The Way of the Center

"Fast breaks and three-pointers, this scene will not be seen on the Trail Blazers last season. But as we said, the signings of the Blazers this summer have made them look like a reborn." Mike Breen had to for the Trail Blazers The performance was applauded, and it didn't take long for the starting lineup to come up, and the score was overtaken. In the next few minutes, I really don't know how the Thunder should respond.

Fortunately, Westbrook stood up at this time. His pull-up jumper interrupted the momentum of the Blazers and stopped the decline of the Thunder.

In fact, Westbrook's performance today is much better than the previous game. The reason why the Thunder will be overtaken can only be said that the Trail Blazers' performance in the second quarter was too good.

From Lillard leading the second team, to the return of starters such as Anjie and Aldridge. The Trail Blazers have always controlled the rhythm of the court, and the Thunder have always been the side that is struggling to catch up. Yes, even though the Trail Blazers just took the lead, the Thunder are indeed being chased.

In the rest of the second quarter, both sides played at their level. The Thunder stepped up their defense, and the Blazers maintained their strong offense. A few minutes later, Lillard and Durant also re-entered the court, and the two sides once again fought each other with the configuration of the starting five tigers.

Until the end of the first half of the game, no one could take advantage of it. But at least Ricard had achieved his goal.

51 to 44, the Trail Blazers led the Thunder by seven points in the away game.

Ricard hurried back to the locker room, the team would fall behind, and the wonderful cooperation between Anjie and Lillard accounted for a lot of proportion. Before setting up the defensive strategy, Ricard never expected that the two guys who had only cooperated in the second game could be so tacit.

Indeed, when the Trail Blazers defeated the Lakers in the first game, Anjie and Lillard also had flashes of inspiration. But after only two days, the progress of these two guys is so rapid!

Rickard has to cut off the connection between Lillard and Angie, but how easy is it to do this?

The third quarter began with the hoarse shouts of the fans in the Chesapeake Energy Arena,

Fans here don't want to see the team start the game with a two-game losing streak.

But at the beginning, the fans here took a bad blow.

Durant planned to shoot a three-pointer directly after receiving a pass from Westbrook, but Iguodala's defense completely blocked Durant's shooting space.

There is no way, Durant had to pass the ball to Sefoloza who was on the sidelines. Sefoloza didn't hesitate after receiving the ball, and immediately threw it to Morris again.

Morris suddenly turned around and broke through, but An Jie didn't react, he didn't even expect Morris to break through directly!

But after Morris broke through, he didn't attack the frame, but threw the ball beyond the three-point line again. Although patient conduct is indeed what Jeff Van Gundy conveyed to them during the halftime break, anyone who understands can see that the Thunder's offense is a bit too procrastinated.

The purpose of conducting the ball is to tear apart the opponent's defense and get better opportunities. If you choose to continue conducting after getting the opportunity, then conducting is superfluous.

Morris still chose to pass the ball after breaking through Anjie, which also reflected Anjie's powerful deterrence from the other side. Even if the opponent has broken through him, he dare not act rashly!

In the end, Westbrook was the one to make the shot. However, his rhythm has been messed up, and he can't make the ball at all.

The basketball knocked out of the basket, and Morris struggled to take off to make a tip-up, but his tip-up also missed.

For the second time, An Jie didn’t give his brother another chance. After firmly controlling the rebound in his own hands, Anjie handed the ball to Lillard. Lillard made a long-distance attack, went through the cracks to the basket, and forced a layup against Westbrook's defense. !

With the interference of Westbrook's strong body, Lillard's layup missed, but a free throw opportunity will definitely be obtained.

Westbrook began to complain to the referee, and the referee had a serious discussion with Westbrook. But the result will definitely not change.

"This guy, if his ability to finish at the basket is stronger, he can be used as Westbrook's." When Divac watched the Thunder game a few years ago, he saw such scenes a lot.

Anjie made a long pass from the backcourt, and Westbrook drove straight in. With ease, the Thunder scored two points.

Today, Anjie almost replicated that scene in the Trail Blazers. You must know that throughout the entire season of last season, Anjie was unable to take advantage of his precise long pass. Although Lillard failed to score the ball directly today, it also allowed people to see the rich tactical possibilities of the Trail Blazers.

Fans at Chesapeake Energy Arena cheered hard, hoping to disrupt the rookie who had only played two official NBA games. But the calm Lillard disappointed the supporters of the Thunder. With four years of college basketball experience, he would not be fooled by this at all.

Two free throws and two hits, only one point away, the Blazers will widen the point difference to double digits!

Seeing this situation, Jeff Van Gundy immediately called a timeout, even though the game had just started.

"Russell, Kevin, stop your fighting alone." Van Gundy knew that it was time for him to change his tactical thinking.

All of Van Gundy's tactics revolve around Westbrook and Durant. And his ultimate goal is to give Westbrook and Durant a chance to play easily. But now, this tactic is clearly failing. He'll need to get those two guys working closer together in order to reverse the odds.

"Small-scale cooperation!" Jeff Van Gundy immediately drew the tactical board, and Westbrook and Durant looked at it very seriously.

Since Anjie left, the Thunder have been lacking a command tower. Compared with Anjie, Durant and Westbrook are really not the kind of people who know how to handle the distribution of the ball. It's just that the Thunder's strong lineup and the second young master's strong strength allowed the Thunder to cover up this shortcoming.

Think about it, if the Thunder had a person who controlled the rhythm and possession of the ball last season, Westbrook would not have used mistakes to pry the opponent's defense at the last moment during the finals.

They can't do it themselves, so Calder let them do it! Drawing tactics on the tactical board should be understandable. As long as Westbrook and Durant play tactically, they'll be fine.

After the timeout ended, Van Gundy had already densely drawn the tactical board in his hand. Durant and Westbrook looked at each other, gave each other a slight nod, and then stepped onto the court to continue fighting!

"Small-scale cooperation, small-scale cooperation." The lines on the tactical board were still clearly printed in Westbrook's mind. He restrained himself and stopped rampaging. In fact, Westbrook's passing level and passing vision are excellent, but his character and strong personal ability make his playing style so straightforward.

Anjie and the others naturally didn't know what Van Gundy had arranged, but it was always right to defend Westbrook. He's always been the player with the most shots on the Thunder, so identifying him is always the number one criterion.

Westbrook did not successfully complete the breakthrough this time, and Lillard, who was playing happily, made Westbrook feel annoyingly entangled.

At this moment, Durant, who usually devotes himself to finding an open space to run, ran up to make a wall for Westbrook!

With a flash of flexibility, Westbrook successfully completed the pick-and-roll cooperation with Durant.

Westbrook breaks through and Durant crosses him to the corner.

Iguodala finally decided to go with Durant, but in this way, Westbrook got the starting space.

This guy's cautious throw shot not only avoided the blocks of Anjie and Aldridge, but also prevented the basketball from being interfered by Lillard.

A simple pick-and-roll allowed the Thunder to shrink by two points. Both Westbrook and Durant tasted the sweetness, and they decided to continue playing like this!

On the Trail Blazers side, Lillard first handed the ball to Anjie. Anjie holds the ball with his back to the basket, while Lillard struggles to cut inside.

The pull of Iguodala and Matthews gave Lillard a lot of running space, and when he was cutting from the bottom corner to the basket, Angie's pass was sent again.

Anjie hits the ground, Lillard catches the ball and jumps. Westbrook stretched out his body to block the shot, but Lillard didn't intend to complete the layup from the side of his breakthrough.

Lillard skims under the rim, and when he gets to the other side of the rim, the guy just takes the shot. A lever action not only allowed Lillard to avoid Westbrook's pursuit, but also allowed him to avoid Ibaka's block.

After Westbrook and Durant completed the beautiful initial cooperation, Anjie and Lillard also responded with a very ornamental pass. Durant and Westbrook are not the only combinations that can play small-scale coordination on this field.

Subsequently, the close cooperation between Westbrook and Durant made Durant proudly and easily hit a mid-range shot. As for the next defensive round, everyone in the Thunder has been spying on Lillard's passing route for a long time.

He will definitely give Anjie! This is an unshakable law! As long as the passing path between Lillard and Anjie is cut off, the Thunder can immediately counterattack by making mistakes!

Sure enough, this time Lillard's advance was very fast, because An Jie had already reached his position outside the three-second zone.

This position is a typical offensive position. Lillard gave the ball inside, and Anjie chose whether to organize or attack.

After passing Westbrook with a beautiful turn, Lillard raised his right hand during the march, intending to pass the ball to Anjie with another ground hit!

Seeing this situation, Morris rushed out suddenly. The reason why he kept a close distance from An Jie was for this moment!

However, at the moment Morris was about to steal, Lillard's pass did not fly into Anjie's hands, but passed through his own crotch and flew to the other side.

Aldridge, on the other hand, catches and shoots. What about Ibaka? Ibaka is still in the three-second zone, waiting to defend Anjie with Morris.

"It's a beautiful pass! No matter how many times you watch this kind of scene, you won't get tired of it!"

Jeff Van Gundy suddenly felt that things seemed to be complicated again, not because a fancy pass frightened him, but because he suddenly realized that...

"Lillard broke through for a layup! Oh no, the basketball flew over Ibaka's head, Aldridge followed closely, and dunked!"

"Ann has the ball again, will he give the ball to Lillard who cuts in? No, no, Anjie and Aldridge completed a typical small-range inside cooperation."

"Aldridge turned over and made a jumper! No, it wasn't laziness. Aldridge missed the ball back, and Lillard just rushed to the horse! Another pass! Iguodala made a mid-range jumper and made it!"

The strength of Westbrook and Durant didn't last long, and the Trail Blazers immediately suppressed the game.

Van Gundy suddenly realized that the Trail Blazers could complete the connection, not just two people.

One more Aldridge means that Anjie and Lillard can have several times more tactical options. On the Thunder's side, only Westbrook and Durant can carry the scoring burden.

3 to 2, this is a simple numerical advantage.

Van Gundy has gradually lost control of the game, and when Ainger and Lillard are pinched together, the Blazers are trouble enough.

And now, Aldridge has also joined the ranks of Anjie and Lillard.

Three people connected? This is indeed an unexpected evolution...

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