At the pause time, the Thunder Five returned to the bench.

The whole team formed a circle, Su Yang quickly praised a few words, and then predicted that the Celtics would strengthen their defensive rotation after the timeout. If that was true, they would start the European pick-and-roll attack most familiar with, playing around Durant and Westbrook.

After setting up the offense, he thought of Rivers' routines and emphasized that he should not play fast attacks on the Celtics on the defensive end.

If the Celtics don’t play fast breaks, they need to take the initiative to give up offensive rebounds, which is the opposite of the pre-match strategy. Facing the players’ confusing eyes, Su Yang said that as long as he can withstand the Celtics’ timeout and counterattack, he will basically win half of the game.

Everyone was a little surprised by his prediction.

That's the champion team, which reversed the Lakers by 24 points in the finals. How dare you say that you can withstand it basically win half of it?

Su Yang has no time to explain. In his opinion, the biggest reason why the three Celtics won the championship last season was Tianshi Renhe. His coach Rivers's coaching level is quite mediocre and has a serious lack of an offensive system. Many games rely on defensive counterattacks to win.

But at present, the Celtics cannot limit the Thunder significantly, and it is even difficult to cause Thunder’s mistakes, so how can they fight back?

But even so, he can only say he won half of it, because many substitutes in the Thunder were too far behind.

What Desmond? Mason, what Earl? Watson, what Johan? Petro, defense is basically free.

Drop! The sound of the whistle that ended the brief pause followed, and the players of the two teams returned to the field.

On the Celtics, Glen Davis replaced Perkins, and Garnett changed to play center.

Seeing the adjustment, Snyder smiled and said, "Your prediction is so accurate. I guess the next step will be Tony Allen to replace Pierce."

Su Yang also smiled: "There are too few changes on the other side, and it is easy to guess the idea of ​​coach Doug Rivers..."

The game continued while talking and laughing.

The referee blew a whistle and timed, and the Celtics kicked off at the bottom line in the backcourt, and Garnett threw it to Rondo.

"Defense, defense!" The fans on the scene shouted in unison, and Rondo took the initiative to move forward.

Garnett accelerated and sprinted, ran across the center before Rondo, twisted his hips and headed straight to the left wing, quickly forming a cross cover without the ball with oncoming Ray Allen, and finally stopped at the 45-degree three-point line on the left, looking sideways towards the top of the arc.

Ray Allen rushed to the top of the arc, raised his hand to take over Rondo's 45-degree pass on the right, and immediately turned left.

Whoosh! Ray Allen passed the ball straight to Garnett on the left 45-degree three-point line, and raised his hand to point to his left waist.

At the same time, Rondo, who had passed the ball before, entered the inside line and used Davis' cover to cross the paint area.

If it were other point guards, the running route would be a typical singles tactic.

But no matter how you look at Rondo, no matter how you look at it, Rondo doesn’t play the role either.

Su Yang quickly scanned the half and found that Pierce started from the right wing and rushed straight to the right elbow area.

"I like to cut empty layups?" Su Yang saw through the tactics and immediately shouted a reminder at Durant and Green.

As soon as he finished speaking, Pierce easily received a pass from Garnett in the middle of the empty free throw line. He twisted his hips sideways and slid towards the basket with the master step. He skillfully used a low-handed basket picking, which seemed to be training.

But Green took off and raised his hand with Durant, who was chasing him with big sprints, and slapped the basketball together.

Bang! Double ghosts slap the door, nail the big hat.

The basketball rebounded and flew backwards, Westbrook grabbed it in his hand, and immediately turned around and rushed forward.

Cheers exploded in the stadium, Westbrook rushed to the left elbow area of ​​the frontcourt at 2:8, facing the Celtics surrounded by three sides, stopped without warning, and turned around in the air and passed the ball to the right half, while Durant was just about to reach his right waist.

The Celtics had no time to return to defense, so Durant took the ball and rushed with two steps, and raised his hand with the ball.

But before Durant could take off, Pierce stretched out his hands from behind and pulled him down.

The action was quite dangerous, and the audience on the sidelines were so scared that they stared at each other, but Durant forced the ball out.

Beep! The referee blew the whistle, foul Pierce, and gave Durant two free throws.

Durant pulled Westbrook and Green up, patted his butt with a smile, and stood on the free throw line.

Su Yang stood up and smiled and applauded, knowing that Pierce was anxious. The tactic just now was designed specifically for him, but in the end it was blocked. Not only did it fail to help the Celtics stabilize the situation, but it encouraged the thunderous momentum.

But if you really want to find responsibility, you have to blame Rivers. There is only one choice for a post-suspension tactic.

It’s just a choice, or the most important thing? It’s really speechless to secretly cut a layup with unreliable moments.

Amid the cheers of the whole audience, Durant made two free throws steadily, and the Thunder led 21-8.

The offense and defense were converted, and Rondo dribbled the ball to the left wing of the frontcourt, and Garnett then ran to the left waist with the cover.

Without complicated tactics, Garnett directly took the ball to play Jordan Jr., but he still attacked with a strong attack in the face frame.

Westbrook seized the opportunity and stepped forward to double-team, but Garnett stopped urgently and turned around, leaned back to hit the board.

Bang! The basketball rebounded into the net, 21 to 10.

"Garnett's defender's style of breaking through the frame is not easy to double-team..." Su Yang thought silently.

The two teams changed offensively, Westbrook dribbled the ball and advanced, raised his hand to signal the five-way outside to start, and played the European pick-and-roll.

Seeing his gesture, Jordan Jr. ran to the top of the arc on the right and stood waiting, while Green ran to the top of the arc on the left, Durant ran to the 45-degree three-point line on the left, Kyle Weaver ran to the bottom corner on the left, and the whole team stood in the most basic European pick-and-roll formation.

The Celtics seem to have regulations when suspending, except for Rondo, everyone else chooses to defend by man.

In a blink of an eye, Westbrook dribbled the ball to the 45-degree three-point line on the right and directly played a pick-and-roll with Jordan Jr.

Rondo quickly squeezed through the cover to catch up, and Garnett was also eyeing the elbow area, making shooting and breakthrough difficult.

"Run, spread..." Su Yang waved to the field and shouted, and Snyder and others also reminded him.

Westbrook gave up the breakthrough almost at the same time, dribbled the ball in reverse and rushed two steps, raising his hand to pass directly to the top of the left arc.

Green took the ball and turned left, started and rushed to the left wing position, while Durant took a big step into the paint area.

Kyle Weaver also rushed to the left wing, received Green's hand-passing pass, and drove two steps at will, raising his hand to throw it to the right.

Westbrook received the ball again with a few big steps outside the three-point line, and Jordan Jr. rushed up and then covered it.

Rondo turned his back to Jordan Jordan at this time, and Garnett hurriedly shouted for reminders, but he was still one step slower.

Westbrook accelerated and got rid of Rondo, rushed to the right elbow area, and jumped to the mid-range shot in response to Garnett's emergency stop.

Garnett jumped to the cover, but Westbrook jumped very high and failed to cause any interference.

Dong! The basketball flips into the net, 23 to 10.

Papa! Fans applaud and cheer.

Snyder exclaimed: "This European offensive pick-and-roll style is particularly in line with the Spurs' continued offensive system. Coach Popovich has also been studying and trying before. You actually pay attention to it earlier than him. You are such a genius coach..."

Su Yang responded with a faint smile, European offensive pick-and-roll, used for Durant Westbrook, is very suitable.

But that is also based on Durant and Westbrook's strong abilities. If the game is not in good condition, it will be in vain.

While thinking, Rondo dribbled the ball and ran across the center line, and suddenly raised his hand and passed it to the left waist position.

Garnett jumped to catch the ball, and when he landed, he raised the ball horizontally, and immediately passed back to Rondo who rushed over quickly.

That is the classic advance attack cooperation between Rondo and Garnett, which is difficult for ordinary teams and players to defend.

But Westbrook bypassed the cover like lightning and blocked Rondo at the edge of the paint area under the basket.

In a hurry, Rondo stopped and turned the ball, leaned against Westbrook and jumped, and hooked his hands to hit the board.

Such movements are considered Rondo's famous skill, and Westbrook's efforts to jump cannot interfere with it.

Bang! The basketball rebounded into the net, 23 to 12.

The two teams changed offensively, Westbrook dribbled the ball and ran across the center line, and the team spontaneous five-for-one European pick-and-roll offensive position.

Compared with the previous one, the bottom corners of Durant and Weiffel Stations were 45 degrees on both sides of Jordan and Green Stations.

Perhaps because he realized Westbrook's intention, Rondo put pressure in advance and tried to disrupt the rhythm.

But Westbrook ignored it and simply made a cover with Jordan Jordan and threw the ball towards the top of the arc.

Jordan, who had disassembled and moved to the top of the arc, raised his hand to receive the ball, and turned to the right. Seeing this, Green quickly inserted into the paint area from 45 degrees on the right, while Weffer lifted it from the bottom corner on the right and cooperated with Jordan on his right elbow.

Weaver took the ball and brought it to the top of the arc, changed hands and shook it under his crotch, bent to protect him, pretending to attack.

At the same time, Durant started from the left basket, first with Green's cover inserted into the paint area, rushed to the right elbow area, and then with Jordan Jr.'s cover, continued to rush to the right wing, and threw Pierce away for a long distance.

Weaver hurriedly passed the ball, while Durant received the ball, calmly aimed the basket for half a second, and made a steadily three-pointer.

Dong! The basketball flips into the net, 26 to 12.

The Thunder's lead is still expanding, and cheers in the arena are wave after wave.

Su Yang stood up and applauded and cheered. Looking at Durant and Westbrook who were returning to defense, he thought to himself that this was the king's bomb.
Chapter completed!