active in switching defense. After all, he has not been hit by the world peace elbow. He quickly made up for Paul George. Paul George is worthy of being a future superstar. He is conscious and smart. He immediately passed the ball to Morrow after receiving the ball. Morrow took the ball and shot a three-pointer...

Hit!

This round was played very quickly! From Sun Ce receiving the ball to attack to Morrow's three-pointer, it took only 10 seconds after a pick-and-roll and two passes!

19 to 15, the Grizzlies widened the gap to 4 points!

Attack and defense change, Harden advances with the ball.

There is no rush to advance quickly to catch up with the score difference. The Thunder is no longer the team that just rose last season and knew nothing but rushing. They now have the feeling of a strong team.

Harden advances steadily and controls the rhythm.

In terms of organizing offense and overall awareness, Harden is better than Westbrook!

After reaching the frontcourt, Harden passed the ball to Durant and asked Durant to deal with Paul George, the rookie.

Durant is young after all. After a while, he can use it to death. It's not easy to wear down Tony Allen, so of course he will play well.

Paul George lacks experience, Durant easily gets rid of the defense and shoots a long two-pointer...

Compared with Tony Allen, Paul George's defense is now like paper. Of course, it's Durant's feeling. Durant hits a single jump shot!

Paul George was powerless. He really couldn't defend Durant. He didn't even know how to defend. The opponent was too strong. In the last match, he and Tony Allen took turns defending Durant and were both blocked.

However, as soon as Durant scored, Jordan under the basket immediately passed the ball to Sun Ce. Paul George saw Sun Ce start to counterattack and immediately followed.

Yi Jianlian and Paul George cut in from both sides, Sun Ce rushed in the middle, compressed the Thunder's defense to the basket, and then passed back to the top arc!

Morrow received the ball and shot a three-pointer...

Morrow's touch was really good today, hitting two three-pointers in a row!

Paul George felt much more comfortable when he saw his teammates score. At least he had teammates even if he couldn't defend.

Just when Paul George was ready to accept the reality that he couldn't defend Durant and ran back to the backcourt, he heard the evil voice of the team's second in command, "Paul, you should push him when you defend! Don't give him space, mess with him, squeeze him, beat him, beat him to death!"

"Ah?".