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Chapter 304 Nobody Knows Thunder Better Than Me

The Lakers went 10-0, and the audience was restless.

But the Thunder did not request a timeout, and the game went on as usual, and its head coach Brooks even behaved particularly calmly.

"They really hold their breath," McBrown marvels. "That's the quality you build."

Su Yang heard such flattery, and responded with a slight smile: "I think the score difference is acceptable, after all, it's only five points."

"It may also be worried about annoying the players..." Darwin Hamm laughed: "Not everyone dares to suspend adjustments because the star has not played well in two or three rounds. That is Westbrook. In the finals, he can pass 10+ in a single quarter with an emergency stop scoring player."

Su Yang laughed again, knowing that what Hamm said was also reasonable, the main reason for the Thunder's zero block was Westbrook's two sudden stops to hit the iron.

But on the Thunder side, Coach Brooks has a high tolerance, or dare not criticize casually, it is best to choose to look again.

In case Westbrook suddenly casts away, it should be nothing happened.

While thinking about it, Westbrook used Durant's cover to enter the paint area, jumped high and tried to force the basket, but it was a pity that he hit the iron.

Ibaka grabbed the offensive rebound and forced a tip-up that caused a foul by Bynum. The referee whistled and gave two free throw opportunities.

Applause erupted in the arena, and Su Yang took the opportunity to remind Kobe to return to shooting guard. On the one hand, it was to avoid excessive physical exertion caused by Kobe’s long-term dribbling and possession of the ball. .

Amidst the cheers, Ibaka made two free throws, the Lakers kicked off from the baseline and launched an attack, and Blake slowly moved forward with the ball.

As Su Yang expected, as soon as the Lakers kicked off, Sefolosha approached Kobe ahead of time, but was embarrassed to find that Kobe hadn't got the ball, and continued to follow closely. As a result, Kobe ran to the right wing of the frontcourt to get the ball , and immediately passed it to the top of the arc.

After a lot of tossing, Sefoloza guarded against loneliness.

And the Lakers made some manipulations, and the basketball was passed to Bynum at the waist, which caused Perkins to foul in a blink of an eye.

The referee gave Bynum two free throws, and Snyder said with a smile: "The Thunder are following the defensive thinking you are good at. Once it is difficult to predict a certain player's offensive routine, they will use extreme methods to limit it. Against Kobe."

Su Yang shrugged, thinking that this was also a reference to Nas, worried that he would not be able to guard Curry, so he directly used BOX1 to stare at the quadruple.

Bynum made two free throws and the Lakers maintained a 5-point lead.

Thunder launched a counterattack, Westbrook raised his hand and called for tactical gestures, completely forgetting that those gestures were all designed by Su Yang.

Seeing Westbrook's gesture, Su Yang quickly suppressed his smile and shouted at the Lakers generals on the field: "It's a screen and then a RAM screen, pay attention to keep changing defenses, don't give outside shots, and block the paint area at the same time. Player lowered priority..."

The voice was so loud that the three of Durant suddenly looked complicated, but Westbrook and Perkins didn't care.

In the blink of an eye, Westbrook reached the top of the arc, Perkins immediately turned and went down, and Durant started running from the basket simultaneously.

The combination of down screen and RAM screen was formed suddenly, and Durant took the opportunity to get rid of Artest and strode to the top of the arc.

But Perkins didn't care too much about the screen, and Artest easily squeezed through the screen and continued to chase, not falling behind by too much distance.

To make matters worse, before Durant stood firm and erected a wall to block Blake, Westbrook pulled the ball to the left and forced a breakthrough.

With that kind of cooperation, the quality of the cover is very low.

Anyway, the tactics were played, but the details were not taken seriously. Everything was in Su Yang's expectation, but not all in his expectation.

But Westbrook is arrogant, still easily throws off Blake, and even crosses Artest's double-team in one step, and goes straight to the basket.

Seeing this, Bynum bent his knees and squatted, thinking about forcing Westbrook to stop and pass the ball. Kobe and Gasol on the left and right sides were also ready.

Who would have thought that Westbrook would be so heroic, not afraid of the sky and the earth, and forcefully take off and put the basket in front of Bynum, brave and invincible!

Embarrassingly, Westbrook was unable to cross a wall as thick as Bynum, resulting in a slightly shorter shot and hitting the front basket.

Gasol decisively blocked Ibaka with his back. Kobe took the opportunity to run and jump to catch the rebound, landed and turned and rushed.

There were boos in the Ford Center, and Kobe seemed to be affected. He rushed to the right waist of the frontcourt and was double-teamed, and stopped and turned to pass the ball.

Gasol, who followed up in the middle, received a pass at the top of the arc and seemed to be affected. With 18 seconds left, he shot two points longer.

The basketball hit the iron, Perkins grabbed the rebound, but did not make a quick pass, and the Thunder failed to launch a fast break counterattack.

Seeing this, Su Yang yelled to remind the generals of the Lakers headed by Kobe: "Pay attention to observe the formation, pay attention to distinguish the offensive rhythm..."

The Lakers scored two early offenses in front, mainly because the Thunder retreated slowly and scattered, but this time Sefolosha led the defense from the backcourt, and Ibaka decisively double-teamed. The situation Kobe faced Much different than before.

The Thunder generals like this kind of defense with talent the most. They don't need to think too much, just focus on speed and confrontation.

If you want to deal with the Thunder's defense, the best way is to be patient and observe more, and make full use of the cover advantage.

While shouting, Perkins took off and made a tip-up, but the referee blew his whistle and punished him for a push foul first, and the goal was invalid.

The Lakers immediately launched a counterattack. Blake ran the ball across the center line, passed it to Kobe on the right, turned and ran to the left.

Kobe took the ball to observe for a while, and asked Bynum Gasol to do a pick-and-roll at a 45-degree position, and quickly killed from the top of the arc to the free throw line.

The Thunder changed their defensive strategy, did not double-team, and did not have partial three defenses and two defenses. They instantly became a 23-zone defense formation.

Faced with Durant's contraction and interception, Kobe made an emergency stop and threw the ball to the left wing, and Artest flew towards Durant to grab the shot.

The three-pointer hit the iron, and Blake, standing in the wide open corner, was raising his hand to receive Artest's pass.

Seeing this, Su Yang turned his head and said: "The team's rhythm is out of order, and everyone is impatient. The next dead ball is called a timeout..."

Mike Brown nodded to express his memory, and the Thunder counterattacked on the court, Durant's waist and the basket forced Artest to score.

The referee immediately beeped to remind the Lakers to request a short timeout. The five of Kobe returned to the bench and leaned towards Su Yang.

"Mainly talk about two points. First, when the transition between offense and defense is not absolutely sure, we should slow down the pace and play positions. We need to maintain scoring efficiency and reduce the number of Thunder's fast-break counterattacks; second, if there is no good space for the shot , can make one more pass, reduce the threat of the Thunder's rapid rotation contraction, and don't let our very good off-ball screen become a display."

After Su Yang finished speaking, he asked Snyder to repeat it in another way, and then asked Mike Brown to emphasize it in another way.

Anyway, there is no specific tactic, just to be patient and do more conduction, and to increase the attention of the whole team by talking about it several times.

The timeout ended quickly, and the Lakers kicked off in the backcourt.

Blake ran to the left wing with the ball, handed it to Kobe, took advantage of the situation and ran to the bottom corner, and shifted to the right with the help of a screen.

And Kobe took the ball with Gasol's pick and roll, pretended to go left but actually went right, tricked Ibaka into double-teaming, took a big stride away from Sefoloza and rushed to the free throw line, and Durant moved laterally to intercept again. Raise your hand and throw the ball to the right 45-degree three-point line.

Artest took the ball and raised his hands to shoot. Seeing Durant quickly return to the defense, he turned around decisively and passed again.

The basketball flew to the bottom corner on the right, and Blake arrived just under the cover of Bynum, and Westbrook, who was in charge of defense, was completely blocked.

Amidst boos all over the court, the basketball steadily lifted into the air, and then went into the net with a bang, and the Lakers led by 6 points again.

Seeing this, Su Yang applauded with satisfaction, knowing that the generals of the Lakers have been strictly implementing the strategy of 'one more pass'.

On the commentary table, Van Gundy smiled and said: "After the Thunder's defensive strategy was adjusted, it was broken by Su Yang in only three rounds. If they can't find a solution, they can only rely on their talents to maintain the situation with difficult scores, which consumes a lot of energy and emotions. big."

Brin said: "I noticed that Su Yang cracked Thunder's tactical gestures just now. He is very familiar with how Xie Ting would fight..."

The game continued on the court, and it was the end of the first quarter in a blink of an eye. The Thunder's defense relaxed a little, and Kobe took the opportunity to score five points in a row.

The Lakers entered the second quarter with an 11-point advantage. Su Yang frequently emphasized on the sidelines that more passes should be mobilized to offset the rapid rotation and contraction of the Thunder.

Thunder coach Brooks seldom shouted on the sidelines, but the Thunder relied on player talent to cling to the point difference.

By the end of the third quarter, the Lakers led the Thunder 87 to 76, with fewer fouls and less playing time.

Su Yang lined up troops as usual, and he was sure that the Thunder would send out the three minors + Perkins lineup in advance. He also chose to let Kobe play in front of the battle, and said: "The main force on the opposite side has been fighting continuously, which consumes a lot of physical strength and energy. We have the opportunity to establish an absolute advantage. coming…"

(End of this chapter)