Later in the conversation, Lin Ying suddenly remembered something.
"Can you help me ask your second brother, ah, Russell about something?"
"What's up?"
Durant smiled and looked at Lin Ying.
It's really novel that Lin Ying actually wants to ask Westbrook something.
"Is he practicing jumping? If so, please help me find a training method."
"Well, I think I did see him practicing. I'll get one for you later."
Durant looked amused.
"They are indeed good brothers!"
Lin Ying smiled and reached out to fist bump with Durant.
The training methods Nelson gave him before were very conventional. His training was effective but limited.
Nelson mentioned before that Hill seemed to know some top trainer, but he is not very familiar with Hill now.
So think about it, why bother looking for something far away? Westbrook has it right here!
Originally, he was worried that this time point was too early and Westbrook might not have started practicing yet, but now it seems that the worry is unnecessary.
And after Durant said he could help him, he also slightly adjusted his defensive strategy for tomorrow.
Originally, his idea was to work with Allen to strangle Durant, the Thunder's number one scoring point.
Now, let Allen defend alone!
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The Christmas war attracts everyone's attention.
The game between the Cavaliers and Lakers started first.
The Cavaliers quickly entered the game as soon as the game started, especially O'Neal, who continued his hot form last season and contributed three dunks in a single quarter.
The Cavaliers also achieved a double-digit lead in a single quarter.
Entering the second quarter, the Cavaliers' substitute group, led by Mo Williams, pursued the victory and once stretched the score to 20 points.
Kobe's hand felt cold, and the entire Lakers team was playing very sluggishly.
Before halftime, thanks to a counterattack led by Odom, the Lakers barely managed to get the score back to single digits.
But in the second half, the Lakers team was still in a sluggish state, and the Cavaliers quickly opened up the score again.
In the end, the Cavaliers defeated the Lakers with a score of 103 to 89, winning this much-anticipated game.
Lin Ying also watched half of the game before the game, and he could see two key things.
First, the status of the defending champion.
The dynasty is not easy to win, and even the championship is difficult. You must know that even the Spurs have not been able to complete consecutive championships.
How to maintain competitiveness after winning the championship and the desire to win are both big topics.
Especially a team like the Lakers whose core lineup is basically motionless is like a backwater.
Looking at history from this perspective, Artest's departure to the Lakers brought about not only changes in strength, but also in mentality.
"The only change in their lineup compared to last year is that they added me. If they cannot defend the title, it must be my responsibility."
Artest's words back then are very classic, and they also show that he brought "competition" with him after he left.
Second, the state of the Cavaliers.
Just like the grievances between James and the Spurs mentioned before, "revenge" is an eternal topic in the NBA.
The Cavaliers lost to the Lakers in the Finals last season, and everyone was holding their breath.
This is also different from history.
So this also confirmed that Lin Ying's previous preparations were meaningful.
Because of the state the Cavaliers have shown, they have a high chance of reaching the finals again!
The game between the Cavaliers and the Lakers has just ended, and the game between the Thunder and the Suns is about to begin.
Although the main event is over, this "additional" is also full of highlights.
The American Airlines Center is still full, and the game's ratings haven't dropped much.
Even in China, the number of viewers has not decreased but increased.
During the warm-up before the game, Durant and Lin Ying made OK gestures, indicating that he had already gotten what Lin Ying wanted.
However, in order to facilitate Lin Ying's training, Westbrook will organize it into video materials when he returns.
After hearing this, Lin Ying's impression of Westbrook immediately rose.
Although it's a bit of hindsight, but thinking about it, it seems that it was not impossible to go to the Thunder!
Of course he will definitely prepare a gift for Westbrook as a thank you.
After the warm-up, the two teams came out.
Thunder: Westbrook, Sefolosha, Jeff Green, Durant, Nenad Kostic
Suns: Nash, Richardson, Hill, Lin Ying, Stoudemire
The game started quickly, with both teams playing fast from the beginning.
The Suns felt hot from the outside, with Lin Ying and Richardson hitting three-pointers from the outside.
On the Thunder team, Durant has an unstoppable rhythm.
First, he made his trademark off-the-ball use of Kostic's cover to catch the ball and score, and then he made a three-pointer from the outside and broke through with the ball to draw a foul.
After playing for a while, he already scored 7 points in a row.
Not only him, in the back-and-forth battle, Westbrook also showed his talent, performing a "Full Moon Scimitar" that penetrated the frame.
Halfway through the first quarter, the Thunder led the Suns 20-17.
Gentry called a timeout.
He first made substitution adjustments, with Allen coming on to replace Hill.
As in recent games, more rest time will be given to the veterans.
"I have a suggestion."
Lin Ying suddenly said after Gentry had done the rotation.
What he said was quite surprising.
Most of the Suns are very gentle. Basically, the players are only responsible for playing, and then Gentry is responsible for directing.
So don't talk about using the tactical board to arrange tactics during a timeout. There will generally be no doubts.
But Gentry stretched out his hand to signal him and said.
With Nash constantly blowing wind in his ears, Gentry now fully recognizes Lin Ying's ability.
"The advantage of the Thunder is that they are young and can run, but the disadvantage is that they lack experience and have a relatively single style of play, so our advantage in positional warfare will be more obvious."
Lin Ying put forward his thoughts concisely and clearly.
"This is the right idea."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Gentry's echoing voice.
This is not because Gentry is incompetent, but because the Suns have been playing fast, which is a habitual thinking.
In addition, O'Neal had been traded after he took office at that time, and he had no singles strength, so he generally would not take the initiative to drop to the position.
But things are indeed different now.
And when it comes to training, positional warfare will be of greater training value to Lin Ying.
A simple arrangement, and by the way, Nash was replaced with Barbosa in advance.
Before going on stage, Gentry couldn't help but reached out and patted Lin Ying's shoulder, which was meaningful.
I talked about increasing Lin Ying's ball-holding ratio before, but Nash is still leading the offense more.
Replacing Nash in this section, Lin Ying has to rely entirely on his own judgment and make his own choices.
In other words, this is a style of play that is completely the core of the game.
If Lin Ying can survive, it will be of great reference significance to the Suns.
What prompted Gentry to take this step was naturally Lin Ying's "I'll take care of the game" attitude against the Spurs and his continued improvement.
After the timeout, the Thunder also made a substitution, with Collison replacing Kostic.
Come on, the Suns offense.
Lin Ying directly asked for the ball in the low post.
The Thunder's lineup at the third and fourth positions is vague. Neither Green nor Durant are strictly the fourth positions.
In addition, the Thunder have Westbrook and Sefolosha on the outside, so Lin Ying does not need to deliberately find mismatches.
Allen's ball came in, and Lin Ying just sat down and hit.
Green is Naa's old rival, and Lin Ying is also very skilled in fighting.
However, coach Brooks on the sidelines obviously would not let Lin Ying play easily. In his shouts, Allen on the weak side was released, and Lin Ying was quickly trapped in a trap.
Being young is good, and his legs and feet are quick, so Lin Ying has no direct chance to score.
But he just threw the ball behind his head with one hand!
Adjusting the angle with his fingers, the ball flew straight towards Allen who cut in.
What did I say before, Allen's scoring ability on air cuts is quite excellent!
After Allen caught the ball, he quickly hit the board before Collison turned around to block the shot, all in one move.
"Dang!"
It's just that...the ultimate ability is really not that good.
But before anyone else could react, Lin Ying turned around and blocked Green first, then jumped up a little and put the ball into the basket.
Details! Details of card slots!
Although he is even younger than Green, Lin Ying, who has received the true biography of Duncan and been taught by the big boss, is actually already a veteran on the court!
This group of young guys from Thunder are standing together, and the scene is very strong.
Durant continued to use Collison's screen to run without the ball.
This is the easiest way for him to score.
But this time he failed because...Although Allen was stuck by Collison at the beginning, he immediately slipped over like a loach.
So by the time Durant received the ball, Allen was already in front of him again.
Collison wanted to come up and block again, but Durant reached out and signaled him to go back.
Allen is just a little famous guy. If he can't do this, why bother beating Anthony and Kobe!
This is also the change in his mentality after training with the ball in the summer.
With the ball in hand, I have the world!
Hey, why can't it swing away?
Durant soon realized something was wrong.
Because Allen sticks to him like a candy bar, he doesn't even have much room to dribble!
Lin Ying watched from a distance and also mourned for Durant.
First, the eyes of heaven are here and know that Allen is Durant’s nemesis;
Second, compared to Allen, Durant's "disadvantage" is obvious.
To use an analogy, if Durant in Allen's eyes has been studied frame by frame, which is equivalent to a naked fruit, then Allen may be just a name to Durant.
And don’t blame Lin Ying for not reminding him, who would remind his opponent to be careful of his teammates!
Durant finally chose to force the shot.
"Crack!"
Allen saw the right moment and cut the ball away!
There was a burst of cheers at the scene.
After locking up Joe Johnson before, Allen has become one of Phoenix's favorites!
The Suns quickly launched a defensive counterattack. Lin Ying had already stepped down early because he did not consider assisting defense. At this time, he directly received the ball and launched a V-shaped fast break.
When he advanced to the frontcourt, he made a fake pass to the sideline, then suddenly accelerated past Westbrook and took off directly.
"Bang!"
An iconic one-handed slam.
Although the jump is not high enough, the smell of these long arms is still so strong!
Lin Ying, scored 4 points in a row!
The Phoenix fans at the scene couldn't help but stand up and cheer.
If you want to ask which new star team is better, Phoenix looks to Lin Huang!
Durant passed the frontcourt and asked for the ball directly.
He said yesterday that he wanted to score points with Lin Ying, but Lin Ying had already started. How could he suddenly lose power!
But he soon discovered that he really couldn't shake Allen away!
Is this guy crazy? How do you keep following him?
In fact, there is no such thing, only familiarity!
Allen knows that Durant likes to change directions and go to the left, and even knows that his relatively simple shots are straight up and down.
So he consciously pushed Durant to the right.
For Durant, the intuitive feeling is that he can't go to the left side if he wants to, and he still can't go to the left despite continuous attempts, which naturally makes him feel very uncomfortable.
In the end, he didn't make any moves. He asked Green to pick and roll him, and then shot directly after breaking it.
But Allen unexpectedly bypassed the pick-and-roll again, and then swooped up and caused strong interference!
"when!"
Durant, missed consecutive shots!
The ball was a long backboard. Lin Ying jumped up high to grab the backboard, then leaned over and dribbled the ball directly for a fast break.
The Thunder did a good job retreating on defense this time.
When Lin Ying advanced to the three-point line in the frontcourt, basically all his teammates were targeted.
But what I have to admit is that the Thunder team is really inferior in terms of experience. They actually left Lin Ying open at the top of the arc at the three-point line!
Does this mean he doesn’t know the skill of pursuing a three-pointer?
Lin Ying slowed down, adjusted his steps and then took action decisively!
Before his ball control improved, Lin Ying was a "fixed-point three-point shooter", but now, he can be a "dribbling three-point shooter."
"Whoa!"
Although his shooting skills are not high yet, he will not miss this opportunity of wide open space.
Gentry had already walked to the sideline excitedly.
Score 7 points in a row!
The word "potential" is written all over the screen!
At first I heard Billups saying that Lin Ying had the ability to take over the game, which was a bit flattering, but now it seems that he really has a vicious vision!
Durant is still struggling with Allen.
He almost ran along Collison's pick-and-roll without the ball, but he just couldn't get rid of Allen.
Although he didn't want to admit it, the guy in front of him, whose name he only knew, really made him feel uncomfortable.
Fortunately, he was not Anthony. After feeling that he had no good chance, he returned the ball to Westbrook and let Westbrook attack.
Westbrook used the pick-and-roll to rush in.
However, Lin Ying blocked his breakthrough route early to prevent sudden shots.
This is also one of the key points why he previously suggested that Gentry change his strategy.
Westbrook is full of momentum, but the threat of positional battles will be much smaller, especially in his sophomore year when his shooting is still very poor.
"when!"
Westbrook's last choice of zombies smashed out of the basket.
Lin Ying looked at Durant: Your second brother seems not as strong as you!
The Suns' fast break finally failed. Lin Ying continued to hold the ball in the low post. This time, Durant was guarding him.
He just stuck his butt out, turned towards the baseline and hit the board.
Looking back, Durant attacked Allen again. Although this time he finally passed Allen, he still didn't put the ball in.
We agreed to get points together, but now it's Lin Ying's unilateral decision to get points!
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In the end, the Suns defeated the Thunder 112-91 at home, achieving a hearty victory that is rare in recent times.
Lin Ying once again scored high points after playing against the Nuggets, scoring the second-highest 35 points of the season.
In addition, he also had 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
This 35+10+5 is a bit domineering.
For the Thunder, Durant's performance was sluggish under Allen's defense. Although he scored 22 points, he only made 7 of 21 shots and made as many as 5 turnovers, which is rare in the season.
Allen achieved it by brushing Durant alone!
During the handshake ceremony after the game, Durant did not feel sorry for himself, but said something to Lin Ying:
Chapter completed!