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Chapter 220 Durant Super Mode

After the Timberwolves defeated the Rockets, they continued to sit at home. This time their opponent was the Thunder.

The Thunder's record has declined during this period. Although they have Harden as the sixth man, their rotation is also unstable, worse than the Timberwolves.

Now they can no longer compete for the top four in the West, and they will compete with the Hornets for the fifth position in the West.

It can only be said that the Thunder is also a team with obvious advantages and disadvantages. They have two All-Star players, but there are not many players, and the interior defense is also worrying.

The Thunder already regretted why they didn't seek a good insider in the summer.

Now that Durant has reached the contract year, the team is also continuing to improve, and they hope to perform better.

For the Timberwolves, the Thunder don't need to worry much this season.

Except for their two stars, they are really ordinary in other respects.

When Harden and Ibaka grow up, they will become more threatening with their personal abilities.

It's a pity that the Thunder's best lineup has only one season. This season they also reached the Western Conference Finals in history, but their real strength has not reached the Western Conference Finals level.

They were really lucky. They didn't meet the ruthless players until they arrived in the West. In the first two rounds, they could be said to have met the two worst opponents in the playoffs.

Why you can meet Cai in two rounds, then you have to ask the Spurs who were hacked.

Against the Thunder, we have to work hard to limit their strengths. It is really difficult for their role players to perform well. This has something to do with their tactical system.

Too many stars play singles with the ball, and it is difficult for role players to participate.

In this game, Durant and Westbrook took the lead, but the Timberwolves quickly overtook the score under the leadership of Curry and Love.

The Timberwolves' defense started off well, and they also did a lot of research on the Thunder, and the pre-game arrangements worked well.

Of course, players like Durant and Westbrook must be difficult to be completely restricted.

Therefore, the Timberwolves hope that the team can determine the advantages of the inside line as soon as possible, so as to dominate the rhythm of the game.

Love is indeed very brave today, the peak of Love is not bragging.

However, Milicic quickly committed two fouls because he helped defend Durant, which also left a certain hidden danger for the Timberwolves' defense.

Now Durant is not a handsome guy who chooses to shoot more jump shots after being injured. He is also very good at holding the ball and making various breakthroughs.

When the Timberwolves don't completely double-team, they just let the inside help defend.

Now that Milicic goes down, it will be more difficult to guard against Durant.

Pekovic, like Love, has no help defense. Whiteside can come up and try, but he doesn't have much offensive power, so Zhang Sixin still let Pekovic go up first.

In this case, the Timberwolves still stabilized their lead.

But in order to win the game, the Thunder are fucking Durant again, which is a bit difficult.

Zhang Sixin was just a little bit emotional. In fact, he should be on the bench for training or he would be on the bench.

In order to prevent Durant from killing the Quartet in the rotation, the Timberwolves directly double-teamed.

However, what I didn't expect was that Harden, who was relatively transparent in the previous two teams' games, broke out a little.

With Durant attracting the Timberwolves' defensive attention, and Harden both outside and through, the Thunder completed the overtake during the rotation period.

This game has been so fierce since the first quarter, which also indicates that it will not be easy for either side to win.

The main force came up in the second quarter, and Curry and DeRozan teamed up to go crazy.

The personal defense of the Thunder's back line is actually good, but the pick-and-roll defense is not so good.

The Minnesota's guard combination, after calling the screen, Curry can shoot when he has a chance, DeRozan will kill inside at every turn, and the Thunder's inside line is more difficult to stop him.

In fact, Ibaka's help defense in the Thunder is already very good, but the Thunder coach Brooks doesn't use him very much, or Green will occupy most of the playing time now.

In fact, Ibaka can play with Green, but the Thunder think the team still needs a big man.

If they change their tactics a little and turn Ibaka into the starter, at least the defense will be much better.

Anyway, the league doesn't have too many low-level killers now, and Ibaka's tonnage is a little bit worse.

The Thunder's tactical thinking is not very flexible, but when they then replaced Green with a fifth position that can really defend, their strength must have improved.

Of course, the weak links on the offensive end will be more obvious, and Durant may be exhausted.

On the side of the Thunder, Green performed well.

Today, the Timberwolves actually restricted Durant, but the rest of the Thunder stepped forward.

Fortunately, the Timberwolves' own offense is also very good, and the main lineup once again guaranteed the advantage in the second quarter.

The Thunder's defensive problems can be said to be visible to the naked eye.

It cannot be said that it is completely impossible, but it will indeed restrict their competitiveness in the West.

In the last attack of the first half, both teams failed to grasp it, and the Timberwolves took the lead.

The rhythm of the Timberwolves in the first two quarters is actually good. It would be perfect if the restrictions on other players were better.

In the third quarter, the Timberwolves did the same.

It is actually not difficult to restrict the Thunder's role players, including Harden now.

And their offense, Curry, DeRozan and Love still maintain their efficiency.

The Timberwolves' offense is more teamed, and it's not that simple to restrict, let alone the Thunder's defense is not good.

They took the lead all the way in the second half. Unexpectedly, Durant went crazy under the disadvantage of the Thunder.

Two unreasonable shots from outside the three-point line, Durant's super mode came.

All-star players will also be targeted, but it is really difficult to limit the explosion of superstars.

It can only be consumed, and I don't know when it will be effective.

"Stay focused..." Zhang Sixin reminded the players.

In fact, it doesn't matter if you can't defend, even if you lose in the end, the key is to use the right method, grasp the details, and the team must do the right thing.

Zhang Sixin is not for the regular season. In the playoffs, superstars may win one or two games, but as long as the targets are in place, they cannot win four games first.

And the most important thing in the regular season is to find out the details of the opponent.

Of course, the games that can be won still have to be won, but there is no need to work hard at this time.

In fact, when the main force of the Timberwolves is on the court, even if Durant goes crazy, the Timberwolves can withstand it.

The point is, Durant doesn't plan to rest, and the Timberwolves' rotation is still a bit hanging.

Reducing the rotation also flashed in Zhang Sixin's mind, but it was only a flash.

"Resolutely pinch, resolutely consume without the ball." Zhang Sixin said to the players.

However, after the main Timberwolves rested, Durant still seized the opportunity to score 8 points in a row.

The Timberwolves can definitely pinch Durant to death outside the three-point line, but sometimes there is really no way outside the three-point line. Durant is a striker after all, and his movement speed is not slow.

With the help of Durant, the Thunder overtook the score, but fortunately, it was only a go-ahead score, because Love also hit a three-pointer when he was on the bench.

(End of this chapter)