Tang Qian did not block Durant's ball, but Durant's ball also failed to hit the Lakers' basket.
There was a "dang" sound and it hit the edge of the basket. When Nick Collison saw this, he was about to grab the offensive rebound, but someone was one step faster than him.
"Chinese perm~nid~" Bill MacDonald said.
Can he take care of this kind of ball? What situation? What ability?
Nick Collison looked at the back of this Asian center and was very surprised.
Gasol took a low shot and hit a shot. The Lakers' score difference continued to narrow, 77-82, with only 5 points left.
Drop~
The Thunder head coach called a timeout.
In just 4 minutes, the score difference changed from 14 points to 5 points, and a full 9 points were quietly evaporated.
"hateful!"
All of the Thunder players looked unhappy. They missed consecutive shots, giving the Lakers a chance to reverse the situation.
"We will change the lineup on the court later." Scott Brooks said: "Nazir, Nick, you two come down first, Kendrick, Serge, you come up. Pay attention to protecting the inside rebounds and don't give the opponent two seconds.
An opportunity to attack, do you understand?"
"No problem, Coach Brooks." Ibaka and Perkins said one after another.
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After the timeout, the Thunder replaced their strongest five-man team, Durant + Westbrook + Harden + Perkins + Ibaka. The athletic ability and defensive ability of this lineup are already the best of this Thunder.
The team is in its best condition. We can see what Coster Brooks means, which is to improve the team's inside strength and suppress the Lakers' "twin tower" lineup.
Regarding the offensive end, he still hasn't changed much, because the Thunder team in the 2011-2012 season has so many offensive strengths that he basically doesn't need to worry about this issue. And Scott Brooks also believes in this lineup on the court.
The offensive firepower is the best in the league.
It's not surprising to enter a "scoring drought" for a period of time, as long as you get out of it.
Anyway, in his eyes, the Lakers' offensive firepower is very weak. They have lost Andrew Bynum in the paint. It is difficult to support the overall situation with only one Spaniard who is severely exhausted. As for Kobe, it is impossible for one person to defeat five people.
The Black Mamba's touch was also very average tonight. Most of the points came from the basket and inside. The strongest half-shots and unreasonable shots showed no signs of awakening.
Such explosive scoring power will not be able to soar, because as we all know, the Lakers' No. 24's strongest point is the combination of sudden shots. If he just blindly kills the basket, he is not as good as a large number of young players and small guns.
After all, the Black Mamba has shown his age, and his physical functions are no longer at their peak.
Therefore, Scott Brooks is still very confident about the Thunder's scoring ability this season.
He even believes that the Lakers and Thunder are not on the same level in terms of scoring ability.
The Thunder are currently averaging 101+ points per game in the playoffs, but what about the Los Angeles people? Only 94+.
The difference here is clear at a glance, and Scott Brooks’ confidence is not groundless.
In the Thunder's offensive round, No. 0 Westbrook dribbled the ball through half court. In this game, his function became the same as that of the "Old Fish". In addition to dribbling forward, he just passed the ball and watched the show, a little bit of regular season deterrence.
His strength was gone. And all of this was caused by the Lakers' No. 24. Kobe's super-strength single defense made him very uncomfortable and uncomfortable.
Sometimes Westbrook even wonders, is this guy really going to be 34 years old?
Didn't you make a mistake about your age?
But Westbrook didn't know that Kobe was holding on with his breath at this time. So far in the game, he had only rested for 3 minutes. The long and intense marking and breakthrough were rapidly consuming Kobe's energy. After all, he
He is no longer 24 years old, and the term “physical monster” has become distant from him.
The basketball was passed to James Harden, Harden broke through, and Sessions was out of position. He could only watch as the former rushed into the team's penalty area.
It's over, this ball is going to be scolded again!
Seeing this situation, Ramon Sessions even lost his thoughts on pursuing defense, and his whole person looked gloomy and gloomy.
The first playoff game in his career was more like a nightmare for him.
In order to prevent being blocked, Harden blocked with his right hand and took an underhand layup with his left hand, but... the "pop" sound came as expected and shocked the heart of Thunder No. 13. Yes, there was no surprise, James
. Harden was blocked by Tang Qian again. That kind of scene was really unexpected.
Is the opponent's reaction too fast? Is the shot blocked too accurately? Or is my own reaction too slow? Is the shot too slow?
Harden was a little confused and continued to receive caps. This had a great impact on his competitive mentality in this game. After all, he is not an All-Star yet, and he is still not the first point guard, so his ability to adjust himself is still a substitute.
Level, bench level.
Encountering this adverse trend, he suddenly seemed at a loss.
"Ramon! Go! Fast break!" Tang Qian got the basketball and passed it directly to the Thunder's half court. Ramon Sessions was closest to the Thunder's basket, and there was no one in front of him.
He is undoubtedly the first choice for defensive counterattacks.
"Ramon Sessions ~ What a wonderful dunk ~ 79-82, we are only 3 points away from the opponent, boys, come on ~" Bill McDonald said.
What happened?
Durant looked at Harden with confusion and dissatisfaction. In the next round, he decided to take matters into his own hands and score points for the team. This is the responsibility and burden that as the scoring leader, he must shoulder, not to mention
Kevin Durant is still the three-consecutive scoring champion, and the outside world is exaggerating that he is the most likely person to catch up with Qiao Shen in the scoring champion.
Ci Shiping still followed Tang Qian's words and stuck to his guns, not giving Durant any space to shoot a jump shot. However, at the same time, his breakthrough defense was completely wide open. Even a 50-year-old man could do it with ease.
Break through. This is a trade-off. If you want to completely hold down Durant's mid-range shot, you must make some sacrifices.
Ci Shiping's sacrifice was to let go of breaking through the defense and focus on the opponent's shooting project.
This trick was very effective, at least it had a miraculous effect in containing Durant's shooting. However, Scott Brooks saw it and showed a trace of disdain. Because this kind of defense is something that a layman would do.
, how could a professional player do this? Give up on breaking through the defense? Focus on mid-range jumpers? Do you think Kevin is an uncle with weak legs and feet on the wild court?
Mike Brown you will pay the price!
Scott Brooks glanced at the head coach of the Lakers and thought to himself.
And obviously, Scott Brooks found the wrong person, because this move was not done under the instruction of Mike Brown.
At this moment, Mike Brown stood off the court and didn't understand why Ci Shiping defended and acted like this!
"Kevin Durant broke through, oh~ he was intercepted, and the basketball in his hand was cut off by Ci Shiping~"
"Bill~ Ci Shiping's hands are really fast~ They are completely out of proportion to his body speed~"
"Haha~ Stu~ He is also an outside player who has won DPOY. He has averaged 2+ steals per game for more than 5 seasons in his career. For this reason alone, you can't underestimate him~ right~"
"It makes sense~ It makes sense~ I'm just curious, how did he practice this skill~ Why couldn't I practice it back then?"
"This is talent~ It's talent, do you understand? Old man! Don't waste your efforts~"
"Okay, although I don't want to admit it, what you said makes sense~"
Don’t think it’s as simple as it sounds. In fact, except for Ci Shiping, almost no one on the Lakers can do this. Even after Ci Shiping got older, he could still maintain around 1.5 steals, which is reliable.
If it’s not the speed and footsteps of my youth, then what do I rely on? It’s experience and quick and accurate strikes!
What does it mean to strike quickly and accurately? It means that the moment you break through or make a layup or shoot or pass the ball, as long as the basketball is exposed and exposed to his sight, then he will quickly take action and "lightning cut the ball."
The speed at which he can cut the ball in an instant has been modeled and analyzed, and is one of the best in NBA history. It is completely out of proportion to his size.
Because Kevin Durant's center of gravity is too high when he breaks through, he cannot protect the basketball as strictly as a smaller player, so this gives Ci Shiping an opportunity. Of course, this method of taking advantage of the situation is a slant.
, if Tang Qian hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't have thought of it himself. But it turns out that it is indeed effective and useful.
"Kevin Durant intercepted the ball and passed it to Kobe. Kobe made a layup and the referee blew the whistle. It was a foul on the defensive side. It counts as a goal and there is an extra free throw!"
"There are nearly 7 minutes left in the game. I'm afraid our Mr. Harden has to take a rest first!"
Following Bill McDonald's teasing, Harden received his fifth foul. In order to avoid being sent off, Thunder coach Scott Brooks could only temporarily replace him.
Thabo Sefolosha came on the court, but his offensive ability was not comparable to Harden's. The Thunder's outside firepower network was suddenly missing. Kobe added a free throw. In this game, Kobe made a lot of free throws, but never
He missed the ball and made every shot at the free throw line. He did not waste this easy scoring opportunity at all.
82-82, it only took the Lakers more than 5 minutes to equalize the 14-point difference in the third quarter.
This situation is probably something no one expected.
There were some subtle changes in the morale of the Thunder team, and an anxious look gradually appeared on their faces.
Westbrook overcame Kobe and scored inside. Kendrick Perkins took a shot in the penalty area and was blocked by Tang Qian. The basketball was taken by Ibaka. He hit again and was hit by Tang Qian again.
Next. The basketball is still in the hands of the Thunder. The person who picked up the ball is Russell Westbrook. He stepped up from the basket, kicked off his feet, and was about to rob the Lakers' basket, but the ball still didn't come.
Wuzhishan escaped Tang Qian and blocked the shot again.
"What happened! Grab the ball, grab the ball on the floor!!!" Seeing that the basketball was once again lost to the Thunder, Mike Brown shouted angrily from the sidelines.
Continuously blocking shots? Do you really think you are a superstar insider? Do you really think you are a super shot-blocking king?
Watch me score points in your hands!
The person who got the ball was Kevin Durant. He had no choice but to pick up the ball on the floor. Ci Shiping couldn't bend down, so Durant, who was in his early twenties, got the rebound in advance.
"Kevin Durant attacked. This time Ci Shiping had no time to defend him. There was a big gap. What would he do? Shoot directly or... He chose to hit the inside, he chose to take off for a layup! Oh
~He is going to challenge the Chinese Hotspot head-on! He is going to challenge the Chinese Hotspots head-on!!!" Bill McDonald continued to explain: "The scoring leader VS the blocking leader, who can win in this offense and defense? The answer is...
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"hot!!!"
PS: The third update is over, I should have posted it earlier, but Xiao Zi fell asleep while writing it, and it was almost 8 o'clock when I woke up ~ It's really sad ~ Post it immediately, Xiao Zi has to go to work ~ I'm already late
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The 10,000-word update was completed in 13 hours, close to 12,000 words. Xiao Zi must have worked hard~ Everyone, give me some comfort~ woo woo woo~