The yellow storm in the NBA

In the commentary box, commentators from major TV stations were doing various analyzes of the previous few minutes of the game. Most of them were marveling at the performance of Durant and Oden, the two favorites for the No. 1 pick, in these 12 minutes, offering their ability to

All the compliments that come to mind.

Regarding Oden, most commentators believe that he will become the No. 1 pick in this year's draft.

Although Durant has performed very well so far, Oden has also performed very well, and Oden has a defensive deterrent that Durant does not have. He can help the team build a defensive system, but obviously Durant

Rand does not have this ability.

Therefore, most people are more optimistic about Oden becoming this year's No. 1 pick.

However, there are also a small number of people who support Durant as the No. 1 pick. Their reason is that Durant is healthier and Oden has injury risks.

Moreover, Durant has stronger offensive power, richer offensive methods, and excellent physical fitness. As long as he pays more attention to the defensive end, he can become an elite defender.

Of course, the game in the first few minutes made more people optimistic that Ohio would win today. They played more reasonably today and their scoring points were more dispersed.

Relatively speaking, Texas' possession of the ball today is too concentrated. Although Durant's performance is very strong, this performance cannot last for long. Durant can play like this when he is physically strong in the early stage, because he

The success rate is guaranteed.

But as the game progresses and physical energy is consumed, if Texas still allows Durant to continue this style of play, the result of the game will be self-evident.

During the timeout, Barnes didn't say much. He still hoped that Durant could figure out some things on his own.

Many times a player's improvement is not because he trains harder than usual, but because they figured out something and learned to use the strength of their teammates instead of blindly falling into a solo fight.

For the current Durant, isn't it a huge improvement to learn to trust his teammates and use their strength to win the game?

After the timeout, the game continued. After Augustin dribbled the ball across the half court, he gave the ball to Durant as before. As the core and strongest firepower of the team, Durant

Rand has this privilege.

Coach Barnes off the court was watching Durant's every move closely. He wanted to see how Durant would handle the ball and see if he calmed down and chose a more reasonable way to handle the ball.

After receiving the pass from Augustin, Durant once again used his speed to break through Harris' defense, and used a fake move to get rid of Lewis, who was defending him, and then took a jump shot. Unfortunately, this ball

The power was a bit weak and I didn't make any progress.

Oden pressured Pittman to collect the defensive rebound and gave the ball to Conley immediately. Conley took the ball and dribbled it steadily across the half court and directed his teammates to move. Oden also pulled out to the free throw line for his teammates.

A pick-and-roll was made, and it was this pick-and-roll that created a space for Durant to guard Harris.

Conley's ball was also passed to Harris's hands at the right time. Harris, who was unguarded, scored two more points for Ohio with a mid-range shot, further widening the point difference to 4 points. This is the largest score between the two teams so far.

Points difference.

Durant still chose to score the next goal by himself. He was absolutely confident in his offense. However, due to the huge consumption of physical energy, his movements were not as quick and flexible as the opening game.

This gave Oden enough time to react, so the ball was struck again under Oden's interference. Fortunately, Quan Xiao rushed in to grab the offensive rebound and succeeded in attacking, so the score was not further opened.

Although the goal was scored, Coach Barnes frowned. Durant's performance still did not satisfy him, and he still chose to go his own way.

"Durant's style of play today is too unique, and it is very different from his usual style of play. Although he played very egotistically before, at least he would still give the ball to Augustin to control, and he would also give the ball to Augustin when his teammates appeared.

Pass the ball when you're open," Earl Johnson said.

"But so far today, he has hardly passed the ball. Most of the time, he has chosen to do it alone. For example, just now, Quan has got a good opportunity through his running position. If Durant had definitely chosen to pass the ball before,

Today, he chose to shoot against the defense regardless, which is really puzzling."

"I think it's because he faced Oden today! He wanted to prove that he was better than Oden and more worthy of being the No. 1 pick. But unfortunately, he made the wrong choice.

In this way, he is obsessed with individual singles, but unknowingly hurts the interests of the team." Kenny Smith took over.

Commentators from ESPN and CBS on the other side also criticized Durant's style of play today. There is nothing wrong with playing like that at the beginning, because at the beginning, he was still very physically fit and could support that kind of play, but now the game is almost the same.

If it's still the same after 15 minutes, then it's worth debating.

To be honest, Quan Xiao was a little helpless about Durant's aggressive behavior. During the timeout, he originally thought that the coach would remind Durant, but unexpectedly, Coach Barnes didn't say anything and chose to believe Durant.

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Durant chose hard steel to the end. If he insisted on playing like this, other teammates would have nothing to say, let alone pass the ball to him. After all, Durant is also the boss of the team. If he asked for a singles

No one can stop it, except the coach.

Because coaches have absolute authority in the NCAA, no matter which player they are, they must bow their heads in front of the coach.

Finally, after Ohio State successfully scored two goals through cooperation and Durant scored two goals alone, Coach Barnes called a timeout again. He decided to temporarily replace Durant and let Quan Xiao be the main offensive point to lead the rest of the team.

The players go and fight.

At the same time, Pittman and Damai James were replaced, and replaced by Williams, a swingman of the team, and Ali, another forward.

"Kevin, please take a rest first. You have exhausted too much physical energy and played too hard. We still need you to lead us to victory in the second half. Now you should have a good rest and shorten the time to restore your physical fitness!"

Coach Enns said tactfully.

Durant didn't say anything. Although he was very unconvinced and wanted to continue to stay on the court, his physical energy was indeed exhausted, which caused the two shots that were originally sure to miss the basket.

Ohio State University did not replace its main players. They played relatively reasonably before and did not consume so much physical energy.

Obviously, their coach wanted to take advantage of Durant's absence to quickly open up the score, end this battle as soon as possible, and prepare for the next semi-finals.

So, how will Texas respond? Will Quanxiao allow Ohio's conspiracy to succeed?