NBA Legends Manager

Chapter 440
On the other hand, the Thunder also swept the Spurs 4:1. The Thunder this season can be said to be unprecedentedly strong, and it can be said to be far superior to the previous peak Thunder, but it is cruel. The Thunder still have little hope of defeating the Pelicans.

Soon the Western Conference finals that everyone was looking forward to began,

Before the game, Presti highly praised the Thunder's players for their excellence and their excellent state, but Presti suddenly changed the subject and said, "It's a pity that such an excellent Thunder has met us."

Donovan of the Thunder on the other side of course quit. He said in an interview: "We have carefully studied the tactics of the Pelicans. I believe that something different will happen this year."

The Pelicans reduced the number of singles on the offensive end, and Westbrook George only made one shot to convert a three-pointer 4 minutes before the first quarter; in the positional battle, Green was the high position/two waists to support the axis, Antetokounmpo/Clay made an air cut to attack the basket or hit Durant with the ball,
—The Pelicans battled all the people to chase Westbrook, hit the Thunder penalty area, and resolutely put pressure on the Thunder's defense by switching offenses.The Thunder's main player Durant + Jr. launched a high pick-and-roll, using the Pelicans to pinch Durant from the sideline.

雷霆阵地战坚决攻筐杀伤，杜兰特和威斯布鲁克在三分线追打库里。首个暂停之际，双方战至13-13平。雷霆8中4，三分5中2；鹈鹕11中5，三分3中0。鹈鹕禁区得分10-4雷霆，鹈鹕助攻4-1雷霆。

After the timeout, the Pelicans focused on Curry, George misplaced and singled out Durant/Harden, the Thunder were forced to double-team Curry and George, the Pelicans used the Thunder to quickly transfer the ball and linked Clay to grab a three-pointer, Davis strangled the Thunder penalty area with an offensive rebound, and the Pelicans blasted an 8-0 offensive climax;
The Thunder created a pick-and-roll with Durant + Jordan Jr. Durant used a single block to link up with Sabonis/Oladipo to grab a three-pointer from the outside, but the Thunder made 5 of 1 three-pointers-the Pelicans blasted a 13-3 offensive climax with a tide of conversion offense.
首节战罢，鹈鹕31-21领先雷霆10分。鹈鹕投篮命中率为52.0%，三分球7中3；雷霆投篮命中率为41.3%，三分球11中4。鹈鹕篮板球14-9雷霆，鹈鹕进攻篮板3-1雷霆；鹈鹕禁区得分13-7雷霆，鹈鹕快攻得分8-2雷霆。

At the beginning of the second quarter, Jordan + Sabonis + Durant + Oladipo + Harden VS Davis + George + Antetokounmpo + Thompson + Barea.

The Pelicans mainly played George + Davis pick-and-roll hand-to-hand duo, George misplaced outside the three-point line to chase Jordan's main attack, supplemented by Antetokounmpo singled out Sabonis Jr. in the low post.

The Thunder insisted on using Durant, Harden + Jordan to initiate a high-position pick-and-roll, repeatedly holding the ball to attack and kill the Pelicans penalty area, supplemented by Durant's misplacement and singled out Davis, and the Pelicans were forced to pinch Durant. Therefore, Sabonis ambushed a three-pointer outside and Oladipo responded to the second start to attack the basket to benefit. The Thunder once tied the Pelicans.

But then Presti resolutely let the team chase the Thunder's weakness. Antetokounmpo singled out Sabonis Jr., Coulibalia played Jr. Jordan after a pick-and-roll, and the Pelicans opened the score again.

半场结束，鹈鹕57-46领先雷霆11分。鹈鹕投篮命中率为47.8%，三分球17中7；雷霆投篮命中率为41.1%，三分球20中5。鹈鹕篮板球25-19雷霆，鹈鹕助攻14-7雷霆。

In the second half, the Pelicans used the Thunder to switch defenses and created Curry through pick-and-rolls. As for Thomp, the three brothers Paul George and Jordan were misplaced. Clay/George/Curry chased Jordan with the ball from outside the three-point line;

The Thunder created Durant's one-on-one breakthrough, linked Sabonis/Oladipo/Westbrook to end with an open three-pointer, supplemented by Westbrook/Oladipo's counterattack, and the Thunder once again tied the score.

Thunder Durant singled out Antetokounmpo and hit the basket hard to kill, and Curry responded by holding the ball and breaking through the basket.

In the see-saw stage, the Pelicans used Green as the support axis. Curry used positioning screens to catch the ball and grab the long-range shot without the ball, while the Thunder led the way with Harden controlling the ball.

At the decisive moment, Curry + Davis launched a high pick-and-roll. Curry misplaced and chased Jordan, Davis, and Antetokounmpo to attack the basket; the Thunder created a single with Durant, linked Westbrook and Harden to strangle the penalty area, and the Thunder drew with the Pelicans again!

At the last moment, Davis swayed Jordan's footsteps in a low-post single, and directly attacked the frame. After attracting double-teams, he directly scored Curry from the outside line. Curry hit a three-pointer.
On the Thunder's side, Durant missed the outside line, and the rebound was grabbed by Antetokounmpo, speeding up a one-stop dunk and killing the game!
In the end, the Pelicans defeated the Thunder 112:107 at home, and the series was 1:0
整场比赛，鹈鹕投篮命中率为46.9%，三分球34中13；雷霆投篮命中率为42.8%，三分球34中12。鹈鹕助攻26-15雷霆，鹈鹕快攻得分18-11雷霆。

After the game, people shouted that the game was wonderful, and many people firmly believed that the Thunder really hoped to overthrow the Pelicans, because the strength shown by the Thunder in this game was very strong, and the game was just lost to luck.

With expectations, the second Western Conference finals battle began,

People thought that the Thunder would win the next round in this game, but in the end the Pelicans still won the final victory,

Presti's tactic this time is to rely on the height and wingspan of the strikers to defend fiercely and expand outwards, put pressure on the Thunder's ball holders, and consume the Thunder's offensive launch time; once Durant + Jordan launched a high pick-and-roll from outside the three-point line, the Pelicans resolutely doubled Durant, forcing Jordan to handle the ball outside the three-point line;

Focus on cutting Durant and Westbrook's connection with the rest of the Thunder, encouraging Durant and Westbrook to play singles, and controlling Durant and Westbrook's ball lines.

On the offensive end, the Pelicans launched the offense with Paul George and Curry pick-and-roll, using the Thunder's unlimited defenses to create misplaced heads-up opportunities for Paul George Curry. Paul George chased the Thunder guards, and Curry chased Jordan or Sabonis with the ball outside the three-point line.

When the Thunder responded with Durant's singles, Presti first responded with Davis' singles, and then used Green as the supporting axis. Curry and Thompson successively used positioning screens to catch the ball and ended with three-pointers. The Pelicans once again opened up double-digit points.

At the last moment of the Pelicans, Presti used a double-team to attack Durant. The Pelicans launched multiple points on the offensive end, moving the ball, and blocking and cutting without the ball to create three-point opportunities for Curry. Anthony Davis played consecutive low-post singles.

In the end, the Pelicans defeated the Thunder 116:107, and the series was 2:0!

(End of this chapter)