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Chapter 98 Double Confusion
Amidst the cheers, the Celtics launched a counterattack.

On their bench, assistant coach Thibodeau frowned and was in a state of confusion.

"The Thunder's style of play is really strange. On-ball pick-and-rolls are the core of all offensive systems. Before the game, I studied the videos of their past four games. They mainly play European-style pick-and-roll offenses. Why did this game suddenly change to off-ball pick-and-rolls? The ball screen is actually a fake screen disassembled in advance, and the key is to always execute it efficiently...

We still underestimate the Thunder. Although the Thunder lost four games in a row, their coach is Su Yang.

That guy used the sun's delayed positioning to avoid the disadvantage of the center, and our defense was strong against the ball holder. KP played a very low role on the defensive end, and KG was taken away from the battlefield. A lot of small-scale cooperation severely weakened our defense.

I don't know how to crack it yet, but we must not let them play so comfortably, we must give pressure.

If they don't play pick and roll with the ball, force them to play! "

After some thought, Thibodeau made up his mind and looked up at the court, where Ray Allen just hit the mid-range shot at the buzzer.

"Hey, press, press!" Thibodeau yelled at the Celtics on the field.

When Rondo heard this, he slowed down and returned to defense, and walked towards Westbrook who was catching the ball from the baseline.

At the same time, Perkins got close to Jordan and took the initiative to fight physically, which was full of provocation.

Pierce also deliberately blocked in front of Durant, and the Celtics suddenly formed a full-court press.

"OKC! OKC!" Seeing the visiting team improve their defensive strength, the fans shouted in unison.

Su Yang stared at Westbrook and Rondo, thinking that although Rondo was at a disadvantage in height, he had a long wingspan, good positioning, a strong sense of stealing, and was not weak in confrontation. It would be disadvantageous if you entangled with Long for a long time.

"Come on!" Su Yang got up and waved at Westbrook and shouted, reminding him to take advantage of his speed.

Westbrook was struggling with how to get rid of Rondo. He wanted to call for a cover, but when he heard the shout, he kicked the ground and rushed.

I saw a blue lightning suddenly appearing on the court, but it didn't change, but went straight to the basket.

Rondo was able to keep up with the rhythm at first, but when he chased to the free throw line, he was completely thrown away and had to rush down the ball.

At this time, the Celtics had no defense at the basket, Perkins and Garnett hurriedly shrank, but the taste suddenly stopped and threw.

Boom!The basketball hits the hoop and into the net.

There were cheers in the arena, and the Thunder led 14 to 8. The attack took 8 seconds.

Su Yang took the lead in applauding and cheering, while Thibodeau's eyes widened in surprise on the side of the Celtics bench.

"It should be just a special case..." Thibodeau comforted himself, "It's impossible to rush like this all the time..."

The offensive and defensive transition on the court, Rondo took the ball and ran to the top of the arc to stand still, raising his hand and making tactical gestures.

The other four players of the Celtics followed closely and began to run, but Ray Allen's idea of ​​using cover to go around the left wing from the baseline was too obvious. Several Thunder players delayed and chased in an orderly manner. Space to catch the ball.

At the top of the arc, Westbrook took the initiative to go to the free throw line and bullied Rondo to make a low long-range shot.

The opening-degree offense stalled, Rondo hurriedly threw the ball to the right 45-degree three-point line, Garnett caught the ball and raised his hands high.

At the same time, Pierce held Durant with his back on the right waist and raised his left hand to signal for the ball.

Garnett gave the ball immediately, and considering Durant's height armband, he deliberately chose a slightly outside position.

The basketball flew into Pierce's hands, Durant turned sideways to block the bottom line space as usual, and took the initiative to give up the space on the line.

Pierce took advantage of the ball and prepared to break through, but Green also gave up Garnett and double-teamed from 45 degrees.

For a while, Pierce had no room to break through, and no room to maneuver, just like a horse walking on the sideline and meeting two cars.

The audience on the sidelines cheered and shouted, Pierce hurriedly twisted his hips and turned around, pouted his hips to separate the space, raised his hand and threw the ball out.

Garnett bowed and reached out to catch the ball. Unexpectedly, the blue lightning appeared again and intercepted the pass halfway.

The cheers followed the arena, and Westbrook dribbled the ball straight to the frontcourt, threw away Rondo from the center line, and made a three-step layup from the free throw line.

boom!The basketball hit the board and rebounded into the net. The entire attack took 7 seconds in total, and the Thunder led 16 to 8.

"Can he still charge like that?" Thibodeau was stunned, "I want to see how many times he can charge."

On Lei Ting's side, Su Yang felt a little regretful: "Unfortunately, Westbrook's explosive power is still average at the moment..."

The two teams switched offense and defense, and amidst the shouts of defense and defense, Rondo dribbled the ball and stopped at 45 degrees to the right.

After a little observation, the basketball flew to the top of the arc instead, Perkins caught the ball and turned around, and then divided the left wing Ray Allen.

At the same time, Pierce used Garnett to cover and ran across the paint from the right to the left waist.

A typical triangle attack was formed, and the Thunder's defensive attention was attracted a lot.

But Perkins, who passed the ball before, strode down, and the free throw line set up a wall to block Westbrook, while Rondo, who was walking towards the paint area, made a sudden stop, turned around and ran to the top of the arc, and got an easy chance to catch the ball. Westbrook at least It takes a second to re-fit.

If it were someone else's point guard, raising his hand would be a three-pointer.

But Rondo's three-pointer is a bit spicy.

After all, it is the first generation of arc top card dealers.

Westbrook slowly squeezed through the screen and returned to defense, and the Celtics' 12 seconds of offensive time were wasted.

Fortunately, after Ray Allen passed the ball back, he immediately used Pierce to lift up the cover, quickly inserted into the baseline, strode across the paint area and moved to the right half, forcing a chance to catch the ball, allowing the Celtics to attack and Not stalled.

Seeing Ray Allen rushing to the 45-degree three-point line on the right, Rondo changed hands in a decent manner, took two steps casually, turned around and threw the ball over in a hurry, and Westbrook, who was about to defend against a breakthrough, was stunned on the spot. Live, as if saying: This is it?
On the other side, Ray Allen received the ball, and with 9 seconds left in the shot clock, Garnett hurried up the wall to cover.

Seeing this, Su Yang yelled ICE, and Kyle Waver hurriedly stepped back to block the upper line space and leave room for the sideline.

At the same time, Green blocked the breakthrough route and deliberately guided Ray Allen to sprint towards the bottom corner defense.

Such a strategy is a conspiracy, and Ray Allen bit the bullet and charged forward, and was attacked from three sides at the short corner on the right.

Boos suddenly exploded in the audience, and in a panic, Ray Allen stopped and leaned against Green, bent sideways and threw the ball out.

The basketball flew straight to the 45-degree three-point line on the right, Westbrook jumped out like lightning, and almost made a steal.

Garnett bent down to pick up the basketball, and immediately turned and threw it 45 degrees to the right, where there was a wide open Pierce.

Seeing this, Durant rotated to make up for the position. With only 2 seconds left in the attack time, Pierce took the ball and rushed to make a head-on shot.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

Cheers erupted in the arena. Westbrook jumped high to catch the rebound, landed and turned around and rushed forward.

Players from the two teams quickly followed up. Westbrook rushed to the right wing of the frontcourt in a blink of an eye. Seeing that Rondo shrank, he stopped and pulled out.

when!The basketball smashed into the basket, rebounded, bounced again, and fell into the net with a bang.

This attack only took 5 seconds!
The Thunder led by 19 points 8-11. The fans followed the DJ and chanted Westbrook's name in unison.

The referee whistled at the same time, the Celtics requested a timeout, and Thibodeau fell into a state of confusion again.

On Thunder's side, Su Yang shrugged slightly: "Too fast, Westbrook is too fast..."

(End of this chapter)