The game was hot, and the Thunder maintained a ten-thousand-one lead.

After reaching the second half of the first quarter, assistant coach Brooks quietly reminded Su Yang: According to the plan, it should be a substitution.

Su Yang did not make a decision immediately after hearing this. He knew that Brooks was like his master George Carl. He resolutely turned the table and rotated the game as long as it was a regular stage of the game. He rarely made adjustments based on the situation of the field, and did not pay much attention to the player's status.

Considering that Durant and Westbrook are very hot, Su Yang doesn't really want to replace the two.

But the game will eventually be played for 48 minutes, and even two young people need to preserve their strength.

Substitutes also need to be allowed to play, even if most substitutes have poor offense and defense.

For example, the old No. 1 pick Joe Smith and Chris Wilcox are the bargaining chips for future exchanges, and they must be allowed to swap data.

For a moment, Su Yang deeply realized the entanglement of McMillan's insistence on using Reeve Lafrenz.

"It's really not the main business. I don't know how expensive it is to buy food, rice, oil and salt..."

Su Yang made up his mind to take advantage of the game's dead ball and request a timeout, and replace Wilcox and Mason as planned.

When Durant and Green ended, they didn't say anything, but it was obvious that they were a little uncomfortable.

After the timeout, only Westbrook left in the third Thunder, and offensive tactics became regular routines.

Su Yang wanted to continue to implement simple and efficient tactics, but Wilcox's offensive skills were relatively rough, his mid-range shot ability was average, and he had basically no long-range shot ability, let alone looking at the whole game like Green did, and he was fine to only grab rebounds.

In the original history, the Hornets were willing to exchange Chandler with the Thunder for their rebounding ability because they were interested in Wilcox's rebounding ability.

As for Desmond Mason, a player who is about to retire, is really a big difference compared to Durant.

The two substitutes only played a few rounds. The Thunder's offensive efficiency fell sharply, and the defensive efficiency also declined. The leading advantage was visible to the naked eye. Fortunately, the Celtics also replaced Tony Allen, which was not so fast.

Westbrook was also greatly affected. Every time he called for pick-and-roll cover, he was greeted with double-teams.

Without Durant and Green, the Celtic double-team and local three-defense and two-defense would be quite presumptuous.

Westbrook also tried not to call a pick-and-roll, or to launch a breakthrough in advance, but what awaited him was surrounded on all sides.

Su Yang was very depressed, but as the team's head coach, he still strictly implemented expression management and pretended to be calm.

For a moment, he couldn't help but wonder that Doug Rivers' classic confused expressions were management mistakes.

With 3 minutes and 19 seconds left in the first quarter, assistant coach Brooks once again reminded Su Yang that he was going to make a substitution.

Su Yang no longer had any worries, and took advantage of the foul and replaced Jordan Jr. with center Johan Petro.

Petro is a player who entered the league in 2005 and a veteran of the Supersonics era. He is in the last year of his rookie contract, but the Thunder is not interested in offering him the next contract and giving him some playing time to brush up the data, which is considered as fulfilling the contract.

After appearing, Petro's presence was extremely low. He neither took the initiative to ask for the ball nor passed it to him.

Westbrook may think that Petro is too neglected, so he rushed into the inside with a double team and forced a pass.

Then I thought that Petro was not sure.

The basketball made a mistake, and the Kai team grabbed the basketball and launched a counterattack, taking the opportunity to narrow the gap to only 2 points left.

Perhaps because of the first time in many years, Oklahoma City fans have not yet established the awareness of maintaining the players. Several fans on the sidelines directly caught Petro and squirted hard, which made Petro panic.

As he played, Petro's point turned into a negative effect, the offense was not helpful, and the defense was weak.

Seeing that situation, Su Yang had to take advantage of the official suspension and arrange for Joe Smith to appear and replace Petro.

Westbrook was also replaced by Earl Watson, while Green came back to replace Weaver, responsible for leading the team's main attack.

Joe Smith has mediocre abilities in all aspects, while Watson's organization is OK, but due to his height and poor defense.

With the four substitutes present, no matter how exquisite Su Yang's tactics are, they can only stand on the sidelines to remind the defense.

Just like that, the thunder seams are stitched and repaired.

But within two minutes of the second quarter, the Celtics substitute Lyon Poway, an unknown player, relied on Perkinstony Allen's high-intensity defense to make mistakes, and made various fast breaks and shots, leading the team to a 10-2 wave.

Seeing that the team was overtaken by nearly 10 points, Su Yang resisted the impulse and did not make a substitution until eight minutes in the second quarter.

The Third Young Master of Thunder reappeared, the team's offensive firepower increased significantly, and the defense also set up a wall.

In addition, Su Yang commanded two more defenses than usual, and the Thunder gradually narrowed the score difference.

When the half-time game was over, the Thunder finally tied the Celtics and the whole team returned to the locker room for a temporary rest.

Su Yang focused on praising the three young masters' offensive and defensive cooperation, and also mentioned the excellent aspects of several veterans, encouraging them to continue in the second half.

Westbrook publicly applied to Su Yang, hoping to wait for more time to play. He also suggested that Durant and Green play a few more minutes, without any concerns about a few veterans who need to swipe data, and said that the hope of winning more is greater.

Su Yang gritted his teeth and said he would consider it.

At that moment, he deeply understood why McMillan was unwilling to replace Poulzbila with Fry.

Thinking back to the beginning, he also felt that Fry had a greater offensive effect, so Poulzbila should have played less on the bench.

After the second half of the game started, considering that the Celtics were accustomed to strengthening their defense, Su Yang arranged for Damien Wilkins to replace Kyle Weiffer, who started in the first half, but did not arrange tactics for Wilkins, but only let him act as a restraining point.

But Damien Wilkins fought very hard, and he tried his best every time he ran and positioned, like the last time.

That may be the winning tradition that inherits the essence of Uncle’s human movies, or the self-cultivation of losing the draft.

Su Yang was very moved to see it, and he felt no wonder Wilkins could return to the NBA at the age of 37.

With that professional attitude, it is definitely worth a basic salary, allowing young players to learn how to treat the game.

During the break, Su Yang specially praised Wilkins, emphasizing that Wilkins' entanglement with Ray Allen invisibly helped the team to take the lead. He hoped that the whole team would learn from Wilkins' attitude and strive to defeat the defending champion and win the game.

Perhaps it was because of those words that motivated. After the pause, the third young master of Thunder led the team to expand his lead.

But at the end of the third quarter, it was the substitute stage and the lead was gradually eroded.

Su Yang no longer listened to the advice of assistant coach Brooks to take the table and rotate, and arranged for the three young masters to appear in advance.

Unfortunately, the Celtics were not too arrogant. The Big Three also appeared in the field early and their defense was even more ruthless than before.

The game turned into hand-to-hand combat, with whistles sounding frequently and mistakes occurring frequently, and the players of the two teams ran back and forth.

The Thunder have been strong on their talent many times, while the Celtics have relied on discipline many times, and even Rondo has a central shot.

The game ended in the last 4.3 seconds, the two teams scored equally, and the Thunder got a chance to win.

Su Yang set up a tactic of using Durant as bait, but Westbrook was the ultimate goal in rushing to the basket, but unfortunately the execution failed.

The whistle sounded at the end of the game and the Thunder and Celtics entered overtime.

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Chapter completed!