Build a Dream Dynasty

Any team that dares to compete with the Thunder in singles is a dead end. Stevens is also well aware of this truth. For this game, he designed more tactics and used the team's integrity to deal with the Thunder. When the Thunder faced the strong opponent of the Nets, they did not blindly play singles. At least Westbrook was relatively calm in the first quarter of the game. When the two sides were in a stalemate, they insisted on giving the ball to Durant took care of it, and there was no loss of position on the defensive end. Westbrook, who switched to a rational turtle state, made the Nets even more elusive. In the duel between the starting lineups of the two sides, the Thunder also had a slight upper hand.

However, Brooks' consistent style of employing people is that the two juniors are almost on the same level, which of course can be done with Harden. But now that Harden is gone, Jeremy Lin's own power is actually not enough to drive the relatively weak substitute of the Thunder team, and after facing the strong substitute lineup of the Nets, this disadvantage is magnified. Since Reggie Jackson mentioned the starting position to limit Westbrook, Grant Hill got more opportunities to play at the point guard position in this game. Jeremy Lin scored a goal.

It was Jeremy Lin's turn to attack. He passed Grant Hill through a disguised breakthrough on the outside, and then rushed into the inside. At a position near the free throw line, he had already met Baynes' defense on the inside. Yi Jianlian's position was very ruthless, tight Jeremy Lin stuck to Jeremy Lin, causing the opponent to stop the ball.

The biggest shortcoming of Jeremy Lin's technical habits is that he breaks through halfway to stop the ball. During the Nets period, this shortcoming was not uncommonly exploited. When he came to the Thunder, this still bothered him very much. In addition, the Thunder's two substitute insiders The finishing ability is average, and the outgoing line was also blocked by Barnes and Ray Allen. In desperation, he turned around and forced a shot. Under the interference of Yi Jianlian, he failed to make a hit. Get off the rebound and reorganize the offense.

The strength of the rotation players made the Nets successfully catch up at the end of the first quarter, and overtook the score with 28:27, 1 point advantage, ending the first quarter.

Stevens secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and encouraged his players: "Guys, you did a great job. The opponent's singles ability is very strong, but you resisted and used our characteristics to overtake the score. , you must continue to perform like this in the next games, against the Thunder, we have no room for mistakes!"

Stevens had a good idea, but he still underestimated Brooks a bit. In the finals of last season, because he insisted on keeping Perkins on the court, he was shot by Battier, and Brooks was also commented as "not flexible". Of course, from Stevens' point of view, in fact, he also believes that the Thunder does not have the conditions to change into a major and a minor with the Heat. First, it is difficult for Ibaka and Durant to compete against Bosh and James in the interior. Second, the team does not have the role of "Battier" on the wing.

However, in this game, Stevens sent Westbrook ahead of schedule to improve the situation where the team's bench lineup was difficult to score.

Westbrook's appearance disrupted Stevens' plan. After he succeeded in beating Ray Allen twice in a row, the Thunder had regained the lead. Stevens replaced Hill with Reggie Jackson to face Westbrook. Be less restrictive. It is impossible to prevent Westbrook from dying. It is considered to have completed the task to force Westbrook to complete the offense in an uncomfortable way.

Compared with Westbrook's extremely destructive breakthrough, it is obviously much wiser to force him to "zombie jumper" outside the penalty area. Jackson is in charge of fighting, Yi Jianlian is in charge of supplementary defense, and there is a Baynes guard on the inside. The Nets have set up many obstacles for the breakthrough of Westbrook and Jeremy Lin. The Thunder's lineup is flawed and lacks pitchers.

In other words, when choosing one of the two attributes of role player space and defense, the Thunder pay more attention to the option of defense. Anyway, they have a double bottom on the offensive end, and Ibaka also has a good shooting ability, which also makes the Thunder bench. The lineup is becoming more and more difficult to lead. In fact, not only Jeremy Lin, but also other backup point guards in the league, it is difficult to lead the offense of this lineup. Rather than saying that the Nets defended against Westbrook, it is better to say that the Thunder defended themselves to death.

Of course, with superstars in the lineup, the Thunder at least guaranteed not to lose on the scene. When the main lineups of both sides returned, Holiday slightly shared some tasks of dribbling across half court and passing the ball to Durant.

Facing Leonard's entanglement, although Durant is not inefficient, he is really tired. Durant and Leonard can be said to be each other's most difficult opponents. Durant's official registration height is 206 meters, but in fact this is the height he lied about in order not to play inside. His real height is 2.11 meters. This height can be regarded as outstanding among small forwards, which also makes him in the When facing any defender, it seems to be misplaced. Not to mention, Durant also has a pair of long arms. His wingspan is as long as 228. He is also the first person at the small forward position. This physical condition is a bug. Coupled with his seemingly thin core strength that is not bad at all, the unique athletic ability of this height, especially the top shooting ability in history, makes Leonard, who is just over two meters tall, too difficult to guard against.

Leonard was desperate when he saw Durant, why didn't Durant have a headache when he saw Leonard. First of all, Leonard is very strong, and he is one of the few small forwards capable of resisting James. Although it is difficult for him to interfere with Durant's shooting, he is a good opponent for Durant. Secondly, Leonard has a wingspan of 220 , It's a bit worse than Durant, but once Durant can't squeeze out the space to shoot, then he can only reduce the opponent's interference with his realization by leaning back. The most important and crucial point is Leonard's defensive skills. He can always get stuck in a suitable position, making Durant's reception and offense not particularly comfortable, and he cannot find a good offensive rhythm .

These are not enough to prevent Durant from scoring, but they can increase Durant's consumption. As we all know, Durant's physical strength may be one of his few weaknesses.

After his debut, under Leonard's desperate resistance, Durant missed several outside attempts. In contrast to the Nets, Curry began to explode, hitting two consecutive three-pointers, plus a High toss hit the board and scored 8 points in a row. The Nets overtook the Thunder by 6 points and forced Brooks to call a timeout to allow Westbrook and Durant to recover.

Durant's offensive efficiency was not high just now, and the cooperation between Holiday and Durant is more or less familiar to Westbrook. Durant's position to catch the ball is uncomfortable, and he needs to find a rhythm.