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Chapter 262 The head coach is a high-risk occupation (three more)
No. 11 in a blink of an eye, the fifth game of the Western Conference semifinals between the Thunder and the Mavericks started at the Ford Center Arena.

As the Thunder advanced to the Western Conference finals, the mayor of Oklahoma City called on the city to leave work two hours early to avoid the impact of watching Thunder games due to traffic jams, and promised to send 500 more police officers to maintain security around the arena during the game.

Su Yang arrived at the arena at two o'clock in the afternoon, arranged the training content as usual, and then rushed to the media center for interviews.

Talking about the Lakers being swept by the Spurs 4-0 in the previous game, whether it is regrettable that they lost their wish in the Western Conference Finals with the Lakers for the second consecutive year, he said with a smile: "The Spurs are a respectable opponent with strong strength. We will also do our best to go."

Talking about how Phil Jackson feels about not returning to the Lakers to coach, he said: "Phil is an excellent coach. He uses the triangle offense to let fans discuss tactics. I feel honored to have played against him and wish him a happy retirement life. .”

The reporter asked whether he would renew his contract with the Thunder in advance, or whether he would jump out of the contract and re-sign. He said: "At present, I only focus on the playoffs, and the goal is to win the championship. After the season is over, I will reconcile with Sam. Clayton to discuss."

After finishing the interview, Su Yang returned to the court, observed the training, and chatted with assistant coach Snyder and others.

During the conversation, Presti brought a middle-aged man who looked like an engineer to find Su Yang, and introduced: "Su, this is the founder of SprotVU. He heard that you like to use data analysis competitions, and hope to reach a cooperation..."

In a few words, Su Yang understood that the founder of SprotVU wanted to install a large number of cameras in the Ford Center to record the position of each player on the field every X seconds during the game, and then correct other high-level data.

According to Presti, that thing originally belonged to missile technology, and it can be called a sharp weapon in game analysis.

But it was said that they were asking for advice, but it was actually determined in advance, and Su Yang was only notified specifically to show weak respect.

"I totally agree, it's a good thing..."

Su Yang took advantage of the trend. Anyway, it is useless for SprotVU to record player positions, and it is even more useless to directly correlate APM values ​​(correction of positive and negative values), because those similar high-level data can only summarize when those players performed well.

As for why those players performed well at those times, it was impossible to analyze until the [-]s, and it had to be controlled by the coaches on the spot, but it did not affect many companies making a lot of money from data analysis, and they should not just do things that stand in the way of making money Son.

Su Yang is just a little upset. At first he wanted to buy a shooting analysis software to search and search, but now he is quite fashionable.

In the blink of an eye, it was seven o'clock in the afternoon, and the game between the Thunder and the Mavericks officially started, and the Ford Center turned into a sea of ​​blue jerseys.

The starters of the two teams did not change. When the referee assigned the jump ball, Su Yang stood on the technical table at the same time as he did in the previous four games.

Although Oita leads by [-] to [-], they dare not relax easily. In addition, they have to give Thunderbolts a familiar rhythm.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, the Thunder won the jump ball, and Westbrook made the first attack and cooperated with Chandler's lob.

Perhaps it was because there was no biased whistleblowing like the fourth game, and Westbrook, Duran and others returned to the home court extremely vigorously. The Thunder took a 3-12 lead in the first 4 minutes, but the Mavericks requested a short timeout and hit two consecutive hits. A three-pointer stabilized the situation.

Just like that, at the end of the first quarter, the Thunder only led 31-25 because of the Mavericks' tenacious counterattack.

In the second quarter of the game, Dirk Nowitzki, who was in a desperate situation, turned on the sky-defying mode. When it was difficult to get the ball in the low position, he directly took the ball in the high position. Many of them 00+04.

The Thunder is in full swing. Harden led the situation with 3 of 2 shots in the main attack stage. Then Green, Durant, Westbrook, and Chandler all made hits. Take control of the leading position.

At the end of the half, the Thunder only led 17-59 because of Dirk Nowitzki's 54 points in the second quarter.

Su Yang browsed the half-time statistics and found that the Thunder fouled 5 times more than the Mavericks. The main reason was that Ibaka was beaten a bit badly by Nowitzki. Give the Mavericks as many as 3 free throws.

In comparison, the Thunder only made 5 free throws in the half, which is a bit outrageous, and there is no home court advantage.

The second half of the game started quickly, and every time the Thunder was called for a foul, Su Yang would loudly guide the fans to put pressure on the referee.

After going back and forth several times, the referee finally adopted the same standard for calling, and the Thunder continued to maintain the lead.

But the Mavericks were more tenacious than expected. Terry and Barea took turns to stand up and prevent the Thunder from expanding the point difference.

In the last 39.5 seconds of the game, the referee whistled Westbrook for a rebound foul and gave Marion two free throws.

Immediately, boos broke out inside the ball, and the fans on the scene sprayed wildly at the referee, and all kinds of insults were heard endlessly.

But that was indeed a foul. Su Yang looked up at the timer and found that the Thunder led the Mavericks 101 to 98.

After thinking for a moment, he walked back to the bench and said to assistant coach Brian, "Request a timeout after the free throw is over."

Brian nodded to show that he understood, boos broke out again in the arena, and Marion had already stood on the free throw line and started to make free throws.

when!Marion pushed and hit the board strangely, the basketball hit the basket and rebounded into the net, and the Mavericks chased 99 to 101.

Cuban threw his fists wildly in a sea of ​​blue jerseys and didn't know how to get the tickets that required ID verification.

The Thunder fans saw Cuban celebrating like that, and the boos became more violent, and Marion's second free throw slammed like iron.

Durant stood up and grabbed the rebound, and the referee blew his whistle at the same time to announce that the Thunder requested the last long timeout.

There was applause at the Ford Center, and the Thunder generals returned to the bench, surrounded Su Yang in three layers, waiting for the tactical arrangement.

At the time of the free throw, Su Yang had already thought up various strategies, and directly picked up the tactical board and said: "After the timeout is over, we will start in a box formation, and then we will screen to create opportunities to catch the ball, and then use the ghost screen to attract the opponent's defensive attention. , and then Harden enters the field, cooperates to form an echelon screen, and creates opportunities for KD to catch the ball on the outside, and KD singles at the same time...

Russell watch the situation, if they're over-defensive, you can just drive Jason Kidd to the rim. "

With a few simple words, Su Yang arranged various countermeasures. As long as he runs normally, at least three opportunities can be given.

The whistle sounded at the end of the timeout, and the Thunder made their debut with a team of one and four, while the Mavericks had a starting five.

The referee waved his hand, and the Thunder kicked off from the left wing of the frontcourt, and all the fans at the scene stood up and watched.

Harden is in charge of the out-of-bounds serve, while Durant and Westbrook are on the left and right waists, Green and Iba are on the left and right elbows, and the four of them are in a square position, presenting a so-called BOX formation, which can be regarded as a conspiracy. Law, just bully the calf to move slowly.

Beep!The referee whistles the ball and the five-second countdown starts.

The fans at the scene quieted down and watched silently. Green turned around and cut diagonally at the same time, and first executed the screen according to the plan.

Westbrook took the opportunity to get rid of Kidd, bowed from the right waist and accelerated to the top of the arc, raising his hand to receive a pass from Harden.

Harden then stepped into the court and slowly leaned towards Durant on the left waist, while Westbrook at the top of the arc turned to face the frame, and Ibaka, who started from the right elbow, tried to perform a pick-and-roll in a very ordinary way With cooperation, the entire Thunder team started to operate dynamically.

The Mavericks team instantly resorted to a three-two defensive formation, trying their best to prevent potential Westbrook breakthroughs or Harden three-pointers.

Seeing that the breakthrough failed, Ibaka immediately followed Su Yang's arrangement, gave up the pick-and-roll and changed to a ghost screen, and went straight to the left waist.

In the blink of an eye, Harden, who reached the left waist early, and Ibaka, who then reached the left elbow, formed an echelon screen.

Durant took the opportunity to get rid of Marion, strode and accelerated to the left 45-degree three-point line, and raised his hand to receive the pass from Westbrook.

Without even thinking about it, Kidd gave up marking Westbrook and turned around to control Durant's breakthrough route. Marion took the opportunity to chase out and blocked Durant again. Nowitzki took turns to delay Westbrook. Simultaneously blocks potential cuts to the basket.

In an instant, the Mavericks' defensive system worked perfectly.

Durant hurriedly released the ball with his left hand and broke through, facing Perkins' interception and Marion's entanglement, all the way back to the left waist.

It's okay to force a shot, but the hit rate is obviously low, and Harden has already used Green's cover in the side waist in advance to move to the right corner in a wide range. He is temporarily unguarded and has an excellent shot. Chance.

I saw Durant suddenly stopped and jumped, and threw the ball vigorously to the right corner, while Harden caught the ball and flew towards Stevenson.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

There was a sudden sigh in the Ford Center, Marion was the first to jump up, and moved the ball to the left sideline with his left hand.

Stevenson rushed to grab the basketball, Carlisle yelled to Kidd from the sidelines, and the Mavericks followed up with a fast break.

Without a timeout, Kidd quickly dribbled the ball across the center line, and cooperated with Dirk Nowitzki on the 45-degree three-point line on the left.

There are no complicated tactics, just a basic back screen, and then disassembled in advance, successfully handing the ball to Nowitzki.

At the same time, the left area is completely empty, and Nowitzki takes the ball for a three-pointer, lowering his center of gravity and rushing like LeBron.

Maybe it was too desperate, or maybe it was because it was disassembled in advance, Green was difficult to catch up, and Durant hurriedly moved laterally to intercept.

But Nowitzki seems to have entered the ZONE mode, and unexpectedly stops and retreats, offering the iconic golden rooster independent action.

The basketball slammed into the net, and the Mavericks tied the Thunder 101 to 101, with only 4.6 seconds left before the end of the game.

"Awesome!" Su Yang clapped his hands, paid respects to Nowitzki silently in his heart, and then asked for a short pause.

With cheers all over the field, the Thunder generals returned to the bench and once again surrounded Su Yang from inside to outside, waiting for the tactical arrangement.

The atmosphere of the whole team was quite tense, Su Yang threw away the tactical board and said with a smile: "Our tactical movement is very good, but we failed to hit. In order to prevent everyone from getting too confused, after the timeout is over, we will continue to play the box tactics just now... "

Those remarks were a bit weird, but the Thunder generals did not have the slightest doubt, and quietly listened to Su Yang repeat the arrangement.

"Don't have any pressure after getting the ball. The worst is to hit the iron and enter overtime. We have a physical advantage..."

The whistle sounded at the end of the timeout, and the players of the two teams returned to the field, as if they had agreed to make no lineup changes.

The same position of the Thunder was settled, and the fans on the scene stood up again, and the atmosphere in the Ford Center was like a second before the decisive battle.

Beep!The referee whistles the ball and starts a five-second countdown.

Westbrook quickly used Green's screen to rush to the top of the arc to catch the ball, then turned around and faced the 45-degree three-point line on the left and waited.

Seeing this, Su Yang slapped his forehead fiercely, thinking that this is not revealing the tactical intention in advance, what are you doing, Awei?
Perhaps because he wanted to be with Su Yang, Kidd twisted his hips and moved his feet ahead of time, making preparations for delaying Durant.

I thought, at the moment Kidd twisted his hips, Westbrook suddenly released the ball and started, rushing to the basket like lightning.

The Maverick generals reacted and hurriedly shrank to encircle.

But Westbrook took a step inside the free throw line, grabbed the ball with his right hand and took off, like holding a tomahawk high, smashing the dunk vigorously.

And Nowitzki and Stevenson haven't gained a firm foothold yet, only seeing Westbrook descending like a giant, unable to dodge.

bang!Westbrook dunked Stevenson, the basketball exploded into the net, and the final whistle sounded simultaneously.

The Thunder defeated the Mavericks 103 to 101, and the series advanced to the Western Conference Finals 4 to 1, joining the Spurs.

"I'm a turtle..."

Su Yang didn't expect Westbrook's rookie to beat a master, and he hit the lore by mistake, and rushed into the arena excitedly, wanting to hug.

That Zeng thought, he rushed halfway and was hit hard, fell heavily to the ground, lost consciousness in a trance, and passed out.

(End of this chapter)