The world of basketball

Chapter 173
In the third quarter, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

In the second quarter, Kemba Walker once led the team to chase the point difference to 15 points, but Jeremy Lin made a three-pointer to widen the score to 18 points.

In the second quarter of the game, Jeremy Lin's scoring was not as intensive as in the first quarter, but such a sudden appearance was enough to make the Lone Ranger uncomfortable.

What pleased Carlisle was that the mentality of the disciples in the team had stabilized, and they were not as dazed as they were in the first quarter.There is also a half-time change in the second half, and the 18-point difference is not out of reach.

But it's not that easy. The most important thing in chasing points is to be able to defend on the defensive end and score on the offensive end.Now the Lone Ranger's offensive end is not a big problem. Kemba Walker and Jordan's pick-and-roll are still sharp. Dong Qiqi's organization strategy also makes the team's offense orderly, but their defensive end is really bad. .

The most important of these is Jordan's entanglement. Mu Xiaobei pulls out of the three-point line, Butler singles Matthews, and when Butler rushes to the basket, do you think Jordan will help or not?

Do you think it is uncomfortable for the fifth position to shoot from outside the three-point line?
Uncomfortable!

It just so happened that Mu Xiaobei's touch from outside the three-point line was pretty good today, at least a few shots from outside the three-point line that were emptied were made, so that Jordan would not dare to help defend.

Mu Xiaobei made another shot from outside the top three-point line, and the point difference came to 20 points. Coach Carlisle requested a timeout.

During this timeout, Coach Carlisle adjusted his defensive strategy. He asked Jordan to defend Aldridge and Powell to defend Mu Xiaobei. In such a battle, the weakness of the Mavericks inside was exposed. Wiesky is not a defensive one either.

Originally, head coach Carlisle thought that Jordan alone would be enough to support half of the Lone Ranger's defense. In fact, it was exactly the same. Jordan alone could support half of the Lone Ranger's defense. As far as teams are concerned, the Lone Ranger only has Jordan on the inside, which seems a bit thin.

There are many heroes, only Jordan is alone, and after Mu Xiaobei pulled Jordan out, no matter whether it is Doncic Powell or Nowitzki, the three insiders are very uncomfortable, because it is not just Aldridge who is on the [-]th. In the singles position, Butler, Lonnie Walker, Gay, and Jeremy Lin are all people with very strong breakthrough ability, directly impacting the Lone Ranger's defensive end to pieces.

For a stable team like the Spurs, a team that has never been prone to making mistakes, it is very difficult to expect the Spurs to even out the point difference based on the Spurs leading by more than 20 points. There is a chaser Kemba Walker who can score crazy points.

The game between the third and the fourth quarter ended hastily, and the Lone Ranger failed to catch up to within 15 points at the last moment.Even in the second half of the last quarter, Mu Xiaobei, Jeremy Lin and Butler had already been replaced, leaving some substitute players on the court.

The Lone Ranger lost without any suspense, and it was a big defeat. Coach Carlisle felt that he had worked very hard, and that his disciples had also worked very hard, but they still lost.Since then, the Lone Ranger has lost both games in San Antonio, and the team has stood on the edge of a cliff.

The game between the Rockets and the Warriors went to the last moment again. Relying on Harden's finishing ability at the last moment, the team narrowly beat the Warriors to get back a game.

This season, although the Rockets' record is not very strong, Harden's performance is enough to deserve the MVP trophy. It turns out that Harden may still be less efficient in the playoffs, but this season gathered two teams in the first round of the playoffs. In the first game, Harden was relentless. In the first game, Curry and Clay both played Harden and scored 41 points.In the second game, Harden scored 46 points to win the game. Zhou Qi was in a sluggish state in the first game. He scored 18 points on five of seven shots from outside the point line, which is the absolute hero for the Rockets to win the game.

The Rockets' offensive performance is inseparable from the performance of their shooters, because facing the Warriors, it is impossible for a team like Harden to win the game only by relying on Harden's performance.Even if Harden scored 50 points, 60 points, 70 points, it would not help.

Therefore, the performance of their outside players such as Zhou Qi, Tucker Gordon, etc. is very important. In addition, Paul, as a ball handler, controls the team's rhythm and state. The Rockets' system has been established for many years. Harden The tacit understanding with Paul is getting stronger and stronger. Their team is a team that has been working together a long time ago, three or four years ago.

The game between the Lakers and the Thunder also reached 2:0. The Lakers made another victory at their home stadium, the Staples Arena in Los Angeles.

In this game, Paul George scored 32 points, Westbrook scored a quasi-triple-double of 20+9+8, but it didn't help, Durant scored 34 points, James scored a quasi-triple-double of 30+8+15 Statistics, 15 assists, my God.

Compared with the Lakers, the Thunder's lineup is still a bit weak.In addition to the performances of James and Durant on the Lakers side, Ball Hart also had a brilliant performance. Among them, Ball scored four out of seven shots from outside the three-point line and scored 16 points, seven rebounds and 11 assists. He and James Both scored and assisted in double figures.

Since Vucevic joined the Lakers halfway, he is not very well integrated with the Lakers lineup at present, but he belongs to the plug-and-play type, and he has done his most basic work very well. In place, Cevic scored 12 points and 14 rebounds in this game, which contributed a lot to defense and rebound protection.

The Lakers' style of play is still fast. They like to play counterattacks very much, because their James and Ball are very good players who launch counterattacks, and their entire starting lineup except for Vucevic is all counterattacks. End, great player.

The Celtics in the East also won two games. Last season, Hayward's performance after his return from injury once disappointed the fans, but since the second half of last season, he still held a sudden outbreak and scored 50 points. He found his own offensive confidence.The term offensive confidence is a bit fantasy, but it is very important for a player.A particularly good example is that when Mayo used to play next to Kobe, he asked Kobe to complete the offense by himself and not pass the ball to him.

This surprised Kobe very much. For Kobe, this kind of request is very incredible, so why do we often regret this Mayo, does he not have the potential to become a superstar?He is there, but why didn't he become a superstar in the end?Because he wasted his talent, really, he wasted his talent.

(End of this chapter)