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Chapter 173

After summing up in a few words, the whistle sounded at the end of the timeout, and there were more than three minutes left in the first quarter.

Su Yang arranged for Green and Collison to play according to the plan, replacing Durant and Ibaka, which can not only maintain the offensive firepower, but also be a little stronger in forward position defense. He does not intend to give the Suns an opportunity. After all, the Suns score A little fierce.

On the Sun's side, Gentry replaced Lopez Jr. with Frye.

Considering Frye's relatively good three-point shooting ability and the fact that Nash was obviously tired and didn't take a rest, Su Yang said with a smile: "The opponent is so cruel! He didn't hesitate to risk the collapse of the game and force us to do multiple-choice questions."

Assistant coach Brian asked: "Then how should we choose?"

Su Yang thought for himself: If the Thunder continue to delay the double-teaming of Nash, Frye will probably catch the ball and shoot a three-pointer, and then give it to Dudley or Barbosa when the defense is blocked, but if the Thunder does not delay the double-teaming, Nash will hit the basket Tear the Thunder defensive formation.

The results of the two methods are temporarily unknown. It may be continuous strikes, or continuous mistakes, causing the sun to collapse.

But after all, it is necessary to come up with a way to score, so that the Thunder will not launch fast-break counterattacks one after another. Once they succeed in scoring, they can quickly return to defense. better.

It is estimated that in Gentry's view, stealing a big profit in an away game is worth taking a risk.

After thinking for a while, Su Yang made up his mind: "Continue to delay the double-teaming of Nash, and restrict the shots of Frye or other Suns players through peripheral rotation. As long as they can successfully reduce their scoring efficiency, it doesn't matter even if they are shot a few open three-pointers."

The game will last for nearly 45 minutes. It is impossible to lock the Suns all the time. Reducing scoring efficiency is the key.

Assistant coach Brian nodded: "Then I will be responsible for reminding the replacement..."

During the conversation, the referee blew his whistle to signal the game to continue.

The Suns launched an attack, Nash ran to the top of the arc with the ball, and waited for Richardson and Stoudemire to cover and run for a round. Seeing that there was no good opportunity, he turned to cooperate with Frye in a pick-and-roll, intentionally and slowly shifting , patiently waiting for Fry to take it apart.

The situation develops as Su Yang expected, Jr. Jordan decisively grabs and flanks, and Nash immediately passes the ball over his head.

Frye caught the ball and raised his hand, facing Green's defense, and shot a three-pointer without hesitation, and the basketball slammed into the net with a bang.

"Yeah!" The Sun bench cheered and cheered, and Gentry showed a smile, like a gambler who has successfully caught a good deck of cards after putting all his eggs in one basket.

Hearing the cheers from the Sun, Su Yang sighed in his heart that it is really useful to have a center who can shoot three-pointers. If that center has a good defense and has a qualified coping ability like Horford, then it is simply perfect to win the championship. core.

Easy to attack the Thunder, the Suns did not continue to put up zone defense, but double-teamed Westbrook.

That kind of defense is naturally relying on Durant and Ibaka to rest. Jordan and Collison have average low-post offensive capabilities. The Thunder will most likely attack from the outside. As long as Westbrook is restricted from starting speed, it is quite smart. Strategy.

Seeing this, Su Yang decided to use his tricks, commanding the whole team to slow down and give Westbrook more pick-and-rolls.

Green immediately ran an 'Iverson crosscut' to attract the Suns' defensive attention. Westbrook turned to dribble the ball in the opposite direction and broke through with the help of the small team's screen, while Green continued to use Matthews' cross screen to move to the bottom corner. The team executes the hammer tactics.

The Suns shrank and surrounded as usual, but Westbrook threw the ball to the other corner, and Green caught the ball and hit Dudley.

Compared with Hill's sophisticated defensive position selection, Dudley was too impatient and his defensive actions were quite fierce. However, Green turned around and broke through easily. He hurriedly chased and tried to interfere but failed, so he had to use a foul to prevent Green from scoring.

The rhythm of the game slowed down visibly. After Green made two free throws, the Suns did not rush for a fast break.

The two teams came and went for several rounds, and the scoring efficiency was declining, but Frye hit another three-pointer.

After the first quarter, the Thunder led by 9 points, mainly because Nash played for a long time, which made the Suns' offense better.

During the timeout between quarters, assistant coach Brian specially reminded Nash to play for [-] consecutive minutes, thinking that was very important.

Su Yang responded that he would consider it, and knew that the Suns wanted Nash to play for 48 consecutive minutes, because their tactical system relied too much on excellent point guards, and Dragic would definitely lose power. If they want to win, they must greatly overdraw Nash's physical strength.

The game started in the second quarter, with Harden and Green leading the Thunder, focusing on splitting the offense on both sides.

On the Sun's side, Nash finally rested, Dragic and Hill led the team, and focused on Harden's off-ball defense.

Harden is very active in catching up, but Dragic's position and pace are coquettish, such as Planjic, Djokic, Kristajic, Samard Djic, etc. 'Like footballers, it's hard to get caught.

Just like that, Dragic catches the ball and scores.

Fortunately, Harden was able to play back on the offensive end, which did not allow the Suns to take the opportunity to narrow the point difference, and also caused Hill to foul twice.

The two teams transitioned peacefully to the re-emergence of the main players of both sides. The halftime game was over in a blink of an eye, and the Thunder led by 11 points.

Returning to the locker room during the halftime break, Su Yang made a summary first, then focused on praising Durant and Westbrook, and finally said: "The Suns have no more cards on both offensive and defensive ends. They are taking risks and using gambling style of play. It will definitely continue to be used in the next few games, what we have to do is to do our best to give them restrictions, increase their risks, and reduce their benefits."

Durant and others nodded to express their understanding, and the whole team returned to the court ahead of time, rushing to shoot and warm up.

The third quarter kicked off very quickly, perhaps because the intermission was enough to restore a lot of physical strength, and Nash's breakthrough and passing speed became very fast again. In more than four minutes, he sent 4 assists and 5 points to enter the field, helping The sun bites the situation.

Just when Su Yang thought the game was about to enter a tough battle, Westbrook broke through and caused Hill to block the foul.

Hill was forced to rest early because of 4 fouls on his back, and Dudley replaced the small forward position.

Seeing that Dudley was facing Durant, Su Yang immediately shouted for the Thunder generals to change their style of play and attack directly around Durant. Don't do any more passing and running, just let Durant grab Dudley and beat him up. will work better.

The Thunder generals obeyed, and Durant started scoring performances as expected, showing various skills.

Dudley's defensive attitude is quite active, but he is not tall enough and his speed is not good. Every time he defends Durant alone, it seems that the mountain patrolling wolf monster meets Monkey King. .

The Suns also tried to assist Dudley through zone defense or double-teaming, but Durant's passing skills are also okay.

Just like that, the Thunder's offensive end was much easier. Westbrook and others turned their energy to the defensive end. They resolutely double-teamed Nash to limit the pass, and all kinds of large-scale rotations interfered with other Suns players. They played a wave of 16 to 5. .

After three quarters, the Thunder led by 21 points, and the Suns hurriedly made even more crazy gambles.

It's a pity that Richardson and Frye were poorly defended by the defense, and they only made 7 of 1 three-pointers for most of the quarter.

With 2 minutes left in the game, Su Yang withdrew his main players ahead of time, and the camera on the big screen turned to the auditorium where Suns general manager Steve Kerr was before. He wanted to capture Kerr's expression and reaction, but only saw that the seat was empty.

At the end of the game, the Thunder beat the Suns 128 to 105, leading Oita 1-0 in the series.

杜兰特第四节只打5分钟，依旧狂砍44分5篮板5助攻，只有2次失误。

Westbrook sent out 16 assists and grabbed 12 rebounds by the way, scoring only 18 points.

ESPN released the video of the conversation in the Thunder locker room after the game, and Su Yang's prediction caused a lot of discussion.

Senior Nelson, as a guest analyst in the studio, commented: "As far as this game alone is concerned, Su Yang's coaching performance is perfect. Before the game, he targeted the weaknesses of the Suns' wings and arranged for Kevin Durant to attack. During the game, he targeted the Suns' defense. He took out the long-awaited cracking tactics, but took the initiative to change it, allowing Russell Westbrook to break through the ball head-on to improve the efficiency of breaking the defense. Waves beat the sun.

In short, coach Su Yang was well prepared before the game, reacted super fast on the spot, and even abandoned many common tactics.

In my opinion, the best coach of the year can't reflect how good he is. I sincerely recommend that all young coaches, as well as many coaches who are rebuilding teams, learn from him how to lead and how to coach..."

(End of this chapter)