If I were Yi Di in the NBA

Chapter 270 The Changed Spurs

At the end of the All-Star game, Durant won the MVP.

Coe was also very generous after the game, saying: "I am very happy that he can play like this. As I said, I have my time, and now it is his time. These young players should step forward and push forward. The league has moved on."

Kobe encouraged Durant, and Durant also boasted in an interview, "Kobe told me that I can take over the banner of the West."

Hearing Durant's speech, Kobe was a little speechless. He encouraged him casually, this little guy didn't take it seriously.

He secretly vowed that if he met them in the playoffs, he would definitely blow up these crazy young people.

Together with Durant, Yi Jian also faced the camera and thanked the domestic fans.

Another All-Star Weekend ended perfectly.

Next, they will continue to move towards their season goals.

On the road to defending the title, there may still be a few tough battles to fight.

Until then, they need to stay healthy and make it to the playoffs.

After the All-Star break, the Thunder will play back to back, but starting from home, at least the first game, they don't have to worry about any problems.

Moreover, the opponents are relatively weak, and they can just be used to adjust the state.

For a few days during the All-Star weekend, everyone is a little relaxed and needs to tighten up again.

They are now recovering their physical strength, and they will use one game to enter the game state, and then play another game, which should be the same thing.

The Thunder's first opponent after the All-Star Game is the Clippers. The Clippers now have a talented player like Griffin. They are not the weakest, but they are still easy to deal with.

To beat a weak team, it is natural to clock in and get off work in three quarters.

[Lead the team to win, perform better than the inside competitor Griffin, reward dunk +1. 】

This task is very comfortable to trigger on the All-Stars of the weak team.

It's just that Yi Jian's data is already very high, otherwise the rewards may be more abundant.

On February 2, the Thunder came to an away game against the Spurs.

The Spurs are still second in the Western Conference, and they are far ahead of the third in the Western Conference.

This season, the records of several teams in the West have also been clearly graded.

It cannot be said that the record is completely equal to the combat effectiveness. Some teams are affected by factors such as injuries, and their performance in the playoffs may be different.

But at least in the regular season, other teams are less and less of a threat to the Thunder.

Their record is the only one, the Spurs are one more, and the Lakers and other strong teams can be said to be the third. Of course, the Western Conference playoff teams will be divided into fourth and fifth.

The Spurs now have a relatively complete lineup, and there are no injuries to unimportant role players.

By this time of the season, they have basically gotten used to the new style of play and are more inclined to attack.

After the game started, they attacked very hard.

Not the previous Parker and Duncan duo, but the overall offense.

Ginobili mentioned starting, just to play the overall offense, because he has the ability to organize.

In this way, Parker and Ginobili can switch the identity of the organization and the end at any time, and then drive the whole team.

The Spurs are quite proficient at playing this set.

Moreover, at some point, they can switch back to the star style of Parker and Duncan, or Ginobili can also play a dozen.

In fact, the Spurs are well integrated, otherwise their record would not be stable like this.

It's just that their star fighting power has slipped a lot after all.

When the audience needs more time to show the strength of the stars, their problems will still be exposed.

Moreover, after playing more overall offense, their core players did not reduce their playing time, but Ginobili increased.

So they are still fighting, just using some skills to look taller.

It now appears that the Spurs' gamble was a success, but the final result still depends on the playoffs.

Now that the Spurs have improved their regular season results, it doesn't actually mean that much.

The Spurs' offense in the first quarter was very good. Ginobili's main organization was a little different from before.

However, they focused on offense, and their defense was not so good.

The Thunder's current momentum is relatively strong, directly suppressing the opponent on the offensive end.

In fact, the Thunder lost before because they didn't improve so quickly, which gave the Spurs an advantage.

This time, it's obviously different.

On the Thunder's side, there are still more blooming points, and all five positions have scored.

Their offense was already stronger than the Spurs, but they relied more on Yi Jian.

However, during the rotation period, it was the Spurs who performed better.

Gary Neal is in a hot state, just like in the rookie game, and he also hits the fairy ball.

His undrafted pick a few years ago, he returned from Europe can be regarded as a play.

However, his kind of mixed shooting is a bit of a nerve knife attribute, and his defense is not very good, so he is only suitable for playing as a substitute.

Coupled with age, it must be difficult to get a big contract.

But it must be worth too much more than the basic salary. The Spurs signed directly with a very low salary for three years, which is also vicious.

The Spurs are okay in this regard. They are unwilling to pay more, so they often pick up leaks and have already had good experience.

This is also an ability that can only be honed in a small ball market. For example, a wealthy team is unwilling to cultivate players with certain talents.

"For the Spurs, our offense still needs to be more stable." Yi Jian said.

Especially when strong players like them play, they must be aggressive.

The Thunder also play as a team, but they are brought up by stars, unlike the Spurs who play as a team without stars, so the Thunder must grasp the advantage.

Otherwise, you may lose the game.

They are serious about this game, but it is still different from the playoffs.

Facing the Spurs, they have never played a star.

It is also related to Yi Jian's wishes, he has no plans to play more time.

He has figured out the strength of the Spurs.

In case of encounter in the playoffs, just play a few more minutes to kill it.

The record in the regular season doesn't need to be that much of a concern.

For the teams in the West this season, Yi Jian still pays more attention to the Mavericks and Lakers, and the Heat in the East.

There is no need to deliberately learn more about other teams.

No matter how old the stars in the West are, the Thunder will be even more invincible in the West.

Unless Curry rises with the Warriors, there is really no opponent for a while, and he can only abuse James in the East.

After all, Leonard has not entered the league yet, and before the next batch of top stars grows up, the league is considered to be a little out of gear.

Players such as Kobe and Duncan can be regarded as suppressing an era.

O'Neill has been the first to age, and these two will soon be too.

In the second quarter, relying on the strength of the substitute players, the Spurs and the Thunder played inextricably.

The Spurs still have some confidence now, they have won the Thunder before.

Even if their strength is a little vain, they are also a team that has won several championships. This season, they have to go all out, so they naturally have ideas.

It's just that it's hard to say whether things will go smoothly. As the defending champion, the Thunder will not allow the old guy to jump out and do anything.

(End of this chapter)