After changing careers, I ruled an era in the NBA

Seeing Westbrook coming over, Su Jiuyun still felt a little guilty. After all, he had really laughed at Westbrook's shot just now. Of course, this laugh was not teasing or ridiculing, but just a simple want to laugh.

Su Jiuyun actually has a good impression of Westbrook because he knows Westbrook's love for basketball. As soon as he takes the court, the Warriors will go all out.

You can say that his shot selection is poor, you can say that his shots are inaccurate, ugly, and stiff, you can say that he is prone to getting hot-headed.

But you can't say anything about Smile's professionalism. Comparing it to Irving, it's like heaven and earth.

At this time, Westbrook found Su Jiuyun, looked directly at him and said:

“Su, I will tell you that the number of votes does not mean that your strength exceeds mine.

Of course, I'm surprised by your performance so far this season. Your performance has slapped a lot of people in the face. "

Su Jiuyun smiled and said:

"Russell, I will tell you with the basketball in my hand, some people's votes are directly proportional to their strength.

Except for some people, of course.

Oh, by the way, I said I wasn’t making fun of you when I laughed just now, do you believe it? "

Westbrook smiled and said:

"I believe!"

After saying that, Westbrook turned around and left!

Everyone who had been paying attention to the scene between the two of them was puzzled. There was no tension between the two, and it seemed that old friends broke up after chatting for a few words.

Hmm, I don’t understand!

The game will start soon, and the starting lineup players of both sides have already begun to take the field.

Mavericks starting lineup: Su Jiuyun, OJ Mayo, Marion, Jae Crowder, Nowitzki

Thunder starting lineup: Russell Westbrook, Thabo Safrosha, Kevin Durant, Serge Ibaka, Kendrick Perkins

The main reason why the Mavericks changed the starting lineup, moved Marion to the starting lineup and put Carter on the bench, was the defensive issue.

Everyone knows that the Thunder have only one tactic, and that is Durant and Westbrook's individual singles duet.

On the defensive end, as long as you defend Durant well and reduce his efficiency, then half the battle is won.

Looking at Durant's entire career, among those who are better at guarding him, Marion is definitely in the top five.

With a height of 2 meters and a wingspan of 01 meters, he is even more exaggeratedly long-armed than Durant.

And more importantly, his movement speed, confrontation ability, defensive awareness and skills, as well as his super-fast jumping ability, all provide him with very good defensive hardware.

You must know that Marion has spent his entire career guarding top scorers such as Kobe Bryant.

Although he is now 34 years old, his condition has declined, and his offensive ability does not have the bonus effect of Carter in the system.

But among the entire Mavericks lineup, Durant is definitely the best choice to defend him.

At the beginning of the game, the Thunder took the lead. Westbrook did not attack when facing Su Jiuyun, but gave it to Durant.

Let's put it this way, in fact, Westbrook's mind is relatively clear most of the time. He only gets angry at critical moments.

Durant faced Marion's defense and solved the problem with a pull-up. Although Marion stretched his arms and interfered to a certain extent, he could not block it at all.

It should be said that in the history of the league, there should be no defensive player who can block Durant. You can only expect interference and make his touch worse.

Even Westbrook, who is the best defender of Durant, will only reduce Durant's shot power, but Durant can still cut the melons and vegetables.

When the Mavericks attack, it is not Westbrook who defends Su Jiuyun, but defensive expert Sefolosha.

"Saab Sefolosha is 198cm tall, weighs 100kg, and has a wingspan of 218cm. He is known for his strong defense. Under the seemingly crazy defense, Sefolosha has a calm mind and can clearly judge the opponent's breakthrough route. , don’t be fooled by your opponent’s feints.

His natural defensive sense allows him to block the opponent's passing route very well, forcing the opponent's ace to make repeated runs during the offense to find it difficult to catch the ball, and at the same time consume a lot of energy. "

This is the information Su Jiuyun saw about Sefolosha before the game. It can be said that this person's natural hardware is very powerful, and his wingspan is even more exaggerated than his.

If it weren't for his limited offensive ability, and he would occasionally shoot 3-pointers and play fast breaks, his achievements would definitely be higher.

Su Jiuyun tried his quality, but before he could speed up, he was delayed by the experienced Sefolosa, which gave Su Jiuyun a little headache.

But he didn't know that Sefolosha was also breaking out in a cold sweat. He had just used the strength to suck the milk and almost stopped it.

After testing Sefolosha's strength, he was not prepared to fight with him and set up a pick-and-roll with Nowitzki.

However, the 18-year-old guarding Nowitzki did not change his defense and continued to follow Nowitzki because he knew that there was Perkins behind him to protect the frame.

Su Jiuyun also saw Perkins, who was assisting in defense. He was still a little frightened. After all, the 208cm tall, 122kg big black fat man was staring at him there, like a big black bear.

Su Jiuyun did not make a tough layup, because at this time Claude had already run to the bottom corner. Su Jiuyun did not look at Claude while walking, but saw it from the corner of his eye. When he entered the paint area, he passed the ball. .

However, Crowder did not get a chance to take action. After half a season of games, most teams already know that Crowder has 3 points, and he is quite accurate.

Durant immediately covered up the defense, but Crowder did not take action immediately, but passed the ball to Marion.

Marion has no 3-point shots. This season, his 3-point shots are like a meat bun beating a dog. This is why Durant would rather defend Crowder than let him go.

However, Marion also knew his problem. Instead of taking a 3-point shot, he took two steps forward and then hit a half-shot shot.

When Marion got the ball and shot half-way through the basket, no one helped defend him, because Sefolosha went to chase Su Jiuyun, and Perkins protected the frame and blocked Su Jiuyun.

The Thunder's strategy is very simple, that is to guard against Su Jiuyun and Nowitzki, and release Marion, who has the least offensive ability.

But obviously, Marion hit that damn mid-range shot.

After the hit, Marion showed no expression. The hacker he was back then was now being used as an offensive black hole, and his opponent actually defended a rookie. This still made him very willing.

You have to know how he averaged 19 points per game back then, and he got it when there were not many people who averaged 20+ points per game every season.

However, the Thunder don't think there is a problem with their strategy. They really don't believe that Marion can keep making shots. If he can, then they will admit it.

ps: typos should be corrected first and then corrected.