Antetokounmpo applied the bandage very hard, and the way he pulled the bandage was like a woman tearing off a courier package.
He didn't touch the crispy noodles in Durant's closet. In the past, he would eat crispy noodles during halftime of every game to replenish energy - by the way, these crispy noodles are really delicious.
But today he just took a sip of water, then lowered his head and closed his eyes.
It can be seen from his resolute face how determined he is at this time.
They must win today's game no matter what.
Irving was in the corner with his hands clasped together and mumbling something.
He did not get the nickname Ou Shenxian out of thin air.
He often makes some ridiculous remarks - such as the earth is flat.
Make some weird moves - such as burning tangerine grass on the court, such as entering the stadium with a wooden stick.
Middleton looked at these three big guys, and he secretly made up his mind to win the Kings no matter what today.
However, Holiday is still the same. He has never been able to harden up since he was beaten down by Wang Yi last time.
Except for him, all the other Bucks players secretly vowed in their hearts that they would win this game today no matter what.
Bucks coach Budenholzer saw that the team's morale had improved, and he himself was also inspired, so he began to lay out tactics:
"In the third quarter, we tried not to cooperate and gave the ball to Kevin or Giannis for isolation."
What he said surprised everyone.
In the past, weren't we supposed to pay attention to cooperation at times like this?
Only by working together as a team can it be possible to defeat powerful enemies.
At this time, Irving put down his clasped hands and turned his head to look at the coach.
The two of them came to play singles, what about me?
You know, Irving's singles ability is also very strong among superstars.
The head coach said:
"Wang Yi's assistance in defense tonight is very wide. If we want to cooperate, there will be a lot of movement, and Wang Yi will take advantage of the situation to assist in defense."
"On the other hand, he is mainly guarding Kyrie Irving, so we will let Kyrie move to the corner. In this way, Wang Yi will be attracted to the left or right corner by him far away, while the other
The man then attacks from the other side to fight in isolation."
"This way Wang Yi won't be able to cross the entire half court to help defend."
When he said this, all the players understood.
As expected of a head coach, he sees things thoroughly.
Hearing this, Antetokounmpo pulled off the last piece of bandage and stood up.
Durant finally turned his head and picked up the crispy noodles in the closet.
Owen continued to turn around, facing the closet, clasping his hands together and mumbling something.
After entering the third quarter, the Bucks' offense came to the frontcourt.
They did what the head coach said, Irving came to the left corner, and Wang Yi also came to the left corner because he was mainly defending Irving.
Middleton handed the ball to Durant, and Durant came to the right and held the ball at a 45-degree angle.
In this way, no matter how fast Wang Yi is, he cannot jump from the left corner to the right at a 45-degree angle to defend Durant from outside the three-point line.
On the first ball, Durant faced Danny's defense, and he still made the same drastic change of direction and got inside.
But when Durant reached the inside, Wang Yi had already reached the basket.
Durant had no choice but to pass the ball to Irving in the left corner.
Wang Yi had already expected this move.
In fact, his pounce on Durant was fake, and he just let Durant pass the ball to the open Irving.
He saved his strength and turned to attack Irving again.
Owen didn't expect Wang Yi to pounce back so quickly.
He wants to break through with the ball.
However, the space in the bottom corner is too small, and Wang Yi's lateral movement speed is too fast, so he cannot break through at all.
Under Wang Yi's defense, Irving saw that the attack time was approaching and could only take action hastily.
Naturally, he failed to hit this shot.
At this time, the Bucks coach had quickly found the cause of the problem.
So when Durant returned his visit, he whispered a few words to Durant as he passed by.
Durant nodded.
At this time, the Kings have advanced to the frontcourt.
Wang Yi waved to Xiao Qiao.
So Xiao Qiao was lifted up from the inside and reached the top of the three-point arc.
It seems that Wang Yi is going to pass the ball to Xiao Qiao and let Xiao Qiao be the pivot.
This is also the routine used by the Kings in the past two seasons.
So Irving was just wary of Xiao Qiao, and his defense against Wang Yi was a little more relaxed.
Wang Yi, on the other hand, took advantage of the situation to lower his center of gravity, accelerate, and go directly to the inside.
Owen didn't even respond.
Of course, the Bucks are heavily guarded in the interior at this time.
Durant and Antetokounmpo are both there.
Wang Yi faked a layup, shook the two of them, and hooked the ball backwards into the hands of James, who was cutting in from the air.
After James got the ball, he seemed to be going for a layup.
Antetokounmpo quickly jumped up and blocked the shot for the second time.
At this time, James passed the ball to Wang Yi on the left baseline.
Wang Yi is facing the audience outside the baseline, and his feet are less than one centimeter inside the baseline. He has no way to handle the ball after holding it like this.
The entire audience thought the ball was going to be missed.
However, the ball did not stay in Wang Yi's hand at all. After James passed the ball to him, he directly used a volleyball-like action to backhand the ball to the center, and at this time Xiao Qiao followed up from the center.
Since Durant and Antetokounmpo were knocked aside by these two breakthroughs, the center was now wide open.
Xiao Qiao came right in with the ball and dunked.
This is obviously Wang Yi and James deliberately playing ball for Xiao Qiao.
Xiao Qiao has scored 16 in this game.
This already exceeds his scoring average last season.
Looking back, the Bucks attack.
They still followed the strategy from the previous round. Irving moved to the left corner to attract Wang Yi's defense. Durant started attacking from a 45-degree angle on the right, trying to widen the distance between Wang Yi and the ball as much as possible.
However, what is different from the last time is that this time Durant did not rush to the basket, but dribbled to the mid-range and then turned over and shot a jumper.
A steady hit.
In this way, it is impossible for Wang Yi to jump directly from the left corner to the right 45 degrees to defend.
The Kings head coach also discovered this loophole, so he told James, Danny and others to pay attention to strengthening the defense of the mid-range.
But if you are strong in mid-range defense, it means you have to be more defensive on the three-point line.
And Durant's three-point shooting is unreasonable.
Made 3 of 4 three-pointers from beyond the arc.
On the other hand, for the Kings, Wang Yi and James gave the ball to other players to attack in these rounds.
A team is a whole. No matter how powerful your superstar is, players in other roles must score a few points in a game.
We need to make them feel involved, otherwise it will always be you superstars on the offensive end, and us role players will have to do all the dirty work, and who would be happy with that.
Chapter completed!