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Chapter 528 The Mystery of Thunder Without a Crown
[-] p.m., May [-]th, Sleep Train Arena.

The semifinals between the Kings and the Thunder kicked off, and more than 7000 fans in the audience wore blue T-shirts to express their support. ESPN host Sergey Sergey Breen, guests Van Gundy and Mark Jackson broadcast live across the United States, and the ratings reached 1000 million.

The players are preparing for the break, and the central big screen will interrupt the news.

ESPN mobilized 21 experts to predict that 15 experts supported the final promotion of the Kings. The main factors were that the Kings waited for work and had a full seven-day rest, and Su Yang had a special understanding of the Thunder, and the Kings' main and backup lineups were more dominant.

A large number of fans voted for the king to advance, and some of them posted a post claiming to have mortgaged their house and bet on the king's promotion.

Those people see it differently than the ESPN pundits.

Just trust Su Yang without thinking.

I believe that Su Yang's broken lineup last season can be brought to the Western Conference Finals. This season's luxurious lineup will definitely be no problem in the Western Conference Finals.

With the sound of the short whistle, the two teams started to enter the field.

Su Yang didn't make any adjustments, and it was still Curry, LaVine, Antetokounmpo, Green and Cousins ​​who started the game.

On the Thunder side, the five starters are Westbrook, Robertson, Durant, Ibaka, and Adams, who are quite familiar.

Cheers erupted in the arena, and the Thunder won the jump ball.

One high and four low lows.

Westbrook dribbled the ball to the left side of the front court at 45 degrees, used Adams to pick and roll, pretended to go to the right, tried to force Curry to the left, and cooperated with Adams to turn and cut inside, while Durant also used Robertson to cover and sneaked to the left The sidelines are not crowded at all.

In an instant, six people from the two teams gathered at the short corner on the left.

The three small guards Curry, Westbrook, and LaVine fell to the ground at the same time, the basketball flew to the basket, and Adams jumped up to try to catch it.

The basketball clanged like iron, and the scramble jumped out of bounds.

The referee blew his whistle and gave the king the baseline ball.

Su Yangxin said that the Thunder's opening tactic was so bad that it was just luck to beat the Clippers in the first round.

The opening tactic is basically the lower limit of a team's tactical execution, because it has just started and there is no fierce confrontation. Difference.

But the Thunder actually let the strong-side high breakthrough and the strong-side low screen appear at the same time, making there is no room for breakthrough and screen.

It's hard for a high school team to have that happen.

Although Coach Brooks' tactics are mediocre, it is definitely not Coach Brooks' arrangement. It must be that the Thunder generals played a few blind shots, especially Robertson.

Of course, it may also be that Westbrook's change of direction is too deceptive. After all, he pretends to go to the right but actually goes to the left, and even his teammates can lie.

Between emotions, the King started with a delayed formation in the frontcourt.

Curry ran the ball across the center line and passed it to Green, who was late at the top of the arc.At the same time, LaVine, without the ball, started from the left corner, crossed the paint along the baseline, and moved to the right wing in a wide range with the help of Antetokounmpo and Cousins.

Seeing this, Green gave the ball, LaVine caught the ball and immediately passed it to the right waist, and Cousins ​​took the ball and hit Adams who was going all out.

During back-ups, Green turned and ran to the left after passing the ball. According to the tactical arrangement, he performed a split with Curry. Seeing that Ibakati was about to delay Curry in advance, he immediately slipped apart in advance, turned around and cut inside and rushed to the basket Basket, yelling give me the ball.

Cousins ​​hurriedly hit the ground to give the ball, and Green copied it smoothly, ignoring the threat of Ibaka's block, and jumped high to smash the dunk.

The basketball blasted into the net, and the audience cheered instantly.

Su Yang got up and applauded, and gave Curry a thumbs up. He understood that although Green scored the goal, it was Curry who really played the decisive role. If it weren't for his super three-point threat, Ibaka would not have been able to delay the delay in advance. Prepare, Green will not cut inside easily.

In short, the library has gravity.

The offensive and defensive transition in the field, Durant went from right to left, with the help of Adams and Ibaka, he made an 'Iverson crosscut', moved to the left 45 in a wide range, raised his hand to receive the pass from Westbrook, and turned around Start with a cross stride, make a strong move or pull out.

Between the lightning and the flint, Cousins ​​moved sideways to delay the breakthrough, LaVine also shrank from the left corner to help defend, Antetokounmpo followed Durant to prevent the pull, the trio was arranged according to Su Yang's pre-match arrangement, the key points Mark Durant and don't give easy opportunities.

Unexpectedly, Durant stood up and pushed the ball straight to the basket with both hands, and Robertson just sneaked there.

A backhand is a layup.

Basketball hollow into the net.

The Thunder's tactics were successful, obviously because Robertson used LaVine to help defend and sneaked to the basket to create opportunities. It was also due to Durant's accurate and timely pass, which was almost intercepted by LaVine. Of course, the most important thing was Durant holding The offensive threat of the ball is too strong.

Thunder tactics are simple.

Forcing Iverson to cross-cut to create opportunities to catch the ball, but Durant, who has no Jones fractures, is so strong. With plenty of physical strength, no two people can't handle this kind of forced screen. If you don't intercept, you will definitely break through and go around the screen. Dry directly.

No technical weakness, too strong.

Being able to play one-on-one with Durant is considered a successful defense.

Su Yang doesn't regret it. He will double-team next time. It doesn't matter if Durant scores 50 points and 20 assists. Don't let Westbrook rush.

While thinking about it, the Kings started with a five-outside formation, and the basketball shifted from right to left. Curry used the stack to cover on the left side. When Cousins ​​set up the wall, RIP came out to catch the ball and easily tapped Westbrook. , striding breakthrough, emergency stop jump shot.

The basketball hit the iron, the Thunder grabbed the rebound and counterattacked, and Durant directly caught the ball with his back on the right wing and singled out Antetokounmpo.

Cousins ​​stepped forward decisively to help early, and Adams took the opportunity to put his back against Green, and raised his right hand to signal that he could give the ball.

Adams' heads-up skills were average, but he had a huge advantage against LaVine in the penalty area, and Durant hurriedly held up the basketball.

But the basketball made a long pass to the left corner, where there is a wide open Robertson, which is a common routine to crack early help.

Su Yang guessed that Durant would solve it like that. After all, classic matchups have appeared countless times in the NBA, because the defensive center participating in the early help will cause the offensive center to be emptied, and the defense needs to arrange players to fill the position. The forward is in charge, but the Thunder is in a special position. Ibaka is in the high post and Robertson is in the low post. The Kings can only let shooting guard LaVine fill the position.

But Robertson is not a traditional shooting guard, he has no basket!
It is completely possible to target it according to the plan and stand on the third floor.

There were boos in the arena. As expected, Robertson did not shoot for an open three-pointer, but turned around and passed again.

Ibaka received the ball from the 45-point line on the left, and flew towards Green to make a quick shot. The basketball clanged and bounced back.

The entire attack took 15 seconds. Durant was tired enough to block the position, and successfully involved the Kings defense, and Adams blocked the position to create a threat to help, but the final ending method was the least efficient Ibaka shot a three-pointer. Points can only be scored by heads-up.

"It's so classic! I just want to applaud at the moment..."

Su Yang chuckled. He had seen similar rounds too many times. The Thunder management had to take the blame for not assigning a shooter to Durant.

Coach Brooks also has to take the blame for the few positional tactics he designed, the efficiency is too low, it is better to simply pick and roll.

Cheers broke out in the arena, Antetokounmpo took the ball and rushed to the basket, causing Robertson to foul abruptly and get two free throws.

The first free throw hit the iron, and the second free throw hit.

Antetokounmpo shook his head unwillingly.

Su Yang took the lead in applauding and encouraging.

The Thunder launched a counterattack, Westbrook dribbled the ball across the center line, and passed it to Durant who was standing at the name of the arena. Ibaka then ran up to the wall to pick and roll, while Green and Antetokounmpo cooperated, and the two locked in ICE strategy Breaking through the space, Durant made an emergency stop to pass the ball.

The moment Ibaka received the ball, Antetokounmpo suddenly withdrew and switched defenses, while Green continued to lock on Durant, and the defensive power of the two best defensive players was at full strength.Ibaka weighed it for a moment, turned around and passed the ball back to Durant, and stepped forward to set up the wall again as a screen.

Antetokounmpo made a decisive grab and defended Durant again.

The two best defensive players take turns to take care of them. It really didn't give them a chance, and the others would have collapsed early.

Durant withdrew the ball, switched his left hand to his right, lowered his center of gravity, hesitated, and tried it out. He kicked the ground suddenly and accelerated, pushing Antetokounmpo to the right elbow. He stopped behind his right hand and changed to the left. Almost fell to the ground, but Antetokounmpo braked hard.

Too fast.

Durant also lost the ball after changing hands behind his back. He hurriedly turned around and ran to the three-point line to pick it up. Seeing that Green was approaching and seemed to want to double-team, he decisively sideways and raised three threats to protect him. When Green retreated back to the inside line, he used Adams to cover. Go to the right and forcefully escape.

With only 4.6 seconds left in the attack time, Green went up decisively again. Durant made an emergency stop and changed direction. Snake swung and moved along the free throw line to the left elbow. Leaning back in the air, making mid-range shots at the limit.

The basketball slammed into the net, the whistle sounded at the end of the 24-second shot clock, and the boos of the fans gradually subsided.

Cheers burst from the Thunder bench.

Durant is so arrogant!
There is no way to prevent it like that.

Inhuman.

On the king's bench, Mike Brown and the others looked nervous, but Su Yang calmly reminded the generals to play aggressively.

Durant is indeed fierce, but consumes too much.

Playing like this in the opening game, it seems to be scoring, but it is actually a huge loss.

The Thunder's lack of a championship is far more than a problem of sending Harden away.

The king of Yibian attacked, with a five-out formation, Curry took it to the left, and passed it to LaVine, who ran to the right wing simultaneously.

Seeing this, Cousins ​​set up a wall as a cover, LaVine took the opportunity to break through, completed the pistol tactics, and faced Adams with an emergency stop to make a mid-range shot.

It took 8 seconds for the basketball to hit the hoop and into the net.

(End of this chapter)