Start coaching the Thunder, starting with Westbrook

Chapter 176

The Minnesota's starting defense is actually not that bad. Rubio can become the starting point guard because of his organization and defense. As a 3D player, Brewer's 3 is not so stable, and his defense is still passable.

On the inside, Pekovic sits in the penalty area. Although Love's defense is average, he can also rely on enthusiasm to make up for it.

Even the defensive colander and thin Kevin Martin has a knack for drawing offensive fouls.

After all, this is the first generation of "porcelain kings", not only on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end.

However, when they are combined, the defensive effect is not satisfactory. Anyway, there is no tacit understanding in cooperation, and they don't know how to choose a good defensive timing.

This must also have something to do with the coaching staff. Adelman failed to bring out the second king, but instead lost his reputation here.

This time, even if someone from the outside world believed that they could overthrow the thunder of the replacement, he didn't dare to say anything more, he had already suffered a loss once.

What's more, it was Westbrook who was replaced. If the unscrupulous media said no, he really believed it?He is not a fool...

At this time, Love has not lost weight in order to open up space on the outside. He still has a good singles ability in the low post. Of course, the real low post monster of the Timberwolves is actually Pekovic.

Anyway, with these two, it will be a big test for the Thunder's inside defense, and Love can also open up the space and evacuate the inside on the offensive end. If he is a space-type four position, he should be better than the current driver.

Of course, the overall strength is definitely not as good as that of the peak driver-not to mention that he is still young and has not yet reached his peak.

But today Love's touch looks average. The ball missed Ibaka, and Pekovic didn't grab the rebound this time. Durant turned around and used his long arms to protect the rebound.

Then Westbrook received the ball on the wing. Durant knew that he was begging him to play singles when he saw his eyes, and immediately stood aside consciously to open up space.

I don't know what will happen in the future, at least for now, his relationship with Westbrook is very good, he is willing to defend Westbrook in front of outsiders, and he is also willing to give Westbrook a chance to perform on the court.

At this time, Westbrook suddenly changed direction and accelerated, directly breaking through to the basket.

Although Westbrook didn't say "the fastest first step" even in his peak period, his speed and impact are beyond doubt.

When he accelerated at full speed, the Timberwolves were unstoppable, and Love and the others came to deliver food.

Then I saw that he had just stepped into the three-second zone, and suddenly bounced off the spot, and the whole person was like a small cannonball, hitting the basket with precision.

Although his handwork has always been criticized, his inside finishing ability is not bad. It's just that under the influence of injuries and declining physical fitness, he can no longer easily fly into the sky and escape from the ground. When he needs to rely on technology, his shortcomings will naturally show up.

And now he is completely unaffected by the injury. The key is that if other people may still take care of his body and think about saving some money just after his comeback, Westbrook doesn't think about it at all.

And it happened to be like the Timberwolves. The inside defense was okay, but the footsteps were too slow for the defense, and it was too late to follow up. In the end, it was impossible to avoid being dunked.

So after Westbrook took off, there was a wide sea of ​​baskets in front of him. There was no barrier at all. He easily dunked the ball with both hands and dunked the ball into the basket.

BANG!

"The tiger is out of the cage! Westbrook changed his direction and rushed into the basket and dunked with both hands. Only three or four rounds passed in the opening game, and Westbrook announced his return with this fierce attack!"

This ball directly ignited the atmosphere of the bench and the auditorium, because they have been pressing to prevent the comeback, and they don't know how Westbrook's current physical condition is. Now it seems that he should be fine.

Durant and the others happily gathered around and patted Westbrook on the head, and Westbrook even opened his mouth wide and patted his chest, thinking that he was domineering like this.

Well, it is indeed domineering, after all Raphael...

After the offensive end was completed, Westbrook's own momentum came out first, and he was very motivated to return to the defensive end.

But this is a double-edged sword, because he was too active, but the referee called him a foul.

Westbrook was a little dissatisfied, but he was immediately stopped by Sefolo Shala, and it was irrational to argue with the referee at this time.

Then the Timberwolves re-served the ball again, and Rubio used the cover to break through again. Westbrook finally stopped him, but he didn't expect to be shaken by his back luck. Fortunately, his speed and reaction were fast enough, and he quickly followed up.

But one step at a time, one step at a time, Rubio doesn't have to choose to attack by himself, he can also share the ball to assist his teammates. Westbrook also dare not stick too tightly, because he has already committed a foul just now, and if he commits a second foul immediately, he will have to be replaced.

Rubio played with his mind, so he could naturally sense this, and then changed his mind temporarily and decided to play by himself.

The ball was finally scored by Westbrook. Westbrook didn't dare to reach out this time, otherwise he might be called a foul again.

Although it is the Thunder's home court, although today is Westbrook's comeback battle, as a league player and balloon star, he will definitely have some preferential treatment, but the referee in the NBA is the most authoritative one, and he will not allow any player to behave wildly.

4: 3!

The game is still going on, Westbrook will think about playing another dozen after scoring one, and Durant is willing to make a wedding dress for him to perform at this time, and it also means to help him get back to his form quickly.

Although the efficiency of playing this way is quite high, the main reason is that the Timberwolves' inside defense is worse than the outside line. Westbrook breaks in with speed, and almost no one can stop him. In this way, whether he is on his own or splitting the ball, it is an opportunity for the Thunder.

With one more Westbrook, the Thunder seems to be really stronger. Last time the Timberwolves were able to entangle them a little bit at the beginning, but this time they were beaten by Westbrook at the beginning of the game.

He didn't commit two crimes himself, but beat Love to commit two crimes first.

Love's defensive enthusiasm has always been there, and he has some awareness, but he is a white man after all, and he is still a big fat paper. This physical talent is naturally incomparable with the turtle, not to mention the misplacement, which is simply letting Westbrook take what he wants.

And if you are the core of a bad team, you will gradually develop a bad habit, that is, to pay attention to the offensive data. On the defensive end, you should defend if you can.

This season, the Timberwolves started off pretty well, and they can't be said to be weak when they play, but because the core has its own weaknesses, Rubio's shooting, Martin and Love's defense, the more they play, the more they are exposed, so their record will decline all the way.

While injuries are more of a factor...

"Beep!"

"The Thunder's coach Li called a timeout first. Currently, the Thunder are leading and the team's momentum is pretty good, but he should be afraid that Westbrook will play for too long and wants to take him off the court to rest..."

Li Sheng suddenly called a timeout, allowing the commentator to figure it out.

This is normal reasoning, but it's clearly missing the point.

(End of this chapter)