Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 353 The effect is outstanding
After determining the major premise of double-teaming on the outside line, it depends on how to deploy troops.Obviously, Ye Feng couldn't escape, not to mention the direct confrontation between the two in the game, it was hard for McMillan to imagine that there were other people on the team who could compete with Durant without losing the wind, the key was the other person's choose.

Matthews is definitely not good. Although he is also an important figure in the team's perimeter defensive system, McMillan needs him to continue to limit Westbrook. After all, Matthews did a good job in this regard for most of the first quarter. good.As for the inside, Ibaka has to defend, but Perkins can ignore it. Even if you let Perkins occupy all the shots, it is estimated that you will not be able to defeat the Blazers, let alone help the Thunder win the game.

Then the only choice is a big and four small, Aldridge tops the fifth position, and carries the offense and defense of the inside alone. The defensive end is mainly aimed at Ibaka, and Perkins can let go.McMillan at No. [-] is going to play another defensive small forward. His choice is Dante Cunningham. Although this slender small forward is still not so accurate in three-pointers, his defensive ability is improving day by day. It is no problem for him to let him and Ye Feng double-team Durant, and then take care of defending Ibaka.

In the first 2 minutes of the second quarter, the two sides continued to let the bench lineup play in a tacit understanding, but when Brooks replaced Durant and other starters, McMillan also replaced the main lineup.One big and four small surprised Brooks. After all, the Blazers didn’t seem to have used the current lineup on the field all season, but Brooks is still there. He believes that this is just the choice of the Blazers to speed up the pace, and the Thunder does not. Fear of confrontation.

However, Brooks soon discovered that the pioneers and four juniors were not intended to be used on the offensive end, but to do something on the defensive end.When Durant got the ball, Ye Feng and Cunningham immediately pushed forward. In addition, Miller blocked Sefolosha who wanted to go to help, and Matthews looked at Wei Wei. Springsbrook, Aldridge wrestled with Ibaka just outside the three-second zone, leaving Perkins alone at the basket, a little at a loss.

Now the most upset person in the audience is undoubtedly Durant. Before he faced Ye Feng, he still felt a bit evenly matched. He also admired Ye Feng's ability, but he didn't expect that the other party would call his younger brother to join him in the high position in a blink of an eye. Double-teaming, is there such shamelessness?Where did the spirit of the strong go?Durant was very sad and angry.But if Ye Feng knew what he was thinking, he would just chuckle and ask him back: "Can the spirit of the strong be eaten? How much is it per catty?"

Ye Feng understands very well that as long as you don't violate the rules or intentionally play tricks on the court, you're fine, and any other actions must serve the final outcome of the game.He knew he couldn't guard against Durant and told the truth, so McMillan made a double-team strategy. There was nothing wrong with it, and Ye Feng would not think that he was underestimating himself.Sometimes people don't take themselves too seriously, and don't take others too seriously.

Originally, Durant and Ye Feng were tied. Durant was slightly better with his height and wingspan, but the two were actually about the same.After being intercepted by Durant for the first time, Ye Feng raised his vigilance, making it difficult for Durant to defend himself, but he put most of his energy on organizing the offense, which made the first quarter The score is still in the single digits.Now with the addition of Cunningham, Durant is at a disadvantage in an instant.

In fact, with his height, it is still very simple to pass the ball when encountering double-teams, but the Blazers almost restricted all scoring points in the Thunder lineup, leaving only Perkins as Durant's pass. Ball object, he almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.Who is Perkins?In addition to averaging 10.1 points per game last season, he has never averaged double figures in his career. It is better to believe that pigs will climb trees than to believe that he can score crazy points.

More importantly, even if Durant is willing to pass the ball to Perkins, Perkins can smoothly put the ball into the basket, but as long as he is not a fool, he can see his passing route. There is only one person, so don't make predictions too simple.And when the passing route is limited to only one way, it will be followed by various steals and interference. In other words, the Blazers forced Durant to score only through individual singles with the ball.

The combination of Ye Feng and Cunningham had a great impact on Durant. One of them strengthened the intensity of physical confrontation, and the other waited for opportunities to steal or block shots. No matter how strong Durant was, he could not continue to maintain his lead in the first quarter. hit rate.He wants to find teammates, but only Sefolosha can get rid of the old Miller's defense and appear in the open space, and then throw one or two innocuous three-pointers, which is of no help to the Thunder.

On the offensive end, after the Blazers increased their speed, four players in the Thunder's starting lineup could keep up with them, but Perkins became a weakness.In fact, he is an inside meat shield player whose main function is to carry around the basket, and his speed is not his strong point. Therefore, once the Blazers speed up the game rhythm, Perkins becomes a burden for the entire Thunder team. It's often a four-on-five situation on the defensive end.

When the basket was empty, several of the Blazers' assaulters seized the opportunity to continuously break through to score inside. In fact, even if Perkins guarded the basket, their scoring frenzy would not be interrupted, but now it is simpler. That's all.Coupled with the fact that Durant's shooting percentage also dropped, the Blazers gradually opened up the score in the second quarter, forcing Brooks to move Harden up early to replace Sefolosha.

However, Harden's touch in this game is not very good. Miller has grown old and mature. The restrictions on Harden on the defensive end can be said to be unscrupulous, but it has a very good effect, and it also caused Harden. Personal offensive foul.At the end of the second quarter, the Trail Blazers led 60 to 52 by 8 points. Although the point difference was not big, they already had an advantage on the scene. The most important thing was of course to limit Durant's performance.

Because the Blazers deliberately allowed Durant to play singles with the ball, he took as many as 10 shots in the second quarter, but only hit 3 goals, scoring a total of 7 points, which is far from his 50% shooting rate in the first quarter. Far.And obviously the other Thunder players didn't help. The Blazers limited Durant, which limited their entire team.

(End of this chapter)