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Chapter 99
During the timeout, the Thunder Five returned to the bench.

The whole team formed a circle, and Su Yang quickly praised a few words, and then predicted that the Celtics would strengthen their defensive rotation after the timeout. .

After setting up the offense, he thought of some routines of Rivers, and then emphasized that the defensive end should not give the Celtics a fast break.

If you want the Celtics not to play fast breaks, you need to actively give up offensive rebounds, which is the opposite of the pre-match strategy.Faced with the doubtful eyes of the players, Su Yang said that as long as he can withstand the Celtics' counterattack after a timeout, the game will basically win half of the game.

Everyone was a little surprised by his prediction.

That's the championship team. In the finals, they reversed the Lakers by 24 points. How dare you say that you can basically win half of it?
Su Yang didn't have time to explain.In his opinion, the biggest reason for the Big Three of the Celtics to win the championship last season was the harmony of time and people. The coach Rivers' coaching level is quite mediocre, and there is a serious lack of offensive system. Many games rely on defensive counterattacks to win.

But right now the Celtics can't significantly limit the Thunder, and it's even hard to cause the Thunder to make mistakes, so there's no way to counterattack.

But even then, he can only say that he wins half, because many of the Thunder's substitute players are too stretched.

What Desmond Mason, what Earl Watson, what Johan Petrol, the defense is basically free.

drop!The whistle sounded at the end of the short timeout, and the players of the two teams returned to the field.

For the Celtics, Glenn Davis replaced Perkins and Garnett played center instead.

Seeing the adjustment, Snyder smiled and said: "Your prediction is really accurate. It is estimated that the next step will be Tony Allen replacing Pierce."

Su Yang also laughed: "There are too few changes on the opposite side, and Coach Doc Rivers' thoughts are easy to guess..."

Between talking and laughing, the game continued.

The referee blew the whistle and the Celtics kicked off from the backcourt baseline. Garnett threw it to Rondo.

"Defend, defend!" The fans shouted in unison, and Rondo picked it up and moved forward.

Garnett sprinted faster, ran across the center line before Rondo, twisted his hips and went straight to the left wing, quickly formed an off-ball cross screen with the oncoming Ray Allen, and finally stopped at the 45-degree three-point line on the left, sideways Look towards the top of the arc.

And Ray Allen rushed to the top of the arc, raised his hand to catch Rondo's 45-degree pass from the right, and immediately turned to the left.

Whoosh!Ray Allen put the ball straight to Garnett at the 45-degree three-point line on the left, and raised his finger to the left waist.

At the same time, Rondo, who had passed the ball before, went inside and crossed the paint with the help of Davis.

If you switch to another point guard, that running route is a typical singles tactic.

But on Rondo, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it, and Rondo is not the main attack.

Su Yang quickly scanned the half court and found that Pierce started from the right wing and went straight to the right elbow.

"Like an air cut layup?" Su Yang saw through the tactics and immediately yelled at Durant and Green to remind him.

As soon as the words fell, Pierce easily received a pass from Garnett in the middle of the empty free throw line, twisted his hips sideways, slid to the basket with a masterful step, and made a very skillful low-handed basket. It's like training.

But Green strode to take off, raised his hands at the same time as Durant, who was chasing after him, and shot at the basketball in unison.

bang bang!Double ghost knocking on the door, nailing the big hat.

The basketball rebounded and flew upside down. Westbrook grabbed it in his hand and immediately turned around and rushed forward.

Cheers erupted in the arena. Westbrook rushed to the left elbow of the frontcourt in [-] seconds, faced the Celtics on three sides, stopped and jumped without warning, twisted his body in the air and passed the ball to the right half. , and Durant just arrived at the right waist.

The Celtics had no time to return to the defense. Durant took the ball and rushed two steps, catching the ball and raising his hand.

But before Durant took off, Pierce stretched out his hands from behind and pulled him off.

That action was quite dangerous, and the audience on the sidelines stared in fright, but Durant threw the ball forcefully.

Beep!The referee blew his whistle, called Pierce for a foul, and gave Durant two free throw opportunities.

Durant pulled Westbrook and Green to get up, patted their buttocks with a smile, and stood at the free throw line.

Su Yang stood up smiling and applauding, knowing that Pierce was in a hurry. The tactic just now was specially designed for him, but in the end it ended up being blocked. Not only did it fail to help the Celtics stabilize the situation, but instead fueled the momentum of the Thunder.

But if you really want to find the responsibility, you have to blame Rivers. There is only one option for a post-timeout tactic.

One choice is all, and it is the most unreliable sneak cut layup, which is really speechless.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Durant made two free throws steadily, and the Thunder took a 21-8 lead.

In the transition of offense and defense, Rondo took the ball and ran to the left wing of the frontcourt, and Garnett then used the cover to run to the left waist.

He didn't run complicated tactics, let Garnett directly take the ball to single-handedly hit Jordan, or attack the frame face-to-face.

Westbrook saw the opportunity and stepped forward to double-team, but Garnett stopped suddenly to pull the ball and turned around, leaning back to hit the board.

boom!The basketball rebounded into the net, 21 to 10.

"Garnett's guard breaks through the frame, it's really not easy to double-team..." Su Yang thought silently.

The two teams switched offense and defense, Westbrook dribbled the ball forward, raised his hand to signal a five-out position to start, and played a European-style pick-and-roll.

Seeing his gesture, Jordan ran to the top of the arc on the right and waited, while Green ran to the top of the arc on the left, Durant ran to the 45-degree three-point line on the left, and Kyle Waver ran to the bottom corner on the left. The whole team stood in the most basic European pick-and-roll formation.

The Celtics seem to have regulations for timeouts. Except for Rondo, everyone else chooses man-to-man defense.

In a blink of an eye, Westbrook dribbled the ball to the 45-degree three-point line on the right, and directly played a pick-and-roll with Jordan.

Rondo quickly squeezed through the screen to catch up, and Garnett was also watching the elbow area. It was quite difficult to shoot and break through.

"Run, spread the word..." Su Yang waved and shouted towards the field, and Snyder and others followed suit.

Westbrook gave up the breakthrough almost at the same time, dribbled the ball in the opposite direction for two steps, and raised his hand to pass straight to the top of the arc on the left.

Green catches the ball and spins to the left, starting off toward the left wing, while Durant strides into the paint.

Kyle Waver also rushed to the left wing, received a hand-off pass from Green, took two random steps, and raised his hand to the right.

Westbrook re-received the ball a few strides outside the three-point line, and Jordan rushed up to cover again.

Rondo turned his back to Jordan at this time, and Garnett hurriedly shouted to remind him, but he was still a step too late.

Westbrook accelerated to get rid of Rondo, rushed to the right elbow, and faced Garnett with an emergency stop to take off and make a mid-range shot.

Garnett jumped to block the shot, but Westbrook jumped so high that he failed to cause any interference.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, 23 to 10.

Clap clap!The fans applaud and cheer.

Snyder praised: "This European-style offensive pick-and-roll style is especially suitable for the Spurs to continue their offensive system. Coach Popovich has also studied and tried it before. You actually paid attention to it one step earlier than him. You are a genius coach..."

Su Yang responded with a faint smile. The European-style offensive pick-and-roll is very suitable for Durant + Westbrook.

But that is also based on the strong abilities of Durant and Westbrook. If the game is not good, it will be given for nothing.

While thinking about it, Rondo ran across the center line with the ball, and suddenly raised his hand and made a long pass to the left waist.

Garnett took off to catch the ball, held the ball flat on the ground, and immediately passed back to Rondo who was rushing over.

That is the classic early offensive cooperation between Rondo and Garnett, which is difficult for ordinary teams and players to defend.

But Westbrook bypassed the screen in lightning speed, and blocked Rondo abruptly on the edge of the paint under the basket.

In a hurry, Rondo stopped and turned the ball, leaning on Westbrook to kick off the ground, and hooked sideways to hit the board.

That kind of movement can be regarded as Rondo's famous stunt, and Westbrook tried his best to take off but failed to interfere.

boom!The basketball rebounded into the net, 23 to 12.

The two teams switched offense and defense, Westbrook ran across the center line with the ball, and the whole team spontaneously took five-out European-style pick-and-roll offensive positions.

Compared with before, this time Durant and Waver stood at the bottom corners on both sides, and Jordan and Green stood at 45 degrees on both sides.

Perhaps aware of Westbrook's intentions, Rondo put pressure ahead of time, trying to disrupt the rhythm.

But Westbrook ignored it, and simply played a screen with Jordan, and threw the ball to the top of the arc.

Jordan, who disassembled and transferred to the top of the arc, raised his hand to catch the ball, turned and moved to the right.Seeing this, Green quickly inserted into the paint area from the right at 45 degrees, and Wavell lifted it from the bottom corner on the right, hand-to-hand with Jordan on the right elbow.

Wavell took the ball to the top of the arc, swayed his crotch, bowed to protect, and pretended to attack.

At the same time, Durant started running from the left basket, first with the cover of Green who inserted into the paint, and quickly rushed to the right elbow, and then borrowed the cover of Jordan, and continued to rush to the right wing, leaving Pierce far away. some distance.

Waver hurriedly passed the ball, but Durant received the ball, calmly aimed at the basket for half a second, and made a steady three-pointer.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, 26 to 12.

The Thunder's lead is still expanding, and there are waves of cheers in the arena.

Su Yang got up and applauded and cheered. Looking at Durant and Westbrook who returned to defense, he thought this is Wang Zha.

(End of this chapter)