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As the game progressed, the defensive strategies and defensive abilities of the two teams became apparent.

Logically speaking, the Thunder's starting lineup has pretty good defensive capabilities. Sefolosha and Ibaka are at the defensive level, and Durant can almost reach this edge if he is serious.

Perkins, a big center, is absolutely qualified when it comes to defending traditional centers. Westbrook's defense is relatively worse, but when facing the ball holder, his defensive ability is still online.

Logically speaking, this defensive lineup will not suffer against most teams in the league, but this is not the case with the current Mavericks team.

Because Perkins moved too slowly, when the Mavericks were playing pick-and-roll tactics, he couldn't even delay Su Jiuyun, which made the Thunder very passive.

Because as long as they dare to cover up defense, Su Jiuyun dares to pass the ball to his teammates in the open position without greed for credit, and everyone has the ability to shoot 3-pointers.

So after only playing 4 minutes, Perkins, the starting center, was replaced by Thunder coach Brooks and replaced by this year's No. 12 pick Steven Adams.

Adams, who weighs 2 kilograms, is actually slow on defense, but the Thunder really don’t have any inside players available. Apart from Adams, the only remaining player on the team is Perry Jones, who was selected with the 13116th overall pick last season and weighs 28 kilograms. , but he is basically a little transparent. At least Adams' pace is much faster than Perkins.

But Adams' playing failed to solve the defensive problem. On the offensive end, his solid pick-and-roll and relatively strong athletic ability made a lot of contributions to the offensive rebounds. After all, the Mavericks are short inside.

On the other hand, the Mavericks' defensive strategy was very good. Although it was difficult to restrict Westbrook after he started the pick-and-roll, he made 6 of 4 shots in the first quarter and scored 8 points.

Crowder was miraculous when defending Durant. As soon as Durant passed half court, Crowder would stick to him and continue to physically confront him.

When Durant got the ball in a blocked position, he was always beaten by Crowder, which made Durant extremely uncomfortable. Although Crowder paid two fouls for this, he was already good at defending Durant. Very good.

In a single quarter, he scored 6 points on only 2 of 7 shots.

Su Jiuyun scored 1 of 6 shots in the first quarter, scoring 4 points and two assists.

Middleton made 4 of 2 shots and scored 6 points.

Nowitzki scored 5 points on 3-of-8 shooting.

Iguodala had three points, three assists and three rebounds.

The Mavericks led the Mavericks by 1 points in the first quarter with their better defense.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the second team of Darren Collison, Carter, Marion, Murphy and Covington completely suppressed the Thunder.

You must know that this Thunder team relies on the starting lineup to conquer the world, and the substitute lineup is even worse.

How does this lineup of Lao Yu, Jeremy Lamb, Reggie Jackson, Adams, and Nick Collison compare to the Mavericks?

After playing 4 games this season, the Mavericks' second team averages the most points per game in the entire league. There is no way around it, these guys still have gas in the tank and have extremely rich experience.

By the time the Thunder realized something was wrong and replaced Westbrook, they were already trailing by double digits.

Su Jiuyun made it very clear that if Sefolosha comes to guard him, he will use a pick-and-roll with the ball to launch an attack. It is better to attack Sefolosha with a small attack than to attack Sefolosha at the level of penetration.

If Westbrook comes to defend him, he will directly play without the ball. Then Westbrook is not focused when defending, and his characteristic of watching the ball but not people is amplified. Su Jiuyun often runs half of his body in one reverse run. Come.

Then at this time, Nowitzki and Iguodala can send him shells, and even Middleton and Crowder can pass the ball.

Yes, Middleton actually has a certain passing ability, and Crowder's ball-playing ability is relatively good among 3D players.

Therefore, Su Jiuyun scored a lot of points by slipping to the basket and running back. In short, if the Thunder can't open up the Mavericks inside, and Durant and Westbrook can't score like crazy, it will be difficult to turn the situation around.

Obviously, the Thunder's interior offensive ability is actually worse than that of the Mavericks. Apart from mid-range shots, the 18-year-old doesn't really have many skills in attacking at the bottom of the basket.

And Perkins and Adams are even missing, so the Thunder's inside line did not take advantage of the Mavericks' defense.

Westbrook and Durant failed to score crazy points. Although Westbrook often hit the basket with the help of pick-and-rolls, neither Su Jiuyun nor Iguodala's defense was easy for Westbrook to deal with.

The two of them are not inferior to him in terms of physical strength or speed. Although the efficiency is good, after strengthening their defense against him starting from the second quarter, he has got many fewer opportunities.

Durant's performance today was also not good, and he has never been able to adapt to Crowder's defensive strategy.

As the Mavericks led by 9 points and entered the final quarter, Durant consumed too much energy in the first three quarters and his offensive efficiency dropped even further. The Mavericks rotated more than the Thunder, and the starting lineup's physical fitness also declined. Better than the Thunder.

So when the game ended, the score was 107:95, the Mavericks won, and the Mavericks won five consecutive games at the beginning of the season.

本场比赛，凯文杜兰特出场39分钟，全场19投8中得到24分8个助攻3个篮板5次失误，这样的分数和效率确实是有失水准。

Westbrook made 20 of 9 shots and scored 22 points, 4 assists, 5 rebound and [-] turnovers.

The two players combined for 10 turnovers, which was one of the reasons why the Thunder lost. It also showed how strong the Mavericks' defensive pressure was.

Ibaka scored 14 points and 8 rebounds on 17-of-13 shooting.

Jeremy Lamb had 13 points.

Then no one else from the Thunder scored in double figures, and the highest one was Lao Yu's 5 points.

As for the Mavericks, 6 players scored in double figures. Su Jiuyun played for 35 minutes and was the person with the longest playing time among the Mavericks.

全场19投10中，3分球6投2中，六罚四中，得到26分7个助攻8个篮板。

Middleton made 13 of 7 shots, 3 of 4 2-pointers, and 19 of 4 free throws. He scored [-] points, three assists, and [-] rebounds.

Facing Ibaka's defense, Nowitzki made 12 of 5 shots in this game, two three-pointers, 4 free throws, and scored 16 points and 6 rebounds.

Iguodala had 14 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds.

Crowder hit two three-pointers and scored 11 points, while Marion had 10 points and 6 rebounds.

So far, the Mavericks have defeated the Rockets, Grizzlies, and Thunder during their five-game winning streak. This has blinded many people.

Everyone feels that the Mavericks will be the biggest dark horse this season!

ps: The typo is changed first and then changed!