0309 No one knows Thunder better than me
The Lakers made a 10-0 wave, and the audience was in a silence.
But the Thunder did not request a timeout, and the game went on as usual, and its head coach Brooks even acted very calm.
"They are really calm," sighed Mike Brown, "that's the trait you built."
When Su Yang heard such a flattery, he responded with a faint smile: "I guess he thinks the score difference is acceptable, after all, only five points."
"It may also be worrying about annoying the players..." Darwin Hamm laughed: "Not everyone dares to pause the adjustment because the star didn't play well in two or three rounds. That's Westbrook, a player who can score 10 points in a single quarter through emergency stops in the finals."
Su Yang laughed again, knowing that Ham's words made sense. Thunder was blocked by zero, and the main reason was Westbrook's two emergency stops and mid-range shots were shot.
But on the Thunder, Coach Brooks has a high tolerance, or he dare not criticize casually, so it is best to choose to take a look.
If Westbrook suddenly throws it out, then pretend that nothing has happened.
While thinking, Westbrook used Durant's cover to break into the paint area, jumped high and tried to force the basket, but unfortunately he hit the iron.
Ibaka grabbed the offensive rebound and forced a tip-in to cause Bynum to foul. The referee blew his whistle and gave two free throws.
Applause came out of the stadium, and Su Yang took the opportunity to remind Kobe to change to a shooting guard. On the one hand, it was to avoid Kobe's long-term physical exhaustion caused by excessive physical exhaustion. On the other hand, it was to be sure that the Thunder would adjust its defensive strategy and disrupt the Thunder's defensive deployment.
Amid the cheers, Ibaka made both free throws, the Lakers kicked off the baseline, and Blake took the ball and slowly advanced forward.
As Su Yang expected, as soon as the Lakers kicked off, Sefrosa approached Kobe in advance, but was embarrassed to find that Kobe did not get the ball and continued to follow closely without giving up. As a result, Kobe ran to the frontcourt to get the ball with the ball and immediately passed it to the top of the arc.
After some trouble, Sefrosa guards against loneliness.
After the Lakers' operation, the basketball passed to Bynum in the waist position, causing Perkins to foul in a hug.
The referee gave Bynum two free throws, and Snyder smiled and said, "The Thunder are following the defensive ideas you are good at. Once it is difficult to predict a player's offensive routine, it will use extreme methods to limit it, just like this time leading Kobe to defend in advance this time."
Su Yang shrugged, thinking that this was also a reference to Nass. He was worried that he could not prevent Curry, so he directly used box1 to stare at the four-link.
Bynum made both free throws, and the Lakers maintained a 5-point lead.
Thunder launched a counterattack, Westbrook raised his hand and called for tactical gestures, completely forgetting that all of those gestures were designed by Su Yang.
Seeing Westbrook's gesture, Su Yang hurriedly suppressed his smile and shouted at the Lakers on the court: "It's the cover to receive the RAM screen, pay attention to keeping the defense, not giving outside shooting opportunities, and blocking the paint area, and players on both sides lower their priority..."
The voice was very loud, and Durant and the other two suddenly looked complicated, but Westbrook and Perkins didn't care.
In the blink of an eye, Westbrook reached the top of the arc, Perkins immediately turned around and walked away, and Durant started from the basket at the same time.
The combination of undercover and ram cover suddenly formed a routine, and Durant took the opportunity to get rid of Ate and rushed to the top of the arc.
But Perkins' cover was not too careless, and Ate easily squeezed through the cover and continued to chase after it, and did not fall behind too much.
What's worse is that before Durant stood firmly, he built a wall to block Blake, Westbrook pulled the ball and forced a breakthrough to the left.
Such cooperation leads to very low quality of cover.
Anyway, the tactics were fought, but they didn't take the details seriously. Everything was expected by Su Yang, but not by him.
But Westbrook was arrogant and still easily beat Blake away, and even crossed Arte's double-team and rushed straight to the basket.
Seeing this, Bynum bent his knees and squatted, thinking of forcing Westbrook to stop and pass the ball. Kobe and Gasol on both sides were also ready.
Who would have thought that Westbrook was so brave that the sky was not afraid of the earth, and forced himself to jump and set off the basket against Bynum, and was invincible!
Embarrassingly, Westbrook could not cross a wall of man as thick as Bynum, causing the shot to be shot shorter and smashed into the front basket to hit the iron.
Gasol decisively blocked Ibaka with his back, and Kobe took the opportunity to run and jump and grabbed the rebound, landed and turned around and rushed.
Booed in the Ford Center, Kobe seemed to be affected. He rushed to the frontcourt and encountered double-teams with a sudden stop and turned around to pass the ball.
Gasol, who followed up in the middle, received a pass at the top of the arc, which seemed to be affected. He had eighteen seconds left but he scored two points in a scramble.
The basketball slammed the iron, Perkins grabbed the rebound, but did not make a quick pass, and the Thunder failed to launch a fast break counterattack.
Seeing this, Su Yang shouted and reminded the Lakers led by Kobe: "Pay attention to the formation, pay attention to distinguish the offensive rhythm..."
The Lakers played twice in front early offense, mainly benefiting from the Thunder's slow retreat and dispersed defense. However, this time Sefrosa started to lead the defense from the backcourt, and Ibaka decisively gave double-teams. The situation facing Kobe was very different from before.
The Thunder generals like this kind of defense that competes for talent the most. They don’t need to think too much, just grab speed and fight against each other.
If you want to deal with the Thunder's defense, the best way is to stay patient and observe more and make full use of the cover advantages.
While shouting, Perkins scored a tip-in, but the referee blew a whistle and fouled him first, and the goal was invalid.
The Lakers then launched a counterattack. Blake dribbled the ball and ran across the center line, turned around and ran to Kobe on the right.
Kobe took the ball and observed it for a moment, and found Bynum Gasol to play pick-and-roll at 45 degrees, and quickly rushed from the top of the arc to the free throw line.
The Thunder changed its defensive strategy, did not double-team, nor did they have local three-defense and two-defense, and instantly became a 23-link defense formation.
Faced with Durant's contraction and interception, Kobe stopped urgently and threw the ball to the left wing, and Arte rushed towards Durant's shot.
A three-pointer hit the iron, while standing in the bottom corner, Blake was raising his hand to take over Arte's pass.
Seeing this, Su Yang turned his head and said, "The team rhythm is messy, and everyone is not patient. The next dead ball is called a timeout adjustment..."
Mike Brown nodded and remembered that the Thunder counterattacked on the field, Durant forced Arte to score with a waist-plane basket.
The referee followed the sound of a loud reminder that the Lakers requested a short timeout. Kobe and the five of them returned to the bench and leaned towards Su Yang.
"Two points are mainly discussed. First, when changing offense and defense, if you are not sure, slow down the pace and play the position. We need to maintain scoring efficiency and reduce the number of counterattacks of the Thunder's fast attacks; second, if there is no good room for shooting, you can make another pass to reduce the Thunder's threat of rapid rotation and contraction, and don't turn our very excellent off-ball cover into a decoration."
After Su Yang finished speaking, he asked Snyder to emphasize it in another way, and then Mike Brown to emphasize it in another way.
Anyway, there is no specific tactic, just stay patient and conduct more transmission, and talk a few more times to increase the attention of the whole team.
The timeout ended soon, and the Lakers kicked off the backcourt.
Blake dribbled the ball to the left wing, handed it to Kobe, and ran to the bottom corner again, and used the cover to move to the right.
Kobe took the ball with the help of Gasol's pick-and-roll, pretending to go left but actually going right, tricking Ibaka into not being able to double-team. He took a big step and broke away from Sefrosa and rushed to the free throw line. Durant moved horizontally to intercept the ball again, and raised his hand to throw the ball towards the 45-degree three-point line on the right.
Ate took the ball and raised his hands to shoot. Seeing Durant quickly back to defend, he turned around and passed again.
The basketball flew to the right corner, and Blake arrived with Bynum's cover, and Westbrook, who was in charge of defense, was completely blocked.
With the booing of the whole field, the basketball steadily took off, and then with a hollow sound, the Lakers led by 6 points again.
Seeing this, Su Yang applauded with satisfaction, knowing that the Lakers will be strictly implementing the "pass once more" strategy.
In the commentary seat, Van Gundy smiled and said, "After the Thunder's defensive strategy was adjusted, it was cracked by Su Yang in just three rounds. If they can't find a solution, they can only maintain the situation by relying on their talent and high difficulty scores, which consumes a lot of physical strength and emotions."
Blin said: "I noticed that Su Yang cracked the thunder tactical gesture just now. He was particularly familiar with how to fight the thunder..."
The game continued, and the first quarter was over and over. The Thunder's defense relaxed a little, and Kobe took the opportunity to score five points in a row.
The Lakers entered the second quarter with an 11-point advantage. Su Yang frequently emphasized on the sidelines that the need for more passes to offset the Thunder's rapid rotation and contraction, and also emphasized that the rhythm needs to be controlled to pursue success rate and reduce the number of times the Thunder's rebounds and fast break counterattacks.
Thunder head coach Brooks rarely calls on the sidelines, but the Thunder rely on their player talent to firmly hold on to the point difference.
By the end of the third quarter, the Lakers led the Thunder 87 to 76, with less fouls and less time for the main players to play.
Su Yang arranged troops as usual, and was sure that the Thunder would send three young masters Perkins in advance, and chose to let Kobe play in front, and said: "The main force on the opposite side fought continuously, and his physical strength and energy were consumed very seriously. We have the opportunity to establish an absolute advantage..."
Chapter completed!