Thunder head coach Brooks tried his best in last season's Western Conference finals and tried various methods. He first stole a victory at Staples, but the more he played, the more he found that he couldn't win.

This point of Li Liang is a pain that he cannot solve.

As a result, when he arrived at the Clippers, he found that Li Liang's arsenal seemed to have been updated again.

Will the ball break through in the middle?

Will it be a jump shot?

Can cut to the basket to cheat fouls?

For such a rapidly improving player, Brooks couldn't think of another word to describe him except "ball monster".

During the intermission, Brooks discussed with his coaching staff how to deal with the Clippers' offense.

For the Thunder, although they have the combination of Wang Bo, which is currently the most explosive combination of forwards and guards in the NBA, the Thunder is still a defensive team in essence.

They have grown step by step from an ordinary team to a championship-level strong team, relying on the growth of young people and the team's defense.

Therefore, no matter how Brooks is criticized by the outside world, he is lackluster in tactics, and his rookie training and defensive training are first-class.

Just thinking of Harden being traded away, Brooks still feels a pity.

And that Bruce Lee...

The coaching staff discussed for a while, and decided to let Durant mark Li Liang, and stop wasting Ibaka's defensive energy.

Durant nodded at Brusque's instruction.

In the Thunder, Durant is the well-deserved number one star and the team's MVP.

But if you want to say that he is the boss of the team, you always feel that something is missing.

In the locker room, where he doesn't talk much, and the coach makes defensive plays, Durant sounds like a defensive sapper.

In the second quarter, the Clippers did not use Li Liang to stare at Durant, but switched to Barnes.

Li Liang is more involved in offense and overall defense.

Durant didn't even know who was the engineer compared to Li Liang.

On the other side in the Clippers, Rivers' halftime performance is a compliment to the players!

Anyway, Gentry, Brown and others are responsible for the tactics, so he just needs to cheer up!

Rivers has been playing all the way from the players, and he is also a point guard. As a professional player, he knows that many times the game is played, it depends on the free play of the players and on-the-spot adaptation, and the tactics are just a framework.

A good tactical framework will allow players to play more freely, even beyond the level.

A poor tactical framework will prevent players from playing at their full level.

After Brown came, the adjustment is still satisfactory.

Li Liang was drinking water in the locker room, listening to Rivers bragging with no expression on his face, thinking that in two years, I could also be the head coach.

But it's just to convince the players under him, what's so difficult about it?

Yes, once you turn on the hair dryer, there is nothing difficult.

Jordan scolded and cried when he came.

At the start of the second half, the Thunder took the lead in attacking.

Durant received the ball from outside, Li Liang is currently marking Durant one-on-one.

Durant gave the ball to Westbrook on the wing. Westbrook faced Paul, who was half a head shorter than himself, and took the ball and dribbled it directly.

Westbrook's shot selection is hard to describe.

Anyway, if you are allowed to get up, I will call you Dad, but if you are not allowed to get up, you also want to be called Dad.

Westbrook is not allowed tonight because Paul's defense is quite in place.

Paul's task on the defensive end tonight is very clear, which is to deal with Westbrook one-on-one, and he doesn't have to worry about the rest of the defense.

In the past, Paul had the smallest stature and the most worrying heart.

Now that someone has come out to share the burden, he can concentrate on doing his own thing well.

The Clippers counterattacked, Jordan continued to pick and roll at the top of the arc, and the Thunder chose to double-team the ball holder.

Paul passed the ball to Jordan, who was going down, and faced the Thunder players who were helping to defend him inside. Jordan caught the ball and showed off his steps, and then he was blown away...

The Thunder's defense was very successful this time, and the rotation and cooperation between the players were quite tacit.

Then, Durant dribbled the ball on the left to kill the basket, and passed the ball to Adams who was following him. Adams made a layup and caused Griffin to foul.

"Don't raise your hand, don't reach out, can you do it? Is it useful for you to stretch out your hand? Can you cover it? Push the bottom, push the bottom!"

Li Liang was very annoyed by Griffin's foul. After Adams was taught how to behave in the first quarter, the young man adapted quickly.

The follow-up was done very well, and he also dared to make a shot, standing on the free throw line and making two free throws.

Going back to the Clippers offense, Paul himself took the ball and accelerated to the baseline, and then turned over and made a jumper from the baseline.

This ball defense is Westbrook's problem.

On the line, he saw that Paul did not go up to defend with the ball, but stretched out his finger and asked Durant to defend.

Where Durant could keep up with Paul's footsteps, Paul cut into the bottom line, and the inside defense was disrupted.

Until the goal, Westbrook stood at the top of the arc without moving.

With this defense, a team with Li Liang will definitely be criticized, but in the Thunder, Durant just looked at Westbrook helplessly, and finally went to the baseline to pass the ball to him.

The Thunder missed in the next two attacks, and Durant failed to make a difficult shot under Li Liang's defense.

However, the Clippers relied on Paul's long pass, quickly scored two points, and continued to widen the gap.

Brooks called a short timeout, and he was going to emphasize the defense.

The Thunder's position defense is okay, but the fast counterattack against the Clippers is really bad.

One of the reasons is that Westbrook's defense is not fast enough.

Defender guard, this "Guard (Guard)" has the meaning of defending the defense.

As the outermost player in the offense, the defender should form the team's first line of defense when switching from offense to defense, retreat quickly, hinder the opponent's advance, and buy time for the center and forward to return to defense.

This is why the backcourt players were called Guards when the positions on the field were determined and named in the early days.

With the development of basketball, the requirements of the five players on the court are all offensive and defensive, but the role of guards in the transition between offense and defense has not changed.

Westbrook did charge forward on the offensive end, but his laziness on the defensive end gave the Clippers an opportunity.

After the timeout ended, Westbrook came back from the offensive end.

He made a strong breakthrough to the basket, attracted the defense and gave the ball to Durant who was following up. Durant faced Li Liang's defense, changed from a dunk to a layup, and still hit two points.

Li Liang finally braked, otherwise it would be a foul that sent Durant to the free throw line.

The Thunder's offensive methods and tactics are sometimes so simple and boring, but they are quite effective.

It's just that Durant needs to score on the offensive end, and on the defensive end, he can't match up with Li Liang.

After a high pick-and-roll, Li Liang and Paul took a tentative step after catching the ball, then lowered their heads and made a sudden stop.

The 40-year-old Chuanmi should be able to see that Li Liang's sudden jump, staggering half of his position and then making a jump shot, is exactly the same as Bob McAdoo back then.

Someone once commented that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar inherited Russell and Chamberlain, Dave Cowens is a combination of Dan Issel and Alwan Adams, only Bob McAdoo, he has no predecessors, no future By.

If there are many big men who can shoot in the NBA, there are many top shooters in history like Nowitzki.

But in terms of style, there is indeed no one like McAdoo. If there is one, it is actually Kobe.

In terms of shot selection, McAdoo is an insider Kobe.

After completing the task of the game of the brave, Li Liang felt that he had found a template and theoretical guidance for attacking.

At present, with his physical fitness and explosive power, he can't hit the rim for a layup like James and Durant. Then I will take advantage of shooting, and I can shoot from close range, right?

In this way, combined with Li Liang's precise three-pointer, it takes everything from far and near!

Li Liang had already thought about it. In order to avoid the embarrassment of not turning around and jumping after catching the ball but only making fouls in the first half, he decided to improve his turn-around jumper.

After Li Liang hit a close-range jumper, Westbrook also shot a short-range rebound in the offense, but the shot was too big and missed.

Paul took the rebound from the backcourt and made a surprise attack from the left.

What about Westbrook?

He ran to the middle again, and then pointed at Paul, asking his teammates to help defend.

The person you're up against, quick counterattack you don't cling? Ask your teammates to mark you?

As a result, Paul easily passed in, Griffin received the ball, and then caused Adams' defensive foul.

Li Liang, as a person who has high requirements for defense, even though he is an opponent, he can't stand it anymore.

When Griffin served the sideline, Li Liang couldn't help but said to Westbrook: "Aren't you following the defense?"

Westbrook gave Li Liang a sideways glance, "I want you to take care of it!"

It was very rare for Li Liang to shut up. Indeed, it's none of his business, it's better if he doesn't defend himself.

The men's basketball team loses, it's really not worth the third chapter, let's change it two times.

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