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Chapter 251 Atypical Westbrook

The short timeout ends and the game continues.

The Grizzlies kicked off in the backcourt. Conley carried Westbrook all the way and rushed to the top of the frontcourt arc. With the help of Randolph's uplift cover, he broke through at a 45-degree direction on the right. Seeing that Ibaka moved laterally again in advance Delayed, hurriedly stopped and turned around to pass the ball.

Randolph catches the ball and strides across the trend, takes the ball with his left hand and rushes to his left waist in two big strides, and takes off with the ball against Ibaka. It's quite funny to raise your left hand to throw and hit the board.

Ibaka, as a jumping man, saw someone making such a move in front of him, jumping up and grabbing the risk directly.

Cheers erupted at the Ford Center, and the Thunder generals turned around and rushed down after seeing this. Ibaka turned into a point guard and rushed with the ball.

"To Russ, to Russ…"

Su Yang waved his hand and shouted to remind him that he was worried about Ibaka's F-level ball handling ability, so don't let him fly by himself.

The voice flew into the court, and Ibaka gave the ball at the same time.Westbrook took it in his hands and dashed forward, taking advantage of the opportunity to cooperate with Ibaka in advance at the top of the arc. He simply hit the right elbow with a simple cover. The whole person stopped and raised his hand, causing Conley to jump in a hurry.

I once thought that Westbrook, who has always liked to make strong shots on top of others, would actually be possessed by traditional point guards such as Parker, Nash, Paul, and Kidd. Space shot.

Beep!The referee whistled Conley for a foul and gave Westbrook two free throw opportunities, and the Ford Center burst into applause.

Assistant coach Brian turned to look at Su Yang, and asked with some doubts: "Is that guy wearing number 0 really Russell?"

Su Yang said with a smile: "I said in the draft that Russell can also play like Kidd. You think I'm joking. He just prefers to use strength and speed to deal with defenders. It's not that he doesn't know how to use his brain. Playing, that's his style."

Between talking and laughing, cheers erupted in the arena, Westbrook made two free throws, and the Thunder led the Grizzlies 9-2.

Su Yang took the lead in applauding, but Westbrook was not too happy. He seemed unhappy that the 2 points were not scored, otherwise it would be 2+1.

The two teams switched offense and defense. Tony Allen dribbled the ball across the center line and stopped on the left wing, while Conley started from the left corner, and with the help of Gasol Jr. covered the ball to the left 45-degree three-point line to catch the ball, and then slowly moved to the left. At the top of the arc, bow down to observe the baseline movement.

Xiaojia immediately climbed up the wall to cover again, and Conley took the opportunity to rush to the left elbow area that had already left a large space. Seeing that Chandler moved laterally ahead of time to prepare for the delay, he hurriedly stopped and raised his hand, aiming at Westbrook and Chandler Between the gaps, hit the ground pass.

I thought, Xiaojia didn't go down at the same time, the basketball was unresponsive for a while, and he bounced continuously to the right wing position.

Fortunately, Sam Young passed the bottom line and went around to the right wing, and hurriedly leaned over to pick up the basketball, and took advantage of the situation to pose a three-threat.

The three-threat action, coupled with Sam Young's long arms and muscles, is really pretty.

It's a pity that the two teams have played so many games in two seasons. Every time Su Yang arranges tactics, he will mention the characteristics of Sam Young who is only good at catching and shooting. Coupled with many direct matchups, Durant no longer needs to think about it, just relying on his muscles The memory is close to snatching.

Sam Young's ball control is too poor, especially when encountering a long-armed monster like Durant, it is difficult to dribble away for a while.

Gasol hurried to the right elbow to catch the ball, defended against Chandler, and forcibly jumped out of the hand to shoot.

The basketball hit the rim with a bang, bounced twice, and finally fell into the net. It was a stroke of luck.

"Good defense, keep it up..." Seeing this, Su Yang clapped his hands to encourage the Thunder generals. He had already limited the Grizzlies' offense to only six seconds left. The point was lost purely because of Gasol's fairy ball, and there was no other problem. , It is necessary to remind the players aloud.

Offensive and defensive transitions, the Thunder started with an inside and four outside formation.

Westbrook dribbled the ball to the right wing and stopped, while Sefolosha started from the right corner at the same time. With the help of Ibaka's cover on the right elbow, he strode to the top of the arc, stopped suddenly and turned around to catch the ball. Basketball, raised his hands and looked at Westbrook, as if to cooperate.

Simultaneously, Ibaka moved up to the right-wing position and set up a wall to cover. Seeing this, Randolph hurriedly moved sideways, intending to help Conley delay.

But Westbrook directly gave up the screen, instead of going to the sideline, but to the free throw line, like a sharp arrow piercing the Grizzlies basket.

Randolph had no time to make further delays, and it was difficult for Conley to catch up in time. Gasol quickly shrank the frame.

But Westbrook followed Su Yang's pre-match arrangement, resolutely implemented the strategy of consuming the physical strength of the Grizzlies' inside duo, resolutely gave up the opportunity to catch the ball and forcibly throw it, and instead used cover to cross the paint area, allowing Gasol to rush into the air and quickly Transfer to the left wing to receive the pass back.

Chandler simultaneously raised the wall to cover, and Westbrook took the opportunity to break through the left sideline, facing the double-team and hitting the ground to score the ball.

Chandler, who disassembled and ran down, caught the ball and rushed to the basket, carrying the defense against Randolph, stopped and turned to pass the ball.

Ibaka received the ball wide open at the right elbow, seemingly deliberately waiting until Randolph pounced on him before jumping out of the hand to shoot.

The basketball slammed into the net and the Thunder led 11-4. Randolph saw it and was so angry that he couldn't breathe well.

Cheers erupted at the Ford Center, the two teams switched offense and defense, Conley ran across the center line with the ball, and the Grizzlies settled in a one-high and four-low formation.

The tactical intention was too obvious, and Su Yang didn't remind him that it was the bottom line AI cut, and Durant had already chased around the cover.

Sam Young made a lonely run, and Durant blocked all the space to receive the ball. Conley had to turn and face his left elbow.

Xiaojia raised the ball tacitly, and then passed the ball back. Conley took the ball and forcibly rushed past Chandler and went straight to the basket.

The other three Thunder immediately shrunk and intercepted. Seeing this, Conley stopped, turned around and threw the ball to the right 45-degree three-point line.

Tony Allen, who had a low long-range shooting percentage and a low number of long-range shots, caught the ball wide open. After hesitating for a moment, he stepped into the three-point line and faced Sefoloza, who quickly returned to the defense, he jumped up and down. The kick shot is two points long.

That action was quite awkward, but the basketball bounced off the basket and fell into the net, another fairy ball.

The Grizzlies bench cheered immediately, and the Thunder generals, especially Sefolosha grinned and shook his head.Su Yang watched his blood pressure soar, and still encouraged him: "Continue to maintain this defensive strength, they cannot be favored by luck forever..."

Cheering cheers sounded in the arena, and Su Yang raised his hand, signaling for a quick cross-screen shot.

Westbrook immediately took the lead to the right wing, while Durant and Chandler made a quick cross-screen at 45 degrees on the right. Run to the right wing and cover for Westbrook.

That kind of cooperation was completed in one second. Conley didn't have time to squeeze through the screen, and Randolph was forced to dislocate Westbrook.

The big man guarding the small man on the outside is still a big man like Randolph and a small man like Westbrook, which is about free.

Westbrook didn't rush to sprint, but shook a few times to consume Randolph's energy, and deliberately waited until Conley returned to his position before starting to break through.

But even then, it was a lightning breakthrough to the right elbow, ignoring Tony Allen's flanking attack, and strode towards the basket.

Randolph just avoided Westbrook, and faced him again, so he could only bite the bullet and defend, and the whole person retreated one after another.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Gasol quickly shrank and intercepted from the short corner on the left, but Westbrook stopped and turned to pass the ball.

Sefolosha took the ball in a 45-degree three-point three-line space on the left, and Tony Allen, who was in charge of defending him, was blocked by Ibaka at the free throw line because he was double-teaming Westbrook before, and he couldn't return to his position at all. Defensively, only Conley can cover.

It's a pity that Conley is limited by his height and explosive power, and it is difficult to pose too many threats, so he can only watch his shots.

A three-pointer went into the net, and the Thunder led 14 to 6. Huge cheers erupted in the Ford Center.

Su Yang applauded, very satisfied with Sefolosha's three-pointer, and even more satisfied with Westbrook's consumption of black and white bears.

The Grizzlies attacked, the basketball was transmitted outside the three-point line, and the space was cleared on the right side. Conley then used the cover of Xiaojia to walk to the sideline, slow first and then fast, and rushed to the bottom line against Chandler's interception, and then made up for Ibaka. Prevent forced take-off, pull the bar backhand to hit the board.

The basketball slammed into the board and rebounded and fell. Ibaka grabbed the rebound, landed and handed it to Westbrook, and the others jumped off at the same time.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Westbrook rushed to the left wing of the frontcourt in [-] seconds, and used Chandler to cover and break through the sideline without stopping. A hollow score into the net.

16 to 6, the Thunder led by 10 points.

In the TNT commentary booth, the host Mavi Alvin asked: "How should the Grizzlies solve the problem of low scoring efficiency?"

McHale shook his head: "They should be more worried about defense. Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph are too physically exhausted, which may lead to a complete collapse of their defense. Coach Su Yang's offensive strategy for the Thunder is obviously going to be exhausted. Grizzly..."

(End of this chapter)