Start coaching the Thunder, starting with Westbrook

Chapter 151 Who will kill the lore
Yoga said: "There is a little more than one minute left in the game. In conversion, the two teams should each have at least two offensive opportunities. As long as the Thunder can maintain..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but saw Iguodala on the field using Bogou's cover to slip to the bottom line to receive a through ball from Curry and hit a layup. Curry has already scored 8 assists in this game without making a sound.

Because the Thunder double-teamed him a bit harshly, but it gave him more opportunities to assist his teammates.

On the other hand, the Thunder's attack turned out to be a pass error.

It can only be said that until now, the two teams are competing for willpower to see who loses their attention first.

At this point, the Thunder must be at a disadvantage. After yesterday's fierce battle, they have actually been working hard since the third quarter, and their physical strength has already bottomed out.

This time, Durant's lob to the inside seemed a little more casual. He didn't expect that Curry would suddenly let go of Reggie, inserting from the diagonal stab to grab the ball.

Then Reggie and Durant took the lead in chasing at the same time, and finally stopped the Warriors' offensive momentum. They didn't let them make a fast break this time, so they could only play tactics slowly on the ground.

Now the point difference is only one point, and it is completely a matter of one round, so every attack and defense is particularly critical, and neither side dares to be casual.

The Warriors also chose to hang the ball inside this time. David Lee relied on Ibaka to catch the ball. He still has good strength this season, and he will be completely replaced by Green after injury.

Ibaka's better defense lies in his help defense. The top defense alone is worse. What's more, David Lee's poor defense relies on his offense to gain a foothold. There are splashes outside to stretch the space, and no one dares to come to him.

Then after he scored the goal, the Warriors finally overtook the score.

"119:118, the Warriors overtook the score in the last minute!"

Yoga said with some concern: "Thunder's physical fitness has dropped too much, Ibaka can't hold David Lee."

It's hard to bear it in the first place, and naturally there is no way to do it after physical problems, otherwise it can at least make the opponent more uncomfortable.

After this ball, maybe the opponent will play against this point, and this is the crux of the problem.

Yang Yi also said: "This is the uncomfortable part of back-to-back. If the Thunder played a normal game today and there is no problem with their physical strength, the game should be over by this time."

This is of course nonsense. Back-to-back games are a test that every team has to face. If you suffer a loss this time, you may gain a profit next time. There is nothing to say.

What's more, it is not necessary to lose back to back, otherwise the team would have chosen to take turns and would not waste energy.

Li Sheng would not place his hopes on what if, he chose to fight this fight.

Now that I've been playing until now, if I give up, I'm not sorry for my previous efforts.

Moreover, Perkins took a break, and Fisher didn't play for long. The players in this round were all young people. I don't believe that they are so inexperienced in physical strength.

So when the ball was destroyed by the Warriors and went out of bounds, Li Sheng chose to substitute again.

Still take Brother Antetokounmpo as the fourth position, Ibaka pushes to the fifth position, and the rest remains unchanged.

Although Antetokounmpo's condition is not very good today, Li Sheng did not bring him up to blame him, but to continue to make arrangements for the Warriors' defensive weaknesses on the field.

Before letting Antetokounmpo play, Li Sheng told him to play high pick-and-roll with Reggie next.

This is a fuss about Curry and David Lee. If David Lee is pulled out and Curry is brought in, the defensive weaknesses of the two will be exposed.

The lineup of the Warriors is actually the best lineup they can put out on the board, but Mark Jackson's employment is still too rigid. Later, after Cole arrived, he first persuaded the first brother to accept the status of a substitute, and then slowly helped Green. This lineup is actually the most balanced offensive and defensive lineup.

Of course, Green has not fully grown up yet, but Barnes can definitely play at this time. His defensive effect is not necessarily much worse than that of the first brother, but his experience is worse. But in terms of offense, he is more effective than the current first brother, such as three-pointers and singles.

If these two can be rotated at will, then the Warriors will maintain their current lineup, and they will be able to compete for the championship in the next two or three years.

But of course Li Sheng will not regret the Warriors' lineup, on the contrary, it is precisely because they are not perfect at this time that he can give himself a chance.

As soon as Antetokounmpo came on the court, he had a successful fight with Reggie. Curry's defensive awareness is nothing to say, but his current figure is too thin, neither Reggie nor Antetokounmpo can handle it.

Not to mention David Lee, even Antetokounmpo can attack him, not to mention facing Reggie, Curry had to follow up to help delay, but Reggie passed the ball to Antetokounmpo, David Lee immediately turned around to chase, but Antetokounmpo's biggest offensive threat now is not his personal ability, but the cooperation and passing of his teammates.

He squeezed under the basket to face David Lee and chose to pass the ball to Reggie on the other side. Reggie leaned directly on Curry and hit a layup. Curry had nothing to do.

If he pulls people, he will get two free throws for nothing, and he may make a 2+1.

At this time, the calculation in his mind is very clear, so he just tried his best to interfere.

Of course, the referee would not call a foul for this kind of contact, otherwise the home fans would not do it.

This time the attacking time wasted a lot, with 30 seconds left, both teams had an attacking opportunity, but the Warriors must make a choice, because whether it is rushing to attack or pressing the time, it is not very beneficial to them, and the initiative of choice seems to return to the Thunder.

Mark Jackson called what may be the last timeout of the field and decided to rearrange it, mainly because of trade-offs.

However, Li Sheng thinks that they should still choose to press the time as much as possible, press it until the last second before making a shot, and it is very likely that they will not choose a three-pointer, but try to hit the basket as much as possible, which is safer.

After all, at this time, even the Warriors will still focus on scoring inside in terms of tactical selection.

Unless it is an excellent opportunity, neither Curry nor Thompson will easily choose a three-pointer.

When the timeout is over and they return to the court again, neither side has changed players. It seems that this lineup will be used to the end.

After all, the Warriors' lineup is more offensive, while the Thunder is more defensive.

Sure enough, the Warriors chose to press time. Of course, to be on the safe side, they still chose to serve in the frontcourt. After all, the Thunder will definitely start pressing from the backcourt.

It was Brother Yi who served the ball, and Curry came out to catch the ball, and then walked around the top of the arc and slowly pressed the time.

Robertson wants to press, but it is obviously not easy. As long as Curry does not play tricks, his control is very stable, and his ability to combine man and ball is also counted in history.

There are still ten seconds, nine seconds, eight seconds left in the attack time...

Curry finally began to call for his teammates to come up to cooperate, and it was David Lee who came up to play him a pick-and-roll.

The ball was finally in Curry's hands, and Antetokounmpo stepped forward to give a delay, but in the end Curry and David Lee pulled away tacitly to both sides, just like Reggie and Antetokounmpo's cooperation before going down at the same time.

Curry faced Antetokounmpo's giant spider-like shroud and wanted to surpass others, but Antetokounmpo was very smart, keeping a certain distance so as not to follow too closely, and at the same time he could step forward to interfere in time when the opponent was shooting.

And even if Curry finally shook him away with a fake move to pray to Buddha, Antetokounmpo used amazing body control to recover halfway through the jump, and then hurriedly followed Curry when he was killing towards the basket, trying to block the shot.

Curry quickly glanced at Bogou under the basket, and suddenly made a false pass. Antetokounmpo was finally sent flying this time, but Curry turned around and prepared to layup.

Ibaka let go of Bogou and was about to come over to block the shot, but when there was no time to go, Curry gave Bogou under the basket again. Bogou dunked easily on the spot, and the Warriors once again led by one point.

But there are still seven seconds left in the game!

Li Sheng stood up decisively and called a timeout. Fortunately, he had planned carefully and kept it until the end, and this timeout was useless. Otherwise, there was no timeout at this time, and he would not be able to arrange the final attack, nor would he be able to stabilize the players.

After all, in the end, it would definitely kill someone if they were to be killed by one point.

At this time, many Thunder fans outside the court had already started to hold their heads. Although various voices said before the game that the Thunder would not play this game well, they still had hope for the home team because of the seven-game winning streak. They did not expect that the first defeat would be due to physical strength.

In fact, it can be clearly seen that Antetokounmpo and Ibaka couldn't keep up with their physical strength at the end. Otherwise, with Antetokounmpo's athletic ability, although he was swayed that time, he would definitely be able to catch up later.

There is a more important reason is that the attention can not be concentrated, which is fatal at the last moment.

After all, at this time, the competition may no longer be about who plays better, but who makes fewer mistakes, because if you make a slight mistake, you may be caught by your opponent.

But if they weren't present, maybe the opponent would have played more easily, it can only be said that there are not enough cards now.

Of course, they still have a chance!
"It's a pity, Antetokounmpo has followed the ball very well, but Curry is too smart, he knows how to tear the opponent's defense."

Yoga nodded and said, "The Thunder's defense has been tight throughout the game, but Curry is still able to run like this. Antetokounmpo still can't make it to the end. It's too late for Ibaka to stop."

Li Sheng’s all-or-nothing gamble at the beginning of the fourth quarter now seems to be hard to say whether it is good or bad. After all, if he hadn’t opened the score at that time, he might have already fallen behind.

But at this time, looking at the players gathered together and panting heavily, there was a strong smell around them, but Li Sheng had long been used to it, and he could deal with it calmly, and he also knew that as the head coach at this time, he must not panic, it was only a point difference.

Now to arrange the lore goal, seven seconds is actually quite sufficient for them, but the question is, who will execute this lore?

Logically speaking, Durant is of course the right candidate at this time, even if he only recovered a little later in this game, but this kind of lore test is not only about ability, but also mentality and self-confidence. How can other players compare to him.

But it is also foreseeable that the Warriors will definitely guard against Durant and prevent him from making easy moves. At this time, a tactic must be arranged to allow Durant to have a chance to make a move. At least Li Sheng himself feels that it is better to rely on Durant's luck to let others come at this time.

After all, it was two points when the lore changed to an absolute tie, but this time they only needed two points to win.

While thinking, Li Sheng began to make arrangements.

Then the timeout ends, the game continues, and the final critical moment comes!
……

"What are you doing?"

Xiaoqiang is a newcomer in an advertising company. He just joined the company and mainly studied. But after two months, he learned from the good instead of the bad, and now he knows how to catch fish.

However, he was watching the game at this time, and at the last critical moment, he was so absorbed that he ignored someone walking by him.

Looking back, I was taken aback but also breathed a sigh of relief, "Wow, Li Mingji, you almost scared me to death."

"Hey, are you watching a football game?" Of course, Li Mingji deliberately wanted to scare people, and then glanced at the computer screen.

"Yeah," Xiaoqiang looked left and right, and found that no one noticed. He probably thought they were discussing a problem when he saw it. Two people must be safer than one, so he pulled the other party to sit down, and then whispered: "It's the last ball, let's talk about it after watching."

Li Mingji is obviously also a fan, so he immediately took a look and found that it was a game between the Thunder and the Warriors, so he smiled and said, "You like Thunder too, I'm a Westbrook fan, but it's a pity that he hasn't played this season."

"It's fine now..."

"Ok?"

"What I mean is that the Thunder's record is quite good now, and it can allow him to recuperate from his injuries—hey, stop talking, the game has started again!"

At this time, the timeout was over, players from both sides returned to the court, and the screen began to focus on Durant. After all, the commentators and the audience agreed that he would carry out the final attack.

"There are still seven seconds left, just one point away, should it be a lore?"

"It's hard to say," Xiaoqiang explained after watching the ball, "Adu is not in a good state this time. Reggie broke out. Maybe it was Reggie who came to shoot."

"How is it possible, it wasn't Durant who voted for me..."

"Hey, cheating on eating and drinking?"

"It's okay, I believe Brother Sheng, it's not Durant who voted for me to treat you to lunch."

"That's fine, deal!"

"What if?"

"Then I invite you!"

Fair, correct, to the point.

Li Mingji had no objection, and then the two of them paid attention to the side, and then looked at the scene of the game that had been dawdling until now.

This kind of time is the most frustrating, you don't even know when it will start, and you dare not look away for fear of missing it.

Then finally, the referee's whistle sounded, and in the last seven seconds of the game, the Thunder were going to execute the final attack.

Also, the last round that will determine the outcome of this game.

(End of this chapter)