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Although two important substitutes were missing, under the strong drive of Stephen's 42 points, nine rebounds and eleven assists, coupled with the recovery of Durant's state, the Sonics still won 95 to [-] The New York Knicks avoided their own losing streak.

Stephen found that he always passed triple-doubles by himself, and this quasi-triple-double is soft, but there are not many triple-doubles. Could it be that he is also like Jordan, deliberately pursuing triple-doubles?Stephen thought about it and decided to forget it. Jordan was angry. Others said he couldn't pass the ball, and no one said he couldn't pass the ball.

There is no need for that. As for the reason for the low number of rebounds, Stephen also knows that because most of them are shooters, and the shooting rate is a bit high, so there are basically no frontcourt rebounds. As for the backcourt rebounds, there are Coppard With Wilcox and two guys who specialize in rebounding, it's really not Stephen's turn to grab it.

The main reason is that Stephen invested too much energy on the offensive end, and naturally did not invest enough on the defensive end. Put all your energy into it.

However, the Sonics are not a defensive team, so Stephen is still No.1 defensively in the team, second in the team in rebounds per game, first in steals, and first in blocks One, currently Stephen ranks first in the league in points per game, first in steals, and first in blocks among guards.

In the odds ranking of the most valuable player in the regular season, Stephen has jumped from No.11 to No.2. In front of him is Kobe Bryant of the Lakers. Now the gap between the two is very small , surpassing the third-ranked LeBron James by a large margin.

After defeating the New York Knicks, the Sonics boarded a plane without stopping and flew to Minneapolis, the city where the next opponent, the Minnesota Timberwolves, was located. The cold wind blowing.

Minnea means "water" in Indian, and Polis means "city" in Greek. The combination of the two is "Water City". The city straddles the banks of the Mississippi River. In winter, the temperature here will be low. To thirty or forty degrees below zero, it is a very cold city.

And now it is basically the coldest day in a year. When the plane landed at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the staff was already reminding everyone to wear warm clothes, because the outside temperature was minus 32 Spend.

Hearing this temperature makes people feel terrible. This is also the reason why many players don’t like to play here. He is also the city with the lowest temperature in the city with league teams. It’s a bit unbearable to come here to play once in a while. Really I don't know how the players who live here can stand it.

After getting off the plane and getting on the bus, after just a short while, Stephen felt as if he had passed through cold water, but it was much better after getting on the bus. From the bus to the hotel, and then to the room, it was basically a No longer suffer from a little cold.

On the second day, after the training, due to the cold weather, most of the players had no interest in having fun. They hid in their rooms one by one, sleeping or playing computer or game consoles. , is also active in the hotel.

Stephen browsed casually on the Internet. In addition to the dynamics of the league's top players, Stephen also read some experts or media's comments on himself or the team. It's okay to use it for reference.

Suddenly, Stephen saw Durant's name on a website. After Oden was reimbursed for the season with a knee injury, Durant became the most attention-grabbing rookie this year, but Stephen's performance obscured his light, because no matter what No matter how good his performance is, he is always the team's second-best performance, so Durant's starlight is a bit bleak, and few articles related to him appear. At most, he is mentioned when commenting on the Lun Supersonics.

Stephen opened this article curiously. The article took a fairly pertinent position from the very beginning. Of course, this is their old routine. They are less pertinent. How can they cheat other people’s trust? If you attack directly, most people will just close the matter directly, and they won't even look at it.

Most of the first half of the article is full of praise. I think Durant is very qualified as the second offensive point of the Sonics. Whether it is offensive efficiency or offensive skills, he is worthy of his draft pick. Stephen took a lot of shots. Under the premise of the team, he was able to score an average of nearly [-] points per game, which is enough to prove his ability.

What can also prove at the same time is how well he is integrated into the current system of the Sonics. His technical characteristics are very suitable for the needs of the team, but at the same time he has developed his own offensive ability. In the first month, Most of Durant's shots are catch-and-shoot, but since the game with the Orlando Magic, Durant has intentionally or unintentionally increased the number of offenses he has with the ball.

For him personally, this is a very gratifying change. It shows that he is no longer obsessed with being a pitcher. defensive pressure.

However, the attack with the ball also exposed some of his weaknesses, such as weak confrontation ability. Although the first step is very fast and the pace is very large, the skilled ball control technology also ensures that he will not make mistakes when dribbling. He can easily get rid of the defense, but after getting rid of the defense, when it comes time for him to make a shot, it is easy to miss due to the pressure of the defense.

In addition, when breaking through, there are few changes, too much reliance on speed, and lack of changes in rhythm and direction. Stephen smiled when he saw this, because many words have appeared on himself in the past. Experts sometimes Also like a magic stick or a witch, say something that is ambiguous and can be applied to almost anyone.

In Stephen's view, breakthrough is like this. You must have an advantage in a certain item, so that you can get rid of the defense. Strength and speed are innate advantages, while rhythm and direction change are acquired advantages. Either you are faster than your opponent, or You have more power than him, or use changes in tempo and direction to get away.

Since it is an acquired advantage, it can be related to experience. If you have experience, you will naturally know how to deal with it. As a rookie, Durant has officially entered the league for less than two months. It's normal. Stephen has been criticized like this for a season.

However, these offensive problems are also considered by the opponent to be small problems. He believes that Durant's main problem is defense. That is to depreciate first and then promote.

The problem with Durant's defense is that facing tall and large opponents, Durant is strong against them, and against those opponents of average height, Durant's figure is too tall, which brings another problem. A matter of speed and flexibility.

This problem is unsolvable. Why didn’t he mention Durant’s advantages against those players? Tall players lost their flexibility and speed when facing Durant, while short opponents were at a disadvantage in height. Disadvantages, this statement seems reasonable on the surface, but in fact, it becomes an advantage if you look at it in another direction.

These are all old routines, nothing new, Stephen was about to close this article, and suddenly found that there is still a paragraph behind, continue to look down, it is still about Durant’s defense, but this paragraph is about Durant Defensive attitude issues.

Most of the criticisms are also placed in this paragraph, thinking that Durant is too gentle and elegant in defense, like the confrontation training in the team, he dare not make a move, dare not make fouls, it can be seen from his average of less than three fouls per game , the vast majority of Durant's defense is at most only for the sake of entanglement.

The opponent thinks that Durant's defensive level is still at the level of the college league, not the level of the professional league. Stephen dare not disagree with this statement. Although Durant's defense is not very good, his attitude is not aggressive. But with his height and wingspan, he was quite threatening, not as bad as the other party said.

However, the issue of defensive attitude does exist. Stephen also intends to take advantage of the opportunity to talk about Durant. If he is still smiling when defending the opponent, he must at least put on a stern expression. Like Rasheed Wallace or Stephen Jackson, you don't need to use your hands, and you can make people feel frightened by getting close. Let's not say that there is this defensive bonus effect, at least make a fierce expression.

Since Stephen entered the league, he played the role of a coolie defensively, so he didn't have this problem, and as soon as he entered the league, under the precepts and deeds of Robert Horry and Van Exel, he learned to defend properly. It is a common method, and a player like Durant, who was the leader of the team when he was in college, and the second pick in the team, it is normal that he does not know much about these things or is not used to doing them.

As a result, in the game against the Timberwolves the next day, not long after the game started, Corey Brewer had just broken through Durant's defense, Wilcox had already made up, and Durant was still facing Brewer. I got a thug foul.

It is normal for fouls to occur during the game. No one thought about it. Only Stephen looked at Durant twice. Could it be that Durant also just read that article, when he criticized his defense just now? Not fierce, he immediately became fierce, but not so fierce.

When defending, you have to show that you are not afraid of fouls. It is not for you to take the initiative to apply for fouls. , Durant fouled Brewer again. When he shot, he blocked it aggressively. There was no problem in the first half. He has already shot. If you don’t take it back, keep hitting it. Isn’t that right? Looking for a foul?