Chapter 733: The King of Singles Chapter Patch Update~
Both sides showed strong strength in the first quarter. Unlike the San Antonio Spurs, the Oklahoma City Thunder's style of play is more explosive, more impactful, and more directly lethal. In previous battles with them, the Lakers
The inside line of the team often gets into foul trouble. The reason is that these "flying beasts" are too scary.
In terms of their ability to hit the basket, they are worse than the Heat in a single point, but overall, they are only stronger than weak.
Because they can use the "explosive pack style" in all 5 positions, making them difficult to parry.
Fortunately, Tang Qian is still in a "demigod" state, otherwise he would have fallen into foul trouble early.
The Lakers scored 21 points in the first quarter, of which Kobe scored 10 points and Tang Qian scored 4 points. It may not seem high, but this is the score of orthodox positional warfare. The Thunder actually always wanted to play fast, but
Unfortunately, they were unable to counterattack defensively, and their impact at the basket was extremely poor. In addition, the low rebounds were squeezed, which put the Thunder team, which has been going smoothly this season, into a big test.
The Spurs are very cunning. In the first two games against the Thunder this season, the main force was injured in the first game and rested in the second game. Therefore, the Thunder still don’t know the true strength of the Spurs this season. I thought
As the outside world said, the GDP portfolio has completely aged and no longer poses a threat.
This is of course a completely wrong idea.
The Thunder only scored 15 points in the first quarter, which was the Thunder's lowest score in the first quarter this season, and the overall shooting percentage was less than 30%. This data is not surprising.
Why is this happening? It’s because the “sports bombing” they are good at in the first quarter cannot be played! The reason why they cannot play defensive counterattacks! Again, the Thunder are very strong, but they have never been suitable for positional warfare! "Rely on talent and individuals
Ability to solve problems." In the original time and space, there was only one Thunder team in the league. However, now the Lakers will be added to the team.
Because the Lakers also play this way this season, even more simple and rough.
"Shit~ Is that Oriental guy on drugs? Why is he so strong? He can block my shots? Why can't he go to heaven???" Kendrick Perkins of the Thunder complained during the break.
road.
"He just hangs on the Lakers' basket, okay! This guy is everywhere! I don't even remember a shot where I can't see his palm!!!" Ibaka also complained bitterly. He is now
I have given up the thought of comparing blocks with Tang Qian anymore, because he averages 7+ per game, even if he is doubled in strength, it will be a dream stat.
"It's really difficult to deal with. He blocks shots at the basket too hard and interferes too much. Even if he forces a change of pace, it's hard to guarantee a goal." Thabo Sefolosha also said, he just had a special goal.
A good shot opportunity at the basket is suddenly destroyed by the opponent. This is really not the ability of ordinary centers.
"Okay! Stop complaining! The Lakers' weak points are now known to the entire league! Everyone, please be careful not to attack No. 24 and No. 29. Except for them, the rest of the Lakers are very vulnerable defensively. From those three
Go get it now! Do you understand?" Thunder head coach Scott Brooks said.
"Don't worry, we will take care of them. I am the strongest this season! LeBron has to give in to me!" It can be seen that Kevin Durant has gradually begun to change this season. He was originally "Du Shubao"
His obedient image began to slowly change and disintegrate.
Well, if you look at his loud mouth in the future, you will know that the previous one was just his "disguise".
He has never been a "book bag".
It's just that I didn't have enough strength before, so I pretended to be low-key.
Now he believes that his own era is coming, so he no longer needs to pretend and cover up.
Anyway, as long as you become the strongest, you can stop any saliva!
This view may seem a bit extreme, but it is not wrong. Everything in the competitive field is based on results and performance.
You are the strongest, of course you have nothing to worry about.
Just like Michael Jordan, Bird, and Johnson in those years, they were all kings of their time.
Durant feels that he has entered their territory, so his "big mouth" personality is becoming increasingly difficult to suppress.
"Yes, Kevin is right. We want to win the championship. We want to avenge the Miami team. How could we lose to a 'man and a half' team? We will definitely win!" Russell Westbrook
Said, and the "one and a half" team is the "nickname" given to the Lakers by ESPN now, satirizing that they are actually strong on the outside and weak on the inside.
For the Lakers, Mike D'Antoni asked the "one and a half people": "Bryant, how do you feel? Do you want to come down and take a rest? Take a moment?"
"No need." Kobe shook his head.
"I'm fine, sir, you can continue." Tang Qian also said.
"But now we are still leading. If we don't take a break now, I'm afraid..." Before D'Antoni could finish speaking, Kobe interjected: "Then we won't take a break! We have to win this game! It will be hard to come by in a row."
Victory continues!”
"Yes, sir, you don't know what kind of team the Thunder are. With such a small score difference, if you give them 2 minutes, no, 1 minute, I'm afraid they will overtake the past. Rather than doing this, it's better to let us hold on. And
In the second quarter, Bryant and I will give them a hard lesson. Trust us, sir." Tang Qian deliberately didn't show a particularly good touch in the first quarter because he was going to make a killing in the second quarter.
Show off your firepower.
But he didn't expect the Thunder to be so "stubborn" and not give him a chance to "make a big splash"~
"Well, now I have no other good solution. I'm counting on you, Bryant, perm."
"Well, don't worry, sir, we will solve the problem."
Mike D'Antoni nodded absently because he didn't think the Lakers could defeat this extremely strong Thunder team.
Do you think the second-best team in the league is just a loser? Moreover, the Lakers have too many loopholes.
A "one-and-a-half man" team can't afford it.
After all, basketball is for five people.
"Huh? They didn't make any substitutions? Don't they take a break?" Westbrook sat off the court, watching the Lakers' No. 24 and No. 29 reappear, and was very confused. "In the past few games, the two of them have
All playing time is extremely high, unless the game is wasted." The Thunder assistant coach answered the question "Westbrook".
"Really? Forget it about Kobe, when did he become so physically fit?" He was a little doubtful.
On the field.
"No substitutions?" Durant didn't understand the Lakers' operating mode, but he didn't think it was very scientific, because most people's efficiency in 48 minutes was far lower than that in 36 minutes, and it was so chaotic.
Come on, it's easy to get injured. Who among today's players would have trouble with a lot of blows?
If you're injured, there's no money to be made.
How then?
Durant made a shot, brushed~, and the basketball hit the net accurately.
Durant's scoring ability this season is indeed extremely strong. The former 32+ scoring leader in time and space cannot be blocked.
But this season, he can only rank second.
Because there is a scoring champion who averages 40+ per game and is suppressing him.
If Durant this season is already a mature super scorer, then Kobe Bryant this season is a true super scorer.
After all, averaging 40+ per game was something that even Michael Jordan could not do back then. This year, by chance, No. 24 went crazy. This visual impact is as strong as the sky. Basically, Kobe scored only 40 points this season.
, then it belongs to the "only" level, and if it is less than 40 points, it belongs to "abnormal performance." Although there is still an insurmountable gap with Zhang Dashuai's average of 50+ per game back then, this is also the best score since there is a complete video record.
Strong scoring performance.
none of them.
So soon, Kobe returned the favor, brushed~, and hit the mid-range shot.
The two people quickly got into the mood and started fighting.
And because Westbrook is resting off the court, Kobe can directly defend the former.
Many people have the impression that Durant VS Kobe has the advantage, but...well, but let's talk about it with data. This is an extremely incorrect view. The main source should be Kobe's last playoff game.
He was always hitting the iron continuously, and his opponent happened to be the Thunder, so it gave people a wrong impression. In addition, Kobe's ability during that period was really limited, and he was not as good as Kobe in the 12-13 season. As for Kobe at his peak, then
The difference is even worse. First of all, the breakthrough ability and strength and physical fitness have been greatly reduced, and they have long since lost the courage they once had.
There is a problem of misalignment, so the matchup data is not reliable. Therefore, if you want to figure out this problem, you need to watch a lot of videos and find it game by game. Fortunately, someone has done this "cool"
"Force" thing. From the 2007-08 season until Kobe retired, every singles matchup with Durant was reported. For example, in the 2007-08 season, this was a wave of Kobe who was still at his peak against the rookie Durant.
In 11-16, he knocked out his opponent. What about the latter? Only 0-4. He never scored once, so there is no doubt that Kobe Bryant slaughtered Durant at his peak, or anyone else.
Except for 1 missing game in the 2008-09 season, 2 missing games in 2009-10, and 1 missing game in the 10-11 season, the rest are completely recorded (this is really awesome, the workload is too much,
Applause for this awesome person). What are the final statistics? Kobe shot 41 of 80 in isolation against Durant, and Durant shot 17 of 36 in isolation against Kobe. The latter shot 47.2% and the former 51.3%.
Each one takes one decimal place, which is fair and equitable. The career field goal percentage of both sides is matched by Kobe's. This is very consistent with Kobe's career high singles ratio, and Durant's is also very consistent, and huge singles shots result in higher field goal percentages.
This is also a characteristic of Kobe that I mentioned before. But this characteristic is not necessarily something that Jordan can achieve.
Of course, if he can do it, he is the only one.
And if we study it carefully, Kobe's 11-12 season was a season in which he played very badly and was criticized. He only made 2 of 11 shots in a one-on-one match against Durant. This can also illustrate one point. Kobe's performance in that season
, it’s really not good, I don’t play well, I can’t blame others. But in the 12-13 season, looking back, Kobe beat Durant 7-7 in isolation, and Durant only beat Kobe 2-7 in isolation. But after that, it fell off the cliff and he was seriously injured.
After Kobe Bryant hit 9-24, Durant began to catch up, hitting a wave of 7-11.
So whether it is career or the strongest peak, Kobe is better than Durant in isolation than Durant in isolation. At his peak, he is a bully and dominates both offense and defense. At this point, Durant is taller, has long arms, and has physical conditions that suppress Kobe.
Those are all impressions and nonsense, because a technical emperor stepped in and put an end to all these rumors with massive animations and data.
And...if you take a closer look, you will find that in the 13-14 season, Kobe was reimbursed and had no matchup against the Thunder. In the 14-15 season, Kobe and Durant were both reimbursed and still had no matchup. In the 15-16 season alone,
Durant went to play one-on-one with Kobe 35 times. Kobe was 9-24 and he was 7-11. There is a question here. Why did Durant and Kobe play so many one-on-ones this season?
Multiple times? More than the previous seasons combined?
If you have any conspiracy theory, it would really make you shudder.
But no matter what, the heads-up data cannot be faked. They were all posted online one by one, so Durant was indeed suspected of "bullying" in the end. Because he had never done this before.
But even so, Kobe still has an advantage in winning duels in his career. And we must understand that after Durant joined the NBA in the 2007-08 season, the Lakers No. 24 is no longer at its peak. If he meets the previous best
Try peak Kobe Bryant?
What's more, this Kobe now, he is an all-around super-peak Kobe, killing Durant? Hehehehe.
The two got into a fight. Kobe kept talking trash to Durant. The two in front were still going back and forth, but No. 24 immediately began to suppress Thunder No. 35. They were suppressing both offense and defense.
Durant's weight has reached 237 pounds this season, which is about 20 pounds more than when he first joined the league. However, the Kobe now is not the Kobe who lost less than 200 pounds in the original time and space. He is "Little Malone"
Period, this is the period when he weighed 230+ pounds. At about 200 pounds, he could back-up all kinds of heroes, but at 230+ pounds? He could directly crush Durant.
And now he doesn't have the problem of declining explosive power and speed in the later period. In this way, Durant is simply stuck. He can neither prevent Kobe's breakthrough nor Kobe's post-up. The offensive end is also crazy, which makes his body thin.
He was miserable beyond words.
Yes, is there any mistake? How does this guy train? How can he be so fast with such a heavy weight? Is this still the No. 24 I am familiar with?
No, of course it's not just the 24th.
The blood of No. 8 still flows through a large part of Kobe's body.
As for "Section 8," Kevin Durant has only been seen on TV and online.
In a sense, that is the real "God of War Kobe", Kobe at his peak.
After almost half a quarter, the Thunder were losing ground. This caused the Thunder's head coach to quickly call a timeout. Then he came down and loudly reprimanded: "Kevin, what are you doing? Why are you so persistent in fighting with Kobe?"
Pick? Don't you know this is his strongest point?" Durant lowered his head and remained silent, but looking at his expression, he was obviously very unconvinced.
What is his strongest point? Do you mean that I will definitely lose in a duel? I am at my true peak now! I am in my prime years! How old is he? Could it be that I can't beat an "old man on the court"?
?
And now that I am competing with Kobe and James for MVP, do you want me to give it up?
Vaguely, he even complained about Kobe, because in the regular season, there were rarely times when misaligned cores directly fought head-on. But he forgot that at the beginning of the game, he took the initiative to attack No. 24.
With No. 24’s physical condition this season, the ultimate meaning of this season, and his temperament this season, do you think he will abide by these?
If you fuck me, then I will fuck you back! He did it like this after the Achilles tendon ruptured in the original time and space, let alone now.
Therefore, the first half of the second quarter directly evolved into a one-on-one duel between Kobe and Durant. Neither of them had any intention of picking and rolling or covering. They were just fighting head-on to see who was stronger.
Facts have proved that Durant's one-on-one has never been his strong point, and his singles rate is much lower than that of Kobe, not even 20%. And what about Kobe? Over 30% in his career and over 40% in his peak period. This kind of singles
Crazy demon, are you going to challenge him in a duel?
I really think too much.
"Boy, you are very strong, but you picked the wrong opponent for a one-on-one." Kobe said to Durant before leaving the court after the Thunder called a timeout: "One-on-one is my primitive instinct. Now that Jordan is here, I will also
I won’t let him down.”
"You should just play your efficiency basketball and team basketball honestly."
Durant was stimulated by these words, so he didn't listen to the coach at all and continued to do it.
And then continued to be suppressed.
"SHI.T!!!" The Thunder coach called another timeout 1 minute and 15 seconds later, and then came down and shouted: "Kevin, didn't you hear what I just said? I asked you not to go with Kobe.
Duel, don’t you understand?”
"I don't think I will lose to him!" Durant also got angry and said.
"But the facts prove it! The data proves it! You just lost to him! Okay! Come down and calm down first! Russell, come on, play smarter, don't go one-on-one with No. 24. Don't forget that we are now
But the laggard side!”
"Well, I know, Mr. Brooks." "Westbrook" got the towel around his neck and stood up.
However, the Thunder did not perform as well as they should have, because without Durant, Kobe directly chose to face Russell Westbrook. Compared with the former, Russell is undoubtedly easier to deal with.
More ball-handling, worse shooting, shorter height, lighter weight, and "Westbrook's" strengths are exactly Kobe's strengths this season. He was suppressed in all aspects. He was even exploded. Everything seemed like
Back to those first few years.
Against Kobe, if you hit the target, your performance will drop sharply.
It took a lot of effort to regain some confidence in the past two years, but this year I was completely suppressed and beaten down.
Why does this guy seem to be more tyrannical than when he was a rookie? How did this happen???
After Westbrook was repeatedly attacked by offense and defense, he became aggressive, but he couldn't tolerate this approach against the Lakers.
Because he was not originally a projection-type outside shooter, and now that the Lakers have the "demigod" Tang Qian on the inside, he will only die if he breaks in. It doesn't matter if you are crazy or not. Besides, if you want to escape from Kobe's eyes,
Walking without the help of pick-and-rolls is really a dream this season.
Westbrook was suppressed more severely than Durant. He was far from his peak, so he couldn't stop the Lakers No. 24 in front of him.
After entering the inside lane, he was also interfered by Tang Qian and received a big block.
At halftime, the Thunder trailed the Lakers 34-47. Kobe Bryant scored 35 points in the first half.
He proved something again tonight, no matter if you look at the scene or the data, one-on-one? He is the strongest outside player, bar none.
Except for Jordan and himself, no one is qualified to fight with him.
The atmosphere in the Thunder locker room was low. This was the worst half of the Thunder this season. They only scored 34 points. This was something that was simply unimaginable in the 13-14 season.
You must know that they are a strong team that can average 106+ points per game this season. How many points does the Heat average? It is 4 points lower than them! Not to mention the Lakers, 100 points are far away! So tailwind
Going smoothly is the overall trend of the Thunder this season.
The overall hit rate is just over 30%, which is really hard to see.
However, the head coach of the Thunder stepped up and clarified the problem:
1. The team played too many singles in the first half and was beaten miserably on both offense and defense.
This sentence is very correct. Durant + Westbrook only scored less than 20 points in the first half, which was not as much as Kobe alone did. This is a flaw.
2. It was my own mistake to let Durant and Westbrook play separately.
Because in this way Kobe can focus on offense and defense, making it impossible for the Thunder to open up the situation.
3. There are too few other players attacking the Lakers' weaknesses.
You must know that the strength of this Lakers team is currently only "one and a half." There are so many vulnerable positions to attack, but they insist on attacking the strong point. What if this is not a mistake? The tactics are completely inappropriate.
4. All efforts should be made to suppress Kobe, and no one person should be allowed to mark him.
Kobe's singles ability and single-point explosion this season are too terrifying. They are not at all what people expected at the beginning of the season. They will slip back to normal after a few games.
Therefore, the Thunder team's play style needs to change in the second half: First, all "two players" must play. Second, reduce unnecessary singles and not be "vindictive" with Lakers No. 24. Third, focus on the Lakers' loopholes, don't be afraid.
Take action. Fourth, the defensive end vigorously suppressed Kobe and did not give Lakers No. 24 a one-on-one singles opportunity.
"If we do the above points well, the Lakers will have nothing to fear, and we will definitely win!" Thunder coach Scott Brooks said confidently.
But is that so?
Of course it's impossible. Someone will soon stand up and tell him that he is overthinking.
Playing against the Lakers is not that simple.
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