NBA Legends Manager

Chapter 366 Lose?

Thunder seems to want to make up for the loss and regret of the last game tonight!The entire Thunder team galloped like an engine!As long as the Hornets miss a shot, the Thunder's Westbrook will push the fast break at full speed after getting the ball. Once the Thunder's fast break pushes up, it is basically impossible to defend tonight, unless it is a foul!
In defense, the Thunder used a high position to pinch the ball holder, forcing the ball holder to pass the ball and then causing a turnover!But this tactic was indeed successful. Curry made two mistakes, Thompson made one mistake, and Paul George made one mistake!And four of these mistakes turned into the Thunder's points, and only one was the opponent's fast break counterattack and missed a three-pointer!
Of course, these are not what Presti is worried about. The most worrying thing is that the Thunder seems to have a good touch tonight, especially Harden and Westbrook, who played poorly in the last game. Now they combined to make 17 of 9 shots!
Fortunately, the Hornets felt good tonight, otherwise they would have been stretched by double digits in the first half!

In the locker room, although Presti was still troubled by the Thunder's impact, he still said to the players with ease: "In the first half, we still hit a high shooting percentage despite the Thunder's defense. In the second half, the Thunder's physical strength will inevitably decline. When they fall, their defense and shooting percentage will both drop. At that time, our opportunity will come. Just like the game, we will come back in the last quarter!"

On the other side of the Thunder locker room, Brooks did not ask too many questions about tactics, but continued to pour chicken soup: "The Hornets' style of play is obviously restrained by us! We would have won the last game, but because of our physical problems, we didn't bite in the end. Our rotation time today is very reasonable, and at our own home court, in our most familiar arena, I also believe that you are full of energy at this time. With the support of so many of our fans, let us win the game!"

At the beginning of the second half, the Thunder's vitality was still radiating, and the defensive tactics still adopted unlimited rotations. The defensive end was rotated in place and was very active. The Hornets could hardly find an open space when they were on the ground under this kind of defense!When the offensive time is running out, the ball will fall into the hands of Curry, Thompson or Paul George, and then pull out without rhythm!
Thunder's side is much simpler and rougher. They never thought about cooperating in offense. At most, they rushed after a cover!And the Thunder's biggest advantage over the Hornets lies in the star's strong heads-up ability, because the Thunder's annual games basically rely on three or less rounds!They are too familiar with this style of play!
Westbrook singled out Thompson at the top of the arc, and accelerated to the free throw line, still for the mid-range!But Westbrook is obviously very accurate today, and the zombie hits a jumper!For the Hornets, Green held the ball at the top of the arc, and his teammates moved!The Thunder still let go of Green, 5 defenses and 4!Green made a three-pointer!
At this time, a very interesting scene appeared on the field. When Glenn made a shot, not only the Thunder players immediately turned around to grab a rebound, but even their own players were ready to retreat to avoid being hit back!
In fact, what the players thought was right. When they missed, Westbrook took the rebound and counterattacked to the frontcourt, but the Hornets were ready to retreat in time!The Thunder's quick and simple fast break failed, but it doesn't mean that there are no other ways to score quickly. Westbrook rushed to the free throw line, just like in his previous life, he pulled up the fast break and made a zombie jumper!besides!Westbrook exploded tonight!
But Presti did not intend to change his defense, because Presti knew that if he did not let go of the shot, he would die faster. The Thunder is obviously willing to see this situation.Thompson can't beat Westbrook's instant pull-up speed!
The Hornets still have another point forward!After Green was emptied, he still missed the shot!Westbrook counterattacked again and rushed to the frontcourt. Fortunately, the zombie missed a jumper this time. Paul George took the rebound and led the frontcourt. He singled Durant in the low post and turned over!Still miss!
Westbrook took the rebound and continued to counterattack!After reaching the free throw line, he turned around and scored Harden who had just followed up!Seats open!Curry tried his best to interfere, but it was too far away, and Harden hit an open three-pointer!
Beep!Presti immediately called a timeout, and the point difference has reached 13 points!At this time, the Chesapeake Energy Stadium was already boiling, and the Thunder fans stood up and applauded, cheering for the home team!

On the bench, the players are a little disappointed. Their 73-win team, the team with the highest offensive efficiency can't score?Of course, the most disappointed one is Green, who failed to make a few big open opportunities!As a result, the Thunder released him more recklessly, shrinking the formation, making the Thunder 5 defense 4, teammates can't run out of space, can't run out of space, tactics and so on are simply nonsense.

Presti patted Green on the shoulder to encourage him. In fact, Green is just a rookie after all!He has performed very well in this kind of playoffs!Besides, it's the Thunder's home court, one of the league's most famous devil's home courts!

The game continued, Curry received the ball from the outside to face Westbrook, Davis came to cover, Ibaka came out again, singled out Ibaka at the top of the arc, did not choose to break through, shook continuously, pulled up and shot a three-pointer!Although Ibaka tried his best to interfere, the ball still hit!Curry is like this. Many goals seem unreasonable, but he can score. If he can score, it is a good goal!

This time Harden led the frontcourt, Paul George came to defend, changed direction and broke through, withdrew and moved to the left, Ibaka covered, and switched to Green!Green singles, changing direction continuously, Green was stunned, Harden went in!Green immediately turned around to chase, Davis jumped over to help defend, and then scored Jordan under the basket, and there was no one else!Jordan took the ball and smashed with one arm!

Curry led the frontcourt and handed it over to Davis. Davis turned around and hit Ibaka face-to-face.At this time, Jordan once again assisted in the defense and wanted to block the shot!Beep!Whistle, thug foul!
Presti traded Green for Jimmy Butler!Green is basically a side effect on the court now, he can't attack and can't defend, attacking 4 against 5!Paul George is temporarily at the 4th position. Paul George is very uncomfortable playing the [-]th position, but he also played in his previous life, and he is not seriously injured now. There is no problem at all for a few minutes!In this way, the Thunder will never dare to defend anyone in the air!

Davis made two free throws!Westbrook is still defending with Thompson in the frontcourt, and he is still shooting wide. Maybe it was a solid mid-range shot. At this time, Westbrook is very confident.Because Green went down, the rebounds were very tight, and there was no room for loss in the backcourt!Davis made it, and gave Curry, and Curry handed it over to Paul George!
This time Paul George came to be the point forward, and now the Thunder dare not let it go, and Ibaka came over to defend himself!Teammates moved, Curry circled out from the middle, and Davis blocked Westbrook as a screen!Pass the ball to Curry immediately!Ibaka went to make up, and Curry shot directly after receiving the ball!Curry's three-point shot is extremely fast, even if Ibaka's reaction speed and athletic ability are top-notch, he can't cover it!

Swish!Hollow into the net, the Hornets broke the scoring shortage, and the Thunder Harden pushed forward and handed it to Ibaka!Ibaka singles Paul George with the ball in the low post!Ibaka crushes Paul George in terms of height and weight, but Ibaka's low-post skills are too bad, and he can't make a turn and hook under the interference of Paul George!

Davis took the rebound and handed it to Curry!Curry took the frontcourt to Paul George, and his teammates continued to run!This time the Thunder is obviously the best to be prepared and not run out of the open space. Paul George moved to the left and signaled to pull away!Singles out!Continuous crossover!Start suddenly and kill it!Ibaka pursues and defends!

After rushing to the free throw line, attract the defense, turn around and score Curry at the top of the arc!Westbrook immediately came over to make up, and continued to score Thompson on the right, and Jordan let it go again in an instant, and Jimmy Butler who was transferred to the bottom corner!There are seats available!Three-point shot!Got it!

Both teams have found their own offensive rhythm. The Thunder pushed forward and counterattacked quickly, while the Hornets made various cover cuts!In the second half of the third quarter, the Thunder took the lead in adjusting the lineup, replacing Ibaka and Durant with Collison and Matthews!Seeing this, Presti also adjusted the lineup, but Presti made a large-scale adjustment, including Livingston, Ray Allen, Green, David West, and Whiteside!This lineup is very quick to shoot, but it can be grabbed, and Green's scoring method is an air cut!David West strikes!
The Thunder have a slight advantage, because there are still Westbrook, Harden, and frame protectors like Jordan on the court. The second team has no defense against Westbrook's breakthrough, but the Hornets still decisively take the contraction!But tonight Westbrook's mid-range is very good!At the end of the third quarter, the Thunder still lead the Hornets by 13 points!
In the last quarter, the Thunder replaced Westbrook and replaced Durant at the beginning of the game!And Presti immediately replaced Paul George and Davis together!Paul George defends Harden, and Davis takes it up to strengthen the offense and protect the frame!
It is still difficult for Harden to face George!But Durant is low and has no solution!Ray Allen made an easy hit from the back!This is the advantage of the three unsolvable ball-holding points. Some can match Harden, and some tactics can defend against Westbrook, but there is no way to limit Durant!In fact, Paul George is also one of the best people to limit Durant, but compared to limiting Durant, George has done a better job of limiting Harden!

The Hornets attack, David West holds the ball in the low post, Davis attracts the defense on the left, Ray Allen and Paul George pull space from the outside, Livingston stands in the bottom corner and cuts at any time. Compared with the Thunder, the Hornets' offense is much easier!
David West hit Collison with his back, and Jordan didn't dare to help defend, because David West's vision is very good, and Davis needs him to cover him on the left side. It's not too honorable to beat Collison. Just turn the baseline and then turn around and shake the throw!Hit!
Harden was restricted, he didn't hold the ball to open up space on the left side, Durant still singled out Ray Allen, turned his back and fell back!Not this time!In fact, it's not that Ray Allen is on guard, but the feel!No matter how good the mid-range shot is, there will always be times when it misses. Livingston took the rebound and led the frontcourt, handing it over to Paul George!

After Paul George quickly reached the top of the arc, facing Durant, he continued to change directions and swayed in. Compared with Ibaka's defense, Collison's help defense is very different!Left layup hit!
It was still Durant holding the ball in the low post, hitting Ray Allen face-up, pulling up and returning the mid-range shot!

The scores of the two sides began to stalemate!But obviously this is good for Thunder, because Thunder is still leading at this time!Presti immediately called a timeout and replaced all the starters!Presti had to take a gamble, and this time he went all out to fight fast, beat away and boom!
Because the biggest advantage of the Hornets over the Thunder is that almost everyone has the ability to pass the ball, and of course the ability to advance quickly, so they can quickly find teammates in transition attacks!
Westbrook missed the middle distance at the top of the arc, and Curry picked up the rebound and accelerated. Of course, the Thunder retreated faster, but they ignored it. Curry took the ball two steps away from the three-point line and directly shot a three-pointer!Miss, long rebound!Thompson got it, and Durant quickly covered it with his long arms, but then turned to the middle. At this time, Davis cut in from the middle, got the ball and then made a layup!
The Thunder attacked, Durant handed it to Westbrook, Westbrook killed the penalty area, and quickly shrank the defense. This time he missed the shot and gave it to Ibaka on the left!Ibaka made a mid-range shot!Davis jumped out, and Ibaka's vision was normal at this time, and he could only see the basket at this time!Strive to interfere and miss!
Green grabbed the rebound and accelerated with the ball himself!Go to the front court, directly divide the right bottom corner, Thompson has already settled down!After getting the ball, Ibaka's flying dive was shaken away, completely open, and he made another three-pointer, whoosh!Hollow into the net!Beep!The Thunder paused, and they were stunned when they came up!
After returning from the timeout, Durant held the ball in a low post and the Hornets double-teamed!Durant is very outside Westbrook!Still vote for him!Three-point shot strikes the iron!But this time Jordan took the rebound and gave it to Westbrook!Westbrook rushed straight after getting the ball!Came in this time and made a layup on the right!
Curry took the ball from the backcourt and quickly pushed it to the frontcourt, handing it to Paul George, Paul George moved to the left, Davis put on a screen, and moved laterally!Three-point shot!Missed, Green took the rebound and handed it to Thompson, Thompson took the ball and threw it directly!besides!
Thompson scored two consecutive three-pointers!The Chesapeake Energy Stadium became a little quiet for a moment, the Thunder's previous 13-point advantage was quickly smoothed out, Westbrook quickly led the frontcourt, Durant came out, and Jordan came out to cover!Point to Durant, Durant used Jordan's cover to make a three-pointer!Got it!The firepower continues!

Curry still rushed after getting the ball, and the Thunder quickly settled down, still pulling up and throwing, a super long three-pointer!there is none left!Westbrook got the rebound and counterattacked!The Hornets can't keep up!One-stop dunks directly!The stadium is noisy again!
Presti thought about these problems when he used this tactic. Once this tactic fails to make a shot, the opponent, especially a team that is good at counterattacking like the Thunder, will definitely not let go of this opportunity. When the opponent pushes a fast break, the Hornets cannot stop it!Thunder's wave of fast break points came to 7 points!There are less than 3 minutes left in the game!
(End of this chapter)