start with scouting

Chapter 474
While the outside world was discussing that the Thunder had too many home calls, Su Yang instructed Sam Hinkie to file a complaint with the league in protest.

Although those whistleblowers are most likely ordered by the league, if they do nothing, they will only be considered better bullies.

King No. [-] took a day off and did not arrange extra training. He focused on studying how to ensure high-efficiency scoring, thereby avoiding too many rebounds, and how to reduce long-distance passing, thereby avoiding too many steals, and ultimately limiting the Thunder's quick counterattack.

The reason why he won the first game is largely due to the high scoring efficiency in the opening positional battle, which did not allow Westbrook to find an impact rhythm.

Westbrook who pushes fast breaks is a superstar, king level, and Westbrook who plays positional warfare is an ordinary player, platinum level.

The king needs to hand over the ball to Millsap and Cousins ​​more. Millsap is as easy as Adelaide and Nowitzki against the jumping man like Ibaka, and Cousins ​​is stronger The advantage of mobility is perfect to bully Perkins' slow pace.

In the evening, the whole Kings team watched the Spurs play against the Clippers together.

On the following day, May [-], the second game of the Western Conference semifinals between the Kings and the Thunder continued at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

The Thunder won the jump ball and launched the first attack. The referee then called Cousins ​​for a foul for grabbing a position and raising an elbow. The game lasted only five seconds.

Seeing that situation, Su Yang faintly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of how to deal with it for a moment.Between the two teams taking the lead alternately, the game quickly reached the last 6 minutes and 43 seconds of the first quarter. Cousins ​​was called for an off-ball foul because he competed for rebounds and confronted Durant.

With two fouls on his back, he could only end the game early and rest.

However, the Kings attack lacked an inside core, and their efficiency dropped suddenly. Although Millsap went all out, after the first quarter, the Kings were still behind 28 to 37. Except for Thornton, the other six players all got fouls, and the situation was very serious. Difference.

The game entered the second quarter, and the Kings relied on Thomas Jr. and Gay to recover 4 points, but Antetokounmpo suffered two more fouls.

Returning to the locker room at halftime, Su Yang checked the statistics and felt that it was okay, not as bad as imagined, and he could still play.

I thought, 5 minutes into the third quarter, Antetokounmpo suffered two more fouls and was forced to take a rest. Covington, who made his appearance in a hurry, could hardly limit Durant because of his height disadvantage, so he could only increase his defense and gamble. The rest of the Thunder showed a stretch.

It's a pity that Westbrook performed well, scoring all five consecutive offenses with the ball, leading the Thunder to lead by 13 points at the end of the third quarter.

Su Yang thought for a long time, and decided to go slanted forward, and sent Cousins ​​at the beginning of the fourth quarter, hoping to grab a wave of points.

Unexpectedly, Cousins ​​suffered two consecutive fouls in one minute, and the King's offense was completely blocked. In the end, they lost 1 to 101.

In the whole game, the Kings fouled 28 times, Cousins ​​and Antetokounmpo each had 5 fouls, and Millsap and Vazquez had 4 fouls each.

The Thunder made a total of 19 fouls, but 3 of them were due to the final situation of the game, and they barely whistled to find a balance.

At the press conference after the game, Su Yang said bluntly: "This is also not a fair game. The referees obviously use double standards in judgments. The Kings are particularly harsh and the Thunder are very easy. It may be because I made the referees feel a sense of crisis. ..."

When the news reports came out, the news that Su Yang proposed to set up a referee challenge system appeared in the public eye at the same time. WOJ also broke the news: "After soliciting suggestions from referees, coaches, players, etc., as well as years of discussion and deduction, the league has decided to start from next season. , implement the referee challenge system, the referee will no longer have absolute power, and there will be a post-match referee report..."

Su Yang saw WOJ broke the news and knew that the referee challenge system was not the main reason, and the league just wanted to increase the heat of related discussions.

For example, the referee reported after the game that nothing can be changed, even if Yong does not go out of bounds, but fans like to discuss it.

In short, it's all about traffic.

At noon of the next day, the league announced that Su Yang would be punished for making unreasonable comments on the referee. According to the boss's specifications, the penalty would be [-] US dollars.

Su Yang retweeted ESPN's report on the fine, with applauding emojis, and won more than [-] fans' likes and support.

On the [-]th, the Kings returned home to face the Thunder.

At the beginning of the game, he defended Durant with all his strength and deliberately let Westbrook shoot, allowing Westbrook to score 40 points, but he narrowly won 103 to 99.

In the high-intensity confrontation of the semifinals, Thornton failed to play the role of the thigh stably, Vazquez's assist/turnover ratio was lower than before, and Antetokounmpo's cuts to the basket were greatly reduced. The three cores of Cousins, Gay and Millsap, even Thomas Jr., the king of the last quarter, have not been able to perform well for the time being, and there are too few vacancies.

The Thunder is similar, Durant and Westbrook are duo, Ibaka occasionally makes two mid-range shots, Reggie Jackson, who is the best sixth man in the regular season, makes all kinds of crazy strikes, and his stability is not even as good as Sebastian, who is not so good at shooting. Frosa and Butler.

The playoffs are the stage for superstars.

After the ultra-high physical exertion game, Su Yang led the team to visit the construction of the new arena, saying that they can officially settle in by the end of 15.

That night, the whole team had a dinner together as usual, discussing how to better limit Durant by the way, and everyone was full of excitement.

NO.11 the next day, the Kings continued to face the Thunder.

Cousins ​​and Antetokounmpo were once again troubled by fouls. In addition, Ibaka made 11 of 10 shots. Although the Kings succeeded in allowing Durant to score only 23 points, Westbrook scored 36 points. The Kings finally lost by 5 points. The series was tied 2-2.

The trend of the two-team series is confusing, which has sparked a lot of discussions among fans. In another matchup in the West, the Spurs crushed the Clippers.

The Kings team flew to Oklahoma overnight.

There is no reflection and summary, no extra training, Su Yang just keeps the players calm, after all, the strength of the two teams is [-]-[-].

One day off NO.13, the fifth game of the Western Conference semifinals between the Kings and the Thunder continued to start at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

The king's offensive and defensive strategy has not changed. They still pinch Durant and let Westbrook shoot moderately. They lead by 9 points in the first quarter. Sins had five fouls in three quarters.

Su Yang weighed it for a long time, and decided not to change the defensive strategy, try to avoid new loopholes, and not let the Thunder increase their confidence.

The game entered the fourth quarter, the Thunder did not improve, and soon there were only 2 minutes left, the Kings led by 9 points, and the situation was very stable.

Who would have thought that the Kings had three consecutive fouls on both ends of the offense, Westbrook and Durant took the opportunity to score 5 points in a row, and the situation changed suddenly.

Millsap then made a shot and hit the iron, the Thunder grabbed the rebound and started a fast break, Westbrook made a dunk, and the Kings led by only 2 points.

The Kings of Yibian attacked again, Cousins ​​broke through Ibaka and fouled, but missed two free throws unexpectedly, and the Thunder succeeded in another fast break.

With 23 seconds left in the game, the king's lead was tied, the thunder was like a rainbow, the king's generals were surrounded, and Su Yang requested a timeout.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Su Yang didn't take the tactical board, and said directly: "I don't have any tactics to arrange. Our main problem is to lose momentum. I know the referee is biased towards the Thunder, but it doesn't matter. We can do it if we have five-on-eight." The momentum to win!
As long as you want to win the championship, you will experience injuries, unfair penalties, poor competitive state, and even off-court conspiracy.

Please remember, if you feel scared, everything you encounter is an obstacle, and there are obstacles in front of you! "

Cousins, Guy and the others nodded as if they had been enlightened, and the whistle sounded at the end of the pause.

The game continues.

The king's BOX formation was in place, the referee whistled the timer, Thornton and Thomas Jr. came up from the short corner at the same time, with the help of Cousins ​​and Gay, they went straight to the three-point line, but Millsap chose to pass the ball Homeopathic transfer to Cousins ​​​​on the left waist.

I saw Cousins ​​with his back against Perkins to catch the ball, turned around to face the basket, held the ball with both hands to protect his waist, and bowed to press time.

Chesapeake Energy players booed, and the audience shouted at Cousins: Curry is going to be the king's boss.

Cousins ​​laughed lightly when he heard the words, and remained motionless. When there were only four seconds left, he sat on his back suddenly, then made an emergency stop and turned around to avoid Sefoloza's double-team, passed Perkins with one step, and slid to the bottom line. Leaping high in two steps, he aimed at the basket and made a strong dunk.

The basketball exploded into the net with only 2.1 seconds left.

The Kings led by 2 points, but Perkins yelled at the referee: "I fouled early, I fouled, I fouled..."

The referee Scott Foster hesitated for half a second, whistled the goal to be invalid, and gave Cousins ​​two free throw opportunities.

The technical statisticians immediately adjusted the score to a tie. Cousins ​​was about to be furious on the spot, and Thomas Jr. hugged him quickly.

Su Yang shouted a reminder from the sidelines, Cousins ​​calmed down, stood on the free throw line against the boos of the audience, and scored the first free throw hollow.

The Kings led by 1 points.

The Thunder quickly sent Adams and Collison, obviously wanting to protect the rebound, while Su Yang sent Gobert and Antetokounmpo.

The second free throw continued, and Su Yang gestured to imply that Cousins ​​could miss the shot deliberately, as long as he did not lose the ball in violation of the law.

Upon seeing this, Cousins ​​did as he saw, aiming at the basket for a full five seconds, deliberately hitting Gobert, and there was a clanging sound of iron striking.

Perkins grabbed Gobert, and Collison hurriedly jumped up to fight for it, but Gobert had an idea and slammed the ball out vigorously.

The basketball was forced to fall to the free throw line. Cousins ​​didn't think about it for half a second, and he rushed to the ground fiercely, holding the ball in his hands.

The Thunder generals watched 2.1 seconds pass, the whistle sounded at the end of the game, and the Kings narrowly won 104 to 103.

After winning Tianwangshan, the Kings led 3-2 and returned to the home court to play match point, but it was still very difficult to advance.

To make matters worse, team doctor Tom reported after the game: Thomas Jr.'s hip muscles seemed to be strained, which greatly affected his explosive power.

　It's a matter of a few days to slow down, and NO.20 starts to guarantee three changes a day.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)