Basketball Myth: Super Guard

Chapter 1206 Setbacks Are Not a Bad Thing
After playing for a few minutes in the first quarter, the score difference on the court was not too big, but the Thunder still led by 4 points.

Regarding this result, the home fans are somewhat depressed. You must know that in the past twelve games, the 76ers have played very well. They can suppress their opponents in almost every game. Even if there are some twists and turns, they are all within the controllable range Like, fans believe that the team can control the situation and win the game.

But today's game left the home fans a little confused.

"Butler can't guard against Durant. This point is too incomprehensible. With his height, he can shoot and shoot. He can prevent breakthroughs from shooting and prevent shooting from breakthroughs."

"The three-time scoring champion, do you think it's luck? It's not surprising that Butler can't guard Durant, but I'm a little disappointed that Butler doesn't seem to have the enthusiasm of the past few games on the offensive end. The state. In the past few minutes, he only took 3 shots and scored [-]."

"yes."

Comparing the lineups of the two sides, there is actually not much difference. The 76ers have Nene + Speights inside, the Thunder have Perkins + Ibaka, and the 2ers have Iguodala at the 76nd position, which is better than the Thunder. The team's Sefolosha is stronger, but at the 3rd position, Durant is obviously better than Butler.

Fortunately, Qin Hao did a good job of defending Westbrook and didn't let Westbrook open.

But for the 76ers, Butler was also in trouble on the offensive end. He was struggling and his shooting percentage was not high. He seemed to have lost the state of the previous games.

This is why the 76ers are behind.

"boom!"

With a muffled sound, Butler's three-pointer hit the iron. Durant was too tall and his arms were too long, which interfered with Butler's shooting.

The Thunder took the rebound and counterattacked. After reaching the frontcourt, it was given to Durant. Durant broke through, encountered a assist defense, and gave it to Ibaka. Ibaka made a low jumper.

The difference is 6 points.

"beep"

Coach Luke called a timeout.

When the players came off the court, Butler lowered his head and was a little depressed. He couldn't guard Durant on the defensive end, and he made 4 of 1 shots on the offensive end. He was really depressed.

"Substitution." Coach Luke made a substitution, replacing Butler with Kaka.

Then he spread out the tactical board, while drawing tactics, while arranging: "Leonard, your task is to guard against Durant, stick to him, and don't let him score easily."

Xiaoka nodded, with a serious expression on his face.

Coach Luke looked at Qin Hao again: "Qin, we need to score. Later, you have to strengthen your personal offense and focus on scoring. Others should pay attention to screen and pick and roll for Qin, open up space for him, and create opportunities for scoring. Chance, you know?"

"Yes."

"clear."

The crowd responded.

In the previous games, Qin Hao was very efficient, but he didn't take many shots, so on average, he only scored about 30 points in a game.That's because Butler played very well, averaging [-]+ per game. With such a strong scoring point, Qin Hao naturally didn't need to score crazy points.

But today Butler struggled a bit against Durant, and he was not very strong on both offense and defense, so he had to rely on Qin Hao.

The Thunder have Durant, and the 76ers must also have someone to stand up and score points.

The pause ends soon.

The two sides returned to the court, and there have been some changes in personnel. The 76ers replaced Butler with Kaka, and the Thunder replaced Sefrosa with Kevin Martin.

Martin was still the starting player for the Rockets last season, but became a substitute after arriving in the Thunder. The Thunder are not willing to change the original team structure. Before Harden was in the Thunder as the "sixth man", so is Martin. "Sixth Man".

This is basically equivalent to a swap between the two, except that Harden went to the Rockets to start directly, and was still regarded as a core training, while Martin was relegated.

Today Westbrook is not strong on the offensive end, not much better than Butler, so coach Brooks sent Martin to strengthen the offense and share the scoring pressure with Durant.

You can't keep pointing at Durant, you have to let him rest.

The 76ers attack.

Qin Hao pushed forward with the ball, and after reaching the frontcourt, he called for a pick-and-roll to form a defense change. Ibaka posted a delay and rushed quickly, not giving Qin Hao a three-pointer.

Everyone knows that three-pointers are Qin Hao's trump card, and he must not be given a chance to make three-pointers. But this time, Qin Hao didn't plan to shoot a three-pointer.

"not good."

"Replenish defense."

The Thunder reacted quickly and immediately made up the defense.

However, Qin Hao was already prepared. He took a step forward and threw the shot directly. The defenseman stood on the inside, unable to jump up even if he wanted to. He watched the basketball draw an arc and finally penetrate the net.

A moment later, Qin Hao shot again, this time breaking through and passing the ball to Xiaoka, then moved by himself, caught Nene's screen and threw off the defense, came outside the three-point line, Xiaoka passed the ball to Qin Hao , Qin Hao catches the ball and shoots a three-pointer without any pause.

Swish!
Go in again.

Now the Thunder began to frown. Butler was in poor form, but Qin Hao suddenly broke out. His scoring efficiency was no worse than Durant's.

Seeing Qin Hao scoring consecutive goals, Coach Luke felt relieved, returned to his seat, sat down next to Butler, and said, "Don't worry, Durant is the three-time scoring leader after all. Looking at the entire league, how many people are there? Can you stop him?"

Butler smiled bitterly: "But I'm not good at offense either."

It's normal to be unable to guard against Durant's incomprehensible type of player. Butler can't be guarded. It's the same with other players, at best it's better.

For example, Kaka is on the court at this time, and there is no way to defend Durant, but Kaka has a pair of long arms, and he has a good research on defense. He is better than Butler, and he has to do a lot of defense against Durant. Better, at least not letting Durant get what he wants.

It doesn't matter if he can't defend, Butler himself understands, as long as he can get it back on the offensive end, but he made 4 of 1 shots and fell into a disadvantage.

"Hehe." Coach Luke suddenly laughed, and patted Butler's arm, "Why, feel frustrated and depressed?"

"A bit."

"It's nothing to be depressed." Coach Luke said: "I always believe that only through setbacks can a person grow."

"Jimmy, what you need to do is to adjust yourself, don't compare yourself with Durant, he has been the scoring champion for three times, and you are only in the third season. What you have to do is to try to be yourself, until one day you really Get stronger and face Durant again, you will find that you don’t need to compare with him, he is excellent, but you are also excellent.”

Butler lowered his head and thought for a while before raising his head and saying, "Coach, I understand."

For Butler's poor performance in the past few minutes, Coach Luke thinks it's not entirely a bad thing. Butler played too well and smoothly in the previous few games, but now he encounters some setbacks, but it can calm him down.

(End of this chapter)