ATPnovel Chapter 255
Chapter 255
Chapter 255
In the second quarter, the Clippers strengthened their defense, but on the offensive end, the Thunder seemed to have some solutions to the Clippers' pick-and-rolls. Scott Brooks is also an NBA-level coach after all. If it still cannot be resolved after a few days, then it will be difficult for him to work comfortably in this position.
The Thunder switched to zone defense on the outside. They placed Blake Griffin in a more comfortable position and focused on the Clippers' most powerful outside three-man firepower. His mid-range shots were not bad, but tonight under the momentum of the Thunder fans, his mid-range shots missed one after another.
And when he chose to break through to the inside, Kendrick Perkins tried his best to interfere with Blake Griffin's inside shot.
This quarter of the game made Kendrick Perkins, a big fat man, sweat profusely, but he played the entire first quarter. He and Tzabo Sefulosa are the least important of the starters Two people, but in the first quarter they jointly contributed 28 of the 17 points. Thabo Sefolosha made three of five three-pointers and they became the heroes of the first quarter of Oklahoma City.
The explosion of the two of them was finally restrained by An Sheng's defense in the second quarter, but this is not the core of the Thunder. The real core of the Thunder is the three young men of the Thunder. Those three guys are The person with the strongest scoring ability in the Thunder.
They finally showed his ferocious side after the second quarter. This time the Clippers did not choose to continue to double-team Kevin Durant, because the other two guys of the Thunder three in the last game had already used facts. It proved that they also have enough singles ability to bring the game into their rhythm.
Anson defended against Kevin Durant alone. It can be said that Kevin Durant, who had been suppressed in the first two games, was like a dragon swimming in the ocean and a tiger roaring in the forest at the Ford Center in Oklahoma. After directly using a single block With a quick shot, An Sheng's speed around the defense is already very fast.His camera wanted to squeeze past Serge Ibaka the moment he saw the pick-and-roll, but he still couldn't keep up with Kevin Durant's shot speed.
The basketball entered the basket accurately, and Mark Evaroni spread his hands helplessly. He could see that there was nothing wrong with the ball. They have always defended like this. At the moment of the pick-and-roll on the opposite side, An Sheng interfered with the long-range shot. Blake Griffin left a body defense to break, while paying attention to Kevin Durant's pass, which was negotiated before the game, but it was directly ignored by Kevin Durant. Feel broken.
Touch can be contagious. In this game, this theorem has also been fully proved. With Kevin Durant's two successful long-range shots, Russell, the most inaccurate long-range shot among the Thunder's three young men, · Westbrook also made a shot, and it was also a three-pointer, and it was also a direct shot. But for him, it doesn't make much difference to him whether it is a dry shot or not. All he needs is the feel.
The feel of the Clippers is also contagious, but it is the opposite of the Thunder. What they are infecting is Blake Griffin's bad feel. The main point of attack is on Blake Griffin.
However, with a bad hand, he only scored 8 points on 2 of 6 shots in the first quarter, and both of them were dunks by breaking through to the inside, and basically all the shots from the outside were inaccurate.
His condition is not good. Naturally, the Clippers will not use him as the main attack point afterwards. Anson and Chris Paul began to cooperate with each other, but the two who shot accurately in the last game also encountered the same problem this time. Waterloo.
An Sheng broke through the back near the waist and hit the iron!
Chris Paul's horse-riding archery one step before the free throw line directly in the middle is still hitting the iron.
An Sheng Golden Rooster failed to fall back on his own!
Chris Paul missed a three-pointer with an open corner!
The two took the Clippers' first ten shots in the second quarter, but only scored 8 points, and the point difference was widened by the Thunder at home.Del Negro hopped his feet anxiously below but there was nothing he could do. Now this Clippers team has done everything it needs to do, including offensive tactics with coordination, pick-and-roll coordination, Anson and Chris Paul's singles, they Almost all the tactics that can be done and thought of are used.
But the tactics came out, the openings came out, and they were not far from the basket. However, almost all of their shots were ironed. Not getting in is such an annoying thing for the players.
The score is getting bigger and bigger, and the Thunder's home cheer is getting bigger and bigger. The momentum of the Clippers' winning streak has been shattered by the Thunder's offense. 22 points, [-] points, [-] points, [-] points The gap between the two teams was getting bigger and bigger, and it almost turned into garbage time later.
Lost by a big score, 79:97, the two inverted numbers indicate that the Clippers were beaten by the Thunder at home for 19 points in this important game, and in the game, in the third quarter , the Clippers gave up resistance, and at this time they reached their maximum point difference of 25 points.This is also the biggest point difference between the two teams in this series.
The Clippers came to the Ford Center with their heads high, but they inevitably left with their heads down. In this game, the scores of the two told them how they felt in this game. What is it like.The difference in the feel of the two sides is the difference in the score of this game. If you want to say that the Clippers' tactics in this game are not implemented well, the Clippers players may really not be convinced.
The best performance among the Thunder players in this game is none other than Kevin Durant. He scored 18 points on 12 of 31 shots against Anson's defense in this game. Anson has many beautiful defenses , There were two face-to-face steals, but these did not dampen the confidence of the scoring champion. Facing An Sheng, he was still very determined to score.
Fortunately, the score of 2:1 still hasn't made them panic. They have another game at the Thunder's home court. The bad touch has accompanied the Clippers all night, but such nights will not happen consecutively. Compared with the Thunder, The Clippers are the team with better shooting. After all, the shooting ability of the Clippers' outside trio has not been fully proved in this game.
(End of this chapter)