basketball pope

Chapter 736 [Harden grabs the ball, no regret medicine]

The Thunder returned to the home court, and they played even worse in the third game. The shooting feeling of the three young men declined collectively. Only Durant's shooting rate exceeded 40%.

雷霆整体三分球18投4中，杜兰特和维斯布鲁克都是4投1中, 哈登更惨，4投全失。替补戴奎恩-库克投中两个三分，得到6分。

With such perimeter performance, the Thunder certainly couldn't break the Clippers' zone defense, losing 83-101 and trailing 0-3 with a total score.

快船一边，保罗减少了出手, 8投4中，三分球1中0, 罚球4中3，只得11分13助攻；格里芬命中率不高，24投仅11中，罚球8中4，得到26分9篮板4助攻。

Shane came out unexpectedly, played 38 minutes, made 9 of 6 shots, 6 of 4 three-pointers, 2 of 1 free throws, and scored 17 points and 4 rebounds.

In this game, Shane dared to attack when he was out of position, and the empty cut layup caused Ibaka to foul. After facing Perkins twice, he made a breakthrough and made a mid-range shot in an emergency stop.

When the veteran is in good shape, there will be unexpected performances.

Before the start of the fourth game, there was good news for the Clippers.Some media said Harden was dissatisfied with the ball, quarreling with teammates in the locker room, and is likely to leave the Thunder in the summer.

According to the news, Harden is very disgusted with Westbrook and thinks that Westbrook is too independent. He is not willing to shoot only ten times per game, and he is not willing to be a substitute all the time, so he began to fight for the ball in the playoffs and increased shot.He has a lot of strength and is eager to play as a starter to maximize his strength!
Westbrook averaged 20.4 shots per game in the playoffs, Durant 19.1, Harden 10.7, 0.6 more shots than in the regular season, is it called Harden to grab the ball?Bullying Harden so much!

Some media are really afraid that the world will not be in chaos, and they are talking nonsense with big eyes.When Yang Rui was a white-collar worker on a website in his previous life, he read a lot of news in this area, and his memory is still fresh.

Not only Harden, in Yang Rui’s previous life, when Durant left the Thunder in 16, there were also news that the relationship between Durant and Westbrook was not as harmonious as people imagined, and he didn’t want to be with Wei Shao. Continuing to stay together is the most fundamental reason for Durant to choose to leave, not to chase the championship as people think.

There is even more news. In fact, Durant communicated with the team's management in 2011, begging to trade Wei Shao out of the team, and he did not want to play with Wei Shao.From then until 16 years, Durant's resentment has accumulated so much, he has not gone crazy...

In fact, Durant clarified several times in interviews that it was not because Wei Shao left the Thunder, he just wanted to win the championship.

这种新闻传出，并没有让哈登获得更多球权，他全场11投5中，三分球8中3，罚球6中6，得到19分4篮板5助攻2抢断。

杜兰特24投13中，三分球6中3，罚球3中3，得到32分11篮板3助攻1盖帽。

The two performed very well, but Westbrook ruined the Thunder's good game. In the final quarter, he made 7 of 0 shots and scored two points from the free throw. He dared to throw a ball even if he failed to make a shot, and played a game that made the opponent happy.

他出战43分钟，20投仅4中，三分球5中0，罚球13中11，得到19分4篮板6助攻2抢断。有这种命中率20%，占据全队四分之一出手的人在，快船想输都难。

In this series, it is difficult for Westbrook to break through successfully, and he will be double-teamed near the penalty area. He can only face Paul and make strong shots under interference. This is not his strength.

Westbrook has been a typical representative of low shooting percentage and high turnover in the playoffs in recent years.

In the 11 playoffs, he averaged 39% shooting and 4.6 turnovers per game; after three rounds this year, he averaged 42.4% shooting and 4.3 turnovers per game, and he averaged only 5.8 assists per game, which is not in the league. A point guard's assist-to-turnover ratio is worse than his.

On the Clippers side, Curry, Paul, Griffin, and Korver scored 20+ points, six scored in double figures, defeated the Thunder 123-106, and swept to advance to the finals.

After the game, Thunder coach Brooks attributed the loss to the fact that the Clippers lineup was too strong and the offense and defense were impeccable.

In fact, Brooks wanted to say that Fisher's defense was too bad, but he finally held back. At this time, it seemed too unsatisfactory to blame the loss on a veteran who was on the bench, although it was a fact.

Because Fisher's organization is too poor, the Thunder can't let Wei Shao rest at all, otherwise it will be difficult to dribble the ball through half court; Fisher's performance at No. 2 is worse, so he can only try his best to find confrontation and can't interfere with shooting.

Today Korver played only 23 minutes, made 11 of 7 shots, 8 of 7 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 23 points, no rebounds, no assists.Korver's style of play is to catch the ball and shoot, including four three-pointers against Fisher.

At this time, Brooks had no idea what kind of damage he would bring to the Thunder.

In Yang Rui's previous life, who destroyed the Thunder that just reached the finals?This issue has been discussed for many years.

Some fans threw the pot at GM Presti, arguing that he led Harden to leave to save money.However, after the Thunder offered Harden a four-year, $4 million contract and was rejected, Harden proposed four years and $5400 million. His psychological price was not high.

The Thunder traded Harden to the Rockets. In the end, his contract amounted to 5 years and 8000 million. Harden cried when he got the news. He wanted to stay in the Thunder to play, and he wanted to hit the championship next season.

Some fans think that Harden actually wants to be a leader and is unwilling to stay in the Thunder to accept the third position.Many people have forgotten that, in fact, there was another figure looming in the news at that time.

Throughout the 2011-12 season, especially in the playoffs, the rumors of Harden fighting for the ball never disappeared. The most explosive news was that Harden was scolded by Fisher in the locker room.

Fisher's role is very suspicious. He often appears as the mentor of San Shao, but there is only one object of criticism, and that is Harden.

What makes people feel ridiculous is that in the Lakers, Fisher did not dare to criticize Kobe, and even Love, Luol Deng and others never listened to him.When it came to the Thunder, Fisher continued to destroy the atmosphere in the team, as if he had become the leader of the locker room.

The general manager of the Spurs, Presti, paid great attention to the atmosphere in the locker room, and finally sent Harden away. The last straw that overwhelmed the camel was not the extra 400 million, but the so-called "harden in the locker room." "Complaining about teammates in China" news, these news were exposed because of Fisher.

Fisher is just a player who will please the boss. In his career, he has always survived by this rule.When it came to the Thunder, he chose to support Durant and Westbrook, thereby suppressing Harden.It was his remarks that made Presti think Harden was about to become a cancer and eventually sent him away.

In Yang Rui's previous life, during the time when the Knicks coached, Fisher completely exposed his true colors. He tried to continue to form gangs in the team, but being a coach and a player are two different things. In the end, he and Anthony had a problem. Turned over and was fired by "Zen Master" Jackson himself.And because his character is recognized as inferior, he will not be the head coach in the future.

In this life, Fisher still caused the Thunder to break out the news of infighting. The Thunder didn't make it to the finals, and Harden was [-]% likely to be sent away.After that, the Thunder, who was weak on the bench, would no longer have the ability to enter the finals, and Durant, who could not see the hope of the championship, would leave sooner or later.

In fact, the biggest mistake of the Thunder management is that Fisher should not be signed in the middle of this year. Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world.

(End of this chapter)