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Chapter 476 Jesus Can't Stop It
The offense and defense switched on the court, and the Thunder started from one inside and four outside.

Westbrook dribbled the ball to the right wing, raised his hand and passed it to the top of the arc, and Perkins, who was delayed, turned to Ibaka to cover and went straight to the paint.Although the receiver at the top of the arc has changed from Perkins to Ibaka, the tactics are still the one at the beginning.

This time, Durant did not use a double screen to run to the top of the arc to catch the ball, but used a single screen from Ibaka, crossed the paint area, crossed screens with Westbrook, stopped at the left team logo, and took the ball with his back. Frosa passed the ball, raised his hands high, and singled out Antetokounmpo.

He continued to sit and hit hard, pulled the ball suddenly, turned around, kicked off with his left foot, leaned back against Antetokounmpo to block the shot, and made a mid-range shot.

The basketball hit the iron, Cousins ​​jumped high to grab the rebound, landed and turned and threw it to Vazquez, and the King launched a counterattack.

At the 45-degree three-point line on the right side of the front court, Millsap made an early offensive screen. Vazquez took advantage of the situation to get rid of Westbrook and went all the way to the free throw line. Seeing that there was no chance to make a shot, he immediately passed it to Thornton who was running outside , and Millsap made a screen at the top of the arc.

After Vazquez handed over the ball, he ran away to stretch the space. Millsap followed closely, received Thornton's ground pass, ignored Ibaka's return defense and intercepted, and took two big strides. Perkins, who was defending, took off and aimed at the basket for a dunk.

The basketball went into the net and led 5-1.

"it is good!"

Su Yang took the lead in applauding. The king played a series of simple screens in fast break just now, and played very smoothly and dynamically.

There is no fixed routine for that style of play, and it can be said to be the most difficult to defend. Every player is a potential attack point, and the opponent loses focus.

Anyway, playing like the finals seventy hit the Spurs.

The Thunder hastily launched a counterattack. Westbrook called for a pick-and-roll at the top of the arc. Seeing the King double-team, he turned around and passed the ball to Ibaka.

Ibaka took the ball and raised his hand to shoot, and found that Millsap did not take a fake move, so he immediately released the ball and rushed.

It's a pity that Ibaka, who was attacking with the ball, was only at the bronze level. He rushed two steps with chaotic rhythm and was forced to stop the ball at the waist.

Seeing this, Durant hurried to the 45-degree three-point line on the right to catch the ball, then took a cross step and walked up the line to rush into the paint.

The pace is a bit fast, and Antetokounmpo suffers a little from lateral movement.

Vazquez decisively followed Su Yang's arrangement. Like the previous five games, he boldly let Westbrook open, distracted from a 45-degree three-pointer from the left, and retreated to the free throw line to defend.Unexpectedly, Dulat held the ball high with his left hand, took advantage of the situation and jumped, and forced a breakthrough.

In just one step, Durant passed through the double-teaming of Antetokounmpo and Vazquez, and his talent of height, arms, length and stride exploded.

Key coordination is excellent.

For other 208-height players, no one can play like that.

Seeing that Durant was about to pull out, Thornton in the left corner immediately shrank, leaving Sefolosha open, and then made up defense.

In an instant, the three of them surrounded each other.

Durant hurriedly threw the ball to the left corner, Sefolosha caught the ball with both hands, and rushed to shoot a three-pointer against Thornton who hurried back to the defense.

Basketball goes directly across the bridge without sticking.

"Hahaha…"

There were waves of laughter in the sleep train arena, Cousins ​​easily picked up the rebound, turned around and threw it to Antetokounmpo for a fast break.

In the blink of an eye, Antetokounmpo rushed to 45 degrees to the left of the frontcourt, and with the help of Millsap's cover, he got rid of Durant and rushed to the basket.

The Thunder was unstoppable at the basket, Antetokounmpo jumped high and dunked, and the referee blew his whistle at the same time, calling Durant for a foul.

Antetokounmpo's two-point dunk doesn't count. There were boos everywhere in the arena. Su Yang looked up at the big screen. The replay showed that when Durant squeezed through the screen, there was a movement of colliding with Millsap, but the magnitude was not much, just a normal squeeze. After the action, there is no need to call a foul.

It seems that the referee is biased towards the Kings, but the two points are gone.

Su Yang faintly felt his scalp tingling, it was all a routine.

Without thinking too much, he casually arranged an elbow weak tactic, and the king's generals saw his gesture and took their positions.

The referee whistled the ball, and Antetokounmpo sent the ball to Millsap on the left elbow. At the same time, Cousins ​​stepped on the right elbow and rushed to Thornton for the right corner. The screen directly forms a weak Chicago fit.

After finishing the screen, Cousins ​​went straight to the right corner to pull the space. Millsap dribbled sideways to the free throw line, cooperated with Thornton hand-in-hand, and prepared to turn around and attack the basket. The Thunder's defense was in chaos, but the referee whistled The sound rang without warning.

Antetokounmpo got an offensive foul, and the referee gestured that Antetokounmpo pushed Durant when he was covering for Vazquez.

Brother Antetokounmpo raised his hands and hugged the back of his head to show he was speechless, boos burst out in the arena, Su Yang thought he was fucking stupid.

In the ESPN commentary booth, Van Gundy shook his head again and again: "The referee is killing the super high ratings of this game. In less than 2 minutes, the game has been interrupted three times due to fouls. That is definitely a very bad viewing experience..."

In-court play continues.

The Thunder started with the horns formation, Westbrook dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and Durant used Perkins' wide screen to catch the ball.

Cousins ​​immediately chose to help defend, but did not catch up with Perkins who was cutting inside. Millsap shrank to the basket when he saw this.

That choice is to prevent Durant from directly stuffing the ball to the basket and assisting Perkins for a dunk, but leaving Ibaka open.

Durant immediately raised his hand and threw the ball to the 45-degree area on the left. Ibaka caught the ball and faced Millsap back to the defense, making a long shot.

The basketball slammed into the back basket and went into the net, 5 to 3.

The king of Yibian attacked, started with triangle tactics, passed to the right wing at the top of the arc, and then passed to the right waist. Cousins ​​failed to hit Perkins with his back.

The Thunder got the rebound and launched a counterattack. Durant dribbled the ball to the top of the arc and used the cover to make a quick shot from inside the three-point line.

The basketball also hit the iron, the King grabbed the rebound and counterattacked, continued to screen to find space, and Thornton made a three-pointer.

But before the cheers stopped, the Thunder scored five points in a row by virtue of Sefolosha's open shots, and the Kings double-teamed Durant to suffer.

The double-teaming strategy remained the same, and Sefoloza hit the iron continuously again, and his shots were not so stable, but the referee whistled frequently, and the Kings failed to score efficiently. The two teams were still unable to widen the gap. It was tied at 26.

The game then entered the second quarter of the substitute duel stage, Antetokounmpo went to the top of the arc to deal the cards, and the Thunder boldly let him shoot.

The disadvantage of lacking Thomas Jr. was fully revealed. Antetokounmpo was under a lot of pressure and soon made 4 of 1 shots, causing the Kings to fall behind by six points.Seeing this, Su Yang made adjustments on the spot and arranged for Vazquez to appear early, and finally stabilized the situation without falling into a major collapse.

After halftime, the Kings trailed the Thunder 46 to 52. The team returned to the locker room to rest. Thomas Jr. gave a speech as the captain: "Don't panic, everyone. Giannis is not born as a point forward, but he can control the situation very quickly. Just like me, although I am only 175 tall, I can get a formal contract in the NBA through hard work, we all need a process to learn..."

Su Yang also made a simple analysis: "Forging iron is a normal phenomenon. Don't think too much. If you have time, you should vote for what you should. Don't doubt yourself, and don't hesitate to waste time. This is something I have emphasized since the first training. Only Not afraid to strike iron to score goals..."

Brother Antetokounmpo, who was originally silent, heard the encouragement of the two, his eyes became more and more fighting spirit, and finally he took the initiative to speak: "Thank you for your trust in me, I will not worry about missing shots anymore, let's defeat our opponents and advance to the Western Conference Finals ..."

The whole team clasped hands and yelled 123 to come on in unison, and then returned to the arena to warm up for shooting in advance.

The third quarter kicked off, the king was in full swing, and all kinds of small cooperation were easy to succeed. Antetokounmpo was called for three fouls, and Cousins ​​was called for two fouls in a row. Into the fourth quarter of the game.

When the critical moment of the substitute duel came, the Thunder took the initiative to change their tactics and directly deployed Durant and Westbrook, together with Adams, Reggie Jackson, and Ibaka, to form a lineup with the strongest mobility and offensive firepower. Play the full 12 minutes.

Su Yang didn't think much about it. According to the rotation plan repeatedly confirmed before the game and in the midfield, let Antetokounmpo and Covington form the backcourt, Gay serves as the small forward, Millsap and Cousins ​​form the inside line, and replace Thornton depending on the situation , and launched a desperate fight with Thunder.

The sounds of muscle collisions and whistles exploded frequently, Westbrook and Gay rushed to the basket frantically, and the two teams were still unable to widen the gap in scoring.

In the last minute of the game, Cousins ​​was blocked by Ibaka for a layup, and the referee whistled for a foul by Millsap.

"Woooooooo..."

There were boos everywhere in the Sleep Train arena. Su Yang looked up at the big central screen and found that Millsap was whistled for a rebounding foul.

The whistle was a bit reluctant, mainly Millsap was stealing the ball, and even moved Durant, without touching the main body.

Cousins ​​jumped in a hurry, Thomas Jr. yelled to be calm on the bench, and Antetokounmpo pulled Cousins ​​towards the center line.

At this time, you can no longer take technical fouls, otherwise it will be free.

The king's ordinary fouls have accumulated to the count, the Thunder won the free throw opportunity, and Durant, who was fouled, walked to the free throw line.

The boos broke out again, but Durant was not affected, the first penalty was hollowed into the net, and Su Yang simultaneously sent Thornton to replace Covington.

The second free throw was also hit, and the Thunder tied the score 107.

The Kings kicked off from the baseline and attacked again. Thornton ran across the center line with the ball and passed it to Millsap at the 45-degree three-point line on the right.

Antetokounmpo started from the bottom corner on the right at the same time, rushed to the paint with the help of Cousins' cover, and while pulling space to create singles opportunities, he was preparing to cover Guy without the ball, but seeing Durant crossing the screen ahead of time, he had an idea Stop abruptly, turn around and stop.

Millsap understood, raised his hand and put the ball straight to the basket. Antetokounmpo caught the ball and jumped for a dunk, but Adams blocked it by pushing and shoving.

In an instant, Brother Antetokounmpo fell back under the force of the waist, and the arc of the hasty shot was too low, and Adams raised his hand and hit a big hat.

"Foul, foul!" The fans on the sidelines yelled frantically, all the Kings bench stood up and roared, and the referee turned a blind eye.

Westbrook picked up the rebound and rushed forward, stopped at 45 degrees on the right side of the frontcourt, watched and handed it to Durant on the left.

Seeing that a heads-up was about to start, the referee's whistle suddenly sounded, the Thunder requested a timeout, and Durant slammed the racket on the ground.

Durant became angry and anxious, thinking that it was a good opportunity to decide the game. Before Su Yang led the team, he would not call a timeout.

Seeing the timeout, Su Yang also breathed a sigh of relief. The king's defensive formation was a little messed up just now, and it was Millsap who was facing Durant.

The players of the two teams returned to the bench, and Su Yang comforted Antetokounmpo: "You don't need to blame yourself. It is the right decision for you to temporarily abandon the tactical running position and attack the basket directly, because of Durant's overreaction, but the foul was not called correctly. ..."

The time-out is over and the game continues.

In the last 36.5 seconds, the Thunder's frontcourt BOX formation was in place, and the left wing kicked off out of bounds. Reggie directly crossed the screen.

Durant circled to the 45-degree area on the left to catch the ball, took advantage of the trend to cross and started to rush, with the center of gravity of his body pressed extremely low, almost instantly passed Antetokounmpo, strode to the basket, ignored Cousin's defense in front of him, and was fearless Antetokounmpo blocked the shot from behind and pulled the bar for a layup.

The basketball rebounded into the net with a bang, and the Thunder overtook the Kings 109-107 with 32 seconds left in the game.

All the kings looked at the bench in unison. Su Yang didn't call a timeout, but simply gestured a "thumbs to lift the beer bottle cap action", implying that the main OPEN FLIP tactic, using the change of direction pick-and-roll, taking advantage of the excitement of the Thunder to shoot a three-pointer point.

That was a very risky strategy, but Thunderclap was unpredictable. Even if it didn't work out, it wouldn't be too late to change.

In the blink of an eye, Cousins ​​obeyed Su Yang's arrangement and passed the ball to Gay, and the King's Five rushed forward for a fast break.

The Thunder hurriedly marked people, Gay ran across the center line, raised his hand and passed the ball to Millsap at the top of the arc, and then rushed to the bottom corner on the right with the cover of Antetokounmpo at 45 degrees on the right.Durant, as before, chose to bypass the screen to intercept again, full of confidence.

Guy stopped suddenly and turned around to run back, while Antetokounmpo changed the direction of the cover synchronously, and OPEN FLIP took shape.

Durant didn't have time to bypass the screen to intercept again, let alone squeeze through the screen interference, and Reggie was short.

Seeing this, Millsap passed the ball. Gay caught the ball and raised his hand to score a three-pointer. The basketball slammed into the net.

110 to 109, the Kings overtook the Thunder again, the game ended with 26 seconds left, and cheers were everywhere in the arena.

The Thunder asked for a timeout again. In the ESPN commentary, Van Gundy sighed: "Su Yang successfully used every detail of the Thunder. When Reggie Jackson was on the court, he couldn't provide the defense like Sefoloza. Simple screens can get offensive opportunities.

Of course, he is very bold. If I were coaching, I would definitely call a timeout to arrange a positional tactic just now. "

Brin nodded: "Replacing Covington with Thornton probably means that the Thunder will only attack Durant. There is no need to worry that Thornton will not be able to defend Reggie Jackson, but Durant has been singled out with the ball, which consumes a lot of energy. He's played 46 minutes."

Between words, the pause ends.

The game continued. The Thunder scattered around the frontcourt. After consecutive screens, Westbrook took the ball first and then gave it to Durant.

Durant took the ball and turned to the top of the arc, and the rest of the Thunder pulled away. The situation became a one-on-one single, and Antetokounmpo was the main defense.

I saw Durant changing directions continuously, pulling the ball very sharply, striding from right to left, and suddenly fell forward.

When Antetokounmpo saw this, he rushed to the ground to grab the ball. Durant hurriedly threw the ball to Reggie Jackson on the right, but Reggie Jackson was gesturing to the referee for a timeout gesture. Guy grabbed the ball in his hand and quickly Running to the frontcourt, the Thunder team was in chaos.

"Quick foul, quick foul!" Thunder coach Brooks yelled to remind him from the sidelines, and Reggie rushed towards Gay.

"Pass the ball quickly, pass the ball quickly!" With only 16 seconds left, the king took the lead, and Su Yang thought it was possible to suppress the rhythm.

The cheers in the arena exploded at the same time. I don't know if Guy heard it. The basketball actually flew towards Antetokounmpo, who had difficulty making free throws.

Westbrook hurriedly fouled Antetokounmpo, and the referee blew his whistle at the same time. At this time, there were only 14.3 seconds left before the end of the game.

"Relax, don't stress..."

Su Yang was beating drums in his heart, but he encouraged Brother Antetokounmpo in his words, mainly because of Brother Antetokounmpo's free throw, he really didn't have much confidence.

Antetokounmpo high-fived Cousins ​​one by one, then stood on the free throw line, cheered by the crowd, and made two consecutive free throws.

The whole process was so easy that Su Yang almost thought he was wrong.

The Thunder then asked for the last timeout, and the kings returned to the bench at the same time. Su Yang said loudly: "No matter who gets the ball later, as long as they feel unable to guard, they directly foul and start penalty kicks. We are now leading by 3 Points, there is an advantage..."

The time-out is over and the game continues.

The announcer announced loudly: King Covington replaced Thornton, Thunder Perkins replaced Reggie Jackson, and they were also conservative.

The Thunder still settled in the BOX formation. Westbrook used the cover to go around to the left wing, and then turned to the top of the arc to single out Covington.

I saw Westbrook shrugged his shoulders for half a step, then kicked the ground and dashed, hitting the basket like lightning, and took off and put the basket with three forceful ones.

Courage is real courage!
But the basketball hit the basket, Cousins ​​got the rebound, turned and threw it to the left wing, Antetokounmpo caught the ball and rushed like a laser.

Durant chased after a few steps, and his physical strength was so tight that he was thrown away. Antetokounmpo rushed to the basket and deliberately waited for two seconds before dunking.

The cheers in the arena burst, and the Kings led 114 to 109 by 5 points, with 6.4 seconds left before the end of the game.

The Thunder didn't pause, and launched an attack from the backcourt. Su Yang instructed the audience to press hard, and Durant rushed to shoot a three-pointer.

Millsap got the rebound and held it in his arms while clenching his teeth tightly, as if he was enduring some pain.

Seeing this, Su Yang's joy of winning the game with difficulty was mostly diluted, and he thought it must not be the kind of serious injury that could not play the game.

The whistle sounded at the end of the game, and the Kings defeated the Thunder 4-2 to advance to the Western Conference Finals against the Spurs.

In the ESPN commentary seat, Van Gundy sighed: "This is a game that whistled excessively, but it is still a classic. Coach Brooks' timeout, Coach Su Yang's non-timeout, Durant's physical strength, Westbrook's rush to the basket, Between countless coincidences and mistakes, the Kings had the last laugh and they showed the world that as long as they are healthy enough, no team can stand against..."

(End of this chapter)