The China Power of NBA

第三场比赛雷霆以101-96艰难得赢下了比赛，这是一场防守对防守的比拼，双方命中率都不高，科比再度失准，29次出手命中11球得到24分，加索尔依旧是湖人内线的支柱，12投7中拿下17分和15个篮板还有6次助攻2次封盖，前两场被打爆的费舍尔稍稍有了些反抗，全场8投5中拿下17分，而雷霆杜兰特24投8中拿下29分抢下19个篮板球，威斯布鲁克21投10中拿下27分8篮板4次助攻，再度压制了湖人的一号位，杰夫-格林在内线再度败给加索尔，8投3中只有10分4个篮板球，这一场之所以雷霆能够赢下比赛，全是因为哈登完成了自我救赎，出战32分钟7投4中，其中三分球4头3中拿下18分和3次助攻。

The fourth game between the two sides unexpectedly turned into a one-sided game. Except for the Lakers leading the Thunder by 1 point in the last quarter, the Lakers trailed the opponent in the other three quarters. Gasol, Bynum, and Kobe all made 10 of 5 shots. Gasol had 13 points and four rebounds, Bynum had 4 points and 13 rebounds, Bryant had 10 points, while Thunder scored 12 points on 12-for-6 shooting from the field and Westbrook scored 22-for-11 from the field. With 6 points, Green still didn't play. He scored 18 points by only hitting 17 goals in 5 shots. Harden scored 15 points on 6 of 3 shots.The Thunder beat the Lakers 15-110.

At this time, the two sides were tied 2-2. No one wanted to lose the fifth Tianwangshan battle easily. Everyone thought it was a contest between masters and masters. Who knew that this match would become a one-sided match again. It's just that this time the two teams lead and lag behind have changed positions.Durant scored 14 points on 5 of 17 shots, Westbrook played abnormally and only scored 13 points on 4 of 15 shots. Regardless of Jeff Green, Harden scored 10 points on 4 of 11 shots. Thor and Bynum blasted the inside of the Thunder. The former scored 16 points, 10 rebounds and 25 assists on 11 of 5 shots, and the latter scored 10 points, 8 rebounds and 21 blocks on 11 of 2 shots. The performance in the first few games was not good. Artest played well in this campaign, scoring 11 points on 6 of 14 shots, Kobe Bryant scored 13 points, and backup point guard Jordan Farmar became a surprise player, making 4 goals from 3 shots, including two three-pointers. With 14 points, the Lakers responded to the Thunder 111-87.

The Lakers 3-2 the Thunder, the fifth game is still played at the Thunder's home court, the Thunder hope the team can tie the game, this is more beneficial to the Thunder, which is dominated by young people, and the Lakers don't want to miss any opportunity, They don't want to go back to Staples Center.This match was extremely intense!
In this critical game, Durant's performance was far from the standard. He only hit 23 goals in 5 shots, but he made 15 of 14 free throws and still scored 26 points "decently". Westbrook played abnormally again , made 20 of 7 shots, scored 21 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals. Green played the best performance in the series, scoring 12 points on 6 of 16 shots. The explosive starting center Christian scored 11 points and 11 rebounds, including 4 offensive rebounds. The backup power forward Ibaka also played the greatest value and scored 6 points on 4 of 10 shots. With 8 rebounds, Harden's performance was sluggish again. He played 13 minutes, made 3 of 1 shots, and only scored 2 points. In the whole game, the Thunder shot only 36.47%, while the Lakers shot 46.83%. -6 turnovers and 15 more free throws than the Lakers, it is difficult to confront the Lakers.

此战科比复苏，25投12中拿下全场最高的32分，前几场一直有着稳定发挥的加索尔此战发挥不佳，11投4中只得到9分但是抢下19个篮板球，拜纳姆也陷入低迷，6投3中得到6分4个篮板球，费舍尔8投4中拿下11分6次助攻，香农-布朗在替补席站了出来，，5投4中拿下11分，奥多姆则拿下9分和7个篮板球3次封盖。

In the last 6 minutes of the fourth quarter of the game, Artest first hit a three-pointer with a pass from Fisher, and then hit a jumper, which will allow the Lakers to surpass the Thunder by 91 points 84-7. At the critical moment, Durant made a three-pointer, narrowing the point difference to 4 points. Artest then made a mistake. Westbrook seized the opportunity to hit a mid-range shot and scored two points, reducing the score to only 2 points!
Afterwards, Kobe missed a fallback shot, Durant made a key defensive rebound again, Westbrook made a self-throwing tip-up and caused Odom's foul, after Westbrook made a free throw, the Thunder 92-91 Overtaking the Lakers by one point, Durant made a layup to widen the point difference to 3 points. At this time, there are still 30 minutes and [-] seconds before the end of the game. It seems that the balance of victory is tilting towards the Thunder little by little, but who knows , Durant's breakthrough shot scored two points, which turned out to be the Thunder's last score of the game. In the next two and a half minutes, the Thunder didn't score a single point!
At this point, Kobe hit a two-point jumper, the Lakers 92-93 Thunder, Westbrook missed four consecutive shots, including the last desperate three-pointer, and Durant's performance during this period , Except for a foul on Fisher, there was nothing left, not even a shot. One second before the end, Kobe missed a shot and Gasol made a tip-up to kill the Thunder.

Although the Thunder lost the series 2:4, Barkley, who was the anchor of TNT radio at the time, called it one of the most exciting series in the NBA!

After the failure of the playoffs, the Thunder saw their lack of internal strength. In the off-season, in order to avoid the pressure of the luxury tax, the Hornets traded the No. 11 pick with Morris Peterson, a player with a $660 million contract, to the No. 21. And the No. 26 pick. In the end, the Thunder used the No. 11 pick to pick off the strong and defensive Cole Aldridge. Signed Quincy Poundset.

Cole Aldridge is known as the last hope of the American center. Although he is only 6 feet 11 inches tall, his wingspan has reached 7 feet 6 inches. The super long wingspan allows him to defend and rebound They are all handy, but Aldridge's value is not only on the defensive end, his value on the offensive end is underestimated, he is actually proficient in a variety of inside offensive techniques, hooks, mid-range shots, low hands, and the attack range covers One step inside the three-point line, the main thing that restricts Aldridge's development is his mediocre physical fitness, he can't run fast, he can't jump high, especially his lateral movement is very poor, and he is slower than others in defending and opening up. Shoot, there is basically no sense of presence when switching from defense to offense, but despite this, Aldridge is only 22 years old and has huge room for growth. This season, Aldridge averaged 25.8 minutes per game, scoring 8.8 points and 7.9 rebounds , can be regarded as a qualified starting inside player.

The player who partnered with Aldridge in the interior is Jeff Green, 24 years old, who was selected by the Celtics in the fifth round of the first round in 2007, and then came to the Supersonics (Thunder) in the deal involving Ray Allen. ), Green is 5 cm tall and weighs 206 kg. This height and weight do not have any advantage in the interior. On the defensive end, he simply cannot withstand the opponent's tall interior. Facing Gasol, Duncan, Brand Such tall forwards are often overwhelmed, but on the offensive end, Green has a kaleidoscopic arsenal. From breakthroughs with the ball to shooting three-pointers, Green is at his fingertips, but he has no signature skills and his shooting rate is not very stable. , from time to time, in fact, according to Green's skills, he is more suitable for the third position than the fourth position, but the Thunder already has a Durant in the third position, and Green has to change to the fourth position, but it is very difficult. Obviously, the effect is not very good. This season, he averaged 106 points and 37 rebounds in 16.8 minutes per game, but his shooting percentage was only 8.2%, and his three-point shooting percentage was less than 39.1%.

The Thunder's post players also include Nenad Kostic, Nick Collison, Byron Mullins, DJ White and Jillsay Ibaka.Collison was the No. 2003 pick in the first round in 13. The team that selected him was the Supersonics. Collison has been playing for the Supersonics or the Thunder in his career. " and "Dream Six", their strength is beyond doubt. As the starting center, he has the ability to average double-doubles per game. Lisson is too old, and he averaged 10 points and 3 rebounds in 3 minutes per game, but there is one year left in the contract worth $675 million. Therefore, if nothing else, the Thunder will trade Collison this year to make room for Green's contract extension. cap space.

Byron Mullins, 21 years old this year, was selected 2009th in the first round by the Mavericks in 24, and then exchanged doors with Rodrigue Beaubois, the No. 25 rookie of the year, and came to the Thunder.Mullins played 4 games for the Thunder last year, averaging 1.1 points in [-] minutes per game. Obviously, Mullins has not let people see his ability and potential. As an insider, his main scoring method is COSCO The ability to shoot, protect the rebound and defend the penalty area is very poor. If Mullins still can't perform well this year, he will definitely be given up by the team at the end of this season.

DJ-White, 24 years old this year, was selected 2008th in the first round of 29 by the Pistons, and was traded to the Thunder on the same day. White was a star in college, but after arriving in the NBA, due to reasons such as height and skills, White has never been reused, and what's worse is that he was also attacked by injuries. In the first two years of his rookie season, he only played 19 games in total, averaging 12 points and 7 rebounds in 3.5 minutes per game. The shooting rate was 55%, which allowed the team to see White's potential. Therefore, after White's two-year rookie contract ended, the team implemented his team option for the third year. This year, the team introduced Aldridge to further compress Without White's playing time, White averaged only 5.5 minutes per game to score 2.2 points and 1.4 rebounds.

Nenad Kostic, a player born in Serbia, was selected by the New Jersey Nets with the 2002th pick in the first round of the 24 NBA Draft, but he did not land in the NBA until 2004. Mid-range shooting, and passing ability above the NBA level, just when he was about to show his talent, Krstic was reimbursed for the season due to a knee injury, played 26 games this season, averaging 16.8 points and 6.8 rebounds per game In 2008, Kostic signed with CSKA Moscow with a contract of 90 US dollars. In December 2008, the Oklahoma City Thunder signed with 12 Signing Nenad Kostic to a $3 million deal last year, the Serbian center returned to the NBA.Krstic was originally the team's starting center, averaging 1560 minutes per game, scoring 22 points and 8 rebounds, but this year this position was taken away by rookie Cole Aldridge, which made Krstic dissatisfied , submitting transactions to management multiple times.

Jillsay Ibaka was selected by the Supersonics with the 2008th pick in the first round in 24. He is the No.1 NBA player in Congo. He is 208 cm tall and weighs 106 kg. He is known as "Uncle Mu's No. Two", don't look at Ibaka who is only 21 years old this year, but he has very rich game experience. Before stepping into the NBA, Ibaka played in the leagues of Congo, France and Spain.

Ibaka is a very smart and good at learning player. In the past year, he has been improving his offensive technical weaknesses. Now he has a high shooting percentage and even makes three-pointers from time to time. With the ball, Ibaka is very cautious in choosing the timing of the attack. If he does not have a complete opportunity, he will not take it easily, and the forced shot is almost invisible. Therefore, Ibaka's shooting percentage is very high. Last time The shooting percentage of 54.3% this season is a good proof of this point. On the defensive end, due to his limited height and weight, he defended Gasol one-on-one. The timing of the defense is well grasped, and he often blocks the small ones who come in. If this momentum continues, it will not be impossible for Ibaka to grow into a star player with a tens of millions.