Basketball: Start with the nerve knife

Chapter 64 Battle Supersonic

So far, Kevin Durant has averaged 20.6 points per game, the highest among the rookies in the 07 class, and the only one with an average of more than 20 points per game.

It is said that he should be the most concerned rookie in the 07 class.

However, judging from the amount of reports, this is not the case. Li Wan, a newcomer, is at least twice as much as Li Wan due to his location in Los Angeles and his "nervous knife" attributes.

Kevin Durant is really upset. Before Greg Oden was injured, he was second. Now that Greg Oden is injured, he is still second. Isn't Oden injured for nothing?

He is really tired of wearing the hat of "second child". In this game, he will prove who is "the rookie who deserves the most attention in the 07 class"!
Staring straight at Li Wan, he wanted to tell Li Wan that Kevin Durant was not afraid of his scoring explosiveness.

But how could Li Wan guess the reason, and shook his head speechlessly. ——Unexpectedly, this child is actually a "fool" at such a young age!
Kevin Durant noticed that Li Wan shook his head slightly, his expression changed drastically, his eyes were a little more resentful, his lips trembled slightly, and his hands clenched into fists uncontrollably.

Does this guy think I can't do it?
Durant, who was even more angry, didn't delay any longer, walked to the bench, unzipped his very conspicuous pink schoolbag, took out his armguards from inside, fully dressed, and began to warm up.

"Flames of anger" enveloped Kevin Durant. As soon as the game started, he was one step inside the three-point line, catching and shooting the ball. Scary looking.

The ball fell into the frame.

2-0!

Kevin Durant came up and finished the goal, and he kept clenching his fist on the return defense, excited for the good touch he had tonight.Now he is more confident to leave a deeper impression than Li Wan in terms of scoring.

It's just that his excitement in returning to defense seemed a bit out of line to Kobe, a bit too proud!

After wiping the collar of his jersey, Kobe switched to "Black Mamba" mode.

超音速队新赛季的第一场比赛打的是掘金队。凯文杜兰特在自己NBA常规赛职业生涯的首秀便遇上了联盟顶级得分手卡梅隆安东尼，那场比赛最后，卡梅隆安东尼21投10中得到32分5篮板5助攻，投篮命中率堪堪达到了50%！

On the other hand, Kevin Durant, at the end of the game, the data was fixed at 18 points and 5 rebounds, which looked good, but he only made 22 of 7 shots and his shooting percentage was 31.8%.

At the end of the game, Kevin Durant returned to Seattle on a passenger plane. He stepped on the stairs of the plane and almost lost his footing. He was in a daze!

What he was thinking at the time was: Is this how the NBA works every night?

This once made him lose confidence.

Fortunately, in the next few games, he realized that he only met the league's top players in the first game.

But in the next few minutes of wrestling with Kobe, he realized that he was wrong, and it was outrageously wrong!
Carmelo Anthony may be one of the best players in the league, but if you want to talk about the top level, the bald man wearing the Lakers' No. 24 and looking stingy at first glance gave him much more pressure than Carmelo Anthony.

Under Kobe's defense, he couldn't even make a normal shot.

And when he faced Kobe who was holding the ball, he was shaken by him and couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

He was blasted, blasted through and through.

PJ Carlesimo on the sidelines wanted to take off his glasses.

Looking at it further, he felt like he was about to have a migraine.

Kevin Durant's strength has always been an issue. He couldn't even finish a bench press test in the combine. The actual situation is not that bad, but it is not optimistic.

In the new season, he made a bold attempt to put Kevin Durant at the second position.With his mobility, he is not worried about not being able to defend the outside line at all.But now it seems that even in the second position, Kevin Durant will still encounter a situation where his own strength is suppressed by the opponent.

Especially when you meet a swingman like Kobe.

Kevin Durant is the main attacker of the Sonics, averaging 20.6 points per game.

But that doesn't mean the Thunder don't have other scorers. Power forward Chris Wilcox averaged 13.4 points per game, small forward Jeff Green averaged 10.6 points per game, and point guard Neil Watson averaged 10.8 points per game. .

When Kevin Durant was locked up by Kobe, they also stood up and responded to Kobe who kept scoring.

At 7 minutes and 15 seconds into the first quarter, the Lakers led by only 3 points.

"Let Li go!"

Phil Jackson glanced at the score and time, asked Phil Handy to notify Li Wan to replace Luke Walton, and then asked Kobe to play the third position.

This was the Nuggets game. His change was not bad from the effect point of view. Apart from Bynum, Li Wan communicated smoothly with the other main players.

He is ready to fix this lineup.

Even he himself didn't realize that his use of Li Wan was gradually "fancy", from the second position to the first position, and then to the third position...

Originally, the idea of ​​just wanting to use his explosive scoring power has become an expectation of him in all aspects.

Li Wan was standing on the sidelines waiting to play. When Kevin Durant saw him coming up, his dazed head instantly sobered up, and his eyes became a little more angry.He turned his head to look at PJ Carlesimo on the sidelines, and asked with his eyes to keep him on the court.

PJ-Carlesimo retreated instinctively. Since the chokehold, he has always avoided players who were excited, excited, or angry.Even if Kevin Durant is a good boy.

"beep!"

Jeff Green's spiritual attack on the frame caused Luke Walton to pay for a foul.

Two free throws.

Amidst the cheers at the scene, he made the first free throw.

The buzzer sounded and Li Wan came on stage.Immediately, there was a lot of boos at the scene.

"Is Lee already a player of this level?"

Mike Conley is sitting on the amber leather sofa in front of the TV at the moment, waiting for Li Wan to avenge him. Seeing the sideline boos caused by Li Wan's appearance, he rubbed his lips so that he could watch With a mature "word-shaped" beard and envious eyes, he has always believed that it is a cool thing to be booed from the sidelines.

It's just that his presence in the NBA is still a bit transparent now.

This guy must have more than 2 meters 11.

Standing next to Kevin Durant, Li Wan was even more sure that this guy had the height of a center forward.Then think about his height and physical coordination...

So perverted!

Jeff Green hit the second free throw steadily, reducing the point difference to 1 point.

The Lakers still gave the ball to Kobe.

Jeff Green stood in front of Kobe. This was an adjustment made by PJ Carlesimo. He had long wanted to make such a change, but Luke Walton, the third position of the Lakers who was just on the court, was not as strong as Kevin Durant is comparable, such a change of position is just for the Lakers to change individuals to attack Kevin Durant.

Li Wan is different. He looks stronger than Kevin Durant, but there is no obvious difference.Durant should not be too disadvantaged in confrontation with him.

Jeff Green was the fifth pick in the first round of this year. After the Celtics selected him, he was sent to the Sonics in exchange for the league's top shooter Ray Allen.

As a player who participated in the draft only in his junior year, Jeff Green has very good immediate combat power on both the defensive and offensive ends.It's just that in front of Kobe, his strength is still not enough.

"Shh!"

Bryant used this trick to gradually become his signature shooting technique, turning forward and laterally moving the backward jumper, and hit the ball steadily to the basket.Compared with Kevin Durant, Jeff Green has the ability to confront, but this has not translated into interference with Kobe.

"Come, come, come, let's fight back!"

Earl Watson holds the ball across half court.

Kevin Durant's running position is very active, and his desire to attack is written on his face.

Li Wan followed behind him, recalling yesterday's analysis results in his mind.

Statistics show that in the 6 preseason games and 5 regular season games after Kevin Durant entered the league, his shooting completion rate was as high as 73.3%. In addition, 59.3% of the overall assist rate and 64.8% jump shot assist rate.This shows that Kevin Durant is a typical traditional No. [-] play style, focusing on shooting and off the ball.

Playing like this will definitely not be able to fully demonstrate Kevin Durant's static and dynamic talent, but PJ-Carlesimo still did this, which shows at least two points: Kevin Durant's confrontation ability is not enough to deal with the striker Player, in addition to lacking NBA-level ball handling ability.

This conclusion was also confirmed in Kobe's defense against Kevin Durant just now.

It's a pity that Li Wan doesn't have Kobe's core strength, so he can't post it very decisively like Kobe.He chose to seize two high positions. Whenever Kevin Durant was close to these two positions, Li Wan would interfere with the passing of the Thunder by preempting positions.

That's another discovery he made while researching Kevin Durant tapes and data.

Kevin Durant has been smart this season.

He knows that a single shooter will definitely be limited by close defense, so he often makes some mid-range and long-range jumpers.

In the manual of most NBA head coaches, the long-distance two-point shot is the most inefficient and unstable scoring method on the court.

But because Kevin Durant already has the ability to shoot from the NBA three-point line, medium and long distances are not difficult for him.And after receiving the ball at this position, as long as the defender dares to defend, he will immediately use the big stride brought by his excellent static talent to pass the opponent in one step and raid the basket to complete the score.

Most of the No. [-] positions in the league can't stop his first step when they are close to the body. The pace is too big!
But this can only be used as a "cold arrow" means.

This is also the reason why his breakthrough success rate is as high as 89.1%, and the layup with the ball accounts for only about 7% of the total shots.

Li Wan is now grabbing positions in advance, forcing Kevin Durant to move to a position where he doesn't often shoot.

"Dangdang!"

Kevin Durant, who caught the ball and shot it, looked at the shot and cursed secretly, "fxxk!"

The Lakers counterattacked, and the ball was transferred to Li Wan's hands at the top of the arc. PJ Carlesimo shouted nervously, telling others to pay attention to switch defenses.

The supersonic team's assistant coaches have studied Li Wan. He has a very cunning "hand-to-hand" fake move at the top of the arc. Many teams have suffered from this tactic.

Kevin Durant is ready.

Li Wan didn't play any fake moves, Kobe walked around behind him, and he obediently handed over the ball.Just the moment the ball left his hand, he immediately moved off the ball from Kevin Durant's left side. Suddenly, Kevin Durant reacted quickly and turned back to chase.But at this time again, Li Wan retreated beyond the three-point line.

Even though Kevin Durant has the agility of a guard, he can only watch Li Wan catch the ball again and make a shot.

But this arc...

Kevin Durant, who is good at long-range shooting, was a little puzzled by Li Wan's shot.And when the ball was about to fly to the basket, Odom grabbed the ball and easily completed the alley-oop dunk, his doubts disappeared.

This is not a three-point shot, but an empty catch linked with the inside.

The field of vision is really good!

Phil Jackson looked at Phil Handy beside him, and the two smiled knowingly, showing comfortable expressions.

Such an attack looks too comfortable.

Li Wan's breakthrough without the ball shook Kevin Durant's feet, and the Sonics couldn't help but step forward to make up defenses. This caused a miss at the basket. But he was still caught by Li Wan.

(End of this chapter)