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Chapter 221 This wave was given by the opponent for nothing

The Thunder are temporarily in the lead, and their scoring efficiency has not decreased. Naturally, there is no need to take the initiative to make adjustments.

Su Yang is not talking nonsense, mainly because he understands Adelaide's character and the team culture advocated by McMillan.

The game continued hotly, the Thunder launched a quick counterattack, and Chandler rarely got a cake and failed to succeed. Fortunately, Westbrook grabbed an offensive rebound, made a tip-up and scored, and turned around and stuck to the defense through the whole court, forcing the old Miller to shoot. strike iron.

The tempo of the two teams suddenly accelerated. Durant grabbed the rebound, brought it to the frontcourt, and made an emergency stop.

But when Miller stood there and raised his hands high and waited for the rebound to fall into his hands automatically, Westbrook rushed from the free throw line to the basket like a rocket boot, leaped high and grabbed the basketball, aiming at the basket was a violent shot Split dunks, the individual scored 4 points in a row.

Westbrook's strong performance seemed to make Miller's mental game unbalanced, and he chose to pass the ball without looking at the attack on the easy side.

That kind of draft is obviously to show the operation, but unfortunately Camby has never had the ball before, so he was not prepared, and the basketball flew out of the baseline.

The referee blew his whistle to call the violation, and McMillan spread his hands at the old Miller, as if asking what are you doing?
Su Yang quite understands the old Miller's operation. The kind of operation by others is like playing MOBA games. It is also the main output. As a result, the opponent frantically replenishes and develops. It is difficult for him to even raise his A pawn. explode.

However, Miller is a veteran after all, and he has seen too many scenes, so when he turned around, he tried to find a way to lob the ball to Adelaide.

Ibaka suffered from a height and weight loss, and tried to go around to interfere with the receiving space. Miller immediately changed to a lob for Adelaide.

The passer was so good that it was difficult for Ibaka to interfere, and Adelaide easily caught the ball and turned around to score.

Cheers erupted again in the Rose Garden. Adelaide scored 8 points in a row and was in surprisingly good condition, but few fans knew that Adelaide could score 8 points so easily. Success labor.

Anyway, passing the ball from the outside to the inside has always been a high-level operation in the entire history of the NBA.

That's why the Rockets had the embarrassment of relying on Tracy McGrady to pass the ball to Yao Ming in those years. In 04, the Pistons also mainly defended the Lakers from outside to pass the ball to O'Neal, so that Kobe was forced to increase the number of COS shots. .

Amidst the cheers of the audience, after the first quarter, the Thunder shot 66.7%, leading the Blazers 29-23.

On the Trail Blazers side, Alder made 7 of 6 shots and scored 2 points with 14 free throws.

That's why Adelaide was accused of being too soft. His main points came from various fancy jump shots, and he seldom rushed to the basket to make fouls. O'Neill and others are at the same level.

During the pause between quarters, assistant coach Brian mentioned that the Blazers had only three substitutions in the first quarter.

Su Yang didn't think too much about it, because the Thunder only had four substitutions in the first quarter, so he thought the normal rotation would be enough in the second quarter.

I thought, after sending out the trio of Harden, Green, and Jordan, the Blazers actually let Roy and Miller play.

In the second quarter, Wesley Matthews, who received a high salary in the free market in the summer, seemed to be interested in proving that he could perform well without the addition of the Thunder's tactical system. He scored 2 points and 4 assist in 1 minutes. strong.

Matthews' strong performance virtually created a lot of space, and Roy also took the opportunity to score 5 points and 1 assist.

When Su Yang follows the normal rotation and reappears Durant and Westbrook, the Thunder has been overtaken by the Blazers.

But Roy and others were forced to rest, and the Blazers were temporarily lacking in firepower on the offensive end.

The most important thing is that the Blazers do not have Roy and Miller, what Amon Johnson and his ilk, it is too difficult to pass the ball to Alder, but Batum can pass, but because there is only one point, every time he tries Very obvious and not very easy to handle.

Just like that, McMillan made an unconventional rotation, which made Adelaide unable to get a chance to make a call.

Finally got the ball at the top of the arc, and because he couldn't paint the paint, he made a three-pointer with great reluctance.

With 4 minutes left in the half, the Thunder overtook the Blazers and firmly controlled the situation.

I once thought that after Batum made a shot, he rushed to grab an offensive rebound, made a tip-off and scored, and then stole the pass Westbrook threw to Durant. , An easy layup.

Immediately afterwards, Batum entwined his long arms, cleverly causing Durant to hit the iron, and quickly made a pass and hit a three-pointer.

In just 4 minutes, Batum vividly demonstrated why he was called the French Pippen, with an absolute combination of offense and defense.

After halftime, the Thunder trailed the Trail Blazers 51 to 58. The Thunder's four minors combined made 18 of 6 shots.

Returning to the locker room during the halftime break, Su Yang took the analysis results and told the players that there was no need to feel depressed. The lag was only due to back-to-back battles, and the lack of physical strength caused the movement of the shots to be deformed. Moreover, the Blazers overdrawn the physical strength of the players and were lucky.

The Blazers did not actually crack the Thunder's defensive system. Alder made 2 of 1 shots in a single quarter, but was covered by the lead.

The third quarter kicked off quickly. The Blazers let Roy play the main attack abnormally, and Adelaide and Batum, who played well in the first half, became supporting roles. Too much rate reduction.

In addition, Sefolosha is particularly good at defending shooting guards who like to change directions in front of their bodies. Roy only made 8 of 2 shots.

The Blazers only had 19 points in a single quarter, so they went all out to defend, and still allowed the Thunder to score 25 points.

Su Yang speculates that McMillan intends to make all the Blazers hot. He doesn't want Aldridge or Batum to occupy too much possession of the ball, so as to prevent the Thunder from increasing their defense against Aldridge or Batum. Too little and it will misbehave.

During the pause between the festivals, Su Yang listened to Snyder's suggestion and sent Harden and Westbrook at the same time as the substitute stage.

Seven rounds into the fourth quarter, the Harvey duo suppressed Amon Johnson and Matthews with hard power, and played a 6-0 shock wave, leading the Thunder to overtake the Blazers by five points, forcing the Blazers to arrange for Adebatus in advance Tom debut.

Su Yang then asked the players to start a defensive strategy against Adelaide, mainly to force Adelaide to shoot the ball before making a shot.

Adelaide has watched a lot of Rasheed Wallace videos in two seasons. He is so proficient in turning around and relying on long-arm shots that he is almost incomprehensible. hit rate.

Ibaka took the lead in implementing the strategy arranged by Su Yang, and at the same time interfered with the Blazers players from outside to pass the ball to Alder.

A few minutes later, Alder made 5 of 1 shots, and the Blazers hurriedly found other ways to score.

It's a pity that Roy's state is out of order, and Batum's touch has long been cold. The two made 7 of 0 shots together.

At the critical moment, Miller stood up and continued to find Camby to play pick-and-rolls, supporting the Blazers until the last 2 minutes.

In the end, Westbrook used his speed and impact to beat Miller consecutively, helping the Thunder win 107-100.

Throughout the game, Durant and Westbrook also scored 28 points, while Ibaka scored a career-high 19 points.

As for the Blazers, Adelaide scored 14 points in the first quarter and 22 points in the game, and Batum scored 11 points in the second quarter and 15 points in the game.

The Thunder team flew back to Oklahoma City overnight, preparing to play against their old rival Celtics at home after three days of rest.

(End of this chapter)