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Chapter 371 Instinct Response
"Excellent defense. In the opening stage, the King used a wave of suffocating defense to tell the Thunder what the rhythm of the playoffs is."

"Although this game has only started for less than 1 minute, the Thunder must now make corresponding adjustments."

"The Thunder's two offenses after the opening game, a pass was intercepted and a block was directly blocked, not only failed to score, but even failed to play the most basic coordination. Obviously, it was the first time to enter the playoffs They are still not familiar with the rhythm of the playoffs, and they are still using the experience of the regular season to play this game."

During the regular season against the Kings, the Thunder, which had always had the upper hand, were suppressed by the Kings at the beginning of the first matchup of the playoffs. Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, Chris -Webber blamed all the problems on the Thunder not being familiar with the rhythm of the playoffs.

After all, most of the Thunder in front of us, from the head coach to the players, are first-timers in the playoffs. It is reasonable that they cannot adapt to the rhythm of the playoffs.

Kevin Durant, who was first intercepted by Tony Allen and then blocked by Yan Hua, was in a daze for a while after returning to the defensive end. Even when it was time to defend Serge Ibaka, Kevin Durant - Hesitation arose between Martin.

And Zhu Holiday seized the opportunity and passed the basketball to Serge Ibaka, forcing Perkins, who was supposed to double-team Yan Hua under the basket, to pull out to defend.

Ibaka, who had already had a shooting opportunity, did not shoot rashly. Instead, he waited for Perkins to rush over to defend, and then threw the basketball directly towards the basket.

Nick Collison, who was defending tightly around the front, looked at the high-flying basketball and knew something was wrong. In the final game of the regular season against the Magic, Nick Collison was used by Howard. The way is buckled twice.

The Magic's outside line is stronger than the Kings, and there is no player without a basket like Tony Allen. Therefore, when playing against the Magic, there is no way to double-team Howard in advance. Then the Thunder went up and down, and it was a good experience. What a casual throwing scene with eyes closed.

As long as the Magic's outside line can throw the basketball above the basket, then Howard has a high probability of being able to fly up to grab the basketball and stuff it into the basket. Yan Hua's physical fitness is not worse than Howard's, so in Nick Curry In Sen's view, what Howard can do, Yan Hua can naturally do too.

Nick Collison, who had already been dunked out of the shadow by Howard, saw Yan Hua turn around, take a step, and take off, he simply gave up defending Yan Hua, and watched Yan Hua, who was unguarded, grab the ball in the air. The basketball slammed into the basket hard.

After Yan Hua scored an empty dunk to help the Kings play a 6-0 spurt in the opening stage, Scott Brooks on the sidelines quickly called a long timeout.

"Kevin, the game has just begun. The result of one or two rounds cannot determine the outcome of the entire game. Forget everything that happened just now, and face today's game as an ordinary regular season." Although It doesn't matter what he said, but in Scott Brooks' heart, he is panicking to death now. As the team's first core and the number one offensive killer, Kevin Durant's performance is what determines the Thunder. The key to winning the game.

"Kendrick, after you get off the court, you will pull up to the high position and cover for Kevin. After the screen is over, don't rush back to the basket."

"Russell, if Kendrick can bring that big guy out, you will break through towards the basket. If he can't come out under the basket, continue to give the ball to Kevin."

After comforting and enlightening Durant, Scott Brooks took the tactical board, pulled Perkins and Westbrook to his side, and arranged the next offensive tactics with Durant.

Nick Collison's screen quality is really bad. In the attack just now, Durant was screened off the ball. After blocking for a long time, he blocked the loneliness. It was Durant who was double-teamed and was The chief culprit of blocking shots, and on the defensive end, he was submissive, watching Yan Hua abuse the frame, not even daring to defend, and directly pissed off Scott Brooks.

If it weren't for the lack of good candidates, Scott Brooks really wanted to take this guy off now, and when he thought of this problem, Scott Brooks couldn't help but look at the No. 9 player of the Kings.

Serge Ibaka was a rookie selected by the Thunder in 08. Because his original club asked for a high buyout fee, he was traded to the Kings by the Thunder. After the deal was disclosed, the media overwhelmingly praised Detonator , scolding the king's management for being stupid, but after two years, Lei Ting realized that he was the one.

Drew Gooden, who was traded by the Thunder with Serge Ibaka, left the team as a free agent after playing for a year in the Thunder, and Eric Maynor, who was picked by the Kings in the first round I haven't played it yet. On the other hand, Serge Ibaka was selected to the second team of the All-Defensive Team in his rookie season. This season, he averaged 11 points, 8 rebounds, and 2.8 blocks per game. The inside combination formed by Hua is even called historical level.

So now just thinking about Serge Ibaka makes Scott Brooks go crazy.

After the game restarted, Perkins, who had sent the sideline ball, stayed directly near the left side of the top of the arc, preparing to provide an off-ball screen for Durant, while Yan Hua, who was defending Perkins, could only go up to the free throw. Near the line, and then adapt to the circumstances.

Seeing that Yan Hua left the basket, he focused all his attention on Durant. Westbrook, who was in control of the ball on the right side of the court, forcibly started, using his physical advantage to squeeze away Zhu Holiday who was defending him, and buried his head in the direction of Durant. He rushed over to the basket.

After Zhu Holiday lost his position, Yan Hua, who was closest to Westbrook, quickly retreated to the basket to block Westbrook's breakthrough route.
Westbrook, who couldn't see his teammates as soon as he rushed, saw that Yan Hua had blocked his way to the basket in advance, and the first thought that came to his head was to try to dunk him.

As a rookie of the same class and friends, they often train together during the offseason, so Westbrook is very aware of Yan Hua's strength. No, but as a guard full of violence and sullenness in his bones, dunking those big men seems to be an instinct in his blood.

When facing Yan Hua in the past, Westbrook has been suppressing this instinct, but if he suppresses it for too long, there will be backlash.

(End of this chapter)