Reborn NBA's Strongest Talent

Chapter 8 8. Filling the team's vacancies

The Suns reorganized the offense, and Warren continued to maintain a fiery touch, and played a pick-and-roll with Chandler, scoring a jumper before Adams pounced.

The Thunder served and entered the half-court battle.

Westbrook held the ball at the top of the arc and faced Warren's defense. This time he did not call a pick-and-roll.

The fast break just now not only rushed out of speed, but also re-established Westbrook's confidence.

With this speed alone, few people in the alliance can catch up.

Richard ran to the corner of the weak side according to the tactics, waiting for Westbrook's possible score.

Standing outside the three-point line and waiting for the ball feels weird.

What's even more strange is that Booker didn't seriously defend Richard, but stood at the corner of the free throw line.

That position should be for flanking breakthroughs, and Westbrook's flanking has indeed been effective so far in this game, so there is no problem with the execution of tactics.

Westbrook rushed up and Warren was stepped over.

The Suns flanked immediately, with Chandler at the front, Warren at the back, and Booker flanked by three people!

Westbrook collected the ball and took off, raised the basketball high and threw the ball in the direction Booker caught.

If the three of them flank each other, then one of their teammates must be emptied. The defense on the strong side has not slackened, and the weak side is open.

Westbrook's pass was powerful and not very high, but Booker, who was running forward, didn't react, and it was too late to take off to intercept, and the ball flew directly over his head.

And Richard, who was ambushing there, was naturally up and down, shooting the ball as soon as he caught the ball, and making three-pointers with wide open positions.

The score loomed again.

"Beep!" The Suns called a timeout.

Richard replaced Robertson, Booker's defenders could no longer be empty, and the Suns had to adjust their tactics.

"It's a great pass!" Richard waved excitedly at Westbrook.

With a clear mind and a firm handle on the ball, Westbrook is at the top of the league whether he is scoring points or sorting out offensive assists for his teammates.

Donovan also fine-tuned his tactics once again. If the hit rate cannot be improved, the frequency of air cuts must be increased.

Returning to the field after the timeout, the Suns let Booker seriously defend Richard, reducing the pincer attack on Westbrook, and at the same time relying on the feeling that has not cooled down to keep the score in the leading position.

Westbrook changed his rhythm and began to organize offensively on the periphery. He also cooperated with Oladipo for an air-cut dunk, which detonated the scene. After the threat of flanking became smaller, he was able to break through repeatedly and approach the score.

It was only then that Richard realized where the sense of disobedience he had noticed before was.

When Westbrook is attacking with the ball, except for Adams who has to mention the perimeter and roll down, most of the other players are waiting for the pass in the designated position, and there is almost no running without the ball.

Although this can ensure that the point guard can find the pass point at any time, but it can also be cut off by the defender at any time.

The result is all relying on the point guard, that is, Westbrook alone to break through, disrupt the defense, and then pull out the open.

This can't be called tactics at all.

But unexpectedly it is very suitable for Westbrook.

Physically strong, so he can make waves in the opponent's half to attract defense, fast speed will narrow the field of vision, so fixed passing points can reduce mistakes.

But the problem is that it is difficult to get the ball after being man-marked.

The third quarter ended quickly, the score came to 70:67, and the Thunder slowly approached the score.

Richard returned to the bench to rest.

Richard was praised by Donovan for his successful defense of Booker and forcing Booker not to participate in Westbrook's attack.

Westbrook also came to the sideline to rest.

The time difference in the presence of substitutes has not widened, and both sides are playing iron.

Richard shook his head, looking at the statistics on the big screen in the center of the arena.So far, only Westbrook has scored in double figures on the Thunder.

34 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.

Almost a big triple-double.

And he scored 4 points on 3 of 9 three-pointers, the second highest score in the team.

The time came to the last 9 minutes and 38 seconds, and the score was 74:70.

Donovan once again put Westbrook on the court after only a few minutes off.

The Suns also quickly adjusted their lineup.

The decisive battle begins.

More than 3 minutes later, the Thunder still only had Westbrook who could score, fighting against the entire Suns on their own.

Or nine to one.

Can a teammate who can't score still be a teammate?
The score was not drawn, but Donovan couldn't sit still, "Li Cha, get ready to play."

At present, only Richard is the most accurate shooter in the team.

"Coach." Richard stood up and came to Donovan's side, listening to the tactics.

"Keep the outside firepower, help Russell open the space, you have to score at least 2 goals, understand?"

Is this an order that can be cast?

Anyway, the shooting is already bad, so I'm not afraid of getting worse.

In any case, Richard got the right to fire and once again set foot on the field.

At this time the score was 80:76.

Richard sent the baseline ball, Westbrook received the ball and moved forward.

"Russell." Richard ran to Westbrook and moved forward together.

Do you want to convey the coach's tactics when you first play?Westbrook slowed down and waited to hear what Richard said.

"I'll be behind you, pass the ball to me, and we'll take the triple-double and win." Richard didn't say anything about the coach's tactics.

Westbrook remembered and looked up at his stats, 40 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.

There are only 2 assists away from the triple-double. It is a pity that the last game was 1 assist away from the triple-double. This game...

Richard still ran out of the three-point line in the weak side corner according to the tactics. Booker followed Richard closely, and it seemed that he had been ordered to guard against Richard's three-pointer.

Westbrook held the ball and chose to break through by himself.

The entire Thunder team currently has only Westbrook who can score points, so the focus of defense is of course only on him.

The players on the strong side withdraw to the penalty area to form a flank again.

Booker couldn't help but want to move to the penalty area to defend, his eyes had already glanced over, but he didn't move.

If Richard keeps the baseline position, Booker has enough time to defend according to the direction of the basketball pass.

But this time Richard moved.

The coach didn't arrange tactics, did he?And also gave the right to fire.

Richard ran to the top of the arc along the three-point line, and the target position was right behind Westbrook.

Facing the flanking attack, Westbrook was not even a little bit afraid, and a vigorous momentum was born, even if he was all alone, which further strengthened the defender's determination to flank.

Just under the basket, Westbrook suddenly slowed down, and without changing his eyes, he threw the ball behind him.

This throwing action caused the Suns center to almost jump up to block the shot.

"Pass the ball without looking at people's backs!" The commentator was already impressed by Westbrook's crazy scoring today, and now he is even more excited with such a gorgeous move.

When he saw that Richard was the one catching the ball, the commentary became even crazier, "Richard! Richard ran over from the weak side to catch the ball! There was an open three-pointer, and Richard scored!"

"This tactic was used by the Thunder for the first time. No one would have thought that the open space created by Russell's breakthrough was actually behind him! This no-look pass made this tactic perfect. The defensive player couldn't see where the ball was passed. Only one assist was needed, and Russell could complete a triple-double! It was still a large triple-double with 40 points."

Richard didn't expect Westbrook to believe in himself so much, and he risked the return ball to complete such a beautiful pass just by saying a word.

This tacit understanding is comparable to teammates for many years.

Raising his hand, Richard and the returning Westbrook slapped each other.

80: 79.

The score was close, but Donovan's face was frosted.

Obviously, Richard's off-ball running is not a tactic formulated by the team, and it has never been rehearsed in advance. This kind of on-the-spot play is not allowed to exist. On the contrary, the coaching staff can get tactical inspiration from it, but this kind of gambling-style tacit understanding is really not worth advocating.

Booker was also dumbfounded, isn't this Richard in front of him?In just a blink of an eye, he crossed the field and ran to the opposite side. His fault of lax defense was going to be talked about by the coach again.

For the Thunder, this three-pointer is very important, but the Suns are still playing steadily, relying on the inexplicable touch in the second half to continue to lead the score.

Westbrook pushed again, and Richard took Booker to the weak-side corner again.

Then start running.

Richard shook his shoulders and made a fake move to run towards the top of the arc, which diverted Booker's center of gravity.

Then Richard chose to run to the bottom line, and went directly to the opposite corner along the bottom line.

Booker quickly adjusted his balance and chased Richard from the field.

But there are many people near the penalty area, and the centers of both sides are leaning on it, blocking the line of action.

Westbrook saw Richard's movement to run to the bottom line, and he had already beckoned to recruit the player in the corner on the strong side to a 45-degree position, and he sprinted again.

All of a sudden, the bottom corner was emptied, and a large group of people were attracted near the penalty area, which tightly blocked Booker so that he could not move.

After breaking through the ball, Richard received the ball from the corner of the strong side and made another three-point shot.

"Shua" 82:82, the score was tied.

This is the first time the Thunder have tied the game except for the opening.

With two assists, Westbrook also got a 40-plus triple-double.

The audience who paid more attention to statistics than the players completely exploded. They cheered for Westbrook, and also applauded Richard, who made consecutive three-pointers.

Westbrook turned around and waved to all the audience, then quickly threw himself into defense.

With the triple-double in hand, the rest is the team's victory.

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