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Chapter 227 Everything is under control

On the side of the Thunder bench, Durant and others surrounded Su Yang, waiting for the arrangements.

"We don't have to worry about how the opponent will adjust their defense. Anyway, the general direction should be to strengthen the perimeter defense. We can implement the strategy arranged before the game, mainly attacking the Spurs inside, causing them to foul, and weakening their defensive system..."

In a few words, after Su Yang finished the precautions, he didn't need to think about how Popovich would make specific adjustments, nor was he worried.

The whistle sounded at the end of the timeout, and the announcer announced loudly: The Spurs replaced Blair with McDyess.

That kind of replacement operation is naturally to use McDyess' mid-range shooting ability to increase breakthrough space for Parker and others.

Beep!The referee blows his whistle to count down.

The Spurs kicked off in the backcourt, Parker received the hand and jogged forward, and the audience shouted in unison: "Defend, defend..."

Ginobili took the ball from the left sideline of the front court and passed it to McDyess who followed up to the top of the arc in the center, and Parker just ran to the right wing.

The horoscope conduction suddenly formed, and the space on the right side was cleared. Parker took the ball and walked towards the sideline, making a strong attack on Westbrook.

Westbrook chased with his left hand raised all the way, sticking to Parker all the time, not giving the slightest chance to score easily.

The two rushed to the basket in a blink of an eye, Chandler stared at him, but Parker couldn't make a shot, so he stopped and jumped to pass the ball.

Ginobili jumped up to catch the ball in the air, twisted in the direction when it landed, and pushed the ball vigorously with one hand with his left hand.

Seeing this, Green hurriedly pulled back from the paint and returned to the defense, but the passing rhythm was too fast, and McDyess also caught the ball and shot it.

The basketball went into the net hollowly, and the Spurs chased the score to 7-9. Duncan and the others quickly turned and retreated.

That kind of strategy is obviously to limit the Thunder to attack in advance. Seeing this, Su Yang raised his hand to indicate that he can land. The game is only in the first quarter. There is no need to compete with a bunch of old men for speed. The fighting spirit of the Spurs team.

Westbrook immediately dribbled the ball forward, but did not call for a new tactical gesture, but defaulted to continue the five-out formation.

Green and Chandler still teamed up to make ladder screens in the left wing area, and Durant also started from the left corner.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Durant still took the ball from the left 45-degree three-point line and passed it to Chandler who cut inside with an emergency stop.

Even Su Yang didn't react to the sudden pass, and the Spurs generals didn't adjust their attention in time.

Duncan rushed to the basket in a hurry, and Chandler, who was jumping with the ball, collided head-on and both landed.

The referee then blew his whistle, whistled for Duncan to block the foul, and gave the Thunder the second offensive ball on the left sideline.

The fans on the sidelines applauded first, and Chandler ran to the referee and said, "It was a shooting foul just now..."

The implication is that two free throws should be given.

At that time, the referee Sean whistled Chandler for a technical foul with a backhand and gave the Spurs a free throw opportunity.

The Ford Center immediately exploded with boos, and Su Yang raised his legs with a smile, thinking why bothering the referee if he had nothing to do.

Amidst the boos, Ginobili made a free throw for a technical foul and made a steady hit. The Spurs chased to 8-9.

The Thunder then executed a sideline kick, and Su Yang casually arranged a continuous screen tactic, trying to create a dislocation.

The referee's whistle sounded the timing, and Westbrook started from the bottom corner, covered by Chandler, and received a pass from Durant on the left wing.

Durant then strode into the court, also with the help of Chandler's cover, throwing off Jefferson, and went straight to the basket.

Duncan calmly shrinks to the paint, blocking the space to rush to the basket in advance, while controlling the high pass route.Su Yang saw it, and couldn't help but sigh that Duncan's defense is really good, but it looks very ordinary, and it is difficult to get the best defensive player.

While sighing, Durant turned around abruptly, and with the help of Chandler's cover again, he threw off Jefferson and went straight to the top of the arc.

Westbrook rushed to Durant at the same time, and the two performed ghost screens while moving, successfully attracting the Spurs to double-team.

Westbrook stopped and turned around and threw the ball to the top of the arc, but Durant just caught it, and Parker also returned to block the way.

Durant immediately released the ball step by step, and made a big stride directly through Parker to the free throw line. Seeing Ginobili move sideways to help defend, McDyess also moved sideways to intercept in advance, decisively combined the ball around the top, and was ready to make an emergency stop. Pass to Green in the corner.

At that time, Ginobili took off with a slight step and slapped the basketball in Durant's hand.

McDyess picked up the basketball nearby and slammed it towards the center line. The direction was a little outrageous.

Westbrook, who was rushing back to defense, caught the basketball, turned around and took it to the 45-degree three-point line on the right. Seeing that the Spurs' defensive formation was in chaos, he directly beckoned to launch an early attack, and then used Green's cover to break through Ginobili one step at a time.

The Spurs surrounded the three in an instant, but Westbrook stopped and jumped on the right waist, twisted in the air and passed the ball towards the left corner.

Durant received the ball wide open, raised his hand and scored a three-pointer, the basketball rebounded with a clatter, and sighs rang through the arena.

"Is this because too little difficulty will reduce the hit rate?"

Su Yang shook his head and put his legs down, suspecting that Durant just recalled the pain of being a spot-up three-point shooter in his first year as a rookie.

The Spurs grabbed the rebound and launched a fast break. Parker took the ball and went into the Thunder encirclement alone. In the hands of Westbrook who is waiting to grab the board.

"Ah, this?"

Su Yang was a little confused. Parker is a proven FMVP, how could he make such a low-level mistake?
Cheers erupted in the arena, Westbrook took the ball and ran all the way, rushed to the paint in four seconds, and pushed against McDyess.

Beep!The referee blows his whistle.

McDyess fouled and Westbrook got two free throws.

Assistant coach Brian said: "The strategy we formulated before the game has seen results. The Spurs have fouled twice inside..."

Su Yang nodded, thinking that the Spurs' defensive level in the 10-11 season had dropped significantly compared to before, but the average points allowed per game was still ranked in the bottom thirteen of the league, mainly relying on Duncan's personal support and the team's strict implementation of blocking. Put aside the strategy.

The inside line is needed to block the center. If the Spurs' inside line is troubled by fouls, the Spurs' defensive system will inevitably collapse.

While thinking about it, Westbrook made two free throws.

The Spurs counterattacked, Parker ran to the left wing with the ball, slowed down and bowed to observe for a while, and used Duncan to cover the breakthrough.

The Thunder generals are not worried about fouls, and Green takes the lead in shrinking the double-team from the short corner, just to be tough.

Parker had no choice but to stop and throw the ball to the top of the arc, while Ginobili caught the ball and faced Sefolosha who pulled back to defend.

Sefolosha's footsteps were restricted for a while, Durant did not hesitate to shrink and block from the right side, and Jefferson got a wide open.

Ginobili seemed to have a bird's-eye view. He stopped suddenly and threw the ball to the right wing, while Jefferson caught the ball and shot a three-pointer.

when!The basketball rebounded by smashing the basket and hitting the iron.

Players from the two teams took off and competed several times. Chandler finally caught the rebound, and Westbrook stepped forward to get the ball and slowly pushed forward.

The Thunder landed in the frontcourt, Westbrook dribbled the ball to the left wing, and Durant used Chandler's cover to catch the ball at the top of the arc.Green synchronously mentioned that the top of the arc was set up as a screen, and Durant took advantage of the momentum and rushed to the free throw line, facing McDyess and making consecutive changes to the layup.

McDyess was stunned, and subconsciously reached out for the basketball in a hurry, and hit it on the arm with a slap.

The referee's whistle blew immediately, McDyess fouled for the second time in a short period of time, and Durant got two free throws.

The announcer followed with a loud announcement: The Spurs replaced Antonio McDyess with DeJuan Blair.

Su Yang shouted along with the fans at the scene, and was happy to see the initial success of the attacking inside strategy formulated before the game.

The key is under control. First use the outside line to attack in advance to open the situation, forcing the Spurs to increase the outside defense, which will cause the Spurs to be empty inside. Otherwise, Durant and Westbrook will not be so efficient even if they bury their heads and rush.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Durant made two free throws.

The two teams switched offense and defense, the Spurs fell to the ground, Duncan was interfered with holding the ball from his right waist, and simply mentioned 45 degrees to catch the ball.

The right half was cleared at the same time. Duncan raised the ball with both hands to observe for a while, then turned around and handed it to Parker who ran to his side.

The two suddenly formed a pick-and-roll cooperation, Parker strode inside with the ball, Chandler and Westbrook firmly double-teamed.

Anyway, the strategy of defending against breakthroughs and attacking the basket remains unchanged, and strives for the Spurs to be unable to change the Thunder's defensive formation, even if it takes a foul.

Parker had no choice but to stop and twist to throw the ball toward the top of the key.

Duncan took the ball and feinted a shot, took advantage of the situation to break through Chandler who was back on defense, and strode straight to the basket with big strides.

At this time, the Thunder's basket was wide open, and seeing Duncan was about to close the ball for a layup, Green boldly moved laterally and stood outside the reasonable collision zone.

boom!The two collided head-on.

The referee whistled Duncan for an offensive foul, Popovich went into a rage, and the Ford Center cheered.

The short whistle sounded simultaneously, and the Spurs arranged for Splitter to come on to replace Duncan, who had already suffered two fouls.

Su Yang replaced Jordan at the same time, and he was sure that the Spurs would encounter greater inside foul troubles, and the probability of the Thunder winning the game would greatly increase.

　Have you been too hardcore lately?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)