Basketball Myth: Super Guard

In the locker room, the Thunder players lowered their heads silently, and the atmosphere was a bit dull.

Originally, they wanted to use the momentum of winning the second game to win the third game at the 76ers' home court.

Of course, they also expected that the 76ers would be very tenacious, difficult to win easily, and the game might be very anxious.

But they never expected that at the end of the first half, they would fall behind by 14 points.

Throughout the first half, they had been suppressed by the 76ers, always at a disadvantage, and never led for even a second.

The 76ers played great today!

"Hey..." Coach Brooks sighed secretly, a little depressed. It's hard to say something like state. From the overall state of a team, to the state of a certain player, to the specific state of a certain game. , it’s all a changing thing.

The lineups of both sides can be measured, the players of both sides can be compared, and even each other's tactics can be guessed and inferred...

But the game state is the only thing no one can control.

Today, the 76ers not only found Butler's touch, but every player on the 76ers played well. This is something that coach Brooks cannot control. It is also the key to the reason why the Thunder fell behind by 14 points after the first half. .

"Huh." Coach Brooks exhaled, clapped his hands, and when the players looked over, he said loudly: "Cheer up, it's only the first half. I know that we were lagging behind in the first half, and the opponent was It’s good, but I don’t believe they can still be in this state in the second half. The second half is when we fight back.”

"right."

"The coach is right, the opponent cannot maintain this state for a whole game."

The players' eyes lit up.

After some encouragement, Coach Brooks spread out the tactical board and re-arranged it.

...

Soon, the second half begins.

Both sides played the starting lineup. The Thunder made adjustments on the defensive end. They no longer targeted Leonard, but only relied on Durant to defend alone, and instead focused more on Butler.

Because Brooks has studied that among the Big Three of the 76ers, Butler is actually the most unstable. Sometimes he is very good, and sometimes he stretches his hips.

During the halftime break, Coach Brooks also did some introspection and realized that there was something wrong with his strategy in the first half and he misjudged the 76ers' Big Three.

So, he adjusted his strategy in the second half.

Of course, on the offensive end, we mainly rely on Durant and Westbrook. Fortunately, Durant and Westbrook are in good condition today, which is a small consolation.

"Did you switch to focusing on guarding against Jimmy?"

Seeing that the opponent focused on restricting Butler, Qin Hao smiled faintly and exchanged a look with Butler. Butler nodded, ran back to get the ball, and then played in singles. After a tentative step, he accelerated the breakthrough, hit the inside, forced the Thunder to shrink the defense, and then Throw the ball out.

At the same time, Qin Hao ran quickly, got rid of Westbrook's defense, came to the left three-point line, and immediately took a three-pointer after receiving Butler's pass.

Uh-huh!

The ball goes in.

A moment later, Butler made an air cut and received a pass from Iguodala, but instead of hitting it himself, he distributed the ball again and gave it to Kawhi.

Uh-huh!

Xiaoka made a three-pointer with his sword in hand.

In the next few minutes, Butler's scoring decreased, but Qin Hao and Xiao Ka scored continuously, especially three-pointers. Both of them can shoot three-pointers and can play without the ball. Since the opponent focuses on guarding Butler, let Butler hold the ball and attract the defense. Qin Hao and Xiaoka can always find shooting opportunities by running without the ball.

In fact, if we exclude the organization aspect and look at scoring ability and efficiency alone, Qin Hao's lethality without the ball is even greater than with the ball.

It's like Klay with the Warriors.

He also plays without the ball, but he can score 20 minutes or even 30 points in a single quarter. Because he is pure and efficient, and many of the goals he scores are three-pointers, his scoring efficiency will be very scary.

Moreover, Butler only scored less points, not that he couldn't score. It is impossible for the Thunder to completely restrict him.

"Uh-huh!"

There was another soft sound, and Butler hit a three-pointer.

At this time, Coach Brooks really couldn't hold himself any longer. He immediately called a timeout and his face became extremely gloomy.

His strategy still failed, and switching to focusing on guarding Butler did not have the desired effect. Butler was still able to score, and Qin Hao and Xiao Ka even broke out. It rained three-pointers for the 76ers. Make it overwhelming for them.

Although the Thunder also has Dewey, the 76ers made a lot of three-pointers. As a result, although Dewey can also score, his scoring efficiency is not as good as the 76ers.

So after a few minutes, the score difference did not narrow, but instead widened further.

"Damn it." Coach Brooks cursed secretly, greeted the players, replaced players, and reorganized the arrangement.

When the timeout ended, both sides conducted personnel rotations. In the last few minutes of the third quarter, the Thunder had a slight advantage, but the impact was not significant.

When the third quarter ended, the 76ers still led by 15 points.

It seems that the point difference has only widened by 1 point compared with the first half, but the key point is that there is less game time.

There used to be half a half left, but now there's only one quarter left.

At halftime, 24 minutes later, the Thunder had enough time to tie the 14-point difference, or even go ahead.

But there was only one quarter left, 12 minutes, and it was not easy to tie the 15-point difference and overtake.

The Thunder did not give up in the last quarter. Coach Brooks replaced Westbrook and Durant early, intending to make a last-ditch effort.

Coach Luke of the 76ers also replaced Qin Hao, Butler, and Xiaoka.

At this time, the 76ers were leading by more than ten points, and they didn't even need Qin Hao and the other two to play too well. They just needed to stand up and score a few goals when the opponent counterattacked, curb the opponent's counterattack, and prevent the opponent from scoring continuously.

This was not difficult for Qin Hao and the other two.

What's more, the situation was completely on the 76ers' side at this time. When they were behind by more than ten points, the morale of the Thunder was greatly affected.

In a blink of an eye, there was only more than a minute left in the fourth quarter, and the 76ers were still leading by 9 points. Although the difference was in the single digits, it was enough.

"There's only a little over a minute left, and it's basically stable."

"Will there be any changes?"

"Don't worry, with Qin here, we won't give the other side any hope of a comeback."

In the audience, the home fans were relieved.

This is indeed the case. The Thunder had no good solution for Qin Hao. In the last minute or so, Qin Hao scored another goal.

One goal is enough.

"Ding..."

When the game ended, the score was 118:111. The 76ers defeated the Thunder by 7 points and won the third game of the finals, rewriting the big score to 2:1.