0361 Fortunately we TM have Curry
On the second day of the Lakers' advance to the Western Conference Finals, Su Yang chose to rest according to the convention, and made his own Chongqing spicy hotpot with Jiang Ruolan, practiced two-person yoga, and formed a team to play "League of Legends" created by Dota's sect, and watched the classic movie "Falling in Heart".
By the evening, he turned on ESPN TV and watched the fourth Western Conference semi-finals between the Spurs and the Thunder on time.
Jiang Ruolan sat next to the sofa and accompanied him, and casually moistened her waist, hairy, duck intestines, etc., and then blew it cooled down and sent it to his mouth.
Su Yang turned his head and opened his mouth. Jiang Ruolan suddenly put down his chopsticks, pouted his red lips and leaned over, and kissed him directly.
Su Yang was a little surprised at this kind of couple interaction that he had only watched in short videos, and then reached out to bring Jiang Rulan into his arms and leaned on his shoulders. Jiang Rulan said casually: "I watched your post-match interview before, do you think the Thunder will reverse?"
"The Spurs won the first two games and lost simply. The Thunder have found a cracking strategy, which is to beat the master with random punches..."
In the first two games between the Spurs and the Thunder, although Ota scored 2-0, the total score was only 10 points behind.
In the third game, the Thunder defeated the Spurs by 20 points. Specifically on the offensive end, Westbrook lowered his shots a lot, causing Sefrosa, who had only 4 of 11 shots in the first two games to become 7 of 16 shots, with both shooting and hitting greater than the sum of the previous two games.
The main reason why Sefrosa has so many moves is that the Spurs Parker cannot defend Westbrook alone, and he must connect with Duncan, who is inside and Danny Green on the outside. Sometimes he even needs Danny Green to defend himself, but he cannot block Westbrook alone.
The Spurs were forced to choose to shrink and encircle, so Sefrosa naturally got more opportunities, so the Thunder won 20 points in the third game.
Westbrook's ability to do that is enough to show that he doesn't have to do it himself, he just plays basketball and wins the game.
"Did the Spurs adjust?"
"You have to watch the game to know..."
While talking, the game started. Facing Westbrook's strong breakthrough and Durant used the cover to get the ball, the Spurs still chose to give priority to double-teaming. Sefrosa got a three-pointer and hit a black iron, while Perkins hit two free throws.
The Thunder's defensive strategy is also clear. No matter what Parker, Danny Green, Leonard, you can change defense as long as it is cover.
The physical talent is visible to the naked eye, but Ibaka seems to be too excited and is continuously flew easily, causing points to be lost.
The two teams led alternately, and the first quarter was quickly finished, and the score was tied at 26. However, the Spurs lost 3 defensive rebounds because of their active double-teaming, which also allowed Danny Green to take two fouls early, and the pressure on the outside defense increased greatly, and the rotation was also affected.
Immediately after the second quarter, the Spurs continued to double-team, and Ibaka got a chance to get a 5-for-5 shot.
After about four and a half minutes, the Thunder played a 10-3 offensive. After the timeout, they played a 7-2 offensive. Harden became a real point guard, which greatly increased the pressure on the Spurs' defense, and loopholes appeared one after another, causing even Westbrook to hit a three-pointer.
At the end of the half-time game, the Thunder led the Spurs 55 to 43, and except for the number of mistakes, all other data were dominant.
"So after watching this game, you probably won't use the double-team strategy to deal with Thunder, right?" Jiang Ruolan seemed a little tired after leaning on her shoulder for a long time. She stood up and sat on Su Yang's thigh. After a while, she ran to clean up the hot pot that had already cooled down.
Su Yang then got up and moved, and posted notes in the team chat group: Don’t underestimate Thunder’s shooting, don’t double-team them.
Mike Brown responded instantly and agreed: Ibaka had practiced the basic basic shooting under your guidance, and now she is very stable...
Kobe and others have expressed their opinions one after another, and they also agree not to double-team the Thunder easily. The Lakers can defend Westbrook alone.
Anyway, I don’t know what the situation is, the whole team unanimously regards the Thunder as the next opponent in the Western Conference Finals, even if they have to play at least two more games.
Jiang Ruolan came back after cleaning, and the third quarter started playing simultaneously. After watching for a while, he complained: "The Spurs are so fierce in defense..."
"That's the basis for their championship in the next two years..."
Su Yang briefly explained that the so-called Spurs' defense is mainly Danny Green and Leonard, Duncan and Blair, who are in the interior, take turns to take care of Westbrook and Durant, no longer continue to use the double-team strategy, and all their energy is spent on defense.
The Thunder was difficult to adapt for a while, only Durant scored with absolute talent, and Ibaka occasionally stole one and two points.
After the third quarter, the Spurs were only 4 points away from chasing each other. They continued to press in the fourth quarter, which made the Thunder very uncomfortable.
As the Spurs were about to overtake the score, Thunder head coach Brooks instructed the whole team to launch an attack around Durant.
In the whole first half, Durant only made 4 shots and only made 7 shots in the third quarter. He was quite strong. When he saw the coach's gesture, he immediately lifted up with the help of the cover, and then passed the ball to Leonard alone at the top of the arc. Unfortunately, the space was not opened and he encountered a double-team strike.
The Spurs grabbed the rebound and counterattacked, and after a complicated and gorgeous operation, Duncan finally scored with Perkins with hook.
Turning around, the Thunder attacked again, the same simple tactic was still the same. Durant used the help of a screen to lift up and took the ball from the top of the arc and played a single shot.
Leonard, who is still in his childhood, faced Durant, who has already achieved great skills, and did his best but failed to defend himself from falling back and shooting.
Fortunately, the Spurs had another tactical running, and Leonard grabbed Durant and returned to defend the loophole, easily hitting the basket and scoring two points.
But unexpectedly, when the Thunder attacked again, Durant still used Westbrook's cover to catch the ball and easily hit the ball.
In the following rounds, the Spurs scored efficiently through tactical running, but Durant continued to show singles. The Spurs tried to replace Parker with defense, double-team on the weak side, interfere with the ball around the front, and Manu replaced Parker, almost all the strategies were not defended.
The Thunder's momentum increased rapidly, and Popovich was so anxious that he stomped his feet on the sidelines and shouted, asking Leonard to go to the three-point line to double-team Durant from the baseline. Leonard reacted and executed quickly, but Durant actually turned over and scored a mid-range shot with double-team.
Just like that, Durant made 7 of 9 shots in the fourth quarter, scoring 18 points, forcibly killing the Spurs.
The shock was as good as witnessing the stock market circuit breaker on the spot.
Jiang Ruolan said gloatingly: "So how do you prepare to defend Durant? He is no longer your player..."
"Yes, he's someone else's player..."
Su Yang suddenly recalled the days when Durant could do whatever he wanted, and he really couldn't think of any good idea.
In the three regular season games against the Thunder, the first big win was bullying the Thunder's mentality imbalance, the second narrow win was relying on Harden's 3 of 11 shots, and the third narrow win was relying on Westbrook's 3 of 22 shots. As long as the two performed a little more normally, the Lakers would become difficult.
After sitting for a while, Su Yang still didn't expect how to limit Durant. The overall shooting level of the Thunder team was improved, double-teaming could easily make Ibaka and others shoot wildly in mid-range shots, and single defense was even more helpless. Artai and Barnes were easily vacant for Durant.
While thinking, Su Yang had a black-hearted idea: it seemed that only Westbrook, who was a teammate, could truly defend Durant.
But Westbrook took the initiative to reduce the number of shots in this round of series!
Seeing this, Jiang Ruolan comforted him and said, "Don't think about it, what if the Spurs advance, and the regular season lacks reference value..."
When Su Yang heard this, he thought, and suddenly hugged Jiang Ruolan and kissed her.
Yes, there is no Curry in the regular season!
Chapter completed!