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Chapter 149 "Five Juniors" Vs Warriors
Of course, it depends on the final result of the game whether it is really a slap in the face. In competitive sports, the winner takes all. If you lose, you will even breathe wrong.

Li Sheng is also aware of this, so he will keep a low profile before the game. He will not fight with other coaches before the game. It has no other purpose except distraction.

If the media likes to make things up and play tricks, let them fix it themselves, and just ignore it.

Although this timeout was called by the Warriors, the Thunder also had an extra timeout, and Li Sheng naturally had to use this time to do something.

It is necessary to appease everyone's emotions, and remind them to stay nervous. After all, the game is far from over. Winning for a while does not mean winning at the end. The best laugh is the last one.

"Next, this way..."

Now that he has put all his eggs in one basket, Li Sheng decided to put on an ultimate lineup again, and use the "five minors" to deal with the current warriors. I don't know how effective it will be?
Of course, his five juniors are not small at all. Ennis, Sefolosha, Robertson, Durant, and Antetokounmpo all meet the standard in terms of height and size, and are even closer to Patrali's idea of ​​a five-two-meter striker.

The only problem is probably the inside defense in this lineup.

But after thinking about it, Li Sheng still decided to fight like this.

Of course, he wasn't aimless. In fact, he had set up such a lineup in the training match, and it seemed that the effect was good, but he didn't play well enough.

It is undoubtedly risky to take it out at this time, but just played a wave of offensive climax, at least at this time there is a certain amount of fault tolerance to go for 2 minutes.

If it really doesn't work, it's okay to stop and correct it in time. Li Sheng is not like some coaches who obviously made a wrong adjustment but refused to admit it or correct it because of the problem of face.

If he makes a mistake, he will definitely correct it. He has always had this temper in his past life and this life, and he has never been stubborn with himself. After all, he knows what is the most beneficial.

Compared with the benefits obtained, what is the so-called face?
As long as he can win now, the little bit of face that was temporarily lost can be regained at any time.

What's more, the worst result of this game is to lose the game. In fact, think about it from another angle, losing back-to-back away games is actually a good thing, and the opponent is not weak, so the external pressure will be relatively reduced a lot.

And the burden of the whole team can also be relieved a little, so there is no need to have any psychological pressure, and maybe it will perform better in the future.

Of course, what young players want is that breath of heart. It would be even better if they could win the game.

And when the Thunder's lineup was put on the field, it naturally caused a lot of surprises. ESPN's commentary expressed doubts, but CCTV began to help Li Yong smooth things over.

"Will this be Coach Li's secret weapon in training? Let's wait and see..."

The secret weapon is definitely not to be mentioned. Antetokounmpo was hit by O'Neal in the low post on the first ball back.

Although Antetokounmpo has gained muscle and increased resistance, that is relative to the striker position, and it is far from a heavy striker like James, let alone a serious inside fifth position like O'Neill.

Jermaine O'Neal is degraded now, which doesn't mean he is completely useless. He is actually more affected on the defensive side, because his athletic ability has declined sharply and his footsteps are too slow to keep up. However, his skills are still there, including dribbling and handwork around the basket.

You must know that O'Neal used to play guard in high school, but later his height gradually increased, so he had to switch to an inside line. It is also because of this reason that he did not find his own position in the early stage of his career, and he was almost useless.

If it is not so easy to beat Ibaka and Gobert, Orton can handle it, but Brother Antetokounmpo will definitely not be able to. If even Brother Antetokounmpo can't hold back the current Brother Antetokounmpo, then Ao can retire directly.

However, Li Sheng was indifferent, and Antetokounmpo himself was expressionless.

Making this choice requires sacrificing some things, such as inside defense.

But in turn, their lineup can also form an extreme expansion on the offensive end.

The first ball-holding point of this lineup is Antetokounmpo, and now his ball-holding ratio has been increasing, and he is second only to Durant in the team.

And at times like this, it is true that he can better display his offensive ability by holding the ball. After all, his personal offense or open shots are relatively poor, and his off-ball running is not as threatening as Durant.

"Look at the Thunder's offense... Their running is amazing, including Antetokounmpo holding the ball, all five people are running on the scene!"

But this is not the same as the running of the Spurs and Warriors. They mainly run out of open or misplaced opportunities, but for the Thunder, one is to contain and pull the defense, and the other is to find opportunities to attack the basket.

Especially when rushing to grab offensive rebounds, because except for the fifth position, they basically have a height advantage in matchups, and they also have an advantage in athletic ability.

Anyway, today's three-pointer is not very good, it is better to use this lineup that hits the basket and grabs rebounds.

And this is indeed surprising, because then everyone discovered that Thunder's method seems to be indeed feasible.

In the previous three quarters, the Thunder's rebounds have been overwhelming the Warriors, with more than a dozen more rebounds, which is considered explosive.

And now this lineup reduces passing and naturally reduces turnovers, and then by constantly hitting the basket and grabbing rebounds, it poses a huge threat to the Warriors' inside line.

"Durant made a shot, was interfered and missed, but Antetokounmpo grabbed the offensive rebound... There was no chance, and then passed out to cover Durant, shot directly from outside the three-point line, oops or not-but my God! Robertson grabbed the offensive rebound again, the basket was empty, and was attracted by Durant. Robertson easily hit this ball!"

Yiman was explaining the live situation quickly. In fact, if the technical content is not discussed, his commentary is quite passionate.

Yoga was a little more stable at this time, probably because he saw that the Thunder's tactics were effective, and he felt relieved, "The Thunder's several attacks made the Warriors very helpless, because they missed offensive opportunities but were still able to get back through rebounds. On the other hand, the Warriors couldn't score and they couldn't grab rebounds."

During this period, the Warriors' rebounds were blown to pieces. Mark Jackson didn't expect the Thunder to rebound so hard, and the offense and defense were almost caught.

If it weren't for the stable performance of David Lee and Thompson, the point difference might have gone up by ten points during this period.

But in this way, he couldn't sit still, so he had to quickly put Curry and other main players on the ball when the ball was dead, and then let Thompson go off the court to rest for a while, after all, he had played long enough before.

The Thunder also chose to change players. Li Sheng did not let this lineup continue to play. The main reason is that this lineup itself is quite extreme, that is, it has the effect of surprise soldiers when it appears at a certain time.

Although they didn't play any brilliant tactics on the offensive end, they were all very basic things-mainly because the tacit understanding was not enough, and Li Sheng didn't dare to let them run around with tactics, but this kind of offense also required concentration, especially keeping an eye on the rebounds from time to time, because rebounds were their lifeline.

(End of this chapter)