Start coaching the Thunder, starting with Westbrook

Chapter 109
"Beautiful! The passing and cutting of this ball is so beautiful, and it ended with an alley-oop. The Wizards obviously didn't expect this move. When we watched the replay, Harrington's expression was a bit dumbfounded. I don't know how Gobert passed the ball."

Yoga chuckled and said, "This comes from the cooperation between the Thunder's rookies. These rookies have cooperated together since the summer league, and they have a good understanding. They also trained together during the offseason. But what surprised me this time was Gobert's wonderful pass, and his clever thinking and technique."

Yang Jiandao: "During the summer league, Gobert actually showed his passing talent, but this was not reported in the scout report, and I don't know if it was because he didn't have the opportunity to show it before."

After the broadcast of the last game, the backstage received a lot of praise, which also allowed them to see the fans' attention to the Thunder's game, so they collected some more information to improve their understanding.

After all, it has been confirmed that multiple Thunder games will be broadcast, and there will be many opportunities to use it in the future.

But the more you know, the more strange you feel, because this year should have been a small draft year, and you can see it from the appearances of other teams in the lottery games.

For example, the Thunder's opponent Wizards in this game, their No. 1 show has not even got a minute of playing time so far.

It can be understood that his experience is too young. There are so many good players in the team, and the Wizards are obviously going to achieve results this season. It is not a problem for him to learn a little more during training first.

But compared with the rookies who are much lower than him in the opposite Thunder, the gap is obvious.

The Thunder is also a strong team, and it also needs results, but the four rookies of the Thunder can all help the team. Ennis, who has the lowest playing time, averages 8 minutes per game.

Otto Porter Jr. has not played yet, but from his physical test and scouting report, it can be seen that his talent is definitely no problem. One of the problems is immediate combat ability, and the other may also have the way of training wizards.

On the contrary, the four rookies on the Thunder side. Judging from the picks of Gobert and Ennis, it is obvious that the teams are not very optimistic about them. Robertson has obvious advantages and disadvantages. Antetokounmpo is also an unexpected result. After all, no one thought before that he would become a lottery.

Moreover, their previous performances are actually based on data, and they didn't come out of thin air. The scouting report is also very detailed, but it seems that the four of them are a bit misleading.

Antetokounmpo's current ability has already made many teams in the front beat their chests. The immediate combat power of Gobert and Robertson is also enviable. Ennis, the worst, also has the ability to hold the ball. He currently averages 4.3 points and 1.8 assists per game. The current performance in this rookie class is very impressive.

For example, Adams, who is currently in the Jazz, only played 12 minutes per game and scored 4 points and 4 rebounds.

Because of this, Presti is also convinced of Li Sheng now, at least this vision completely blows him up.

Yoga and Yang Jian even wondered if the Thunder's four rookies could dominate the rookie list if this momentum continues.

At least Antetokounmpo and Gobert are definitely scheduled for the All-Rookie Team now. Robertson's offensive statistics are not impressive, and Ennis doesn't have enough playing time, but as the season progresses, their performance may get better and better. If the Thunder can maintain their record, Li Sheng has no reason not to give them more time.

Of course, it is also possible that the performance will gradually deteriorate, which is the so-called "rookie wall".

But they were able to have such a performance in the beginning, so people have to wonder what kind of magical power Li Sheng has, or what kind of special ability the Thunder has for cultivating rookies, so it will not be surprising that they can maintain their performance in the future.

And if the previous opponents are not strong teams, it is understandable that they performed better. Now they are facing the Wizards, who are excellent offensively and defensively-it's just that they haven't performed well for the Eastern Conference, and they don't seem to have the slightest stage fright. This is enough to explain some problems.

"...Okay, the first quarter is over. Although the Thunder has performed well, the Wizards are also in a good offensive state today. They currently lead the Thunder by 32 points at 28:4. Let's take a break and bring the second quarter immediately..."

During the break between festivals, Li Sheng communicated with Udoka and Gentry.

In the first quarter, they actually had no major problems, except that the three-pointer was not accurate.

But when it comes to three-pointers, even the Splash Brothers cannot guarantee that they will be accurate in every game.

Failure to make a shot is the least of your worries, because the shooter's state can always be recovered. This is not a tactical problem, and the ups and downs of the state are normal.

Of course, on the defensive end, there are still some small problems. The Wizards' ability to play so well has something to do with their backcourt playing too comfortably.

The Thunder's current lineup still has certain flaws, especially when it is necessary to maintain a regular rotation. Reggie and Sefolosha's starting lineup is destined to be less defensive against this kind of backcourt.

But Reggie was defended by Wall. After all, Bill went to chase Sefolosha, and Wall could only defend Reggie.

Reggie's speed is an advantage, but when facing the fastest point guard, he can't give full play to his advantage, and once he can't play a role on the offensive end, he becomes a weak state on the court.

In the first quarter, Reggie was completely choked by Wall, and it would be better if Li Sheng replaced Ennis and Robertson.

Ennis can hold the ball or not, and his size also has an advantage over Wall when holding the ball, but the Thunder is not the main player here, after all, there are more sure ways to attack.

But these two can't play all the time, especially Robertson + Sefolosha's defense can be offensive but not very good. Lamb's defense is not as good as Reggie's, and he also likes to fight.

So, without Westbrook, the key to the Thunder is actually reflected at this time.

With Westbrook around, at least Wall won't be so comfortable on the defensive end, and if Westbrook is focused enough, Wall's offense will also be limited.

Li Sheng also took a look at Westbrook's expression on the sidelines. He was chatting with captain Collison, and he looked quite happy, smiling more and more like Raphael...

There is no way, it is impossible for Westbrook to go directly now, and it is impossible for Reggie not to use it. It would be even worse if Fisher was played.

In the previous few games, he was able to go up and hang out for a few minutes when he had an advantage, but this time I am afraid that he will not have this opportunity.

If there were not so many ball-handlers like Antetokounmpo and Ennis, Fisher's experience and open three-pointers would still be useful when Westbrook was injured.

It just so happens that Fisher himself is willing to sit in the locker room, guard the drinking fountains, and even occasionally flirt with girls in the front row, so why not do it.

So Li Sheng didn't make too many adjustments, but changed to Ennis as a guest point guard in the second quarter, facing Bill who was a guest point guard.

In addition to Wall, the Wizards currently have only one serious point guard in Maynor, and Maynor is obviously not strong enough, playing less than 10 minutes per game is about the same, and his defense is more for nothing.

So whether it's Bill or Webster, they have to come to this position occasionally.

Then as soon as the second quarter came up, Bill hit a three-pointer against Ibaka from the outside again, opening the score to 7 points.

He feels hot today, and his confidence has also increased, and then it seems to feed back the feeling. After all, the confidence of a shooter is very important.

The score was 28:35, the visiting team took the lead!
(End of this chapter)