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Chapter 225

NO.14 At [-] o'clock in the evening, the game between the Thunder and the Spurs started at the Ford Center, and [-] fans attended the game.

The game was not live broadcast across the United States, and there were no extra gimmicks except for the two sides' tainted milk before the game. It was just an ordinary regular season, but the entire arena was full of excitement, and many fans waved their flags excitedly.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, the national anthem ended, the lights were brightly lit, and all Thunder players got ready.

Su Yang pulled Westbrook back and whispered, "Try to stop Tony Parker and make him attack the basket less than 10 times." Parker's breakthrough to attack the basket will greatly disrupt the Thunder's defensive lineup and easily cause the Thunder's inner foul. Su Yang doesn't want to watch to too high a frequency.

Westbrook nodded and agreed, then turned and walked into the court, and the other starting players of the two teams also entered the court one after another.

The Thunder's five-man team is Westbrook, Sefolosha, Durant, Ibaka, and Chandler.

The Spurs' five-man team is Parker, Ginobili, Richard Jefferson, DeJuan Blair, and Duncan.

The referee Sean White walked to the middle circle holding the ball, making left and right gestures, holding the basketball with both hands, and pushing it up hard.

The cheers in the arena suddenly exploded. Duncan and Chandler touched the ball almost at the same time, and the basketball was forced to fly towards the Spurs half court.

Blair grabbed the basketball, quickly retreated to the right sideline to avoid potential double-teams, bent over to protect the basketball, turned his head and looked at it alertly, and then carefully handed the basketball to Parker who ran beside him, like It was a tiebreaker in the finals.

"It seems that the guys on the opposite side really want to win this game..." assistant coach Brian suddenly complained.

Su Yang nodded in agreement, inferring from Blair's subtle operations that the Spurs were clearly prepared, "Coach Popovich is still too vengeful, we swept them 4-0 before the game, he will kill us beat…"

While making complaints, Blair crossed the ball and turned inside, seemingly unintentionally, but actually intentionally formed a weak down screen.

Standing at the free throw line, he saw that he took the opportunity to step up, and Parker was oncoming from the right sideline, forming a cross screen.

The key is that Blair is still standing at the free throw line. After the Spurs opened, they formed a high double screen in seconds.

That rhythm is as fast as a horse.

Seeing this, Parker kicked the ground to accelerate, strode away Westbrook, and hit the 45-degree three-point line on the left with lightning speed. Facing Ibaka, who was changing defense and intercepting, he stopped and pulled the ball to force the brakes, and his whole body reversed sharply. , reverse dribble transfer to the right.

Ibaka hurriedly retreated back to the defense, and Westbrook also seized the opportunity to catch up to Parker, but he didn't expect Duncan to run to the top of the arc to cover.

Chandler instinctively stayed in the right elbow and waited, Westbrook subconsciously wanted to squeeze through the screen to catch up, and the decision was made in an instant.

Unexpectedly, Parker twisted his left wrist to levitate to take the ball, walked 45 degrees to the left again, and took a big stride to the three-point line.

In a hurry, Westbrook was unable to turn around and chase after him. Seeing this, Ibaka stopped and retreated, rushing towards Parker in a hurry.

"I have a bad feeling..." Seeing Ibaka rushing towards Parker at an uncontrollable speed, Su Yang suddenly felt bad.

Almost at the same time, Parker made a sudden stop to join the ball, jumped up to Ibaka who was sprinting forward, and made a big collision with a bang.

Beep!The referee Sean blew his whistle and called Ibaka for a foul on the cylinder, giving Parker two free throw opportunities.

"Ah, this..." Ibaka held up his hands helplessly, as if he wanted to ask the referee to argue, but he knew that he had committed a foul.

The referee arranged the serve step by step. Su Yang beckoned Sefoloza to the sidelines and said: "We can help defend depending on the situation. The opponent wants to attack the inside line. If they disrupt their rhythm and plan, it is a success, even if they lose some three points... "

Sefolosha led the way, the arena was booed everywhere, and Parker hit the first free throw steadily.

Su Yang took the time to look at the timer. It only took 13 seconds for the Spurs to attack for the first time. Compared with the Spurs' opening offense in previous seasons, the rhythm was much faster. The key point was that Parker took the initiative to draw a foul, which really meant that he wanted to beat the Thunder to death. .

While thinking about it, the second penalty was also hit.

The two teams switched offense and defense. Following the lead of the DJ, the fans on the scene raised their arms high and shouted in unison.

The Spurs guarded a full-court press very seriously, limiting the speed of the Thunder's advancement, and Westbrook took six seconds to reach the top of the arc.

Durant simultaneously lifted the wall to cover, then disassembled and ran to the right ahead of time, while Westbrook took the opportunity to shift to the left.

At the same time, Ibaka stepped up to the top of the arc, set up a wall to cover off the ball, and the Thunder cooperated closely.

But Jefferson, who has always been relatively poor in defense, seemed to be possessed by Pippen suddenly. He not only followed Durant away in time, but also found that Ibaka had no ball positioning cover in advance, bypassed Durant directly, and even turned his head when he had time. Glance at the basketball position.

It takes both man and ball into account. If you don't know Jefferson's past performance, you will definitely give an outside DPOY evaluation.

Westbrook failed to get a breakthrough space for a while, pulled the ball back to the top of the arc, and used Ibaka's lateral cover to find another opportunity.

Blair stopped at the free throw line early and waited, and the dislocation singled out situation formed like that, Westbrook pulled up and shot.

Blair took off almost simultaneously to block the interference, the basketball slammed like iron, rebounded and flew to the left corner.

All the players looked up at the basket, and Westbrook ran one step ahead and grabbed the offensive rebound by himself.

Seeing this, Durant ran to the top of the arc to try to get the ball, but Jefferson followed him like a shadow, not giving him an easy chance.

Faced with that situation, Westbrook hesitated for a moment, moved the ball to the left wing, and shook his head to indicate that there was no need for cover.

Ibaka turned and retreated back to his waist, while Westbrook continued to change hands under his crotch, took three steps, and stopped abruptly.

when!Shoot the basket and hit the iron.

Sighs erupted in the Ford Center.Who would have thought that Sefolosha rushed to the basket at some point, grabbed an offensive rebound surrounded by the Spurs trio, quickly shifted to the left corner, and then stopped and twisted suddenly, holding the ball with both hands to dodge, avoiding double team.

In the chaos, the basketball flew to the top of the arc first, Westbrook jumped up to catch the ball, and Ginobili hurriedly made up for it.

Cheers erupted from the Ford Center, and the basketball flew to the 45-degree three-point line on the right. Durant, who was temporarily unguarded, received the ball. Parker, relentlessly shooting long shots.

when!Shoot the basket and hit the iron.

The basketball rebounded to the left elbow area, Ginobili jumped high and grabbed it in his hands, landed and turned around to run forward, but turned his head to look at Ibaka behind him, suddenly stopped holding the ball with both hands, and bent over Push up your butt, blocking Ibaka's way.

Between flashes and flints, Ibaka was eager to retreat and made Ibaka, so there was no time to adjust the direction of advancement.

boom!The two collide.

Beep!The referee blew his whistle and called Ibaka for a loose ball foul, and the Ford Center immediately booed loudly.

Ibaka was not only overturned to the ground, but also got a foul. The key is indeed the foul, and Paul also used that move.

"My mother, Ginobili doesn't talk about martial arts..."

Su Yang took a deep breath, turned around and signaled Jeff Green to enter the field, instructed Ibaka, who had committed two fouls in the opening 44 seconds, to leave the field for a rest, and then quickly used his brain to think. .

While thinking about it, Parker rushed to the top of the arc with the ball, first found Blair as a screen, and broke through 45 degrees to the left.

Westbrook quickly bypassed the screen to intercept, Parker failed to form a breakthrough, Blair turned around and ran away.

Duncan ran to the left 45 degrees at the same time, set up a human wall to block Westbrook, and Parker pretended to go to the right, but actually broke through to the left.

Westbrook was cheated again. Chandler was unprepared for a while, did not lower his center of gravity in advance, and could not effectively delay.

Seeing that Parker was about to rush to the basket, Green directly gave up on Blair and slanted from the right waist to the basket to make up defense.

boom!Parker and Green collided in the air.

Snapped!The big hat exploded.

Beep!The referee's whistle blew.

Su Yang stared and raised his eyebrows on the spot, but Thunder actually asked Parker to use the same move and made two fouls in a row.

The most damning thing is that before the game, he made a strategy with confidence and prepared to try his best to kill the Spurs inside, but he was counter-killed.

Assistant coach Brian proposed to ask a question: "If we temporarily reduce the defensive intensity, we can't afford Green's second foul..."

Su Yang curled his lips and shook his head: "No! You have to fight them head-on, you have to fight them to the end!"

(End of this chapter)