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Chapter 168 Gentry's Considerations
James Harden and Stephen Curry are on the hook.

Of these two people, one wants to prove his status as an Arizona State University star; the other wants to prove that he is no worse than James Harden.

This makes the rotation time between the Suns and the Thunder as exciting as when the two teams started on the court in the first quarter.

All the fans who watched this game did not expect that the substitute rotation stage of this game could be played so wonderfully, and everyone watched it with gusto.

Both teams also stood up because of the substitute rotation stage, so until the second quarter, both sides switched to the starting lineup, and the scores of the two teams were still clenching.

However, unlike the Suns who replaced all the substitutes on the field, the Thunder left James Harden and Ibaka behind!
These two guys, plus Jeff Green, Kevin Durant and Westbrook who are back on the field... a total of five guys are the Thunder's harvest in the three drafts in the past three years!

These five guys are also called "Thunder Four" and Ibaka!
Before James Harden came, the Thunder already had "three young men": Jeff Green, Kevin Durant and Westbrook.

Brooks put this lineup on the field at this time, not to show off the talent of the Thunder, but James Harden's performance during the substitute rotation was really good.

As for keeping Ibaka on the court, it is for the Thunder's defense.

His defensive ability is much better than Krstic.

coming!

coming!

The time has finally come!

Watching the Thunder continue to keep James Harden on the court and watching Lin Ri play again, Jeff in front of the TV suddenly became excited.

This is the moment he's been waiting for!
the sun, let's go!Be sure to cover James Harden a few more!
Sandek also became more concentrated at this time.

It is a very new thing for him that James Harden and Lin Ri fight each other. He doesn't want to see the outcome between the two of them, but simply wants to see them confront.

This is the bad taste of being their former college head coach.

"beep!"

With the referee's whistle sounded.

The game restarts.

Steve Nash strode forward with the ball in the backcourt, and James Harden moved slightly in the direction of Westbrook.

Just now he saw very clearly off the court that it was too easy for Steve Nash to break through Westbrook, and he had to help limit it.

It's not that he thinks much of Westbrook.

Instead, he discovered that Steve Nash particularly liked to pass the ball to Lin Day.

Normally it's fine.But now that he is on the court, if Lin Ri has a good performance, then he has to show a better performance, but in the current lineup, he does not touch the ball more than three times in a round. It is a bit too difficult to show the same performance as Lin Ri with the number of touches these few times.

As the saying goes, "If I don't make a move and you don't make a move, then my strength is equal to your strength."

James Harden is solving the problem from the root.

I'm so smart.

It's just that his movement was seen by Steve Nash. He called the pick-and-roll very simply, and then broke through directly in the direction of James Harden.

Then James Harden bumped into Lin Ri's arms.

so hard!

James Harden felt the familiar hardness, no, it seemed to be harder, watching Steve Nash kill with the ball.

Call ~
It's okay, as long as Lin Ri doesn't score, it's okay.

James Harden watched Steve Nash rush into the paint, and he was about to score, he was relieved.

He didn't notice at all, and now he and Lin Ri were in a confrontation.

Steve Nash, who went straight to the inside, was also blocked by the very mobile Ibaka at this time.

This timely cover made Brooks very satisfied off the field.

That's why he put Ibaka on the court.

James Harden was depressed for a while.

Why do you say you stopped him!

Just let him in!

Wait a minute, why is this guy looking at me.

A trace of uneasiness flashed through James Harden's heart.

Then he felt Lin Ri start to exert force.

And he noticed that at this moment, he was defending Lin Ri alone.

Stop it!

James Harden thought of something, and a few seconds later, the picture he thought of became a reality.

"Shh!"

Lin Ri firmly caught Steve Nash's pass, just jumped up, and easily hit the shot.

But James Harden is still holding his hands high at this moment as if "surrendering".

Defending a player who is so much taller than him is still close to each other. James Harden can think of only this to interfere with the defense.

It's just that after Lin Ri scored a goal, this posture was a bit awkward.

"Don't surrender! James, the game has just begun!"

Lin Ri's trash talk immediately reached James Harden's ears.

Hahahahaha!
Right!

Right!

That's it!

Jeff burst into laughter when he saw this scene.

When the game is over, he must go to the Internet to find the replay, capture the scene of James Harden's "surrender", and then pass it on to James Harden.

"It's okay, it's okay, run! Let's fight this counterattack!"

Brooks didn't blame James Harden, though.

The ball has already formed a dislocation, and there is no way to prevent it.

And the reason why he kept James Harden on the court was not because of his defense. If he really wanted to talk about defense, he just put Sefoloza on the court. The latter's defensive ability is much better than James Harden!

The real reason why he kept James Harden on the court was because of the latter's wonderful performance on the offensive end just now!

What he wants is that James Harden will continue the firepower he just had on the offensive end.

Judging from the situation after the first quarter, the Thunder still lack offensive firepower.

In addition, it is true that the Suns' offense cannot be prevented.

Since both ends are not good, then simply give up one end.

The free and easy Brooks gave up the defensive end.

The Thunder's offensive talent is significantly better.

As far as the current configuration of the Thunder team is concerned, positions [-] to [-] have the ability to attack independently, and position [-] is a "pie-eating macho" who does not occupy the ball. With this configuration, the offensive firepower is absolutely fierce!
"Shh!"

Sure enough, the Thunder managed to complete their response.

Although it should have nothing to do with Brooks' configuration.

The man who scored the goal was Kevin Durant.

He had fierce firepower in the first quarter, but he was still so fierce in the second quarter.

He is actually still upset.

Because Ariza still hasn't changed his defensive strategy, and is still forcing him to break through.

Of course he must continue to let Ariza know what a wrong decision he made!

"Pull up the speed, pull up the speed!"

Gentry also shouted from the sidelines.

Krstic is the oldest player on the Thunder. Although he is not the core player in the team, his experience is irreplaceable.

He is not on the court. Although the five players on the court are very talented, the problem is that they are too young.

At this time, as long as they enter the rhythm of Steve Nash, the Thunder will definitely be overwhelmed!
That's the advantage of experience!

And this is what Steve Nash is preparing to do now... This time, after he got the ball in the backcourt, he immediately pulled up the speed. The next second when he stepped into the free throw line, he cheated Ibaka away with a fake pass and scored a layup.

This attack took Steve Nash less than 5 seconds.

After he made the shot, a "turtle head" turned serious.

Steve Nash scored a goal like this, in Westbrook's view, this is a "red fruit" provocation!

He must fight back!

However, just after halftime, when he saw Lin Ri's face, Westbrook, who had already been boiling, woke up instantly. The "three-cap" in the first quarter made him too "painful", and the pain could not be forgotten after a break.

His hand subconsciously gave the ball out.

After he gave it out, he just remembered that he was going to attack the ball by himself.

"Shh!"

Still, the pass was good.

It happened to be given to James Harden who followed up.

Harden's "European step" put the basket to complete the score.

I scored, I scored!
yes!

Now I have the same score as Lin Ri!

This is the first reaction in James Harden's heart.

Then he thought Westbrook was his best brother!

"Good job, Russell, pass the ball like this!"

amount……

Listening to Brooks' compliment to him, Westbrook touched his cheek for no reason.

He didn't expect this ball to be praised.

This is just the "survival instinct" that made him pass the ball.

Is this being praised?

Then hit like this!

Now that he was praised, he could still cover up his embarrassment that he didn't dare to rush inside for the time being, killing two birds with one stone!
Westbrook suddenly became "reasonable", which was something Brooks didn't expect.

But after he was "reasonable", the Thunder's offensive firepower seemed to be improved to a higher level.

It's not how well Westbrook can pass the ball when he is "reasonable", but when your teammates are all scoring guys, then even if you can't pass the ball, you can still put the ball in the basket.

It can be understood that Russell Westbrook is now Rajon Rondo of the Celtics, but it is just a low-profile version.

The only difference is that Rajon Rondo is organized and Westbrook just passes the ball.

"Bah!"

Of course, Kevin Durant made an emergency stop jump shot again and told everyone that Westbrook can only pass the ball, and as long as the ball is passed to him, he can get the ball in!
The same is true for others.

James Harden showed his touch during the substitute rotation, and he can shoot suddenly at the moment. In addition, he wants to perform no worse than Lin Ri, and he is not at all stage frightened when he gets the ball.

Needless to say, Jeff Green, a guy who has played in this league for 3 years, can take the ball and send it to the basket with the help of Kevin Durant on the court.

And at this time, Brooks' role in putting Ibaka on the court was also reflected.

With his explosive physical fitness and a good mid-range shot, he is a "weakened version" of Lin Ri.

The Thunder tied the Suns on offense.

They have seen everyone during this time, their talent is really not something to talk about casually!

"beep!"

Gentry chose to call a timeout.

It's not that the Suns have fallen into a disadvantage.

In fact, the Suns still lead by 2 points on the scene.

Keep playing, with 1 Steve Nash on the court, Gentry doesn't think there will be any problems.

But he didn't want to see the game continue to be so deadlocked. He wanted to see if the Suns could contain him under such a fierce offensive from the Thunder!

What he wants to see... is the Suns' defensive ability!

This is the key to how this team wants to go further.

Yes!

Gentry is already thinking about something later.

Of course, this is normal. With the performance of the Suns this season, they have reason to chase higher goals.

It's just that if the Suns want to pursue higher goals, they must be very good in both offense and defense.

The offensive end has not been his worry.

The Suns offense hasn't had any problems since the arrival of Steve Nash.

The same is true this year.

What he worries about is the Suns' defensive ability, which is also the biggest problem of the Suns' failure to reach the finals in the playoffs in the past few years.

In the situation tonight, if the game continues, he believes that the Suns will win, because compared to offense, he is confident that the Suns this season are no worse than any team.

But he wants to see the Suns win the game on defense tonight.

If the current Thunder's fierce offensive firepower can be contained, then the future of the Suns on the defensive end is worth looking forward to.

Gentry has already thought about the specific method...

"The sun, I hope you will focus all your attention on the defensive end in the next time. Your next task will be very heavy. I want you to help the other four people to defend... As for the others, I only have one request, force! Force as much as you can. Make them rush and make them layup!"

If Van Gundy is here, he should be familiar with this trick.

Because that's how he used Howard on the defensive end last year!

Now, Gentry has stolen this trick... He believes that Lin Ri can have the same deterrent power in the penalty area as Howard on the defensive end. Even if he can't do it now, he will definitely be able to practice for a while longer!
Speaking of which, Gentry has been thinking of this trick for a while, and the reason why he hasn't tried it is that he didn't find a suitable opportunity. During the previous period, their opponents were the Lakers, Mavericks, and Magic, all of which were too strong!
Now, the opportunity has finally come. In his opinion, this game against the Thunder is an opportunity, because even if the effect of this trick is not good, the Suns can immediately put all their attention on the offensive end, use offensive firepower to suppress their offensive firepower, and thus defeat them!
　I have something to do today, it's a bit late, I will continue to write later, and...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)