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Chapter 156 What Happened to Teacher Ma
After chatting with Presti, Su Yang went to the court and found that Westbrook was doing shooting training, and the focus was on practicing emergency stops, catching the ball, taking off and shooting three-pointers. There was no problem with the way of force, but it was a pity that he took [-] shots and only made a hit. nine times.

Su Yang stood by and watched, occasionally helping to pick up basketballs, and reminded Westbrook to pay attention to the process and not to pay too much attention to the results.

After two rounds of training, Westbrook asked a little irritably: "Coach, I made a slow stop to catch the ball and made three-pointers. Why?"

Su Yang was slightly stunned when he heard the words, thinking that such a sudden stop to catch the ball for a three-pointer is more difficult than a sudden stop for a three-pointer with the ball, because it is not in control of the ball by himself, but also to find the shooting rhythm in an instant requires super physical coordination Looking at the history of the NBA, Ray Allen, Thompson and Curry have done particularly well, but Westbrook obviously does not have such strong physical coordination, and the benefits of strong training are minimal.

Considering that telling the truth may dampen Westbrook's enthusiasm, Su Yang decided to put it another way: "You didn't practice much before, and your progress must be slow now. I don't think you need to focus on practicing. Jordan's three-point shooting rate is also average, right? "

Westbrook nodded: "Sounds reasonable, I should practice more emergency stop shots with the ball..."

Su Yang shrugged slightly. The training plan had already been drawn up. Westbrook was temporarily overwhelmed and insisted on practicing emergency stops to catch the ball.

After completing two rounds of training with Westbrook, Durant, Green and others arrived, and the entire Thunder team arrived at four o'clock in the afternoon.

As usual, Su Yang asked the whole team to play a few rounds of tactics, and then left the field to the Spurs to go to the locker room to hold a pre-match meeting.

The focus of offense and defense has already been mentioned at the training base in the morning. Su Yang emphasized the mentality: "Whether you are leading or trailing, everyone must always remember that each round of the series needs to win 4 games. Our goal is to win the championship and we need to win 16 games! "

After speaking, Su Yang took the marker pen from Snyder and wrote '16' on the whiteboard at the door of the locker room.

He wants to remind the players to keep in mind the goal of winning the championship, and at the same time not to relax in advance, there is still a long way to win the championship.

After writing down the numbers, the entire Thunder team raised their hands and fists together, shouting 123OKC in unison, full of momentum.

At 9000:[-] in a blink of an eye, the pre-game ceremony was held at the Ford Center, and Taylor Swift, a fan of Westbrook, came on stage to sing the American national anthem.More than [-] fans cheered and shouted at the scene, celebrating that Oklahoma finally ushered in the four major league championships.

At the end of the singing, the lights of the audience were brightly lit, and the alignment of the starting players of the two teams was simultaneously displayed on the central large screen.

For the Thunder, Westbrook, Sefolosha, Durant, Ibaka, Chandler.

The Spurs, Hill, Ginobili, Richard Jefferson, Duncan, McDyess.

Seeing the Spurs starting roster, assistant coach Brian said with a smile: "It seems that the Spurs really want to black eight us, Popovich actually let Tony Parker serve as a substitute, does it mean that no one in our bench lineup can guard Parker? ?”

Su Yang raised his eyebrows slightly: "It seems to be true, but it doesn't matter, we have more scoring firepower from the bench."

During the conversation, the referee walked to the middle circle to prepare for a jump ball, and more than 9000 spectators stood up one after another.

Snapped!Chandler flicked the ball back vigorously, Westbrook raised his hand to catch it, and the Thunder won the jump ball and launched an attack first.

"OKC! OKC!" the audience shouted in unison, continuing to stand and wait for the Thunder to score for the first time.

Su Yang quickly scanned the half-court formation, saw McDyess defending Ibaka, and immediately signaled to attack from the power forward position.

Westbrook nodded to express his understanding, and raised his hand from the center line to call for tactics. Durant and the others saw this and settled in the bull-horn formation.

When Westbrook brought the ball to the top of the arc, Sefoloza immediately ran from the bottom corner to the elbow area, trying to use Ibaka to cover, catch the ball and cut inside to attack the basket, but the real purpose was to clear the right half and distract the Spurs defense Attention, especially McDyess.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Ibaka took the pass, stepped down the ball and forced it to the basket, taking advantage of his speed.

It's a pity that although McDyess is old, but his footsteps are quite flexible, he insists on keeping up with the pace, and even actively resists.

Seeing this, Su Yang yelled to remind him to throw. Ibaka seemed to have heard it, and jumped up suddenly to throw with the advantage of bouncing.

Ibaka bounced fast and jumped high, but McDyess could only interfere with it by raising his hands on the spot.

The basketball crashed into the net and the Thunder scored two points first. The audience shouted and cheered, and sat back on the bench one after another.

The Spurs changed sides to attack, Jefferson singled to attract attention, Duncan and Ginobili both screened off the ball, and made a dazzling move. In the end, McDyess caught the ball at the top of the free throw circle and made a two-pointer, but it was a pity. strike iron.

Ibaka grabbed the rebound, Westbrook took the ball and pushed for a fast break, and Durant made a quick stop and shot inside the left three-point line.

Jefferson was at a disadvantage in height and wingspan, and he didn't expect Durant to be so arrogant, so he could only watch him off in a hurry.

The basketball slammed into the net, the Thunder scored two more points, and the audience cheered straight to the ceiling on the top floor.

In the transition between offense and defense, Hill dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, passed it to Ginobili, strode down to delay Ibaka, and used a classic RAM move to help McDyess get a quick raise, and McDyess Give Ginobili a wall as cover.

Ginobili took the opportunity to start a breakthrough, rushed to the top of the arc and faced Ibaka in dislocation, and Sefoloza decisively double-teamed.

The reason why he is so decisive is that Su Yang has arrangements before the game to delay the defense of McDyess, who has a certain mid-range shooting ability, because McDyess is slow to take the ball apart and shoot, and the Thunder generals are highly mobile, so they can completely rotate defensively. .

bang!McDyess hit the iron with two points.

Westbrook rose to the ground and grabbed the rebound, landed and turned around and rushed forward, one-stop to the basket, carrying Hill to hit the rebound.

boom!The basketball rebounded into the net, 6 to 0.

Cheers erupted in the arena, the Spurs made a fast break, and Hill dribbled the ball to the left wing of the frontcourt, stopped and gestured to command.

Jefferson immediately used Duncan Duncan's waist to cover, moved from the bottom corner to the top of the arc in a wide range, and raised his hand to catch the ball.

After Hill passed the ball, he bowed and accelerated, heading straight for the basket. Westbrook hurriedly bypassed the screen to catch up.

Seeing this, Su Yang knew that Westbrook had been cheated, and Hill stopped the splits in the next second, and ran sideways back to the left wing forcibly.

Jefferson immediately passed the ball back to Hill, Westbrook was powerless to interfere, and the audience hurriedly booed to interfere.

Fortunately, Chandler squeezed Duncan away and rushed up, raising his arms to block the shot's sight, and his mobility was full.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

Westbrook was right under the basket, jumped high to grab the rebound, landed and turned around and charged forward again.

Ibaka took advantage of the opportunity to make an early screen at the two-step position outside the three-point line. Westbrook successfully attracted double-teams, but the Spurs' defensive formation was disrupted. The basketball quickly passed to the right waist. Durant received the ball and misplaced Back hit George Hill, who is 191 tall.

The audience on the sidelines shouted wildly when they saw this, Hill couldn't bear it anymore, and resigned himself to his fate and slapped the ball to try to steal it.

But Durant had been prepared for a long time, and almost simultaneously raised his hand to shoot, and the referee's whistle sounded immediately.

Hill got a thug foul, Durant got two free throws, and Su Yang took the lead in applauding the team's exquisite cooperation.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, both free throws were made, and the Thunder led 8-0 with only 1 minute and 26 seconds left in the game.

The Spurs turned to launch a counterattack. Hill and McDyess made a pick-and-roll cooperation with McDyess at a 45-degree left.

Facing the block from the big man, Hill had to pull the ball to divert it, and then borrowed McDyess' illegal movement cover to make an emergency stop and rush to shoot.

when!Basketball clangs like iron.

Chandler grabbed the rebound, Westbrook caught the ball and launched a fast break, made a long pass to Sefoloza from the center line, ran across the center line and then received a pass back, simply covering with one hand, and easily getting rid of Hill's pursuit, like a footstep The spring generally goes inside.

The Spurs hurriedly formed a siege, Westbrook made an emergency stop and took off to pass the ball outside, and Ibaka caught the ball with one step inside the three-point line and made a mid-range shot.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, 10 to 0.

The cheers in the arena burst instantly, and the referee whistled to stop the game, and the Spurs requested a timeout.

The big screen in the center showed Parker on the Spurs bench. He was in a daze, and he hadn't figured out what was going on.

(End of this chapter)