According to Carlland, Chandler's toe injury was an old injury position and a new injury was added. The situation was quite serious, which would affect the right foot to push the ground and then reduce the movement speed and overall confrontation ability. The Hornets chose to trade to send Chandler away because of the toe injury in the same position. At that time, Thunder almost returned the goods because of Su Yang's efforts to protect Chandler.

According to injury estimates and the league's latest schedule, Chandler will be missing at least four games.

If necessary, you can get injured and beat them after four games, but that will be risky and will not have a good effect.

In other words, Chandler can provide the greatest help to the Thunder in the remaining schedule of the finals, spiritual encouragement. After all, Chandler likes to liven up the atmosphere on and off the court, and belongs to the Opti players. As for other aspects, only waving towels and shouting.

"That's it for the time being, I'll deal with it tomorrow."

Su Yang decided to let the players enjoy the joy of victory first, temporarily relax their nervous nerves, and avoid causing the players to become panic because of rushing to deal with it. As the team's head coach, he must remain calm and not be too excited to the management.

After attending the press conference in a hurry, Su Yang drove back to the apartment and found that WOJ had revealed that Chandler would be on the verge of at least 4 games, and various discussions emerged in large quantities. ESPN even temporarily added a group of discussions and interviewed various opinions on the phone.

Fans and media, and even Durant and other players sent many inquiries to Su Yang through private messages or text messages.

The messages accumulated to 999 in half an hour without reading.

Su Yang did not think too much about it without responding. He calmly watched "Game of Thrones" that had just been updated for more than ten minutes. He also tweeted that the young Dragon Mom was pretty good. He opened the "Civilization 5" archive to run for a few rounds, and then took a shower and went to bed as usual.

But some fans were not so calm, and they criticized him for being in a mood to look at the beauty when the main player was injured.

The next morning, he arrived at the training base. Su Yang pulled the scout department and the trainer team to have a meeting as usual to prepare for the second game.

Before the staff arrived, he calmed the fans and players' mentality and quickly glanced at unread messages and popular Twitter.

"Latest news: MGM Casino in Las Vegas has increased the Thunder's championship odds. A young royal user from the UAE spent millions of dollars to bet the Thunder failed to defend his title. If it finally comes true, he can get up to 30 million dollars in return!"

"ESPN held a roundtable meeting, and 10 of the 21 experts changed their choices to support the Heat to win the championship. They believe that LeBron and Wade will be unstoppable in the future, and players such as Bosh will also benefit. The Heat will have a great form."

"Thunder fans think that Chandler's injury was prematurely ill. The main reason is that the average time to play against the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals is too long, and it is considered good luck to have a toe injury. If it were Su Yang coaching at that time, such a thing would not have happened at all. Details!"

Various media have turned to support the Heat to win the championship, using pictures and data, focusing on the games that Chandler missed due to gastroenter virus in the middle of the season, and strongly emphasized how ordinary the Thunder was when Chandler was absent, suggesting that the Thunder would lose the finals.

Jordan Jr. was pulled out for discussion, probably because Jordan Jr. is about to serve as the starting center. Many fans and media believe that Jordan Jr. can provide defense, but it is much worse than Chandler, and it will also drag down other starting offensive efficiency.

In Su Yang's opinion, Jordan's comprehensive physical fitness is even better than Chandler, but his positioning awareness and assisted defense experience are far inferior. His physical condition of nearly nine points can only play a practical effect of six points, and it will take a long time to train.

While thinking, all the people participating in the meeting arrived.

Team doctor and trainer O'Malley first reported that Chandler would miss at least four games due to injury, and the specific return date cannot be determined.

After O'Malley said that, the already low atmosphere in the conference room became a little solemn. Everyone present understood the importance of Chandler to the team, especially on the defensive end, Chandler to the Thunder, just like Kevin Garnett to the Celtics.

"I'm very lucky. We have sufficient staff reserves. DeAndre and Collison can rotate, and even arrange Coll Aldridge to play. I like Coll. He has a high football pitch and one-on-one defense. He has a mid-range shot and can even make three-pointers."

Su Yang joked casually, and seeing that everyone was relaxed a little, he continued: "To be honest, we had a 90% chance of winning before, and now there are 6.5% now. I already have a solution to this. First of all, how to position DeAndre..."

In the words, Su Yang emphasized that Jordan Jr. was best at squatting and squatting. As for the delay in the pick-and-roll defense, he would be exempted. Anyway, LeBron and Wade were not good at long-distance shooting. What really needs to be worried about is how to make Jordan Jr. delay and block the intercepting and cutting route when defending without the ball, that is, take into account both man and ball. If you want to pursue a guaranteed bottom, Jordan Jr. still has to let Jordan squat.

Anyway, after comprehensive inference, letting Jordan squat and defend against the pit is the best choice for the Thunder, making it easier to win the game safely.

Beyond football skills is a mentality problem. The sudden start of the substitute player in the finals may not be able to withstand the pressure of becoming heavier in the task.

After everyone discussed it, Su Yang finally decided to say that arranging Jordan's starting lineup was just a very ordinary operation. Don't make it seem like a major change, add pressure to Jordan in vain, and emphasize that there is enough staff and there is no worry.

After all, Collison can also play center.

Even in the worst case, it can still allow rookie Cole Aldridge to be a meat shield and give the Heat a foul tactic.

During the conversation, everyone discussed several more issues. The meeting ended immediately and Su Yang rushed to the stadium to assign training tasks.

While training and chatting, Durant and others felt a little regretful about Chandler's absence, but they were not too worried. Su Yang wandered around and found that Westbrook's first game was 44 points, which made the whole team feel full of confidence, and the bonus of "The Second Brother is invincible in the World" was too great.

However, Su Yang was not arrogant, but instead found McGrady and said in advance that he might arrange regular time to play in the second stop.

Because after Chandler was injured, the team may need veterans like McGrady to help control the rhythm during the game.

After the afternoon training, Su Yang was interviewed by espn reporters on the sidelines. He talked about how to deal with Chandler's absence and replied: "We have encountered this situation several times. How to deal with it before and how to deal with it now. Please pay attention to tomorrow night's game..."

On June 2nd, the second game between the Thunder and the Heat Finals continued to start at the Ford Center.

The Thunder won the jump ball, and Westbrook still played first in the first attack, and the Heat still relaxed their restrictions, but unfortunately the mid-range shot hit the iron.

Turning around to the Heat's offense, LeBron continued to use the third quarter mode of the first game and directly entered the strongest form, without temptation.

Su Yang arranged for Durant to defend LeBron, not to block the breakthrough, but to use his height and long arms to interfere with the passing space, and to guide LeBron to break through more areas of the Thunder players. The same trick was used against Wade, intending to guide him into the trap.

I thought that the Heat seemed to have expected such an arrangement. LeBron and Wade passed the ball in advance many times, while Miller and Bibby made the first game faster and fierce. Several consecutive shots made the Thunder's defense quite ridiculous.

Moreover, on the defensive end, the Heat broke through with the pick-and-roll and held the ball, and resolutely double-teamed it. When there is no ball to cover the run, they will decisively switch defenses.

Jordan Jr.'s pick-and-roll and off-ball screen quality is slightly worse than Chandler, and the Heat's execution is fierce, which makes it very uncomfortable.

When the first quarter was over, the Thunder fell behind 22 to 29, and social platforms such as Twitter were filled with voices of disgrace.

Su Yang was not panicked at all, and he still sent out the second team in rotation, but Jordan Jr. was replaced by Collison.

As a result, Harden faced Wade, who was not resting, and he was a little impatient. Not only did he not lead the team to catch up with points, but he also lost points.

Seeing that the Thunder were 13 points behind, Su Yang requested a short timeout and sent McGrady, who had little time in the regular season, to let McGrady play point guard, while using the veteran's mentality to control the rhythm, while taking advantage of the height and hardware advantages, he forced Chalmos to take advantage of Chalmos at a low post.

For a moment, the average height of Thunder Five McGrady, Harden, Durant, Green, and Collison exploded.

The offensive rhythm slowed down and the Thunder's scoring efficiency improved, which led to the Heat's rapid counterattack reduced, allowing the Heat to fall into positional wars more, and then use their height and wingspan advantages to interfere with the passing, forcing LeBron and Wade to fall into a single-handed mode.

In just a few rounds, the Thunder quickly narrowed the score difference. The Heat hurriedly requested a pause, and Su Yang took down McGrady simultaneously.

After the suspension, the Heat generals who were taking the mission against McGrady were at a loss, and the Thunder took the opportunity to narrow the score gap again.

After the first half, the Thunder took the lead by 1 point.

As the game entered the third quarter, the entire Thunder team found its state. Although Miller, Bibi and others stole three-pointers from the weak side because they tried their best to limit James and Wai's breakthrough, their points loss efficiency was significantly reduced compared to the first quarter, causing the Heat to fall into a quagmire on the offensive end.

After several struggles from the Heat, LeBron decided to take over the game. Relying on Jordan's position awareness, he made various breakthrough layups and various single-armed tomahawk dunks, using his super-personal ability to forcibly stabilize the game situation.

As the game entered the fourth quarter, Su Yang made another adjustment, allowing Sefrosa to defend LeBron and Durant to take over the Thunder offense.

On the Heat, LeBron did not continue to defend Durant because he played too long in the first three quarters and played too hard.

Without the Heat's strongest defensive restrictions, Durant is like a fish leaping into the sea, eating Miller, Wade, Bosh all the time...

However, LeBron and Wade stubbornly attacked the Thunder's inside line, and never let the game collapse, but they were unable to tie the game.

In the end, with Durant's efficient 17 points in the fourth quarter, the Thunder defeated the Heat 105-99, leading 2-0.

The final ringtone rang and the Ford Center cheered.
Chapter completed!