NBA Legends Manager

Chapter 81 The Expected Cold
The home court was already full of fans. They wore uniform royal blue T-shirts. The sea of ​​royal blue clothing was choppy. The cheers of the fans seemed to overturn the roof, and the Blazers were like a fishing boat in the ocean, ready to capsize at any time.

Presti is as excited as the players today. In his previous life, he wanted to feel the tense and exciting atmosphere of the playoffs on TV in his previous life, but now he does not come in and participates in the playoffs as a head coach.

Presti looked at the players surrounding him and said seriously: "The playoffs are a four-win system. Don't feel pressured, just play to your own level. But if I find someone who is distracted and thinking about life on the court, I will let him think about life on the bench until the end of this series. Do you understand?"

"Yes" the players replied slightly nervously but extremely seriously.

Seeing the players like this, Presti regretted saying the last sentence. As a rookie, he was already very nervous, but after hearing what he said just now, he should have become even more nervous. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Relax, our goal in the first game is not to win. Our goal is to observe the weaknesses we can deal with, find our own shortcomings, and then kill them with one blow."

The players nodded. Although the expressions of the players were still nervous, they were obviously better than before.

A few minutes later, players from both sides walked to the middle of the court,

Thunder starters: Curry, Westbrook, Durant, Ibaka, Jordan

Trail Blazers starters: Andre Miller, Fernandez, Nicolas Batum, Aldridge, Marcus Camby
With the referee throwing the ball high!

The game officially begins!
Camby and Jordan jumped almost at the same time!

But Camby obviously had more experience, and he put the ball into Miller's hands, and the Blazers went first!
Miller took the ball to the top of the arc, Camby stepped forward to cover, and entered the paint with the help of the screen. After Jordan switched defenses, he immediately shrank to the basket!

Before the game, Presti told them to defend Andre Miller, or force him to shoot in the three-second zone, or let him enter the middle distance of the paint zone, and never let him rush to the basket to finish.

The reason is simple. Miller's shooting percentage from beyond the three-point line is only 20%, and the mid-range is only about 34%. There is no point guard with range.

Sure enough, after arriving in the paint area, he was emptied by Jordan Jr. and shot,

Bang!

Ibaka took the rebound and quickly scored Westbrook who was running forward. Westbrook sprinted with the ball!
One step to the free throw line, take off!

Dunk! 2:0
"Wow!" "Crack! Crack!" There were bursts of exclamations and applause in the arena. This is the case in the playoffs. Every goal can make the fans excited!The Thunder fans sat down one after another. This is also the tradition of the Thunder, and they only sit down when they score.

"OKC!" "OKC!" "... the voice spread in every position of the court,
Miller holds the ball to the top of the arc and transfers the ball to Aldridge who is in charge.

After Aldridge received the ball, he didn't stop at all. He leaned his back against Ibaka and turned back!
Although Ibaka jumped up and tried to block the shot, he couldn't touch it at all, and the ball hit the ball steadily! 2:2
"Ade is a bit difficult to deal with. Ibaka's best defense ability and shot-blocking ability are excellent. Although his single-defense ability is also excellent, it is not enough to single-handedly defend the league's top low-post players like Aldridge." Presti sighed in his heart. He wanted to observe whether he needed to double-team Aldridge.

On the Thunder side, Curry holds the ball to the top of the arc, faces Miller, and crossover!Start to go left!

Did not pass! ! ! !After being blocked, Westbrook immediately responded with the right side of the ball!
Snapped!The ball was slapped by Miller, Miller saw it through, and the ball was dropped!
Miller accelerates forward and grabs the ball!sprint!

Curry and Westbrook chased after him. Although Miller was not fast, he was full of experience. After reaching the basket!
Push up your ass, stand against Curry, and score a layup! ! 2:4
Presti shook his head, he was still too nervous, he didn't break through, and there was such an obvious pass, if Miller didn't exist, Miller was the eighth player in history to reach 15000 points and 7500 assists.

Curry continued to hold the ball to the top of the arc and gave the ball to Westbrook. Westbrook faced Fernandez who emptied him by one position, and accelerated his breakthrough!
Get over it!To the restricted area!

Facing Marcus Camby, go left for a layup!

Snapped!Camby slapped him hard!The ball was rushed over by Ibaka and hugged back, dribbled and hit Aldridge at the same time, turned over and hooked!

Aldridge raised his arms and successfully interfered with the shot!
Miss, grab the rebound!Jordan was owned by Cambica and lost his favorable position, under the protection of Aldridge!
Miller dribbled the ball to the top of the arc!

This time I didn't choose to break through, and hit Curry with the back in the paint area on the bottom side!Push it once, push it twice,... push Curry all the way to the three-second zone,
Suddenly turned around and cast!middle! 2:6
Seeing this, Presti suddenly remembered Andre Miller's technical characteristics. He had forgotten that Miller is best at post-ups. The 200-pound body has an unrivaled advantage in post-ups in the 1st position, and Curry couldn't defend against it.

Watch another round, if it doesn't work, it can only be called a timeout!

Curry holds the ball to the top of the arc and hands the ball to Durant. Durant faces Batum, crossover!

go in!To the free throw line, jump shot!
middle! 4:6
"Crack! Crack! Crack!" The fans held back for too long, and they can finally applaud!

Miller dribbled to the top of the arc and continued to hit Curry with his back!Push Curry to the old position again, this time with a sudden turn!
Flash the distance, shoot!
middle! 4:8
Beep, Thunder pause!Presti can't stand it anymore!

The players walked over with their heads down. Presti really wanted to yell at them, but seeing how frustrated they were, he held back.

Holding the tactical board, Presti said in the first sentence: "My fault, I underestimated the Blazers a little bit, and I don't blame you."

When the players heard that Presti took the initiative to take the blame, they all raised their heads.

Curry couldn't help but said: "It's my fault. I played so badly that I couldn't even hold the ball steadily."

Presti patted Curry on the shoulder and said, "It's not your fault." After saying this, Presti squatted down, pointed to the tactical board with a pen and said, "The opponent has a lot of experienced players. It's okay to be unfamiliar with them in the first game. However, we must play out our own characteristics and our own offense."

Then he said: "Curry, when attacking, use the cover to shoot directly, or after running out of position, immediately shoot, don't stay in the slightest, you have to play the touch, play your own rhythm, our tactics can be played, understand?"

"Westbrook, you will defend Miller in a while, and Curry will face Fernandez"

"In addition, Jordan, you will defend Aldridge alone in a while, and give him a physical confrontation. Ibaka, you will play the 5th position first. When attacking, you will not fight the basket. Use your mid-range shot to pull Camby out, so that Westbrook can break through unscrupulously."

Jordan's bottom line is much more stable than Ibaka's. He has to see how Jordan's single defense against Adele is. He really doesn't want to double-team Adelaide.

Pause ends, game continues!
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