Basketball Myth: Super Guard

In a blink of an eye, the pause was over.

The two sides returned to the court, and the Thunder began to strengthen their defense against Kawhi.

As soon as they saw Kawhi taking the ball, except for Durant who was facing him, other Thunder players were also staring at Kawhi.

Durant's defense against Kawhi mainly relies on his height advantage, which can interfere with Kawhi's shooting and force Kawhi to break through. When Kawhi breaks through, other Thunder players will quickly help defend or make up defense. , to limit small cards.

On the field.

Kaka took the ball and broke through after a feint, but he immediately encountered help defense. He did not force it, and immediately distributed the ball and passed it to the outside.

This is not the first time.

Qin Hao received the pass from Xiaoka and narrowed his eyes: "Are we going to focus on restricting Xiaoka?" He smiled, immediately took two steps forward, and then made an emergency jumper.

In the next few rounds, Qin Hao strengthened his personal offense.

Since the opponent focuses on restricting the small card, if you think about it from another angle, it means that the small card attracts more defense.

If you don't attack more and score more points at this time, what are you waiting for?

In the blink of an eye, more than half of the first quarter has passed, and the Thunder are 7 points behind.

At this time, Coach Brooks called a timeout and began to replace the main players one after another with substitute players.

Several players came off the court with unhappy faces. In the past few minutes, their defense against Xiaoka was relatively successful, but the point difference did not narrow.

"Don't be anxious." Coach Luke comforted him: "The main reason in these few minutes is that Qin has increased his personal offense. The main points are all on him, but he can't keep playing like this."

"Yeah." Durant and others nodded.

The two sides changed into rotating lineups, and the 76ers still had the upper hand.

After returning home, the 76ers not only found Butler's touch, but other players also performed better than in the previous game.

Substitute players such as Sessions, Lou Williams, Thaddeus Young, Speights, and Mozkov all performed well. It can be said that the 76ers are all brave.

After a while, the first quarter ended and the 76ers led by 8 points.

"It's a pity that we couldn't open the point difference to double digits." Lu Wei walked off the court and shook his head regretfully.

"Yeah, if the last buzzer-beater had been scored, we would have been 10 points ahead." Sessions also echoed.

Today, the 76ers are bound to win this game. Everyone put in 120% energy and strived to play every ball well. They really wanted to lead by double digits in the first quarter and give The Thunder made a powerful start.

It's a pity that it's still a little bit behind.

"It doesn't matter, it's only the first quarter." Qin Hao encouraged his teammates with a smile, "Keep it up later, and soon the point difference will be more than ten points."

"Yeah." The teammates nodded in unison.

In the auditorium, the home fans whispered.

People were talking about the first quarter of the game and were very satisfied with the 76ers' performance today, but some were worried because the opponent was not a weak team after all.

...

In a blink of an eye, the second quarter begins.

Both sides sent in rotation lineups. At this time, Butler was playing with several substitute lineups on the court, while on the Thunder side, coach Brooks sent in Westbrook.

The situation was not good today. The Thunder fell behind by 8 points in a single quarter. Coach Brooks did not dare to neglect and could only make adjustments to let Westbrook and Durant take more responsibility.

With Westbrook on the court, the Thunder were not at a disadvantage, but after a few minutes, the point difference was only narrowed by one point.

"Although Westbrook played well today, it was still a little worse than the last game."

"Well, Westbrook's condition is not as good as the last game, but Butler's condition is much better than the last game."

Everyone can see that in terms of player status, this game is somewhat different from the last game, which is more beneficial to the 76ers.

Coach Brooks frowned, quickly called a timeout, and replaced the main players one after another.

After the substitutions, Qin Hao and Xiaoka from the 76ers also returned to the court, while the Thunder continued their defense in the first quarter, targeting Xiaoka.

Seeing that the opponent was still targeting Kawhi, Qin Hao called out to Butler: "The opponent is targeting Kawhi, and the rest of us must score more points."

"Understood." Butler smiled and nodded. He felt hot today and was in good condition. He only felt more excited.

...

"ball."

Qin Hao ran back to get the ball and took a look at the situation on the court. Xiao Ka ran to the right and pulled the person away. Qin Hao immediately broke through, changed direction and passed Westbrook, took a step forward and suddenly stopped. Pushed Westbrook with his back, then started again, and then made a throw.

A moment later, Kawhi scored suddenly, attracted the defense and passed to Qin Hao. Qin Hao scored again and passed to Butler.

After the three people conducted the ball, all the defenders were pulled away. Nene had an open opportunity inside. The ball was given to the inside, and Nene directly dunked.

A few minutes passed in the blink of an eye, and the Thunder failed to narrow the score. Instead, they watched the score gap widen a little further.

"beep......"

At this time, the Thunder trailed by 11 points, and Coach Brooks called a timeout.

Here's the 76ers.

Several people came to the sidelines, and their teammates stepped forward to high-five them. The atmosphere was relaxed.

"Good job." Qin Hao patted Butler on the shoulder, gave Kawhi an appreciative look, and finally looked at the Thunder team and couldn't help but smile, "Focus on guarding Kawhi? The idea is good, but it's a pity. Somewhat taken for granted.”

Qin Hao could guess that the opponent probably wanted to turn the "Philadelphia Big Three" into the "Big Two" so that the "Thunder Young Masters" could match up.

But the Thunder ignored one thing.

Although Kawhi is one of the "Big Three" and has played very well this season, it is a different matter in this series.

Kawhi's matchup against Durant in this series requires a lot of energy on the defensive end. His proportion on the offensive end is actually not as large as before.

In other words, if there is either a lack of Butler or a lack of Kawhi, then the lack of Kawhi will naturally have a greater impact on the defensive end, while on the offensive end, the lack of Butler will have a greater impact.

"Jimmy didn't feel good in the last game and we lost the game. Coach Brooks may have misjudged the situation and thought that as long as one of the three of us didn't play well or was restricted, they could win." Qin Hao said to himself, "Oh, the last game was the last game. We lost the last game, and it wasn't just because Jimmy had a bad touch."

"What's more, Jimmy's poor performance on the offensive end and Kawhi's poor performance are actually different. After all, Jimmy has played one more year than Kawhi."

In a blink of an eye, the pause was over.

When both sides returned to the court, there was not much time left in the second quarter.

At this last moment, the 76ers still had the upper hand, with Kawhi receiving the most attention. However, Qin Hao and Butler were unstoppable on the offensive end, making the Thunder miserable and further widening the point difference between the two sides.

When the first half ended, the 76ers led by 14 points.