Basketball Myth: Super Guard

This is the purpose of Coach Luke's replacement of the small card so that Butler can no longer guard Durant. When Butler focuses all his energy on offense, when Qin Hao is double-teamed, Butler becomes the one who can stand up. Score, help Qin Hao share the pressure.

In the next few minutes, Qin Hao and Durant both reduced their personal attacks.

As soon as the two sides saw that they had the ball, they immediately double-teamed. Although it was not completely impossible to attack, as the game progressed, their physical fitness declined, and they scored against the double-team, and the efficiency dropped a lot.

At this time, the scoring strengths of the two sides became Westbrook and Butler.

Westbrook played very well in this quarter. He reduced his outside shots and began to use pick-and-rolls and screens to get rid of defenses and score inside. On the 76ers side, Butler used the Thunder to double-team Qin Hao. There must be some leakage on defense, and he played well on offense.

For a time, the two sides came and went, but the score was always deadlocked.

Of course, the 76ers are still ahead, and the two sides of the main lineup may be evenly matched, but the 76ers will be stronger on the bench.

"beep......"

The Thunder called a timeout and began to enter rotation time.

The 76ers also made substitutions here.

Judging from the current situation, there is no way to determine the winner in the three quarters. Both sides replaced the main players and let them get enough rest. Fortunately, the winner will be decided in the fourth quarter.

When the main lineup was replaced, the points gap began to widen. Coach Brooks' eyelids were twitching, but he could only sigh helplessly. He secretly made up his mind and had to communicate with the team management. The team also needed to make up for the bench lineup. powerful.

After all, their goal this season is the championship, and now they can’t play against the 76ers’ bench lineup. After the playoffs, the depth of the lineup will be more tested. If you don’t strengthen the bench lineup and expand the depth of the bench, how can you compete for the championship?

Watching the point difference gradually widen, coach Brooks finally couldn't hold back, and replaced Westbrook after only playing for more than three minutes in the fourth quarter.

at the same time.

The 76ers also made substitutions, and Coach Luke replaced Butler.

Anyway, Coach Luke is going to use Butler to play against Westbrook and Qin Hao to play against Durant. Although they are not directly opposite each other, they can be regarded as confrontation in the air, because the two have the same role on the court, both as The second core of the team.

In the 76ers rest area, Iverson sat next to Qin Hao and asked, "Who do you think is stronger than Jimmy and Westbrook?"

"Who is stronger?" Qin Hao was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Currently Westbrook is stronger, Jimmy is still in the growth stage, and there is still a lot of room for improvement. However, the two are not in the same position, and according to the I don't think Jimmy's performance will necessarily lose to Westbrook in the current matchup situation on the court."

"Oh, so confident in him?" Iverson raised his eyebrows and smiled.

This season, Iverson signed a one-year contract with the team, but after the team's lineup was adjusted, his playing time as a backup player actually decreased a lot.

After all, the 76ers' reserve lineup also includes Lou Williams and Sessions.

But Iverson didn't really care. He was going to retire, but everyone persuaded him, so he stayed. As he said, there were not many miles in his mailbox.

As a veteran, when the team is in a good situation now and has started 12 consecutive victories, he doesn't actually need the veteran to sweat. It can even be said that during the entire regular season, Iverson does not need to exert force, save some fuel and leave it to the playoffs.

So in the past twelve games, Iverson has averaged less than 10 minutes per game, mostly sitting on the sidelines, acting as a spiritual leader.

......

on the field.

Westbrook broke through and scored. Without Qin Hao, no one else could restrain him. Neither Sessions nor Lou Wei could do it. So when Westbrook returned to the court, the Thunder's offense improved a lot.

Of course, the 76ers did not fall short, because Butler and Xiaoka were still on the court.

"ball."

Butler ran back and asked for the ball, and he was against Lamb. It was not difficult for Butler, but the Thunder also understood this, so they immediately had a help defense.

Seeing the help defense coming up, Butler sneered, suddenly accelerated, and passed Lamb in one step before the opponent fully pounced.

"Be careful."

The Thunder players reacted quickly, the inside players rushed to Butler, and the others also shrank inside to contain him together.

At this time, Butler scored the ball and passed it to Xiaoka.

Swish!

Xiaoka hit a three-pointer.

Coach Brooks shook his head with a wry smile. Durant was very strong, and Westbrook was also very strong, but the 76ers' strength also exceeded his expectations. Qin Hao was able to compete with Durant and not lose. It was a little stretched at the beginning, but it was quickly adjusted.

There is also a small card.

Xiaoka's statistics this season are actually not that high. In terms of average points per game, he is not as good as Lou Wei, but his role is not reflected in the statistics. His ability to defend the opponent's arrow players, help defense, and rebound , and the ability to respond is not reflected in the data, but it is very important.

Xiaoka, Lou Wei, Butler, such a combination, but it does not lose to the combination of Westbrook + Martin + Lamb.

Moments later, coach Brooks called a timeout.

The 76ers had an eight-point lead with just six minutes left in the fourth quarter.

"Substitution..." Coach Brooks began to replace the main players.

Meanwhile, the 76ers are here.

Coach Luke also replaced the main players, Qin Hao, Iguodala, Nene, etc. were all replaced.

The last half of the quarter will be the time for both sides to decide whether to win or lose.

......

"With half a quarter left, we are still 8 points ahead, and the advantage is still on our side."

"I'm a little worried, the main players of the Thunder are still very strong. Before Durant broke out alone, Westbrook's state was not very good. But now Westbrook is also open, waiting for Durant and Ibaka. It's not easy to deal with when people come back."

"Hmph, so what? We also have Qin and Butler."

In the chatter, the two sides returned to the court, and the lineup was greatly changed. Qin Hao and Durant returned to the court at the same time, which made the fans couldn't help but get excited, looking forward to the continuation of the duel between Qin Hao and Durant.

The two did not disappoint the fans.

As soon as he returned to the court, Durant played singles, holding the ball outside the three-point line, changing directions continuously, with a large range, posing as if he was about to break through, but in fact he suddenly pulled out.

Swish!

Three point hit.

In the next round, when the 76ers hit the iron, the Thunder counterattacked, Durant got the ball again, and the 76ers quickly rushed up and double-teamed.

Durant sneered, gave the ball to Westbrook, and Westbrook made a breakthrough when he took the ball. An acceleration was like stepping on Hot Wheels, but Qin Hao couldn't keep up for a while.

I saw Westbrook rushed into the inside line, jumped up against Nene, paused in the air, but passed the ball from Nene's armpit and stuffed it into Ibaka's hand.